Soulstar was a Mega-CD game created by Core Design, and after its release, two seperate conversions were planned. One was a port to the Jaguar CD, under the same name, whereas the other was an updated version for the 32X, under the name Soulstar X. In the end, neither of them were released.
The 32X update was previewed in Sega Power’s August 1995 issue, but some of the screenshots provided are a bit suspect; At least one of them is identical to a screenshot used on Wikipedia (at the time of writing) to demonstrate the unreleased Jaguar version… Did Sega Power simply get screenshots from the Jaguar CD version due to a lack of available 32X screens? It’s difficult to say, but the preview does confirm a few things about the 32X update, specifically the addition of multiplayer, and a faster game overall. The game looks slightly better than the Mega-CD original.
A playable beta of Soulstar X 32X was leaked by the Sega Saturno Community in February 2010.
Thanks to Adam for the contribution!
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9 Responses to Soulstar X [Jaguar CD/32X - Unreleased]
Evan Connolly
August 16th, 2008 at 11:13 pm
Where did you get these images?
torbenh
January 26th, 2009 at 11:16 pm
you can sometimes find a playable proto on ebay(de).
Matt
January 27th, 2009 at 6:27 am
theres a non-corrupted version of the proto somewhere but the ones you’ll find on ebay are CD-R’s of the corrupted version.. needless to say don’t buy the ones that pop up on Ebay.
monokoma
January 27th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
Thanks for the info Matt :)
Celine
August 31st, 2009 at 11:50 am
There is a brief footage of Soulstar X for 32x in here ( also there is one for the unreleased Virtual Golf ):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoQK3K1Nrq4
monokoma
August 31st, 2009 at 12:37 pm
Thanks for the link Celine! :) I think i’ll save the video and cut just the Soulstar part, there’s too much Virtua Fighter in there :P
32x
February 20th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
http://www.segasaturno.com/portal/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=4626
Adam
February 22nd, 2010 at 12:50 am
Here is a video of the Jaguar version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE9RyslyOCY
The version that’s out there is said to be complete but it crashes at certain points. I have it myself and it is playable unless you choose certain paths in the game at one point.
monokoma
February 22nd, 2010 at 2:10 pm
Thanks for the link Adam, i’m going to add the video in the page :) So.. apart from the crashes, is the game fun? :P