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**{{Icon|Med}} [[Chris Sorrell]] and [[Jason Wilson]] answer questions in the MediEvil Team On-line Interview on the official [[MediEvil EU site|''MediEvil'' website]].{{Siteref|MED-EU-Site|english/chat/chat1.html|Chat}} | **{{Icon|Med}} [[Chris Sorrell]] and [[Jason Wilson]] answer questions in the MediEvil Team On-line Interview on the official [[MediEvil EU site|''MediEvil'' website]].{{Siteref|MED-EU-Site|english/chat/chat1.html|Chat}} | ||
*'''October 9''': | *'''October 9''': | ||
**{{Icon|Med}} ''[[MediEvil (1998)|MediEvil]]'' is released in Europe.{{Siteref|MED1-EU-Site|english/content.html|Welcome}} Certain releases of the game are bundled with the [[MediEvil Demo/SCED-01441|''Winter Releases '98'']] demo disc, which | **{{Icon|Med}} ''[[MediEvil (1998)|MediEvil]]'' is released in Europe.{{Siteref|MED1-EU-Site|english/content.html|Welcome}} It is the first European PlayStation title to launch with LibCrypt, a type of [[wikipedia:copy protection|copy protection]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://groups.google.com/g/uk.games.video.playstation/c/uXb4etLj2h0/m/6-T4mAndh8sJ|title=VRally2 'openness' | ||
|site=uk.games.video.playstation|published=July 8, 1999|retrieved=April 28, 2023|author=Donovan, Paul|quote=You obviously weren't around when MediEvil came out - that was the first game to have this kind of protection. It was very satisfying watching all the pirates get confused over that one.}}</ref> Certain releases of the game are also bundled with the [[MediEvil Demo/SCED-01441|''Winter Releases '98'']] demo disc, which contains a demo of the game. | |||
*'''October 19''': | *'''October 19''': | ||
**{{Icon|Med}} The [[Funeral]] advert, created by TBWA Simons Palmer to promote ''[[MediEvil (1998)|MediEvil]]'' in the United Kingdom, is classified as suitable for viewing by people aged 15 or above by the [[wikipedia:British Board of Film Classification|British Board of Film Classification]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/0/https://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/sony-playstation-medievil-computer-game-funeral-1970|title=SONY PLAYSTATION - MEDIEVIL COMPUTER GAME - FUNERAL|site=British Board of Film Classification (archived version)|published=October 19, 1998}}</ref> | **{{Icon|Med}} The [[Funeral]] advert, created by TBWA Simons Palmer to promote ''[[MediEvil (1998)|MediEvil]]'' in the United Kingdom, is classified as suitable for viewing by people aged 15 or above by the [[wikipedia:British Board of Film Classification|British Board of Film Classification]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/0/https://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/sony-playstation-medievil-computer-game-funeral-1970|title=SONY PLAYSTATION - MEDIEVIL COMPUTER GAME - FUNERAL|site=British Board of Film Classification (archived version)|published=October 19, 1998}}</ref> | ||