Sega 32x.Mcd.16bit Unreleased [Archive] - ASSEMblergames.com

rod_wod

07-27-2009, 05:46 PM

Hi and here is more sega unreleased for you all.

Today we start with some 32x

http://img37.picoodle.com/i55j/rod_wod/n21b_20f_ua2c2.jpg

fifa 96 32x

pic gone game was released anyway

x men 32x

http://img37.picoodle.com/i55j/rod_wod/12m5_d3c_ua2c2.jpg

http://img40.picoodle.com/i55j/rod_wod/12m5_218_ua2c2.jpghttp://img40.picoodle.com/i55j/rod_wod/12m5_bc9_ua2c2.jpg

More to come

Yakumo

07-27-2009, 07:15 PM

cool. Keep them coming. That Scavenger road game looks like it may be based upon that tech demo they released. If it was then it sure would have been an impressive 32X title.

Fifa '96 was released, or at least in the UK it was.

Yakumo

Ollie

07-28-2009, 02:01 AM

Very interesting and I think a few people around here would be interested if you could get a better scan of the X-men page. What Magazine and issue is that from?

Druid II

07-28-2009, 03:26 AM

rod_wod

07-28-2009, 05:41 PM

Very interesting and I think a few people around here would be interested if you could get a better scan of the X-men page. What Magazine and issue is that from?

I will try my best to scan pics better in the future i use a digital camera not the best way to copy pics i keep haveing to make them smaller so they dont dwarf the screen but then i lose quality.

Barc0de

07-28-2009, 06:02 PM

The 32X is so cryptic. I still can't understand what they were aiming at when they developed it.

Segafreak_NL

07-28-2009, 06:07 PM

A budget 32-bit machine for Megadrive owners.

Barc0de

07-28-2009, 06:25 PM

Ollie

07-28-2009, 07:38 PM

Ah thanks for those closer shots, so the game did get quite far in development then. Nice. :thumbsup:

ASSEMbler

07-29-2009, 01:42 AM

I remember heavy machinery, it has the hummer in it which was sexy at the time

rgb3do

07-29-2009, 01:54 AM

has anything extra ever turned up for Atlantis (32X CD).
other games i so wished for ecco 32x and castlevania 32x.

Ollie

07-29-2009, 02:58 AM

Ecco 32x was no more than a 5 Second demo which has already been dumped ages ago. =P

I really doubt there is a playable version.

SuperGrafx

07-29-2009, 06:36 AM

I distinctly remember seeing a preview in Gamefan of "ALONE IN THE DARK (part 1)" for the 32X. Honestly, I bought the 32X with the high hopes of being able to play it. Back then, I couldn't hope to own a computer powerful enough to play AITD (it intrigued me for some reason) or a 3D0.

rod_wod

07-29-2009, 04:38 PM

more 32x

http://img37.picoodle.com/i55j/rod_wod/x64u_e8c_ua2c2.jpg

mega cd
have no idear if this got a release but it looks good

http://img40.picoodle.com/i55j/rod_wod/1748_d81_ua2c2.jpg

Yakumo

07-29-2009, 07:36 PM

That Bullet Fighters is a very early version of Stellar Assault (US name is different I think) which did get a release and then an amazing supped up version by SIMS for the Saturn.

That Racing Mega CD game never got released but I do remember seeing screen shots of it wishing that it would come out.

Yakumo

smf

07-29-2009, 10:08 PM

Yes, that's the marketing side, but what good is a twin 32bit set if you don't have any proper software to support it? :S

The whole "bit" argument is neither here or there though, considering that even the GameCube can be considered "32bit" in some respects :P

There were some good 32x games. It's sony's fault, if the playstation wasn't so good then sega might not have released the 32x and saturn at the same time. Most systems don't have many games in the first 6 to 12 months & it didn't make it past that.

32 bits just happens to be about the right amount for a cpu. Also there were some cheap, fast 32 bit risc chips around. You couldn't justify going to the 386 or 68030 in a console.

Ollie

07-29-2009, 10:19 PM

There were some good 32x games.

