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|title=<center>Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill</center> | |title=<center>Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill</center> | ||
|image= | |image=Socks ROM title screen.png | ||
|imagecaption= | |imagecaption=Title screen of the Super Nintendo version. | ||
|status=<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> ( | |status= <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> (Super Nintendo version)<br><span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> (Sega Genesis version) | ||
|datefound=2002 or 2003 | |datefound=2002 or 2003 (SNES prototype) /01 Feb 2018 (SNES version official release) | ||
|foundby = Jason Wilson (aka DreamTR) (SNES version) | |foundby =Jason Wilson (aka DreamTR) (SNES version) | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''''Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill''''' is an unreleased 1993 Super Nintendo/Sega Genesis platform video game that starred a cartoon, fictionalized version of Bill Clinton's famous pet cat, Socks. | |||
According to magazine articles, the game centred around Socks fighting foreign rat spies invading the White House to steal nuclear plans, leading him through several levels to fight said enemies. | |||
According to magazine articles, the game | |||
Bosses were allegedly based on real-life American politicians, including Ross Perot and a Jimmy Carter stand-in with a "smile attack". | Bosses were allegedly based on real-life American politicians, including Ross Perot and a Jimmy Carter stand-in with a "smile attack". | ||
==Cancellation== | ==Cancellation== | ||
Although the game was fully developed and featured in ads and game expositions, its release was cancelled for unknown reasons, although it has been speculated that it was due to the political satire inside the game that would not have possibly | Although the game was fully developed and featured in ads and game expositions, its release was cancelled for unknown reasons, although it has been speculated that it was due to the political satire inside the game that would not have possibly led to legal problems. People who have worked on the game denied this, however, and stated that it was due to the publisher being shut down before the game's release.<ref>[http://www.snescentral.com/article.php?id=0094 The game's development history on SNES Central.] Retrieved 08 Apr '15</ref> | ||
==Availability== | ==Availability== | ||
=== | ===Super Nintendo=== | ||
Only one prototype cartridge of the | Only one prototype cartridge of the Super Nintendo version has been known to exist still. It ended up in possession of Jason Wilson, aka DreamTR, an avid collector of video games and owner of a video arcade. However, he refused to make its ROM available to the public because it would lower the value of the cartridge, although he kept a duplicate of the ROM.<ref>[http://blog.pricecharting.com/2009/07/interview-rare-game-collector-with.html Interview with DreamTR, when he held the prototype cartridge.] Retrieved 08 Apr '15</ref> | ||
Aware of its uniqueness, DreamTR had a friend upload an (intentionally) blurry, poor-quality five-minute video of the game being played on a TV. He and his friend admitted they did it in order to "troll" fans/gamers who would wish to play it. After this, they got flooded with countless requests that he'd dump the ROM, some of them being extremely aggressive. | Aware of its uniqueness, DreamTR had a friend upload an (intentionally) blurry, poor-quality five-minute video of the game being played on a TV. He and his friend admitted they did it in order to "troll" fans/gamers who would wish to play it. After this, they got flooded with countless requests that he'd dump the ROM, some of them being extremely aggressive. | ||
In a forum on NintendoAge, DreamTR explained that he refused to dump the ROM. However, he would sell the prototype cartridge for a minimum of $5000 or exchange it for either a ''Medieval Madness'' pinball machine or a copy | In a forum on NintendoAge, DreamTR explained that he refused to dump the ROM. However, he would sell the prototype cartridge for a minimum of $5000 or exchange it for either a ''Medieval Madness'' pinball machine or a copy of ''Stadium Events'' on the NES with the original box and manual, either also be being worth around $5000.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20141013091601/http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=35&threadid=62349 The NintendoAge forum thread where DreamTR explains why he refuses to dump a ROM of the SNES version (courtesy of the Wayback Machine).] Retrieved 08 Apr '15</ref> | ||
Eventually, a member of the forum, MinusWorlds, did buy the cartridge and promised that he would release it to the public in the near future, but in the form of boxed reproduction cartridges, after which a Kickstarter was eventually launched. | Eventually, a member of the forum, MinusWorlds, did buy the cartridge and promised that he would release it to the public in the near future, but in the form of boxed reproduction cartridges, after which a Kickstarter was eventually launched.<ref>[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/socksthecat/socks-the-cat-the-video-game-based-on-the-clintons Kickstarter project for new cartridge releases.] Retrieved 08 Apr '15</ref> | ||
On February 1st, 2018, the game's reproduction cartridges were finally shipped, and it was later dumped online for people to play the game. | |||
===Sega Genesis=== | ===Sega Genesis=== | ||
No prototypes of the Sega Genesis version have resurfaced in any way and little is known about it in general apart from the fact that it would have been very different | No prototypes of the Sega Genesis version have resurfaced in any way, and little is known about it in general, apart from the fact that it would have been very different from the Super Nintendo release. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
