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| {{Infobox Game | | |title = July 29th, 1995 |
| |title = Screamer (video game) | | |image = Marioisadumbass.png |
| |image = Screamer_cover.jpg | | |imagecaption = Mario? |
| |imagecaption = The cover of Screamer 1. | | |maker = ANONYMOUS1998 |
| |maker = Milestone S.r.l. | | |type = [[YouTube]] [[videos|video]] |
| |type = MS-DOS game | | |date = December 2nd, 2021 |
| |date = 1995 | |
| |platform = MS-DOS, Windows, OSX and Linux
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| |sequel = Screamer 2
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| Screamer is a single-player racing game released for MS-DOS computers made by Milestone S.r.l. and published by Virgin Interactive. The game has polygon-like graphics, similar to games around that era. The game would get an version that emulates the game released by [[wikipedia:GOG.com|GOG.com]] in 2009 for Windows<ref>https://www.gog.com/forum/general_archive/surprise_release_screamer/page1</ref>, and released for Mac OS X in 2012<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20121028164332/https://www.gog.com/news/gogcom_adds_interplay_games_for_mac_os_x</ref>. A sequel for the game named Screamer 2 was released in 1996.
| | '''July 29th, 1995''' is a [[screamer]] made by [[YouTube]] user ANONYMOUS1998. |
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| The music of the game was composed by British video game composer [[wikipedia:Allister Brimble|Allister Brimble]]<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20060205051727/orchestralmedia.co.uk/OrchestralMediaPortfolio.pdf</ref>. Unlike it's other sequels, Screamer 2, Screamer Rally and Screamer 4x4 it uses software rendering. The emulated version is also pre-packaged with the MS-DOS emulator, [[wikipedia:DOSBox|DOSBox]]<ref>https://www.gog.com/forum/general/list_of_gog_games_using_dosbox/page1</ref>. | | The video starts off with a unnerving picture of someone wearing a Mario costume near a child in a house with stock noises of a baby crying and a person laughing with a echo. However, right at 0:24 it shows the same image, but cropped into Mario's face accompanied by a noise of a woman screaming<ref group = "note">It should be noted that this was taken from a meme featuring an old woman screaming.</ref>. After the screamer, it shows static. |
| ==Bugs==
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| All versions of the game can crash in SVGA mode, regardless of platform with no fix.
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| ==Public reception==
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| The game was reviewed by a reviewer for Maximum honored the game for it's high speed, smooth graphics, the selection of vehicles, numerous options and modes, and gave the game 5 out of 5 stars<ref>"Maximum Reviews: Screamer". Maximum: The Video Game Magazine. No. 2. Emap International Limited. November 1995. p. 158.</ref>. The game was also praised by a reviewer for Next Generation<ref>"Screamer". Next Generation. No. 17. Imagine Media. May 1996. pp. 98, 101.</ref>.
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| The game was nominated as the best racing game of 2001, but lost to [[wikipedia:NASCAR Racing 4|NASCAR Racing 4]]<ref>Staff (March 2002). "11th Annual Computer Games Awards". Computer Games Magazine (136): 50–56.</ref>. | | The same cropped image appears at 0:39 with the same scream, then cuts back to static. |
| | | ==Notes== |
| In March 1997, an advertisement for the game showed a car wreckage with the slogan "Every Christmas the roads are full of mad men. Join them" which caused controversy<ref>"Videogames Continue to Shock the System". Next Generation. No. 27. Imagine Media. March 1997. p. 19.</ref>.
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| ==References== | | ==Link== |
| <references/> | | <u>NOTE</u>: The following video contains a [[screamer]]! |
| ==Links== | | * youtube.com/watch?v=WqPPUlEAZmk |
| * [https://store.steampowered.com/app/697580/Screamer Screamer] on the Steam store
| | * '''Permalink''': ia600202.us.archive.org/6/items/july-29th-1995-720p-h-264/July 29th%2C 1995 (720p%2C h264).mp4 |
| * [https://www.gog.com/en/game/screamer Screamer] on [[wikipedia:GOG.com|GOG.com]]
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| * [https://www.mobygames.com/game/621/screamer/ Screamer] on MobyGames | |
| * Showcase video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er9ecGTA7lw
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| ===Further reading===
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| * PC Gaming Wiki article: https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Screamer | |
| * Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screamer_(video_game)
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