K.O. Drive
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| K.O. Drive |
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| System(s): Sega RingWide |
| Developer: Sega Shanghai Software, Product R&D (cabinet) |
| Supporting companies: Sega Amusements Europe, Sega of Japan |
| Planned release date(s): 2013 |
| Genre: Racing |
| Number of players: 1-6[1] |
| State before cancellation: Prototype |
| Status of prototype(s): Prototype dumped and released |
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K.O. Drive is an unreleased arcade racing game by Sega. The game was the second major original arcade title developed by Sega of China following Sega Golden Gun, assisted by Product R&D, Sega Amusements Europe, and existing racing game teams at Sega. Though varying prototype versions of the game appeared at DEAL 2012,[2] IAAPA 2012,[3] Amusement Expo 2013,[4], GTI Asia Taipei Expo 2013,[5] and EAS 2013 after missing a planned Summer 2013 release,[6] its full release appears to have been cancelled due to creative indecision.[7]
Despite seemingly not receiving a wide release (and possibly not even being fully completed), K.O. Drive's product page remained on Sega Amusements' website into the late 2010s,[8] and a small number of cabinets have since been spotted in Asian arcade locations and games rooms on the Harmony of the Seas,[9] and Liberty of the Seas.[10]
A prototype resembling the version last shown during 2013 was later dumped online. Textures for the game have been found in subsequent Sega of China title Transformers: Human Alliance.[11]
Contents
Production credits
- Director: Makoto Uchida
- Concept Designer: Shi HaoChong
- Game Designers: Yang Bin, Cheng Qin, Li Wei
- Lead Programmers: Zhang ChenYuan, Geng Jie
- Programmers: Xu Hua, Zhou Hai, Yang YanYun, Li WeiCheng, Dai MingZhuang
- Program Support: Li ZhaoHui, Chen Yun
- Lead Artist: Yang SiMin
- Artists: Xin Yong, Cai MingJiao, Zhang HongMei, Fei YuYu
- Sound Creators: Huang Qiang, Chen Yuan, Liu Ze
- QA Team: Wang Yun, Teng ZiXiao
- Senior Programmer: Akira Ogata
- Senior Artist: Takahiro Kudo
- Assistant Producer: Yu Xiang
- Producer: Makoto Uchida
- Soft Dev. Support: Norihito Fujii
- Cabinet Dev. Support: Seiji Ishii
- Cabinet Design: Yasuki Haruta
- Special Thanks: SEGA JINWIN (SHANGHAI) AMUSEMENT, SEGA AMUSEMENTS EUROPE, SEGA Racing Game Dev. Teams
Presented by: Sega
Digital manuals
Twin
Promotional material
Flyer
Photo gallery
Twin cabinet
External links
- Segaarcade.com product page (archived)
References
- ↑ File:SegaAmusements_Catalogue_2013.pdf
- ↑ https://arcadeheroes.com/2012/04/18/exclusive-sega-unveils-new-arcade-racer-k-o-drive-at-deal-2012/ (Wayback Machine: 2012-04-25 19:29)
- ↑ https://arcadeheroes.com/2012/11/16/iaapa-2012-videos-part-1/ (Wayback Machine: 2012-11-21 13:01)
- ↑ https://arcadeheroes.com/2013/03/23/amusement-expo-2013-report-2/ (Wayback Machine: 2013-04-09 04:31)
- ↑ https://arcadeheroes.com/2013/05/15/gti-asia-taipei-expo-2013-photo-bonanza/ (Wayback Machine: 2013-06-17 09:16)
- ↑ https://arcadeheroes.com/2013/09/27/week-arcades-japan-europe-china-elsewhere/ (Wayback Machine: 2013-09-28 10:35)
- ↑ https://arcadeheroes.com/2015/02/07/newsbag-wahlap-expands-jaepo-updates-ironclad-mvs-ko-drive-ntg34/ (Wayback Machine: 2015-02-15 01:17)
- ↑ http://www.segaarcade.com/games/ko-drive-twin.html (Wayback Machine: 2017-01-10 11:00)
- ↑ https://www.cruisedeckplans.com/ships/shiptour.php?r=4708 (Wayback Machine: 2024-07-23 00:29)
- ↑ https://www.cruisedeckplans.com/ships/shiptour.php?r=2486 (Wayback Machine: 2024-07-23 00:57)
- ↑ @Multibrawlr on Twitter
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMn_J42Xe-k&t=3985s