New Genesis / Mega Drive game to be released in 2005!!!

[Jagasian]

Now this is a very interesting development. An English translation of the Taiwanese RPG known as Beggar Prince for the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive, with bug fixes. It will also be officially released and sold in boxed cartridge form, with approval from the original Taiwanese developer. Apparently the original Chinese game is a classic, so this will be a most have for all Genesis / Mega Drive owners.

Collectors have one more game to obtain Here are some screenshots:

[Humanoid]

Huh, thats pretty awesome. Kinda like a homebrew + 1 in my book.

[MegaDrive20XX]

Damn, that's pretty wicked, how can we obtain this?

[Gamereviewgod]

Not a game I would be interested in, but defintiely a nice sign.

[thegreatescape]

Looks good. Provided its not too expensive, i might pick it up when its released

[AFGiant]

Looks good. Provided its not too expensive, i might pick it up when its released

Ditto.

[Crush Crawfish]

wow, that's really cool! I'll most definitely pick it up if it's not too pricey. Hopefully this means we'll see more homebrew genesis games in the future!

[THATinkjar]

That's awesome. I'll be picking this up if I can get hold of it.

[-hellvin-]

Count me in for one. Hopefully I'll be able to pick up a copy depending on availability. Great to see another genesis RPG. Kinda sucks though that I now have an additional game to complete the US set =\.

[jajaja]

wow, that's really cool! I'll most definitely pick it up if it's not too pricey. Hopefully this means we'll see more homebrew genesis games in the future!

Is this game homebrew? Threadstarter mentioned it would be an official release.

[Jagasian]

I am not affiliated with the project. I just read about it on another site and was surprised that the crew here at DigitPress hadn't heard about it yet because this site seems to be THE place for this kind of thing. Hence I relayed the word here because I am sure there are many Genesis collectors here. Personally, I am more of a NES/SNES guy, but I finally bought a Genny a couple years ago Please check out the original news post that I read here:
http://www.zophar.net/

...as it includes information on who the publisher will be and where to obtain it when it is released. Searching around the net, I found a forum thread of one of the US translation developers talking about how they obtained the source code from the developers! Damn I wish I could do that with some of my favorite classic games.

I will be buying it, as I prefer older games, and I want to support this kind of thing, weird as that may sound. If people see that these kind of games (new games for old systems) make money, then more will be made. As far as price goes, I will take a wild guess here and say that I'd figure it will cost about as much as a new Genesis game cost back during the 16-bit generation. It isn't just going to be a burnt CD/DVD, as is the case with modern games, it will consist of a printed circuit board populated with ICs, a plastic Genesis cart-style casing, label, printed manual, printed box, etc. The full shebang. So I'd bet it isn't going to cost $10, but then I'd be surprised if they think it will sell for more than $40. Don't forget about the fact that the production run will be quit small, so economies of scale won't be on their side for getting the price low. Furthermore, a low production run means that this game will be an instant collector's item.

The story is obviously based on an old (maybe even ancient) Chinese tale known by the same name.

[ClubNinja]

Very neat - I'd be all over this if it wasn't an RPG.

[poloplayr]

This is simply amazing! I would buy it just to support the guys and their hard work!

[Sothy]

Im interested.

I realize it aint gonna be no phantasy star ...but still.

[TheRedEye]

This was an RPG by a Taiwanese company called C&E, who you may remember from Super Fighter and many unlicensed Nintendo games published by American Video Entertainment. The project is an official English translation and bugfix of a game that was released in Chinese back when the Mega Drive was still viable.

Apparently they punched up the script to make it more interesting, but...if those screenshots are any indication, I don't think they did very much.

[CRV]

Apparently they punched up the script to make it more interesting, but...if those screenshots are any indication, I don't think they did very much.

What were you expecting...Shakespeare?

[Gemini-Phoenix]

Really? Really available in classic Mega Drive cart form? Will it be for sale in game shops, or just an online thing?

And will it be a legit release, or just another pirate kind of thing?

[anagrama]

It's as legit as any other unlicensed Mega Drive/Genesis game.

[sharp]

I will just wait and see what happens with this announcment. I'm always a bit sceptic about releases for retroconsoles. But if it will be released I think I will pick up a copy.

[Daria]

The story is obviously based on an old (maybe even ancient) Chinese tale known by the same name.

Which most of us would know by the name "Prince and the Pauper'.