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{{sub-stub}}'''''Bean Ball Benny''''' is an unreleased [[Sega Mega Drive]] game set to be published by [[Nuvision Entertainment]] in late 1991/early 1992.
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{{sub-stub}}'''''Bean Ball Benny''''' is an unreleased [[Sega Genesis]] game set to be published by [[Nuvision Entertainment]] in late 1991/early 1992.
  
Little is known about this game. It was demonstrated at Summer [[CES]] 1991 {{fileref|MeanMachines UK 11.pdf|page=11}} and advertised during the year, but was cancelled presumably when Nuvision closed its doors. Its lifecycle is comparable to Nuvision's other Summer CES 1991-announced game, ''[[Swamp Thing]]'' - a prototype is known to exist but unlike ''Swamp Thing'', is yet to be dumped.
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Little is known about this game. It was demonstrated at Summer [[CES]] 1991{{magref|mm|11|11}} and advertised during the year, but was cancelled presumably when Nuvision closed its doors. Its lifecycle is comparable to Nuvision's other Summer CES 1991-announced game, ''[[Swamp Thing]]'' - a prototype is known to exist but unlike ''Swamp Thing'', is yet to be dumped.
  
==Promotional Material==
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==History==
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Circumstantial evidence suggests that the game may have evolved into ''[[Guardian Angels Safety Patrol]]'', an equally-unreleased [[Genesis]] title by [[Nuvision]]. Programmer [[Charlie Heath]] recalls that, at the time of its development, ''Bean Ball Benny'' lacked a license. As the game features a crime-fighting vigilante patrolling urban streets and subways,{{intref|Interview: Charlie Heath (2008-08) by GDRI (Game Developer Research Institute)}} it is speculated that it was reworked into ''Guardian Angels'' following the acquisition of [[wikipedia:Guardian Angels|a somewhat-recognizable license]].
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==Promotional material==
 
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BeanBallBenny MD US Flyer CES.jpg|Summer CES 1991 flyer
 
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==Magazine articles==
 
==Magazine articles==
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EGM US 013.pdf|page=81|''Electronic Gaming Monthly'' #13 (1990-08)
 
MegaPlay US 04.pdf|page=39|Preview in ''[[Mega Play (magazine)|Mega Play]]'' #4 (1991-05)
 
CVG UK 117.pdf|page=9|CES flyer in ''C&VG'' #117 (1991-08)
 
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==External links==
 
==External links==

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Bean Ball Benny
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Nuvision Entertainment
Developer: Microsmiths
Genre: Action
Number of players: 1
Status of prototype(s): Found, undumped

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Bean Ball Benny is an unreleased Sega Genesis game set to be published by Nuvision Entertainment in late 1991/early 1992.

Little is known about this game. It was demonstrated at Summer CES 1991[1] and advertised during the year, but was cancelled presumably when Nuvision closed its doors. Its lifecycle is comparable to Nuvision's other Summer CES 1991-announced game, Swamp Thing - a prototype is known to exist but unlike Swamp Thing, is yet to be dumped.

History

Circumstantial evidence suggests that the game may have evolved into Guardian Angels Safety Patrol, an equally-unreleased Genesis title by Nuvision. Programmer Charlie Heath recalls that, at the time of its development, Bean Ball Benny lacked a license. As the game features a crime-fighting vigilante patrolling urban streets and subways,[2] it is speculated that it was reworked into Guardian Angels following the acquisition of a somewhat-recognizable license.

Promotional material

Magazine articles

Main article: Bean Ball Benny/Magazine articles.

External links

References