Albert Odyssey Gaiden (known in USA as Legend of Eldean) is RPG developed by Sunsoft and released for the Saturn in 1996, but it was originally meant to be published for the Super Famicom / Super Nintendo. The SNES version was soon cancelled and the project was ported to the new SEGA console, with many differences. Obviously the graphic was boosted for the Saturn, but even the SNES version looked really good for a 16 bit system.
As in 1994 / 1995 many japanese gamers were going to buy one of the new 32 bit consoles to replace the Super Famicom / Mega Drive, probably Sunsoft thought that Albert Odyssey Gaiden would have sold better on the Saturn.
It’s currently unknown how much the SNES version was completed before its cancellation.
Thanks to Celine for the contribution! (Scans from Super Power magazine #20 and #22)
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4 Responses to Albert Odyssey Gaiden [SNES - Cancelled]
Celine
December 9th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
That was quick.
Wonder what fruits the Sunsoft – Gaijinworks collaboration could bear.
miretank
December 9th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
looks really nice for the snes. even reminds me of golden sun
MarxForever
December 10th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
Well judging from the screen shots it must’ve been still fairly early in development. They only had two character sprites.
monokoma
December 11th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
You are right Marx, i did not even noticed it before :O Also, only battle screens, not world-map or towns..