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**{{Icon|Sony}} Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) is established, a division of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.<ref name="sonyhistory"/><ref name="sonyhistoryna">{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224022652if_/http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/data/bizdatausa_e.html|title=Business Development/North America|site=SCE Global Site (archived version)|retrieved=April 21, 2023}}</ref>
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**{{Icon|Sony}} The first [[wikipedia:PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]] launches in Japan.<ref name="sonyhistory"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/0if_/http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/data/bizdatajpn_e.html|title=Business Development/Japan|site=SCE Global Site (archived version)|retrieved=April 21, 2023}}</ref>
**{{Icon|Sony}} The first [[wikipedia:PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]] launches in Japan.<ref name="sonyhistory"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/0if_/http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/data/bizdatajpn_e.html|title=Business Development/Japan|site=SCE Global Site (archived version)|retrieved=April 21, 2023}}</ref>
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**{{Icon|Millennium}} [[Andrew Barnabas]] joins [[Millennium]] straight out of university.<ref>{{Cite|title=Content / Interviews / Barnabas, Andrew (Crusaders) (00.00.1998) musician|site=BitFellas|url=http://www.bitfellas.org/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.37|retrieved=November 9, 2022|published=January 21, 2007 (interview from Q1 1998)}}</ref>
**{{Icon|Millennium}} [[Andrew Barnabas]] joins [[Millennium]] straight out of university.<ref>{{Cite|title=Content / Interviews / Barnabas, Andrew (Crusaders) (00.00.1998) musician|site=BitFellas|url=http://www.bitfellas.org/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.37|retrieved=November 9, 2022|published=January 21, 2007 (interview from Q1 1998)}}</ref>
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**{{Icon|Sony}} Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) is established, as a division of Sony Electronic Publishing Ltd.<ref name="sonyhistory"/><ref name="sonyhitoryeu">{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227143536if_/http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/data/bizdataeu_e.html|title=Business Development/Europe|site=SCE Global Site (archived version)|retrieved=April 21, 2023}}</ref>
**{{Icon|Sony}} Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) is established, as a division of Sony Electronic Publishing Ltd.<ref name="sonyhistory"/><ref name="sonyhitoryeu">{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227143536if_/http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/data/bizdataeu_e.html|title=Business Development/Europe|site=SCE Global Site (archived version)|retrieved=April 21, 2023}}</ref>
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**{{Icon|Millennium}} [[Paul Donovan]] joins [[Millennium]].{{Siteref|MED-EU-Site|english/sorcerers/sorcerers_paul_1.html|Sorcerers - Paul Donovan}}
**{{Icon|Millennium}} [[Paul Donovan]] joins [[Millennium]].{{Siteref|MED-EU-Site|english/sorcerers/sorcerers_paul_1.html|Sorcerers - Paul Donovan}}
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**{{Icon|Sony}} The PlayStation launches in North America.<ref name="sonyhistory"/><ref name="sonyhistoryna"/>
**{{Icon|Sony}} The PlayStation launches in North America.<ref name="sonyhistory"/><ref name="sonyhistoryna"/>
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**{{Icon|Sony}} The PlayStation launches in Europe.<ref name="sonyhistory"/><ref name="sonyhitoryeu"/>
**{{Icon|Sony}} The PlayStation launches in Europe.<ref name="sonyhistory"/><ref name="sonyhitoryeu"/>
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**{{Icon|MediEvil}} ''[[MediEvil (1998)|MediEvil]]'' is conceptualised by [[Chris Sorrell]] after he is finished working on ''The Snowman'' and ''Father Christmas'' edutainment games.{{Magref|RetroGamer49}}{{Magref|PSPlusV1I3}}
**{{Icon|MediEvil}} ''[[MediEvil (1998)|MediEvil]]'' is conceptualised by [[Chris Sorrell]] after he is finished working on ''The Snowman'' and ''Father Christmas'' edutainment games.{{Magref|RetroGamer49}}{{Magref|PSPlusV1I3}}

Revision as of 10:09, 9 December 2023

This page details the real world history of the MediEvil series and the studios behind it; from the inception of Millennium Interactive in 1989 up to the end of the year 1999 when the promotional push for MediEvil 2 began. For years after 1999, see 2000s, 2010s and 2020s.

