Creep - The Last Tube (found 3D Shockwave horror game; 2005-2007): Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 16:25, 12 April 2023

Cover art for the game.

Status: Found

Date found: 27 Aug 2021

Found by: TheCracksOverhead, TOMYSSHADOW, & Beau Chesluk

Creep - The Last Tube, also titled "Creep 3D", is a 3D Shockwave horror game created by JailDog (also known as The JD Project). The game was available to play online from 2005 to 2007, and was based on the 2004 horror film "Creep". It was most likely created to promote the movie's release.

History

The game was originally hosted on the now-defunct TheLastTube website.^[1] Based on the existence of a German news article, and many blog posts and forum posts from different parts of the world, it is safe to assume that the game was somewhat popular at the time.

In 2019, a thread was created on the Lost Media Wiki Forum discussing the game.^[2] The thread went quiet for about two years until user TheCracksOverhead took notice of the game while searching for a different Shockwave 3D-based game. After inspecting the Shockwave Movie in Director, he found that the game was developed by a company called "JailDog."

The three key people who worked at JailDog were Anthony Rushton, Beau Chesluk, and Russell Irwin. TheCracksOverhead contacted Anthony Rushton about finding the game, but unfortunately, Anthony stated that he doesn't recall what happened to the files, so he was unable to help.

Availability

Beau Chesluk was eventually contacted, and after some searching, he was able to locate the game files and send them to TheCracksOverhead. The game has since been uploaded to Archive.org and submitted to Bluemaxima's Flashpoint.^[3] A trailer video for the game was also found and uploaded by Russell Irwin.

Required Files

There are a few external files that are required for the game to run. Here is a list of them and their current status:

File	Description	Status
creep.dcr	The main Shockwave Movie file. For a long time, this was the only file that still existed online. When trying to run it without the other required files, the game would get stuck on the loading screen.	Found
blank.cct	A blank Shockwave Cast file.	Found
blank2.cct	A blank Shockwave Cast file.	Found
font.cct	A Shockwave Cast file. Has the fonts/graphic assets for displaying text.	Found
SoundCast.cct	A Director Cast file. Has the sound/music assets.	Found
Tunnels.W3D Tunnels_COL.W3D	These are the Shockwave 3D World files that have the models and textures.	Found

There are also a large number of *.ls files that are requested. According to user TOMYSSHADOW, they are external script files, which was a Director feature that allowed authors to write Lingo in external applications. The movie already has the compiled scripts, and the *.ls files are only useful during authoring, so they are not required for playback.

Gallery

Images

A compilation of screenshots that have been found around the web.
The game's loading screen. This was the only thing that was "playable" for a long time due to missing files.

Videos

A trailer for the game that was found by one of the game's developers.

References

↑ Archived version of the original website. Retrieved 20 Aug '21
↑ The original thread for the game on the Lost Media Wiki Forum. Retrieved 20 Aug '21
↑ A download for the game on Archive.org. Retrieved 27 Aug '21

[TubeSite-1] Archived version of the original website. Retrieved 20 Aug '21

[ForumThread-2] The original thread for the game on the Lost Media Wiki Forum. Retrieved 20 Aug '21

