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@ix8750

8 күн бұрын

Pre Rogue Ops!?

They're really going to leak every N64 game except for Earthbound 64.

@dedion-boutonondemand

13 күн бұрын

It’s first-party. Those tend not to leak

@genyakozlov1316

13 күн бұрын

​@@dedion-boutonondemandZelda 64 on the development cartridge, or the 64DD version of Mario 64, both leaked, and are both WAY more first party than Mother 3 64. That's like saying Kirby or Pokemon are first party.

@eggsallent_boi

13 күн бұрын

He already talked about it

@Chris-zc7xj

13 күн бұрын

Earthbound 64 and Twelve Tales: Conker 64 will never be found 😢. Been waiting years for both.

@gisanh

13 күн бұрын

EB64, Conker 64 and RE0 are never going to surface

I wish a certain former British developer did the same as this employee with the prototypes he has

@MacUser2-il2cx

13 күн бұрын

A "Rare" one, if you will...

@dizzydee4889

13 күн бұрын

I mean there's not exactly many note worthy prototypes that are likely to exist in any expansive form, are there? I figured most of their unreleased titles were basically just announcement of concept stage rather than being near complete or any amount playable games. am I wrong?

@pinkyoshi9339

13 күн бұрын

Its just interesting to have them, for preservation purposes ​@@dizzydee4889

@Vulpas

13 күн бұрын

@@dizzydee4889 Very wrong.

@aliangel5007

13 күн бұрын

@@dizzydee4889 this former developer has confirmed working copies of builds of Twelve tails Conker 64 and Project Dream. Having access to anything relating to those 2 projects would be worth it's weight in gold ten times easily.

You've made an old man very happy seeing this again. As the engine & control programmer for this one. The reason for the debug menu, was that we were hoping to target the DD drive.. but never got one, so it was spread across 5 carts.

@hard4games

8 күн бұрын

Amazing information! I'd love to talk to you more about Riqa and the development experience if you're interested/willing. My email is hard4games@gmail.com.

The "anime-inspired western action game from the late 90s to the early 2000s" has gotta be my favourite genre (it gave me 2 of my faves: Shogo and Oni), so the fact that this was cancelled makes me extra sad.

@timothykirby4406

13 күн бұрын

I loved Shogo!

@Luxembourgish

13 күн бұрын

ONI by Bungie is a good example

@docnom

10 күн бұрын

Ufff SHOGO was one of My first PC games back in 1999 great story and graphics

Love the findings of cancelled/unreleased games, it’s like finding an ancient relic

@videostash413

13 күн бұрын

no, ancient would mean way old, like centuries

@DangermuffinVD

13 күн бұрын

​@@videostash413 Fair, but since digital gaming isn't that old yet, it's quite a relic! :D

@ebridgewater

13 күн бұрын

@@videostash413 That's why he said 'like'.

@retrogamermax8287

7 күн бұрын

​@@videostash413In gaming's case, anything from the 5th generation and before is ancient.

Thanks for covering this. Shame it was cancelled. Looked like Oni on PS2.

@hard4games

13 күн бұрын

Sometimes it's a shame that the "almost" released games end up being the most interesting parts of the N64.

@idunnomaso5912

7 күн бұрын

Bro, I love your anime videos!

Luigiblood is a hero to the people.

they could actually finish this game now that N64 after market games are a thing.

@Yoshizuyuner

13 күн бұрын

people prob moved on and doing other things, doubt they go back to it

@suroguner

13 күн бұрын

@@Yoshizuyuner you never know. Piko might buy it up and finish it up.

@IoIxD

13 күн бұрын

You assume they not only have the source code, but also Nintendo's development tools/kit, still.

@raypuiaascii4653

13 күн бұрын

​@@IoIxDThat didn't stopped Glover 2 for getting rereleased

@Vulpas

13 күн бұрын

@@IoIxD Unnecessary.

I remember reading all the N64 magazines in the late 90's and never once remember hearing of this game at all

@foxdavion6865

6 күн бұрын

It was briefly mentioned in an article in N64Gamer (Aus Magazine ) from an Expo presentation alongside other games showcased. That is the only mention of it I remember as a kid.

This game looks like it had so much style

this feels like it woulda been a cult hit on N64. which is why I also guess why it was better off not gettin released because that doesnt feel like it would've been the most profitable outcome

I can see myself really liking this game as a kid back in the early 2000s. I wish I could help this game be finished out. Maybe there is already some N64 modders working into it.

It would be a Public Service if this game was completely reverse engineered.

feels like a combination of Ghost in the Shell and Perfect Dark, I can dig it

@procow2274

12 күн бұрын

I was thinking something similar. Even the aiming reticle and title screen were similar

So now i wanna play Dinosaur Planet, Quest 2 and RIQA.

@ColonelNegative

11 күн бұрын

Dinosaur Planet was leaked and is completely playable IIRC

This just reinforces how much more effort people used to put into title and menu screens back in the day compared to many modern games these days like star field.