Legend

Timeline

1988

1989

1990

1993

  • November 9:
    • Millennium Interactive The registered office of Millennium Interactive is changed to Quern House, Mill Court in Great Shelford.[7]

1994

  • May 18:
    • Sony Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) is established, a division of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.[6][9]
  • December 3:

1995

  • January 5:
    • Sony Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) is established, as a division of Sony Electronic Publishing Ltd.[6][12]
  • September 9:
    • Sony The PlayStation launches in North America.[6][9]
  • September 29:
    • Sony The PlayStation launches in Europe.[6][12]
  • December:
  • December 8:
    • Millennium Interactive The Snowman and Father Christmas are released in Japan, for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn respectively.[16][17]
  • December 21:
    • MediEvil Version 2.2 of the MediEvil Design Document is completed.[18]

1996

1997

1998

1999

  • February 26:
  • June 17: 
  • July:
    • SCEE Cambridge Studio Work begins on Common Tales, a joint research project of the National Film and Television School London, SCEE Cambridge Studio, and the Cambridge University Moving Image Studio as part of the Digital Studios. Common Tales is realised using the engine developed for MediEvil.[68]
  • July 7: 
  • September 5 - September 7:
  • October:
    • MediEvil MediEvil is re-released as a Platinum title in Europe and Australia. The re-release includes a poster of MediEvil 2.[72]
  • November 1: 
  • November 18: 
  • December 15:
    • MediEvil 2 An interview with James Shepherd is published on the GameSpot News website.[75]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 An audience with... Millennium in Edge, Issue 35, page(s) 22-26. Published August 1996 by Future Publishing.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 CREATURE LABS LTD. overview on Find and update company information - GOV.UK. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
  3. ↑ "I started at the studio as a freelancer in the Millennium days in 1989/90. My first visit was at the London office above a pub in 1989/90 before opening the Millennium Cambridge office." — Jay Gunn on Facebook. Published January 12, 2017. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
  4. ↑ MediEvil Sorcerers - Jason Riley on MediEvil Official EU Website (archived version).
  5. ↑ MediEvil Sorcerers - Katie Lea on MediEvil Official EU Website (archived version).
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 History of Sony Interactive Entertainment on Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc (archived version). Retrieved December 2, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Registered office changed on 09/11/93 from: hinchcliffe & co 141 whiteladies road clifton bristol avon BS8 2QB" — CREATURE LABS LTD. filing history on Find and update company information - GOV.UK. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
  8. ↑ MediEvil Sorcerers - Chris Sorrell on MediEvil Official EU Website (archived version).
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Business Development/North America on SCE Global Site (archived version). Retrieved April 21, 2023.
  10. ↑ Business Development/Japan on SCE Global Site (archived version). Retrieved April 21, 2023.
  11. ↑ Content / Interviews / Barnabas, Andrew (Crusaders) (00.00.1998) musician on BitFellas. Published January 21, 2007 (interview from Q1 1998). Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Business Development/Europe on SCE Global Site (archived version). Retrieved April 21, 2023.
  13. ↑ MediEvil Sorcerers - Paul Donovan on MediEvil Official EU Website (archived version).
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 The Making of... MediEvil in Retro Gamer, Issue 49 (PDF file), page(s) 60-63. Published March 2008 by Imagine Publishing. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
