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'''Renovation Products''' was [[Telenet Japan]]'s US publisher of [[Sega Mega Drive]] games, publishing both Telenet's own games and several [[Sega]]-developed titles. When Telenet stopped developing on Sega's systems in 1993, Sega acquired the studio and they promptly disappeared.
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'''Renovation Products, Inc.''' was [[Telenet Japan]]'s US publisher of [[Sega Mega Drive]] games, publishing both Telenet's own games and several non-Telenet Japan titles. When Telenet stopped developing on Sega's systems in 1993, Sega acquired the studio (though not before publishing a single SNES game, Telenet's ''Doomsday Warrior'') and they promptly disappeared.
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==Company==
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Very few of Renovation's games were released in Europe, however a deal was at one point struck with [[Ubisoft]] for distribution in that region{{magref|segapro|2|9}}, which was subsequently challenged by Sega for undisclosed reasons{{magref|segapro|4|6}}. No games were officially released, however, and Ubisoft themselves did not publish a game for Mega Drive hardware until ''[[Street Racer]]'' in 1995.
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President [[Hideaki Irie]] would later become COO of [[Sega of America]]{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20180518212559/https://twitter.com/gdri/status/547150236506791939}}{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20180518213849/https://twitter.com/gdri/status/547457202055680000}}.
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===''[[Gaiares]]'' advertising campaign===
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{{MainArticle|Jamie Bunker}}
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In 1990, Renovation Products selected one of their game testers, [[Jamie Bunker]], to be the spokesperson for the upcoming [[Sega Mega Drive]] game ''[[Gaiares]]''' advertising campaign.{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20101030201205/http://cinnamonpirate.com/2007/07/unpublished-the-real-jamie-bunker/}} Bunker posed with the game's United States release in a series of three advertisements, with each labeling the seventeen-year old spokesman a "professional gamer". Contrasting with the often juvenile and exaggerative statements of other game advertisements of the day, Renovation Products' advertisements simply featured a visibly genuine Bunker presenting the game with a recommendation of its quality, and has become one of the [[Mega Drive]] era's most fondly-remembered advertising campaigns.
  
 
==Softography==
 
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===[[Mega Drive]]===
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* ''[[Arrow Flash]]'' (developed by [[Sega]]; 1990)
 
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* ''[[Final Zone]]'' (1990)
 
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* ''[[Gaiares]]'' (1990)
 
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* ''[[Granada]]'' (1990)
 
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* ''[[Whip Rush]]'' (developed by [[VIC Tokai]]; 1990)
 
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* ''[[Arcus Odyssey]]'' (1991)
 
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* ''[[Beast Wrestler]]'' (1991)
 
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* ''[[Dino Land]]'' (1991)
 
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* ''[[El Viento]]'' (1991)
 
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* ''[[Exile]]'' (1991)
 
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* ''[[Gain Ground]]'' (developed by [[Sega]]; 1991)
 
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* ''[[Master of Monsters]]'' (developed by [[SystemSoft]]/[[Toshiba EMI]]; 1991)
 
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* ''[[Tood's Adventures in Slime World]]'' (developed by [[Epyx]]/[[Micro World]]; 1991)
 
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* ''[[Vapor Trail: Hyper Offence Formation]]'' (1991)
 
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* ''[[Valis III]]'' (1991)
 
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* ''[[Valis: The Phantasm Soldier]]'' (1991)
 
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* ''[[Ys III: Wanderers from Ys]]'' (1991)
 
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* ''[[Earnest Evans]]'' (1992)
 
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* ''[[Jennifer Capriati Tennis]]'' (1992)
 
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* ''[[Sol-Deace]]'' (1992)
 
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* ''[[Syd of Valis]]'' (1992)
 
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* ''[[Traysia]]'' (1992)
 
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* ''[[Elemental Master]]'' (developed by [[Tecnosoft]]; 1993)
 
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===[[Mega CD]]===
 
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* ''[[Revenge of the Ninja]]'' (1993)
 
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* ''[[Road Avenger]]'' (1993)
 
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* ''[[Time Gal]]'' (1993)
 
  
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[[Category:Third-party software publishers]]

Latest revision as of 22:34, 20 November 2024

Renovation Products, Inc. was Telenet Japan's US publisher of Sega Mega Drive games, publishing both Telenet's own games and several non-Telenet Japan titles. When Telenet stopped developing on Sega's systems in 1993, Sega acquired the studio (though not before publishing a single SNES game, Telenet's Doomsday Warrior) and they promptly disappeared.

Company

Very few of Renovation's games were released in Europe, however a deal was at one point struck with Ubisoft for distribution in that region[4], which was subsequently challenged by Sega for undisclosed reasons[5]. No games were officially released, however, and Ubisoft themselves did not publish a game for Mega Drive hardware until Street Racer in 1995.

President Hideaki Irie would later become COO of Sega of America[6][7].

Gaiares advertising campaign

Main article: Jamie Bunker.

In 1990, Renovation Products selected one of their game testers, Jamie Bunker, to be the spokesperson for the upcoming Sega Mega Drive game Gaiares' advertising campaign.[8] Bunker posed with the game's United States release in a series of three advertisements, with each labeling the seventeen-year old spokesman a "professional gamer". Contrasting with the often juvenile and exaggerative statements of other game advertisements of the day, Renovation Products' advertisements simply featured a visibly genuine Bunker presenting the game with a recommendation of its quality, and has become one of the Mega Drive era's most fondly-remembered advertising campaigns.

Softography

Mega Drive

Mega-CD

References

  1. ↑ Electronic Gaming Retail News, "January 1992" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 37
  2. ↑ Summer CES Directory, page 270
  3. ↑ File:TimeGal MCD US Box Back.jpg
  4. ↑ Sega Pro, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-11-21), page 9
  5. ↑ Sega Pro, "February 1992" (UK; 1992-01-16), page 6
  6. ↑ @gdri on Twitter (Wayback Machine: 2018-05-18 21:25)
  7. ↑ @gdri on Twitter (Wayback Machine: 2018-05-18 21:38)
  8. ↑ http://cinnamonpirate.com/2007/07/unpublished-the-real-jamie-bunker/ (Wayback Machine: 2010-10-30 20:12)
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