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(Surprised nobody covered this yet, considering how relatively widespread it was at the time. Will edit this in the future, there's a bunch of images I need to upload for a gallery.)
 
(Here's the gallery, might caption later and might make bigger. Had to ask for whitelist since I was marked for spam on the initial 7 uploads. Also added more references and external links, the latter being used for links I cannot implement as a reference.)
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|title=<center>"The World's Biggest Treasure Hunt"</center>
|title=<center>"The Last Guy Everywhere"</center>
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|image=LastGuyWebsite.png
|imagecaption=Picture of the lastguy.jp website, taken from webarchive on August 5th, 2008.
|imagecaption=Picture of the lastguy.jp website, taken from the Wayback Machine snapshot dated August 5th, 2008.
|status=<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|status=<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
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'''The Last Guy Everywhere''' was a promotional web browser game created by Dentsu Inc. to promote the 2008 PlayStation 3 title ''The Last Guy''. <ref>https://www.campaignlive.com/article/campaign-promotion-celebrating-old-harnessing-new/1016460</ref> It was developed by Nobu Funaki and Masataka Hosogane. <ref>http://zuzara.com/pub/resume.pdf</ref> <ref>https://www.campaignlive.com/article/campaign-promotion-celebrating-old-harnessing-new/1016460</ref>
'''The Last Guy Everywhere''' was a promotional web browser Flash game created by Dentsu Inc. to promote the 2008 PlayStation 3 title ''The Last Guy''. <ref>https://www.campaignlive.com/article/campaign-promotion-celebrating-old-harnessing-new/1016460</ref><ref>https://www.thesixthaxis.com/2008/07/31/play-the-last-guy-now/</ref> It was developed by Nobu Funaki, Masataka Hosogane, and Hiroki Nakamura. <ref>http://zuzara.com/pub/resume.pdf</ref><ref>https://www.campaignlive.com/article/campaign-promotion-celebrating-old-harnessing-new/1016460</ref><ref>http://www.nakamurahiroki.com/works/about.html</ref><ref>https://www.sostav.ru/news/2009/11/10/cod11/</ref><ref>https://2009.liaentries.com/winners/?id_medium=2&id_category=0&view=details&range=w&page=46&keyword=&medium=&category=&award=&country=&title_brand=&credits=&company_name=&city=&proceed_simple_search=false&proceed_advanced_search=false</ref>


The website allowed players to play a simplified version of the PS3 game using any website as the stage. Upon inputting the desired website, a playable map based on said website would be generated, with features like images being turned into buildings. <ref>http://marunao2.blog120.fc2.com/?m2=form&no=252</ref> <ref>http://marunao2.blog120.fc2.com/?m2=form&no=252</ref>Players would control the titular character by moving mouse, with the mouse scroll being used to zoom in and out of the map. <ref>https://agendatw.pixnet.net/blog/post/30160433</ref> Just like the original game, players would rescue survivors by taking them out of their hiding spots and relocating them to the "Escape Zone", while avoiding enemy Zombies. <ref>https://games.blog.nl/playstation-3/2008/08/01/speel-the-last-guy-op-elke-website-die-je-wilt</ref>Pressing the space bar would activate the "heat camera" function from the original game, used to locate people within buildings. <ref>https://games.blog.nl/playstation-3/2008/08/01/speel-the-last-guy-op-elke-website-die-je-wilt</ref>
The website allowed players to play a simplified version of the original PS3 game using any website as the stage. <ref>http://chibasultimateblog.blog43.fc2.com/blog-entry-519.html</ref> Upon inputting the desired website, a playable map based on said website would be generated, with features like images being turned into buildings. <ref>http://marunao2.blog120.fc2.com/?m2=form&no=252</ref><ref>http://marunao2.blog120.fc2.com/?m2=form&no=252</ref> Players would control the titular character by moving the mouse, with the mouse scroll being used to zoom in and out of the map. <ref>https://agendatw.pixnet.net/blog/post/30160433</ref> Just like the original game, players would rescue survivors by taking them out of their hiding spots and relocating them to the "Escape Zone", while avoiding enemy Zombies. <ref>https://games.blog.nl/playstation-3/2008/08/01/speel-the-last-guy-op-elke-website-die-je-wilt</ref> Pressing the space bar would activate the "heat camera" function from the original game, used to locate people within buildings. <ref>https://games.blog.nl/playstation-3/2008/08/01/speel-the-last-guy-op-elke-website-die-je-wilt</ref>