[FoundGame-3] A download for the game on Archive.org. Retrieved 27 Aug '21

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-|title=<center>Creep - The Last Tube<\center>
+|title=<center>Creep - The Last Tube</center>
 |image=CreepTheLastTube.png
-|imagecaption=Cover art for the game that was found on an archived version of the original JailDog website.
+|imagecaption=Cover art for the game.
-|status=<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span><br><br>Date found: 27 Aug 2021<br><br>Found by: [https://lostmediawiki.com/User:TheCracksOverhead TheCracksOverhead] with the help of [https://lostmediawiki.com/User:Tomysshadow tomysshadow]
+|status=<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
+|datefound=27 Aug 2021
+|foundby=[[User:TheCracksOverhead|TheCracksOverhead]], TOMYSSHADOW, & Beau Chesluk
 }}
 '''''Creep - The Last Tube''''', also titled "Creep 3D", is a 3D Shockwave horror game created by JailDog (also known as The JD Project). The game was available to play online from 2005 to 2007, and was based on the 2004 horror film "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creep_(2004_film) Creep]". It was most likely created to promote the movie's release.
 ==History==
-The game was originally hosted on the now defunct TheLastTube website.<ref name="TubeSite">[https://web.archive.org/web/20070118045213/http://thelasttube.com/ Archived version of the original website.] Retrieved 20 Aug '21</ref> Based on the existence of a German news article, and many blog posts and forum posts from different parts of the world, it is safe to assume that the game was somewhat popular at the time.
+The game was originally hosted on the now-defunct TheLastTube website.<ref name="TubeSite">[https://web.archive.org/web/20070118045213/http://thelasttube.com/ Archived version of the original website.] Retrieved 20 Aug '21</ref> Based on the existence of a German news article, and many blog posts and forum posts from different parts of the world, it is safe to assume that the game was somewhat popular at the time.
-In 2019, a thread was created on the Lost Media Wiki Forum discussing finding the game.<ref name="ForumThread">[https://forums.lostmediawiki.com/thread/3423/creep-last-tube-horror-game The original thread for the game on the Lost Media Wiki Forum.] Retrieved 20 Aug '21</ref> The thread went quiet for about two years until user TheCracksOverhead took notice of the game while searching for a different 3D Shockwave game. After looking at the game's DCR file in Director, he found that the game was developed by a company called "JailDog".
+In 2019, a thread was created on the Lost Media Wiki Forum discussing the game.<ref name="ForumThread">[https://forums.lostmediawiki.com/thread/3423/creep-last-tube-horror-game The original thread for the game on the Lost Media Wiki Forum.] Retrieved 20 Aug '21</ref> The thread went quiet for about two years until user TheCracksOverhead took notice of the game while searching for a different Shockwave 3D-based game. After inspecting the Shockwave Movie in Director, he found that the game was developed by a company called "JailDog."
-The three key people who worked at JailDog were Anthony Rushton, Beau Chesluk, and Russell Irwin. TheCracksOverhead contacted Anthony Rushton about finding the game, but unfortunately Anthony stated that he doesn't recall what happened to the files, so he was unable to help.
+The three key people who worked at JailDog were Anthony Rushton, Beau Chesluk, and Russell Irwin. TheCracksOverhead contacted Anthony Rushton about finding the game, but unfortunately, Anthony stated that he doesn't recall what happened to the files, so he was unable to help.
 ==Availability==
-Beau Chesluk was eventually contacted, and after some searching he was able to locate the game files and send them to TheCracksOverhead. The game has since been uploaded to [https://archive.org/details/creep-the-last-tube Archive.org] and submitted to [https://bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/ Bluemaxima's Flashpoint.]<ref name="FoundGame">[https://archive.org/details/creep-the-last-tube A download for the game on Archive.org.] Retrieved 27 Aug '21</ref> A trailer video for the game was also found and uploaded by Russell Irwin.
+Beau Chesluk was eventually contacted, and after some searching, he was able to locate the game files and send them to TheCracksOverhead. The game has since been uploaded to [https://archive.org/details/creep-the-last-tube Archive.org] and submitted to [https://bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/ Bluemaxima's Flashpoint.]<ref name="FoundGame">[https://archive.org/details/creep-the-last-tube A download for the game on Archive.org.] Retrieved 27 Aug '21</ref> A trailer video for the game was also found and uploaded by Russell Irwin.
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-  |id1          = <!-- empty -->
-  |description1 = <!-- empty -->
-  |service2     =youtube
-  |id2          =https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GPons5_lDA
-  |description2 =A trailer for the game that was found by one of the game's developers.
-  |service3     = <!-- empty -->
-  |id3          = <!-- empty -->
-  |description3 = <!-- empty -->
-}}
 ==Required Files==
-There are a few files that are required for the game to run. Here is a list of them and their current status:
+There are a few external files that are required for the game to run. Here is a list of them and their current status:
 {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
 |-
-! File
+! style="background-color:lightblue" | File
-! Description
+! style="background-color:lightblue" | Description
-! Status
+! style="background-color:lightblue" | Status
 |-
-|creep.dcr||The main Shockwave movie file. For a long time this was the only file that still existed online.<br>When trying to run it without the other required files, the game would get stuck on the loading screen.||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
+|creep.dcr||The main Shockwave Movie file. For a long time, this was the only file that still existed online.<br>When trying to run it without the other required files, the game would get stuck on the loading screen.||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
 |-
-|blank.cct||An empty Director Cast file.||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
+|blank.cct||A blank Shockwave Cast file.||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
 |-
-|blank2.cct||An empty Director Cast file.||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
+|blank2.cct||A blank Shockwave Cast file.||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
 |-
-|font.cct||A Director Cast file. Contains the font files/graphics for displaying text.||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
+|font.cct||A Shockwave Cast file. Has the fonts/graphic assets for displaying text.||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
 |-
-|SoundCast.cct||A Director Cast file. Contains all of the sound/music files for the game.||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
+|SoundCast.cct||A Director Cast file. Has the sound/music assets.||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
 |-
-|Tunnels.W3D<br>Tunnels_COL.W3D||These are Shockwave 3D World files that contain models and textures for things such as objects, and even the 3D world geometry.||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
+|Tunnels.W3D<br>Tunnels_COL.W3D||These are the Shockwave 3D World files that have the models and textures.||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
 |}
-There are also a large number of *.ls files that the game looks for, but according to user tomysshadow, they are external script files, which was a Director feature that allowed authors to write Lingo in external applications. The game will already have the compiled scripts, and the *.ls files are only useful during authoring, so they will not be required.
+There are also a large number of *.ls files that are requested. According to user TOMYSSHADOW, they are external script files, which was a Director feature that allowed authors to write Lingo in external applications. The movie already has the compiled scripts, and the *.ls files are only useful during authoring, so they are not required for playback.
 ==Gallery==
-<center>
+===Images===
-<gallery mode="packed">
+<gallery mode=packed heights=225px>
 Creep3D_Pictures.png|A compilation of screenshots that have been found around the web.
 Creep3D_Loading.png|The game's loading screen. This was the only thing that was "playable" for a long time due to missing files.
 </gallery>
-</center>
+===Videos===
+{{Video|perrow  =1
+  |service1     =youtube
+  |id1          =1GPons5_lDA
+  |description1 =A trailer for the game that was found by one of the game's developers.
+}}
 ==References==
 {{reflist}}
-[[Category:Lost video games]]
+[[Category:Found internet media]]
-[[Category:Partially found media‏‎]]
+[[Category:Found media‏‎]]
+[[Category:Found video games]]