preview pics of released & unreleased MD/Genesis games

[parallaxscroll]

First preview of Strider when it was 6-meg (and Sonic), released, released
http://www.imagepup.com/up/s7OZ_1206664194_StriderSonic2.jpg

Macress - ?? might have become Saint Sword ??
http://www.imagepup.com/up/soCH_1206664410_Macress.jpg

Battle Mission - unreleased
http://www.imagepup.com/up/GnW4_1206664787_BattleMission2.jpg

Land Buster, Vette - unreleased, unreleased
http://www.imagepup.com/up/3Qtn_1206664895_LandBusterVette1.jpg

Shadow Dancer - released but with different title screen
http://www.imagepup.com/up/fca4_1206665127_ShadowDancer1.jpg

[parallaxscroll]

Dando (aka Vasum) - unreleased


http://i30.tinypic.com/358dwy8.jpg
http://i31.tinypic.com/eufq4g.jpg
http://i29.tinypic.com/xb0kur.jpg
http://i29.tinypic.com/zjukhw.jpg
http://i30.tinypic.com/2cxukck.jpg

http://www.disgruntleddesigner.com/chrisc/1990/Vasum-101990.jpg

Moon Dancer - unreleased
http://www.imagepup.com/up/9428_1206665751_MoonDancer1.jpg

Joe Montana - unreleased (this version was horizontally scrolling and never came out)


Thunder Force III - released (first preview)


Hard Yardage - unreleased


Curse - released (only in Japan)

[thetoxicone]

The 16-bit version of Strider is loader with fantastic looks from start to finish!

I've always liked games that are "loader with fantastic looks"

[kedawa]

And Strider Hiryu never had a dog...

[parallaxscroll]

And Strider Hiryu never had a dog...

They probably saw the panther for a split second and assumed it was a dog, like in Shadow Dancer arcade & Genesis.

[parallaxscroll]

Spiderman ?? different title screen from released version ??
http://www.imagepup.com/up/YKWk_1206690893_Spiderman1.jpg

Blue Almanac - released in Japan only - was to be Star Odyssey in the west
http://www.imagepup.com/up/ifSk_1206693469_BlueAlmanac.jpg



F-15 Strike Eagle II - I remember it was shown in early 1990. There was video of it at Toys R US! This preview is from mid 1990. I don't think this version came out, or at least not anytime that year or the following year. F-15 Strike Eagle II for Genesis seemed to disappear off the radar like Vette! but then in 1993 the game (perhaps the real Genesis port not footage of the computer version) showed up and was released.
http://www.imagepup.com/up/3ZKd_1206717080_F15StrikeEagle2.jpg

[Zebbe]

Awesome stuff, thanks for sharing. Would love to play that Dando game, too bad it was cancelled.

[parallaxscroll]

Awesome stuff, thanks for sharing. Would love to play that Dando game, too bad it was cancelled.

Yeah, that was the one I was most bummed out about :/

[consolecrusader]

You sure Joe Montana Football wasn't released? I remember that game maybe different system :/

[Melf]

Now I really want to play Battle Mission.

Macress (Seismic) couldn't have become Saint Sword (Taito), unless there was something up with the licensing rights? Seismic was awesome. I've always wondered what happened to it.



You sure Joe Montana Football wasn't released? I remember that game maybe different system :/

The version of JMF that was released was vastly different from the one pictured here. That's because there were actually several versions of the game under development simultaneously by several teams. Read the full story here (http://www.sega-16.com/feature_page.php?id=298&title=Behind%20the%20Design:%20Joe%20Montana%20Foo tball).

[MrSparkle]

*begins hunting for unreleased genesis roms* muahaha, nothing quite like a chase that never leads to anything. only took me 2 years to find dangerous dave in copyright infringement.

[parallaxscroll]

Now I really want to play Battle Mission.

Macress (Seismic) couldn't have become Saint Sword (Taito), unless there was something up with the licensing rights? Seismic was awesome. I've always wondered what happened to it.


The developers are different, Seismic and Taito, but there's several clues that they may be the same game. In Saint Sword you play someone called Macress. I found that out from Googling. Also, in that small Macress preview it says you transform into different characters. You also transform in Saint Sword. I'm not 100% certain they're the same game but the coincidences are too strong to ignore.




The version of JMF that was released was vastly different from the one pictured here. That's because there were actually several versions of the game under development simultaneously by several teams. Read the full story here (http://www.sega-16.com/feature_page.php?id=298&title=Behind%20the%20Design:%20Joe%20Montana%20Foo tball).


Bloody interesting. You know there were some Genesis print ads with pics of that unreleased horizontally scrolling JMF
http://homepage.mac.com/greggillis/images/19891990/genesisDoesItAllRev2Ad.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/greggillis/images/19891990/freeGameOfferAd.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/greggillis/images/19891990/GDWNAd.jpg

As well as footage in at least one TV commercial, the main ad for the
'Genesis Does' campaign:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=k7nsBoqJ6s8

[TheRedEye]

Now I really want to play Battle Mission.
The version of JMF that was released was vastly different from the one pictured here. That's because there were actually several versions of the game under development simultaneously by several teams. Read the full story here (http://www.sega-16.com/feature_page.php?id=298&title=Behind%20the%20Design:%20Joe%20Montana%20Foo tball).

That was a great article, thanks for the link!

[suppafly]

Those are great pics from Old Egms. please keep them coming :D