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Post by somemannerof on Apr 20, 2009 16:28:33 GMT -5
From Wikipedia's article on Stunt Race FX:
Nintendo has since discontinued the idea of franchising the series. The one prior incident took form with a canceled sequel on the Nintendo 64 called Buggie Boogie.
Is this true?
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Post by Da Robot on Apr 20, 2009 18:05:01 GMT -5
Sadly, yes. It gets mentioned in this list of games that were supposed to coming for the N64 (at the time called the Ultra 64). 14 of the games in that list (nearly half of them) were never released. It was being developed Angel Studios (never heard of them till now). |
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Post by somemannerof on Apr 20, 2009 18:13:04 GMT -5
That's sad.  But if no images exist..how do we know it was a Stunt Race FX sequel? And what about the magazine scan on the page you linked to? |
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Post by Da Robot on Apr 20, 2009 18:35:22 GMT -5
Sorry, I didn't see the magazine scan picture.  The game sounds a lot different to SRFX, I always assumed BB was a SRFX sequel. |
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Post by Nester the Lark on Apr 20, 2009 19:17:02 GMT -5
It was being developed Angel Studios (never heard of them till now). Angel Studios later changed its name to Rockstar San Diego, and is responsible for the Midnight Club series. They also handled the excellent and technologically impressive N64 port of Resident Evil 2. Just so you know.  |
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Post by parrothead on Apr 22, 2009 0:48:10 GMT -5
Angel Studios is best known for the N64 version of Major League Baseball Featuring Ken Griffey, Jr., which came after the SNES and GB versions developed by Software Creations, as well as Ken Griffey Jr.'s Winning Run developed by Rare.
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Post by Fryguy64 on Apr 26, 2009 15:03:03 GMT -5
Buggy Boogie is not a sequel to Stunt Race FX... it's just another 3D racing game that was cancelled.
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Post by parrothead on Apr 26, 2009 22:39:54 GMT -5
Buggy Boogie is not a sequel to Stunt Race FX... it's just another 3D racing game that was cancelled. Then I guess N-Sider (the website, not the forum) isn't a completely reliable source of info about Nintendo Co. Ltd., right? |
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Post by Fryguy64 on Apr 27, 2009 1:24:19 GMT -5
Why would you 100% trust anything you read on the web? Especially when it comes to poorly-documented or cancelled games. You can find out enough about Buggy Boogie to know it's not related to Stunt Race FX though. The question is, is there any connection between this and Mini Racers, shown at E3 1999 and never released: Nintendo's Japanese website |
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Post by parrothead on Apr 27, 2009 2:09:26 GMT -5
I'm not trusting everything, I'm only trusting those that are reliable. N-Sider said the reason why the NES Punch-Out!! starred Mike Tyson, is that Minoru Arakawa (NoA founder) went to watch a boxing match between Iron Mike and another boxer, while Arakawa was so shocked to see Tyson's strength and skill, he asked the boxer if he would like to be in the then-upcoming Punch-Out!! game to help sell it. This was found here: www.n-sider.com/contentview.php?contentid=221If you can't find it, use FireFox's "Find" feature by pressing Ctrl+F and type in "Tyson" to find it. |
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Post by Fryguy64 on Apr 27, 2009 8:28:24 GMT -5
Take NinDB as a prime example. The research that I've done into Kazumi Totaka's song and many cameos has made the site a generally trustworthy source - but that doesn't mean everything on the site should be considered so. For quite a lot of pages, it's just something I wrote up quickly several years ago and never replaced (until very soon!)
If N-Sider picked up some interesting facts then they should cite that source. In the case of Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! I would assume they got the info from an interview or book. In the case of Buggy Boogie, I would assume they made it up, seeing as the name, graphics, gameplay and developer all suggest it has nothing to do with Stunt Race FX at all...
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Post by parrothead on Jun 7, 2009 1:53:25 GMT -5
Well, Edge magazine mentioned "Bump 'n' Jump", because the Data East game and the Super FX racing game have one thing in common: they both have cars that jump by themselves.
MODIFY:
Was Stunt Race FX also officially planned for the original Game Boy, but then got cancelled? This looks either real or fake.
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Post by nocturnal YL on Jun 7, 2009 11:50:24 GMT -5
"Oh noooo!"
"Use a standard Game Boy"? What does that mean?
It looks too good. The music is a bit above GB's ability, plus I just don't think GB can do pseudo-3D. You can make it generate graphics with special chips and stuff, but smooth 25fps 3D made from lots of distorted planes SNES-style? I think that's too much for the GB.
If this thing's true, then it being cancelled is just as plausibe as ever.
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Post by somemannerof on Jun 7, 2009 16:09:13 GMT -5
I don't know... I've done some digging, and found other people mentioning the tech demo Elmar Krieger created: www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,207764/ "StuntRaceFX changed the colors and the displayed portion of the screen in each pixel line while the GameBoy's 'virtual cathode ray' drew the image. This allowed to compose moving 3D graphics with texture mapping from a single static image combined with hardware sprites. Additional complex vector graphics were precalculated and uncompressed on the fly using an MPEG-like system developed by Mark Piffer." If it is a hoax, it's incredibly elaborate and well-done. |
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