@RootVegetabIe

8 күн бұрын

Holy fuck if I never see people bitch about Starfjeld again it will be too soon. People's brains are so nostalgia rotted that they're lamenting main menus. Fucking hell

@procow2274

8 күн бұрын

@@RootVegetabIe and some people are so indoctrinated into accepting mediocrity that they become normalized into paying more for less and besmirching others who wont do the same.

@DasAntiNaziBroetchen

8 күн бұрын

@@procow2274 Just don't buy the damn game. Scorn has a very impressive main menu that transitions into the game seamlessly for example. Keep shitting on "modern games".

@BzotsOutOfIllinois3500

7 күн бұрын

​@@DasAntiNaziBroetchenstop making two hour long vidya nothingburger "reviews" about obscure shit that's better left forgotten if it falls into you people's hands but no, you just HAVE to go around and shit up everything with whatever agenda you have in mind don't you?

There's no doubt I'd have picked this up.

I probably would buy it, it looks super cool. (this game needs to be decompiled to fix all those "issues")

Bro, I would have snacked this up like cotton candy. This looks so good. I didn't even know this thing existed. This is top shelf

I played the leak and it's a decent game. It's no tomb raider though. The people who keep making the comparison obviously never played tomb raider.

@ZachAttackIsBack

13 күн бұрын

Well, it is unfinished, so not a fair comparison.

@Tall_Order

13 күн бұрын

​@@ZachAttackIsBack True, but the main reason the comparison doesn't make sense is that riqa is a completely different genre than Tomb Raider, with different controls. If you played tomb raider, you know it's mostly centered around climbing, solving puzzles, dodging traps, and has tank controls. But Riqa is a runner gunner, with standard controls. I guess people see a female protagonist and immediately compare the two games.

Aesthetically, it reminds me of Tomb Raider, Siphon Filter, and even a little Deus Ex. Also - a Western-developed game going for an anime look like Shogo: Mobile Armor Division (1998) and Oni (2001). A product of its time in the best way!

This is absolutely amazing! I think it would be awesome if someone finished the game. Hard4Games is just such a special channel and I love you guys.

This is so cool.. There are a handful of cancelled games that I wish made their way online for the public to enjoy. Whatever content is actually playable, that is.

"mom can we buy Jet Force Gemini?" "no you have Jet Force Gemini at home" 🤣 still cool you preserved it though!

"Fighting force 2" for Sony PlayStation and Sega Dreamcast is very close to this game's concept. It even has a first-person shooting system.

Any canceled N64 game is sad to see because this system could have use it.

I totally would have bought this had it been released back in the day.

This game looks like it would have been so much fun. Glad to see this got recovered.

Cool that the game have masamune shirou art and designs, for anyone interested, the guy still working to this day doing manga

I'd really love to hear the entire track that plays at 6:33 and the rest of the soundtrack. The environments look great too; it really captures the charm of that era. Had it been released and I knew about this I might have played it back then, but I would have for sure today. Thanks for the upload!

Love how the main girl's face looks like a Ghost in The Shell manga trace-over and blue-hair dude looks like a DragonBall + something else manga trace-over. The other girl looks really familiar but I can't place it!

@Snyperwolf91

8 күн бұрын

I get RE1 Jill Valentine vibes from her.

7:16 that in game monitor, has a green text crawl that reminds me of Goldeneye. I wonder if Bits Studios were trading developers or assets with Rare.

@JohnDoe11VII

13 күн бұрын

Lots of similarities, but I don't know why, maybe the common libraries that came with the n64 dev kits, or copy cat design? Stair ramps look like Ocarina, Aiming looks like Perfect Dark... jumping like Tomb Raider?. So many similarities make it look like a high effort asset rip/flip game. Crawling monitor is actually very easy to implement, it's just a scrolling texture often seen with water, doesn't even need animation frames.

I'm glad you chose to run this in upscaled on an emulator. Running games at 320x240 on real hardware looks awful.

@3dmarth

13 күн бұрын

N64 games do look surprisingly clean on a modest-sized CRT, to the point that it's hard to believe they're actually running at 240p. That said, the finer details are still a bit soupy, and I prefer to just play in HD on an emulator. Looks like Riqa could even run at a solid 60fps with the right settings!

Loving that Star Trek phaser sound effect

Looks pretty cool. It think that Masamune Shirow, creator of Ghost in the Shell, did the the main menu art. I dig it!

Wooah! THat looks amazing for an N64 game right down to the last detail. Ever place looks amazing. The models look so pretty and so do their animations. This could have been one the N64's 1995 tech demos.

Some of the element from riqa was incorporated in Rogue Ops.

This game had a sister game called Thieve’s World. Was a stealth based cat burglar game with another leading lady character. Hopefully that’s the next game leaked.

This morphed into Rouge Ops for the Gamecube/PS2/xbox

The art style looks really good on this! Shame this didn't get finished.

@DeenHoward

4 күн бұрын

Looks like the person behind some of the art was a Masamune Shirow fan 😁

This is like perfect dark meets jet force gemini.

