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SuperPlay

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Release Schedule showing differnet volume numbers and titles
« on: September 15, 2013, 01:53:48 AM »
Hi

I am not sure if this has already been covered in the past?  However I have been going through my PC Engine collection and came across this release schedule for the original PC Engine.

I have not noticed this previously but as you can see there are differences in titles and volume numbers:



Release Schedule:

01 The Kung-Fu
02 Bikkuriman World
03 Shanghai
04 Victory Run
05 Necromancer (Jaseikin)
06 Youkai Dochuki
07 Kato and Ken Chan
08 ???
09 ???
10 R-Type I

Hudson Volumes as released:

01 The Kung-Fu
02 Bikkuriman World
03 Victory Run
04 Shanghai
05 Necromancer (Jaseikin)
06 Kato and Ken Chan
07 R-Type I
08 Yuu Yuu Jinsei
09 R-Type II
10 Sengoku Mahjong


As I do not read or speak Japanese can someone help identify the following games:

08 ????

The character sprite looks similar that of Makyo Densetsu.  However nothing else matches!




09 ???

Maybe Pachiokun Juban Shobu?  Although the screen is similar the licensing information is wrong




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Re: Release Schedule showing differnet volume numbers and titles
« Reply #1 on: September 15, 2013, 03:04:13 AM »
As I do not read or speak Japanese can someone help identify the following games:

08 ????

The character sprite looks similar that of Makyo Densetsu.  However nothing else matches!




09 ???

Maybe Pachiokun Juban




008 title is Jungle something

009 title is Dynamite Ball

sunteam_paul

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Re: Release Schedule showing differnet volume numbers and titles
« Reply #2 on: September 15, 2013, 07:00:33 AM »
Vol 8 Jungle King
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SuperPlay

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Re: Release Schedule showing differnet volume numbers and titles
« Reply #3 on: September 15, 2013, 07:09:51 AM »
Thanks for the help folks :-)

Is there any further info on these titles / magazine screenshots etc?  I have had a look on Chris Covell's unreleased page and these are not noted.

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Re: Release Schedule showing differnet volume numbers and titles
« Reply #4 on: September 15, 2013, 07:43:56 AM »
They actually used the word "Tarzan" to describe Jungle King. :)

Apparently Legendary Axe and Alien Crush are a couple more games that came together pretty fast before being published.

They saved assets from Dynamite Ball for Devil's Crash.





I guess that they had to come up with a new theme after Hudson ditched the project. Certainly worked out for the best. :)
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Re: Release Schedule showing differnet volume numbers and titles
« Reply #5 on: September 15, 2013, 11:04:40 AM »
Yeah, Dynamite Ball looks pretty lame.

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Re: Release Schedule showing differnet volume numbers and titles
« Reply #6 on: September 15, 2013, 04:47:57 PM »
SuperPlay, nice find. 



Yeah, Dynamite Ball looks pretty lame.


Agreed. I was going to goof around and tell SuperPlay that he discovered TIME CRUISE (the original!)...but that was developed by FACE, if I recall correctly.

JUNGLE KING looks decent (I am a sucker for temples and jaguar beasts...). Goofy? Sure. But it is still intriguing.
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