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'''''Stone Protectors''''' is an unreleased [[Sega Mega Drive]] beat-'em-up game developed by [[Eurocom]] based on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Protectors cartoon series with the same name]. It saw a release for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1994, and a port to the Mega Drive was due to be published by [[VIC Tokai]], but was cancelled for unknown reasons. The game was very close to completion before being axed, so much so that it had even obtained an [[ESRB]] rating.
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'''''Stone Protectors''''' is an unreleased [[Sega Mega Drive]] beat-'em-up game developed by [[Eurocom]] based on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Protectors cartoon series with the same name]. It saw a release for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] in 1994, and a port to the Mega Drive was due to be published by [[VIC Tokai]], but was cancelled for unknown reasons. The game was very close to completion before being axed, so much so that it had even obtained an [[ESRB]] rating.
  
 
A fully working prototype of the Mega Drive version was unearthed in 2010.{{ref|http://nesplayer.com/prototypes/stoneprotectors/index.htm}}
 
A fully working prototype of the Mega Drive version was unearthed in 2010.{{ref|http://nesplayer.com/prototypes/stoneprotectors/index.htm}}
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[[Piko Interactive]] gave the game an [[Stone Protectors (2022)|aftermarket release]] in 2022.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 15:32, 29 August 2023

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Stone Protectors
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: VIC Tokai
Developer: Kemco, Eurocom Entertainment Software
Planned release date(s): 1994-11[1]
Genre: Action
Number of players: 2
State before cancellation: Late in development
Status of prototype(s): Prototype dumped
Sound driver: GEMS

Stone Protectors is an unreleased Sega Mega Drive beat-'em-up game developed by Eurocom based on the cartoon series with the same name. It saw a release for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1994, and a port to the Mega Drive was due to be published by VIC Tokai, but was cancelled for unknown reasons. The game was very close to completion before being axed, so much so that it had even obtained an ESRB rating.

A fully working prototype of the Mega Drive version was unearthed in 2010.[2]

Piko Interactive gave the game an aftermarket release in 2022.

Production credits

Eurocom Entertainment Software
  • Programming: Dave Looker, Ashley Finney, Tim Swann
  • Graphics and Animation: Mat Sneap, Colin Garratt, Matt Dixon, Nigel Bentley, Andy Bee
  • Music: Steve Duckworth
  • Quality Assurance: Mark Hetherington
  • Additional Animation: Simon Garrigan
  • Special Thanks to: Neil Baldwin, Ian Denny, Hugh Binns, Richard Alton, Robert Watkins, Paul Bates, Tim Rogers, Adrian Mannion, Andi Smithers, Jon Williams, Steve Bedser
Kemco Japan

S Okuhara, K. Nagata, M. Ishii, K. Nishimura, H. Masuno

Kemco America

A. Saito, O. Miyashita, R. Shiroishi

Ace Novelty

S. Gamoran, K. White, P. Lockwood

Source:
In-game credits

Gallery

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
{{{{{icon}}}|L}} Division by zero.
Based on
0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
40
[3]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
75
[4]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
75
[5]
Sega Mega Drive
63
Based on
3 reviews

Stone Protectors


Magazine articles

Main article: Stone Protectors/Magazine articles.

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
 ?
CRC32 fbf0d54f
MD5 82dd4abca945d4205e6774889d808380
SHA-1 6629a0299689898b1a9b54e4fd05dad1e2fd62d3
2MB 1993-12 Download.svg (981 kB) (info) Page

References

  1. Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 10 October 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 12
  2. http://nesplayer.com/prototypes/stoneprotectors/index.htm
  3. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 223
  4. GamePro, "March 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 52
  5. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 179


Stone Protectors

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Sega Mega Drive
Prototypes: 1993-12