Genesis, Sega CD, & Game Gear future releases
Joel Storm
Since I've seen a few questions, and I haven't seen this posted yet,
here's the planned Genesis, Genesis CD, and Game Gear release schedule.
This is straight from Sega Visions magazine (February/March) but even they
have a "the list may change slightly" note.
December/January:
Genesis:
Chakan Sega Action
Streets of Rage II Sega Action
Batman - Revenge Sunsoft Action/
of the Joker Adventure
Ecco the Dolphin Sega Adventure
PGA Tour 2 Electronic Arts Sports
George Forman Boxing Flying Edge Sports
Muhammed Ali Virgin Sports
Rolo to the Rescue Electronic Arts Arcade
James Pond III Electronic Arts Arcade
Tyrants Virgin Strategy
Outlander Software Toolworks Driving
Deadly Moves Kaneko Fighting
Sega CD:
Make Your Own Video/ INXS Sega Creative
Make Your Own Video/Marky Mark Sega Creative
Game Gear:
Super off Road Virgin Driving
Chakan Sega Action
February:
Genesis:
Hit the Ice Tatio Sports
Flashback US Gold Action/Strategy
Might & Magic 3 Electronic Arts RPG
Indy Heat Tradewest Driving
Jepardy Gametek Puzzle
Sorcerer's Kingdom Treco RPG
Nolan Ryan Express Mentrix Sports
Championship Bowling Mentrix Sports
James Bond Domark Action
Battleroads Tradewest Action
Breach American Sammy RPG/Strategy
Double Dragon 3 Acclaim Fighting
F-15 Strike Eagle 2 Micro Prose Simulation
Sylvester & Tweety TecMagik Puzzle/Action
Toys Absolute Arcade/Action
Wayne's World THQ Adventure
Fatal Fury Takara Fighting
G-Loc Sega Flying
American Gladiators Game Tek Action
Zombie High Electronic Arts Action
Flintstones Tatio Action
Paperboy 2 Tengen Action/Arcade
Chase HQ II Tatio Driving
Chester Cheetah Kaneko Action/Arcade
Roger Clemens' MVP Baseball Flying Edge Sports
NBA Challenge Acclaim Sports
Sega CD:
Dungeon Master Terminator JVC RPG
Skull Keep
Heimdall JVC Action/Arcade
Terminator Virgin Action
Batman Returns Sega Action
Final Fight Sega Fighting
Game Gear:
Agassi Tennis TecMagik Sports
Battleroads Tradewest Action
The Humans Gametek Action/Strategy
R.C. Grand Prix Absolute Driving
Evander Holyfield Boxing Sega Sports
Ariel the Little Mermaid Sega Action/Adventure
Home Alone Sega Action
March:
Genesis:
King of the Monsters Takara Action
X-Men Sega Action
Outrun 2019 Sega Driving
Gunship US Gold Action
Desert Strike 2 Electronic Arts Action
Chess Master Software Toolworks Puzzle
Haywire American Sammy Action
Keeper of the Gates Razorsoft Action
Mig 29 Domark Flying
Out of This World Virgin Action/Adventure
Strider 2 US Gold Action
Amazing Tennis Absolute Sports
Populous II Virgin Strategy/Puzzle
Tiny Toons Konami Action/Arcade
Wolf Child JVC Action/Arcade
Cyborg Justice Sega Action/Fighting
Sega CD:
Kings Quest 5 Sierra Adventure
Road Avenger Renovation Driving
Dracula Sony Imagesoft Action/Adventure
Indy 4 JVC Driving
Joe Montana's NFL Football Sega Sports
Rise of the Dragon Sega ?
Afterburner 3 Sega Flying
Game Gear:
Robin Hood Prince of Thieves Virgin Adventure/RPG
Double Dragon Virgin Action
Krusty's Super Fun House Flying Edge Puzzle
Spiderman 2 Flying Edge Action/Arcade
Strider 2 US Gold Action
Sylvester & Tweety TecMagik Puzzle/Action
Tailspin Sega Action/Adventure
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Teh Kao Yang
> Since I've seen a few questions, and I haven't seen this posted yet,
>here's the planned Genesis, Genesis CD, and Game Gear release schedule.
>This is straight from Sega Visions magazine (February/March) but even they
>have a "the list may change slightly" note.
Thanks a lot for the post! Looking at the release schedule it seems like...
there are tons of Genesis games coming out, but too few RPGs! I still can't
figure out why Sega isn't brining out Shining Force and Landstalker. The
Genesis desperately needs more RPGs right now.
The Sega CD schedule looks dismal. Looks like everything is being badly
delayed and some games are missing. Where's Stellar 7 and Wing Commander?
-Teh Kao
Craig A. Gelfand
In a previous article, teh...@phakt.usc.edu (Teh Kao Yang) says:
>In article <a0Mu02S...@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> jb...@diag.amdahl.com (Joel Storm) writes:
>> Since I've seen a few questions, and I haven't seen this posted yet,
>>here's the planned Genesis, Genesis CD, and Game Gear release schedule.
