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City Heroes
Mega Drive (1993/1994)
Of all the unreleased games on this page, City Heroes is the most tragic case. The team around Uju Geobukseon (with some reinforcements) began working on it in September 1992, and by spring 1994, the game was completely finished and bugfixed, with the master rom just waiting for mass production, multiple magazines had printed in-depth coverage, and Samsung even claimed ambitions to bring the game to overseas markets, but then the confusion around the still new censorship system ultimately prevented its release.
The belt scrolling brawler was first ridiculed for being almost a carbon copy of Streets of Rage 2, but when the development reached its final stages, every journalist who had played the game reported about its astonishing quality. The game would have featured 5 stages and a 2-player co-op mode.
Originally, Samsung had at least one more Mega Drive game in the planning stages, a one-on-one fighting game called Princess Fighter, to be developed in cooperation with an unnamed Japanese developer. That title got cancelled even earlier due to complications with the partner. But after the big fiasko with City Heroes, Samsung immediately disbanded all their console development, anyway.
Screenshots: http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/kor...cityheroes.htm
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07-26-2010, 03:29 PM #1Bite my shiny, metal ***! Hero of Algol
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City Heroes (Streets of Rage clone, Samsung 1993/1994, unreleased)
The Mega Drive was far inferior to the NES in terms of diffusion rate and sales in the Japanese market, though there were ardent Sega users. But in the US and Europe, we knew Sega could challenge Nintendo. We aimed at dominating those markets, hiring experienced staff for our overseas department in Japan, and revitalising Sega of America and the ailing Virgin group in Europe.
Then we set about developing killer games.
- Hayao Nakayama, Mega Drive Collected Works (p. 17)
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07-26-2010, 03:35 PM #2Stuck in the Past Shining Hero
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07-26-2010, 03:36 PM #3will hog your hedges... Raging in the Streets
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Damn, that looks awesome! I wonder if there's a rom out there somewhere...
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07-26-2010, 03:42 PM #4ding-doaw Raging in the Streets
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Wow! Nice fine
(If I could rep you, I would)
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07-26-2010, 05:12 PM #5Master of Shinobi
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It looks better than Streets of rage 2.
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07-26-2010, 06:01 PM #6The Gentleman Thief
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Looks really good. There was never a ROM recovered?
Originally Posted by j_factor
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07-26-2010, 06:35 PM #7Still not afraid of Y2K Shining Hero
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When can I play it?
Join the USA/NZ strike force team!
Originally Posted by Phantar
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07-26-2010, 09:29 PM #8Banned by Administrators
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Damn I want this game on a bootleg cart or on flashcart!
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07-27-2010, 10:29 AM #9will hog your hedges... Raging in the Streets
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Yeah that's what I'm thinking. There has to be a rom floating around somewhere, especially if they finished the game... Originally Posted by Sega Genesis
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09-04-2010, 12:33 PM #10Sports Talker
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I was able to properly scan my magazines since the article went up and therefore re-uploaded most images with more accurate colors and perspective. I think I even added two or three new screenshots.
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/kor...htm#cityheroes
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09-04-2010, 10:13 PM #11Bite my shiny, metal ***! Hero of Algol
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"You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to derboo again."
The Mega Drive was far inferior to the NES in terms of diffusion rate and sales in the Japanese market, though there were ardent Sega users. But in the US and Europe, we knew Sega could challenge Nintendo. We aimed at dominating those markets, hiring experienced staff for our overseas department in Japan, and revitalising Sega of America and the ailing Virgin group in Europe.
Then we set about developing killer games.
- Hayao Nakayama, Mega Drive Collected Works (p. 17)
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09-05-2010, 01:33 AM #12Wildside Expert
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I wants ta play dis game, dammit!
Jeff Nelson
Video gaming since 1979 (I was an Atari Baby)
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09-05-2010, 03:42 AM #13Megadrive Owner Since1991 Wildside Expert
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I assume you guys are aware of websites dedicated to brining unreleased roms to the public?
The only one that springs to mind is http://www.hidden-palace.org/
It may be worth starting a topic on there to drum up more interest?
EDIT: http://forums.hidden-palace.org/view...a9c2bf8130fb05Last edited by MCJeffsy; 09-05-2010 at 03:48 AM. Reason: Im a noob. Found the topic for it!
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09-05-2010, 03:01 PM #14Pirate King
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Don't worry, I did it for you Originally Posted by Christuserloeser
The funny thing about an oxymoron is, even if you remove the ox, there'll always be a moron. The Question Remains: Y?
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09-05-2010, 03:25 PM #15WCPO Agent
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Looks like some of that stuff is a carbon copy of SoR 2, but if they followed the same pattern for the gameplay it might be a game worth digging up.
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