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"3 Days" was to be the
sequel to the popular "Valkyrie 17"
game by George Stone and The Ramjam
Corp.
The game was to be a
text adventure, which was written using "The
Biro". Featuring character set screens, livened up with
moving sprites (Including a dodo which fixated on you as its mother
when it hatched), the game was shaping up well. All words in the
adventure were in Carpathian, until you found a dictionary in the
game.
Promising indeed,
though it is unknown why it was never released, or even how far
exactly it got. Its unlikely that it was finished, due to sources
revealed below. Ram Jam were never too popular after the dire
"Explorer" game they released for Electric Dreams, but with the guy
mentioned next, maybe they were finally onto
something...
Hugh Riley, popular for his work on Last Ninja 2, worked
on this game a few years earlier. Thanks to Hugh and Jazzcat for
his interview, we are now able to see some of the remains of 3
Days. Although not much, you can see some of the graphics in action
which Hugh managed to salvage from some of his disks. This was in
2001, when GTW was in hibernation... so its only now in 2005 we've
realized it was salvaged! :)
It's believed that more
exists, and Hugh will hopefully find more in the future. But its a
start, and a big find!
Hugh previously had
provided GTW with some screenshots of this interesting little game
under Shot Scans.
Intriguing game, which will hopefully soon
appear for the archive.
Frank.
(Additional source credits - Jazzcat, Hugh
Riley)
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