#partially lost media

[thunderlina]

LOST MEDIA: Gorillaz - Plastic Beach Web Games

I come to you tonight with one request: I want help in tracking down the Plastic Beach point-and-click adventure game from the Phase 3 (2010-2012) Gorillaz website.

In 2010, coinciding with the release of their third studio album, British virtual band Gorillaz gave their website a huge overhaul, including the release of several new flash games. The centerpiece was a point-and-click adventure game (untitled, usually just referred to as "Plastic Beach") in which the player was able to explore the island of Plastic Beach, similar to the games available on earlier websites where the player was able to explore Gorillaz HQ Kong Studios.

Along with this game were a few others: Escape to Plastic Beach, a three chapter long action/adventure game (the third chapter of which cost €1.50 to play, and was available both for PC and iPhones.) Just recently the developer, Matmi, hinted at trying to re-release these, but they went silent regarding it and nothing has come of it so far.

There were also two smaller Flash titles, Submatronic and Gorillaz Fishing. Not entirely sure what these two entailed but they were listed on the website and, like the adventure game and Escape are not playable via the Wayback Machine nor are they archived elsewhere.

From my research, it seems the website had some kind of DRM software that the older websites (which have been archived over at zombiehiphop.xyz) didn't, since the Plastic Beach game used full tracks from the album and EMI was worried about piracy. Before anyone suggests it like was done in other places where I've asked about this, no, the game was not released on a CD or DVD. Because of this, all four games unique to the Plastic Beach era website are lost. The iPhone port of Escape to Plastic Beach was also removed from the App Store years ago, and as such is also completely lost.

As of right now, all that still exists are low-quality videos of the adventure game in action, a few screenshots, and a handful of Flash files I've dug up from the Wayback Machine.

The loss of this game represents not just a loss for Flash preservation, but a huge loss for Gorillaz fans as it was an integral element of the story of the Plastic Beach era. Without it and much of the other content from the old website, the already incomplete story that Jamie Hewlett and the rest of the Zombie Flesh Eaters team were trying to tell lives on almost wholly through secondary accounts. While recordings exist, it is simply not the same as having access to the full experience.

I ask of you all to please consider my words and help me do something about this, instead of wallowing in hopelessness as it seems the community has been doing for oh so long now.

Thank You.

Footage of the adventure game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUnvkZFPu1Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmAo_POMRHY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DW6KHLLgBss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWIkwVDIJNQ

The handful of Flash files I dug up via the Wayback Machine: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1RKpP9o-j-4jFkdQEDN54ye5LGZIrBd_7

#lost media #gorillaz #partially lost media #plastic beach #flashpoint #old internet #internet media #flash games #mysteries #nostalgia #gorillaz phase 3 #murdoc niccals #stuart 2d pot #russel hobbs #damon albarn #jamie hewlett #zombie flesh eaters #archival #media preservation #video games #lost games #internet mysteries

[furbearingbrick]

so wait...so you're telling me that crummy Yongarry reboot from the 90s was originally shot with practical effects but execs demanded all the monster suit footage be covered up with CGI and that's why it looks like dogshit?!

fuck you!

FUCK FOU!

FUCK YOU!!!

#partially lost media #executive meddling #reptilian (1999) #brick speaks #RELEASE THE SUITMATION CUT #blood

[aliensinstarlight]

Working on a Bunny Maloney project..stay tuned

#bunny maloney #lost media #partially lost media #fanmade

[just-a-cryptid]

Found more images and info regarding the Ben 10 Secretos Alienígenas. (As I partially detailed in this post) so update coming soon! Just translating stuff at the moment.

On a related note- I’m glad to see so many people like my post on the Jetray animatronic

<3 !!!!

#ben 10 #media #partially lost media #:) <33

[fireheart223]

Fireheart's Masterlist!

Hello, I'm Fireheart! You can call me Fire for short! I'm 16 and have ADD, and tend to go off on rambles when I get excited. I use she/her pronouns. I also like lots of things, and I'm in MANY different fandoms and tend to abruptly switch whichever one I'm hyperfixate on! Right now, I'm obsessed with Crash Bandicoot! I'm currently trying to learn German on Duolingo! Below is some stuff on my blog you can check out! Just be warned, there's a lot of stuff down there! Art tags are: #my art, #fireheart draws, and #fireheart art! Original posts tag is (well, mostly original posts (because I briefly forgot the purpose/meaning of some of my tags a while ago...) #fireheart speaks

I hope you enjoy your stay!

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Lost Media Dubs:

Below is a list of Lost Media that I'm searching for. Red means the dub is Completely Lost, Green is unknown/unsure about it's existence, Yellow means the dub has been Partially Found, and Orange means that I am unsure if it's actually missing episodes or not because of lack of information/nothing mentioning the actual episode number of the dub/contradicting information from different sources (whether it be almost every/every source contradicting or some/a few/several sources contradicting each other). If you have any footage, information, corrections, or are interested in helping me search for these dubs, you can contact me at either of the emails above. Thank you!

