A game that never came out here
18-Aug-23 8:43am
#1 benstylus
Pick a system, then pick one game for it that never was released in North America (or whatever region you are in) but you really wish it had been.
You can choose as many systems as you want, but you only get to pick one game for each. Cheating and naming two, or including honorable mentions subjects your post to the ultimate punishment: I personally may choose to neg it.
A digital release counts as a release, so no whining that your favorite game got a super limited Deluxe boxset in Germany but the only US release was sold as a code card in a box at Walmart (with a giant "Walmart Exclusive" logo covering half the art).
I'll do one to kick us off:
PS3: Wangan Midnight
As a huge fan of the Tokyo Xtreme Racer series, this is the last console release of that series.
Although this one has a manga license attached to it, its gameplay is still TXR.
#1 benstylus
Pick a system, then pick one game for it that never was released in North America (or whatever region you are in) but you really wish it had been.
You can choose as many systems as you want, but you only get to pick one game for each. Cheating and naming two, or including honorable mentions subjects your post to the ultimate punishment: I personally may choose to neg it.
A digital release counts as a release, so no whining that your favorite game got a super limited Deluxe boxset in Germany but the only US release was sold as a code card in a box at Walmart (with a giant "Walmart Exclusive" logo covering half the art).
I'll do one to kick us off:
PS3: Wangan Midnight
As a huge fan of the Tokyo Xtreme Racer series, this is the last console release of that series.
Although this one has a manga license attached to it, its gameplay is still TXR.
18-Aug-23 5:57pm
#21 Simon_Belmont
Renaissance2K wrote:
I don't know if this counts. It wasn't released here. It also wasn't released anywhere. I saw a magazine ad in Next Generation for a PC port of Warhawk - the original 1995 PlayStation shooter, not the online-only PlayStation 3 multiplayer fest - that never amounted to anything. https://vgprintads.t... I was a big fan of the PlayStation original and wanted the game to see the same treatment that Twisted Metal 2 and Jet Moto did with higher-resolution graphics and 3D accelerator support, plus more control options. I even sent an email to Singletrac to ask what was up, but all they did was confirm that the project was cancelled. There's a part of me that holds out hope that a prototype will surface one of these days, like the rediscovered PC port of the original Twisted Metal. Seems unlikely, though.
I LOVE the original Warhawk. Did you play the Tiger Electronic games version? Its actually pretty awesome, the whole unit is shaped like a flight stick. My brother and i used to try to beat eachothers high scores on beach trips and then on the way home, we'd hope for a bunch of street lights, lol.
A similar thing happened with the underrated, super ahead of its time PS1 shooter, Codename Tenka. It ended up getting a VERY small PC port release. I actually prefer the PC version.
#21 Simon_Belmont
Renaissance2K wrote:
I don't know if this counts. It wasn't released here. It also wasn't released anywhere. I saw a magazine ad in Next Generation for a PC port of Warhawk - the original 1995 PlayStation shooter, not the online-only PlayStation 3 multiplayer fest - that never amounted to anything. https://vgprintads.t... I was a big fan of the PlayStation original and wanted the game to see the same treatment that Twisted Metal 2 and Jet Moto did with higher-resolution graphics and 3D accelerator support, plus more control options. I even sent an email to Singletrac to ask what was up, but all they did was confirm that the project was cancelled. There's a part of me that holds out hope that a prototype will surface one of these days, like the rediscovered PC port of the original Twisted Metal. Seems unlikely, though.
I LOVE the original Warhawk. Did you play the Tiger Electronic games version? Its actually pretty awesome, the whole unit is shaped like a flight stick. My brother and i used to try to beat eachothers high scores on beach trips and then on the way home, we'd hope for a bunch of street lights, lol.
A similar thing happened with the underrated, super ahead of its time PS1 shooter, Codename Tenka. It ended up getting a VERY small PC port release. I actually prefer the PC version.
