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{{UnreleasedBob
| bobscreen=Virtua Hamster Title.png
| publisher=[[Sega]]
| developer=[[David A. Palmer Productions]]{{ref|http://www.gamesproducer.com/v1/fs.htm}}
| system=[[Sega 32X]], [[Sega Saturn]]
| peripherals=
| genre=Action
| date={{MissedRelease|32X|Autumn 1995{{fileref|1995SegaProductCatalog US.pdf|page=26}}}}
| status=Dumped (32X)
| esrb=ka
}}
{{sub-stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is a unreleased [[Sega 32X]] game. The game was to star a variety of selectable rodents attached to rocket packs who could travel through a series of connected tubes, fighting each other and avoiding various obstacles.

==Gameplay==
''Virtua Hamster'' features only one playable character - the hamster Chip - and there is only one empty level (though there are numerous non-moving 3D models of other characters and items dotted around the map). {{A}} resets the game, and {{B}}/{{C}} can be used to move the camera forwards and backwards through the tube. There are also two Sega screens.

==Development==
[[File:VirtuaHamster Quackenbush.jpg|thumb|280px|Designer [[Eric Quackenbush]] demonstrates at early version of ''Virtua Hamster''.]]
''Virtua Hamster'' was built solely with the 32X in mind, however after the console failed development moved to the [[Sega Saturn]] for a short while before being axed completely. It is also reported that [[Sega of Japan]] were not keen on use of the "Virtua" in the game's name, possibly so that the game was not associated with [[Sega AM2]]'s ''[[Virtua Fighter]]'' and ''[[Virtua Racing]]''. An alternate box mock-up uses the title ''Virtual Hamster'' instead.

==History==
In August 2009, Ryo Suzuki of SEGASaturno.com dumped an early prototype version of this game.

==Magazine articles==
{{mainArticle|{{PAGENAME}}/Magazine articles}}

==Videos==
{{gallery
|{{gitem|VirtuaHamster 32X VirtuaHamsterDemo.mp4}}
}}

==Artwork==
<gallery>
Virtua Hamster 32X US Box.png|North American prototype cover
Virtua Hamster 32X US front alt.jpg|North American prototype cover (alternate; "Virtual Hamster" title)
VirtualHamster 32X Art Chip.png
VirtualHamster 32X Art Thorn.png
VirtualHamster 32X Art Armadillo.png
VirtualHamster 32X Art KangarooRat.png
VirtualHamster 32X Art PackRat.png
VirtualHamster 32X Art Mole.png
VirtualHamster 32X Art Habtrail.png
</gallery>

==Technical information==
===ROM dump status===
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}}

==References==
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