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Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee

A Mudokon slave escapes a meat factory to free his people.

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Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee is a two-dimensional platform game where players control Abe to solve puzzles and avoid enemies across separate screens.[1] The game focuses on Abe, a Mudokon slave who overhears a plan to harvest his species for meat and escapes to rescue his brethren.[2][3][4] Enemies, hazardous obstacles, falls from great heights, and bottomless pits are all potential causes of Abe's death, after which he reappears at the most recent checkpoint.[1]

Making and release

The game had a private showing at E3 '96 and a larger unveiling at E3 '97.[5] The original May release date was pushed back to September, but the E3 '97 version was similar to the final release.[5] The game first appeared on store shelves on September 18, 1997, with a full release on September 19 dubbed "Odd Friday".[6] Over 500,000 units were originally released worldwide, and the Japanese version followed in October.[6]

A Game Boy port titled Oddworld Adventures was released in 1998, with condensed levels and a different opening.[7] Under the initial working title Soul Storm, development of the game started in January 1995.[5] On September 12, 1996, GT Interactive secured the publishing rights, and the game's name was altered to Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee.[5] SoftBank, acting as the publisher for Japan, retitled the game Abe a GoGo for that market.[8]

A PlayStation emulation was made available for the PlayStation 3 through the PlayStation Network, launching in North America on October 22, 2009, and in Europe on April 15, 2010.[9]

What the cited sources add

An executive at GT Interactive tried to sabotage production because he disliked the game, but his boss provided more funding after seeing footage.[10] The Japanese version altered Mudokon designs from four fingers to three after the Buraku Liberation League was offended.[11] Abe's Oddysee sold over one million units by late January 1998, with Europe unexpectedly surpassing the United States as a top market.[12] Josh Gabriel created the game's music, while Ellen Meijers handled the sound design.[13]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee game manual; Hudak, Chris, "Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee preview at Gamespot", GameSpot, 1997 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Ballistic Publishing, The Art of Oddworld: The First Ten Years 1994–2004, page 33 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee game manual (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Ballistic Publishing, The Art of Oddworld: The First Ten Years 1994–2004, pages 56–59; Abe: The Glukkons were scared, 'cause profits were grim, / Paramites and Scrabs were turning up thin. / But Molluck was cool—he had a plan, / A new source of me (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: GamePro 95 (August 1996), page 34.; GamePro 99 (December 1996), pages 58-60.; Ballistic Publishing, The Art of Oddworld: The First Ten Years 1994–2004, page 99; GamePro 95 (August 1996), page 34.; "NG Alphas: OddWorld Inhabitants: Episode 1", Imagine Media, December 1996, p. 218–9; "Coming Soon Magazine's E3 Atlanta '97 Report", Coming Soon Magazine, 1997; "Delays Hit Major PlayStation Games", IDG, April 1997, p. 21; Ballistic Publishing, The Art of Oddworld: The First Ten Years 1994–2004, page 99 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Johnston, "Abe Arrives Today from Oddworld", GameSpot, September 18, 1997; "Games Guide", 15 September 1997, p. 44; "GT Interactive Begins Countdown to Odd Friday, September 19", Coming Soon Magazine, 1997; "'Odd Friday' Is Here!", February 2019 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Hernandez, Tara, "Oddworld Adventures", Allgame (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Ballistic Publishing, The Art of Oddworld: The First Ten Years 1994–2004, page 58 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Coming to PSN this Week: Oddworld PSone Classics", Blog.us.playstation.com, October 19, 2009; ‘Heads-Up’ PlayStation Store Update (15 April 2010) (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  10. Wikipedia, "Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Nathan interviews Lorne Lanning again", Oddblog, 2012-12-06; "Nathan interviews Lorne Lanning again", Oddblog, 2012-12-06; "Nathan interviews Lorne Lanning again", Oddblog, 2012-12-06 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  11. Wikipedia, "Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Oddworld FAQ", Oddworld Inhabitants; Ballistic Publishing, The Art of Oddworld: The First Ten Years 1994–2004, page 45 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  12. Wikipedia, "Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Fielder, Joe, "Next Oddworld Titles Revealed", GameSpot, February 6, 1998; Frauenfelder, "Death Match", May 2001 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  13. Wikipedia, "Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Nate interviews Lorne Lanning - Oddblog", The Oddworld Library (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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