Triff: Daiseibu Animaru no Hihō (lost build of cancelled Super Famicom strategy game; 1992)
Flyer of the game.
Status: Lost
Triff: Daiseibu Animaru no Hihō (Triff－大西部アニマルの秘宝－ which could be translated as "Triff: The Treasure of the Great West") is a cancelled Super Famicom strategy game that was in development by a little-known company called Cyclone Inc.
It had art and character design by Susumu Matsushita who is best known for his works of the Famitsu mascot Necky the Fox, Hudson's Adventure Island series, the Maximo series, and the Derby Stallion series.
Not much is known about this game, except that it was going to be released in December 1992, being advertised in few Famitsu issues showing four screenshots[1] and that it would have supported the Super Famicom mouse. However, it was cancelled for unknown reasons. No prototypes of the game are known to exist.
On October 3, 2020, an gameplay footage of Triff: Daiseibu Animaru no Hihō was unearthed in an tape of CSG Fall/Winter 1992 exhibition.
Advertisement from Famitsu No. 194 issue
Reference
- ↑ Chris Covell's Japanese Magazine Collection. Retrieved 12 Nov '16