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GDRI
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 Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 11:14 am Post subject: It Came from Usenet! |
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Nothing like wading through old Usenet posts for unreleased games. A continuation of something I started at the Sega-16.com forums...
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.video/browse_thread/thread/169e00080af02657/52b924fe580d0b39
Super NES/Super Famicom
Super Deformer from Bandai
Earth Light from Hudson
Fables & Fiends: The Legend of Kyrandia from Virgin
Falcon from Spectrum Holobyte
Generation 2 (Genocide 2?) from Kemco
Lethal Weapon 3 (Leathal Weapon?) from Ocean
Metal Jacket from Atlus
Military Battlefield from ASCII
Radio Flyer from Ocean
Robosaurus from THQ (Game Boy version was being dev'd by Western Technologies)
Search for Ultra Force from EA
Spellcraft from ASCII
Superman from Sunsoft
Ultrabots from Data East
Universal Soldier from Ballistic
3-D Rampart from EA
7th Guest from Virgin for CD-ROM
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.video/msg/df576c90d1e9fe1f
Super NES/Super Famicom
Battle Blaze 2 from American Sammy
Blaster Master 2 from Sunsoft
Blastris from Nintendo
Casino Kid II from SOFEL
Castles from Interplay
Christopher Columbus from Misawa
Curse of the Azure Bonds from SSI
Dark Sun: Shattered Lands from SSI
Super Deformer from Bandai
Diamond Challenge from American Technos
Super Dodge Ball from American Technos
Dominus from ASCII
Double Dribble from Konami
Dragon's Earth from Human
Dream Probe from Renovation (US version of Psycho Dream)
Earth Light from Hudson
Elvin Hollow from Virgin
Fables & Fiends: The Legend of Kyrandia from Virgin
Falcon from Spectrum Holobyte
The Flash from THQ
Future Zone from Electro Brain
G-2, Generation 2, Genocide from Kemco (probably all referring to Genocide 2)
The Golden Warrior (?) from Culture Brain
Guerilla Warfare
Hermetica from BPS
Hooves of Thunder from RazorSoft (probably a mistransliteration of Laser Soft)
Jaguar from JVC
Joe vs. the Wall from Ocean
Lethal Weapon 3 (Lethal Weapon?) from Ocean
Lost Mission from VIC Tokai (US version of Shinseiki Odysselya)
Mad Dog McCree from American Laser Games for CD-ROM
Military Battlefield from ASCII
Noah's Ark 2 from Matchbox
Ogre Battle (NOT unreleased, but it was supposed to be released by Taito, apparently)
Pigskin from RazorSoft
Super Power Punch from ASC
Radio Flyer from Ocean
Railroad Tycoon from Microprose
Rap Attack
Rap Quest from THQ
Rebel (?)
Robomech (?)
Robosaurus from THQ
Roller Blades
Super Scrabble from Milton Bradley
Search for Ultra Force from EA
Super Shadow of the Beast from IGS
Sorcerer's Kingdom from American Sammy
Spellcraft from ASCII
Spot II (Cool Spot?) from Virgin
Superman from Sunsoft
Swamp Thing from THQ
Toxic Crusaders from Bandai
Universal Soldier from Accolade
Video Kid from Kemco
Super 3-D Football from Hudson
3rd World War from Bignet
7th Guest from Virgin for CD-ROM
Xenon 2 from Bitmap Brothers
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.video/browse_thread/thread/653b7964eeb33313/2c1057f281b764de
From Gamepro
Genesis/Mega Drive
Black Crypt from EA
Vampire Killer from RazorSoft
Battlewings from Sage's Creation (Wings of Wor?)