Arabic Dub:

تابالوغا التنين الأخضر/تابالوغا/Green Dragon Tabaluga/Tabaluga

Still compiling info, all episodes were supposedly dubbed, but only the pilot, the Season 3 intro and 58 seconds of an episode after the intro ends remains of the dub so far

Basque/Euskera/Euskara Lost Media:

Donkey Kong eta bere herrialdea/Donkey Kong and his country: Compiling info, all episodes were dubbed, and at one point we're most of the episodes were found, but they were taken down by I guess either Nelvana or Nintendo (I say this because the people who posted the links weren't aware of the links no longer working) and now the intro is all that remains of this dub. UPDATE (12/2/22): ALMOST THE ENTIRE BASQUE DUB HAS BEEN FOUND! ONLY 3 EPISODES ARE MISSING NOW!!! Here's the link to where the episodes are!

Catalan Lost Media:

Tabaluga (Compiling Info)

Chinese (Cantonese) Lost Media:

Tabaluga Cantonese Dub: Compiling info, title of the dub is unknown, no footage is left, and I am left unsure whether or not this dub even exists at all.

Spanish (Spain)/Español/Spain Spanish/Castilian/Castellano/Español de España Lost Media:

El País de Donkey Kong (Castilian/Castellano/Español de España Dub)

Danish/Dansk Lost Media:

Tabaluga (Danish Dub): Compiling info, the Season 1 intro, I believe, I'm not sure, it was one of the intros though, was on YouTube, but my stupid lazy ass didn't archive it, and it has become privated, so unless someone has archived it, the only footage of this dub has disappeared.

Finnish Lost Media:

Donkey Kong Country Finnish Dub (Still Compiling Info)

French/France French/France Français/Français/Française Lost Media:

Tabaluga Saison 1: It seems that Season 1 may have been dubbed in Français, however, any footage of this season have been lost to the sands of time except for two videos that show a Saison 1 intro

Greek Lost Media:

Ταμπαλούγκα (Alter Version): Compiling info, but it seems only one episode and a possible second version of the intro has survived, but I don't know how many episodes were dubbed

Ταμπαλούγκα (PIK2 Version): I don't know how many episodes were dubbed, and I haven't anything on this second dubbing and no footage seems to be left, so I am unsure if it even exists

Hindi Lost Media:

Donkey Kong Hindi Dub (Compiling Info)

Hungarian Lost Media:

Tabaluga Hungarian Dub (M2 Version)

Icelandic Lost Media:

Tabalúgi (Compiling Info)

Italian Lost Media:

Donkey Kong Italian Dub (Apparently completely dubbed and finished off, but was Unreleased)

Korean Lost Media:

타발루가 / 꼬마용 타발루가 (Tabaluga/Tabaluga For Kids): (Compiling Info, but the link has the info I've found thus far)

Norwegian/Norsk Lost Media:

Donkey Kong Country Norwegian/Norsk Dub

Polish/Poliski Lost Media:

Donkey Kong Polish Dub (Compiling info)

Portuguese/Europe Portuguese/European Portuguese/Portuguese (European) Lost Media:

Tabaluga Portuguese Dub: (Compiling Info)

Donkey Kong Country Portuguese Dub: (Compiling Info)

Portuguese/Brazilian Portuguese/Brazil Protuguese/Portuguese (Brazilian)/Portuguese (Brazil) Lost Media:

Donkey Kong Dublado

Romanian Lost Media:

Tabaluga Romanian Dub: (Compiling info, but a Romanian dubbed version of Tabaluga and Leo does definitely exist

Russian Lost Media:

Табалуга (CTC/STS) First Season 2 Dub: (Still compiling some info, but most of the info I've found can be found in the link)

Swedish Lost Media:

Donkey Kongs Värld

Ukrainian Lost Media:

Табалуґа (Compiling info)

#fireheart speaks #tabaluga #dkc #donkey kong country #donkey kong country cartoon #donkey kong cartoon #dkc tv show #dkc cartoon #donkey kong tv show #fireheart rambles #this is ok to reblog btw #lost media #lost dubs #lost media dubs #partially found media #partially found dubs #partially lost dubs #partially lost media

[captain-astors]

Reading through Witch Hat Atelier, extremely slowly because the art is amazing and I have to stop to marvel at every chapter. Everything about this series is a delight thus far, I would definitely recommend it.

(This is a panel redraw from the first chapter. I'm only on the second.)

#A piece of media has not sparked my creative drive so sharply in a while. Nor have I gotten into a piece of media so spoiler-free in a while #I've spent days on each chapter. Partially because I'm busy. Partially because I can just get lost in every panel. #my art #witch hat atelier #qifrey #tongari boushi no atelier #tbna

[karastears]

TPoM fandom, lost media peeps, can we possibly come together and try to find this?

