more unreleased MegaDrive games

[GigaDrive]

some of these DID get released, but others did NOT get released.

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/1483/egm18crop1517x4606qx758x2306gs.jpg

http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/4363/janfeb9104crop1xj.jpg

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/5249/unreleasedmdgamescrop664x844sf.jpg

[wheelaa]

Cool. Some nice games touted there for sure. I especially like Disempu and EPROM.

[Sally]

Hey, i think i have that game "EPROM"... I tried to dump it, but the file was blank.


Battling World (modem)... eh? modem game?

[ccovell]

Yes, Sega had a modem for the Mega-Drive. In addition to Tel-Tel Stadium and Tel-Tel Mahjong, were there other games released? It sounds like a strategy game might have been developed for the modem then.

Anyway, take any and all predictions from EGM with a sack of salt. They had to fill empty pages sometimes, you know?

[GigaDrive]

Yes, Sega had a modem for the Mega-Drive. In addition to Tel-Tel Stadium and Tel-Tel Mahjong, were there other games released? It sounds like a strategy game might have been developed for the modem then.


a few others. some were on cartridges that were playable over the modem with others, and some games were just downloadable through the modem.



Anyway, take any and all predictions from EGM with a sack of salt. They had to fill empty pages sometimes, you know?

*pout* I want to believe that Altered Beast 2 really existed

[Yakumo]

Quite a lot of those titles were actually released but like ccovell said, don't got by anything EGM tells you.

Yakumo

[SuperGrafx]

Hey, i think i have that game "EPROM"... I tried to dump it, but the file was blank.



I believe "EPROM" was the Atari coin-op "Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters"
Came out around the same time and I remember seeing the name shortened by the press.

[Segafreak_NL]

I have quite a few screenshots of unreleased games. I need to scan them in.

Stuff like; The new breed, Fireteam Rogue, Asterix (Proto/Alpha), Waterworld (released?), Harlequin (Gremlin), Star Wars (sidescroller, Mega-CD actually)..

[PrOfUnD Darkness]

Wow, Altered Beast 2 and Moonwalker 2? Its interesting there're some Snes games also on that list.

[Taucias]

Shame we never saw the Arcade Moonwalker on the Megadrive, rather than that shambles of a game Sega saw fit to release.

[d4s]

Shame we never saw the Arcade Moonwalker on the Megadrive, rather than that shambles of a game Sega saw fit to release.

just played that game the other day, hilarious. ;)
anyway, it'd be damn short for a console game, don't you think?

at least the music was ported 1:1

[SuperGrafx]

I've often heard references to Jewel Master as being the "unofficial" sequel to Altered Beast. If you recall, Sega of America opted to stop including (and selling) Altered Beast as part of their games offering because some "parent groups said the name of the game sounded demonic" (don't laugh, this exact quote was printed in an issue of Sega Visions magazine).

My gut tells me that Jewel Master was being developed with the intention of being released as ALtered Beast 2, but the name was changed at the last minute to keep parents happy or something.

[Borisz]

Yes, Sega had a modem for the Mega-Drive. In addition to Tel-Tel Stadium and Tel-Tel Mahjong, were there other games released?
Sonic Eraser and a crapton of Phantasy Star text adventures. Most of those were released by Sega around 2003-4 in their japanese GAMEHOMPO downloadable-emulated-pc-megadrive game service, and were leaked by Pachuka, but his page is down.

The usa/european Mega modem thing also had Garfield Lost Levels.

[ccovell]

I know about the downloadable games. My question was whether there were other cartridges released that used the modem for competitive play?

[GigaDrive]

I've often heard references to Jewel Master as being the "unofficial" sequel to Altered Beast. If you recall, Sega of America opted to stop including (and selling) Altered Beast as part of their games offering because some "parent groups said the name of the game sounded demonic" (don't laugh, this exact quote was printed in an issue of Sega Visions magazine).

