Outworld 2375 AD
From Sega Retro
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| Outworld 2375 AD |
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| System(s): Sega Mega Drive |
| Publisher: HeartBeat Corporation[1][2] |
| Number of players: 1 |
| Peripheral(s): HeartBeat Catalyst[1][2] |
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Outworld 2375 AD is an unreleased Sega Mega Drive fitness action driving game scheduled to be published by HeartBeat Corporation sometime in late 1994 or early 1995. Specifically designed to utilize the fitness sensor-integrated Mega Drive peripheral the HeartBeat Catalyst[1][2], it would have been one of very few games to feature compatibility with the unique exercise hardware, but ultimately went unreleased.[3]
Contents
Gameplay
Outworld 2375 AD was described in a February 1994 Chicago Tribune as allowing players to "choose from five drastic environmental conditions on a planet wracked by natural disasters".[4]
History
Outworld 2375 AD was advertised alongside NHLPA Hockey '93 as "the second wave of HeartBeat games".[2] While the latter did see the light of day (notably lacking HeartBeat Catalyst support), the former had its release cancelled.
Preview copies of the game were sent to a number of video game magazines for review, with most articles commenting on it's unique fitness capabilities: The faster the user exercises, the faster the player ship travels. Exercise too fast and the ship will overheat and explode, and exercise too slowly and it will lose momentum and crash.[5]
Legacy
Development
Originally known under the working tile Outworld[6], Outworld 2375 AD progressed as far along into development as to acquire an official UPC code, and photographic slides were produced and sent to a few contemporary video game magazines. Additionally, a collector in Lansing, Michigan claims to own a prototype copy of the game, a claim with appears to be genuine.
While the company which developed Outworld 2375 AD is unknown, Heartbeat Corporation's only other video game, Outback Joey, was developed by Western Technologies.
Images
One of the game's only known advertisements, appearing in Sega Visions.
Promotional films distributed to game magazines for capturing screenshots.
Magazine articles
- Main article: Outworld 2375 AD/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
- Main article: Outworld 2375 AD/Promotional material.
ROM dump status
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Cartridge (US) | Prototype. |
External links
- Technology adds new thrills to boring exercise equipment article by Bob Condor at The Chicago Tribune
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 http://videogamekraken.com/heartbeat-personal-trainer-catalyst (Wayback Machine: 2021-04-14 05:43)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Sega Visions, "October/November 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 110
- ↑ https://trademarks.justia.com/744/08/outworld-2375-ad-74408230.html
- ↑ https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1994-02-24-9402240306-story.html
- ↑ Mega, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-17), page 12
- ↑ http://videogamekraken.com/heartbeat-personal-trainer-catalyst
| HeartBeat Catalyst | |
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| Topics | Magazine articles | Promotional material | Personal Trainer | HeartBeat Corporation |
| Games | NHLPA Hockey | Outback Joey | Outworld 2375 AD | PGA Tour Golf II |