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06-26-2010, 01:55 AM
Eric83

ResQ

I've only played less than 5 min so far. But it plays very similar to Blaster Master.

When do you get to the 3D Bonus stage that's supposed to be similar to "Star Fox"? Is there an access code that can take you right to the 3D Bonus Stage? Maybe a level select code? How about a Game Genie code?

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Originally Posted by playgen

The Stafox-like bonus levels in ResQ use polygons:

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/paul.ja...5bx%5d_089.gif http://homepage.ntlworld.com/paul.ja...5bx%5d_101.gif
06-26-2010, 03:50 AM
oldskool

Hmm.. this looks interesting. Is this some sort of a Genesis homebrew rom?
06-26-2010, 04:00 AM
Silanda

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Originally Posted by oldskool

Hmm.. this looks interesting. Is this some sort of a Genesis homebrew rom?

It's an unreleased game from back in the day. Towards the end of the Genesis/MD's life Psygnosis cancelled a bunch of games they had in development for it. Assumedly this was one of them.
06-26-2010, 05:19 AM
playgen

Here are the level codes, enter them on the password screen:

Mines 1 - START
Mines 2 - FLAIS
Mines 3 - FSWKM
Mines 4 - TWSFS
Mines 5 - MWKYA
Mines 6 - TIACB
3d Stage - PHGAC
Techno 1 - JIAFL
Techno 2 - WRMRS
Techno 3 - TLIFH
Techno 4 - BLWVM
Techno 5 - DDKAG
3d Stage - IHIBA
Caves 1 - POAPV
Caves 2 - JDHAC
Caves 3 - TAPAP
Caves 4 - BCAFA
Caves 5 - TBMAS
3d Stage - SHCIB
City 1 - BOARF
City 2 - DASMD
City 3 - TFIAT
Alien World - PSSYC
06-26-2010, 03:25 PM
Eric83

Quote:

Originally Posted by playgen

Here are the level codes, enter them on the password screen:

Mines 1 - START
Mines 2 - FLAIS
Mines 3 - FSWKM
Mines 4 - TWSFS
Mines 5 - MWKYA
Mines 6 - TIACB
3d Stage - PHGAC
Techno 1 - JIAFL
Techno 2 - WRMRS
Techno 3 - TLIFH
Techno 4 - BLWVM
Techno 5 - DDKAG
3d Stage - IHIBA
Caves 1 - POAPV
Caves 2 - JDHAC
Caves 3 - TAPAP
Caves 4 - BCAFA
Caves 5 - TBMAS
3d Stage - SHCIB
City 1 - BOARF
City 2 - DASMD
City 3 - TFIAT
Alien World - PSSYC

Thanks
06-26-2010, 03:46 PM
oldskool

So since this was an unreleased title and you could never buy nor find a cart of it anywhere, may I ask where to get the ROM for this?
06-26-2010, 04:35 PM
Eric83

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Originally Posted by oldskool

So since this was an unreleased title and you could never buy nor find a cart of it anywhere, may I ask where to get the ROM for this?

I'm not sure if were allowed to link to ROMS. Just google it.
06-26-2010, 10:22 PM
Melf

The developer (Tempest Software) made it available as freeware, so feel free to check it out.
06-27-2010, 03:06 AM
old man

I need a list of controls. I can make the thing fly and shoot, but not much else.
06-27-2010, 06:58 AM
playgen

You need to land the ship on a flat surface, once you have done that press and hold down on the D-pad. Then the Space Centurion will leave the ship and you can proceed on foot/jetpack, and reach areas that are inaccessible for the ship.

Its a really good game, well worth playing.
06-27-2010, 05:21 PM
old man

^^ Thanks!
07-02-2010, 09:12 PM
retrospiel

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Originally Posted by Melf

The developer (Tempest Software) made it available as freeware, so feel free to check it out.

That's great! Do you know when, how and who released it ?

