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'''''Hardcore''''' is a cancelled 1994 video game developed by DICE/Digital Illusions and published by Psygnosis that was scheduled for release in November 1994 (copyright date says 1995) on Amiga, Sega Genesis and Sega CD. The game is a typical run-and-gun platformer with similarities to the Turrican series. The Genesis port was nearly finished when Psygnosis cancelled all its Genesis titles, including ''Hardcore'' plus ''Bill's Tomato Game'', ''ResQ'', ''Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame'', ''Shadow of the Beast III'' and ''Blood Money''.
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'''''Hardcore''''' is a cancelled 1994 video game developed by DICE/Digital Illusions and published by Psygnosis that was scheduled for release in November 1994 (copyright date says 1995) on Amiga, Sega Genesis and Sega CD.<ref>[http://www.unseen64.net/2008/07/15/hardcore-mdg-and-mega-cd-cancelled/ Unseen64 page on ''Hardcore''.] Retrieved 02 Dec '14</ref> The game appears to be a typical run-and-gun platformer with similarities to the ''Turrican'' series. The Genesis port was nearly finished when Psygnosis cancelled all its Genesis/Mega Drive titles, including ''Hardcore'', ''Bill's Tomato Game'', ''ResQ'', ''Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame'', ''Shadow of the Beast III'' and ''Blood Money'' among others.


Years later, a video of a prototype of the Genesis version has surfaced on YouTube, but a ROM has yet to be dumped, and nothing has resurfaced of the Amiga or Sega CD ports.
Years later, a video of a prototype of the Genesis version has surfaced on YouTube, but a ROM has yet to be dumped, and nothing has resurfaced of the Amiga or Sega CD ports.


==References==
==Gallery==
http://www.unseen64.net/2008/07/15/hardcore-mdg-and-mega-cd-cancelled/ Unseen 64 article
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Latest revision as of 16:29, 1 July 2020

Hardcore title screen.JPG

The title screen.

Status: Lost

Hardcore is a cancelled 1994 video game developed by DICE/Digital Illusions and published by Psygnosis that was scheduled for release in November 1994 (copyright date says 1995) on Amiga, Sega Genesis and Sega CD.[1] The game appears to be a typical run-and-gun platformer with similarities to the Turrican series. The Genesis port was nearly finished when Psygnosis cancelled all its Genesis/Mega Drive titles, including Hardcore, Bill's Tomato Game, ResQ, Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame, Shadow of the Beast III and Blood Money among others.

Years later, a video of a prototype of the Genesis version has surfaced on YouTube, but a ROM has yet to be dumped, and nothing has resurfaced of the Amiga or Sega CD ports.

Gallery

8 minutes of gameplay.

Reference

  1. Unseen64 page on Hardcore. Retrieved 02 Dec '14