Climax lot
Sometime in 2016, a sale occurred of old Climax Group assets for various released and unreleased projects. The lot contained prototype builds, source code, and art assets of many projects that were done at Climax up to 2010. Most of the items available for sale were initially sold through a company hired to clean out a former office for Climax, some of which has since been resold to various collectors. An estimated 2000 to 3000 discs were recovered, along with data tapes and development hardware from throughout the company's history.
This article contains a listing of the known items that could be cataloged.
ATV Offroad Fury 3 (PlayStation 2)
ATV Offroad Fury 3 is the third racing video game in the ATV Offroad Fury series, developed by Climax Studios and released in North America in 2004 and in Europe in 2006, exclusively for the PlayStation 2. The game is preceded by ATV Offroad Fury 2 and followed by ATV Offroad Fury 4.
Prototype Builds
Date | |
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ATV Offroad Fury 3 (Jun 8, 2004 prototype) | 8 June 2004 13:10:10 |
ATV Offroad Fury 3 (Jul 23, 2004 prototype) | 23 July 2004 06:01:15 |
ATV Offroad Fury 3 (Aug 6, 2004 prototype) | 6 August 2004 15:03:14 |
ATV Offroad Fury 3 (Aug 22, 2004 prototype) | 22 August 2004 |
ATV Offroad Fury 3 (Oct 13, 2004 prototype) | 13 October 2004 20:11:01 |
ATV Offroad Fury 3 (Nov 8, 2004 prototype) | 8 November 2004 11:47:45 |
ATV Offroad Fury 3 (Nov 9, 2004 prototype) | 9 November 2004 13:37:38 |
F.A. Premier League Stars 2001 (PlayStation/PC)
The F.A. Premier League Stars 2001 is a Sports game, published by Electronic Arts, which was released in Europe in 2000.
This part of the lot was purchased by PixelButts. This lot includes various builds for PC and PlayStation.
Global Gladiators (NES/Game Boy)
Global Gladiators (also known as Mick and Mack: Global Gladiators) is a 1992 platform game by Virgin Interactive, originally programmed by David Perry (who at the time had already moved to the United States and was located on the recently formed Virgin Games USA development studio) for the Mega Drive/Genesis and eventually ported by other Virgin Interactive teams in Europe (with the help of Graftgold and Krisalis Software) to the Master System, Game Gear and the Amiga. A Super NES port was also in development but was never completed for undisclosed reasons, though a ROM image has since surfaced. The game is loosely based on the McDonald's fast food chain and has a strong environmentalist message. The following lot contains multiple builds for an unreleased NES/Game Boy port that was being done at Climax.
This part of the lot was purchased and released by Steem69. The lot was contained within two zip files, with various ROMs, progress reports, source code, and music/art assets.
Prototype Builds
Date | Build Name | System | |
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Global Gladiators (May 28, 1993 prototype) | 28 May 1993 18:16:30 | NES | |
Global Gladiators (May 28, 1993 prototype - A) | 28 May 1993 19:18:24 | NES | |
Global Gladiators (Jun 16, 1993 prototype) | 16 June 1993 16:27:08 | NES | |
Global Gladiators (Jun 30, 1993 prototype) | 30 June 1993 14:11:52 | NES | |
Global Gladiators (Jul 9, 1993 prototype) | 9 July 1993 11:32:06 | NES | |
Global Gladiators (Jul 20, 1993 prototype) | 20 July 1993 11:23:26 | Game Boy | |
Global Gladiators (Sep 27, 1993 prototype) | 27 September 1993 16:49:36 | Game Boy | |
Global Gladiators (Oct 10, 1993 prototype) | 4 October 1993 15:45:58 | Game Boy | |
Global Gladiators (Jan 18, 1994 prototype) | 18 January 1994 18:01:13 | Game Boy |
MotoGP (PC)
MotoGP is a Grand Prix motorcycle racing video game developed by Climax Brighton for the Xbox and Microsoft Windows.
This part of the lot was purchased and released by PixelButts. The lot included mostly reference material backups, and two PC builds for various languages.
Prototype Builds
Date | |
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MotoGP (Feb 1, 2005 Italian Master) | 1 February 2005 11:45:00 |
MotoGP (Feb 1, 2005 Spanish Master) | 1 February 2005 11:57:00 |
MotoGP 2 (PC)
MotoGP 2 (also known as MotoGP: Ultimate Racing Technology 2 in Europe) is a Grand Prix motorcycle racing video game developed by Climax Brighton for the Xbox, Microsoft Windows, and Mobile phones.