This. People are always saying that the reason that they don't like it, is because of the lack of games, which is a fair reason, but for the games that were released most of them were really decent. Tempo anyone? ;)

Codeman

07-29-2009, 10:28 PM

Fifa '96 was released, or at least in the UK it was.

Yakumo

True

rod_wod

07-30-2009, 06:29 PM

mega drive

http://img37.picoodle.com/i55j/rod_wod/hclq_961_ua2c2.jpg

http://img37.picoodle.com/i55j/rod_wod/hclq_2f4_ua2c2.jpg

7Force

07-30-2009, 06:49 PM

Pretty sure Fido Dido got an actual release.

rod_wod

07-30-2009, 06:59 PM

oh maybe it did i was not sure i will take it down if so

it did get a release i need to do better research :(

rod_wod

07-31-2009, 05:40 PM

page 1

http://img40.picoodle.com/i55j/rod_wod/o8ub_b1d_ua2c2.jpg

page 2

http://img40.picoodle.com/i55j/rod_wod/o8uc_43c_ua2c2.jpg

i have better scans witch i hope to be uploaded by monokoma on his site unseen64 soon.

Yakumo

07-31-2009, 05:52 PM

Wow, a game based on Madness. Defiantly a load of crap but I still would have loved to have seen that. Quite a fan of Madness to tell the truth.

Yakumo

REXMONDAY

07-31-2009, 06:15 PM

It's Madness 30th aniversary this year, it would be mega weird if this game turned up at the same time!!

rod_wod

08-01-2009, 04:26 PM

More akira this game looks good to me.

http://img27.imagefra.me/img/img27/2/8/1/rod_wod/f_bt2pfm_d63525e.jpg

32x
what could of been

rod_wod

08-03-2009, 05:28 PM

Nothing great

peperami saturn -rumor
http://img40.picoodle.com/i55k/rod_wod/t8sn_be7_ua2c2.jpg

indy 500 saturn -rumor-
http://img40.picoodle.com/i55k/rod_wod/m2wv_fbe_ua2c2.jpg

wing war

http://img40.picoodle.com/i55j/rod_wod/10dh_8fb_ua2c2.jpg

rod_wod

08-04-2009, 04:27 PM

forgot the name of this md game -new breed-

http://img37.picoodle.com/i55j/rod_wod/tbm8_81a_ua2c2.jpg

http://img37.picoodle.com/i55j/rod_wod/tbm8_1af_ua2c2.jpg

street fighter 2 sce proto pics

http://img40.picoodle.com/i55j/rod_wod/xmst_ddd_ua2c2.jpg

Ollie

08-04-2009, 04:44 PM

Really great stuff, keep 'em coming.

Yakumo

08-04-2009, 05:40 PM

Ollie

08-04-2009, 09:55 PM

It could be anything really, it's far too early on to tell, the art style for the background could be more developed than the actual players. From the looks of it, looks like only one player was made and is used as a place holder.

Also is it me or does the second screenshot of that fighting game look far much more basic than the art above.

Druid II

08-04-2009, 10:02 PM

X-Men was by Scavenger? Well, now we know where another part of that 32x techdemo was used.

saturn_worship

08-05-2009, 12:57 AM

Hey Druid II, last night i saw the Scavenger 32X demo again and i was thinking the same...

7Force

08-05-2009, 01:03 AM

Scavenger demo? I'm intrigued, didn't know there was another 32X tech demo besides the one by the company that made Red Dawn on Mega Drive (amongst other games).

Druid II

08-05-2009, 01:14 AM

Scavenger demo? I'm intrigued, didn't know there was another 32X tech demo besides the one by the company that made Red Dawn on Mega Drive (amongst other games).
... Red Dawn was made by Scavenger.

7Force

08-05-2009, 01:41 AM

Oh, so it's the same video..but it wasn't made by Scavenger and neither was Red Zone. The developer, whose name I couldn't remember earlier, was called Zyrinx and Scavenger was just the publisher for their games.

