Star Odyssey - new RPG for Genesis / Mega Drive!

[CMA Death Adder]

Hello, everyone!

Super Fighter Team recently visited France to showcase some of our upcoming new games at the Retro-gaming Connexion event (http://www.superfighter.com/events/rgc2010.htm). Among other aspiring projects, I was personally pleased to announce our next new role-playing game for the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive: STAR ODYSSEY (http://www.starodysseygame.com/).

What is especially interesting to note about this game is that Super Fighter Team has proudly partnered with Starfish-SD Inc. to make the official worldwide release possible. This means that Star Odyssey will be the first new game to be released in the classic gaming market in partnership with a company in Japan. Needless to say we are very excited about this product, and hope that you are, too. :)

Our friends at Sega-16 have been kind enough to publish a neat preview of Star Odyssey, which I recommend to everyone who is interested in the game:

Sega-16 Preview: Star Odyssey (http://www.sega-16.com/feature_page.php?id=467&title=Preview:%20Star%20Odyssey)

And to keep informed about the game's pending release, I invite you to sign up for our mailing list:

Join the Star Odyssey mailing list (http://www.starodysseygame.com/purchase.htm)

Thanks for your interest and attention. If you have any questions about Star Odyssey or any of our other games, please feel free to contact me anytime by e-mail, private message, etc.

Have a nice day.

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[Sothy]

That looks like the citadel heh. Pretty cool.

[Trebuken]

Good news.

I just managed to get a copy of Beggar Prince, and hope to pick up Wukong. Great stuff.

Thanks.

[maxlords]

I've been hoping for YEARS that the ROM of this would hit the market! I'll preorder this the SECOND sales open! I can't believe you guys did this! SOooooooooo awesome!

I love that you're using the original Jp boxart too!

[swlovinist]

What awesome news. I already signed up for the mailing list, and cannot wait for this one to be released.

[Wraith Storm]

Brandon, this is announcement is awesome and Super Fighter Team is awesome! Seriously...

This game has always intrigued me and I know with you guys doing the translation it will be well worth the wait. Hopefully this will help pave the way for even more Japanese games to be released. As maxlords said ""I'll preorder this the SECOND sales open!

Keep up the super (pun intended) work!!!

[Vlcice]

Brandon, this is announcement is awesome and Super Fighter Team is awesome! Seriously...

This game has always intrigued me and I know with you guys doing the translation it will be well worth the wait. Hopefully this will help pave the way for even more Japanese games to be released. As maxlords said ""I'll preorder this the SECOND sales open!

Keep up the super (pun intended) work!!!

Actually, speaking of the translation, I'm curious as to whether Super Fighter Team is doing the translation or not. There was a completely translated version of the game ready for release before it was cancelled, and I know drx had a ROM of it in that giant Sega proto ROM collection a few years ago that he declined to release. Maybe this is that translation, or a doctored version of it?

[Daria]

Brandon, this is announcement is awesome and Super Fighter Team is awesome! Seriously...

This game has always intrigued me and I know with you guys doing the translation it will be well worth the wait. Hopefully this will help pave the way for even more Japanese games to be released. As maxlords said ""I'll preorder this the SECOND sales open!

Keep up the super (pun intended) work!!!

I've thought that Super Fighter Team's scripts have been pretty cheesy in the past. So hopefully this game is a little better written. Although don't get me wrong I've loved both Beggar Prince and Wukong so this is a must buy for me. I'm just saying this looks like the sort of game where a more sophisticated translation would better suit the gamestyle.

Now if someone could just tackle translating Surging Aura... (:

[Damaramu]

Nice little poke on the order page. I'm assuming this is in regards to that other game that is in a perpetual state of development?


At Super Fighter Team, we no longer believe in the arduous practice of pre-orders, only in the fine art of customer satisfaction.

[BenG76]

I signed up for the mailing list maybe I will be able to get this one.

[kainemaxwell]

Joined the mailing list!

[CMA Death Adder]

Hello, everyone.

Thanks for your continued interest in Star Odyssey and for all the recent sign-ups to the mailing list. We appreciate your support.


Actually, speaking of the translation, I'm curious as to whether Super Fighter Team is doing the translation or not. There was a completely translated version of the game ready for release before it was cancelled, and I know drx had a ROM of it in that giant Sega proto ROM collection a few years ago that he declined to release. Maybe this is that translation, or a doctored version of it?

These questions and many more were already answered in the preview article (http://sega-16.com/feature_page.php?id=467&title=Preview:%20Star%20Odyssey) that I linked to above.

