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|title=<center>Karma Studio’s GBC Games</center> | |title=<center>Karma Studio’s GBC Games</center> | ||
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|imagecaption=Stip, one of Karma Studio’s planned | |imagecaption=''Stip'', one of Karma Studio’s planned Game Boy Color releases. | ||
|status=<span style="color: | |status=<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially found'''</span> | ||
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''Karma Studios'' was a small game development team located in the Netherlands. Founded in 1998 by Martijn Wenting, '''the company specialized in games for portable platforms, mainly the Game Boy Color'''. | |||
The only | The only Game Boy Color game that was released by Karma Studios was 2000’s ''Keep The Balance''. Around 8 other games were developed and previewed for the system, but were cancelled likely due to financial problems. | ||
3 more games that were still in very early production were also previewed and likely never had the coding started on them; ''Global Kumite'', ''Tube'' and ''Smashing Tennis'' was their working titles according to IGN. | 3 more games that were still in very early production were also previewed and likely never had the coding started on them; ''Global Kumite'', ''Tube'' and ''Smashing Tennis'' was their working titles according to IGN. | ||
==Availability== | ==Availability== | ||
No ROMs or prototypes of any of the planned games are known to exist. Graphical assets previewed by Karma Studio’s defunct website and IGN have been uncovered, as well as the soundtracks to 5 of the 11 games | On September 10, 2020, a ROM for ''Bounced'' was found among a collection of ROMs sent to Nintendo for approval. No ROMs or prototypes of any of the other planned games are known to exist, although ''Section 7'' and ''Cybores'' were eventually released for mobile phones in 2003. Graphical assets previewed by Karma Studio’s defunct website and IGN have been uncovered, as well as the soundtracks to 5 of the 11 games, composed by musician Faried Verheul. | ||
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|1|| | |1||Stip||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
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|2|| | |2||Bounced||<span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | ||
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|3|| | |3||Z-Quence||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
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|4|| | |4||Section 7||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
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|5|| | |5||Turbo Racing Challenge||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
|6|| | |6||G-Loop||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
|7|| | |7||Rebounced||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
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|8|| | |8||Cybores||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
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|9|| | |9||Global Kumite||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
|10|| | |10||Tube||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
|11|| | |11||Smashing Tennis||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|} | |} | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery mode=packed heights=175px> | <gallery mode=packed heights=175px> | ||
Bounced.jpeg|Bounced | Bounced.jpeg|''Bounced''. | ||
ZQuence.jpeg|Z-Quence | ZQuence.jpeg|''Z-Quence''. | ||
Section7.jpeg|Section 7 | Section7.jpeg|''Section 7''. | ||
TurboRacingChallange.jpeg|Turbo Racing Challenge. | TurboRacingChallange.jpeg|''Turbo Racing Challenge''. | ||
GLoop.jpeg|G-Loop | GLoop.jpeg|''G-Loop''. | ||
Rebounced.jpeg|Rebounced | Rebounced.jpeg|''Rebounced''. | ||
Cybores.jpeg|Cybores | Cybores.jpeg|''Cybores''. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
*[https:// | *[https://ign.com/articles/1999/12/15/karma-studios-in-2000 IGN Preview from 2000.] | ||
*[https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbMoFtAsbzikUcHsM-H5tImwd-8H9VOcK Snippets of the game’s soundtracks.] | *[https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbMoFtAsbzikUcHsM-H5tImwd-8H9VOcK Snippets of the game’s soundtracks.] | ||
[[Category:Lost video games]] | [[Category:Lost video games]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Partially found media]] |
Latest revision as of 10:37, 15 July 2023
Karma Studios was a small game development team located in the Netherlands. Founded in 1998 by Martijn Wenting, the company specialized in games for portable platforms, mainly the Game Boy Color.
The only Game Boy Color game that was released by Karma Studios was 2000’s Keep The Balance. Around 8 other games were developed and previewed for the system, but were cancelled likely due to financial problems.
3 more games that were still in very early production were also previewed and likely never had the coding started on them; Global Kumite, Tube and Smashing Tennis was their working titles according to IGN.
Availability
On September 10, 2020, a ROM for Bounced was found among a collection of ROMs sent to Nintendo for approval. No ROMs or prototypes of any of the other planned games are known to exist, although Section 7 and Cybores were eventually released for mobile phones in 2003. Graphical assets previewed by Karma Studio’s defunct website and IGN have been uncovered, as well as the soundtracks to 5 of the 11 games, composed by musician Faried Verheul.
# | Game Title | Status |
---|---|---|
1 | Stip | Lost |
2 | Bounced | Found |
3 | Z-Quence | Lost |
4 | Section 7 | Lost |
5 | Turbo Racing Challenge | Lost |
6 | G-Loop | Lost |
7 | Rebounced | Lost |
8 | Cybores | Lost |
9 | Global Kumite | Lost |
10 | Tube | Lost |
11 | Smashing Tennis | Lost |