Dee Dee Planet

I've seen a lot of people ask about this one, but no one has ever posted the recalled demo or a beta of it. Does ANYONE have it? Even a private seller situation. All I can say is I'm VERY interested. So, can someone shed some light on this one please?

 

Some time ago there was a guy here on the boards who had a colleague with a working copy, there were talks about an possible dump unfortunately nothing ever came to fruition.

 

SEGA USA has a copy:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/segaamerica/2742088595/sizes/o/in/set-72157606602243465/

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Nice catch! And many other things we would like to look over... I wish one day I could go in that room and dump everything.

Does anyone of us work there? Maybe someone could go get it and at the same time get the last build of some game servers

 

Seriously, I would love to get my hands on this game. It's not even just to play it, I simply love the visuals and sounds, though it does look like fun too. Hopefully it eventually shows up.

 

Someone must get into this building and dump couple of builds and games

 

Actually, does anyone here work in the gaming media industry? I think the best bet to see Sega USA's copy of Dee Dee Planet in action is to do some kind of story on it, and contact Sega USA to interview/take a look at the known copy for purposes of the story. That seems a lot more feasible and legal than the suggestions to liberate it :encouragement:

 

That's a good idea. Honestly, I don't think you'd necessarily have to work in the industry. If you blogged about games you might be able to get something like that started. I'm primarily a music blogger so I don't know that they'd talk with me, but you never know. At the same time, what prevents them from making it purchasable to begin with? If the system is no longer available, why would they be protecting something they would never do anything with regardless? That's something about unreleased content in the video game industry that I'll never understand, whereas in the music or film worlds, if there is enough clamor they'll do something with the content.

 

Can anyone prove that photo isn't a fake?

 

That picture's definitely not fake, but wasn't Dee Dee Planet cancelled because of a serious bug in its networking feature? Of course, I don't see why it couldn't be released on the Dreamcast without this element... better yet, how about if the whole game was remade for a less vintage platform?

 

I could easily see it as a portable gaming app on the iPhone or Android platforms.

 

Maybe someone should just contact Sega USA and offer them money for it. Would be hilarious if they were just like "ok sure." Can't get what you don't ask for :wink-new:

 

I contacted Sega yesterday and was told to send an e-mail to their PR department. Hopefully someone contacts me soon. As much as I'd love to play it, if they discuss the music, sounds and visuals with me, I'll be happy as a clam.

 

The problem is the game wasn't made by SEGA. Don't expect anything from them.

 

It'd love to play the game, it looked so unique.

 

I could be completely wrong but didn't the contact that had the second copy of Geist Force also have a copy? I remember talks of a possible fundraiser been set up after Geist was completed but nothings been mentioned since.

 

I think he said a colleague of his had a copy. Not sure if this was Donnyk (1st copy) or Monkfish (2nd copy). Either way, both of these guys pretty much vanished from the forums after the fundraising was over.

Incidentally, I just saw a tiny advertisement for Dee Dee Planet that came with a copy of jpn Sega GT that I received today. It shows a screenshot, the name of the game, and says the price will be 2800 yen, which is half as much as most games retailed for brand new - so this was going to be something of a budget title maybe. The lower price point would also have helped increase sales, making more people play it online, making for a more enticing reason for more people to buy and try it out.

 

Regarding the comment about Sega not having developed this title, who did? And even then, does Sega own the rights or does the publisher?

It's funny why so many of these games are hoarded for so long. If a system has been dead for so long and the game never appeared, why keep it out of the fans' hands? The Dreamcast, despite never being as popular as other dead systems, has always had quite a strong fan base. It's just baffling how some things appear but others don't.

 

If you want me to digitally sign some sort of pre-written letter requesting they release these discs into the publics hand I'll do it, but that's about all the energy I can manage these days .

 

A developer called Dori Dock developed it, I think SEGA Japan would've published it. As for SEGA saying something like 'well, here you go, here's an ISO' or 'you can loan the disc' it's just out of the question. I never heard a developer say that (well apart from the people behind Return Fire). I just posted the SEGA photo as a bit of fun. Sorry to get your hopes up.