Specifically:

"When he was presented with the opportunity to obtain the only physical cartridge copy of the translated game, Cobb jumped at it. Unfortunately, the English prototype was in sorry shape. Super Fighter Team had to make several major changes for it to even be close to retail condition. This was no simple translation effort, and as it was, the game wasn't even playable. Cobb detailed to us a fatal bug that was a major headache to fix. "One fatal bug caused the game to crash to a black screen after it had been played for a certain number of hours. This bug was extremely difficult to reproduce on real hardware, and once he had it nailed down, our lead programmer on the project wasn't even certain he'd be able to fix it. Over a week later, however, he had reached the light at the end of the tunnel: the nasty bug was banished, never again to rear its ugly head.

Additionally, there were other problems. Certain NPCs couldn't be talked to or had empty or incorrect dialog boxes, characters could only be named with upper-case letters, and the cool palette effect in the title screen had been removed. Super Fighter Team fixed all these issues, and finally restored the game to proper working order. The biggest problem, however, was the actual script itself. The story made almost no sense, and the quality of the translation was simply horrible. Cobb took the scripting reigns himself, and he properly translated it to match the original Japanese storyline. Gamers can be assured that they're playing the best possible English version of Star Odyssey, and they can trust that the game will work properly on all versions of the Genesis hardware."

The article is a good, factual read. Check it out. :)

[CMA Death Adder]

Happy new year, everyone.

The final product design for Star Odyssey (http://www.starodysseygame.com/) was recently unveiled. Here's a direct link -

Star Odyssey final product design (http://www.starodysseygame.com/artwork/star_odyssey-box02.jpg)

As always we welcome you to join our mailing list (mailto:contact@superfighter.com?subject=Star Odyssey mailing list) to stay informed of the game's pending release.

Have a nice day.

[maxlords]

Looks great! I love that you used the original Blue Almanac artwork and style....makes me a tiny bit sad that it doesn't say Sega Genesis anywhere, but what can ya do?

[CMA Death Adder]

Looks great! I love that you used the original Blue Almanac artwork and style....

Thanks, I'm glad you like it.


makes me a tiny bit sad that it doesn't say Sega Genesis anywhere, but what can ya do?

I agree. However I already did all that I could (quoted from this article (http://www.sega-16.com/feature_page.php?id=467&title=Preview:%20Star%20Odyssey)):

"Starfish asked if Cobb had obtained Sega's permission for a new Genesis release. He contacted Sega of Japan and inquired about doing so but received some bad news. "As they had long since withdrawn from the Genesis/Mega Drive business," he told Sega-16, "they could not offer our customers any potential support and therefore, requested that we not display their trademarks (Genesis, Mega Drive, Sega) on the product." For this reason, Star Odyssey will not bear the official Sega logo at the boot up sequence."

[CMA Death Adder]

The Retro League published a 32-minute phone interview with me, which covers such topics as Star Odyssey, Nightmare Busters, Sango Fighter 2, Zaku and more. Give it a listen --

The Retro League podcast interview with Brandon Cobb / Super Fighter Team (http://theretroleague.com/2011/02/06/interviews-12---brandon-cobb-president-of-super-fighter-team.aspx)

Thanks for your interest and attention.

[Wraith Storm]

I gotta say, that was an excellent interview.

I listened to the whole thing and it's interesting to hear about how games like Beggar Prince, Nightmare Buster and Star Odyssey came to be. I always love reading (or in this case hearing) about all the behind the scenes stuff that it takes to get a product to market.

Its also exciting to hear that you guys are "looking" at the Jaguar. I feel any "potential" game for the system from you guys would be awesome!

As usual, keep up the excellent work and if you could release Star Odyssey tomorrow that would be great! ;)

[Zebbe]

Is that theme from Pulp Fiction? That's from where I recognize it.

The interview was indeed great. It was very interesting to hear Beggar Prince was stated for a Game Boy Advance release and then changed to Mega Drive. It seems to me Super Fighter Team has had a lot of bad luck with the GBA, hopefully you will overcome that and release a game for it some day.

[yuleeyahoo]

Hey Brandon, any crumbs you can toss us? Early 2011 has passed.

[Wraith Storm]

Yeah... I'm curious how things are going as well.

I'm sure its release is getting closer though. Superfighter Team always comes through, but any new info would certainly be welcome. This game is going to be awesome!

[CMA Death Adder]

Hello everyone.

As many of you know, Star Odyssey made its world debut last November at the Retro-gaming Connexion event in Crégy-Lès-Meaux, France. What you may not know is that we recorded it. :) The entire presentation, in English and French, is now available for viewing on YouTube.

Check it out --

World debut of Star Odyssey : new sci-fi RPG from Super Fighter Team for Sega Genesis / Mega Drive (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz98JbTrM7g)

Thanks for your attention and interest.

[yuleeyahoo]

What was the 5/22 announcement?

[The Coop]

They just released an early prototype of the Chinese version of the Beggar Prince game. Nothing all that special, and nothing about SO's release.