This part of the lot was purchased and released by PixelButts. The lot included one build and some reference material.
Prototype Builds
Date | |
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MotoGP 2 (Nov 13, 2001 prototype) | 13 November 2001 19:06:16 |
MotoGP 2 (Jan 10, 2003 prototype) | 10 January 2003 |
MotoGP 2 (May 2, 2003 prototype) | 2 May 2003 12:23:29 |
MotoGP 3: Ultimate Racing Technology (PC)
MotoGP 3 or MotoGP 3: Ultimate Racing Technology (known in Europe as MotoGP: Ultimate Racing Technology 3) is a motorcycle video game released in 2005.
This part of the lot was purchased and released by PixelButts. The lot included two builds and some reference material.
Prototype Builds
Date | Labels | |
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MotoGP 3: Ultimate Racing Technology (Mar 16, 2004 prototype) | 16 March 2004 17:30:00 | MotoGP3 MS4 PC/WIN32 Build 15-3-2004 |
MotoGP 3: Ultimate Racing Technology (Mar 31, 2004 prototype) | 31 March 2004 12:49:03 | GP 3 Game Build for Int |
Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue (PlayStation)
Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue is a video game based on the 8th season of the TV series Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue. This game was developed and produced for various platforms.
This part of the lot was purchased by PixelButts. The lot contained 113 discs ranging from prototype builds and artwork backups.
Prototype Builds
Robot Wars: Arenas of Destruction (PC)
Robot Wars: Arenas of Destruction (often abbreviated as RW:AoD) is the second out of a total of five Robot Wars video games. It was created by Climax Group and published by BBC Multimedia. The PC version of the game was also distributed in the United States, published by Vivendi Universal Games and released on October 22, 2002, with Stefan Frank replacing Jonathan Pearce as the commentator.
This part of the lot was purchased by PixelButts. This part of the lot includes various builds and backups.
Robot Wars: Extreme Destruction (PC)
Robot Wars: Extreme Destruction was the last of the Robot Wars video games to be released. The version created for PC and Xbox was developed by Climax Group and released by BBC Multimedia in 2002. A separate version of the game was released for Game Boy Advance, but the gameplay, arenas and available robots differed greatly between the two versions. The PC version was also released in Australia in 2003 by Dataworks Australia.
This part of the lot was purchased by PixelButts. This part of the lot includes various builds.
Screamer Rally (PlayStation)
Screamer Rally is the third game in the Screamer series, released in 1997, and the last to be developed by Milestone. The game builds on Screamer 2, but changes context to a Rallying game. This lot includes builds for an unreleased PlayStation port of the game.
This part of the lot was purchased by PixelButts. The lot includes at least one disc.
Prototype Builds
Date | |
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Screamer Rally (Apr 20, 1998 prototype) | 20 April 1998 11:57:14 |
SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge (PlayStation)
SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge is a 2001 2D platform game developed by Climax Group and published by THQ. It was released for PlayStation on November 5, 2001 and for Game Boy Advance on November 8, 2001.
This part of the lot was purchased by lemurboy12. The lot included around 58 discs containing prototype builds, source code, and art assets.
Prototype Builds
Superbike '98 (PlayStation)
A possible early prototype or unreleased take on Superbike 2000 for the PlayStation. There are multiple tech demos of this game that were sold in the lot.
This part of the lot was purchased by PixelButts. There are currently two known tech demo builds in the entire lot (not including the other builds that were marked "SBK" as shown below).
Prototype Builds
Date | Labels | |
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Superbike 98 (Aug 7, 1998 prototype) | 7 August 1998 17:44:36 | PSX SBK WSBC CLIMAX 19/8/98 |
Superbike 98 (Oct 27, 1998 prototype) | 27 October 1998 18:25:04 | SBK DEMO |
The Elder Scrolls Travels: Oblivion (PlayStation Portable)
The Elder Scrolls Travels: Oblivion is a 2006 - 2007 dungeon crawler developed by Climax Group and was to be published by Zenimax Media. It was cancelled in 2007, likely due to budget and hardware concerns.
Videos of this release were initially released by Borman. The lot included 5 PSP formatted DVD's from 2006 and early 2007. The current owner of this lot is Benefactor.
