So is there a list of confirmed Saturn prototype games?

Another unreleased game will be in the safe hands of someone from Assembler , soon. Media can be expected in a couple of weeks. :dance:

 

Ooh !!! I wonder what it is??? Is it anything that we may know about? Is it western , Japanese? Any hints so we can all start throwing out our crazy ideas.

Yakumo

 

It's a PAL game and the first part is already available. This is the sequel.

 

My guess is Reloaded...

 

Reloaded was released in Japan though under a different title which I can't remember at the moment. Maybe it was Blood something or other.

Yakumo

 

No it wasn't. Blood factory was just Loaded (1). But it isn't reloaded, no.

 

Croc 2?

 

Ah, I was getting confused between Loaded and Reloaded. Both are crap anyway : Hmm, I was also thinking Croc 2 but wasn't that heading to the Dreamcast?

So you say that the first game was PAL. was it PAL only or given a release in Japan or the states? Hmm, could be a follow up to that club kart game that was PAL only. Or is it the 2nd part to the Shining Force trilogy?

Yakumo

 

And to think you were referring to Sonic X-treme this whole time!

Foolish me! OH:

 

No Croc 2, no Formula karts 2 (never heart of it, was it planned?!), no SF3 sc2 (god, I wish)

Oh and the answer can be found somewhere here on assembler actually ;-)

 

N/m .................................

 

Tomb Raider 2?
Baseball?

 

What's N/m.................... mean? Hmm, I say Tomb Raider 2. I wanted to say Fighting Force Saturn but the first never got a Saturn release even though it was originally going to be a Saturn title first. Hey, hang on didn't Core make a ninja game as well for Saturn that never got released? Anyway, I think the game will be a sports title. Maybe Actual Soccer 2 or something like that.

Yakumo

 

guessing he edited his post. Nevermind = n/m?

 

Yeah. I'm was talking with someone about more beta's and asked a question about it here. But it wasn't needed anymore, I made a deal. It's neither of the games mentioned here but lets just say the game is by Psygnosis and you should know enough. ;-)

 

My second guess is Destruction Derby 2...

 

Dingding! We have a winner!

 

Now this really is a worthwhile find, though most people will spend their time unfairly comparing it to the PlayStation original. At least we finally have proof that DD2 was in development for the Saturn, and that it wasn't technical problems that led to its cancellation. If anything, Sony's exclusivity deal seems the likely cause for its disappearance now - by the time Psygnosis legally could release this one, they'd given up on the Saturn (which may also explain why they didn't bother with Wip3out as well).

P.S. Does anybody know if the planned Saturn conversion of Formula One ever got started? This and Destruction Derby 2 would have been essentials on my wanted list back in 1997, so it's great to know that at least half of the picture has finally come together. When copies inevitably start circulating, I'll definitely be there this time... unless the playable code is barely substantial enough to write about, as with the recent Sonic X-Treme debacle!

 

Bizarre creations looked at making a Saturn version of Formula 1 but never started it. That was around the time I would visit their office to help on a bit of game testing on the original Formula 1.

Yakumo

 

Thanks for brilliant yet unexpected closure to that one's possibility for release! Still, it's going to be worth hanging around to see if Destruction Derby 2 would have been any good on the Saturn...