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Croc Legend of the Gobbos. This article is about the 3. D platform game. For the similarly named Game Boy Color game, see Croc 2. Croc Legend of the Gobbos is a 1. Argonaut Games and published by Fox Interactive. Quarterdeck is a free quarterly ejournaledited by George Jepsonfor fans of historical fiction and covering news from McBooks Press and all other publishers. A guide to all Civilizations in Civilization 5 including their unique bonuses, special buildings, unique units and general recommendations for each Civ. Coming soon according to the German White Dwarf. Age of Sigmar Skirmish. Skirmish is all the rage these days, what with your Shadow War Armageddons, your. The game was released in North America in September 1. Sony Play. Station, and later on that year for the Sega Saturn and Microsoft Windows. Taking place in the fictional setting of the Gobbo Valley, Croc Legend of the Gobbos follows a young crocodile named Croc, who sets out to rescue a group of furry creatures known as Gobbos from the evil Baron Dante. Notable for being an early example of a 3. This is a comprehensive index of commercial, indie and freeware space flight simulator games. The list is categorized into four sections space flight simulators. D platform game, Croc Legend of the Gobbos began development as a concept for a 3. D platformer in which the player controlled the character Yoshi from Nintendos Super Mario series. The concept was pitched to Nintendo by Argonaut, but was ultimately rejected by the company, ending Argonauts relationship with Nintendo and prompting them to design a new character and retool the game as an original property. Croc Legend of the Gobbos received average reviews from critics praise was directed towards the games visuals and its music, while criticism was directed towards the games controls and camera. The game was a commercial success, with the Play. Station version going on to sell over 3 million copies. A sequel to the game, titled Croc 2, was released in 1. Gameplayedit. Stages in Croc Legend of the Gobbos are made up of several small, connected areas consisting of various puzzles and platforming challenges. Croc Legend of the Gobbos is a third person. Dplatformer in which the player controls the main character, a green crocodile named Croc, through several courses taking place on various islands throughout Gobbo Valley. Levels are accessed through a world map, and consist of various different smaller sub sections taking place both above land and underground as well as occasionally taking place underwater that are filled with various enemies and obstacles that try to impede Croc. The main goal of each level is to navigate through the stage and reach the gong located at the end of the level in order to transport Croc to the next, while also saving as many captured Gobbos imprisoned throughout the stage as possible. Certain stages also contain boss enemies known as Guardians that Croc must defeat in order to progress to the next stage. Various different collectibles are scattered throughout stages, including small, gray crystal orbs that act as Crocs health, and red hearts that give the player an extra life when collected. Also hidden across each stage are 6 Gobbos being held captive by the Dantini tribe that act as Crocs main objective throughout the length of the game. Gobbos are hidden in various locations throughout the level, often collected by solving a puzzle or completing a challenge, whilst the 6th Gobbo is located in a bonus room hidden behind a set of doors that can only be reached by collecting 5 colored crystals hidden throughout the level. Rescuing every Gobbo before a boss level in each world unlocks a secret level that can be completed in order to collect a jigsaw puzzle piece. Subsequently, collecting every puzzle piece in the game unlocks an extra island containing more levels for the player to progress through. While collecting the Gobbos is not mandatory to completing the game, doing so is nonetheless necessary in order to face against the games final boss and unlock the games true ending. Crocs maneuvering abilities are somewhat comparable to that of Marios in Super Mario 6. D pad, as well as touting the abilities to perform a sidestep and a 1. Crocs main method of attack consists of a full circle tail swipe that is used to defeat enemies and bosses, as well as a hit drop move that can be used to break open crates containing collectibles. Crocs in game health is represented by the crystals that the player collects throughout the game when Croc is hurt by an enemy, all of his crystals are lost and scattered around him in several directions similar to a mechanic commonly used in Sonic the Hedgehog. If Croc is hurt while he has no crystals, the player loses a life and is sent back to the beginning of the segment of the level they are currently in. King Rufus, the leader of a furry race of creatures called the Gobbos, is watching the sunrise over Gobbo Valley when he sees a large, woven basket carrying a baby crocodile floating down the river. Initially suspicious of the young crocodile but ultimately won over by its innocence, King Rufus and the Gobbos decide to raise it as one of their own and teach it in the ways of the Gobbo. The crocodile, named Croc, grows, eventually becoming much larger than the Gobbos. One day, Baron Dante and his band of villains known as the Dantinis invade Gobbo Valley and begin terrorizing the Gobbos, capturing them and locking them in steel cages. Amidst the chaos, King Rufus summons a magical yellow bird named Beany, who uses her magical abilities to transport Croc to safety, immediately before Rufus is snatched by Baron Dante. By the time Croc has been brought to safety, the Dantinis have completely taken over all of Gobbo Valley, locked up all the Gobbos,3 and turned innocent creatures all across the valley into monsters to act as their minions. Croc sets out on a quest to free the Gobbos and defeat Baron Dante. DevelopmenteditConcepteditThe end came when we pitched to do a 3. D platform game, the likes of which had never been done before. We mocked up a prototype using Yoshi. It was essentially the worlds first 3. D platform game and was obviously a big risk Nintendo had never let an outside company use their characters before, and werent about to, either. Computer Aided Software Engineering Case Tools Vendors. This is the moment the deal fell apart. We later made that game into Croc Legend of the Gobbos for the Play. Station, Saturn and PC, which became our biggest ever game in terms of sales and also in royalties, since we owned the IP. Jez San, founder of Argonaut Games5Croc Legend of the Gobbos began development as an early concept for a 3. D platform game in which the player controlled the character Yoshi from Nintendos Super Mario series. The game, titled Yoshi Racing, was a hybrid of several mechanics from the two video games Super Mario World and Super Mario Kart. Coming off of the heels of a successful relationship with Nintendo as a result of their development of the Super FX expansion chip used in several Super Nintendo Entertainment System games such as Star Fox and Super Mario World 2 Yoshis Island, Argonaut Games created a prototype of the game, cited by company founder Jez San as essentially the worlds first 3. D platform game, and pitched it to Nintendo. The company was initially enthusiastic about the game, according to San, with Super Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto expressing particular fascination with the project. Despite this enthusiastic response, Nintendo ultimately rejected Argonaut for unspecified reasons, ending the relationship between the two companies that had begun with the development of Star Fox, and prompting Argonaut to find another publisher to finance and publish the game. According to Jez San, the prototype of Yoshi Racing that Argonaut had initially pitched to Nintendo was a large influence towards the creation and development of Super Mario 6.