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I'm beginning to think that Nintendo's decision not to release a new episode of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games in 2024 was a bad omen.
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Hi! I talk about video games (History, illustrations, graphic design, cancelled games, sales figures, etc.)
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I'm beginning to think that Nintendo's decision not to release a new episode of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games in 2024 was a bad omen.
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I assume it's Hiroshi Ono at his desk.
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A tour of Namco's studios in 1987.
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A wargame called Ogre but not related to Ogre Battle or Tactics Ogre? Yup!
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Early Dragon Spirit illustrations. I assume they were drawn by Namco artist Tatsuya Ishikawa / 石川達也.
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Street Fighter I preview with Ryu wearing a blue dogi and a different logo.
archive.org/details/beep...
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It's interesting to look through an issue of Beep from 1986. It talks about Mark III, Super Cassette Vision, Commodore 64, Amiga, Atari XE, TTRPG, etc.
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A graphic designer working on the title screen of Alex Kidd in Miracle World. My guess is that it's either Matilda Yoko / Yoko K, or Rieko Kodama (who did the logo).
archive.org/details/beep...
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Photos of Takako Kawaguchi / 川口 貴子, AKA Choko, then in charge of the Joy Joy Telephone service but who was also a graphic designer. She designed Miyau, the animal that accompanies Alis in Phantasy Star.
segaretro.org/Takako_Kawag...
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A tour of Sega's studios in 1986, with photos of some of its developers at work, an AI Computer, a Digitizer System I.
archive.org/details/beep...
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Explode Star, the unreleased Japanese version of Masaya's Mega Drive game Trampoline Terror!, advertised in the manual of Hellfire.
gamemanual.midnightmeattrain.com/entry/%E3%83...
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"The Kay Bee Toys price sticker on the front of the beautifully preserved box only adds to the appeal." Yeah, sure.
comics.ha.com/itm/video-ga...
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SNES MACS Rifle M16 controller with user manual and cartridge. It seems that several versions of this simulator have been produced, as there is an earlier version presented on SNES Central.
comics.ha.com/itm/video-ga...
snescentral.com/article.php?...
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Street Fighter II illustrations made for console bundles. I'd never noticed that Akiman's illustration had been redone by another artist (left pic).
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A few details about Blast Wind, via former Technosoft developer Yuzawara: it was location tested under this name, then, after changes were made to the game, it was renamed Inazuma Saber and was location tested again. For the Saturn version, the game reverted to its original name.
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Nintendo Play Station controller:
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Crazy Kong Bootleg PCB Arcade Board with Original Nintendo Lawsuit Documents (1983)
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More Nintendo trade show booth plans made for E3 1996, ~2002 and more:
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Plan of a Nintendo trade show booth dated October 1, 1984, probably made for the Winter CES 1985 where Nintendo presented its Advanced Video System (which later became the Nintendo Entertainment System).
comics.ha.com/itm/video-ga...
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In France, the vast majority of the mainstream media were predicting a far-right victory, and local "analysts" (most of them right-wing or even far-right) all seemed disconcerted by the results. Nevertheless, it was a bitter victory, with the rise of the far right and an increase in racist crime.
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Turbo Touch 360 ad illustrated by Bud Thon (you can see his signature on one of the sneakers)
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Mizuguchi discusses some of these details in an interview.
web.archive.org/web/20130725...
As for the rest, it's information taken from an informal conversation with one of the developers.
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The choice of a rally game is explained by the fact that there was no other 3D game in this niche, and it would have been really unfortunate for Sega to be beaten to the punch by another company.
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Evidence of this change can be found on the selection screen, where each of the 2 vehicles appears twice (with a choice between automatic and manual).
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The origin of the project explains the fact that the scouting was organized in North America (Yosemite park, etc.). The game was originally intended to feature 4 cars, but the developers didn't have time to create the 2 other vehicles.
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Sega Rally was in fact a game about driving through the United States at the start of development, with a Route 66 feel. It may remind you of Outrun, but it was another game that prompted Sega to backtrack in a hurry: Cruis'n USA, which was presented at CES in January 1994.
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I'm watching a certain 4-hour-plus video on Sega Rally, and there's one point about the game that doesn't seem to be well known: Sega Rally wasn't originally a rally game. Thread
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For various reasons, the project was shelved and Kubo left Technosoft around 1995. He later worked on several Final Fantasy games.