[Suikoman444]

Game was released today. Looking forward to getting a copy.

[maxlords]

Well, they opened ordering today. I'm not sure it was actually RELEASED yet. Was it? I still ordered it tho.

[substantial_snake]

I ordered a copy today. :)

I remember the ordering page on their site said something about not taking preorders in advance until the product was ready so they might be ready to ship. I'm assuming that message was there because of some preorder mess up they dealt with in the past.

[Retro_gamer36]

This seems to be a great game...WHY IS IN SEGA SO?!
IT'S 2010, GOSH!

[Zama]

I ordered my copy not too long ago :) I'm quite excited because I liked the cover art! :popcorn:

[Wraith Storm]

What!?

How are you guys ordering this. I went to the Star Odyssey page and clicked the "Buy the Game" link and it just takes me to the same page it always has.

It talks about the game not being available for pre-order and will be released early 2011.

I don't see anywhere to buy it!

[Wraith Storm]

Okay. I figured it out.

Apparently if you are using Chrome it links you to the old "Anti Preorder" page. Using Fire Fox It takes me to the "new" ordering page!

Brandon, you guys might want to look into this. I can see it causing lots of confusion.

[substantial_snake]

Okay. I figured it out.

Apparently if you are using Chrome it links you to the old "Anti Preorder" page. Using Fire Fox It takes me to the "new" ordering page!

Brandon, you guys might want to look into this. I can see it causing lots of confusion.

I use Chrome and didn't have your problem so it is probably something else.

[The Coop]

The problem was an out of date cache. If he'd just hit F5 (or Ctrl+F5) to refresh it, the page would have updated.

[Gameguy]

Well, they opened ordering today. I'm not sure it was actually RELEASED yet. Was it? I still ordered it tho.
It's released, I just checked out the history page.

http://www.starodysseygame.com/history.htm


In 2007, the only known English language prototype of Star Odyssey was acquired by Super Fighter Team. Upon verifying its completeness, the company approached current IP holder Starfish-SD in order to negotiate a license to produce and publish the game worldwide. An agreement was officially reached between the two companies in 2009, paving the way for this long awaited game to finally reach eager customers outside of Japan. The finished product was released on June 22, 2011, for use with all NTSC and PAL based Genesis, Mega Drive and compatible video game systems.

[Garry]

Just ordered it too, has anyone got their hands on a copy yet?

[fahlim003]

I hope to be ordering this soon, I also hope copies don't run out [EDIT] soon either.

[Wraith Storm]

The problem was an out of date cache. If he'd just hit F5 (or Ctrl+F5) to refresh it, the page would have updated.

That was the issue. Thanks for the heads up. That was weird, I have never had that problem or heard of that problem before.


Just ordered it too, has anyone got their hands on a copy yet?

I ordered mine 4 or 5 days ago and it hasn't shipped yet. I have 6 days off for the 4th of July and was hoping to get the game in time to enjoy it then... but it looks like it will still be a while.

[substantial_snake]

I received a conformation email a few days after I ordered it but haven't heard anything since.

[CMA Death Adder]

Hello, everyone.

Thank you for your continued interest in Star Odyssey. We appreciate your support.


I remember the ordering page on their site said something about not taking preorders in advance [...] I'm assuming that message was there because of some preorder mess up they dealt with in the past.

Nope, no "mess up."

I've just never been big on the concept of pre-orders. So, starting with the release of Zaku (http://www.zaku-lynx.com/), we decided to do away with them. Even though we've always consistently met our projected release dates, I felt that putting people through an arduous pre-order process was no longer necessary. The mailing lists are much more convenient, in my opinion, as they allow potential customers to keep informed about our products without having to plunk any money down.

I think what really got me hating pre-orders was the whole Halo 2 debacle. Though I did not personally pre-order this game, I knew quite a few people who did - and the damn thing was slated for release at least a half-dozen times over the span of around two years. Each new projected release date was eventually cancelled and swapped for the next, which was pretty ridiculous. They had no idea what they were doing. By the time the game finally did release, some of the people I knew didn't even care about it, anymore; the frustration had buried their interest.

Pre-orders were necessary for Beggar Prince (http://www.beggarprince.com/), both to gauge interest in the product and to guard against the potential threat of early piracy. With Legend of Wukong (http://www.legendofwukong.com/) we had upped our copy protection methods but nearly ran over budget on development. While pre-orders certainly weren't necessary for this game, they were helpful.


I'm not sure it was actually RELEASED yet. Was it?

Several copies were mailed out to the press on June 22nd, the same day we began taking orders. Shipping of the game to customers began on June 27th, and continues throughout the week.