{{ | ===Videos=== | ||
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|description1 =Gameplay footage. | |||
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|description2 =Boss fight. | |||
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|description1 =12 minutes of gameplay footage of the SNES version, courtesy of YouTube user NR Productions. | |||
}} | |||
===Images=== | |||
<gallery mode=packed heights=175px> | <gallery mode=packed heights=175px> | ||
File:Socksthecatrocksthehouse.jpg|The game was developed as "Socks the Cat Rocks the House". | File:Socksthecatrocksthehouse.jpg|The game was developed as "Socks the Cat Rocks the House". | ||
File:Sock-ads.jpg|Advertisement for the game. | File:Sock-ads.jpg|Advertisement for the game. | ||
File:Socks Kickstarter Promo.png|Kickstarter advertisement. | |||
File:socks_the_cat.jpg|Original box art. Bill Clinton is redrawn as a cartoon (possibly due to photography copyrights). | |||
File:Socks_box_back.jpg|Back of the original box. | |||
File:Socks_Gamepro_review.jpg|Gamepro's review of ''Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill''. | |||
File:Socks sega.png | File:Socks sega.png | ||
File:Socks the Cat Sega Genesis screenshot.png|The only known screenshot of the Genesis version. | File:Socks the Cat Sega Genesis screenshot.png|The only known screenshot of the Genesis version. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==External Link== | |||
*[http://hiddenpalace.org/Socks_the_Cat_Rocks_the_Hill_(prototype) Hidden Palace's page on the game, provides a download link to the ROM of the Super Nintendo version of the game.] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | |||
[[Category:Lost video games]] | [[Category:Lost video games]] | ||
[[Category:Found media]] | |||
[[Category:Found video games]] | |||
[[Category:Partially lost media]] | |||
Latest revision as of 20:58, 9 November 2023
Title screen of the Super Nintendo version.
Status: Found (Super Nintendo version)
Lost (Sega Genesis version)
Date found: 2002 or 2003 (SNES prototype) /01 Feb 2018 (SNES version official release)
Found by: Jason Wilson (aka DreamTR) (SNES version)
Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill is an unreleased 1993 Super Nintendo/Sega Genesis platform video game that starred a cartoon, fictionalized version of Bill Clinton's famous pet cat, Socks.
According to magazine articles, the game centred around Socks fighting foreign rat spies invading the White House to steal nuclear plans, leading him through several levels to fight said enemies.
Bosses were allegedly based on real-life American politicians, including Ross Perot and a Jimmy Carter stand-in with a "smile attack".
Cancellation
Although the game was fully developed and featured in ads and game expositions, its release was cancelled for unknown reasons, although it has been speculated that it was due to the political satire inside the game that would not have possibly led to legal problems. People who have worked on the game denied this, however, and stated that it was due to the publisher being shut down before the game's release.[1]
Availability
Super Nintendo
Only one prototype cartridge of the Super Nintendo version has been known to exist still. It ended up in possession of Jason Wilson, aka DreamTR, an avid collector of video games and owner of a video arcade. However, he refused to make its ROM available to the public because it would lower the value of the cartridge, although he kept a duplicate of the ROM.[2]
Aware of its uniqueness, DreamTR had a friend upload an (intentionally) blurry, poor-quality five-minute video of the game being played on a TV. He and his friend admitted they did it in order to "troll" fans/gamers who would wish to play it. After this, they got flooded with countless requests that he'd dump the ROM, some of them being extremely aggressive.
In a forum on NintendoAge, DreamTR explained that he refused to dump the ROM. However, he would sell the prototype cartridge for a minimum of $5000 or exchange it for either a Medieval Madness pinball machine or a copy of Stadium Events on the NES with the original box and manual, either also be being worth around $5000.[3]
Eventually, a member of the forum, MinusWorlds, did buy the cartridge and promised that he would release it to the public in the near future, but in the form of boxed reproduction cartridges, after which a Kickstarter was eventually launched.[4]
On February 1st, 2018, the game's reproduction cartridges were finally shipped, and it was later dumped online for people to play the game.
Sega Genesis
No prototypes of the Sega Genesis version have resurfaced in any way, and little is known about it in general, apart from the fact that it would have been very different from the Super Nintendo release.
Gallery
Videos
Images
The game was developed as "Socks the Cat Rocks the House".
Advertisement for the game.
Kickstarter advertisement.
Original box art. Bill Clinton is redrawn as a cartoon (possibly due to photography copyrights).
Back of the original box.
Gamepro's review of Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill.
The only known screenshot of the Genesis version.
External Link
References
- ↑ The game's development history on SNES Central. Retrieved 08 Apr '15
- ↑ Interview with DreamTR, when he held the prototype cartridge. Retrieved 08 Apr '15
- ↑ The NintendoAge forum thread where DreamTR explains why he refuses to dump a ROM of the SNES version (courtesy of the Wayback Machine). Retrieved 08 Apr '15
- ↑ Kickstarter project for new cartridge releases. Retrieved 08 Apr '15