Roblox users borrowed its ubiquitous 'oof' sound from obscure action game Messiah

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Now, a year-long copyright dispute over the 'oof' sound has come to a close.

Messiah
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Roblox is a sandbox game creation tool that is apparently played by "over half" of kids in the US. Like any massive platform for user-generated content, most of its users don't know (or don't care) about copyright, but it's still surprising that a sound from the obscure 2000 action game Messiah has managed to become one of Roblox's most iconic sounds.

The Roblox 'oof' can be sampled here, while the original Messiah implementation can be heard here. Yep, it's the same sound, and the creator of that sound, Intellivision Entertainment CEO Tommy Tallarico, happened to notice last year.

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Shaun Prescott
Shaun Prescott
Australian Editor

Shaun Prescott is the Australian editor of PC Gamer. With over ten years experience covering the games industry, his work has appeared on GamesRadar+, TechRadar, The Guardian, PLAY Magazine, the Sydney Morning Herald, and more. Specific interests include indie games, obscure Metroidvanias, speedrunning, experimental games and FPSs. He thinks Lulu by Metallica and Lou Reed is an all-time classic that will receive its due critical reappraisal one day.