>>This is straight from Sega Visions magazine (February/March) but even they
>>have a "the list may change slightly" note.
>
>Thanks a lot for the post! Looking at the release schedule it seems like...
>there are tons of Genesis games coming out, but too few RPGs! I still can't
>figure out why Sega isn't brining out Shining Force and Landstalker. The
>Genesis desperately needs more RPGs right now.
>
Just FYI: Genesis will send this magazine for free to anyone that asks
for it - I will try to get hold of the address.
Craig
Predecrement David
>
>January:
>Game Gear:
> Chakan Sega Action
I just bought this game. And I've only toyed with it for about an hour.
My first impression is:
Bleach. Two stars out of five. Spend your money elsewhere.
Chakan is a platform action fantasy game. You play Chakan, a sword-weilding
sorcerer who needs to defeat 6 bosses in 6 different planes. Chakan can
move left and right, jump, roll, attack and use magic. (Sonic with a weapon.)
It seems like it is probably the result of a quick-and-dirty port over
to the GameGear from Genesis. The graphics are nice, but dark characters
on a black background are hard to see on a GameGear. Chakan can overlap with
the enemies, and takes a lot of damage in doing so. A Bad Thing (tm).
The visual responses can be misleading and unintuitive. (After attacking
a minotaur for a while, he seemed to be blowing up into a bunch of boulders.
Attacking? Dying? No, evidently an avalanche.)
There is too much unavoidable random damage you have to take during the game.
Eg., Some stalactites *randomly* drip lava, damage you *have* to take.
In the end, the game is too hard for my taste. This is coming from someone
who cruised through Chuck Rock, found Ax Battler just right, and took about
ten sonics to figure out a reliable way to kill the Ant Lion in Sonic II.
--David
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Nathan W Stehle
>
>The Sega CD schedule looks dismal. Looks like everything is being badly
>delayed and some games are missing. Where's Stellar 7 and Wing Commander?
>
Master could be pretty decent. Keep in mind Sega is trying to avoid just
dumping Japanese games here. Instead, they (and software companies) are
giving us computer software titles. These have potential, but need to be
worked on. Just read VG & CE's review of Willy Beamish. In an effort to
get it out, it seems the game has a nasty access time, which the reviewer
felt could have been circumvented. I think that Sega should bring the
titles from Japan that are outstanding, like Shining Force and Landstalker.
They also need to keep variety and bring excelent software titles from
American and European developers to the system. Toe Jam and Earl showed
us what American folks can do, and Out of this World and Flashback have
shown us what Europeans can do. There are other examples to be sure,
but I think Sega is on the rigth track. They need to pick up the pace,
but pleae, DO NOT RUSH INFERIOR TITLES!
An avid Segaphile
Nathan
Mark Mavromatis
>giving us computer software titles. These have potential, but need to be
>worked on. Just read VG & CE's review of Willy Beamish. In an effort to
>
In my opinion, that's what Nintendo has been screwing up on doing. Japan has
Final Fantasy V, Dragonquest V, and Elfaria while the SNES doesn't have ****
in the way of good RPG's (except Final Fantasy and Zelda III which are a year
old.)
Sergey Shimkevich
>Thanks a lot for the post! Looking at the release schedule it seems like...
>there are tons of Genesis games coming out, but too few RPGs! I still can't
>figure out why Sega isn't brining out Shining Force and Landstalker. The
>Genesis desperately needs more RPGs right now.
Every system desperately needs more RPG's. Where is Dragon Warrior 5?
>The Sega CD schedule looks dismal. Looks like everything is being badly
>delayed and some games are missing. Where's Stellar 7 and Wing Commander?
I would second the call for Wing Commander.
Also, I have this feeling that Lords of Thunder will be the swan song of the
TurboGrafx. The release schedule looks abysmal (lots of lame old card games,
no Ziria 2). Well, if I get to play Cosmic Fantasy 3, I would consider
myself satisfied with my Turbo CD.
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Micah E. Fogel
Alright, how do you finish this zone? I know *what* I'm supposed
to do, and if there were only one of those little spiked whirligigs instead
of three I could probably do it, but... Are there any patterns or tricks
to bumping off the laser?
And I can only find the one-up monitor on top of the tail. Where
is (are) the other(s)???
Thanks in advance
Micah Fogel
fo...@math.berkeley.edu
Mike Arms
>They need to pick up the pace, but please, DO NOT RUSH INFERIOR TITLES!
I had to chuckle (and not a happy one at that). After seeing the flood
of titles coming for SNES and Genesis, I can guarantee that you will be
seeing TONS of rushed, inferior titles. It's going to get bad. Be
more and more careful to avoid the dogs. To see for yourself, check out
the SNES catalog section in the most recent EGM. Augh! But this newsgroup
helps a lot!
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Editor of Encounter magazine
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