My gut tells me that Jewel Master was being developed with the intention of being released as ALtered Beast 2, but the name was changed at the last minute to keep parents happy or something.


wow, I'd never heard of Jewel Master being an 'unofficial' sequel to Altered Beast.... did Jewel Master come out ? (haven't had any coffee for hours, can't think clearly)

edit: of course it did. and I;m going to play it right now to see if there is even a hint of Altered Beastness in it.

[GigaDrive]

what about this Mega CD game, 'Hyper Attax', did it come out?

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/9985/hyperattaxpreview671x5030ug.jpg


sometimes I had though 'Hyper Attax' was actually A/X-101 or Detonator Orgun, but perhaps not ?

[GigaDrive]

I know about the downloadable games. My question was whether there were other cartridges released that used the modem for competitive play?


ok, cartridges that got released the used the modem for competitive play...so far I have:


*CyberBall
*Tel Tel Baseball Stadium (or just Tel Tel Stadium)
*Tel Tel Mahjong
*Shikinjoh ? (sunsoft) (not sure, no idea what this was)
*Advanced World War / Advanced Daisenryaku
(might be mixing this up with another game but there was almost certain a turn-based strategy game for the Mega Modem)

[Yakumo]

what about this Mega CD game, 'Hyper Attax', did it come out?

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/9985/hyperattaxpreview671x5030ug.jpg


sometimes I had though 'Hyper Attax' was actually A/X-101 or Detonator Orgun, but perhaps not ?
:lol: Hyper Attax ! Some times these magazines make me laugh. First person shooting action? Adventure ? Just goes to show that mags back then and probably still today see a picture and make up a story to go with it.

That is Sol Feace by Wolf Team for the Mega CD also released in the states as a cartidge game under the title of Sol Deace (missing the intro of course)

Yakumo

[GigaDrive]

:lol: Hyper Attax ! Some times these magazines make me laugh. First person shooting action? Adventure ? Just goes to show that mags back then and probably still today see a picture and make up a story to go with it.

That is Sol Feace by Wolf Team for the Mega CD also released in the states as a cartidge game under the title of Sol Deace (missing the intro of course)

Yakumo



wow I had no idea!

[anagrama]

I've got a bunch of scans regarding unreleased MD games that Nicola found in Italian games mags and sent to me a while back. I'll try to find time to upload them all over the weekend...

[ccovell]

Make sure they aren't just Amiga demos...

[SuperGrafx]

what about this Mega CD game, 'Hyper Attax', did it come out?

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/9985/hyperattaxpreview671x5030ug.jpg


sometimes I had though 'Hyper Attax' was actually A/X-101 or Detonator Orgun, but perhaps not ?

If you look closely at that EGM photo (I think I have that issue too!), the character's name is Wirriams..lolz!

[Borisz]

I know about the downloadable games. My question was whether there were other cartridges released that used the modem for competitive play?

No clue. Heck, the only cart I know to touch the internet is a brazilian modem cart that you can use for emails. I doubt that any games featuring netplay existed on the Megadrive, as back then a 33.6k modem was pretty hot stuff. The Internet was just not mature enough.

[Borisz]

But, speaking of unreleased Megadrive games, anyone remember the names of the few games that STI developed which were ultimately canned? I seem to recall seeing shots of one or two.

[Yakumo]

If you look closely at that EGM photo (I think I have that issue too!), the character's name is Wirriams..lolz!No it's not, his name is Williams but I see why you thought it was Wirriams :lol: Good old Engrish! The woman is called Misao Hata. Odd the way the guy is western and the woman is Japanese.

Yakumo

[SuperGrafx]

No it's not, his name is Williams but I see why you thought it was Wirriams :lol: Good old Engrish! The woman is called Misao Hata. Odd the way the guy is western and the woman is Japanese.

Yakumo

Heh, I know!
Been doing some Japanese self-study on the side and figured it was just an Engrish translation issue.
I still love it though. :lol:

[GigaDrive]

No clue. Heck, the only cart I know to touch the internet is a brazilian modem cart that you can use for emails. I doubt that any games featuring netplay existed on the Megadrive, as back then a 33.6k modem was pretty hot stuff. The Internet was just not mature enough.