18-Aug-23 6:11pm
#22 Renaissance2K
Simon_Belmont wrote:
Renaissance2K wrote:> I don't know if this counts. It wasn't released here. It also wasn't released anywhere.> > I saw a magazine ad in Next Generation for a PC port of Warhawk - the original> 1995 PlayStation shooter, not the online-only PlayStation 3 multiplayer fest - that> never amounted to anything.> > https://vgprintads.t...> > I was a big fan of the PlayStation original and wanted the game to see the same treatment> that Twisted Metal 2 and Jet Moto did with higher-resolution graphics and 3D accelerator> support, plus more control options. I even sent an email to Singletrac to ask what> was up, but all they did was confirm that the project was cancelled.> > There's a part of me that holds out hope that a prototype will surface one of these> days, like the rediscovered PC port of the original Twisted Metal. Seems unlikely,> though.> > I LOVE the original Warhawk. Did you play the Tiger Electronic games version? Its actually pretty awesome, the whole unit is shaped like a flight stick. My brother and i used to try to beat eachothers high scores on beach trips and then on the way home, we'd hope for a bunch of street lights, lol.
OH MY GOD. I HAD NO IDEA THIS EXISTED.
Edit: Yup, I just bought one of those mofos on eBay.
#22 Renaissance2K
Simon_Belmont wrote:
Renaissance2K wrote:> I don't know if this counts. It wasn't released here. It also wasn't released anywhere.> > I saw a magazine ad in Next Generation for a PC port of Warhawk - the original> 1995 PlayStation shooter, not the online-only PlayStation 3 multiplayer fest - that> never amounted to anything.> > https://vgprintads.t...> > I was a big fan of the PlayStation original and wanted the game to see the same treatment> that Twisted Metal 2 and Jet Moto did with higher-resolution graphics and 3D accelerator> support, plus more control options. I even sent an email to Singletrac to ask what> was up, but all they did was confirm that the project was cancelled.> > There's a part of me that holds out hope that a prototype will surface one of these> days, like the rediscovered PC port of the original Twisted Metal. Seems unlikely,> though.> > I LOVE the original Warhawk. Did you play the Tiger Electronic games version? Its actually pretty awesome, the whole unit is shaped like a flight stick. My brother and i used to try to beat eachothers high scores on beach trips and then on the way home, we'd hope for a bunch of street lights, lol.
OH MY GOD. I HAD NO IDEA THIS EXISTED.
Edit: Yup, I just bought one of those mofos on eBay.
18-Aug-23 6:19pm
#23 SupremeSarna
I’ve got a few:
Star Wars (the bizarre Famicom version where Darth Vader constantly morphs into animals)
Chalvo 55 (a fun 2D platformer starring a character, whose first game was cancelled)
Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War (very popular with FE fans despite the English fan patches being lackluster)
Innsmouth no Yakata (we should’ve gotten this while Japan got Waterworld)
Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong and Dixie Kong (a Japan-exclusive, colored port of Donkey Kong Land III; and all they had to sacrifice to make it happen was Bear’s animations)
Tomato Adventure (the Mario & Luigi RPG series’ predecessor)
SEGA AGES Fantasy Zone Collection (the collection never saw release outside Japan—still eyeing this one, @benstylus )
Chibi-Robo! Clean Sweep (I don’t remember its Japanese name; this is its fan-given name)
Zangeki no Reginleiv (would’ve gone great alongside Pandora’s Tower and Xenoblade over here)
6x1=/= UNLIMITED? (simple enough to grasp on gameplay alone, but I have no idea how to do better than the bad ending since English info is so obscure)
Tabe-O-Ja (more on this one later, eh @Gypsy ?)
