Wrath of the Gods: curiosities and oddities

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Wrath of the Gods: curiosities and oddities

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Back in the 90s, one of the first CD games I played was Wrath of the Gods, the original release with voices missing for some of the videos.

Now that it is officially supported by ScummVM, I was playing my original ( that I kept archived all these years ), and started to look for information online about the game.

I stumbled upon this:

https://www.wrathgame.com/

It is a full and free version of the game playable directly on the browser. As far as i know it is an official version, also released for smartphones by a company called Mythweb.

And that's where things get a little odd. You see, this version has completely different FMV for some of the characters, and more of it. So I'm not sure if it is not based on the mythical ( pun intended ) "Reelmagic" or "Realmagic" MPEG version lost to time, probably never released. If so, then they recasted some of the actors for that, or maybe they shoot new video for this web/phone version. I don't really know... :?

Anyway, here's some comparison sreenshots:



The original Hera
The original Hera
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The new Hera
The new Hera
hera - browser.png (394.55 KiB) Viewed 6788 times
Original river maiden and crone
Original river maiden and crone
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Browser river maiden and crone
Browser river maiden and crone
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Original nobleman and soldier
Original nobleman and soldier
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Browser nobleman and soldier
Browser nobleman and soldier
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Original potion seller
Original potion seller
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Browser potion seller
Browser potion seller
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Re: Wrath of the Gods: curiosities and oddities

Post by sev »

Wow, that is very interesting. Thank you for sharing!


Eugene
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