Penguin Chat
| Penguin Chat | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | RocketSnail Games (Currently Creating Mech Mice) |
| Publisher(s) | RocketSnail Games (Currently Creating Mech Mice) |
| Designer(s) | Lance Priebe (Client)/Doug Wilson (Server) |
| Engine | Macromedia Flash |
| Platform(s) | Cross-platform (requires Flash Player 5) |
| Release | 2001 (2002 for Football Chat) |
| Genre(s) | MMORPG |
| Mode(s) | Multiplayer |
Penguin Chat was a flash-based role-playing video game, created by RocketSnail Games, until it closed down in April–May 2012.[1] It was superseded by Penguin Chat 3 and Club Penguin, released by the same company. It was created as a test before Club Penguin was made. Game-play is very simple; you give your penguin a name, and the game selects an avatar from a list of six different penguins.[2]
There were no user accounts required for Penguin Chat, and no settings are saved between visits. The name you give your penguin during each session is not reserved or saved for you or anyone else.
Contactmusic.com, a large UK based entertainment web site, licensed and made a new version of Penguin Chat.[3] However, the copyright is still owned by RocketSnail Games.
Worlds
There are three worlds in Penguin Chat, and they are:
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| The Snow Room | This room, as the name suggests, is full of snow. Simply empty space, this room is generally the most busy. |
| North Pole | This room has one major difference to the Snow Room: A stereotypical north pole, which allows you to change your avatar when clicked.This is the background where Puffle Roundup on Club Penguin is. |
| Crash Site | This world features the remains of a damaged excavator, complete with a couple of boxes of explosives, facing a frozen lake. The scenery in this level does absolutely nothing, it is just for decoration. |
Football Penguin Chat
Football Penguin Chat is another version of Penguin Chat with a football theme. Football Penguin Chat is now operated by contactmusic.com
Games and designers
It would appear that RocketSnail games has closed down, and contactmusic.com no longer actively support Penguin Chat; there are no links to it from their website. However, Penguin Chat is still used today, by small numbers of people. Lance Priebe worked every Friday on the Experimental Penguins.
RocketSnail recently said: "Little known fact: Penguin Chat 3 was created to test the Club Penguin servers." He also announced on Twitter "Rocketsnail will be relaunched in Spring 2011".[citation needed]
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