#23 SupremeSarna
I’ve got a few:
Star Wars (the bizarre Famicom version where Darth Vader constantly morphs into animals) Chalvo 55 (a fun 2D platformer starring a character, whose first game was cancelled) Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War (very popular with FE fans despite the English fan patches being lackluster) Innsmouth no Yakata (we should’ve gotten this while Japan got Waterworld) Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong and Dixie Kong (a Japan-exclusive, colored port of Donkey Kong Land III; and all they had to sacrifice to make it happen was Bear’s animations) Tomato Adventure (the Mario & Luigi RPG series’ predecessor) SEGA AGES Fantasy Zone Collection (the collection never saw release outside Japan—still eyeing this one, @benstylus ) Chibi-Robo! Clean Sweep (I don’t remember its Japanese name; this is its fan-given name) Zangeki no Reginleiv (would’ve gone great alongside Pandora’s Tower and Xenoblade over here) 6x1=/= UNLIMITED? (simple enough to grasp on gameplay alone, but I have no idea how to do better than the bad ending since English info is so obscure) Tabe-O-Ja (more on this one later, eh @Gypsy ?)18-Aug-23 6:52pm
#24 Yoshi
Thankfully a lot of games I would have chosen have since been remedied. Examples would be Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti and Metal Wolf Chaos. I'll have to give this some thought to do it justice today.
#24 Yoshi
Thankfully a lot of games I would have chosen have since been remedied. Examples would be Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti and Metal Wolf Chaos. I'll have to give this some thought to do it justice today.
18-Aug-23 7:11pm
#25 Gypsy
@SupremeSarna Looking forward to reading about your adventure with the game.
#25 Gypsy
@SupremeSarna Looking forward to reading about your adventure with the game.
18-Aug-23 10:08pm
#26 egg
OP chose a neat game to start off with. The manga portraits really caugh my attention when I first saw it.
I played Pokemon Card GB2 on the PSP. I did think it was amazing. One thing to note, though, that I played through it exactly once, where I played the first game a crap ton of times. But perhaps that has more to do w the first game being so short and easy in comparison and I would keep coming up with new challenge runs to do.
#26 egg
OP chose a neat game to start off with. The manga portraits really caugh my attention when I first saw it.
I played Pokemon Card GB2 on the PSP. I did think it was amazing. One thing to note, though, that I played through it exactly once, where I played the first game a crap ton of times. But perhaps that has more to do w the first game being so short and easy in comparison and I would keep coming up with new challenge runs to do.
19-Aug-23 1:22pm
#28 Damian254
Easy choice for me. Mr. Gimmick for the NES. Supposedly it's the Little Samson of the PAL region.
#28 Damian254
Easy choice for me. Mr. Gimmick for the NES. Supposedly it's the Little Samson of the PAL region.
19-Aug-23 8:55pm
#31 benstylus
Renaissance2K wrote:
It's coming for the Evercade, right?
There's that too. Part of the Sunsoft Collection 1
#31 benstylus
Renaissance2K wrote:
It's coming for the Evercade, right?
There's that too. Part of the Sunsoft Collection 1
20-Aug-23 10:30am
#32 nonamesleft
egg wrote:
OP chose a neat game to start off with. The manga portraits really caugh my attention when I first saw it. I played Pokemon Card GB2 on the PSP. I did think it was amazing. One thing to note, though, that I played through it exactly once, where I played the first game a crap ton of times. But perhaps that has more to do w the first game being so short and easy in comparison and I would keep coming up with new challenge runs to do.You played the patched version, or can you read Japanese?
#32 nonamesleft
egg wrote:
OP chose a neat game to start off with. The manga portraits really caugh my attention when I first saw it. I played Pokemon Card GB2 on the PSP. I did think it was amazing. One thing to note, though, that I played through it exactly once, where I played the first game a crap ton of times. But perhaps that has more to do w the first game being so short and easy in comparison and I would keep coming up with new challenge runs to do.You played the patched version, or can you read Japanese?
20-Aug-23 10:45am
#33 Foxhack
Hmmm.
