Robotech on Nintendo Ultra 64: the dream that never crystallized

SharpX68K · Mar 17, 2018

This is what made me buy into all the hype for Nintendo Ultra 64 back in mid 1995, a year before the system released, Robotech

1995

Almost 5 years later...

p.s. Reading every issue of GameFan on Wii U is awesome, had no idea the web browser had a PDF reader.

DanteLinkX · Mar 17, 2018

Hey at least tell me you got ocarina of time to help you deal with it.

Also wii u secrectly has the best browser of all the 7th gens consoles.

Truant · Mar 17, 2018

I miss the 90's.

Keldroc · Mar 17, 2018

Wow, look at all those Capcom games listed that never happened.

Also "Ultra Metroid" lol

skeezx · Mar 17, 2018

ah yes, that fucking Gamefan spread. used to look that over every day thinking that's what i'd be playing on my 'ultra 64'. but Crystal Dreams is always something i wanted to play, still looks pretty interesting to this day.

and lol at the trademark spurious Gamefan speculation at the end of the article "coming soon: Final Fantasy 8, Secret of Evermore 2..."

Calverz · Mar 17, 2018

Keldroc said:
Wow, look at all those Capcom games listed that never happened.

Also "Ultra Metroid" lol

Street Fighter III lol until they realised the n64 was terrible for 2d sprites.

SharpX68K · Mar 17, 2018

DanteLinkX said:
Hey at least tell me you got ocarina of time to help you deal with it.

Also wii u secrectly has the best browser of all the 7th gens consoles.

Yeah, I managed to get ocarina of time, playing it between christmas and new years eve '98

Also, you're right about that browser, U does what Switch don't !

BocoDragon · Mar 17, 2018

In the same breath they were hyping up games like Mission Impossible. Who knows if Robotech would be any good if it were released?

DanteLinkX · Mar 17, 2018

Keldroc said:
Wow, look at all those Capcom games listed that never happened.

Also "Ultra Metroid" lol

Lol someone should make a 5th element gif with all those games, seems like a fanboy wishlist lol.

big_z · Mar 17, 2018

to me the concept shots always reminded me of M2 tech demos. maybe before Nintendo tweaked the n64 specs before release it could have done something similar to those screens but the game that got canned.... it deserved it.

BocoDragon said:
In the same breath they were hyping up games like Mission Impossible. Who knows if Robotech would be any good if it were released?

a build of the game is out there. it looks like one of those games where the devs weren't really sure what to do.

BocoDragon · Mar 17, 2018

big_z said:
a build of the game is out there. it looks like one of those games where the devs weren't really sure what to do.

I would suppose so, since it was cancelled.

That said, I do fully understand the appeal of a classic anime being made in 3D for a Nintendo machine. That's some good mid-90s dreaming right there.

Crumpo · Mar 17, 2018

If it's any consolation all the Robotech games released since then have been pretty poor, so you probably weren't missing much.

I would love an FTL-like game where you control the SDF-1 and have to get back to Earth from Pluto; that might fare better than the Valkyrie stuff. Or maybe platinum games will do a quick cel-shaded game, like transformers.

Skunk · Mar 17, 2018

I find the Dreamworks article at the top interesting, because that would ultimately become Medal of Honor on PS1.

skeezx · Mar 17, 2018

big_z said:
to me the concept shots always reminded me of M2 tech demos. maybe before Nintendo tweaked the n64 specs before release it could have done something similar to those screens.

like the "Final Fantasy 7" "screenshots" for N64 it was conceptual stuff, how games could run on a 3D engine since such was uncharted territory for the most part. devs never made any bones about it, standard ghetto 90s gaming journalism treating it like the actual game

LaserBits · Mar 17, 2018

SharpX68K said:
This is what made me buy into all the hype for Nintendo Ultra 64 back in mid 1995, a year before the system released, Robotech

I loved Robotech (still do) and back then i had spend a lot of hours admiring those same pages in a magazine and thinking about the possibilities . If i can remember correct back in the day someone described the Robotech game idea as a space game with the ability to land on planets. . I eventually got a N64 and the Robotech game that released back then but it was not what i was expecting .

Thanks for the post reminded me some good times. Also i think it is time to realise that Robotech concept. Switch hardware is up to the task and portable!!
I would like an open world explorable universe please. Rpg elements to upgrade my ship and gain abilities , coop to fight the enemy with a group.
Hell even a 2 function based multiplayer game would be cool to control planets in a PVEPVP style of game. Humans vs Zentraedi, yes please !!!

Dr. Caroll · Mar 17, 2018

The game looked extremely interesting, and it's a pity they ran out of money.