Player scores were globally ranked on a leaderboard, along with a poll of the recently played websites. <ref>https://agendatw.pixnet.net/blog/post/30160433</ref>
Player scores were globally ranked on a leaderboard, along with a poll of the recently played websites. <ref>https://agendatw.pixnet.net/blog/post/30160433</ref>


The website offered a bookmark so that players could activate the game at any time, along with a button that could allow specific sites to activate the game's function. <ref>https://www.campaignlive.com/article/campaign-promotion-celebrating-old-harnessing-new/1016460</ref> <ref>http://bashalog.c-brains.jp/08/10/01-174126.php</ref>
The website offered a bookmark so that players could activate the game at any time, along with a blog widget that could allow specific sites to activate the game's function. <ref>https://www.campaignlive.com/article/campaign-promotion-celebrating-old-harnessing-new/1016460</ref><ref>http://bashalog.c-brains.jp/08/10/01-174126.php</ref><ref>http://simojo.com/interactive/2008/07/post-162.html</ref><ref>https://www2.spikes.asia/winners/2009/digital/entry.cfm?entryid=2013&award=2</ref><ref>http://chibasultimateblog.blog43.fc2.com/blog-entry-519.html</ref><ref>https://mgronline.com/game/detail/9510000100045</ref>
=== Availability ===
=== Availability ===
Archives from the Wayback Machine for lastguy.jp show that the site was online from August 5th, 2008 to February 16th, 2010.  
Archives from the Wayback Machine for lastguy.jp show that the site was online from August 5th, 2008 to February 16th, 2010.  
<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20080805025041/http://lastguy.jp/</ref> <ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20100216164943/http://lastguy.jp/</ref>
<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20080805025041/http://lastguy.jp/</ref><ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20100216164943/http://lastguy.jp/</ref>
=== Gallery ===
<gallery>
File:1931_photo.gif
File:4b5829d9e3579.jpg
File:00170.jpg
File:Lasguy.jpg
File:4b5835a5c8d6e.jpg
File:4b5835f2673c7.jpg
File:4b58352c2f6f1.jpg
File:177736_0.jpeg
File:20080802010849.jpg
File:4b582acab3143.jpg
File:Lastguy.jpg
File:Lasguy2.jpg
File:20080802010155.jpg
File:4b582d36336e8.jpg
File:20080802011317.jpg
File:20080802011635.jpg
File:20080802011930.jpg
File:Lasguy3.jpg
File:Ci080731144639.jpg
File:4b5834f37f080.jpg
</gallery>
=== External Links ===
=== External Links ===
* [https://www.oneclub.org/awards/theoneshow/-award/11145/the-last-guy-everywhere Gameplay footage from The One Club.]
* [https://www.oneclub.org/awards/theoneshow/-award/11145/the-last-guy-everywhere Gameplay footage from The One Club.]
* [https://faltaoficio.blogspot.com/2008/08/juego-last-guy-everywhere.html?m=0 Gameplay footage from Blogspot]
* [https://faltaoficio.blogspot.com/2008/08/juego-last-guy-everywhere.html?m=0 Gameplay footage from Blogspot]
* [https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm4298437 Gameplay footage from nicovideo]
* [https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm4298437 Screenshot slideshow from nicovideo]
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=BaohbH_H36wC&pg=PA102&lpg=PA102&dq=%22the+last+guy+everywhere%22&source=bl&ots=FLT7nFe1Ac&sig=ACfU3U2bDu-6MK56XL-jOEkLpp7swDMFTQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiQpvzB95rwAhXOLc0KHXdRBX4Q6AEwEHoECBEQAw#v=onepage&q=%22the%20last%20guy%20everywhere%22&f=false Mention in "One Show Interactive, Volume XII"]
* [https://www.imgsrc.co.jp/en/awards/ IMG SRC awards (mentioned in list)]
* [https://www.slideshare.net/Ratters/9-reasons-japanese-interactive-work-is-awesome-2 "9 Reasons Japanese Interactive Work Is Awesome 2" by Adam Rattner (mentioned in "Distribution" slide]
==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 20:01, 26 April 2021

LastGuyWebsite.png

Picture of the lastguy.jp website, taken from the Wayback Machine snapshot dated August 5th, 2008.

