HISTORY

Timeline of both SRB20YA as well as Tobi's life.


Year Tobi SRB2 SRB20YA
1730 (1750) Tobi's great-great-great-great-great-grandfather (Samuel) is born.
1767 (1787) Tobi's great-great-great-great-grandfather (John Sr.) is born.
1770 (1790) Tobi's great-great-great-great-great-grandfather (Samuel) dies.
1808 (1828) December 2nd - Tobi's great-great-great-grandfather (John Jr.) is born.
1849 (1869) January - Tobi's great-great-great-great-grandfather (John Sr.) dies.
1850 (1870) March 10th - Tobi's great-great-grandfather (George) is born.
1877 (1897) February 11th - Tobi's great-grandfather (Thomas) is born.
1888 (1908) January - Tobi's great-great-great-grandfather (John Jr.) dies.
1912 (1932) March 11th - Tobi's grandfather (Dennis) is born.
1934 (1954) March - Tobi's great-great-grandfather (George) dies.
1936 (1956) September 30th - Tobi's father (Christopher) is born.
1947 (1967) June - Tobi's mother is born.
1951 (1971) November - Tobi's great-grandfather (Thomas) dies.
1967 (1987) March 11th - Tobi's grandfather (Dennis) dies.
1983 (2003) November 21st - Tobi is born.
1984 (2004) November 21st - Tobi turns 1.
1985 (2005) November 21st - Tobi turns 2.
1986 (2006) Sometime before turning 3 - Tobi is diagnosed with autism.
November 21st - Tobi turns 3.
1987 (2007) September - Tobi begins at his first school.
November 21st - Tobi turns 4.
1988 (2008) November 21st - Tobi turns 5.
1989 (2009) August 12th - Tobi undergoes a heart operation to patch three holes in the heart.
November 21st - Tobi turns 6.
November 27th - SSNTails releases source code archives for Halloween 1.32, Christmas 0.96, and "Demo 4.2"
1990 (2010) November 21st - Tobi turns 7. July 7th - SSNTails releases an archive containing level WADs ranging from 1998-2001.
1991 (2011) November 21st - Tobi turns 8.
1992 (2012) June/July - Earliest evidence of Tobi playing SRB2.
November 21st - Tobi turns 9.
1993 (2013) November 21st - Tobi turns 10.
1994 (2014) February - Tobi leaves his first school.
November 21st - Tobi turns 11.
June 10th - SSNTails releases an archive of early art assets.
November 16th - SSNTails releases old storyboards.
1995 (2015) March - Tobi begins at his second school.
July - Tobi finishes primary school.
September - Tobi begins education at his third school.
October/November - Tobi leaves his third school.
November 21st - Tobi turns 12.
1996 (2016) November 21st - Tobi turns 13. October 4th - Jeff Read releases his Sonic Doom mod.
1997 (2017) January 20th - Tobi begins education at his fourth school.
September - Tobi begins learning basic HTML in IT class.
November 21st - Tobi turns 14.
March - SSNTails discovers Jeff Read's Sonic Doom, and decides to make his own.
May - Sonikku begins development of SRB1.
July 4th - SRB1 v1.0b released.
September 7th - SRB1 v1.1a released.
October - Sonic Doom 2 development begins.
December 12th - Last modified date of SSNTails' Sonic Doom.
May - SRB20YA begins, initially called "The SRB2 of 2 Decades Ago". It was a spontaneous magazine in TXT format.
1998 (2018) May 19th - Tobi leaves his fourth school.
September - Tobi loses sight in one eye due to optic nerve malfunction.
November 21st - Tobi turns 15.
February 1st, 6:17pm British time - SRB1 is completed.
February 11th - SRB1 v1.3f released.
March 8th - Development of SRB2 begins.
April - Build of downloadable TGF build.
May - Sonic Team Junior formed.
July - TGF abandoned for a new C engine written by Stealth.
August - Stealth goes AWOL, SSNTails begins work on a 3D version of SRB2 on the Doom Legacy engine.
December - Sonic Doom 2 v4.0 released.
December 24th - SRB1 Christmas is released.
February 27th - Dev Pack 1 is released by Glaber with permission from SSNTails.
March - Format changes from a TXT format to a HTML format.
March 11th - Dev Pack 2 is released by Glaber with permission from SSNTails.
