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Well, if the Dreamcast can continue living on, why not the Genesis?

After Super Fighter Team released Beggar Prince back in 2006, they got busy on another game. Titled Legend of Wukong, it's another game from China that they've chosen to port to PAL and US territories. While Beggar Prince had some bug and saving issues (which were apparently fixed with the third batch of games), Legend of Wukong is being given a more thorough combing, thanks in part to lessons learned on the first game. You can read up on it here, and check out Beggar Prince here.

BP can still be ordered, and LoW is currently able to be preordered for a December release.


However, translations aren't the only things coming to the Genesis. A brand new game called Pier Solar is also getting readied for a release. Set to be a huge (for Genesis) 64Mb cart, this game is 100% original from it's story and characters, to its music and graphics. It's been in the making for the last four years roughly, and is supposed to be coming out on Christmas Eve of this year (barring any delays like what pushed it back from its original Oct. 29th release date). Where BP and LoW are more like action RPGs, Pier Solar looks to be a straight up JRPG in presentation and execution. You can check it out here.

Oh, and you can download a beta of PS from their website. It'll run in Gens or Kega Fusion (it's from an April build of the game).



And for those who bought BP a while back, yes, that is new artwork. Seems Super Fighter Team found a programmer to fix the game save bug for the third print run, and they got a new artist to come in and replace the almost laughably bad original artwork. Of course, this pissed off a number of previous BP buyers, because they have a buggier version of the game, and weren't given the chance to get the new artwork without buying the game again. DRAMA!

Pier Solar looks surprisingly good for homebrew. Plus the name is great, you can tell they were shooting for that 'one of the good games on this console' vibe.

No shmups?

Our numbers are pretty small dude

Probably not. I read an interview where they chose to focus on RPGs because it's a genre they really like, and that it was an area the Genesis got a bit stiffed on in the US.

I placed a pre-order. I love how it comes with the option for the cart or CD soundtrack. Looks more well done than Beggar Prince.

It wasn't just a programming bug, but a flaw in the cart hardware design.

its on the lynx but its something i guess

http://www.zaku-lynx.com/

Looks like great news!

Some of the castle tiles seem a bit messed up. Take a look at the turret walls and that large red conic roof seems a bit shorter on one side. This won't stop the game but as a pixel artist it would be nice to see the tiles get a bit more polish.

P-O your so anal when it comes to that shit dude you should make a game already

I wish the Super Fighter Team would get around to doing a port of Super Fighter like they promised ~6 years ago... but no, they want to stick to cart-only games.

http://www.piersolar.co.uk/pier_solar_screen_shots.php

This site hosts some new screenshots for the Pier Solar. It has updated graphics, changed menus/text, etc.

Fooooooooook. Those graphics can put even Lunar's to shame.

Yeah it looks great. Plus they have made many, many updates since the demo. Which was even 6 months old or so when it was released.

There is a ton of info on all these titles on sega-16. Where they have stickied the official threads.

The Pier Solar developers post quite a bit on there. Most of them are Sweedish or German I guess, plus they have a couple English speakers doing some translation work. I've been really impressed how they have responded to feedback, and it seems they made changes in many of the areas people were suggesting. It's being released in a couple different languages as well. Pretty good for 35 bucks. Actaully quite amazing.

The guy from Super Fighter Team has been posting quite a bit since Legend of Wukong was announced.

I think the only "new" sorta old school shooter coming out is DUX, which play asia dropped the pre-order price to around 27 bucks. But, sadly, no 16-bit greatness.