uncleskeletor Posts: 13 | Magic Kinder lost flash gamesNov 6, 2024 11:50:36 GMT Post by uncleskeletor on Nov 6, 2024 11:50:36 GMTThe Magic Kinder website used to have a ton of flash games available based on their Kinder egg toys. The games covered a lot of genres (Puzzle, Platformers, etc.) and also had animated cutscenes. These games can no longer be accessed anymore via the website, tried using the wayback machine but so far all the archived versions are broken and missing loads of assets, flash games included. I've got the most memories playing games based on the Robot Cat and Dog toys, they were puzzle games set in a different time periods such as a medieval castle and a circus. After completing each game you would receive a piece of a spaceship, your progress was tracked over each game with the goal of rebuilding the spaceship. Unfortunately I can't remember ever getting all the pieces. Some of the other games were a Baby Firefighter themed side-scroller and a potion making game based on the Monster Hotel toy line. I've found these productionportfolios from designers who worked on the website that have some of the animation that was made, including brief footage of a racing game. There's also this video from 2017 which shows the website in action with more gameplay. Some effort has been made towards recovering these games, a Christmas themed one and another based on Tom and Jerry have apparently been found by someone on the Flashpoint archive. Also another game called 'Zio Medusa' has been uploaded to the internet archive, but from what I can tell everything else remains lost. |
jipjep Posts: 8 | Magic Kinder lost flash gamesNov 6, 2024 12:15:30 GMT Post by jipjep on Nov 6, 2024 12:15:30 GMTthere also a french version of the link who dont show a 404 error www.kinder.com/fr/fr/magic-kinder |
pokorocks A guy who likes to collect and find rare stuff. Also a big fan of wow wow wubbzy & lady & the tramp Posts: 662 | Magic Kinder lost flash gamesNov 6, 2024 12:35:50 GMT Post by pokorocks on Nov 6, 2024 12:35:50 GMTI remember watching some surprise eggs videos and in the old eggs there was a code to put on a website. Are those the games you are talking about? |
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jipjep Posts: 8 | Magic Kinder lost flash gamesNov 6, 2024 12:38:50 GMT Post by jipjep on Nov 6, 2024 12:38:50 GMTNov 6, 2024 11:50:36 GMT uncleskeletor said: The Magic Kinder website used to have a ton of flash games available based on their Kinder egg toys. The games covered a lot of genres (Puzzle, Platformers, etc.) and also had animated cutscenes. These games can no longer be accessed anymore via the website, tried using the wayback machine but so far all the archived versions are broken and missing loads of assets, flash games included. I've got the most memories playing games based on the Robot Cat and Dog toys, they were puzzle games set in a different time periods such as a medieval castle and a circus. After completing each game you would receive a piece of a spaceship, your progress was tracked over each game with the goal of rebuilding the spaceship. Unfortunately I can't remember ever getting all the pieces. Some of the other games were a Baby Firefighter themed side-scroller and a potion making game based on the Monster Hotel toy line. I've found these productionportfolios from designers who worked on the website that have some of the animation that was made, including brief footage of a racing game. There's also this video from 2017 which shows the website in action with more gameplay. Some effort has been made towards recovering these games, a Christmas themed one and another based on Tom and Jerry have apparently been found by someone on the Flashpoint archive. Also another game called 'Zio Medusa' has been uploaded to the internet archive, but from what I can tell everything else remains lost. i looked on the files of the game "zio medusa" and i found multiple image and other .swf files Now The Pictures "bgRed.gif" It Looks Like Some Sort Of Unused Button In The Game |
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uncleskeletor Posts: 13 | Magic Kinder lost flash gamesNov 6, 2024 14:38:56 GMTpokorocks likes this Post by uncleskeletor on Nov 6, 2024 14:38:56 GMTNov 6, 2024 12:35:50 GMT pokorocks said: I remember watching some surprise eggs videos and in the old eggs there was a code to put on a website. Are those the games you are talking about? Possibly, I can't remember ever needing a code to access the games, they were all available straight away. |
pokorocks A guy who likes to collect and find rare stuff. Also a big fan of wow wow wubbzy & lady & the tramp Posts: 662 | Magic Kinder lost flash gamesNov 6, 2024 15:13:12 GMTuncleskeletor likes this Post by pokorocks on Nov 6, 2024 15:13:12 GMTNov 6, 2024 14:38:56 GMT uncleskeletor said: Nov 6, 2024 12:35:50 GMT pokorocks said: I remember watching some surprise eggs videos and in the old eggs there was a code to put on a website. Are those the games you are talking about? Possibly, I can't remember ever needing a code to access the games, they were all available straight away. This is the code I was talking about: youtu.be/257uMJgodnc?t=150 |
