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The game was going to be released in January 1993, but was cancelled for unknown reasons. No prototypes of the game are known to exist.
The game was going to be released in January 1993, but was cancelled for unknown reasons. No prototypes of the game are known to exist.


Miscellaneous screenshots of various stages were shown in magazine previews, including a level set underwater with hostile mermen and a frozen mammoth boss, and a level set in ancient Japan (called "Jipang") with a giant animated armor boss.
Miscellaneous screenshots of various stages were shown in magazine previews, including a level set a great glacier with hostile mermen and a frozen mammoth boss, and a world set in ancient Japan (called "Jipang") with a giant animated armor boss.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==

Revision as of 00:10, 10 December 2020

Christopher Columbus SFC ad.jpg

Advertisement of the game.

Status: Lost

Christopher Columbus (クリストファー・コロンブス), also known as Xpoferens Columbus, is a cancelled shoot 'em up game that was in development in 1992 to 1993 by Misawa Entertainment for the Super Famicom.[1] It is based on the famous Italian explorer Christopher Columbus.

Plot

The game is set in 1492. Christopher Columbus sails on his ship Santa María as he travels on water and the skies to free people and restore peace. He faces bizarre creatures while searching for gold.[2]

Status

The game was going to be released in January 1993, but was cancelled for unknown reasons. No prototypes of the game are known to exist.

Miscellaneous screenshots of various stages were shown in magazine previews, including a level set a great glacier with hostile mermen and a frozen mammoth boss, and a world set in ancient Japan (called "Jipang") with a giant animated armor boss.

Gallery

References