Kirk_Johnston Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 (edited) Does anyone know of any old once-unfinished/unreleased SNES games that finally saw a release in recent times? So far, I can think of Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill and Nightmare Busters as two examples: Any more like that would be appreciated. And maybe not games that were already released in one region then were finally released now in another one, but rather games that genuinely never got released on SNES at all until now. Edited January 25, 2023 by Kirk_Johnston 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 Dorke & Ymp, Piko INteractive finally released it some years back. The game was under development and if I remember right, the creator had it canceled on him, then he died. Piko got the source and what worked in a sale, got permission to take what it was, the design docs, and make things happen. In the end with a smart coder who works for him, the game was fully finished and then retailed on the after market. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffythedragonslayer Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 Star Fox 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk_Johnston Posted January 26, 2023 Author Share Posted January 26, 2023 9 hours ago, jeffythedragonslayer said: Star Fox 2 That's a bit of a strange one, because you can't officially play it anywhere other than the SNES Classic Mini, but it does fit the description of an unfinished/unreleased SNES game that finally saw a release. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk_Johnston Posted January 26, 2023 Author Share Posted January 26, 2023 19 hours ago, Tanooki said: Dorke & Ymp, Piko INteractive finally released it some years back. The game was under development and if I remember right, the creator had it canceled on him, then he died. Piko got the source and what worked in a sale, got permission to take what it was, the design docs, and make things happen. In the end with a smart coder who works for him, the game was fully finished and then retailed on the after market. Cool. Another one to add to my list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldLeader Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 Well, Not completed (Yet), But (I'm a backer with a LTD Edition Blue cart coming IIRC,...) I've been waiting 8 years or so, on this one: Justice Beaver While it does seem a bit excessive, I am OK with waiting if the game turns out to be very good. Here's hoping! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk_Johnston Posted January 27, 2023 Author Share Posted January 27, 2023 12 hours ago, GoldLeader said: Well, Not completed (Yet), But (I'm a backer with a LTD Edition Blue cart coming IIRC,...) I've been waiting 8 years or so, on this one: Justice Beaver While it does seem a bit excessive, I am OK with waiting if the game turns out to be very good. Here's hoping! Cool, yeah, I've already added that one to my list. https://inceptionalnews.wordpress.com/2023/01/23/modern-snes-games-and-demos/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvgs Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 On 1/26/2023 at 3:50 PM, Kirk_Johnston said: That's a bit of a strange one, because you can't officially play it anywhere other than the SNES Classic Mini... It's also playable on Nintendo Switch, if you have the Nintendo Switch Online service. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 It's also as of the day it arrived dumped from hackers pulling the data to a legit ROM you can throw on a bootleg cart, flash kit, or emulator of your choice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk_Johnston Posted January 29, 2023 Author Share Posted January 29, 2023 2 hours ago, jvgs said: It's also playable on Nintendo Switch, if you have the Nintendo Switch Online service. Didn't actually know about this. Obviously knew it can be duped and put on a flash cart and so on though. Would actually be cool if Nintendo released it as a proper physical SNES game playable on the original console, just as some kind of collector's edition or whatever. But, hey, Nintendo . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlidellMan Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 Magical Drop 2 via Switch Online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk_Johnston Posted January 30, 2023 Author Share Posted January 30, 2023 8 hours ago, SlidellMan said: Magical Drop 2 via Switch Online. Can you play this on an actual SNES though, either on a real cartridge or flash cart if necessary, because I'm basically composing a list of new and/or previously unfinished/unreleased games that have seen a release for the SNES in modern times. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlidellMan Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 Yes, as it was part of an Data East arcade compilation cart that features Aeon Genesis' superb translation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 Magical Drop had like 2 or 3 of them released on the Super Famicom in Japan, and yeah one was added to switch online. One of them has become a bit more expensive but the other is a pretty cheap grab especially as a game cart only pick up. Stupid it never came overseas really but barely, NGPC had one, but GBC got a US released title too that only works on the revised handheld (not a hybrid.) They cut a lot of the style out of it far as modes go so it gets boring pretty fast (I had it, sold it.) Really better off just importing Money Idol Exchanger for SuperGB or grabbing one of those Bust a Move titles instead on the handheld. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 (edited) 16 hours ago, Kirk_Johnston said: Can you play this on an actual SNES though, either on a real cartridge or flash cart if necessary, because I'm basically composing a list of new and/or previously unfinished/unreleased games that have seen a release for the SNES in modern times. The official English localization that was done back in the day and never released before Switch Online, has been dumped. It's a SNES game so it of course works on real hardware (I've played it via the Super Nt's jailbreak feature). Not a big deal I suppose with the excellent Aeon Genesis fan translation available (and being quite accessible even in unlocalized Japanese form), but cool none the less. It's probably the first and last time that we'll learn about a previously unknown Super Nintendo release that was fully finished back in the day, by seeing it belatedly released in an official manner. Edited January 31, 2023 by Atariboy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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