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A GameBoy Color version of Jet Force Gemini was in development by Bit Studios (for Rare) in 2000, but it was cancelled in the end. The original JFG is a third-person shooter/action adventure published for the Nintendo 64 in October 1999, but the GBC version was never officially announced.
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We were able to know about this cancelled project only thanks to Dano2k0 from the Assembler Forum, that found a playable prototype and shared some screens with the community. Rare released 2 other GameBoy Color games based on their Nintendo 64 titles, Perfect Dark and Conker’s Pocket Tales, that were received with low interest by gamers: we could speculate that their third GameBoy Color “N64 port” was canned for this reason or for quality issues.
'''''Jet Force Gemini''''' is a popular game made by Rare for the Nintendo 64. A GameBoy Color version of Jet Force Gemini was in development by Bit Studios (for Rare) in 2000 but was cancelled and never officially announced.


Jet Force Gemini GBC was going to have an isometric 2D view, while the gameplay was probably going to be “similar” to the N64 version, with lots of shooting and insects to kill.
Little is known about the game beyond this. This port was expected to have an isometric 2D view, which would be similar to the N64 version. According to an interview with Martin Wakeley, the game was nearly finished when it was dumped at the last minute.<ref>[https://www.unseen64.net/2010/02/28/jet-force-gemini-game-boy-color-cancelled/ Main source for this article.] Retrieved 25 Dec '16.</ref>


As we can read in an interview with Martin Wakeley:
A video was uploaded on YouTube by a user named "Gameboy Color" which shows the introduction to the game.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZmb58rw3Cg YouTube video of introduction to the game.] Retrieved 25 Dec '16.</ref> Few details beyond this were provided by the user other than the fact that this footage is "ultra rare" and that the user was playing it on a Gameboy SP.
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JFG on the Gameboy was the only occasion I can remember Rare outsourcing anything. It was being done by Bits Studios and was nearly done last time I saw it, I’m not sure what happened to it.
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JFG GBC.png

Screenshot from the opening of the game.

Status: Lost


Jet Force Gemini is a popular game made by Rare for the Nintendo 64. A GameBoy Color version of Jet Force Gemini was in development by Bit Studios (for Rare) in 2000 but was cancelled and never officially announced.

Little is known about the game beyond this. This port was expected to have an isometric 2D view, which would be similar to the N64 version. According to an interview with Martin Wakeley, the game was nearly finished when it was dumped at the last minute.[1]

A video was uploaded on YouTube by a user named "Gameboy Color" which shows the introduction to the game.[2] Few details beyond this were provided by the user other than the fact that this footage is "ultra rare" and that the user was playing it on a Gameboy SP.


Footage of the introduction of the game from YouTuber "Gameboy Color."

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