[Scummvm-tracker] [ScummVM :: Bugs] #15139: Implement engine for Media Station, Inc. games

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#15139: Implement engine for Media Station, Inc. games
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Reporter:  TRR95                                |       Owner:  (none)
    Type:  feature request                      |      Status:  new
Priority:  normal                               |   Component:  --Other--
 Version:                                       |  Resolution:
Keywords:  engine engine-skeleton unknown-game  |        Game:
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Comment (by npjg):

 Yup, I am the author of that asset extractor you referenced. These Media
 Station titles are in fact not at all related to Director. I ultimately
 want to create a ScummVM engine for Media Station titles (I contributed to
 Director a few years ago), but who knows when I'll have time for that,
 haha.

 I don't know if there was an official name for the Media Station engine. A
 pre-Media Station company with some of the same folks had a development
 suite for NeXT called "Callisto". The very first retail titles I know
 about, like George Shrinks, use
 "WinToon"(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney%27s_Animated_Storybook#Series_conception_(June_1994).
 But later titles just have generic strings like "Title Compiler" and
 "Interactive Multimedia Title".

 If you want some interesting reading, pick up Newton Lee's books
 referenced in that Wikipedia article. He's the original author of the
 engine, and he also shared some helpful knowledge with me. Unfortunately,
 none of about the 10 folks I've contacted has actual documentation or
 sources anymore :(

 I have George Shrinks, been meaning to put it up. I think the Haunted
 Hotel is actually just the Haunted House, that article might have bad
 info. I'm checking with a former Media Station dev.
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