Status: Lost

The Last Guy Everywhere was a promotional web browser Flash game created by Dentsu Inc. to promote the 2008 PlayStation 3 title The Last Guy. [1][2] It was developed by Nobu Funaki, Masataka Hosogane, and Hiroki Nakamura. [3][4][5][6][7]

The website allowed players to play a simplified version of the original PS3 game using any website as the stage. [8] Upon inputting the desired website, a playable map based on said website would be generated, with features like images being turned into buildings. [9][10] Players would control the titular character by moving the mouse, with the mouse scroll being used to zoom in and out of the map. [11] Just like the original game, players would rescue survivors by taking them out of their hiding spots and relocating them to the "Escape Zone", while avoiding enemy Zombies. [12] Pressing the space bar would activate the "heat camera" function from the original game, used to locate people within buildings. [13]

Player scores were globally ranked on a leaderboard, along with a poll of the recently played websites. [14]

The website offered a bookmark so that players could activate the game at any time, along with a blog widget that could allow specific sites to activate the game's function. [15][16][17][18][19][20]

Availability

Archives from the Wayback Machine for lastguy.jp show that the site was online from August 5th, 2008 to February 16th, 2010. [21][22]

Gallery

  • 1931 photo.gif
  • 4b5829d9e3579.jpg
  • 00170.jpg
  • Lasguy.jpg
  • 4b5835a5c8d6e.jpg
  • 4b5835f2673c7.jpg
  • 4b58352c2f6f1.jpg
  • 177736 0.jpeg
  • 20080802010849.jpg
  • 4b582acab3143.jpg
  • Lastguy.jpg
  • Lasguy2.jpg
  • 20080802010155.jpg
  • 4b582d36336e8.jpg
  • 20080802011317.jpg
  • 20080802011635.jpg
  • 20080802011930.jpg
  • Lasguy3.jpg
  • Ci080731144639.jpg
  • 4b5834f37f080.jpg

External Links

References

  1. ↑ https://www.campaignlive.com/article/campaign-promotion-celebrating-old-harnessing-new/1016460
  2. ↑ https://www.thesixthaxis.com/2008/07/31/play-the-last-guy-now/
  3. ↑ http://zuzara.com/pub/resume.pdf
  4. ↑ https://www.campaignlive.com/article/campaign-promotion-celebrating-old-harnessing-new/1016460
  5. ↑ http://www.nakamurahiroki.com/works/about.html
  6. ↑ https://www.sostav.ru/news/2009/11/10/cod11/
  7. ↑ https://2009.liaentries.com/winners/?id_medium=2&id_category=0&view=details&range=w&page=46&keyword=&medium=&category=&award=&country=&title_brand=&credits=&company_name=&city=&proceed_simple_search=false&proceed_advanced_search=false
  8. ↑ http://chibasultimateblog.blog43.fc2.com/blog-entry-519.html
  9. ↑ http://marunao2.blog120.fc2.com/?m2=form&no=252
  10. ↑ http://marunao2.blog120.fc2.com/?m2=form&no=252
  11. ↑ https://agendatw.pixnet.net/blog/post/30160433
  12. ↑ https://games.blog.nl/playstation-3/2008/08/01/speel-the-last-guy-op-elke-website-die-je-wilt
  13. ↑ https://games.blog.nl/playstation-3/2008/08/01/speel-the-last-guy-op-elke-website-die-je-wilt
  14. ↑ https://agendatw.pixnet.net/blog/post/30160433
  15. ↑ https://www.campaignlive.com/article/campaign-promotion-celebrating-old-harnessing-new/1016460
  16. ↑ http://bashalog.c-brains.jp/08/10/01-174126.php
  17. ↑ http://simojo.com/interactive/2008/07/post-162.html
  18. ↑ https://www2.spikes.asia/winners/2009/digital/entry.cfm?entryid=2013&award=2
  19. ↑ http://chibasultimateblog.blog43.fc2.com/blog-entry-519.html
  20. ↑ https://mgronline.com/game/detail/9510000100045
  21. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20080805025041/http://lastguy.jp/
  22. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20100216164943/http://lastguy.jp/
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