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Here's Part 1, if you haven't already seen it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM9xu9DeQow

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25 years ago, the world was graced with two very strange spin-offs based on the Legend of Zelda - Link: The Faces of Evil, and Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon. These games are renowned for their incredibly weird animation, which was infamously done by Russians. But there's more to the story than just that, and this two-part video examines the story of the development team responsible: Animation Magic.

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SPECIAL THANKS TO:

AnimeGolem (who provided the VHS recording of the King image)
CAP (who gave feedback and helped me get past a bad creative block prior to this video's creation)
DoctorFrosty (who looked over the script in its early stage and gave feedback)
Lulu Luvscats (who created the I.M. Meen/Kirby mash-up track used at the beginning)

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Research used:

https://www.mobygames.com/company/animation-magic-inc
http://blog.hardcoregaming101.net/2012/09/dale-desharone-unspoken-legend.html
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/warcraft-adventures/
https://web.archive.org/web/19991012123001/http://gamespot.com/features/pcgraveyard/index.html
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-inside-story-of-warcraft-adventures-blizzards-lost-point-and-click-adventure/
https://web.archive.org/web/20030130182216/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/013/181/blizzard_on_wacraft_petition.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20060307063147/http://www.blizzplanet.com:80/modules.php?action=Content&pa=showpage&pid=93
https://www.polygon.com/2016/7/5/11819438/starcraft-ghost-what-went-wrong
https://www.igromania.ru/article/12680/Zakrytye_stranicy_istorii_Krupnye_igrovye_kompanii_v_Rossii_byli_esche_v_90-e_no_my_ob_yetom_ne_znali.html

Games/films/shows featured in this video:

I.M. Meen (Animation Magic/Simon & Schuster Interactive, 1995)
Chill Manor (Animation Magic/Simon and Schuster Interactive, 1996)
Gregory and the Hot Air Balloon (Animation Magic/Brøderbund Software, 1996)
Darby the Dragon (Animation Magic/Brøderbund Software, 1996)
King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride (Sierra, 1994)
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness (Blizzard/Davidson & Associates, 1995)
Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans (Animation Magic/Blizzard, Cancelled)
Half-Life (Valve/Sierra, 1998)
Grim Fandango (LucasArts, 1998)
The Curse of Monkey Island (LucasArts, 1997)
Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror (Revolution Software/Virgin Interactive, 1997)
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (Blizzard, 2002)
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria (Blizzard, 2012)
Warcraft (2016, dir. Duncan Jones)
NASCAR Racing 4 (Papyrus Design Group/Sierra, 2001)
Mutant Rampage: Bodyslam (Animation Magic/AMI, 1994)
Link: The Faces of Evil (Animation Magic/AMI, 1993)
Darkened Skye (Boston Animation/Simon and Schuster Interactive, 2002)
M&M's: The Lost Formula (Boston Animation/Simon and Schuster Interactive, 2000)
Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon (Animation Magic/AMI, 1993)

Footage created/uploaded by:

https://www.youtube.com/user/FFL2and3rocks
https://www.youtube.com/user/KiiroBomber (LuigiBlood)
https://www.youtube.com/user/ObscureNForeign (Onfy [Obscurenforeign])
https://www.youtube.com/user/NintendoComplete
https://www.youtube.com/user/CiniCraft
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOnAqdXYCqywWTqtCfriTFg (Vlkodlak)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyjsJW0SeY-fymr1RUbP0ag (DerSilver83)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl64hF8q7-VJIkWd1TVokCw (Retro Game Trailers)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC55YOg_Gg5JnJbyERU4G6gQ (SilverFrosty)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYgzEOCzk3k4jGd0ZRGrSaA (Mc Steiner)
https://www.youtube.com/user/blizzard
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClNwzlKcfXrg2ChEBDsKmtg (MOMENTUM)
https://www.youtube.com/user/IWasAPerson1
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVKeC2EgZOc0LUB_5pLQcA (DukeSetz)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9XV6TwN_dcv08q1-rIQQjg (Temdog007)
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheZeldaDungeon
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheBowserChannel

Music used:

I.M. Meen + Gourmet Race Mashup ~ Lulu Luvscats - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPh4dpiZVKJ03ZekOLh-enQ (0:07)
Lively Town ~ Shining Force II (1:21)
Overture ~ Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age (4:08)
Pools of the Ancient Dead ~ MediEvil (5:01)
Cemetery Hill ~ MediEvil (6:20)
The Enchanted Earth ~ MediEvil (8:15)
Haunted Ruins ~ MediEvil (10:30)
In The Bar (Slow) ~ Streets of Rage 2 (12:26)
Streets of Rage Menu Theme ~ SEGA Vintage Collection (15:20)
The Prelude (Demo Version) ~ Final Fantasy VII (18:01)

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This is a fan-made video made for commentary and analysis. No copyright infringement is intended.

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