I love random history like this. It's great to see a lost game finally get into the hands of players.

Whippet blaster sounds like a kick drum and barn owl

Awesome video thanks for sharing

Interesting. Conker's Twelve Tails... You're next.

This looks like it could've been rad as hell given some time to polish up the graphics and tune the controls. Reminds me of Oni but without the hand to hand combat options.

Would love to see the ROMS combined into a more completed project. This game looks amazing! Definitely the type of game that was missing from the N64 library back in the day!

Kind of interesting how the in-game models have a darker skin tone when compared to the 2D illustrations. I wonder if this is just a simple design change during development or if there was something else going on, given how tense design choices like this can be.

Great job This looks cool

The design of the menus remind me a lot to Gun Valkyrie on the OG XBOX, sad that RIQA got cancelled

nice work - still waiting on that BETA goldeneye cartridge that "someone" claims to have

Looks like Jet Force Gemini and Perfect Dark had a baby and it just really wanted love and affection but was instead callously disregarded

There is no audio or sound; am I deaf or has my cellphone stopped working properly !? 😮

Wow, I really would have enjoyed this back then. Shame it never came out.

Wow! Looks exactly like a game that I love to play. Is there a finished or near finished build available?

Never heard of this one but I’m glad it got leaked! I’m excited to try it out.

its too bad this wasnt finished. this is the kind of N64 game i would go "ive never heard of this, but it looks pretty fun." and i have seen a few of those for released games.

5:44 why that gun sound like one of those (kicks) in a dub step beat that be in the clubs

@DasAntiNaziBroetchen

8 күн бұрын

Probably used a sound library.

To think that some mf is still gate keeping the old oot spaceworld build is insane..

Nice i love cancelled N64 games videos very interesting the game today.

This looks like it would have been awesome! I wish it was finished.

Do we know why they didn't get to finish & release it?

I love those menus! Why does no one make fun menus and title screens anymore?

imo...by the time 3rd parties became familiar with the N64 hardware say in 1999 for release in the following year or so the platform was dying. Many studios moved their projects onto the GCN, but the GameCube had a completely different architectural design philosophy. I'd imagine the same fate RIQA saw was common around the turn of the century.

I bet I would have enjoyed this back in the day had it come out.

I do stumble upon one of the game got thankfully leaked in the gigaleak gameboy lotcheck. In a tweet i saw one of the ex employee Who worked in bloomland Philip Marlowe by quest by the original vision had initialy planning lot of levels but the later got released by cutting the of be streamlined. I talked to him if he had master rom, and sure does but unfortunetly it cant due the scared being layd off or laws nlt sharing cause shaneingan. Is one of those case the devs actualy want preserve is old projects some occasions but they cant due to contracts.

Looks really good for an N64 game. Thanks for sharing!

I think this game would have done well, depending on when it would be released looks cool.

Riqa looks like an interesting game, so I could have definitely seen myself playing it. There is a certain level of charm to it that makes me feel like it could have been a hidden gem on the N64 if it were released.

60 FPS menus, eh? Always nice to see

Anyone know the circumstances on why this was cancelled? How long was it in development?

Cant wait to add this one to the everdrive!

This is really cool. I doubt it would happen but if LRG managed to give this a Shantae Advance-like shot at a second life and to finish developing it, I'd love that.

Honestly Nintendo should've bundled the N64DD with the console at its launch right from the start. It wouldn't have been all that expensive either. No more than say $250 combined the cartridge console itself and the N64DD put together. More than likely 90+% of the games planned for the N64 via the DD would've seen release; including Riqa!

I never heard about this game before, it looks nice, such a shame that it never got finished.

I just hope that panel de pon 64 gets released

Here I am, playing unreleased N64 games on my iPhone... what is this timeline?

Fascinating.

This is actually very impressive.

This is amazing!!!

We have Tomb Raider at home.

It looks like it has some real potential.

Wow this game looks legit. Good art direction, development looks like it went far. Strange it wasn't released.

Gonna tell people this is Dirge of Cerberus

Damn, it looks like a real N64 game. You can't recreate this aesthetic from scratch, you had to be there at the time.

Thats a pretty damned good looking game! Its a shame it never came out. I would have been stoked to play something like that on N64.

Man this looks awesome if this came out today I’d buy it

That’s amazing man

This looks like it could have been one of the best triple-A games on the system. So sad it was cancelled. :(

The question is... Is it gonna be playable some day? It looks amazingly good. Would totally play

Reminds me of Winback

If someone could try and attempt to finish this game… Then I would be more than very happy.🦇

Looks like it would have been a good game! Nice animation for the 64 too!

Call on kaze he could look at it. But probably put it in a mario engine

Happy day! Never thought we would get to play this! That is one one more lost game off my list. Next up, mother 64!

That game looks awesome. I am guessing it would havae dethrowned Perfect dark.

that would have been an AMAZING looking N64 game

Looks like something I would have played. Would have been an epic launch game. They would have sold out for sure.

I love all the N64 content.