This page details the real world history of the MediEvil series, the studios behind it and the game's fandom; from the release of MediEvil 2 in 2000 up to the unveiling of the GTA MediEvil fan project and the creation of the MediEvil Boards in 2009. For years before the year 2000, see Pre-2000s. For years after 2009, see 2010s and 2020s.
As part of a partnership between SONY and Hershey Foods Corporation, people in the US could send four proof-of-purchase labels from various Hershey's products to SONY and receive free strategy tip cards for MediEvil II. Tips were also available on the Hershey's website.[18][19]
October 2:
The nominees for the BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards 2000 are announced, MediEvil 2 being one of them.[20]
October 8:
Leaflets promoting the Hershey's offer are distributed with newspapers across the US.[18]
October 26:
MediEvil 2 wins the BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Award for Best Console Game.[21][20]
2001
All of the year's events have been hidden.
March 28:
The very first MediEvil fan fictions are published on FanFiction.Net.[22] They are "Daniel in Derby" and "Lost Souls," both authored by a user called Crystal Cattail.[23][24]
The first known Any% speedrun of MediEvil is posted on the Speed Demos Archive (SDA) Forum by user Edeshi.[75] The video is no longer available as of 2023.
Immersion Corp. and Sony Computer Entertainment enter into a business agreement, concluding the litigation.[89]
March 21:
The MediEvil article is published on the Italian Wikipedia.[90]
March 23:
The PS3 launches in Europe and Australasia.[91][92]
April 19:
The PS3 receives firmware update 1.7 which promises to make PS1 titles on the PSN playable on the console.[93] However, the titles themselves are not yet updated to work on PS3.[94]
May 3:
The PS1 titles on the PSN are updated to work on PS3 around this time.[95]
June 22:
MediEvil is set to be released on the PSN in Europe on this day.[96][97] However, this does not happen.
July 23:
The MediEvil article is published on the Spanish Wikipedia.[98]
PSP firmware version 5.00 is released. This allowed PSPs to connect to the PSN and access the PlayStation Store, making it possible to download games from the store directly without the use of a PS3.[119]
A MediEvil fan site called Zarokslair on Piczo posts a rumour about Cambridge Studio working on a PlayStation 3 title that may be a new MediEvil game.[134] This is likely based on reports from August.
November 18:
TheMediEvil article is published on the Finnish Wikipedia.[135]
December 7:
The MediEvil 2 article is published on the Finnish Wikipedia.[136]
Notes
↑ DeviantArt stopped displaying join dates and archived versions did not capture it. However, the date noted here was written down before the change by Dan's Friend.
↑ 2.02.1 The page has since been deleted from Facebook, and the archived version only shows its creation year, not the full date. However, the date noted here was written down by Dan's Friend before the page's deletion.
All relevant events hidden.
References
↑MediEvil 2 on Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle. Published February 23, 2000.
↑"The current issue of PlayStation Pro has a big MediEvil 2 preview in it
(with Dan on the front cover). There is a picture of the entire team in the
article, including Iain and me. Can you find our ugly mugs?" — Donovan, Paul, A fun competition for the readers of UGVP on uk.games.video.playstation. Published February 23, 2000. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
↑MEDIEVIL 2 on Australian Classification. Published February 29, 2000.
↑ 6.06.16.2Medievil Times. Created and distributed by Claydon Heeley Jones Mason in May 2000.
↑MediEvil 2 "Need A Hand..?" print advertisement. Published by Sony Computer Entertainment in 2000.
↑ 8.08.1"We have teamed up with Sony PlayStation, the world's leading games console, to give you lucky readers the chance to win a copy of MediEvil 2 which is released in the shops today." — Win Sony PlayStation games and MediEvil 2 in The Sun. Published April 21, 2000.
↑ Ant, UK Release Dates 07/04/00 on uk.games.video.playstation. Published April 10, 2000. Retrieved April 25, 2023.
↑ Young, Graeme, Everybody's Golf 2 on uk.games.video.playstation. Published April 25, 2000. Retrieved April 25, 2023.
↑ Everyone's Favorite Undead Hero Resurrects to the PlayStation(R) Game Console In MediEvil(R) II in PR Newswire. Published May 9, 2000.
↑"I played the demo, it seems pretty close to the original, plus a few extras,
but our release date (for the "US" version) is May 9." — JJ, Medievil 2 - anyone playing? on uk.games.video.playstation. Published April 27, 2000. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
↑ Perry, Doug, Medievil II review on IGN (archived version). Published May 22, 2000. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
↑ Fielder, Joe, MediEvil II Review on GameSpot. Published May 24, 2000. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
↑ Nitsche, Michael, Welcome on Common Tales. Published October 30, 2002. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
↑"The games listed in the judgment are: A Bug’s Life; Amplitude; Ape Escape; Atlantis: The Lost Empire; Bloody Roar 2; Cool Boarders 3, 4 and 2001; Crash Bash; Crash Team Racing; Draken: The Ancients’ Gate; Emperor’s New Groove; Extermination; FantaVision; Final Fantasy X; Formula One 2001; The Getaway; Gran Turismo 1, 2 and 3; Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and 3; Grind Session; ICO; Jak & Daxter; Kinetica; Kingdom Hearts; Legend of the Dragon; The Mark of Kri; Medal of Honor Frontline; Medieval 2;[sic] Metal Gear Solid 2; Monsters Inc.; Sly Cooper and the Thievius Racoonus; SOCOM Navy Seals; Speed Punks; Spyro; Ripto’s Rage and Year of the Dragon; Stuart Little 2; Syphon Filter 2 and 3; Tony’s Hawk’s Pro Skater 3; Twisted Metal: Black, 4 and Small Brawl; Treasure Planet; and War of the Monsters." — Sony loses PlayStation patent case, must pay $91M on Macworld. Published March 27, 2005. Retrieved March 5, 2024.
