Thomas & Friends: Railway Adventures

To do: Supposedly some images of the TV show's props used as reference during development were left in the files.

Thomas & Friends: Railway Adventures
Developer: Mind's Eye Productions Publishers: Smoby Players (EU), Infogrames (US) Platform: Windows Released internationally: 2001 This game has uncompiled source code. This game has unused modes / minigames. This game has regional differences.

Thomas & Friends: Railway Adventures is one of the many licensed Thomas & Friends games from the early 2000s. This one's unique, in that you play it using a big hunk of plastic velcroed to your keyboard. Results may vary.

Alternate Control Scheme

The game has a separate, more traditional control scheme that isn't documented anywhere in-game. It's possible this was used by the developers if they didn't want to keep moving the playset to and from their keyboards all day (as it's not possible for the playset to press these keys, no matter how it's placed).

Key	Corresponding Playset Button
1	Whistle
7	Thomas Button
↑	Throttle (forwards)
↓	Throttle (backwards)
←	Action Lever (left)
→	Action Lever (right)

Region Differences

As is standard for the franchise, the US and European versions of the game have many differences.

Publisher Logos

The intro logo the game starts up with is different to coincide with the different publishers. The US version displays the Infogrames logo (Infogrames.bik) while the European first shows the Smoby Games logo, followed by the Infogrames logo (smoby-infogrames.bik).

Voice Acting

The most major change between the two versions is the difference in voice actors. The European version was voiced by the then-narrator of the show, Michael Angelis. In the US version, they were done by Robin Smith, who did voice-overs for most of the promotional material for the franchise in America at the time.

Credits

Graphics/Intro/credits.txt has some minor differences between the two versions. Mostly to coincide with the changes between publishing companies.

US

European

Infogrames Interactive Viktorya Hollings Terry Chubet Producers Melanee Hannock Associate Product Manager Michael Brown Senior Product Manager Eric Hayashi Shahid Ahmad Executive Producers Michael Craighead Director of Quality Assurance Kurt Boutin Q.A. Certification Manager Randy Lee Bill Carroll Q.A. Testing Managers Jonathan Chmura Q.A. Certification Lead Eric Manktelow Lead Tester Nick Thorpe Tim Stokes Joel Langton Chris Naggs Testers Nancy MacIntyre Vice President of Marketing Steve Webster Director of Creative Development Steve Martin Manager of Creative Services Elizabeth Mackney Manager of Editorial & Documentation Services Dave Mauceri Senior Project Manager Kristine Meier Senior Graphic Designer Paul Collin Copywriter Special Thanks VCI Alex and Lisa Hollings Infogrames Interactive Worldwide Sam Baker European Development Director Andrew Luckett Q.A. Manager Dan Luton Q.A. Supervisor Ian Palfrey Alan Clark Hardware Compatibility Testing Lab Special thanks to Gullane Entertainment US Office Head of Brand and Licensing Development Christina Miller VP Group Head of US Licensing David Jacobs UK Office Senior License Manager Julie Rideout VP Group Head of UK Licensing Valerie Fry Music from the series composed by Mike O Donnell Junior Campbell Voice Talent for all characters Robin Smith For Minds Eye Productions Managing Director Martin Batten Technical Director Stuart Middleton Production Director Marcus Fielding Producer Steve Holley Development Manager Steven Keen Design Manager Chris Parlor Assistant Producers Pierre Larson Bret Robinson Lead Programmer Steven Keen Programmers John Lusty Kevin Cook Dale Johnstone Lead Artist Chris Parlor Artists Duncan McLaren Roger Bennett Glen Boswell Jamie Woodhead 3D exporter Programming Roger Bennett Sound Dave Sullivan Music Marcus Fielding Game Design Steve Holley Chris Parlor Scripts Margaret Leonard Special thanks to Dean Wray Paul Blakeway Lanice Miller

Infogrames Viktorya Hollings Terry Chubet Producers Melanee Hannock Associate Product Manager Michael Brown Senior Product Manager Eric Hayashi Shahid Ahmad Executive Producers Michael Craighead Director of Quality Assurance Kurt Boutin Q.A. Certification Manager Randy Lee Bill Carroll Q.A. Testing Managers Jonathan Chmura Q.A. Certification Lead Eric Manktelow Lead Tester Nick Thorpe Tim Stokes Joel Langton Chris Naggs Testers Nancy MacIntyre Vice President of Marketing Steve Webster Director of Creative Development Steve Martin Manager of Creative Services Elizabeth Mackney Manager of Editorial & Documentation Services Dave Mauceri Senior Project Manager Kristine Meier Senior Graphic Designer Paul Collin Copywriter Special Thanks Video Collections International Limited Alex and Lisa Hollings Infogrames Worldwide Sam Baker European Development Director Andrew Luckett Q.A. Manager Dan Luton Q.A. Supervisor Ian Palfrey Alan Clark Hardware Compatibility Testing Lab Special thanks to Gullane Entertainment Plc US Office Head of Brand and Licensing Development Christina Miller VP Group Head of US Licensing David Jacobs UK Office Senior License Manager Julie Rideout VP Group Head of UK Licensing Valerie Fry Music from the series composed by Mike O Donnell Junior Campbell Voice Talent for all characters Michael Angelis Simon Hepworth Stephen Donald For Minds Eye Productions Managing Director Martin Batten Technical Director Stuart Middleton Production Director Marcus Fielding Producer Steve Holley Development Manager Steven Keen Design Manager Chris Parlor Assistant Producers Pierre Larson Bret Robinson Lead Programmer Steven Keen Programmers John Lusty Kevin Cook Dale Johnstone Lead Artist Chris Parlor Artists Duncan McLaren Roger Bennett Glen Boswell Jamie Woodhead 3D exporter Programming Roger Bennett Sound Dave Sullivan Music Marcus Fielding Game Design Steve Holley Chris Parlor Scripts Margaret Leonard Special thanks to Dean Wray Paul Blakeway Lanice Miller

Junction Table

The Local folder has a text document that contains a template for the game's junction table format.

// Default Junction Table.

// 1st value is the name of the junction
// 2nd is direction you're facing, P for positive direction, N for negative
// 3rd is L for left, R for right

// If first two chars are forward slashes '/' then the line is ignored, like this one.

spline-48 P L

spline-31 P R
spline-31 N L

spline-05 P R
spline-05 N L

Spline-99 P R
Spline-99 N L

spline-37 P R
spline-37 N L

spline-43 P R
spline-43 N L

//spline-30 N L

spline-36 P R
spline-36 N L

spline-47 P R
spline-47 N L

spline-04 P L
spline-04 N L

spline-49 P L
spline-49 N R

spline-26 P L
spline-26 N R

spline-57 P L
spline-57 N R

spline-22 P R
spline-22 N R

spline-59 P R
spline-59 N L

spline-18 P R
spline-18 N L

spline-09 P R
spline-09 N L

spline-03 P L
spline-03 N R

spline-02 P L
spline-02 N R

spline-29 P L
spline-29 N L

spline-35 P L
spline-35 N L