Geist Force - a lost Dreamcast gem, coming soon

[Stormwatch]

Remember this game? Well, ever heard of this game? Sega showed it in 1998's E3 and TGS, and people were impressed. Yet it was never released - probably because, as we all know, Sega is managed by retards. But I digress...

Now the good news: ASSEMblergames has obtained a copy, from a former Sega of America employee, for about $700. Keep your eyes open for leaks, fellow DC nostalgics!

[drauch]

Ooooooh, I'm intrigued! That snake-thingy coming out of the earth looked pretty awesome.

[Elixir]

Anyone who donated to assemblergames; there's where your money went.

[Udderdude]

Very cool, I'm looking forward to this.

[louisg]

Wow!! That's pretty cool. Hopefully it'll be better than Prop Arena .. well, I always figured this was canned because it either wasn't good, was too buggy, or just wasn't the tech demo it was made out to be.

[GaijinPunch]

Anyone who donated to assemblergames; there's where your money went.

No. They had donations for the game specifically (twice, unfortunately).

Wow!! That's pretty cool. Hopefully it'll be better than Prop Arena

It's apparently a turd.

But, there are 2 threads over there that two ex-Sega USA guys started. They're very informative. Highly suggest any old-school Sega fan to check them out.

[Limbrooke]

But, there are 2 threads over there that two ex-Sega USA guys started. They're very informative. Highly suggest any old-school Sega fan to check them out.

How about the links (or topic titles/starter names), oh supreme leader?

[nem]

Old Sega Veteran just joined... what did you want to know?, by DonnyK

Q&A with another Sega Vet (SegaNet etc), by monkfish

Some interesting info there

[undamned]

Wow, looks like it could be fun! Now I need to check out those Sega employee threads
-ud

[junkeR]

Good news. I remember reading about this game a ways back.

[agustusx]

I was always mad at Stolar for canning this. This was his project but he felt it wasn't moving along fast enough. *sigh*

[Austin]

I'm looking forward to trying this. It looked jaw-dropping back in the day.. I wonder how "complete" it is?

[Udderdude]

From that thread, apparently, not very.

[nem]

There's a short video from the disc on youtube. The actual game starts at three minutes in and gameplay can be seen at 7:43

I was surprised by its completeness. There's 6 stages on the disc, and at least the first one looks to be very playable.

[Super Laydock]

This looks like a misses opportunity to me.
At that moment in time this would have blown ppl away.

Now I have to donate cash to have a release of DC Castlevania (whatever the state of the build.)

[GaijinPunch]

Now I have to donate cash to have a release of DC Castlevania (whatever the state of the build.)

Has it been verified to exist? I remember that was a specific question in one of the threads at Assembler, but not sure if it was answered.

[neorichieb1971]

It was shown in Edge Magazine back in the day. Around issue 50-80 or something like that. I've never seen it moving though. It looked rather hi-res and barren to me though. It was outsourced to an American studio if memory serves me.

[Super Laydock]

Now I have to donate cash to have a release of DC Castlevania (whatever the state of the build.)

Has it been verified to exist? I remember that was a specific question in one of the threads at Assembler, but not sure if it was answered.

E3 trailer

moving in game -barren indeed, but obviously early in development.

[Udderdude]

From the looks of it, that Castlevania game can stay buried for all I care.

[Stormwatch]

It was outsourced to an American studio if memory serves me.

Not outsourced, but yes, an American team -- essentially the same people who did Bottom of the 9th.

[drauch]

From the looks of it, that Castlevania game can stay buried for all I care.

Shame that 32x game didn't get made, though. That game would have blown my mind (and given my 32x some needed playtime)