Noah's Ark (NES)

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Noah's Ark
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Platform: NES
Year: 1992
Developer: Source Research & Development
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Noah's Ark is a platform game for the NES produced by British studio Source R&D and published in 1992 by Konami. It was only released in Europe. Unlike most other games based on Biblical content released around the same time, this one was officially approved by Nintendo. It is very loosely based on the biblical story with the same name.

It was planned on to be published by Matchbox in the U.S., but it was cancelled due to Nintendo of America having a ban on religious references, and treated the developer to need secular references better, just like with Devil World (FC).

This game was developed by only seven developers at Source: Jason Benham (designer, programmer), Ross Harris (designer, graphic artist), John Cassells (designer, graphic artist), Chris Gill (composer), Paul Summers (composer), Link Tomlin (sound programmer) and John Morrison (hardware).

Screenshots

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The title screen.


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Music

For 1992, Chris Gill of Motor City Patrol fame and Paul Summers created a epic biblically soundtrack. He composed the game's music using Pro24 for the Atari ST. The MIDI files were the converted to Link Tomlin's sound engine.

Recording

  1. PAL Version
  2. NTSC Version
# Title ComposerProgrammer Length Listen Download
101 Life Lost Chris Gill, Paul SummersLink Tomlin 0:04
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102 Final Boss Revealed! Chris Gill, Paul SummersLink Tomlin 0:48
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103 Time Freeze! Chris Gill, Paul SummersLink Tomlin 0:17
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104 Invincibility! Chris Gill, Paul SummersLink Tomlin 0:17
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105 Game Over Chris Gill, Paul SummersLink Tomlin 0:05
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106 World Map Chris Gill, Paul SummersLink Tomlin 0:09
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107 Stage 10 (Africa) Chris Gill, Paul SummersLink Tomlin 1:27
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108 Stages 2, 11, 14 & 19 Chris Gill, Paul SummersLink Tomlin 2:17
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109 Stages 3, 7, 15 & 17 Chris Gill, Paul SummersLink Tomlin 2:13
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110 Stage 6 (North America) Chris Gill, Paul SummersLink Tomlin 1:20
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111 Stages 5, 8, 13 & 18 Chris Gill, Paul SummersLink Tomlin 1:42
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112 Stages 1, 9, 16 & 21 Chris Gill, Paul SummersLink Tomlin 1:12
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113 Stages 4, 12 & 20 Chris Gill, Paul SummersLink Tomlin 1:12
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114 Boss Door Chris Gill, Paul SummersLink Tomlin 0:33
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115 Boss Revealed Chris Gill, Paul SummersLink Tomlin 0:06
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116 Boss Battle Chris Gill, Paul SummersLink Tomlin 0:41
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117 Kidnapped! (World Intro) Chris Gill, Paul SummersLink Tomlin 0:22
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118 Stage Complete Chris Gill, Paul SummersLink Tomlin 0:41
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119 World Complete / Bonus Room Chris Gill, Paul SummersLink Tomlin 0:42
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120 World Boss Chris Gill, Paul SummersLink Tomlin 0:46
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# Title ComposerProgrammer Length Listen Download
201 Life Lost Chris Gill, Paul SummersLink Tomlin 0:04
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202 Final Boss Revealed! Chris Gill, Paul SummersLink Tomlin 0:40
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203 Time Freeze! Chris Gill, Paul SummersLink Tomlin 0:14
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204 Invincibility! Chris Gill, Paul SummersLink Tomlin 0:14
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205 Game Over Chris Gill, Paul SummersLink Tomlin 0:04
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206 World Map Chris Gill, Paul SummersLink Tomlin 0:07
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207 Stage 10 (Africa) Chris Gill, Paul SummersLink Tomlin 1:14
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208 Stages 2, 11, 14 & 19 Chris Gill, Paul SummersLink Tomlin 1:56
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209 Stages 3, 7, 15 & 17 Chris Gill, Paul SummersLink Tomlin 1:53
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210 Stage 6 (North America) Chris Gill, Paul SummersLink Tomlin 1:08
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211 Stages 5, 8, 13 & 18 Chris Gill, Paul SummersLink Tomlin 1:27
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212 Stages 1, 9, 16 & 21 Chris Gill, Paul SummersLink Tomlin 1:05
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213 Stages 4, 12 & 20 Chris Gill, Paul SummersLink Tomlin 1:14
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214 Boss Door Chris Gill, Paul SummersLink Tomlin 0:29
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215 Boss Revealed Chris Gill, Paul SummersLink Tomlin 0:05
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216 Boss Battle Chris Gill, Paul SummersLink Tomlin 0:36
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217 Kidnapped! (World Intro) Chris Gill, Paul SummersLink Tomlin 0:18
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218 Stage Complete Chris Gill, Paul SummersLink Tomlin 0:36
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219 World Complete / Bonus Room Chris Gill, Paul SummersLink Tomlin 0:36
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220 World Boss Chris Gill, Paul SummersLink Tomlin 0:40
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Credits

(Source: Verification from Eddie Gill; game lacks credits.)

There are no credits in the game or instruction manual, but Chris Gill's brother who was also the programmer confirmed that Chris is the composer for this and their other NES title Motor City Patrol. Chris also made the game's graphics. According to Eddie, the game was rushed so the company didn't bother with credits. There also may have been a contract with its intended US publisher Matchbox not to have credits in their games.

Game Rip

Format

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Audio Devices

The game uses the 2A07 of the NES.

Releases

  EU.svg   EU
Noah's Ark - NES.jpg
Title: Noah's Ark
Platform: FC
Released: 1992-??-??
Publisher: Konami Industry Co., Ltd.
  USA.svg   USA
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Title: Noah's Ark
Platform: NES
Released: Unreleased
Publisher: Matchbox

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