Theme Park World (PlayStation/PC)
Theme Park World (known as Sim Theme Park in the United States and Brazil and Theme Park Rollercoaster on the PS2 in America) is a construction and management simulation game, and is a sequel to the 1994 video game Theme Park. Theme Park World was developed by Bullfrog Productions and released by Electronic Arts in 1999. Initially developed for Windows, it was later ported to PlayStation and PlayStation 2, as well for Macintosh computers.
This part of the lot was purchased by drx. The lot included around 100 discs containing prototype builds, source code, and art assets
Urban Assault (PlayStation)
Urban Assault is a combined first-person shooter and real-time strategy computer game developed by the German company TerraTools and published by Microsoft. It was released on July 31, 1998. This part of the lot contains an unreleased PlayStation port that was being done at Climax at the time.
This part of the lot was purchased by PixelButts. The lot included many builds as well as asset backups.
Miscellaneous Items
Various items were also sold that have not been cataloged yet. These items are either unsold, undumped, or have been sold but are unaccounted for. Items are usually sold or identified in packs. This list is subject to change as things are released and cataloged.
PlayStation 2
Game Name | Description | Status |
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Highlander | Purple Disc, Tech Demo (walk around a level and swing your sword) | UNSOLD |
Highlander | Blue Disc, Tech Demo (walk around a level and swing your sword) | UNSOLD |
Aliens | Walk around a small room between creatures from Aliens | SOLD |
Sarges Hero 3 | Unreleased, three builds and six data source backups | SOLD |
Robot Wars | Development Discs + Data CDs | UNSOLD |
Ghost Rider | NTSC Development builds | UNSOLD |
Ghost Rider | PAL Development builds | UNSOLD |
Crusty Demons | PAL & NTSC development builds | UNSOLD |
PlayStation
Game Name | Description | Status |
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Hotwheels 2 | Ver 0.6, early build, menu is very basic | SOLD |
Hotwheels | Ver 303, World Race, early build | UNSOLD |
SBK WSBC | Very early tech demo | UNSOLD |
Warcraft II | Unmarked TDK disc, differences unknown | UNSOLD |
SBK | PAL SET - "M3/M4 update" | UNSOLD |
SBK | PAL SET - "M3V1.2 debugger" | UNSOLD |
SBK | PAL SET - "191 Language" | UNSOLD |
SBK | PAL SET - "Marketing Demo, intro, etc" | UNSOLD |
SBK | PAL SET - "Hi Res Demo Play, debug options, without drive on option menu" | UNSOLD |
SBK | PAL SET - "Versions 123, 175 (2), 166, 168, 174 - six builds total" | UNSOLD |
SBK | PAL SET - "Final version 377 PAL + libcrypt" | UNSOLD |
SBK | PAL SET - "Various art, data, and source code backups" | UNSOLD |
SBK | NTSC SET - "SBK M3/.M4" | UNSOLD |
SBK | NTSC SET - "M2 debugger" | UNSOLD |
SBK | NTSC SET - "Marketing Demo, intro, etc" | UNSOLD |
SBK | NTSC SET - "Hi Res Demo Play, debug options, without drive on option menu" | UNSOLD |
SBK | NTSC SET - "SBK M3 debug" | UNSOLD |
SBK | NTSC SET - "Final version 376" | UNSOLD |
SBK | NTSC SET - "Versions 330, 153, 94, 99 and 148 - five builds total" | UNSOLD |
SBK | NTSC SET - "Various art, data, and source code backups (music files as well) | UNSOLD |
Diablo | NTSC-J SET - Various builds | SOLD |
Diablo | PAL SET - Various builds, asset backups, etc | SOLD |
Superbike 2000 | Various builds and backups | UNSOLD |
Populous: The Beginning | Various builds and source code backups | UNSOLD |
Superbike '98 | Prototype demo marked 19/8/98 | UNSOLD |
PC
Game Name | Description | Status |
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Superbikes | Differences unknown | UNSOLD |
Sega Pico Drive
Game Name | Description | Status |
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The Muppets on the Go | Source code and various ROM builds, also contains documents for other unreleased projects at the time. | UNSOLD |
Image Gallery
The following is an unorganized gallery of images of certain items from the entire lot which were taken by some of the owners mentioned above. Note, most of these are unidentified.
ATV3, Urban Assault, MotoGP, etc (PixelButts)
Power Rangers PSX (PixelButts)
Theme Park World PSX builds 1 (drx)
Theme Park World PSX builds 1 (drx)
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