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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.''
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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.


==Gallery==
On September 5th, 2022, it was 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 5 September '22</ref>. It contained 1,310 folders containing 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 5 September '22</ref>.
===Footage===
 
== Gallery==
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   |description2 =Debut trailer for the game.
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===Videos===
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Revision as of 23:08, 5 September 2022

Family guy online logo.png

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, it was 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 containing asset and cached metadata files for the game, with dates ranging between September 5th, 2012 to November 10th, 2012[3].

Gallery

Footage

Gameplay of Family Guy Online.

Debut trailer for the game.

Videos

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See Also

External Links

References

  1. ↑ PC Gamer article speculating why the game was shut down. Retrieved 13 Sep '17
  2. ↑ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YGO5f0nXCKTE1b-fe4grhim3yIihoG81rjCPHx4puBM/edit#gid=141558279 Retrieved 5 September '22
  3. ↑ https://bluepload.unstable.life/familyguy.zip Retrieved 5 September '22
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