Saturn protos?

[Zaxxon]

I haven't read about anyone having these though someone must. There were TONS of cancelled/unreleased games for the SS. Legacy of Kain was a biggie that was finished and not released. Anyone know anyone with Saturn protos?

[gamergary]

Tempest and Buyatari have some i believe.

[Tempest]

BuyAtari has all the ones I've seen. I have no Saturn protos (I wish I did actually).

Policenauts is the biggest "unreleased" game I can think of, but AFAIK no prototypes were made.

Tempest

[Kid Fenris]

Was the translation for Policenauts actually completed? I've heard that it was "almost" done, but no shots of the English version were ever shown in American magazines.

[Buyatari]

I have a few. Somewhere between 30-40 I'd say.

Saturn protos require a system disk. Now Saturn unlike DC requires 2 system disk on e red one black. One enables you to play 1st party protos the othjer 3rd party protos. I really don't play the Saturn much so I can't tell you which is which. I don't know if a mod chip or converter cart will work instead.

Adam

[linlhutz]

Here are the "unreleased" USA Saturn games that I know about. As far as prototypes existing for these, who knows:



Abuse
Advanced Dungeons and Dragons: Dark Sun
Buster Bros Collection
Cyber Sled
Destruction Derby
Dragon's Lair II
Dungeons & Dragons Collection
Eternal Champions: Challenge from Dark Side
Fighting Force
Free Runner
Iron & Blood
Iron Rain
K-1 The Arena Fighters
Legacy of Kain
Major Damage
NHL '98
Ninja
Policenauts
Primetime NFL Football
Riven
Sacred Pools, The
Sonic X-Treme
S.T.O.R.M.
Swagman
Syndicate Wars
Wipeout 2097 (XL)
Zork

[Buyatari]

Add Waterworld to your list.

Adam

[slapdash]

Here are the "unreleased" USA Saturn games that I know about. As far as prototypes existing for these, who knows:

Free Runner

This came up a while ago, and supposedly one had sold on eBay. Did that end up to be a hoax or incorrect memory?

[Buyatari]

Waterworld does exist though I am not at liberty to say who presently owns it.

Adam

[The Brown Eye]

NHL '98 and Swagman were both released.

[Tempest]

Waterworld does exist though I am not at liberty to say who presently owns it.

I know I know!

He promised me it would be released. Someday...

Tempest

[Atari7800]

should games that were released in the UK or Japn be included in the list? these games were released overseas...


Destruction Derby
Dungeons & Dragons Collection
K-1 The Arena Fighters
Policenauts
Riven
Wipeout 2097 (XL)
Zork

Burn: Cycle was reported finished as well but went over some video limit that exists on production systems but not development systems

[Captain Wrong]

Hopefully this isn't too far off topic, but can anyone tell me what's up with Shenmue on the Saturn? I think there was footage of it in Shenmue 2's bonus disc, but I don't own it. Just wondering if this was even in developement or am I on crack?

[ubersaurus]

Yeah it was on the Shenmue 2 disc...It looked like it encompassed Shenmue 1 &2 (I can't even imagine how many discs it woulda been...)I heard it was about 70% complete, though I could be wrong. It looked VERY good, for a saturn game.

[Atari7800]

I understand that the programmer's used the Saturn's sound chip (which was a REALLY high-end Yamaha sound chip at the time) to help out with the VISUALS in Saturn Shenmue... the first and last time that was ever tried. It DOES look great for a Saturn game and surpasses and PSX game I've ever seen (I'm talking about the fighting segments of the game.) The texture work is still Saturn-ish, but the character models use a HUGE amount of polygons.

[linlhutz]

I was just listing US unreleased.


NHL All Star Hockey '98 was released. I was referring to EA Games NHL '98
http://www.segasaturn.org/NHL98.jpg
This, AFAIK, wasn’t released in the US.
Was Swagman renamed for release? I don’t remember this one.


I will add Waterworld. Thanks Buyatari.

Heh. I forgot all about Shenmue. Shame on me Thanks Captain Wrong.



Personally I find Sonic Extreme to be the most desirable. Not sure how much was actually completed but I remember Next Generation doing a Preview on it. If I can find the article I will scan it and throw up a link for anyone interested.

[Tempest]

AFAIK some of the boss fights were done for Sonic Extreme and most of the first world, but nothing beyond that. There's no real playable version out there.

Tempest

[mikeetler]

NHL All Star Hockey '98 was released. I was referring to EA Games NHL '98
http://www.segasaturn.org/NHL98.jpg
This, AFAIK, wasn’t released in the US.

EA's NHL 98 was definitely released in the US for Saturn. I'm holding it in my hand right now.

-Mike

[digitalpress]

NHL All Star Hockey '98 was released. I was referring to EA Games NHL '98
http://www.segasaturn.org/NHL98.jpg
This, AFAIK, wasn’t released in the US.

EA's NHL 98 was definitely released in the US for Saturn. I'm holding it in my hand right now.

-Mike

It's also included in the Saturn section on the DP Rarity List page: http://www.digitpress.com/lists.htm

[Zaxxon]

I understand that the programmer's used the Saturn's sound chip (which was a REALLY high-end Yamaha sound chip at the time) to help out with the VISUALS in Saturn Shenmue... the first and last time that was ever tried. It DOES look great for a Saturn game and surpasses and PSX game I've ever seen (I'm talking about the fighting segments of the game.) The texture work is still Saturn-ish, but the character models use a HUGE amount of polygons.

Has anything ever surfaced about the Saturn version on VF3? I remember near the end of the systems life they were trying to figure out a way to port this to the Saturn, knowing it would be a big seller and the DC was waay off. I recall there being talk of a 32x/cart like expansion just for this one game. They realized they couldn't do the game justice on Saturn and scrapped their plans. I wonder if they programmed anything using the sound chip in a similar way.