Lecture on Video Game Lost Media

Introduction

• Lost media trend is popular on YouTube.
• Focus on video game lost media, which is less discussed.

Minecraft Lost Media

• Notch's Secret YouTube Channel

  • Notch is the creator of Minecraft.
  • Original name for Minecraft: Cave Game, released in 2009.
  • Notch’s channel ‘naach’ contained early Minecraft test videos.
  • Videos showed development stages like water, survival mode, adding mobs.
  • Channel was copyrighted by Notch, making it lost media.
  • Some videos have been recovered and uploaded to archive channels.

• peak.PNG

  • Cover art for default Minecraft texture pack.
  • Community recreated block by block from a small image (128x128 pixels).
  • Massive collaborative effort to find the world seed, involving complex calculations.
  • Successfully found original world seed using massive computational power.

• Herobrine Hoax

  • Originated from a lost live stream clip.
  • Clip was rediscovered by an individual who had archived it on their channel.

Roblox Lost Media

• Released in 2006, older than Minecraft.
• Early versions from 2003 to 2007 are lost.
• Client Search Community
  • Dedicated to finding lost versions from 2006-2007.
  • Successfully found a 2007 version, but 2006 remains elusive.
  • $500 bounty offered for finding the 2006 version.

Talking Tom Lost Model

• Game popular mobile game.
• Model dates back over 20 years, older than the game itself.
• Original model by Andy Cenko, available on Turbo Squid.
• Creator found old animations using the model, searching for the original.

Fortnite Lost Media

• Early Development

  • Originated from a game jam in 2011.
  • Initial concept was a horror game with tower defense and crafting.
  • Early builds and screenshots are lost.

• Fortress Game Era

  • Name before Fortnite was finalized.
  • Lost builds include a 2011 version, gatekept by an anonymous user.

• Closed Test Era

  • Early private test phases mean these versions are lost.
  • Earliest public version available from online testing in 2014.

Conclusion

• Lost media, particularly in video games, is a fascinating area with ongoing searches and discoveries.
• Community efforts play a significant role in recovering these lost pieces of history.