  15. ↑ The Snowman in PlayStation Plus, Volume 1 Issue 3, page(s) 12. Published December 1995 by EMAP Images.
  16. ↑ SOFTWARE SLPS-00140 on [GARAGE] (archived version).
  17. ↑ セガサターン対応ソフトウェア（ライセンシー発売 on [セガハード大百科]. Retrieved December 3, 2022.
  18. ↑ MediEvil MediEvil's Design History, 2:17.
  19. ↑ MediEvil Sorcerers - Nina Kristensen on MediEvil Official EU Website (archived version).
  20. ↑ MediEvil Sorcerers - Mike Philbin on MediEvil Official EU Website (archived version).
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 MediEvil The Making of MediEvil.
  22. ↑ MediEvil Sorcerers - Matt Johnson on MediEvil Official EU Website (archived version).
  23. ↑ MediEvil Sorcerers - James Busby on MediEvil Official EU Website (archived version).
  24. ↑ CyberLife History on CyberLife and the Official Creatures Web Site (archived version). Retrieved November 6, 2022.
  25. ↑ Successful multi million selling AAA-games I have worked on. on Artificial Lens. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
  26. ↑ PLAYSTATION HISTORY on Absolute PlayStation. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  27. ↑ PLAYSTATION™ GOES Underground™ on PlayStation - News (archived version). Published March 26, 1997.
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 E3 1997 in Atlanta - The E3 FAQ on www.e3.net (archived version). Retrieved November 6, 2022.
  29. ↑ GameFan Presents 1997 E3 in GameFan, Volume 5 Issue 8, page(s) 74-75. Published August 1997 by Metropolis Publications.
  30. ↑ E3 Preview MediEvil on PSX Nation (archived version). Published June 21, 1997.
  31. ↑ E3 PARTY LIST 1997 on www.e3.net (archived version). Retrieved November 6, 2022.
  32. ↑ EDGE interactive in Edge, Issue 46, page(s) 130. Published June 1997 by Future Publishing.
  33. ↑ MediEvil 2 Development on MediEvil 2 Official EU Website (archived version at Internet Archive Wayback Machine).
  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 Jason Nisse, Sony spends £6m on research base on The Times. Published July 14, 1997.
  35. ↑ US release information on CyberLife and the Official Creatures Web Site (archived version). Retrieved November 6, 2022.
  36. ↑ Goring, Graham, ECTS - Lotta BBW's on uk.games.video.playstation. Published September 8, 1997.
  37. ↑ Preview: Medievil PlayStation in Hyper, Issue 50, page(s) 38. Published December 1997 by Next Publishing.
  38. ↑ Les musiques de Porsche Challenge et MediEvil in Joypad, Issue 71, page(s) 4. Published January 1998 by Hachette Disney Presse SNC.
  39. ↑ MEDIEVIL on Australian Classification Board. Published January 9, 1998.
  40. ↑ QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SHOW on E3.net (archived version).
  41. ↑ CHALLENGE THE POWERS OF DARKNESS IN THE GOTHIC WORLD OF MEDIEVIL™ on PlayStation - News (archived version). Published May 28, 1998.
  42. ↑ E3: MediEvil Movie on Next-Generation Online (archived version). Published May 28, 1998.
  43. ↑ GamePen E3 Party List 1998 on E3.net (archived version). Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  44. ↑ PlayStation Underground Volume 2 Issue 2 on PlayStation Demo Zone (archived version).
  45. ↑ MediEvil on Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle. Published August 5, 1998.
  46. ↑ PlayStation Underground Volume 2 Issue 3 on PlayStation Demo Zone (archived version).
  47. ↑ MediEvil 2 Director Interviewed on GameSpot. Published December 15, 1999.
  48. ↑ "Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (Stand G700) will have its big Christmas 98 titles, including Crash Bandicoot 3, Spyro the Dragon, Tekken 3 and Medieval,[sic] the first title from its Cambridge development studio." — ECTS 98: SONY AND NINTENDO TO OUTLINE CHRISTMAS 98 AND 99 PLANS AS HUNDREDS OF NEW TITLES ARE SET FOR EUROPEAN DEBUT on ResponseSource. Published August 6, 1998. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
