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'''''Hardcore''''' is a cancelled 1994 video game developed by DICE/Digital Illusions and published by Psygnosis that was scheduled for release in November 1994 (copyright date says 1995) on Amiga, Sega Genesis and Sega CD. The game appears to be a typical run-and-gun platformer with similarities to the ''Turrican'' series. The Genesis port was nearly finished when Psygnosis cancelled all its Genesis/Mega Drive titles, including ''Hardcore'', ''Bill's Tomato Game'', ''ResQ'', ''Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame'', ''Shadow of the Beast III'' and ''Blood Money'' among others.
'''''Hardcore''''' is a cancelled 1994 video game developed by DICE/Digital Illusions and published by Psygnosis that was scheduled for release in November 1994 (copyright date says 1995) on Amiga, Sega Genesis and Sega CD.<ref>[http://www.unseen64.net/2008/07/15/hardcore-mdg-and-mega-cd-cancelled/ Unseen64 page on ''Hardcore''.] Retrieved 02 Dec '14</ref> The game appears to be a typical run-and-gun platformer with similarities to the ''Turrican'' series. The Genesis port was nearly finished when Psygnosis cancelled all its Genesis/Mega Drive titles, including ''Hardcore'', ''Bill's Tomato Game'', ''ResQ'', ''Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame'', ''Shadow of the Beast III'' and ''Blood Money'' among others.


Years later, a video of a prototype of the Genesis version has surfaced on YouTube, but a ROM has yet to be dumped, and nothing has resurfaced of the Amiga or Sega CD ports.
Years later, a video of a prototype of the Genesis version has surfaced on YouTube, but a ROM has yet to be dumped, and nothing has resurfaced of the Amiga or Sega CD ports.
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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==External Links==
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*[http://www.unseen64.net/2008/07/15/hardcore-mdg-and-mega-cd-cancelled/ Unseen 64 article]
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==Reference==
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Latest revision as of 16:29, 1 July 2020

Hardcore title screen.JPG

The title screen.

Status: Lost

Hardcore is a cancelled 1994 video game developed by DICE/Digital Illusions and published by Psygnosis that was scheduled for release in November 1994 (copyright date says 1995) on Amiga, Sega Genesis and Sega CD.[1] The game appears to be a typical run-and-gun platformer with similarities to the Turrican series. The Genesis port was nearly finished when Psygnosis cancelled all its Genesis/Mega Drive titles, including Hardcore, Bill's Tomato Game, ResQ, Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame, Shadow of the Beast III and Blood Money among others.

Years later, a video of a prototype of the Genesis version has surfaced on YouTube, but a ROM has yet to be dumped, and nothing has resurfaced of the Amiga or Sega CD ports.

Gallery

8 minutes of gameplay.

Reference

  1. Unseen64 page on Hardcore. Retrieved 02 Dec '14