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[FOUND] 13+ Cartoon Network, SpongeBob, Shrek and More Sky Gamestar Games Recovered
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From 2001 to 2015, a service called Sky Gamestar ran in Europe that featured exclusive games of Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, Pixar and even Tomb Raider. These games were played on the TV via satellite signal, so when the service shut down in 2015, the hundreds of games available on it became lost.

The past few months though, one of the developers has been converting them to be playable on web browsers, with 13 being done as of writing. Most of them were done the past few weeks with the most recent just hours ago, so there's likely more on the way. You'll need a keyboard to play them:

Codename Kids Next Door: Operation B.I.T.T.E.R.S.W.E.E.T.: https://www.denki.co.uk/sky/cknd/app.html

Courage the Cowardly Dog: Katz Kidnap: https://www.denki.co.uk/sky/courage/app.html

Dexter's Laboratory: Dorkster's Revenge: https://www.denki.co.uk/sky/dl/app.html

Ed, Edd n Eddy: Night of the Living Ed: https://www.denki.co.uk/sky/eddy/app.html

The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy: https://www.denki.co.uk/sky/grim/app.html

Hulk: https://www.denki.co.uk/sky/hulk/app.html

Robotboy: Tag Team Trouble: https://www.denki.co.uk/sky/robotboy/app.html

Shrek: Fiona's Rescue: https://www.denki.co.uk/sky/shrek/app.html

SpongeBob SquarePants: Bikini Bottom Bother: https://www.denki.co.uk/sky/sb/app.html

Tetris: https://www.denki.co.uk/sky/tetris/app.html

Thunderbirds: https://www.denki.co.uk/sky/tbirds/app.html

Tom and Jerry: Mouse Party: https://www.denki.co.uk/sky/tj/app.html

Word Crunch Deluxe: https://www.denki.co.uk/sky/wcd/app.html

Edit: Not long after making this thread, Tom and Jerry in Dynamice was made playable! https://www.denki.co.uk/sky/dynamice/app.html

And the developer has confirmed in their Discord that Looney Tunes: Back in Action and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends are also planned.

A fan has been tracking them on Twitter, so follow this thread if you wanna stay updated: https://twitter.com/skygamesstan/status/1645896818415501313?t=87rtEu0fA536Ng8l39XeHg&s=19

The developer doing it (Aaron) is active in their Discord linked on the game pages. They have nothing to gain from this and are doing it solely out of fan interest, so I think a quick message thanking them for their efforts would go a long way in showing there's interest in this, and that their efforts are worth it.

This has been one of my lost media "holy grails" and I never thought these games would be playable again, so to see such huge strides in such a small amount of time has been incredible. Playing them myself, I'm especially surprised by how well these games hold up. In videos they look like ultra basic games that, without nostalgia, would get boring after a few minutes, but the design here is pretty great.

Tom and Jerry for example, has what is essentially a sprawling open world, which blows my mind given the technology they were working with. Lots of clever design choices too; like if you're in the same room for too long, Tom appears and is faster and stronger than the usual enemies, which creates this great sense of urgency as you rush from room to room, trying to find what you need before he turns up. Definitely worth checking out.

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