Druid II

08-05-2009, 03:32 AM

Zyrinx and Lemon were both teams formed by demosceners, Scavenger was their publisher, and they shared quite a lot of stuff internally.

rod_wod

08-05-2009, 05:09 PM

What the hell is that strange looking MD fighter? Could it be some sort of April fool? The backgrounds look sort of Bonaza Bros style yet the main fighters just don't seem to go with the background.

Yakumo

I will find out it reminds me of rise of the robots and thanks for the kind words also to ollie.

Segafreak_NL

08-05-2009, 06:43 PM

It's called The new Breed and was developed by Accolade.

Yakumo

08-05-2009, 07:33 PM

Ah, probably just as well it never came out then. Still, it does look very odd.

saturn_worship

08-05-2009, 07:53 PM

what about tomb raider for the 32X...do you guys think there would be something playable for it?

Druid II

08-06-2009, 02:31 AM

what about tomb raider for the 32X...do you guys think there would be something playable for it?
Tomb Raider was started as a saturn project iirc, the dev tools supposedly didn't even support triangle polygons (only quads) till some of the later sequels.

Anthaemia.

08-06-2009, 03:12 AM

I've seen it mentioned before that Core Design initially planned for Tomb Raider to be a 32X project (along with Shellshock, I recall), but it quickly evolved into a full-blown next generation development with the Saturn its lead platform. I'm not sure if the original engine supported quads or was completely remade following its switch of console, though considering how delayed the final product became I'd guess a lot was changed to accomodate easier porting between Sega's hardware and the PlayStation/PC versions.

madhatter256

08-06-2009, 11:47 AM

I wouldn't be surprised if that xmen game was canned due to licensing issues. It certainly had potential and it looked like they had ton of art assets already made. It really would have been successful, but the 32x was just too limited.

Bramsworth

08-06-2009, 12:04 PM

As far as I know X-men is being released soon, following up on Virtua Hamster. :)

saturndual32

08-07-2009, 10:18 AM

Heavy Machinery looks like what eventually became Amok (well, the sprites are similar). Though Amok was by Lemon, assets like that may have been shared between the two teams.

Those screenshots are too bad to tell if the picture are from a voxel game or a polygonal one.

I remember reading that the engine was similar to 3DO Road Rash, polygonal enviroments with some spirte based objects and prerendered vehicles. I am algo pretty sure that Heavy Machinery started as a Mega Drive game called Nitro Wrecks which suppousedly was really impressive, but i have never been able to find any screenshots of it. Damn, Game Fan previewed a very complete version of this game, were are the protos?
I think Amok also started as a 32X game, and again it was suppoused to be very impressive for its time. Maybe Scorcher for Saturn also started on 32X.
Isnt the Hulk game for Playstation and Saturn using the engine of the 32X X-Men game?, i think it did, and that would mean that X Men would have probably sucked, hehe.
Damn i am going by memory here, i dont even remember where i read this stuff.

saturndual32

08-07-2009, 10:21 AM

Druid II

08-08-2009, 03:53 AM

I remember reading that the engine was similar to 3DO Road Rash, polygonal enviroments with some spirte based objects and prerendered vehicles. I am algo pretty sure that Heavy Machinery started as a Mega Drive game called Nitro Wrecks which suppousedly was really impressive, but i have never been able to find any screenshots of it. Damn, Game Fan previewed a very complete version of this game, were are the protos?
I think Amok also started as a 32X game, and again it was suppoused to be very impressive for its time. Maybe Scorcher for Saturn also started on 32X.
Isnt the Hulk game for Playstation and Saturn using the engine of the 32X X-Men game?, i think it did, and that would mean that X Men would have probably sucked, hehe.
Damn i am going by memory here, i dont even remember where i read this stuff.

From what I've heard, the Hulk game was a gigantic pile of ugly shit, so it was probably not by Scavenger.

Amok had code running on the 32x at one point, we know this for sure as the Zyrinx demotape has a part of the first level of Amok in it.