Star Odyssey from Sage's Creation (US version of Blue Almanac)
Road Riot 4WD from Tengen
Dungeons & Dragons: Hollow World (Warriors of the Eternal Sun?) from Sega
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.video/browse_thread/thread/1295985c0f3d0610/d0996a534a3365b2
Taken from Sega Visions
Genesis/Mega Drive
Nolan Ryan Express from Mentrix
Breach from American Sammy
Zombie High from EA
Keeper of the Gates from RazorSoft
Chessmaster from Software Toolworks
Haywire from American Sammy
Populous II from Virgin
Sega CD
Indy 4 from JVC
King's Quest V from Sierra
Game Gear
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves from Virgin
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.video/browse_thread/thread/c422059478190704/b62c5cd7923cf881
From Game Player's
Genesis/Mega Drive
Crystal Quest from Data East
Unreal from EA
Jesse "The Body" Ventura Superstars of Wrestling from Dreamworks
Death by Steel from RazorSoft
Blue Almanac from Sage's Creation
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.video/browse_thread/thread/bed125d4d53bc625/953ae77e655504bc
From various JP magazines
Mega Drive/Mega CD
V Attack from Sega
Super License (Varie's F-1 Super License, Nakajima Satoru Kanshuu?) from Sega
AZTION from Telenet
Moon Dancer from Sega
Power Drift from Sega
Explode Star from Sega (released in the US as Trampoline Terror)
Vasome from Treco
Berlin Wall (Wani Wani World?) from Kaneko
Amatelass
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.video/browse_thread/thread/e947a5d93434de22/daa86ae8b8a14ab4
Mega Drive
D-AXE from Sega
Berlin Wall (Wani Wani World?) by Kaneko
Majuura (?) from Sega
RPG Densetsu Hepoi from Sega
Ushiwakamaru... (?) from Sega
F-1 Constructers (Heavenly Symphony?) from Sega
Vasum from Teco
Fieldius: Kaze no Chinkonka from Unipacc
Power Drift from Dempa
The following are all Sega 16-bit games:
Two translated articles on the new Mega CD from Mega Drive Fan and Beep! Mega Drive. There's a list of games at the end, some not released including: Super Gals Panic by Kaneko, Shin Haja no Fuuin (Miracle Warriors) by Kogado, Crying Dragon and Vice II by Treco, and World Rally by Visco.
Release list from a letter sent by Sega of America. Lots of unreleased stuff:
- American Cup by Mentrix
- Bean Ball Benny by Nuvision
- Berlin Wall by Kaneko
Same game as Wani Wani World (released in Japan), I'm assuming
- Cadaver by Mirrorsoft
Conversion of a Bitmap Brothers game
- D-Axe by Sega
- Dando by Treco
- Darwin 4081 by Sage's Creation
Released in Japan
- Demolition Rally by Seismic
- Jesse "The Body" Ventura by Dreamworks
Considering Dreamworks never released an original game, could this have been a localization of something else?
- Kabuki by Seismic
Mystical Fighter?
- Land Buster by Seismic
- "Macross" by Seismic
That's supposed to be "Macress," which was turned into Saint Sword
- Magical Hat by Sega
Turned into Decap Attack
- Mondu's Fight Palace by Activision
Released as Slaughter Sport by RazorSoft
- Power Drift by Sega
- Star Cruiser by Dreamworks
Released in Japan
- Super Burger Time by Data East
- Swamp Thing by Nuvision
- Vette! by Sega
- Winter Games by Sega (EPYX!)
New Japanese releases! Unreleased (or just bad translations and I can't figure out the real name): Vazome by Treco, Fildius by Unipacc, Letz (?) by Sega, Appare! Jitsugyooo (?) by Sega, Helli Fighter (?) by Sega, Power Drift by Dempa, Amatelass by Kodansha, and Omega Fighter by UPL
List compiled by "Scott N Streeter" from the March 1990 issue of Game Player's. Unreleased: TeleGenesis Baseball, TeleGenesis Battling Worlds, TeleGenesis Cyberball, Tongue of the Fatman by Activision (later released as Slaughter Sport), Hard Yardage by Activision, California Games II by Epyx, 'Vette! by Sphere, Skulls and Crossbones by Tengen
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Evan
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| Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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| I have gone through these lists myself years ago, but I found them to be unreliable (some snes games listed were found to be NES games). I prefer to use print publications to really verify things. |
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Tongueman
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| I don't have time to research all the game names, but I can remember the Genesis game Steel Empire being listed as "Battlewings". "V Attack" became Arrow Flash on the Genesis. |
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GDRI
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| Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 3:07 am Post subject: |
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| Tongueman wrote: | | I don't have time to research all the game names, but I can remember the Genesis game Steel Empire being listed as "Battlewings". |
Looks like you're right...This lends credence to the notion of Sage's being Hot-B (of course, Sage's publishing the Hot-B developed [but not published] games Crack Down and Blue Almanac is probably better evidence of this). |
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Tongueman
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| Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 12:11 pm Post subject: |
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| True, except Flying Edge eventually published Steel Empire, right? |
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GDRI
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| Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 12:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Evan wrote: | | I have gone through these lists myself years ago, but I found them to be unreliable (some snes games listed were found to be NES games). I prefer to use print publications to really verify things. |
Well, a lot of the Sega stuff's from magazines, anyway.
| Tongueman wrote: | | True, except Flying Edge eventually published Steel Empire, right? |
I think Sage's Creation was gone by the time Steel Empire came out. Sage's was also supposed to publish King Salmon, but VIC Tokai did instead (Sage's Creation is still mentioned on the title screen). |
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drx
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| Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 9:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Evan wrote: | | I have gone through these lists myself years ago, but I found them to be unreliable (some snes games listed were found to be NES games). I prefer to use print publications to really verify things. |
Yeah, same here.