  49. ↑ "MediEvil was one of the Sony developed games that was on show in the main product areas." — IGN Staff, ECTS: Sony Displays The Lot on IGN. Published September 10, 1998.
  50. ↑ Graham, Goring, ECTS impressions on uk.games.video.playstation. Published September 8, 1998.
  51. ↑ J, Chris, The Slider Files - European Computer Trade Show 1998. on uk.games.video.playstation. Published September 10, 1998.
  52. ↑ Donovan, Paul, MediEvil review on uk.games.video.playstation. Published September 23, 1998. Retrieved April 25, 2023.
  53. ↑ Page 31 in Total Play, issue 9 (archived version at Internet Archive Wayback Machine).
  54. ↑ MediEvil Chat on MediEvil Official EU Website (archived version).
  55. ↑ MediEvil Welcome on MediEvil Official EU Website (archived version).
  56. ↑ "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." — Donovan, Paul, VRally2 'openness' on uk.games.video.playstation. Published July 8, 1999. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
  57. ↑ SONY PLAYSTATION - MEDIEVIL COMPUTER GAME - FUNERAL on British Board of Film Classification (archived version). Published October 19, 1998.
  58. ↑ Challenge the Powers of Darkness in the Gothic World of MediEvil in Business Wire. Published October 21, 1998.
  59. ↑ 59.0 59.1 Nelson, Randy & Perry, Douglass, MediEvil on IGN. Published October 22, 1998.
  60. ↑ 60.0 60.1 60.2 What's New on PlayStation (archived version).
  61. ↑ Fielder, Joe, PlayStation Reviews: MediEvil Review on GameSpot. Published October 23, 1998.
  62. ↑ MEDIEVIL - Review on Absolute PlayStation. Published November 1998. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
  63. ↑ MediEvil MediEvil Contest on MediEvil Official US Website (archived version at Internet Archive Wayback Machine).
  64. ↑ 64.0 64.1 "Sony Computer Entertainment America and Pizza Hut announced today a nationwide promotion that teams up the world's largest pizza restaurant company with the world's best-selling videogame system." — SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA AND PIZZA HUT® TEAM UP FOR THE "PIZZA-POWERED PLAYSTATION® GIVEAWAY" in PlayStation - News (archived version). Published November 19, 1998.
  65. ↑ "A TV-based Pizza Hut promo runs Nov. 23-Dec. 26, offering 3.5 million PlayStation sampler CDs with purchases of its stuffed crust pizza, plus a scratch-and-win contest gives customers a chance to win a $200,000 grand prize, with PlayStation consoles and games as secondary prizes. Sony buttresses the promo with one million direct mail pieces via Rapp Collins, Dallas, to lure its customers to Pizza Hut." — Elkin, Tobi, BIG PLAY in Adweek. Published September 7, 1998.
  66. ↑ 66.0 66.1 66.2 PlayStation Giveaway in Toronto Star. Published December 3, 1998.
  67. ↑ メディーバル 〜甦ったガロメアの勇者〜 (PS)の関連情報 on Famitsu. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
  68. ↑ Nitsche, Michael, Welcome on Common Tales. Published October 30, 2002. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  69. ↑ MattMan, Playstation Game Reviews: Medievil on PSX Extreme (archived version). Published July 7, 1999.
  70. ↑ Sam Kennedy and James Mielke, Sony Announces Medievil 2 on GameStop. Published September 7, 1999.
  71. ↑ Douglass Perry, In case you missed it: Sony announces the successor to Medievil for a spring 2000 release. on IGN. Published September 10, 1999.
  72. ↑ Official UK PlayStation Magazine No. 50, page 27. Published by Future Publishing in October 1999.
  73. ↑ MediEvil 2 Press Release on MediEvil 2 Official EU Website (archived version at Internet Archive Wayback Machine).
  74. ↑ Medievil2.com Domain Report on Domain Tools. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
  75. ↑ MediEvil 2 Director Interviewed on GameSpot News (archived version). Published December 15, 1999.


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