Metal Lancer

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Metal Lancer
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Developer: Sega
Development timeframe: 1990

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Metal Lancer is an unreleased Mega Drive game programmed by Yuji Naka between development of Ghouls'n Ghosts and Sonic the Hedgehog. It was revealed by Naka in a 2016 interview conducted by Game Center CX's Masayuki Kibe.[1] It appears to be a space combat simulator. It starred a female robot pilot and used complex scaling and rotation effects comparable to the SNES's Mode 7.[2]

In June 2021, Naka tweeted a screencap of the game's placeholder title screen.[3]

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References

  1. https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/megadrivecx/kibe2 (Wayback Machine: 2016-07-07 03:16)
  2. https://www.unseen64.net/2016/10/24/metal-lancer-genesis-megadrive-cancelled/ (Wayback Machine: 2016-10-24 12:24)
  3. @nakayuji on Twitter (Wayback Machine: 2021-06-09 13:11)