PS1 Virtuoso

[Buyatari]

Was this game released in Japan?

[Yakumo]

I doubt it. I remember seeing the 3DO version. What a load of shite it was. Probablythe reason why Elite vanished.

Yakumo

[ASSEMbler]

Was that the weird fps?

[liquitt]

Was that the weird fps?

i think it was 3rd person, but that "weird" fits extremely good :D

[ASSEMbler]

It was some ted nugent looking guy with a gun if I remember.

[liquitt]

It was some ted nugent looking guy with a gun if I remember.

you're right again, i'll let the image speak for itself:



:lol:

[Benedict_Arnold]

Was this game released in Japan?

The first pic you showed was a symbol. If this symbol goes to the Virtuoso game, then it's not the same Virtuoso that's on 3DO. That symbol belongs to "Hybrid" which was released in both Japan and Europe.

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Released in Europe by Midas Interactive. It's a doom-like shooter that kinda sucks.

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(Screenshots courtesy of PlayStationMuseum.Org)

[Benedict_Arnold]

Ok, now I'm 100% sure the game BuyAtari has is Hybrid.

SLES-03531 in Europe

I don't have the product code written down for the Japanese version. Now I'm wondering if the beta I have is Japanese or US. It didn't have a product code and I assumed it was Japanese for some reason. I wondered why a Japanese game had no sign of Japanese language in it. Cripe. I might have to go through my collection to find it now.

Anyhow, on the European disc, there's a TIM file called COPYRITE. See below. This confirms it was developed by Elite Systems.

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I converted the TIM to jpg for you to see. Incidently, while going through the retail version, there is a TON of artwork included on the CD including concept art. Some are in BMP files for anyone to see. There's also this screen below:

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Called DEMOLOGO.tim which says this is version 2.6 from October 1996.

[Buyatari]

I dunno if this is Hybrid. Doesn't say Hybrid anywhere. Maybee they canned this one and it became Hybrid?

[Benedict_Arnold]

Looks like it became Hybrid. Those are the characters in the game that you can choose from. I pulled out my proto too to see it over the weekend.

[Scorchio]

If memory serves me correctly, the port of Virtuoso from 3DO to PS1 became more of an epic rewrite. I can't remember if this was planned or not. But yes, it eventually became "Hybrid".

Data East were buying the rights to a few Elite games for release in the Japanese market. I know that at least some of these projects didn't see the light of day.

The original plan for the game was to have a genuine rock star for the main character. I don't think Meatloaf was all that interested, or the fees were too steep, but either way, Elite ended up using pictures of one of their artists in a leather jacket.

[oceanfr]

ya hybrid was rel in japan then europe