My choices would definitely be the PS2 NeoGeo Online Collection discs that were not released on this side of the world (ADK Damashii, Garou MOTW, KOF Orochi Collection, Fu'un Super Combo, Sunsoft Collection, KOF Nests Collection.)
I bought every US release of that series and was so sad I couldn't get the rest of them. :(
#33 Foxhack
Hmmm.
My choices would definitely be the PS2 NeoGeo Online Collection discs that were not released on this side of the world (ADK Damashii, Garou MOTW, KOF Orochi Collection, Fu'un Super Combo, Sunsoft Collection, KOF Nests Collection.)
I bought every US release of that series and was so sad I couldn't get the rest of them. :(
20-Aug-23 11:22am
#34 benstylus
Negged for picking more than one.
Some ultimate punishment up in here LOL
#34 benstylus
Negged for picking more than one.
Some ultimate punishment up in here LOL
20-Aug-23 11:27am
#35 Foxhack
benstylus wrote:
Negged for picking more than one. Some ultimate punishment up in here LOL
They also released them in a boxset. So it still counts as one release. :D
#35 Foxhack
benstylus wrote:
Negged for picking more than one. Some ultimate punishment up in here LOL
They also released them in a boxset. So it still counts as one release. :D
20-Aug-23 9:14pm
#36 egg
nonamesleft wrote:
egg wrote:> OP chose a neat game to start off with. The manga portraits really caugh my attention> when I first saw it.> > I played Pokemon Card GB2 on the PSP. I did think it was amazing. One thing to note,> though, that I played through it exactly once, where I played the first game a crap> ton of times. But perhaps that has more to do w the first game being so short and> easy in comparison and I would keep coming up with new challenge runs to do. You played the patched version, or can you read Japanese?
English patched.
#36 egg
nonamesleft wrote:
egg wrote:> OP chose a neat game to start off with. The manga portraits really caugh my attention> when I first saw it.> > I played Pokemon Card GB2 on the PSP. I did think it was amazing. One thing to note,> though, that I played through it exactly once, where I played the first game a crap> ton of times. But perhaps that has more to do w the first game being so short and> easy in comparison and I would keep coming up with new challenge runs to do. You played the patched version, or can you read Japanese?
English patched.
21-Aug-23 7:26am
#37 benstylus
Simon_Belmont wrote:
Renaissance2K wrote:> I don't know if this counts. It wasn't released here. It also wasn't released anywhere.> > I saw a magazine ad in Next Generation for a PC port of Warhawk - the original> 1995 PlayStation shooter, not the online-only PlayStation 3 multiplayer fest - that> never amounted to anything.> > https://vgprintads.t...> > I was a big fan of the PlayStation original and wanted the game to see the same treatment> that Twisted Metal 2 and Jet Moto did with higher-resolution graphics and 3D accelerator> support, plus more control options. I even sent an email to Singletrac to ask what> was up, but all they did was confirm that the project was cancelled.> > There's a part of me that holds out hope that a prototype will surface one of these> days, like the rediscovered PC port of the original Twisted Metal. Seems unlikely,> though.> > I LOVE the original Warhawk. Did you play the Tiger Electronic games version? Its actually pretty awesome, the whole unit is shaped like a flight stick. My brother and i used to try to beat eachothers high scores on beach trips and then on the way home, we'd hope for a bunch of street lights, lol. A similar thing happened with the underrated, super ahead of its time PS1 shooter, Codename Tenka. It ended up getting a VERY small PC port release. I actually prefer the PC version.
