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'''Dog Eat Dog''' is a cancelled PC adventure game, originally developed in 1992 by Darlene Waddington (who also worked on ''Dragon's Lair'' on arcade and ''Duck Tales'' on NES) for Buena Vista Software, a division of Disney Software that concentrated on games for an older, more mature audience. | '''Dog Eat Dog''' is a cancelled PC adventure game, originally developed in 1992 by Darlene Waddington (who also worked on ''Dragon's Lair'' on arcade and ''Duck Tales'' on NES) for Buena Vista Software, a division of Disney Software that concentrated on games for an older, more mature audience. | ||
==Premise== | |||
The game would have the player (either male or female) as an office employee attempting to work their way up in the "Big Black Box Industries" company by interacting towards many other characters, getting various results by changing their communicating attitude (going from ''"Berate"'', ''"Sympathize"'' or'' "Kissup"''). | The game would have the player (either male or female) as an office employee attempting to work their way up in the "Big Black Box Industries" company by interacting towards many other characters, getting various results by changing their communicating attitude (going from ''"Berate"'', ''"Sympathize"'' or'' "Kissup"''). | ||
The storyline would have been quite dark and cynical, encouraging the player to be manipulative and opportunistic, and satirizing the merciless nature of the corporate world (hence the title). It would also have included sexual themes. The graphics were comic-book inspired (by this period). | The storyline would have been quite dark and cynical, encouraging the player to be manipulative and opportunistic, and satirizing the merciless nature of the corporate world (hence the title). It would also have included sexual themes. The graphics were comic-book inspired (by this period). | ||
==Development== | |||
The project was left in development hell, until it was reprised in 1995, this time produced by Trilobyte. Waddington was still designing the game, along with two other writers, Tamara Williams and Susan Chaw, forming the ''Ministry Of Thought'' studio. | The project was left in development hell, until it was reprised in 1995, this time produced by Trilobyte. Waddington was still designing the game, along with two other writers, Tamara Williams and Susan Chaw, forming the ''Ministry Of Thought'' studio. | ||
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No known playable copy of either version of the game has been made available. And both versions are considered "Lost". | No known playable copy of either version of the game has been made available. And both versions are considered "Lost". | ||
==Gallery== | |||
<gallery mode=packed heights=125px> | <gallery mode=packed heights=125px> | ||
File:dog eat dog 1.jpg|Screenshot from | File:Dog eat dog characters.JPG|Character images. | ||
File:dog eat dog 2.png|Screenshot from | File:Dog eat dog boss.JPG|Character sprite. | ||
File:Dog eat dog blonde guy.JPG|Character sprite. | |||
File:dog eat dog 1.jpg|Screenshot from magazine. | |||
File:dog eat dog 2.png|Screenshot from magazine. | |||
Dog eat dog.jpg|Screenshot from magazine. | |||
File:trioofdogeatdog.jpg|Darlene Waddington, Tamara Williams and Susan Chaw, the authors. | File:trioofdogeatdog.jpg|Darlene Waddington, Tamara Williams and Susan Chaw, the authors. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
Revision as of 21:48, 23 February 2017
Screenshot from the early version.
Status: Lost
Dog Eat Dog is a cancelled PC adventure game, originally developed in 1992 by Darlene Waddington (who also worked on Dragon's Lair on arcade and Duck Tales on NES) for Buena Vista Software, a division of Disney Software that concentrated on games for an older, more mature audience.
Premise
The game would have the player (either male or female) as an office employee attempting to work their way up in the "Big Black Box Industries" company by interacting towards many other characters, getting various results by changing their communicating attitude (going from "Berate", "Sympathize" or "Kissup").
The storyline would have been quite dark and cynical, encouraging the player to be manipulative and opportunistic, and satirizing the merciless nature of the corporate world (hence the title). It would also have included sexual themes. The graphics were comic-book inspired (by this period).
Development
The project was left in development hell, until it was reprised in 1995, this time produced by Trilobyte. Waddington was still designing the game, along with two other writers, Tamara Williams and Susan Chaw, forming the Ministry Of Thought studio.
The look of the game was completely revamped; it was redesigned as to be FMV (which was a trend in PC games of the mid-90's), with more than twenty actors. They were to be shot on green-screen and afterwards incrusted on 3D backgrounds. Despite shooting almost 200 hours of film and spending almost a million dollars on it, the game ended up being cancelled for good.
No known playable copy of either version of the game has been made available. And both versions are considered "Lost".
Gallery
Character images.
Character sprite.
Character sprite.
Screenshot from magazine.
Screenshot from magazine.
Screenshot from magazine.
Darlene Waddington, Tamara Williams and Susan Chaw, the authors.
External links
- http://www.ministryofthought.com/ded.html Page for the game, still unupdated. Has character sprites in good quality.
- http://www.abandonware-france.org/ltf_abandon/ltf_jeu.php?id=1462 Entry in a French abandonware website