Plus, the stuff somehow gets perpetuated by the internet to the point where lies become truth. |
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ProgrammingAce
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| Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 2:51 am Post subject: |
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| We managed to find a couple of xbox and ps2 reviews/betas in usenet a few months back too... |
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TORUMASUTA
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| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 6:07 pm Post subject: Re: It Came from Usenet! |
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I don't know what I'm talking about and I'm way out of my league here, but is it possible that "Super Deformer" being in an unreleased list is a mistake? Bandai has a long running series of "SD" games, with the SD meaning "super deformed" (or whatever cute words they can make it, kind of like DS titles where the DS stands for something else; I believe the SD Gundam game had it stand for "Superior Defender" but I digress), usually starring Mobile Suit Gundam robots and Ultraman heroes. The whole SD thing has a huge number of games on the SNES alone, with (at least) five SD The Great Battle games, at least one SD The Great Battle Gaiden, and a series of grand strategy games based on various Gundam timelines. I'm wondering, basically, if something got mangled in a release list somewhere and a "Super Deformer" game might be a bastardization of a name of one of the SD games released. |
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GDRI
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| Someone on the Select Button forums posted scans from the 1991 Sears Christmas catalog. There's a screenshot of "Jesse 'The Body' Wrestling." Looks like it's just a localization of Human's Thunder Pro Wrestling Retsuden... |
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TheRedEye
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| Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 4:00 pm Post subject: |
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| GDRI wrote: | | Someone on the Select Button forums posted scans from the 1991 Sears Christmas catalog. There's a screenshot of "Jesse 'The Body' Wrestling." Looks like it's just a localization of Human's Thunder Pro Wrestling Retsuden... |
Oh cool. I have a couple screenshots of this game, but not this one. |
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KingMike
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Uforia.
The Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout shot doesn't look familiar.
To LAUGHING OUT LOUD the prices: Who'd pay more for Heroes of the Lance than Final Fantasy?
And can I still buy the original Phantasy Star for $19.99? |
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GDRI
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| Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 12:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Was GEN Batman going to be called The Dark Knight? And was there really a room in Sword of Vermilion with that many people? |
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TheRedEye
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A PR description of Hard Yardage from a book called Video Game Quest:
| Quote: | | Football has arrived for the Genesis! Strap on your helmet for the most realistic football action ever on a video game system. In HARD YARDAGE, you're down on the field, experiencing the fast-paced, hard hitting action of pro football, up close and personal. Two simultaneous views cover all the action. The "Field Cam" gives you a bird's eye view of the entire field. The "Action Cam" zooms down to the trenches for an on-the-field perspective. Sixteen teams, each with their own tendencies, unique play books, and superstars. Slo-motion instant replay lets you relive your best (or worst) moments on the gridiron. |
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TheRedEye
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| Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 12:36 am Post subject: |
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TeleGenesis Baseball, from the same book:
| Quote: | | One player looks out on the field as the batter. The other player is the pitcher and looks down from the mount. 2 player TeleGenesis action, or 1 player play. |
I've found some other TeleGenesis-branded games in this book too, but they were all released without the modem support. |
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Hamtaro126
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I knew Snoopy's Magic show was meant to be something else (Death Ball), because the Snoopy Sports game for the NES was known as Donald Duck in Japan!
Also, A possible prototypical match for ''Dweeberz!'' by Vic tokai is possibly Kid Kool. But due to next-to-no info, There is no evidince. |
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KingMike
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| Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 1:07 am Post subject: |
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Hard to say, Kemco had a habit of changing licenses between regions.
How many did we end up attaching to the Crazy Castle series?
Roger Rabbit, Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny, Real Ghostbusters, Garfield, Woody Woodpecker. At least. |
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mrdomino
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| Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 3:47 am Post subject: |
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| Hugo as well, I think. |
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TheRedEye
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| I feel just a little bit silly for only now realizing this, but Activision's Hard Yardage is obviously the game that Sega purchased as its first (unreleased) attempt at Joe Montana Football. |
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mercatfat
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Re: Pigskin for Genesis
the ad for this gave me nightmares.
it was known in the arcade as Pigskin 621 A.D. |
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