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Galleon (video game)
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Galleon is a video game developed by Toby Gard
and Confounding Factor
. Famously announced in Edge magazine in 1997, the game went through various incarnations and publishers before eventually being published by SCi
in 2004 to fairly muted critical response. The average score on GameRankings is 68% based on 43 reviews.
As the original designer of Lara Croft, Toby Gard left Core Design shortly after the first Tomb Raider
game was released. Galleon was to be his first independent title following the original Tomb Raider. Galleon was delayed and eventually ported from the original PlayStation
to the Dreamcast and later to the Xbox
. Gard has since returned to Eidos as a design consultant for the Tomb Raider franchise. The soundtrack was originally composed by Lee Nicklen, though due to breach of contract and the publishers not paying him, the music is now available for free under the GNU license.
Toby Gard
Toby Gard is an English computer game character designer and consultant, notably creating female British archaeologist Lara Croft...
and Confounding Factor
Confounding Factor (games company)
Confounding Factor was a British video games company founded in 1997 by Toby Gard and Paul Douglas, both of Core Design, and based in Bristol, UK. The company only released a single title during its lifetime, called Galleon, which went on sale in 2004 for the Microsoft Xbox console...
. Famously announced in Edge magazine in 1997, the game went through various incarnations and publishers before eventually being published by SCi
SCi
Square Enix Limited, doing business as Square Enix Europe, is a British publisher of video game software wholly owned by Square Enix. Square Enix Europe has its head office in the Wimbledon Bridge House in Wimbledon, London Borough of Merton....
in 2004 to fairly muted critical response. The average score on GameRankings is 68% based on 43 reviews.
As the original designer of Lara Croft, Toby Gard left Core Design shortly after the first Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider is an action-adventure video game developed by Core Design and published by Eidos Interactive. It was originally released in 1996 for the Sega Saturn, with MS-DOS and PlayStation versions following shortly thereafter...
game was released. Galleon was to be his first independent title following the original Tomb Raider. Galleon was delayed and eventually ported from the original PlayStation
PlayStation
The is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console first released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December 3, .The PlayStation was the first of the PlayStation series of consoles and handheld game devices. The PlayStation 2 was the console's successor in 2000...
to the Dreamcast and later to the Xbox
Xbox
The Xbox is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Microsoft. It was released on November 15, 2001 in North America, February 22, 2002 in Japan, and March 14, 2002 in Australia and Europe and is the predecessor to the Xbox 360. It was Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console...
. Gard has since returned to Eidos as a design consultant for the Tomb Raider franchise. The soundtrack was originally composed by Lee Nicklen, though due to breach of contract and the publishers not paying him, the music is now available for free under the GNU license.
External links
- Official site
- Galleon at IGNIGNIGN is an entertainment website that focuses on video games, films, music and other media. IGN's main website comprises several specialty sites or "channels", each occupying a subdomain and covering a specific area of entertainment...
- Gamestats page
- Original Soundtrack - available to the public for free in MP3 format