Polar Star 2 - Vilvidow

nrgo Nov 29, 2018 at 22:54
In MSX Magazine 1987/09 there's a review of Polar Star II - Vilvidow, maybe it's an unreleased game. Look at page 145: https://issuu.com/msxblog/docs/msx_magazine_1987_09

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rderooy Nov 30, 2018 at 09:03
Hmm yes interesting find. Strange that it is missing from the Japanese DB (Tagoo). Looking around I do find that there was a polar star 2 released for the Sharp X1 and the MZ2000. The Japanese title is ポーラスターIIウィルヴィドウ On the screenshot it says (c) MICOM HOUSE followed by SPS. In the text next to it, it says マイコンハウスSPS I think those are two companies, one is the developer and the other the publisher. Neither is listed here on GenMSX, but I can find SPS on Mobygames. I am having trouble making out what it exactly says in the title bar written in black, but it basically says something like "scheduled to be released". There is some discussion about it in Japanese here: https://game12.5ch.net/test/read.cgi/retro/1179413219/ but for a non-Japanese it is very difficult to follow using google translate. They also mention it being marketed as the "industries first 4Mbit ROM". In any case, it does seem like it was never released.
rderooy Nov 30, 2018 at 09:19
rderooy Nov 30, 2018 at 10:02
FYI, this is an interesting list http://msx.jpn.org/tagoo/naigame.html Basically these are games that were announced (in Japan), but apparently never released.
Manuel Dec 04, 2018 at 00:42
Wow, that game looks really cool!
Manuel Dec 04, 2018 at 00:43
Why not put a screenshot from the magazine in it?

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