So is there a list of confirmed Saturn prototype games?

You posted some a screen shot of it on the Sega Xtreme forums.

 

Video
Got it from Sega Xtreme

 

Sega Saturn Prototype

Yakumo, I've spent the last few days trying to figure out just where that Panzer Dragoon mock-up footage came from, and I'm certain that it's the original Silicon Graphics workstation "tech demo" that was shown during the second day of the Winter '94 CES. This same announcement by Sega also featured some brief 32X prototype footage and CG-rendered "impressions" of two other titles that were earmarked as Saturn launch titles - Clockwork Knight and Victory Goal:

http://utenti.lycos.it/faberp/CKD.JPG
http://utenti.lycos.it/faberp/VSD.JPG

Sadly, none of the final Saturn games ever did look this good, though for some inexplicable reason there are clips of the Clockwork Knight footage inserted between actual in-game sequences as part of the massive eight-minute video that was released in America for the Saturn's launch there.

It should also be noted that all three games mentioned in this post were developed by the three CS teams founded specifically for the purpose of creating first generation software for the then-upcoming console. In case you are not aware, each unit was named after a heavenly body and all were disbanded soon after (once they had fulfilled their roles). Team Aquila (Clockwork Knight) went first rather quickly, later followed by Ara (Victory Goal/Worldwide Soccer) in 1998. I'm sure that most of you know about the third and most famous of the three teams, Andromeda, so I don't really need to elaborate on their history.

If anyone is interested, I can provide footage of the Victory Goal and Clockwork Knight workstation demos. It's rather sad that Yakumo never did manage to find his Panzer Dragoon video, but at least there are definitely clips from two of these three titles in circulation. Almost all of Victory Goal's FMV is actually sourced from the original SGI prototype, and it's easy to tell the difference because Sega signed new branding and sponsorship deals between creating the CES sequence and the final game.

 

Re: Sega Saturn Prototype

For sure!!



PD

 

Yeah, I'd love to see that footage again. Please rip them. I still have never saw anyone with the very early Virtua Fighter Tech demos or Daytona ones that were actually ruinning on Saturn hardware. I wish I could have found those video tapes :smt022

Yakumo

 

BTW, was this one released?

 

man, if you could rip them I'd be more than happy to host them. 2Gig shouldn't be a problem at all. I sure hope you will rip them rayer: They would sure bring back memories.

Yakumo

 

Nobody talked about it anymore and I was busy enough as it was around xmas so I dont didnt bother. You can still email me if you want it, though.

 

I'd be very interested in it and also host it for others to download. ;-)

Yakumo

 

I can Also host some 2 gigs of video on my ftp.

 

Just don't seed the torrents on the same line that you host the site on, or it'll rape the site bandwidth :smt009

Tracker should be ok, though

 

Sega Saturn Prototype Footage

I'm really sorry that you've had to wait for my promised footage of the "Knights" and "Soccer" prototpes, but I thought it would be much better if I made a video containing all the other early game code shown in the original source file as well. So, you can now download the finished compilation from my recent post on this subject at the SegaFans message board. Here's the link: http://www.segafans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=463

 

Bummer, the link to the video is dead :smt022 Any idea when it will be back up?

Yakumo

 

Yakumo

Yakumo,

I have uploaded the file on your ftp. I tested it and it works, enjoy.

Cheers

Sabre

 

Hi there,

Here is a video of Millenium Fire from Bandai for Saturn
i made for www.satakore.com

Millenium Fire - Bandai (Unreleased)

This video was taken from the Sega Flash vol 32. A Beta of this game could exist somewhere. Maybe it is time to hunt it down.

 

Also, I read through this post I found you talked about Ninpen Manmaru Beta & transleted version. For those who don't know this game, here is a picture, 2 screenshots & an ingame movie :




Ninpen Manmaru video

 

It was me who posted aboutthe beta but after finding the original Japanese game like yours I now know that the beta was fake

I'll have quite a few beta pictue coming in a few days of stuff like saturn Last Bronx, Sonic X, Gokigen Muyou and more.

Yakumo

Yakumo