Vulture

This article is about the vulture from MediEvil. For vultures in general, see vultures.
Vulture
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The vulture was an animal that came to Sir Dan's aid twice during his journey to defeat Zarok the Sorcerer in the 14th century.

History

Late 14th century

Though initially interested in Dan only as a source of food, the vulture developed a special bond with him.[1][1.1] It saved Dan from the Jabberwocky and later saved him from falling to his second death after the destruction of Zarok's Lair.[1]

Characteristics

Appearance

The vulture was a huge bird of prey. Its body was largely covered by brown feathers safe for its neck area where the feathers were white. Its head was unfeathered and therefore bald.

Gameplay

The vulture is only featured in cutscenes.

Book of Gallowmere entry

Birds only like one person in their life. For some reason, this one likes Dan.

This scavenger saw a corpse-meal, and instead found a friend. What a lovely way to meet![1.1]

Behind the scenes

Development

MediEvil (1998 original)

According to Jason Riley, who was responsible for creating all the full motion videos (FMVs) in the game, the vulture used in MediEvil was an improved version of the vultures from the PlayStation FMVs of Silverload, a previous game by the studio.[2]

Silverload MediEvil
   
Silverload MediEvil
   

In other media

Main article: List of MediEvil references in other media

1996 – Creatures

 
The vulture in Creatures.

A portrait of the vulture appears in Creatures, an artificial life program created by Millennium Interactive. This is because the backgrounds for Creatures were composited by Jason Riley.[3][2]

In other languages

Language Name
Arabic النسر
alnasr
Bulgarian Лешояд
Leshoyad
Croatian Sup
Czech Sup
Danish Grib
Dutch Gier
Finnish Korppikotka
French (France) Vautour
German Geier
Greek Το Όρνιο
To Órnio
Hungarian Keselyű
Italian Avvoltoio
Japanese ハゲタカ
Hagetaka
Norwegian Gribb
Polish Sęp
Portuguese (Brazil) Abutre
Portuguese (Portugal) Abutre
Romanian Vulturul
Russian Стервятник
Stervyatnik
Spanish (LatAm) Buitre
Spanish (Spain) Buitre
Swedish Gam
Turkish Akbaba

References

  1. 1.0 1.1   MediEvil. Developed by Other Ocean Emeryville. Published by Sony Interactive Entertainment on October 25, 2019.
    1. 1.1.0 1.1.1 Vulture entry in the Book of Gallowmere in   MediEvil. Developed by Other Ocean Emeryville. Published by Sony Interactive Entertainment on October 25, 2019.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Jason Riley: Yep - I remember doing three pictures. One of Zaroc,[sic] The[sic] vulture is also there, and one of my co workers[sic] called "Tiggy". Who is just a head sitting on a pair of black slippers. I can confirm I worked on Creature s[sic] with Colin Swinbourne.

    That's cool, thanks for sharing! Is it the MediEvil vulture or a Silverload vulture by the way?

    Jason Riley: both of them. I improved it a little for MediEvil."
    Comments in the MediEvil Madness private group on Facebook. Published December 18, 2024. Retrieved December 20, 2024.
  3. Riley, Jason, Successful multi million selling AAA-games I have worked on. on Artificial Lens. Retrieved August 28, 2024.

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