From my email to coder, Carlo Perconti, regarding what became of it: 'We got involved developing on the jaguar after we met some key people at one of the CES show in LasVegas (I do not recall who exactly). Lyes and I we were impressed by the concept of the GPU Jaguar, an unique list processor which could allow huge sprites to be drawn on screen and which broke the limitation of number of hardware sprites on 1 video line like We used to have back then on the SNES. So at first We decided to develop a new graphic engine based on multiple layer of sprites on PC, then through Arcade Zone We got access to one of the Jaguar Hardware and then We started to port the beginning of a “first possible” level of what We wanted to demonstrate based on a CONAN character (but really it was only to show up the engine, no license was signed yet at that time). For sure, back to that period, We got many inspiration from the Big Coin-Up Arcade titles like GoldenAxe and alike…….' So sadly not even the 1st level complete :-(
Great Info! I wasn't aware of Arcade Zone working on a Jaguar game, I always though they went straight from SNES to PSX!
Great to hear the info has gone down well It was pure chance i obtained it to be honest, as i knew others had tried to contact him years ago, no replies... Frank Gasking of GTW approached me, asking what i then knew of the game, as he was planning a feature on it for GTW, so i explained there was little solid evidence, just a lot of speculation, but i'd try and contact coders, see what happened. Contact was made, then lost (HDD Crash) then re-established and the full facts were given. So, it's another lost game myth of the Jaguar community put to bed.
Golden Axe II was one of my greatest childhood memories...wouldnt mind playing this level of Conan ^^
Actually this screenshot reminds me a good deal of Capcom's Dungeons and Dragons games on the CPS2. I recommend those if you are a fan of Golden Axe and haven't played them yet.
Just googled some images...that looks interesting It reminds me of the "Cadillac & Dinosaurs" Arcade Beat em Up...and Golden Axe. Hehe, will give it a try. Thanks !
Just sold my PS3, as I wasnt playing with it anymore :'( Wasnt aware of such Golden Axish Sidescrollers for the PS3...admitted, it looks a bit like a flash game ^^
It was originally planned for the Dreamcast, but they could'nt find a publisher.I really enjoyed the game, more so than things like Soul Fighter on DC.
Here's a abridged version of Glenn Percival's WCES 1995 footage featuring a brief snippet of Conan/Konan. This is the second time footage of the game has been featured, second to the Orlando Trial: Atari Jaguar Games Demostration release by Don Rogers
