The Journeyman Project (video game)
- This article is about the first computer game titled "The Journeyman Project". For the entire series, see Journeyman Project franchise.
| The Journeyman Project | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Presto Studios |
| Publisher(s) | Presto Studios Sanctuary Woods Bandai |
| Designer(s) | David Flanagan |
| Platform(s) | Mac OS, Windows, PlayStation, Apple Pippin |
| Release | (The Journeyman Project) 1992 (TJP Turbo) 1994 (TJP: Pegasus Prime) 1997 |
| Genre(s) | Adventure game |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
The Journeyman Project is a computer game developed by Presto Studios.
Story
The story begins with an alien ambassador arriving to finalize Earth's admission into the Symbiotry of Peaceful Beings. However, when Agent 5 is on duty a temporal rip is detected, and Earth's history is changed. The result of the new timestream is that humanity is passed over for admission into the alien organization.
As it turns out, Elliot Sinclair, the inventor of the original Pegasus device, has sent three Prototypes (robots) named Ares, Mercury, and Poseidon, back in time to alter history. He fears that the aliens want to conquer Earth. Agent 5 manages to restore the timeline and stops Sinclair from assassinating the Symbiotry delegate. Template:Endspoilers
Bugs and Fixes
The game suffered from performance problems and slow animations due to its early reliance on Macromedia Director. These problems were mostly overcome with the version 2.0 release that was retitled The Journeyman Project Turbo! and published by Sanctuary Woods in 1994.
- TJP v1.0 - (1992) original self-published release for Macintosh
- TJP v1.1 - (1992) bug fixes
- TJP v1.2 - (1993) performance upgrade, fastest Mac version until TJP Turbo
- TJP MPC v1.0 - (1993) first release for Windows 3.1
- TJP Turbo - (1994) unified release for Mac and PC with major speed improvements
The Journeyman Project: Pegasus Prime
This complete remake of the original Journeyman Project was published by Bandai in 1997 with some of the actors from The Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time. Originally announced as a "Director's Cut", Pegasus Prime featured enhanced graphics, sounds, movies, and puzzles. It was released solely for the Power Macintosh by Bandai Digital Entertainment in North America, although it was also developed for the Apple Pippin and Sony PlayStation in Japan.
Presto had planned to port the game to the Sony PlayStation and Sega Saturn in the US. But, since the Pippin was very similar to the Power Macintosh, it was developed there only.
Acclaim Entertainment was supposed to be the publishers of the Sony PlayStation version in the US before it was cancelled.
The Journeyman Project: Revisioned
A group of several dedicated fans have started a remake of the entire trilogy using the Source engine, the same engine that was used in the first-person shooter Half-Life 2. Plans are to release the game in small episodes, rather than all at once. So far, seven pre-alpha stage screenshot has been released, along with one video. As of summer 2006, the group has started preliminary work and is looking for additional team members.
The team has officially announced the name for the project. As of now it will be called "The Journeyman Project: Revisioned". This project is a complete remake of the original Journeyman trilogy. As stated before, it will be a first person game shooter game, but will follow the original as much as possible. Such features from the original will see the next generation are the Heads Up Display that change appearance as technology from the Temporal Security Agency changes. More information on that will be released soon.
External links
- Legacy of The Journeyman Project, Adventure Classic Gaming (1999).
- The Presto Studios Archives
- Archived Homepage for the Journeyman Project Turbo
- Archived Homepage for the Journeyman Project: Pegasus Prime
- Journeyman Project Revisioned official site