uncleskeletor Posts: 13 | Magic Kinder lost flash gamesNov 6, 2024 17:14:47 GMTpokorocks likes this Post by uncleskeletor on Nov 6, 2024 17:14:47 GMTNov 6, 2024 15:13:12 GMT pokorocks said: Nov 6, 2024 14:38:56 GMT uncleskeletor said: Possibly, I can't remember ever needing a code to access the games, they were all available straight away. This is the code I was talking about: youtu.be/257uMJgodnc?t=150 Ah gotcha, looked into the magicodes a bit more, found this wiki pagewhich has some info on them. Also found this website,looks like the codes could be used to either play games or download content from the website. |
pokorocks A guy who likes to collect and find rare stuff. Also a big fan of wow wow wubbzy & lady & the tramp Posts: 662 | Magic Kinder lost flash gamesNov 6, 2024 18:25:28 GMTuncleskeletor likes this Post by pokorocks on Nov 6, 2024 18:25:28 GMTNov 6, 2024 17:14:47 GMT uncleskeletor said: Nov 6, 2024 15:13:12 GMT pokorocks said: This is the code I was talking about: youtu.be/257uMJgodnc?t=150 Ah gotcha, looked into the magicodes a bit more, found this wiki pagewhich has some info on them. Also found this website,looks like the codes could be used to either play games or download content from the website. So it could be a possibility that does games are rare because you need a code (that's also a case for one popular lost game in Serbia) |
uncleskeletor Posts: 13 | Magic Kinder lost flash gamesNov 6, 2024 19:08:23 GMTpokorocks likes this Post by uncleskeletor on Nov 6, 2024 19:08:23 GMTNov 6, 2024 18:25:28 GMT pokorocks said: Nov 6, 2024 17:14:47 GMT uncleskeletor said: Ah gotcha, looked into the magicodes a bit more, found this wiki pagewhich has some info on them. Also found this website,looks like the codes could be used to either play games or download content from the website. So it could be a possibility that does games are rare because you need a code (that's also a case for one popular lost game in Serbia) That seems to be the case for some of them, was looking back at the 'Zio Medusa' archive and the person who uploaded it said this: 'This version of Zio Medusa was once stored on a USB flash drive that you'd find inside the "Ovetti" product (small chocolate eggs) as a surprise in Italy around 2013. Judging by the date on "play.html" it seems like the game was created in 2007.'
Something to remember is that the magic kinder website has been live since 2001, there could possibly be over 20 years of lost games. According to the kinder wiki, magicodes were phased out in 2015 and replaced with QR codes that linked directly to the website. When considering this timeframe it doesn't seem that impossible that some pages may of been archived somewhere. |
pokorocks A guy who likes to collect and find rare stuff. Also a big fan of wow wow wubbzy & lady & the tramp Posts: 662 | Magic Kinder lost flash gamesNov 6, 2024 19:21:37 GMT Post by pokorocks on Nov 6, 2024 19:21:37 GMTNov 6, 2024 19:08:23 GMT uncleskeletor said: Nov 6, 2024 18:25:28 GMT pokorocks said: So it could be a possibility that does games are rare because you need a code (that's also a case for one popular lost game in Serbia) That seems to be the case for some of them, was looking back at the 'Zio Medusa' archive and the person who uploaded it said this: 'This version of Zio Medusa was once stored on a USB flash drive that you'd find inside the "Ovetti" product (small chocolate eggs) as a surprise in Italy around 2013. Judging by the date on "play.html" it seems like the game was created in 2007.'
Something to remember is that the magic kinder website has been live since 2001, there could possibly be over 20 years of lost games. According to the kinder wiki, magicodes were phased out in 2015 and replaced with QR codes that linked directly to the website. When considering this timeframe it doesn't seem that impossible that some pages may of been archived somewhere. Woah, i never saw that video, that's so cool! I hope that someone finds those surprise eggs with USBs and post them online (or maybe someone will buy sealed surprise eggs and put them online however that's unlikely) |
uncleskeletor Posts: 13 | Magic Kinder lost flash gamesNov 6, 2024 19:44:52 GMTpokorocks and uncleskeletor like this Post by uncleskeletor on Nov 6, 2024 19:44:52 GMTNov 6, 2024 19:21:37 GMT pokorocks said: Nov 6, 2024 19:08:23 GMT uncleskeletor said: That seems to be the case for some of them, was looking back at the 'Zio Medusa' archive and the person who uploaded it said this: 'This version of Zio Medusa was once stored on a USB flash drive that you'd find inside the "Ovetti" product (small chocolate eggs) as a surprise in Italy around 2013. Judging by the date on "play.html" it seems like the game was created in 2007.'
Something to remember is that the magic kinder website has been live since 2001, there could possibly be over 20 years of lost games. According to the kinder wiki, magicodes were phased out in 2015 and replaced with QR codes that linked directly to the website. When considering this timeframe it doesn't seem that impossible that some pages may of been archived somewhere. Woah, i never saw that video, that's so cool! I hope that someone finds those surprise eggs with USBs and post them online (or maybe someone will buy sealed surprise eggs and put them online however that's unlikely) Yeah it would be great! I feel like the USBs should be the easiest to archive. It already happened with Zio Medusa so fingers crossed another one appears soon. |