Some links I found:

http://worldofstuart.excellentconten...dge/secret.htm

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Originally Posted by EDGE

RES-Q (Mega Drive)

The only genuine British rarity here, Res-Q was a Mega Drive game from Psygnosis which was overtaken by developments in the MD scene (or rather, the total lack of them, as the platform's economic viability collapsed almost overnight thanks to the advent of the Playstation) before it got as far as any shop shelves. Allegedly a little disgruntled at all their hard work being wasted, programmers Tempest Software released the code to the emulation community with their blessing. It's not difficult to understand Psygnosis' thinking - while slickly executed, the game is a fairly ponderous underground-exploring mission that really belongs on an Amiga or Atari ST, and its chances of being a hit with the Mega Drive audience would have to be counted as very slim indeed. Such is the problem of producing cartridge games, of course - it's too expensive just to stick something out and see how it does, even if you've just spent 18 months and a couple of hundred thousand quid developing it, just it time to see the console go down the toilet. Suddenly, 100 million potential Russian Spectrum owners seem like an attractive market...

http://www.unseen64.net/2010/02/11/resq-mdg-cancelled/

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Originally Posted by unseen64

ResQ is a cancelled 2D shooter / action game that was in development by Tempest Software for the Genesis / Mega Drive. The project was almost finished when the publisher, Psygnosis, decided to pulled it out: even if ResQ was never officially released, a rom of the game was leaked online and can be easily found through Google.
The look and feel of the game seem taken from an Amiga project, probably because the team was inspired by the Bitmap Brothers graphic style back then. Other inspirations were games such as R-Type (for the ship) C64 version of Turrican, Super Ghosts and Goblins (for the centurion) Starwing/Starfox (for the 3D bonus game).
As a former graphic designer of Tempest Software wrote:

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The Game was programmed on 486 PC’s by Bill Pullan and Pete, while Jason used Deluxe Paint II and III on an Amiga 1200 with RAM upgrade for Graphics and Animation. Bill actually worked on an Amiga title before RESQ, “Bill’s Tomato Game“.

Thanks to Jason and Celine for the contributions!
02-10-2011, 03:36 PM
jamiejame911

Those bonus stages seem to have promise. Still a little rough, but the pastel backgrounds look nice. The polygon work still needs some refinement and it's a little on the slow side.
02-10-2011, 03:49 PM
Guntz

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Originally Posted by Melf

The developer (Tempest Software) made it available as freeware, so feel free to check it out.

Damn. Here I was thinking maybe SFT could pick this up as another project. It'd be their first Genesis release that's NOT yet another stinkin RPG!

Ah well, at least it's free now. How come nobody has bothered to put it on a cart yet? I'd buy it! Come on you repro guys! Add this to your portfolios! Haven't we had enough of those dumb Japanese imports already? How about some American luvin huh?
02-10-2011, 03:58 PM
108 Stars

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Originally Posted by Guntz

Ah well, at least it's free now. How come nobody has bothered to put it on a cart yet? I'd buy it! Come on you repro guys! Add this to your portfolios! Haven't we had enough of those dumb Japanese imports already? How about some American luvin huh?

It's a British game afair.^^

And playgen actually did put it on cart, he was the very first one on Sega-16 to offer repros a few years back. I believe he even sent one to one of the developers. :)

But he has since stopped doing repros.
02-10-2011, 04:09 PM
jamiejame911

It would be interesting to just dissect the Starfox-esque portions of the programming and develop something out of that. If it was worth the time obviously and not just easier to start from scratch.
02-10-2011, 04:10 PM
Golpezas

Youtube to the ResQ

I had a dream. A dream about a thread titled something like "Starfox (SNES) vs. ResQ-bonus (G/MD)"... :D
02-10-2011, 04:22 PM
Guntz

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Originally Posted by 108 Stars

It's a British game afair.^^

And playgen actually did put it on cart, he was the very first one on Sega-16 to offer repros a few years back. I believe he even sent one to one of the developers. :)

But he has since stopped doing repros.