MegaDrive Mega Modem games did not use the internet, a few Megadrive games DID come out in Japan that were playable with the Mega Modem.... and it was not over the internet, but modem to modem, like Netlink.

Tel-Tel Baseball / Tel Tel Stadium / Tel Tel Baseball Stadium
Tel-Tel Mahjong
Cyberball
a World War strategy game

are the main ones I already listed.


western-developed games that were canned, I have no pics or any info of my own that I'm certain of, but SegaBase mentioned one, Combat Aces

http://www.eidolons-inn.net/segabase/SegaBase-Genesis.html


There were a small number of Western videogames designed for use with the Telegames Modem, with the unreleased Combat Aces coming immediately to mind.


not sure about what STI did.

[wheelaa]

There's also Sansan and go net. Both mahjong titles.

And the mega answer and nagoya let you do your banking, Pro Yakyu Van let you get baseball scores.

[Borisz]

western-developed games that were canned, I have no pics or any info of my own that I'm certain of, but SegaBase mentioned one, Combat Aces

http://www.eidolons-inn.net/segabase/SegaBase-Genesis.html




not sure about what STI did.
Jester rings a bell. I'll have to ask someone who may know for sure.

[GigaDrive]

ah ha, the NON-final Genesis CD-ROM specs

http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/3348/earlysegacdcrop714x9583tj.jpg

with likely ^ BS non-existant CD versions of these games ^


http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/3452/fwdeluxecrop483x4646sc.jpg

the bullshit that was Forgotten Worlds Deluxe for Genesis CD. I was SO pumped for this supposed release.
I will not forgive EGM for that one.

[anagrama]

Nicola's MD-related scans from Italian mags. All from around 1994/5. Mainly just text, but there's a few pics here & there.

Enjoy!

The New Breed (by Accolade)
http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/461/thenewbreed7ir.th.jpg (http://img359.imageshack.us/my.php?image=thenewbreed7ir.jpg)

Hardcore (by Psygnosis). Released on the Amiga, I think.
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/5812/hardcore0en.th.jpg (http://img140.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hardcore0en.jpg)

Various Codemasters games including mentions of Aarnie & MD/SMS versions of the Excellent Dizzy Collection (only released on GameGear - an incomplete SMS proto exists)
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/3804/codemasters3fv.th.jpg (http://img140.imageshack.us/my.php?image=codemasters3fv.jpg)

Various Ocean games including The Shadow. Also includes a mention of SNES Thunder in Paradise.
http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/2673/theshadow8hw.th.jpg (http://img353.imageshack.us/my.php?image=theshadow8hw.jpg)

Pinkie (by Millenium). MD & SNES.
http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/5755/pinkie5on.th.jpg (http://img129.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pinkie5on.jpg)

Elite (MD/SNES)
http://img432.imageshack.us/img432/6350/elite0dv.th.jpg (http://img432.imageshack.us/my.php?image=elite0dv.jpg)

Akira (MD/SNES)
http://img318.imageshack.us/img318/5726/akira3vo.th.jpg (http://img318.imageshack.us/my.php?image=akira3vo.jpg)

Akira (MD & MegaCD). Also Super Motocross (SNES)
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/8351/akira21gi.th.jpg (http://img85.imageshack.us/my.php?image=akira21gi.jpg)

Under the Sea & Motorbikin' (Motocross 2000?) - both 32X
http://img342.imageshack.us/img342/7093/32x2bk.th.jpg (http://img342.imageshack.us/my.php?image=32x2bk.jpg)

Tee Off Golf (MegaCD)
http://img342.imageshack.us/img342/2884/teeoff1nv.th.jpg (http://img342.imageshack.us/my.php?image=teeoff1nv.jpg)

Dominus (MD, by ASCII). Also Adventures of Dizzy (SNES).
http://img429.imageshack.us/img429/5718/dominus7wq.th.jpg (http://img429.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dominus7wq.jpg)

