Beggar Prince: The Start of Something Good?

[Melf]

Late last month, Super Fighter Team began to ship Beggar Prince, to the delight of fans everywhere. The first commercially-released Genesis game released in almost a decade, it's an exciting moment for the console's otherwise quiet homebrew scene. As Sega-16 discussed last week, there hasn't been much of a buzz when it comes to independent work on the console, but Beggar Prince might actually the catalyst to change all that. It's success may be just the push needed to show that there truly is genuine interest in new titles and translations, and though it's too early to tell, we may just yet be able to partake in the indy lovin' that other retro consoles currently enjoy. Possibility or pipe dream? Our latest editorial, Beggar Prince: Start of Something Good? (http://www.sega-16.com/2006/06/beggar-prince-the-start-of-something-good/) examines this scenario and the chances of it actually happening, so read on Sega fans...

[Joe Redifer]

Excellent article. Super Fighter Team is to be commended, of course.

[kain611]

Amen super fighter team did an awesome job and must immediately start work on Tiger Hunter Hero Novel! That game looks very sweet :)

[Zebbe]

Great article. An interview with Brandon Cobb again in a few months should give us some answers asked in this article.

[Genesis Knight]

Wouldn't it just be awesome if Tiger Hero had the same workup as Beggar Prince?

Great post-mortem, Melf.

[Melf]

Great article. An interview with Brandon Cobb again in a few months should give us some answers asked in this article.

I've already spoken to him about an interview, and once I've played through the game, we'll be getting to one ASAP.

[j_factor]

Weren't they going to make a Sega CD version of Super Fighter?

[CMA Death Adder]

Weren't they going to make a Sega CD version of Super Fighter?

Only time will tell.

[108 Stars]

I once recommended Tiger Hunter Hero Novel to Brandon Cobb of Super Fighter Team via e-mail. However, he answered that they already had some basic tools programmed for translating the game, but unfortunately the company that originally produced the game in Taiwan used quite a lot of stolen graphics...from such games as Final Fantasy IV for example.
So Super Fighter Team can´t release an english version, since replacing those stolen graphics with new ones would be way too much work...

That is sad, but we can still hope that there are some fans out there willing to translate it to be released as a rom at least.
That goes for games with the same problems, such as Barver Battle Saga as well.

But I hope Super Fighter Team did break even with Beggar Prince so there will be new Genesis-games at all. Brandon Cobb has stated several times that he would be willing to translate C&E´s Fengshen Yingjiechuan next.

Let´s hope it will really happen someday!!!

[Melf]

I would kill for Fengshen Yingjiechuan.

[108 Stars]

So would I...

But I guess since Super Fighter Team has just finished Beggar Prince after about
1,5 years and since they are working on several other projects too, we may have to wait quite some time...
But after playing Beggar Prince, I´m sure if something new comes for the Genesis from those guys, it´ll be worth the wait!

@Melf
Dammit, that´s quite a collection you´ve got there...!