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|title=<center>Cooly Skunk (Super Famicom version)</center>
|title=<center>Cooly Skunk (Super Famicom version)</center>
|image=Cooly Skunk (unreleased Super Famicom version) 1.jpg
|image=Cooly Skunk title screen SFC.png
|imagecaption=One of the screenshots.
|imagecaption=Title screen
|status=<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|status=<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|datefound=19 Jan '20
|foundby=[https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2020/01/19/cooly-skunk-snes-unreleased/ Forest of Illusion]
}}
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''Cooly Skunk'' (クーリースカンク ''Kūrī Sukanku''), known in the USA as ''Punky Skunk'', is a 1996 PlayStation platform video game developed by Ukiyotei and published in Japan by Visit and in the USA by Jaleco USA.<ref>[https://www.unseen64.net/2010/02/08/cooly-skunk-snes-unreleased/ The Unseen64 article on ''Cooly Skunk''.] Retrieved 26 Oct '15</ref> The player controls an anthropomorphic skunk, Cooly (Punky in USA version) who needs to save the world from the evil Wolf Pack. Its game plays much like other side-scrolling action games, featuring a set of special tools such as a skunk spray, digging claws, and a snowboard. Although it was released for the PlayStation, it seems that the game was unfinished.
''Cooly Skunk'' (クーリースカンク ''Kūrī Sukanku''), known in the USA as ''Punky Skunk'', is a 1996 PlayStation platform video game developed by Ukiyotei and published in Japan by Visit and in the USA by Jaleco USA.<ref>[https://www.unseen64.net/2010/02/08/cooly-skunk-snes-unreleased/ The Unseen64 article on ''Cooly Skunk''.] Retrieved 26 Oct '15</ref> The player controls an anthropomorphic skunk, Cooly (Punky in USA version) who needs to save the world from the evil Wolf Pack. Its game plays much like other side-scrolling action games, featuring a set of special tools such as a skunk spray, digging claws, and a snowboard. Although it was released for the PlayStation, it seems that the game was unfinished.
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This game was originally planned to '''release for Super Famicom''' on February 23, 1996, at 9,300 yen, but it was cancelled likely due to the new PlayStation and Saturn consoles, that “killed” the SNES and Mega Drive/Genesis market. The game was shown at the Shoshinkai 1995 event.
This game was originally planned to '''release for Super Famicom''' on February 23, 1996, at 9,300 yen, but it was cancelled likely due to the new PlayStation and Saturn consoles, that “killed” the SNES and Mega Drive/Genesis market. The game was shown at the Shoshinkai 1995 event.


Only some screenshots and no prototypes or other information of the original unreleased Super Famicom version have resurfaced. However, on November 16, 2019, someone found an Satellaview 8M cartridge which game inside being sell for high price at Super Potato in Akihabara, possibly confirming that game was either had an BSX broadcast or just utterly put the game as an development prototype under 8M Memory Pack for some reason.<ref>[https://twitter.com/MrTalida/status/1195732823455354880 Twitter post about the discovery of cartridge.] Retrieved 18 Jan '20</ref> Unfortunately, since he didn't have enough money, he didn't buy the cartridge.
Only some screenshots and no prototypes or other information of the original unreleased Super Famicom version have resurfaced. However, on November 16, 2019, someone found an Satellaview 8M cartridge which game inside being sell for high price at Super Potato in Akihabara, confirming that game was either had an BSX broadcast as an demo for some time.<ref>[https://twitter.com/MrTalida/status/1195732823455354880 Twitter post about the discovery of cartridge.] Retrieved 18 Jan '20</ref> Unfortunately, since he didn't have enough money, he didn't buy the cartridge.


Afterwards, no more information had given about the cart till January 18, 2020 where Forest of Illusion made an contact for the current owner and was saying for $355. So, they set up an donation request on Twitter and succeeded reached it in less an hour. This mean that ROM will be release soon.<ref>[https://twitter.com/forestillusion/status/1218673168514109440 Twitter post stating for the donation for release.] Retrieved 18 Jan '20</ref>  
Afterwards, no more information had given about the cart till January 18, 2020 where Forest of Illusion made an contact for the current owner and was saying for $355. So, they set up an donation request on Twitter and succeeded reached it in less an hour. This mean that ROM will be release soon.<ref>[https://twitter.com/forestillusion/status/1218673168514109440 Twitter post stating for the donation for release.] Retrieved 18 Jan '20</ref>  
Next day, the ROM was released for all us to enjoy.<ref>[https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2020/01/19/cooly-skunk-snes-unreleased/ ROM release in Gaming Alexandria.] Retrieved 19 Jan '20</ref>


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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Cooly Skunk (unreleased Super Famicom version) 1.jpg|One of the screenshots.
Cooly Skunk (unreleased Super Famicom version) 2.jpg
Cooly Skunk (unreleased Super Famicom version) 2.jpg
Cooly Skunk (unreleased Super Famicom version) 3.jpg
Cooly Skunk (unreleased Super Famicom version) 3.jpg
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Revision as of 16:20, 19 January 2020

Cooly Skunk title screen SFC.png

Title screen

Status: Found

Cooly Skunk (クーリースカンク Kūrī Sukanku), known in the USA as Punky Skunk, is a 1996 PlayStation platform video game developed by Ukiyotei and published in Japan by Visit and in the USA by Jaleco USA.[1] The player controls an anthropomorphic skunk, Cooly (Punky in USA version) who needs to save the world from the evil Wolf Pack. Its game plays much like other side-scrolling action games, featuring a set of special tools such as a skunk spray, digging claws, and a snowboard. Although it was released for the PlayStation, it seems that the game was unfinished.

This game was originally planned to release for Super Famicom on February 23, 1996, at 9,300 yen, but it was cancelled likely due to the new PlayStation and Saturn consoles, that “killed” the SNES and Mega Drive/Genesis market. The game was shown at the Shoshinkai 1995 event.

Only some screenshots and no prototypes or other information of the original unreleased Super Famicom version have resurfaced. However, on November 16, 2019, someone found an Satellaview 8M cartridge which game inside being sell for high price at Super Potato in Akihabara, confirming that game was either had an BSX broadcast as an demo for some time.[2] Unfortunately, since he didn't have enough money, he didn't buy the cartridge.

Afterwards, no more information had given about the cart till January 18, 2020 where Forest of Illusion made an contact for the current owner and was saying for $355. So, they set up an donation request on Twitter and succeeded reached it in less an hour. This mean that ROM will be release soon.[3]

Next day, the ROM was released for all us to enjoy.[4]

Gallery

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