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The 3D elements were drawn using software running on X68000, the same software that seems to have been used for the game's intro, with a fairly low resolution. As with the Saturn version, and unlike Thunder Force IV, there was no vertical scrolling.
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the action begins on a moon with a golden sky, then the player's ship crosses the stratosphere, revealing a planet of ice. Then comes the boss, a new version of Gargoyle (already present in Thunder Force III and IV) in non-textured 3D.
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Development of the Mega Drive version of Thunder Force V was very short, taking place somewhere between late 1993 and 1994. Only 2 people worked on the project: Kubo and a programmer. In 2 days of intense work, Kubo designed the first and only level, which he compared to Metal Black:
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All 3 games have been location tested but Technosoft decided to release in the arcades only the one that generated the best income. The other 2 were released later on consoles (Inazuma Saber was renamed Blast Wind).
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Technosoft used X68000s as workstations, the same computers that Kubo would use for Thunder Force V. The project seems to have followed the development of 3 arcade games made simultaneously in 1993: Inazuma Saber, Nekketsu Oyako and Hyper Duel.
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player's ship, the UI, bosses, enemies and shots. He also designed the backgrounds for levels 1, 5 and 8 (it took him a month for the first level and 2 weeks for the last). Development took 8 months, with a team of around twenty people (which is still a lot for a shoot'em up).
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They has since deleted their account, but graphic designer Yōichi Kubo spoke in detail about the project a good decade ago. Kubo has worked on several Technosoft games, including Devil Crash MD, Nekketsu Oyako and Thunder Force IV. On Thunder Force IV, they were the lead designer, drawing the
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Naosuke Arai had mentioned the subject in an interview published in The Untolf History of Japanese Game Developers vol.3, indicating that the game was in (or contained elements of) pre-redenred 3D. Developer UMMO_CHAN had posted a photo in 2018 of a black-and-white printout of some of the sprites.
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A re-release of the Thunder Force V OST has just been announced, with tracks remixed with the Mega Drive sound chip. It's a good opportunity to take a look at what we know about the scrapped Mega Drive version of this episode.
www.chara-ani.com/details.aspx...
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According to Joe Miller, a prototype of Virtua Fighter was developed for the Mega Drive. The game was released in the arcade in December 1993 and on Saturn in November 1994.
www.sega-16.com/2013/02/inte...
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Consideration was given to using an SVP for the cancelled Mega Drive version of Super Star Wars in 1993.
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Virtua Racing was released on Mega Drive in March 1994, the same month as Daytona USA in arcades. An adaptation of Daytona USA appeared on a release schedule, but given the timing, It was probably just a rumour or a wish from Sega of America.
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From the end of January 1993 to June of the same year, Yuji Naka and his team began work on Sonic 3 with a prototype version of the SVP. It is likely that these tests began before development of the Virtua Racing adaptation began.
shmuplations.com/sonicteam/
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A short thread about Mega Drive games that used an SVP (Sega Virtua Processor) or for which the inclusion of an SVP was considered.
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A sample cartridge of the unrelased Famicom version of Soldam has just been auctioned on Yahoo Auctions.
www.fromjapan.co.jp/japan/fr/auc...
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--June 22 update--
Added 10 profiles + the Jaguar to the database
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Andrew H. DENTON
Charles BAE
Éric TRANCHEFEUX
Erik OLSON
Frank CIROCCO
Joseph SALINA
Michael MENDHEIM
Mike BRYAN
Paul FARIS
Tom THIEL
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Dragon Quest III HD 2D illustrated by Naoki Ikushima / 生島直樹 (who presumably also did the Dragon Quest I-II HD 2D main visual)
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Marvel Vs. Capcom Fighting Collection main visual by Chisato Mita / 実田千聖
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Fire Pro Wrestling Combination Tag cover signed Chachamaru / 茶々丸, AKA Hideaki Sasazawa / 笹沢 英昭, credited as game designer and wrestler designer in the game.
He worked as a graphic designer according to this article (hence the "wrestler designer"):
www.4gamer.net/games/373/G0...
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Cover art for the 1996 PC game Eradicator by Mick McGinty:
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Labyrinth: The Computer Game concept art by Gary Winnick:
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Interview with Tokuro Fujiwara for the re-release of Tomba, featuring a few design docs:
blog.playstation.com/2024/05/31/t...
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