Baby Boom (found build of cancelled Sega Genesis puzzle game; 1994): Difference between revisions

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A 1994 ECTS promo sheet of the game.

Status: Found

Date found: Unknown

Found by: Jason Wilson (aka DreamTR)

Gameplay.

Baby Boom is a cancelled 1994 puzzle Sega Genesis video game developed by Sega Technical Institute (rumored) and published by Sega. The game is set on New Year's Eve 1999. The game was shown at the 1994 European Computer Trade Show and was scheduled for December 1994 release but was cancelled for unknown reasons.

The three prototype builds of this game were leaked in the Hidden Palace forums by drx in February 23, 2008 (the links are now dead). In August 2015, more information of the game was found in a Ebay auction[1].

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-'''''Baby Boom''''' is a cancelled 1994 puzzle Sega Genesis video game developed by Sega Technical Institute (rumored) and published by Sega. The game is set in the New Year's Eve 1999, where you play as an individual who is paid to murder hundreds of infants to control the population. The game was shown at the 1994 European Computer Trade Show and was scheduled for December 1994 release but was cancelled, likely due to its core themes of mass infanticide, contracted murder, and aggressive population control.
+'''''Baby Boom''''' is a cancelled 1994 puzzle Sega Genesis video game developed by Sega Technical Institute (rumored) and published by Sega. The game is set on New Year's Eve 1999. The game was shown at the 1994 European Computer Trade Show and was scheduled for December 1994 release but was cancelled for unknown reasons.
 The three prototype builds of this game were leaked in the Hidden Palace forums by drx in February 23, 2008 (the links are now dead). In August 2015, more information of the game was found in a Ebay auction[http://www.ebay.com/itm/BABY-BOOM-PROMO-SHEET-1994-SEGA-FES-MEGA-DRIVE-GENESIS-UNRELEASED-GAME-/111742825359?hash=item1a0464338f].