#tpom #the penguins of madagascar #penguins of madagascar #madagascar #dreamworks #nickelodeon #lost media #partially found media #dreamworks madagascar #lost media wiki

[craniozito]

Fun fact of the day no one asked for

The Brazillian dub of Jetter Mars is lost media, this video is the only existing proof of it.

EDIT:

I didn't knew that but @jetmars has the full episode DUB on their Youtube channel, thank you for archiving it.

Apparently the studio that owned the dub of Jetter Mars caught fire, not sure but it's a possibility. Maybe someone recorded it on a VHS and didn't know they had it or don't want to share it.

The brazillian lost media community is weird with sharing stuff for some odd reason.

Along with this another fun fact, the 80s Astro Boy was never dubbed into Brazilian Portuguese, but apparently the 60s was but is also lost media. Some sources say it was dubbed, others say no, so I take it as a rumor because there is no actual proof of it.

#osamu tezuka #astro boy #tetsuwan atom #jetter mars #lost media #fun facts #Brazil #anime #Youtube #EDIT: Removed part of the post talking about the partially found episode

[abby118]

Here's your sign to go dowload that media you like. In case it ever gets taken down. Whether that be music, movies, writing, pics...anything. For example, I downloaded the og trilogy soundtracks over the last two days. You never know.

#abby talks #fandom #prevent lost media #save yourself the regret #speaking from experience #partially why i bought the dvds and cds #media #tumblr

[strawberry-selfships]

what if you wanted to watch the next serial in your f/o's source and the internet said:

#FUCK THIS STUPID BAKA LIFE #strawberry patch #abt one #why does my wife have to be from a source that's partially lost media . why

[steakout-05]

Jetpack Joyride's Facebook posted this iOS games tribute art piece that features Barry Steakfries, created by Raphael Michael, otherwise known as 'aw08' on DeviantART. JJ's FB provides a link to a high res version of this art on their page, but unfortunately it leads to a 404, making the original high res version lost.

(here's a link to the original FB post since Tumblr will likely tank the quality of this image even further)

#barry steakfries #jetpack joyride #not my art #others art #technically lost media #considering the artist's deviantart is gone #which is a shame because from what i've seen their art is really nice :( #lost media #there's quite a few lost JJ fanarts #i tried to find someone's art in a tiktok once through google images and it didn't work because the original mightve been taken down #this is such a weird case of lost media because we technically have the image but not the high-res original itself #it's like the Monkey Ball calendar case where the high-res versions are lost but not the low-res ones #partially found

[venusasnb]

ok 👌

#been trying to find players 1997 for whole evening couldn't even find it on the internet archive ....... #partially lost media drag costas mandylor ... #costas mandylor #sawposting

[estradasphere]

i shouldve downloaded all of james somerton's videos before they were gone i thought about it before he deleted(privated?) them but didnt do it arrrgggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

#genuinely how many of his vids do you think are lost media now. i hope hbomb has them #the only reupload of his apology vid i can find is a partial screen recording

[dystyches]

normal person talking about danganronpa: i like sonia nevermind because she is funny

me (halfway through reading the wikipedia page for rhinogradentia on a hundred simultaneous deep rabbit holes about the kirigiri and togami novels): hey have you heard that norman bates is a real person in the danganronpa extended universe

#i ALSO like sonia nevermind because she is funny #i just have terminal metatextual obsession disorder #i knew i was in too deep when i noticed the references to kamaitachi no yoru in the anime and could not find anything about it on the wiki #raving to my friends about how there are references to a series of partially lost media novels in danganronpa togami #dys talking

[werewolf-cuddles]

(You're British right?) Re: media permanency one of the things that has always pissed me off about the BBC is their refusal to release anything permanently, like iplayer availability times are incredibly short and they've released very little stuff on physical media, the amount of content just lost forever or close to is astronomical

I know exactly what you mean. Two CBBC shows that I loved as a kid, Stupid and Chute!, never got a DVD release of any kind and would be entirely lost if it weren't for bootlegs on YouTube.

#piracy #media preservation #bbc #cbbc #stupid #chute! #though chute is still partially lost unfortunately #due to its nature as a clip show #certain segments had to be removed from the bootlegs for copyright issues

[fireheart223]

I've been making a info compilation on Google Docs of the various dubs of the Tabaluga cartoons and movies (by movies, I mean, Tabaluga und Leo and Tabaluga - Der Film), so far it's only got some of the cartoon's dubs on it so far, and most of them aren't filled out, (mainly because I've been focusing on the Partially Found/Lost dubs of the cartoon first) but it will be updated as time goes on! Also, feel free to correct me on things that are wrong on this document! Also, if have any information you want to add, please feel free to contact me!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nF-vp_CK_2lx1ELZP6Qp_4mjFFEVEbPwnYd48_2P8ls/edit?usp=drivesdk

#tabaluga #if you want to contact by email #you can find them in my pinned post/masterlist! #fireheart speaks #fireheart rambles in the tags #lost media #partially lost media #lost dubs #partially found dubs #partially lost dubs #lost dub #partially found dub #partially found media #partially lost dub