Oh... So it was a British game then? Cool. I've played some pretty good British games over the years. :)

Still, I would love to see a copy of this in my hands. I find it surprising that nobody else has slapped this on a cartridge yet. I'd want one. :D
02-10-2011, 07:40 PM
djshok

Wait, so there are 2 games called Resq?

There is also this one, which was also unreleased:

http://emu-russia.net/gdb/gen/Resq_0.png
http://emu-russia.net/gdb/gen/Resq_3.png

Coincidence?
02-10-2011, 07:46 PM
108 Stars

I don't see a pic in your post, but I guess you mean the same. ResQ has levels from the sideview, with normal 2D graphics, AND the Starfox-levels.
02-10-2011, 07:47 PM
djshok

No man, I mean a completely different game. Here's the link: http://emu-russia.net/en/roms/gen/0-Z/full/Resq/

Unless that somehow is the same game. Though I don't see how that could be, they look totally different.
02-10-2011, 07:53 PM
108 Stars

No, that's the same game. :)
02-10-2011, 08:00 PM
djshok

Whoa, that's cool. I wish I could get some artwork for this game, I'd love to make a cover for it.
02-10-2011, 08:12 PM
108 Stars

You could take the title screen pic and edit it with photoshop to make up for the low resolution, add some effects...
02-10-2011, 08:21 PM
djshok

Yeah I was thinking that too. Probably wouldn't be able to make it look as good as some of the other covers I did, but it might be worth a shot. At the least I'll be able to make a cart sticker from it.
02-10-2011, 11:03 PM
djshok

In case anyone wants to make a repro, here's a quick cartridge sticker I threw together from the title screen, shouldn't look too shabby when printed since the carts are small.

http://www.box.net/shared/62hsjj6anm
02-11-2011, 04:53 AM
synapse

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Originally Posted by Guntz

Still, I would love to see a copy of this in my hands. I find it surprising that nobody else has slapped this on a cartridge yet. I'd want one. :D

Someone has. I've seen one. I know the guy who has it, and he's kinda famous for his (astonishing) Mega Drive collection, including ALL brazilian exclusives and most cancelled games I know of.

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/5301/1001418q.jpg

I mean, just take a look at this :D

http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/9273/1051708.jpg

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/1913/1002351y.jpg

Both of us have collaborated a few bootleg/unreleased/unlicensed MD game covers for Guardiana.net.
02-11-2011, 05:13 AM
j_factor

Wow, I haven't even heard of some of those.
02-11-2011, 05:46 AM
Phantar

me neither...

what's the one with the Indian girl, the... strange fox kind of creature, and... is that Mai Shiranui?

I'm intrigued...
02-11-2011, 07:53 AM
synapse

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Originally Posted by Phantar

what's the one with the Indian girl, the... strange fox kind of creature, and... is that Mai Shiranui?

korean bootlegs... you never know :P
02-11-2011, 11:04 AM
djshok

Whoa some of those are really cool. Some others are just terrible, makes me wonder who put them on a cart lol, like Sonic Jam 6 or It Came From the Desert. And then all the weird ones like GAM Together, what is it? Man this is like repro overload!

I really like that cover for ResQ, it's very much along the lines of the one that I'm working on. His artwork is awesome I hope mine turns out as good. I'm really thinking about getting a repro of this game.
02-11-2011, 12:46 PM
playgen

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phantar

me neither...

what's the one with the Indian girl, the... strange fox kind of creature, and... is that Mai Shiranui?

I'm intrigued...

Its a 7in1 Korean games cart. They are Korean made Master System games, theres a dodgy knock off of Street Fighter (not the tectoy one), on it among other things.
07-02-2014, 04:14 AM
Allard

Maaaan, the animation in this game. Anyhow, how do I enter the ship after I leave it?
07-02-2014, 09:49 AM
Obviously

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Originally Posted by -RT

Maaaan, the animation in this game. Anyhow, how do I enter the ship after I leave it?

Stand in front of the canopy, not the green-glowy rescue hatch, and you'll notice the canopy animates and opens. Then press up.

It's a neat little game, not one of my favorites ever but I love games where you get to rescue people. It totally deserved a release.