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! :D

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.

[ManekiNeko]

There was supposedly a Saturn version of Bloodstorm in development... I'm pretty sure I saw the announcement in an old issue of Mega Play (EGM's spinoff magazine devoted to Sega game systems). They showed pictures, but they could just as easily have come from the arcade game.

JR

[Kid Fenris]

BloodStorm was scheduled to hit both the PSX and Saturn, and early screens were featured in an early 1995 ish of EGM2. Both versions dropped from sight shortly after that, even though they were slated to be released by Christmas of that year. And at the time, its disappearance broke the heart of a 16-year-old me. I was disturbingly fond of BloodStorm back then.

I think that the screens in EGM2 were from the console port of the game, however, because they showed badly pixelated characters and ugly backgrounds. It's almost as if the game was running on a 32X.

[ManekiNeko]

I chalked up the lousy pictures to EGM's incompetance. The pictures in the magazine weren't always especially bright and crisp. My guess is that they took blurry snapshots of an early beta or something.

JR