Scorcher also started out on 32x, I think the british SSM confirmed this once.

wheelaa

08-08-2009, 04:36 AM

oh maybe it did i was not sure i will take it down is so

it did get a release i need to do better research :(

Yes you do!
It wasn't released, at least not officially and for sale. The rom was dumped ages back and has been on the pirate scene for years. But no official release.

As far as I know X-men is being released soon, following up on Virtua Hamster. :)

Interesting. Same people?

Bramsworth

08-08-2009, 05:58 AM

Ya, segasaturno.com again. And there's also going to be some other "surprise" along with X-men. Whatever it is it sounds like it must be something people have wanted for awhile or something. Hopefullywe get word of it soon :dance:

cyberguile

08-08-2009, 06:03 AM

it was released in the us but got canceled europe

DrDoaK

08-08-2009, 04:53 PM

Fido Dido wasn't released anywhere.

I've got loads of mag scans about of unreleased MD/MCD games, I'll throw some up when I get a minute.

There's a decent list of unreleased games for the MD that me and a few others were working on a while back here:

http://forum.sega16bit.com/index.php?topic=131.0

wheelaa

08-08-2009, 04:56 PM

If you're talking about FD...then it really wasn't released in the US, or anywhere.

Of course saying that you'll no doubt post up piccies of it and I'll eat my hat! But until then it wasn't released imo. I've never seen a legit copy....

Edit..the above is a reply to Cyber at the same time as Dr lol.

Defo unreleased though. I did a load of research on this a while back when I was thinking of buying one of the protos. Went for a pirate instead as the price wasn't great for a dumped cart.

DrDoaK

08-08-2009, 05:04 PM

Even if a complete copy of Fido Dido did turn up, it doesn't change the fact that it wasn't released. It was finished for sure, so there probably is a boxed copy or two floating around, it just never got published.

wheelaa

08-08-2009, 05:16 PM

Well actually I disagree. A complete legit copy would throw too much doubt on matters for me at least to feel comfortable with the unreleased assertion. Does 10 know legit copies of a game mean it was published? We assume yes, and rightly so I believe. But then where the hell would the rest be. Plenty of games like that as you know.

Ya, segasaturno.com again. And there's also going to be some other "surprise" along with X-men. Whatever it is it sounds like it must be something people have wanted for awhile or something. Hopefullywe get word of it soon :dance:

Interesting. Hope they didn't drop much on X-Men as I was going to stick up a freebie release of the copy I have pretty soon. (read..when I cba!)

rod_wod

08-08-2009, 06:31 PM

I saw a box scan of fido dido im sure it was for sale genesis copy.

wheelaa

08-08-2009, 08:06 PM

I've seen scans too. And for numerous other games that weren't released. Like Virtua Hamster and X-Men. I've got a couple of legit inserts for other unreleased games. It wasn't released. (until you find a stash of copies ;) )

Druid II

08-08-2009, 11:29 PM

Which Fido Dido are we talking about? I remember playing one such game in Gens back in like 2001. It was probably a dumped prototype if the game never came out, though I wasn't aware of that.

sayin999

08-09-2009, 10:04 AM

I remember seeing previews of fido dido and anxiously waiting for it to come out. Thought the hand drawn character was cool at the time.

That list you got on sega16bit Dr. Doak You list super star wars and it having a preview in a sega magazine. By any chance do you got a scan of that preview?

Knuckles500

08-09-2009, 10:06 AM

Wesker would've posted this eventually, but I couldn't wait to share it!

X-Men 32X has been released!

http://www.hidden-palace.org/?releases/1094

You can't emulate it though, only playable on actual hardware. :\

wheelaa

08-09-2009, 05:47 PM

Shame.

TmEE

08-09-2009, 07:33 PM

I'm gonna give it a whirl on my Battleship jr. once I get back home :)

Taucias

08-10-2009, 07:43 AM

Fido Dido was released in Europe for sure.

wheelaa

08-10-2009, 04:39 PM

No it wasn't. Not on MD. Show me some legit carts and prove me wrong.