↑"For my part, there was an idea I had back in 2003 that I’ve been wanting to properly explore ever since… A way to both continue Sir Dan’s story whilst also returning to its roots. This story might once have been the basis for a potential MediEvil 3, but I think it makes for an even better comic and a perfect way to celebrate the HD remake." — Sorrell, Chris, Dead Man Dan Returns In MediEvil Graphic Novel on PREVIEWSworld. Published September 17, 2019. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
↑"We are now just about to start moving office to plush new HQ in the centre of Cambridge. Back on Monday..." — Tattersall, Steven, Moving… on Accreted Drivel. Published January 23, 2003. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
↑"The move to City House went really rather well. Although half the rooms are unfinished, we were able to get everyone's equipment across and running to nearly 100 per cent by late Monday afternoon." — Tattersall, Steven, We have moved on Accreted Drivel. Published February 2, 2003. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
↑SCEA Ships Primal on IGN. Published March 25, 2003. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
↑"It's official: your favorite undead knight is back with his own adventure on the PSP. MediEvil Resurrection is more than just a port of a Playstation classic and if the demo we played at SCEA's pre-E3 event this week is any indication, PSP owners are in for exclusive treats made just for the handheld." — Allen, Jason, Pre-E3 2005: Medievil Resurrection on IGN. Published April 26, 2005. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
↑ Allen, Jason, MediEvil Resurrection on IGN. Published September 13, 2005. Retrieved April 25, 2023.
↑"Phil Harrison, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) Executive Vice President—and occasional Sony evangelist—has been named President of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios (SCE WWS), where he'll oversee game-development operations for studios in Japan and North America in addition to his native Europe." — Choi, Dan, Phil Harrison to head up SCE Worldwide Studios for Sony on Engadget. Published September 14, 2005. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
↑"Sony has settled on a date. PlayStation 3 will (finally) launch across Europe on Friday, March 23, confirmed the console maker in a statement to-be-released at midnight (GMT), and posted (a bit early) on semi-official Sony blog Three Speech." — Ransom-Wiley, James, PlayStation 3 launches March 23 in Europe, 425 on Engadget. Published January 24, 2007. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
↑"In other PS3 news, Sony has upgraded the console's firmware to v1.7. Besides the usual tweaks, the upgrade adds two functionalities that old-school gamers will find most welcome. First, it allows original PlayStation games downloaded from the PlayStation store to be played on the PS3 console." — Thorsen, Tor, PS Network hits milestone, PS3 upgraded to 1.7 on GameSpot. Published April 19, 2007. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
↑"As some PlayStation 3 owners have already discovered, however, the existing PS One software currently available for download doesn't work. Popular speculation as to why this is points to the need to remove the certification key required to play games on Sony's portable platform." — Dunham, Jeremy, PS1 Downloads on PS3 Explained on IGN. Published April 19, 2007. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
↑"Well, it's May and Sony has announced that the PSone format software available from the PlayStation Store will now be operable on both the PS3 and PSP systems. If you've already purchased any titles, you'll be able to re-download them to your PS3 at no additional charge." — Grant, Christopher, PSone titles now working on PlayStation 3 and PSP on Engadget. Published May 3, 2007. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
↑"After some of you pointed out that MediEvil fails at the 3rd level we have withdrawn the title from the PLAYSTATION®Store for the time being." — Lestrade, MediEvil & Spyro issues on Official PlayStation Community (archived version). Published July 27, 2007. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
↑"Sony has confirmed to Eurogamer that problems with one of the downloadable PSone games released on PlayStation Network last Thursday have led to its withdrawal." — Bramwell, Tom, MediEvil and Spyro PSN bugs on Eurogamer. Published July 30, 2007. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
↑"This is the full database dump of the Spanish Wikipedia that is generated by the Wikimedia Foundation on July 25, 2011." — jakej, Wikimedia database dump of the Spanish Wikipedia on July 25, 2011 on Internet Archive. Published December 7, 2011. Retrieved October 25, 2024.
↑"Sony has said it will refund consumers who bought PSone title Spyro 2: Gateway to Glimmer and now MediEvil from the PlayStation Store." — Bramwell, Tom, Sony refunds borked PSN games on Eurogamer. Published August 10, 2007. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
↑"Between Puzzle Fighter, Rayman and Medievil Resurrection, we're going to have a busy weekend." — Alexander, Jem, European PSN updates for May 29th on Engadget. Published May 29, 2008. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
↑"America catches up with Europe today (we so rarely get to say that) as Medievil Resurrection becomes available on the PC Store and the PSN Store via PS3." — Alexander, Jem, American PC Store update for June 26th on Engadget. Published June 26, 2008. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
↑Admin on MediEvil Boards (archived version). Retrieved May 15, 2023.
↑ ЛАПТЕВА, Елена, Умер Павел Смеян on KP.RU. Published July 12, 2009. Retrieved May 9, 2023.
↑"8 лет назад не стало Павла Евгеньевича Смеяна - музыканта, певца, композитора и актера. Человек большого таланта и невероятной харизмы, он подарил голос злодею из сиквела MediEvil - Лорду Пэлторну." — MediEvil UnOfficial Fan Club on VK. Published July 10, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2023.