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(If Active Enterprises' games quality matched their passion, they would have the best games in the world. Alas, they were too ambitious for their own good. Not too much I could find on Sports 5, but it deserves its own article seeing as development was indeed confirmed by a developer.)
 
 
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Little is known about the development of ''Sports 5''. Its existence first came to light during Active Enterprises' appearance at the 1994 Consumer Electronics Show. The company, most known for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) compilation game ''Action 52'', had listed two versions of the game on its Confidential Price List, for the Genesis and Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). No price nor release date was confirmed when the list was finalised on 1st June, 1993.<ref>[https://www.nesworld.com/aeces94.php ''NES World'' article on Active Enterprises at the 1994 Consumer Electronics Show, which contained a Confidential Price List that detailed two versions of ''Sports 5''.] Retrieved 6 Oct '21</ref>
Little is known about the development of ''Sports 5''. Its existence first came to light during Active Enterprises' appearance at the 1994 Consumer Electronics Show. The company, most known for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) compilation game ''Action 52'', had listed two versions of the game on its Confidential Price List, for the Genesis and Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). No price nor release date was confirmed when the list was finalised on 1st June, 1993.<ref>[https://www.nesworld.com/aeces94.php ''NES World'' article on Active Enterprises at the 1994 Consumer Electronics Show, which contained a Confidential Price List that detailed two versions of ''Sports 5''.] Retrieved 6 Oct '21</ref>


After the release of the NES version of Action 52, Active Enterprises had hired FarSight Technologies to develop their games. This included a released Genesis version<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20090204192142/http://cheetahmen.silius.net/action52g.html Archived ''Cheetahmen Corner'' listing of the Genesis port of ''Action 52'', stating FarSight Technologies developed the game.] Retrieved 6 Oct '21</ref> and [[Action 52 (lost build of cancelled Super Nintendo port of unlicensed compilation game; existence unconfirmed; 1990s)|possibly a SNES version of ''Action 52'' that went unreleased]], and ''Sports 5''. In an interview published on ''Cheetahmen Corner'', FarSight Technologies developer Jay Obernolte confirmed that the company had indeed worked on the compilation game for the Genesis, but made no mention of a SNES port.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20090706095621/http://cheetahmen.silius.net/obernolte.html Archived ''Cheetahmen Corner'' interview with Jay Obernolte, who confirmed a Genesis version of ''Sports 5'' was being developed, but made no mention of a SNES port.] Retrieved 6 Oct '21</ref>
After the release of the NES version of Action 52, Active Enterprises had hired FarSight Technologies to develop their games. This included a released Genesis version<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20090204192142/http://cheetahmen.silius.net/action52g.html Archived ''Cheetahmen Corner'' listing of the Genesis port of ''Action 52'', stating FarSight Technologies developed the game.] Retrieved 6 Oct '21</ref> and [[Action 52 (lost build of cancelled Super Nintendo port of unlicensed compilation game; existence unconfirmed; 1990s)|possibly an SNES version of ''Action 52'' that went unreleased]], and ''Sports 5''. In an interview published on ''Cheetahmen Corner'', FarSight Technologies developer Jay Obernolte confirmed that the company had indeed worked on the compilation game for the Genesis, but made no mention of an SNES port.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20090706095621/http://cheetahmen.silius.net/obernolte.html Archived ''Cheetahmen Corner'' interview with Jay Obernolte, who confirmed a Genesis version of ''Sports 5'' was being developed, but made no mention of a SNES port.] Retrieved 6 Oct '21</ref>


As the game's title implies, ''Sports 5'' contained five different sports games, though which sports were featured remains unknown.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20090205172346/http://cheetahmen.silius.net/unreleased.html Archived ''Cheetahmen Corner'' page discussing Active Enterprises' unreleased games, including ''Sports 5''.] Retrieved 6 Oct '21</ref> According to Obernolte, development had reached a stage where the game was in a barely playable state. Ultimately however, FarSight Technologies' relationship with Active Enterprises went sour according to Obernolte, and consequentially development of ''Sports 5'' ceased.
As the game's title implies, ''Sports 5'' contained five different sports games, though which sports were featured remains unknown.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20090205172346/http://cheetahmen.silius.net/unreleased.html Archived ''Cheetahmen Corner'' page discussing Active Enterprises' unreleased games, including ''Sports 5''.] Retrieved 6 Oct '21</ref> According to Obernolte, development had reached a stage where the game was in a barely playable state. Ultimately however, FarSight Technologies' relationship with Active Enterprises went sour according to Obernolte, and consequentially development of ''Sports 5'' ceased.
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==See Also==
==See Also==
*[[Action Gamemaster (lost unreleased video game system and line of games; 1993)]]
*[[Action Gamemaster (lost unreleased video game system and line of games; 1993)]]
*[[Action 52 (lost build of cancelled Super Nintendo port of unlicensed compilation game; existence unconfirmed; 1990s)]]


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 19:09, 9 October 2021

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Listings of two versions of Sports 5.

Status: Lost

Sports 5 was a cancelled unlicensed sports compilation game for the Sega Genesis. It was being developed by FarSight Technologies and was set to be published by Active Enterprises prior to cancellation.

Background

Little is known about the development of Sports 5. Its existence first came to light during Active Enterprises' appearance at the 1994 Consumer Electronics Show. The company, most known for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) compilation game Action 52, had listed two versions of the game on its Confidential Price List, for the Genesis and Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). No price nor release date was confirmed when the list was finalised on 1st June, 1993.[1]

After the release of the NES version of Action 52, Active Enterprises had hired FarSight Technologies to develop their games. This included a released Genesis version[2] and possibly an SNES version of Action 52 that went unreleased, and Sports 5. In an interview published on Cheetahmen Corner, FarSight Technologies developer Jay Obernolte confirmed that the company had indeed worked on the compilation game for the Genesis, but made no mention of an SNES port.[3]

As the game's title implies, Sports 5 contained five different sports games, though which sports were featured remains unknown.[4] According to Obernolte, development had reached a stage where the game was in a barely playable state. Ultimately however, FarSight Technologies' relationship with Active Enterprises went sour according to Obernolte, and consequentially development of Sports 5 ceased.

Availability

While Obernolte confirmed the existence of Sports 5, no builds, footage or images of the game have ever publicly resurfaced. Nevertheless, Obernolte's confirmation that a Genesis build was being established, combined with another cancelled Active Enterprises game called Cheetahmen 2 had copies that were ultimately recovered,[5] does bring the possibility that a prototype exists. While Active Enterprises did state their plans for an SNES port at the Consumer Electronics Show, no build has ever been confirmed to exist.

See Also

References