Vulture

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    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
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    Silverload MediEvil
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    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 2019 icon.png 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 2019 icon.png 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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