Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee

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Oddworld Inhabitants made a TV commercial for Abe's Oddysee called "Guardian Angel", which features the shrink, a strange spider-like robot that warns Abe about his oncoming adventures. Eventually, this commercial got cancelled because it could scare children. Rumors say that the shrink was originally supposed to be a boss in the game but it was "cut out". According to Oddworld Inhabitants, shrinks are robots, whose purpose is to keep the captive Mudokon mother happy in order to produce eggs for the industrialists. Shrinks were also supposed to appear in Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee, but they were left out.

Endings

There are two different endings. If Abe save less than 50 Mudokons, the player sees a bad ending. Bonuses are awarded for killing more than 76 or saving all 99 Mudokons. In the PlayStation version, the reward for saving all Mudokons is the "Guardian Angel" commercial described above.

Fingers

In this first Oddworld game, the Mudokons had four-fingered hands, but in later Oddworld games, they have three-fingered hands. This was changed after complaints from the Japanese government. Four-fingered characters are offensive to the Japanese, because Japanese meat-workers will often lose a finger (thus making them four-fingered). To make it extra ironic, Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee begins and ends in a meat factory.

References to the game

This game is referenced in the Eiffel 65 song My Console.

Voice acting

Oddworld Inhabitants boss Lorne Lanning provided every voice heard in the game.

Awards

• Electronic Gaming Monthly
  • March 1998 (Issue 104) - Best Graphics Runner-Up
  • March 1998 (Issue 104) - Best Sound
  • March 1998 (Issue 104) - Side-Scrolling Game of the Year Top Write-In (Readers' Choice)
  • March 1998 (Issue 104) - Strategy Game of the Year Top Write-In (Readers' Choice)
  • March 1998 (Issue 104) - Best Graphics Runner-Up (Readers' Choice)
  • March 1998 (Issue 104) - Best Sound Runner-Up (Readers' Choice)
  • 1998 Buyer's Guide - Best Voice Acting
  • 1998 Buyer's Guide - Hottest Game Hunk Runner-Up (Abe)
  • 1998 Buyer's Guide - Best Intro Runner-Up
• New York Festivals Awards
  • 2002 - 3 Gold Medals for Best Computer Generated Images
• GameStar (Germany)
  • Issue 01/1999 - Best Action-Adventure in 1998

Information also contributed by Jeanne, Lain Crowley, Little Yoda, Qlberts and Wertzui.