Uhhhh… So as if the whole appearance and release of Castlevania Resurrection wasn’t enough.., this recent Japanese twitter post (below) just came to our attention care of Mr^Burns… It seems there is now evidence of an existing game disc for Monika no Shiro (モニカの城), an UNRELEASED “Pioneer LDC” game for Sega Saturn…
The game was originally developed as Faradoon: The Legend of Dragon Castle, and renamed later in 1997. This game had been placed on the game magazine’s release calendar for a long time, but disappeared in mid-spring of 1999.
The above tweet translates as:
“Well, I’ve been unearthing discs that I had put away a while ago.
-@zan2zanjp
I don’t have an actual machine to run it easily, so I’ll just use SSF.”
Here is an image showing the contents of the disc:
Here is yet another tweet from the same user that translates as follows:
“Is there an OP-like demo for each character?”
-@zan2zanjp
Here is footage from a Promotional Japanese VHS tape, showing the game in action…
And here are the original Japanese print advertisements:
SHIRO! has reached out to @zan2zanjp to see if they have any plans to share the image with the community…
A massive Saturn fan since Christmas ’96, Dave is enthusiastic about growing the community and spreading Saturn love and knowledge to fans old and new. Co-founding the SEGA SATURN, SHIRO! podcast back in 2017 and creating the SHIRO! SHOW in 2020, he seeks to create interesting and engaging Saturn-related content for the community. Dave’s interests circle around game preservation, and he is a huge fan of game magazines and developer interviews.
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