Go Speed Racer (MD & SNES - not the same as Speed Racer, the Mario Kart-clone) & Star Quest.
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/1975/gospeedracerstarquest2bs.th.jpg (http://img442.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gospeedracerstarquest2bs.jpg)

Lamu (MegaCD)
http://img336.imageshack.us/img336/9440/lamu7hg.th.jpg (http://img336.imageshack.us/my.php?image=lamu7hg.jpg)

Round-up of American Football games including the unreleased Super Bowl Team & Dan Marino's Power Play Football.
http://img336.imageshack.us/img336/9513/superbowlteamdanmarino7kj.th.jpg (http://img336.imageshack.us/my.php?image=superbowlteamdanmarino7kj.jpg)

Aspect Warriors (MD/SNES). Strategy RPG based in Games Workshop's Warhammer 40,000 universe.
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/1429/aspectwarriors8qw.th.jpg (http://img155.imageshack.us/my.php?image=aspectwarriors8qw.jpg)

Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill
http://img331.imageshack.us/img331/9865/socks6vm.th.jpg (http://img331.imageshack.us/my.php?image=socks6vm.jpg)

Fido Dido - SNES & MD(?). Also mentions Fire Team Rogue (SNES/MD)
http://img331.imageshack.us/img331/8922/fidodido6yf.th.jpg (http://img331.imageshack.us/my.php?image=fidodido6yf.jpg)

Robocop vs. Terminator (MegaCD)
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/8774/robocopvsterminator1xt.th.jpg (http://img90.imageshack.us/my.php?image=robocopvsterminator1xt.jpg)

[GigaDrive]

whoa thank you much, anagrama ~ I'm gonna grab a cup of coffee and enjoy reading everything you've posted here.

[anagrama]

Hope ya can read Italian ;)

[Yakumo]

Lamu (MegaCD)
http://img336.imageshack.us/img336/9440/lamu7hg.th.jpg (http://img336.imageshack.us/my.php?image=lamu7hg.jpg)
This was released. The actual main character shown in the picture is called Lum or Lum-chan. The game is called Urusei Yatsura as is the manga and anime on which it's based. Urusei Yatsura is a point & click adventure that is very good ! The cover looks like this - http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/6615/uruseifront0ew.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Yakumo

[wheelaa]

That one's on pce too. Good fun for sure.

I'm intrigued by Robocop vs Terminator. Any more info known on this!

Things I'm wondering - Did this become the released Cart game? Or were both cart and cd versions touted (say like Lethal Enforcers)? Or was it a different game altogether (in that as much as RvsT can be different)? And so on.

Edit...and in the codemasters one (2nd down)..is that a flier for MM2 or an early cover art design?

[Qjimbo]

Oh here's one "unsual" one. I mean, it was technically released as Sonic CD, but around the time Sonic 2 was being released many magazines were promoting a Sonic 2 CD version:
http://www.rainscape.org.uk/sws2b/scdimages/mag1small.png (http://www.rainscape.org.uk/sws2b/scdimages/mag1.jpg)
http://www.rainscape.org.uk/sws2b/scdimages/mag2small.png (http://www.rainscape.org.uk/sws2b/scdimages/mag2.jpg)
http://www.rainscape.org.uk/sws2b/scdimages/mag3small.png (http://www.rainscape.org.uk/sws2b/scdimages/mag3.jpg)

EDIT: Gwar I hate my hosting! Images should work now.

[anagrama]

From what I can understand, Robocop vs. Terminator would appear to be an enhanced version of the cartridge game, with extra levels and a re-done soundtrack.

[GigaDrive]

SuperGrafx - I've been playing Jewel Master ( i think it was also called Ring of Jewels)....
although it is nothing like the original Altered Beast, it is vaguely what I had imagined for an Altered Beast 2 -- a game that is not a forced-scrolling game, but more of an action-adventure type game, more like Shadow of the Beast, Mystic Defender, Castlevania, and countless others. something more sophisticated in gameplay, more adventures, not so much punch. kick and wait for the screen to scroll to the right.