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In the game, the player could customize their own character and take on missions given to them by other ''Family Guy'' characters in the city of Quahog. However, due to the fact that Fox was making almost no profit from it, it was shut down a year later, with no mirrors in sight.<ref>[http://www.pcgamer.com/family-guy-online-to-shut-down-cut-away-gag-explaining-why-not-that-funny/ PC Gamer article speculating why the game was shut down.] Retrieved 13 Sep '17</ref> | In the game, the player could customize their own character and take on missions given to them by other ''Family Guy'' characters in the city of Quahog. However, due to the fact that Fox was making almost no profit from it, it was shut down a year later, with no mirrors in sight.<ref>[http://www.pcgamer.com/family-guy-online-to-shut-down-cut-away-gag-explaining-why-not-that-funny/ PC Gamer article speculating why the game was shut down.] Retrieved 13 Sep '17</ref> | ||
==Availability== | |||
The game itself is lost, however, there are many gameplay videos on ''Family Guy Online.'' | The game itself is lost, however, there are many gameplay videos on ''Family Guy Online.'' | ||
On June 12th, 2020, LMW Discord user Smoke uploaded a few cached assets from the game, dated to be from August 2012, to MEGA. | On June 12th, 2020, LMW Discord user Smoke uploaded a few cached assets from the game, dated to be from August 2012, to MEGA. | ||
On September 5th, 2022, LMW Discord user Goldnchld found that Discord user Daver had uploaded 2,621 files from the game to Bluepload via the Flashpoint Web Cache Recovery Index.<ref>https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YGO5f0nXCKTE1b-fe4grhim3yIihoG81rjCPHx4puBM/edit#gid=141558279 Retrieved 05 Sep '22</ref> It contained 1,310 folders of asset and cached metadata files for the game, with dates ranging between September 5th, 2012 to November 10th, 2012.<ref>https://bluepload.unstable.life/familyguy.zip Retrieved 05 Sep '22</ref> | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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|description1 = | |description1 =MonitorLizardTV's video on the subject. | ||
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|description2 =A video by Goldnchld showing a Choco Taco model from one of the cached asset files. | |||
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==See Also== | |||
*[[Family Guy (partially lost unaired pitch pilot of Fox animated sitcom; 1998)]] | |||
*[[Samsung Doorways (lost Family Guy AR game; 2018)]] | |||
*[[Family Guy: Road To Death (partially found prototype build of third-person shooter based on Fox animated sticom; 2010-2011)]] | |||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
*[https://mega.nz/file/A54TjQKL#FbCWVG1sIdEx6xZxyL-cV-EfAoqKHxXH3rN3Y4x30Js The MEGA download for | *[https://mega.nz/file/A54TjQKL#FbCWVG1sIdEx6xZxyL-cV-EfAoqKHxXH3rN3Y4x30Js The MEGA download for Smoke's cached assets of ''Family Guy Online''.] | ||
*[https://bluepload.unstable.life/familyguy.zip The Bluepload download for Daver's cached assets of ''Family Guy Online''.] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 15:36, 4 April 2024
The game's logo.
Status: Partially Found
Family Guy Online was an online MMORPG from 2012 to 2013, based on the long-running animated sitcom series of the same name.
In the game, the player could customize their own character and take on missions given to them by other Family Guy characters in the city of Quahog. However, due to the fact that Fox was making almost no profit from it, it was shut down a year later, with no mirrors in sight.[1]
Availability
The game itself is lost, however, there are many gameplay videos on Family Guy Online.
On June 12th, 2020, LMW Discord user Smoke uploaded a few cached assets from the game, dated to be from August 2012, to MEGA.
On September 5th, 2022, LMW Discord user Goldnchld found that Discord user Daver had uploaded 2,621 files from the game to Bluepload via the Flashpoint Web Cache Recovery Index.[2] It contained 1,310 folders of asset and cached metadata files for the game, with dates ranging between September 5th, 2012 to November 10th, 2012.[3]
Gallery
Footage
Videos
See Also
- Family Guy (partially lost unaired pitch pilot of Fox animated sitcom; 1998)
- Samsung Doorways (lost Family Guy AR game; 2018)
- Family Guy: Road To Death (partially found prototype build of third-person shooter based on Fox animated sticom; 2010-2011)
External Links
- The MEGA download for Smoke's cached assets of Family Guy Online.
- The Bluepload download for Daver's cached assets of Family Guy Online.
References
- ↑ PC Gamer article speculating why the game was shut down. Retrieved 13 Sep '17
- ↑ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YGO5f0nXCKTE1b-fe4grhim3yIihoG81rjCPHx4puBM/edit#gid=141558279 Retrieved 05 Sep '22
- ↑ https://bluepload.unstable.life/familyguy.zip Retrieved 05 Sep '22