Shenmue / Project Berkley [Saturn – Cancelled]

12 thoughts on “Shenmue / Project Berkley [Saturn – Cancelled]”

1. Fraxy 18-12-2009 at 02:56

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl1Y53W89bw

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   1. monokoma 18-12-2009 at 13:55

      ahah, wow! We did not have a video in the page already? Somehow i forgot to add it :( Thanks a lot Fraxy! :)

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2. Brian 30-05-2010 at 22:33

   Why is this description in a foreign language???

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   1. monokoma 31-05-2010 at 09:51

      Because Unseen 64 was born as an italian site, and only later we decided to write all the articles in english. There are still some old articles that are in italian, untill we’ll have the time to translate them! :)

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3. marksuicide 08-06-2011 at 21:35

   We can ask if it could release the SEGA Saturn version of Shenmue in all we can do together … no?
   by italia

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4. marksuicide 08-06-2011 at 21:37

   non si potrebbe chiedere alla SEGA di rilasciare la versione saturn di shenmue? anche se non completo… in sieme possiamo farcela

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   1. monokoma 08-06-2011 at 22:55

      Sarebbe bello, ma di solito questi tentativi non hanno mai successo (vedi anche Mother 3) :(

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5. marksuicide 09-06-2011 at 12:30

   si potrebbe pressarli fino alla morte, o ingaggiare un programmatore per far creare shenmue per sega, è un lavoro pesante ma non credo che sia molto costoso programmare un gioco a 32-bit

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6. Federico 14-10-2011 at 13:54

   Sarebbe un bel colpo riuscire a mettere le mani sulla versione Saturn di Shenmue.
   Il video presentato sopra è stato inserito in shenmue 2, perciò qualcuno deve averlo registrato partendo dall’originale per Saturn.
   Questo mi porta a credere che la versione Beta per Saturn esiste e che qualcuno la possa avere.

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7. marksuicide 10-01-2012 at 20:04

   se il demo-tech c’è ci dovrebbe essere anche il gioco, dato che il video mostra anche shenmue due… quindi almeno il primo dovrebbe esserci.
   poi ora sta uscendo dei gioci per saturn, vedete SONIC X-TREME, Werewolf: The Apocalypse, Major Damage, Fighting Force e qualche altro, quindi perche non shenmue?

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8. John 16-10-2012 at 08:21

   English Translation:

   Originally, the great game of Yu Suzuki and his AM2, Shenmue, was designed to Saturn instead of Dreamcast. Finishing Shenmue 2 for Dreamcast or Xbox, you can unlock a rare video of the Saturn version of Shenmue.

   It is simply a tech demo, but able to show the potential of Saturn, in fact the demo had amazing graphics for the time, all done with a common Saturn, without using the famous “booster cartridge”.

   Shenmue was in fact considered a “killer app”. The game was almost completed when it was canceled because of scheduling problems that plagued the Saturn, which had accumulated during the whole development of the game, and the capacity of the console SEGA not properly handle 3D models. More space to hold the game would amount to less than 8 CD!

   Thus, the development of Shenmue was postponed.One of the unconfirmed reports said that the game was originally going to be called “Virtua Fighter RPG,” a role-playing game based on Akira, a character from Virtua Fighter (a fighting game developed by AM2 always) that looks a lot like Ryo, the protagonist of Shenmue.

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   1. monokoma 16-10-2012 at 13:11

      Thanks John! :D I will add your translation in the page :)

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