Anyone recognise which game the artwork on this Korean SMS game is from? It doesn't seem to be from a Japanese release, so I guess 1989 or later.
Kishi Densetsu is a game where you play as the Germans in World War II, invading Poland and probably some other places. As you do. In the credits sequence you get to see the developers dressed up in SS uniforms: I'm thinking you couldn't do that today.
So we've spent the last month filling in the blanks. I think there's about 130 Mega Drive games listed on GameFAQs that don't have hidden content subpages (give or take some multi-platform releases): Code (Text): 1 Barkley Shut Up and Jam!/Hidden content 1 TNN Outdoors Bass Tournament '96/Hidden content 1 X-Perts/Hidden content 2 16 Zhang Mahjong/Hidden content 2 Air Diver/Hidden content 2 Divine Sealing/Hidden content 2 Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone/Hidden content 2 Generations Lost/Hidden content 2 Hard Drivin'/Hidden content 2 Marsupilami/Hidden content 2 Olympic Gold/Hidden content 2 Pocahontas/Hidden content 2 Populous/Hidden content 2 Sampras Tennis 96/Hidden content 2 Scholastic's The Magic School Bus: Space Exploration Game/Hidden content 2 Sorcerer's Kingdom/Hidden content 2 Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe/Hidden content 2 TechnoClash/Hidden content 2 Thunder Pro Wrestling Retsuden/Hidden content 2 Uncharted Waters/Hidden content 2 Winter Olympics/Hidden content 2 Ys III: Wanderers from Ys/Hidden content 3 Aa Harimanada/Hidden content 3 Batman: Revenge of The Joker/Hidden content 3 Beast Wrestler/Hidden content 3 Cannon Fodder/Hidden content 3 Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (Mega Drive)/Hidden content 3 Crayon Shin-chan: Arashi o Yobu Enji/Hidden content 3 Double Dragon V: The Shadow Falls/Hidden content 3 Dragon's Fury/Hidden content 3 Dragon's Revenge/Hidden content 3 Elitserien 95/Hidden content 3 Elitserien 96/Hidden content 3 Férias Frustradas do Pica-Pau/Hidden content 3 General Chaos/Hidden content 3 GrandSlam: The Tennis Tournament '92/Hidden content 3 Haunting Starring Polterguy/Hidden content 3 Hokuto no Ken: Shin Seikimatsu Kyuuseishu Densetsu/Hidden content 3 Insector X/Hidden content 3 Jeopardy! (GameTek)/Hidden content 3 Jeopardy! Deluxe Edition/Hidden content 3 John Madden Football/Hidden content 3 Last Battle/Hidden content 3 Madden NFL '94/Hidden content 3 Magical Hat no Buttobi Turbo! Daibouken/Hidden content 3 MiG-29 Fighter Pilot/Hidden content 3 Muhammad Ali Heavyweight Boxing/Hidden content 3 NHL 95/Hidden content 3 NHL 96/Hidden content 3 NHL Hockey '94/Hidden content 3 NHLPA Hockey '93/Hidden content 3 Osomatsu-kun Hachamecha Gekijou/Hidden content 3 Quackshot Starring Donald Duck/Hidden content 3 Road Rash II/Hidden content 3 Shadow of the Beast/Hidden content 3 Shining in the Darkness/Hidden content 3 Street Fighter II': Special Champion Edition/Hidden content 3 Super High Impact/Hidden content 3 Super League (Mega Drive)/Hidden content 3 Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers/Hidden content 3 Super Volley Ball/Hidden content 3 Sword of Sodan/Hidden content 3 Sylvester and Tweety in Cagey Capers/Hidden content 3 Virtual Pinball/Hidden content 3 Warrior of Rome II/Hidden content 3 Weaponlord/Hidden content 3 Wiz 'n' Liz/Hidden content 3 WWF Royal Rumble (Acclaim)/Hidden content 3 X-Men 2: Clone Wars/Hidden content 3 Yuu Yuu Hakusho: Makyou Toitsusen/Hidden content 3 Zero Tolerance/Hidden content 4 Advanced Daisenryaku: Deutsch Dengeki Sakusen/Hidden content 4 Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II/Hidden content 4 Beavis and Butt-Head (Mega Drive)/Hidden content 4 Bloodshot/Hidden content 4 Caesars Palace/Hidden content 4 Cosmic Spacehead/Hidden content 4 Ghostbusters (Mega Drive)/Hidden content 4 Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole/Hidden content 4 Langrisser II/Hidden content 4 Mario Andretti Racing/Hidden content 4 Master of Monsters/Hidden content 4 Might and Magic: Gates to Another World/Hidden content 4 NBA Jam Tournament Edition/Hidden content 4 Phantasy Star II/Hidden content 4 Road Rash 3: Tour De Force/Hidden content 4 SeaQuest DSV/Hidden content 4 Shining Force II/Hidden content 4 Shining Force/Hidden content 4 Super Daisenryaku/Hidden content 4 Syndicate/Hidden content 4 Theme Park/Hidden content 4 ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron/Hidden content 4 ToeJam & Earl/Hidden content 4 Toughman Contest/Hidden content 4 True Lies/Hidden content 4 WWF Raw/Hidden content 5 Ariel the Little Mermaid/Hidden content 5 Chakan/Hidden content 5 ClayFighter/Hidden content 5 College Slam/Hidden content 5 FIFA International Soccer/Hidden content 5 From TV Animation Slam Dunk: Kyougou Makkou Taiketsu!