[CMA Death Adder]

Six new press articles covering Star Odyssey have been linked to from the game's press page...

http://www.starodysseygame.com/press.htm

Thanks for your continued interest.

[chrisbid]

i got my copy on saturday.

here is a 25 minute primer for the game i posted on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIor4h172yE

[kainemaxwell]

Really tempted to get this since I missed out on Beggar Prince (and still mad at myself for it. :()

[segagamer]

Hello, everyone.

Thank you for your continued interest in Star Odyssey. We appreciate your support.



Nope, no "mess up."

I've just never been big on the concept of pre-orders. So, starting with the release of Zaku (http://www.zaku-lynx.com/), we decided to do away with them. Even though we've always consistently met our projected release dates, I felt that putting people through an arduous pre-order process was no longer necessary. The mailing lists are much more convenient, in my opinion, as they allow potential customers to keep informed about our products without having to plunk any money down.

I think what really got me hating pre-orders was the whole Halo 2 debacle. Though I did not personally pre-order this game, I knew quite a few people who did - and the damn thing was slated for release at least a half-dozen times over the span of around two years. Each new projected release date was eventually cancelled and swapped for the next, which was pretty ridiculous. They had no idea what they were doing. By the time the game finally did release, some of the people I knew didn't even care about it, anymore; the frustration had buried their interest.

Pre-orders were necessary for Beggar Prince (http://www.beggarprince.com/), both to gauge interest in the product and to guard against the potential threat of early piracy. With Legend of Wukong (http://www.legendofwukong.com/) we had upped our copy protection methods but nearly ran over budget on development. While pre-orders certainly weren't necessary for this game, they were helpful.



Several copies were mailed out to the press on June 22nd, the same day we began taking orders. Shipping of the game to customers began on June 27th, and continues throughout the week.

I placed my order on 6/22 and received the order confirmation on 6/25. Is it unusual that I have yet to receive it? I don't have the shipping confirmation either.

[Wraith Storm]

I placed my order on 6/22 and received the order confirmation on 6/25. Is it unusual that I have yet to receive it? I don't have the shipping confirmation either.

Your not alone. I ordered mine 6-23 and got my order confirmation a few days after, but have yet to get my shipping confirmation.

Brandon has been somewhat active on Sega-16 and said he might contact each person that is still waiting on the game within the next week or so and let them know whats going on.

I know some people have already got theirs on Sega-16, but it sounds like there are just as many that have not received theirs. Hopefully we will hear something later this week.

[substantial_snake]

I also ordered on the 22 while receiving an order confirmation on the 25 but still have yet to receive a shipping confirmation or any word on delays.

[substantial_snake]

Edit: Double Post

[BenG76]

I ordered before the last month as well. I sent an email to check and Brandon replied letting me know he has been running behind on the shipping. I hope to get it soon.

[GameNinja]

Those screenshots look pretty sweet.

Somebody post some pics when they get their copy please! :)

[digitalpress]

I am all over this. Payment sent, can't wait to play it!

You guys rock.

[substantial_snake]

I just got my copy today! Haven't played the game yet but the packaging is pretty nice.

[BenG76]

Just got my copy in the mail today as well. The box, manual and cart look real nice. I may pick up some more games from these guys as they come along.

[Wraith Storm]

DAMN! I got my shipping confirmation on the 25th and Star Odyssey was in my mailbox the 28th! That was quick once it shipped. :)

It's been a long wait compared to when I had previously ordered Beggar Prince and Legend of Wukong. It might have taken a bit longer, but in the end it was worth it.

From what I have played so far this is SFT's best work to date.

Brandon, I'm not sure what issues were at hand that delayed shipping for so many, but as always, your products speak for themselves, and this says many good things! :)

[swlovinist]

Got my order, and packaging is top notch. Going to have to dedicate some time to this one.

[Lanzo]

I placed my order on July 29th. I got an email saying that more were in production because the first batch sold out and there was going to be a delay. Is anyone else in the same boat or know if they are still waiting for the next batch?

[Suikoman444]

I'm in the same boat. I ordered mine I think in the same week as you.
Last I heard there was some kind of delay possibly having to do with him giving himself too much on his own plate. I figure it might be a while, but it'll come eventually.*shrugs*

He will answer an email if you send him one about it.

[Lanzo]

I'm in the same boat. I ordered mine I think in the same week as you.
Last I heard there was some kind of delay possibly having to do with him giving himself too much on his own plate. I figure it might be a while, but it'll come eventually.*shrugs*

He will answer an email if you send him one about it.

Okay. Well at least I know I wasn't just forgotten. But I can be patient. When it finally comes in the mail I guess it will just be a bigger surprise lol.

[Suikoman444]

Got an email this morning from Brandon saying the whole second batch was finally completed at the factory end they'll ship by Wednesday.