Rawit

08-12-2009, 03:14 AM

Bramsworth

08-12-2009, 03:34 AM

http://kogami02.free.fr/Megadrive/Boite/Fidi_Dido.jpg

I could have sworn I played this game many years ago at a comic/toy/game meeting when I was a little kid. The picture is from a French forum. They seem to mention modded carts too, but my French isn't what it used to be:

http://forums.guardiana.net/viewtopic.php?id=797&p=3

Interesting...the site says the game was never released due to the closing of Kaneko, just like Socks the Cat. Not to mention those are repros, and they're from Playgen, a guy who used to mainly sell his stuff at the Sega 16 forums I think.

I'm lost because I thought the game was released too. You can even find a US rom for it on the net and it doesn't say beta or anything next to it. Here's more proof for a US release as well:
http://www.gamerankings.com/genesis/586181-fido-dido/index.html

Wonder why they say on that site it's unreleased...

And if you took notice of that forum you'll see that every single cart in that topic is a repro :P

Rawit

08-12-2009, 04:02 AM

Yeah now that I read the text again, all of them are indeed repros... Nicely done though. When I google on Fido Dido for the Mega Drive some more repros come up, but it also looks like some sites ever had this game in stock. Or this game is released and very rare, or it was canceled at the last moment explaining all these entries as if it were released.

I'm pretty sure I have played this game... It was also the rage back then to draw Fido Dido every where. The character was almost as popular as Mario and Sonic back in the day, well at least where I lived.

Adol

08-12-2009, 03:40 PM

Kogami is specialized in repros. He make repros of game never made (meaning he creates box&instructions for it,for example),like Choro Trigger PAL SNES,FF III SNES,etc..
Or make produce a cart game with french translation inside,etc..
He does it for fun,generally don't sell his work.
Then,he made Ninja Gaiden or Fido Dido as well..those games aren't official,for sure.

f2bnp

08-12-2009, 03:45 PM

I remember seeing Fido Dido in some magazines here in Greece reviewed.So maybe it was released?

wheelaa

08-12-2009, 03:49 PM

Exactly. It was never released, but the rom has been available for many years. There have been pirate carts of this for years too, some of which are very good. Some Russian ones come complete with manual, in small style case. Not as good as that nice looking repro though.

I'm not 100% sure but the rom may have been 'officially' released similar to It Came From The Desert.

Edit...FFS. Plenty of games are reviewed and not released.
FIDO DIDO MD WAS NOT RELEASED. People have been looking for official copies for 10 years. Hell even if one or two were suddenly found now then it would still be unlikely that they were ever offered for retail.

rod_wod

08-12-2009, 04:42 PM

ok so fido is a unreleased game the end.:thumbsup:

rod_wod

08-14-2009, 06:11 PM

Starting to scrape the bottom of the barrel a bit now im running out of boxes full of magazines :-( but still i found a few more screens for everyone to enjoy.

the attic
http://img27.imagefra.me/img/img27/2/8/14/rod_wod/f_c46usm_1f21eb5.jpg

This is not the end.

rod_wod

08-14-2009, 06:12 PM

madness house of fun (mega drive)

http://img27.imagefra.me/img/img27/2/8/14/rod_wod/f_pn2b5bm_075b195.jpg

http://img27.imagefra.me/img/img27/2/8/14/rod_wod/f_pn2c7cm_62499d7.jpg

sonik

08-15-2009, 04:18 AM

rod_wod

08-15-2009, 05:49 PM

shell shock 32x

http://img27.imagefra.me/img/img27/2/8/14/rod_wod/f_f0tp73am_186acd2.jpg

more 32x proto screens

http://img27.imagefra.me/img/img27/2/8/14/rod_wod/f_3fp5tm_6be9275.jpg

http://img27.imagefra.me/img/img27/2/8/14/rod_wod/f_3fp5um_c53e99a.jpg

http://img27.imagefra.me/img/img27/2/8/14/rod_wod/f_3cc5m_74fda89.jpg

Yakumo

08-15-2009, 06:51 PM

shell shock 32xNow that explains why is looks so shit on the Saturn. They probably did a quick port. Just look at Thunder Hawk II then look at how piss poor Shell Shock is next to it. Both from the same company both running on Saturn yet one looks like it's made for a lower spec console.