/Hidden content 5 Mega Man: The Wily Wars/Hidden content 5 Panorama Cotton/Hidden content 5 Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom/Hidden content 5 Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium/Hidden content 5 Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage/Hidden content 5 Triple Play 96/Hidden content 5 Triple Play: Gold Edition/Hidden content 5 Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3/Hidden content 5 Will Harvey Presents The Immortal/Hidden content > EA Hockey/Hidden content > Fatal Labyrinth/Hidden content > Jordan vs Bird/Hidden content ? Brett Hull Hockey '95/Hidden content ? Cliffhanger/Hidden content ? Devilish: The Next Possession/Hidden content ? Fastest 1/Hidden content ? Flashback/Hidden content ? Jack Nicklaus' Power Challenge Golf/Hidden content ? NBA Live 96/Hidden content ? NBA Live 97 (Mega Drive)/Hidden content ? PGA Tour 96/Hidden content ? RoboCop 3/Hidden content ? Sesame Street Counting Cafe/Hidden content ? Terminator 2: Judgment Day/Hidden content ? The Simpsons: Bart's Nightmare/Hidden content ? Top Gear 2/Hidden content ? Urban Strike/Hidden content I'm getting a bit bored now, so I'm farming some of this off onto others who might care. The idea was to test every "cheat" listed by GameFAQs and document the findings on Sega Retro. I've numbered them 1-5 on the grounds of how much work needs to be done to reproduce. For example, some games require you to finish them to see the results, have 4395802435720 codes, or are games that require knowledge on how to play. This isn't gospel - it's just a rough guide so I knew what to target. I am lazy and often don't have the patience. Those marked with a "?" I can't reproduce. Those marked with a ">" are probably bugs, so might need documenting, just in bugs subpages instead. Remember that much of what is written on GameFAQs as "cheats" are not cheats at all, but are instead just describe content you can unlock through normal play, e.g. level passwords. Obviously there is "hidden content" not listed on GameFAQs (see: TCRF), but this is a healthy foundation on which to build.
It never released in Japan due to them discontinuing SMS there in early 1989. It will probably remain a mystery until I come across an image of the top of the cart or a box. I think I've just solved something that has puzzled me for 10 years. Who were Korea Oacs? They started marketing Mark III in Korea in late 1988 as a home computer; Thanks to Google translate OCR; Here's the back of the manual for an early (probably launch) copy of Great Baseball for Mark III, their later releases are for Mark III / Gam*Boy (Gam*Boy released in April 1989). Korea Oacs co. ltd. is written in Japanese (apart from "Oacs", which is in Korean. This is also on the back of the box, not fully visible here). The only Oacs co. ltd. that I can find is Onoda computer system, a subsidiary of Onoda Cement. This 1990 article in Computer World says that Oacs was a spin-off of Onoda's IS (Information Systems?) division and NTT Internet. It seems to fit well with the "specialized software development company for automation" description given in the Korean article. Presumably Korea Oacs were a subsidiary. The other interesting thing is that Samsung is also mentioned on the back of the manual, which seems to be for sales, but the korean is a bit obscured. So it looks like Samsung was involved from the beginning, even before they released the Gam*Boy. It makes sense that if Oacs main business was industrial automation software they would need a partner like Samsung to use their distribution channels and sales network. They would have also needed a manufacturer, so presumably Samsung would have done that too. I guess that's how Samsung got their foot in the door with Sega. Evolution from Oacs Mark III to Samsung Gam*Boy; Oacs with Sega corner (Sega Mark III); And Oacs mark on back ... these are pretty rare; Oacs / Samsung with Sega corner (Sega Mark III / Gam*Boy); Samsung corner (Gam*Boy) ... these are by far the most common;
Mirroring the contents of one of those press discs, "Dreamcast Premiére", which was an event we haven't documented. Loads of prototype covers and/or placeholders, including for these lovely things that never made it. https://segaretro.org/Category:Artwork_from_Dreamcast_Premiére https://segaretro.org/Category:Dreamcast_Premiére_files Even comes with the resources to make your own: Not sure why you'd want to, given, again, these were placeholders, but you can... dream? Also for kicks: "Gun Valkyrie" on the Dreamcast vs "Gunvalkyrie" on the Xbox. A good two years of development separates the two.
