Akira (Prototype - Unreleased Sega Mega Drive Game)

[erek]

Kaneda !!!!!!

"An early prototype of the unreleased Sega Mega Drive adaptation of Akira! Developed by Black Pearl Software sometime in late 1993 for a planned released in 1995, this game attempted to do a faithful adaptation of the original film by presenting various key scenes from the film in unique ways. The game features first person shooting, racing, platforming, and beat-em up segments to help illustrate the various points in the movie's story. Thought to have been lost since its initial debut in various media as well as the Summer Consumer Electronic Show (SCES 94) in 1994, an early prototype has been discovered and is presented for the first time in full! A huge thank you goes to Matsuda and an anonymous donor for giving us an opportunity to preserve and share this wonderful gem! Enjoy! Read more about this prototype here: https://bit.ly/2ZhfzYc"

 

[dgz]

One doesn't need to watch the entire video to know why it wasn't released. Not that most Mega Drive games were crazy good or anything but this is definitely below average

 

[GiGaBiTe]

The game showcases some amazing visuals, many of the effects used in this prototype are really hard to do on the Genesis. The only part that was crap was the FPS section, it could have been done a whole lot better. Toy Story and Duke 3D had just about the best 3D you could get out of the Genesis hardware without the 32x.

What really killed it though is the atrocious sound. It sounds like they used the Sega dev kit driver and passed some awful MIDIs through it, which was common on many low budget Genesis games. The game looks pretty late in development, so I doubt the sound would have gotten much better.