Monster Hunter
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| System(s): Sega Mega Drive |
| Publisher: Sega of America[1] |
| Developer: Futurescape Productions[2] |
| Supporting companies: Sega of America[3] (concept) |
| Planned release date(s): 1994-01[4] |
| Genre: Light gun |
| Number of players: 1-2 |
| Status of prototype(s): Source code found, partially compiled[5] |
| Peripheral(s): Menacer[1] |
| Sound driver: GEMS[5] |
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Monster Hunter is an unreleased Sega Mega Drive light gun game developed by Futurescape Productions and slated to be published by Sega of America. Announced as one of the first titles to utilize the company's first-party light gun - the Menacer - it was originally scheduled for a Christmas 1993 release date, but ultimately never materialized.
Monster Hunter is unrelated to the later Capcom series of the same name.
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Gameplay
Monster Hunter would have seen the player shoot at various monsters, including dinosaurs and mutants, and was set to be a two-player game (with the second player using a standard Control Pad.)
History
Development
Conceptualized by Sega of America producer Jesse Taylor[3], the game began development at Futurescape Productions sometime around early 1993.
Prerelease
Despite plans by Sega of America to run extensive television and print campaigns advertising the game, only a single screenshot of Monster Hunter has been found. What little promotion the game did receive advertised it as being 1MB in size.
Production credits
- Produced By: Jesse Taylor
- Programmed By: Kevin McGrath[6], Kenneth L. Hurley[7]
- Design By: Jesse Taylor[3]
Magazine articles
- Main article: Monster Hunter/Magazine articles.
Screenshots
Development material
Design document
Development schedule (excerpt)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 18
- ↑ Monster Hunter/Technical information#ROM header
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 File:MonsterHunter MD US conceptdoc.pdf, page 1
- ↑ Megazone, "December 1993" (AU; 1993-12-01), page 12
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://github.com/OldSkoolCode/Sega-Monster-Hunter
- ↑ File:MonsterHunter MD US devschedule.pdf, page 2
- ↑ Monster Hunter/Technical information
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