How would I post this interview by Famitsu on SegaRetro? Under the interview category? We also have a translated version of the interview by onemillionpower.com here which should be okay to include as the English translated version, right? Reason I want it on Retro?
https://segaretro.org/Category:Japanese_interviews Copy one of those. Ditto for any other Sega-related interviews. I guess the idea would be that if this was intended for Famitsu the magazine, one day we'll have scans that'll supersede text-only interviews, but that's a long way off (i.e. years if not decades).
Unreleased prototype MSX game "The Iron Gauntz" seems to have been intended to be published by Sega. Unclear whether references to Sega were edited out during development or prior to getting leaked.
A 1987 MSX game would be unusual for Sega to be directly involved in. Pony Canyon were bringing Sega games over to the platform, but you'd expect Sega themselves to be concentrating on the Master System.
Yeah, it's odd,. Maybe a port of an unreleased SG-1000 game, they were releasing SG-1000 games into 1987, There's quite a few MSX/SG-1000 ports from outside companies.
Honestly not sure if this applies to this topic, but does anyone own any shares of Sega Sammy (SGAMF)? I was messing around on my brokerage account and for shits and giggles I looked up Sega. It’s named there but it looks like it’s not available for trading.
I guess it could be one of those missing catalogue numbers in the SG-1000 library, but that's just compounding on even more wild speculation.
Cheats 4: Kinda boring edition™ Totally unplanned for the start of the new F1 season, in Super Monaco GP you can decapitate yourself if you finish on the podium in arcade mode. The Game Gear version of Mappy has a secret Space Invaders-esque mini game in it. And it's not very good. There's a lot of weird stuff in RoboCop Versus The Terminator, including this room where programmer John Botti shows up to give you 54 lives. ...such as censorship! You can turn the men in blue jumpsuits into women, which I'm guessing was the original aim before someone got scared. You know, RoboCop, that R-rated movie, versus The Terminator, that R-rated movie. And we're not shooting Terminators on this first stage, it's humans in Detroit which become bloody explosions when you gun them down. But at least they don't have breasts! The best player in Sampras Tennis 96 is a robot and there's a court in space. The 8-bit versions of Daffy Duck in Hollywood let you play as the head of Fergus McGoven.
Found this by accident - I think it's the version supplied to other sushi restaurants in action: The channel seems to have a bunch of other videos related to late 90s/early 00s Sega + Sonic related stuffs, might warrant further investigation yet
And where did Sega get that image from? That, or at least a slightly different angle at least. In real life, his team mate Nigel Mansell wore a red suit, although his sponsors were slightly different.
DISREGARD EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS. Sony killed it. Anything PSP, PS3, or Vita that goes to a non-archived link needs to be done NOW.
Managed to find this release schedule from a Famitsu article buried deep on my HDD. Not sure which issue it came from, but must be from ~Sep/Oct 1986. 86.10 (Mid): Alex Kidd in Miracle World (Actually released 86.11.01) 86.11 (Mid): Ashura 86.12 (Mid): The Black Onyx (Actually released in 1987) 86.12 (Late): Space Harrier Next Year: Koronis Rift (Unreleased SG-1000) So that theory is looking hard to prove (it's not Koronis Rift).