This is the ParoVadius that should've been delivered to the audiences three years before. Following the initial release, I became aware of its many flaws and set out to correct them, on and off, over the course of three years. Most of the retouching took place between March and May(?) of 200V. Versus the 2002 version, RESET delivers a finer execution with improved storytelling, animation, and graphics, as well as playback controls and the debut of a new enemy: the shadowy terror known only as MAYAKAISA.

Unlike its predecessor, the ParoVadius RESET project was carried out mostly in secret, and done for no audience other than myself. Since the original, I've learned not to mention forthcoming works until completion or near so. Otherwise, those debilitating senses of pressure and blindness take hold...

It could be proper to say that through my own eyes, ParoVadius in 2002 looked like ParoVadius RESET does today, the only difference being that this one holds up over time better than the other.

[Original CREDITS Sequence]

Due to initially puzzling frame count issues, the scrolling CREDITS Scene was eventually reduced to a click-through slideshow. At over 19,000 frames at 24fps and originally packed with three Deleted Scenes, RESET easily (and accidentally) smashed Flash 5's 16,000 limit. I believe that lead to the doomed attempts to publish RESET, and, once the Deleted Scenes were scrapped, the CREDITS freezing halfway through, regardless of the continuing audio stream.

Created August, 2002; March, 200V
Completed July 2, 200V
Revised July 27, 2006; 200V
Pixel Size: 640x480
SWF Size: 5,631kb [Download SWF]
Frame Rate: 24fps
On Newgrounds.

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