Thanks to you guys posting, I picked up a copy of Warhawk for ps1 I saw when I was in Owensboro this weekend
#37 benstylus
Simon_Belmont wrote:
Renaissance2K wrote:> I don't know if this counts. It wasn't released here. It also wasn't released anywhere.> > I saw a magazine ad in Next Generation for a PC port of Warhawk - the original> 1995 PlayStation shooter, not the online-only PlayStation 3 multiplayer fest - that> never amounted to anything.> > https://vgprintads.t...> > I was a big fan of the PlayStation original and wanted the game to see the same treatment> that Twisted Metal 2 and Jet Moto did with higher-resolution graphics and 3D accelerator> support, plus more control options. I even sent an email to Singletrac to ask what> was up, but all they did was confirm that the project was cancelled.> > There's a part of me that holds out hope that a prototype will surface one of these> days, like the rediscovered PC port of the original Twisted Metal. Seems unlikely,> though.> > I LOVE the original Warhawk. Did you play the Tiger Electronic games version? Its actually pretty awesome, the whole unit is shaped like a flight stick. My brother and i used to try to beat eachothers high scores on beach trips and then on the way home, we'd hope for a bunch of street lights, lol. A similar thing happened with the underrated, super ahead of its time PS1 shooter, Codename Tenka. It ended up getting a VERY small PC port release. I actually prefer the PC version.
Thanks to you guys posting, I picked up a copy of Warhawk for ps1 I saw when I was in Owensboro this weekend
21-Aug-23 9:13am
#38 Simon_Belmont
It's super fun. I wish it had a save system. That's my only complaint. I think Warhawk and Twisted Metal are in the same universe as the ship shows up in Twisted Metal Black.
#38 Simon_Belmont
It's super fun. I wish it had a save system. That's my only complaint. I think Warhawk and Twisted Metal are in the same universe as the ship shows up in Twisted Metal Black.
21-Aug-23 9:41am
#39 benstylus
Simon_Belmont wrote:
It's super fun. I wish it had a save system. That's my only complaint. I think Warhawk and Twisted Metal are in the same universe as the ship shows up in Twisted Metal Black.
Might have been an homage since both series were created by Singletrac (although they closed down the year before Twisted Metal Black was published)
#39 benstylus
Simon_Belmont wrote:
It's super fun. I wish it had a save system. That's my only complaint. I think Warhawk and Twisted Metal are in the same universe as the ship shows up in Twisted Metal Black.
Might have been an homage since both series were created by Singletrac (although they closed down the year before Twisted Metal Black was published)
21-Aug-23 1:55pm
#40 Renaissance2K
Incog Inc. is the reanimated corpse of Singletrac after GT Interactive, its owner, bit the bullet.
There are a handful of other references to Warhawk in Black - Dollface's mask was made by Mr. Kreel, a name that any Warhawk man would associate with large amounts of radioactive Kool-aid - but I don't think they share a universe. There's a pretty wild theory (that may actually be confirmed, actually) that
Black takes place inside of TM2/TM:HO Roadkill's head. If you play through Black as Minion and decode his title cards, you learn a few more details.
Perhaps, in one of those universes, Walker became a dentist like his mother told him.
#40 Renaissance2K
Incog Inc. is the reanimated corpse of Singletrac after GT Interactive, its owner, bit the bullet.
There are a handful of other references to Warhawk in Black - Dollface's mask was made by Mr. Kreel, a name that any Warhawk man would associate with large amounts of radioactive Kool-aid - but I don't think they share a universe. There's a pretty wild theory (that may actually be confirmed, actually) that
Black takes place inside of TM2/TM:HO Roadkill's head. If you play through Black as Minion and decode his title cards, you learn a few more details.
Perhaps, in one of those universes, Walker became a dentist like his mother told him.
21-Aug-23 2:51pm
#41 PizzaTheHutt
I don't know if it counts, since technically we did get a slightly enhanced version of the game on the GameCube a couple years later, but I was soooooo looking forward to Animal Crossing on the Nintendo 64 from the first preview I ever read of it in EGM or GamePro.
#41 PizzaTheHutt
I don't know if it counts, since technically we did get a slightly enhanced version of the game on the GameCube a couple years later, but I was soooooo looking forward to Animal Crossing on the Nintendo 64 from the first preview I ever read of it in EGM or GamePro.
A game that never came out here