Yakumo

saturn_worship

08-15-2009, 07:17 PM

Those scans are really interesing..

More 32X is welcome!!!!! This is the summer of 32X!!!! haha!

Segafreak_NL

08-15-2009, 07:46 PM

Golf and Motocross were released obviously.

7Force

08-15-2009, 07:55 PM

I don't think that's the same motocross game as the one that got released. That one has MUCH worse graphics and doesn't let you switch views.

rod_wod

08-17-2009, 05:38 PM

Now that explains why is looks so shit on the Saturn. They probably did a quick port. Just look at Thunder Hawk II then look at how piss poor Shell Shock is next to it. Both from the same company both running on Saturn yet one looks like it's made for a lower spec console.

Yakumo

Man shell shock sucks :thumbsup:

rod_wod

08-17-2009, 07:07 PM

http://img29.imagefra.me/img/img29/2/8/4/rod_wod/f_uam_12566cc.jpg

Good game Good game

saturn_worship

08-17-2009, 08:01 PM

that's M-A-R-K-E-T-I-N-G

VMS

08-18-2009, 12:26 PM

Best ad ever?

7Force

08-29-2009, 08:04 PM

I found a couple of interesting clips on Youtube:

The first one (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoQK3K1Nrq4) is a promo tape for the 32X version of Virtua Fighter, and primarily features an announcer telling you how TIGHT several VF moves are, but near the end there's some footage of the unreleased games Virtual Golf and Soulstar X.

The second one (WARNING: Dangerously 90s content) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZbALGUYtfM) is so bad it makes my head hurt, but near the end it shows the box arts for the unreleased 32X CD versions of Firehead (?) and Surgical Strike.

Druid II

08-30-2009, 03:17 AM

The first one (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoQK3K1Nrq4) is a promo tape for the 32X version of Virtua Fighter, and primarily features an announcer telling you how TIGHT several VF moves are, but near the end there's some footage of the unreleased games Virtual Golf and Soulstar X.

Interesting piece... the music used at the end of this was done by a short-lived band called "bygone dogs", whose music Sega used in the american release of the Saturn game "Cyber Speedway", replacing 6 tracks from the original japanese tunes (originally composed by Kouji Hayama, iirc).

Their music was also used in the demo disc "Bootleg Sampler", for the World Series Baseball fmv, and the "More Games" compilation of footage (this latter was one of the most awesome sneak peak videos I've ever soon, mainly because of the music).
Interesting to note is that Brian Coburns music from Ghen War was used for the Virtua Cop fmv on that demo cd - and I'm sure that all the other videos used music from different games as well, instead of their own. Now, I wonder from where did the Panzer Dragoon music come from, since it fits with the video extremely well.

Oh, and a few of those tracks were released on a "Sega Power Cuts" cd, with interesting liner notes about the artists and such.

The second one (WARNING: Dangerously 90s content) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZbALGUYtfM) is so bad it makes my head hurt, but near the end it shows the box arts for the unreleased 32X CD versions of Firehead (?) and Surgical Strike.
Did I just see some explosion footage from Terminator 2 in that, around 5:23?

ave

03-19-2011, 05:07 PM

I'm not very much into the pre-32bit unreleased stuff so I don't know if this article and screenshots had been scanned and uploaded before.

Look at how they mirrored the left screenshot. Oh dear... 90's mags had their charme!

http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/3188/virtualgolf32x.jpg

It's from the German "Sega Magazin", issue 12/1995.

Translation

screenshot #1:
You can choose from different angles and 3D sequences

screenshot #2:
The arcade-like gameplay can be mastered without further instructions

text:
Finally! After waiting several months we could play the almost finished version of Core Design's hit Golf-game. Compared to the Pentium-version no down-bows must be made. The real-time 3D-angles convince with smooth scrolling and detailed objects. If everything goes well, an in-detail review of this game will follow next month.

I don't have issue 1/96, but I guess there won't be any further mentioning of this shitty game. :-P