1999 (2019) November 21st - Tobi turns 16. March - Build of SRB2 as a WAD with two levels and incomplete Crawla sprites.
September 5th - White Gloves Diaries begins.
August - Source code modifications begin.
September 14th - A backup of the source code is sent to Saxman.
October 31st - Halloween v1.0 released.
December 10th - Official website moves to SSRG.
December 24th - Christmas v0.90 is released and recalled shortly after.
August - During an event on Omniarchive (Minecraft archival server), Tobi meets SteleCat, the person behind "Minecraft 10 Years Ago". Tobi would join the crew sometime after.
Autumn - Tobi begins conceptulizing a website, only on one HTML file at the time.
October 31st - "The SRB2 of 2 Decades Ago" is changed to "Sonic Robo Blast 2 Decades Ago" (SRB2DA).
December - Tobi launches the official SRB20YA website, initially on 000webhost.
2000 (2020) November 21st - Tobi turns 17. February 22nd - Christmas v0.92 released.
March 5th - A large amount of assets (including WADs and binaries, along with source code) are sent to Saxman.
March 24th - Christmas v0.93 released.
April 24th - Christmas v0.94 released.
September 9th - SRB2 makes an appearance at SAGE 1 with a preview video.
September 9th - Christmas v0.96 is released on CD as a prize and to order for $5 ($10 outside US).
October - Halloween v1.32 released.
November 13th - Demo 1 released.
December 25th - Demo 2 preview video released.
February 24th - "SRB2DA" changed to "SRB20YA".
March 23rd - Discord server created.
April 7th, 8:13pm GMT - Discord server reaches 100 messages.
May 8th - Tobi moves the site to a friend's server.
May 15th - Tobi moves the site again, to NeoCities.
May 20th - The site reaches 100 visits.
July 4th - The site reaches 1,000 visits.
December 11th - SSNTails joins the Discord server.
December 14th, 6:00pm GMT - Discord server reaches 1,000 messages.
2001 (2021) November 21st - Tobi turns 18. March 5th - Demo 2 released.
March 9th - SRB2 website opens. SRB2 also appears at SAGE 2.
June 23rd - Demo 3 released.
July 18th - Demo 3 Era Prototype built.
December 12th - Christmas 0.96 Windows update released.
December 25th - Demo 4 released.
February 21st - SSNTails releases early 2.0 Egg Rock Zone WADs from ~March 2009.
February 26th - Sonikku joins the Discord server.
March 1st - The site reaches 10,000 visits.
June 29th, 9:50pm BST - Discord server reaches 10,000 messages.
November 15th - YouTube channel reaches 100 subscribers.
2002 (2022) February 3rd - Tobi has a back operation to correct lumbar scoliosis.
November 21st - Tobi turns 19.
January 6th - Demo 4.1 released.
March 8th - Demo 4.32 released. SRB2 also appears at SAGE 4.
March 12th - Demo 4.33 released.
March 15th - Sonic Stadium interview.
March 16th - Demo 4.34 released.
March 20th - Demo 4.35 released.
April 8th - SSNTails releases the July 18th, 2001 as well as the August 22nd and September 22nd, 2008 builds.
December 18th - In partnership with Glaber Co., SRB2 The Past 2.0 is released.
2003 (2023) March 15th - An accidental hard drive wipe occurs.
June 14th-18th - Tobi's Discord account is compromised.
November 21st - Tobi turns 20.
March 9th - Tournament 2003 released.
June 19th - Final Demo 1.01 released.
June 19th - Final Demo 1.02 released.
June 19th - Final Demo 1.03 released.
June 19th - Final Demo 1.04 released.
March 9th - GitHub site beta testing begins.
July 1st - NeoCities website closes down.
July 4th - Discord server reaches 100,000 messages.
August 17th - SSNTails locates a developer snapshot of 1.1 from September 2008, containing WAD files and the September 24th build.
August 19th - Saxman sends SSNTails a ZIP of SRB2 files, including contemporary binaries, assets, and source code from March 5th, 2000.
October 15th - Website moves to srb20ya.org.
2004 (2024) November 21st - Tobi will turn 21. January 1st - Final Demo 1.08 released. March 2nd - SSNTails releases the September 14th, 1999 source code backup to GitHub.
March 9th - SSNTails releases the March 5th, 2000 assets to GitHub.