Fido Dido
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Fido Dido |
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System(s): Sega Mega Drive |
Publisher: Kaneko |
Developer: Teeny Weeny Games, Krysalis (sound) |
Planned release date(s): 1993-11[1] |
Genre: Action |
Status of prototype(s): Prototype dumped |
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Fido Dido is an unreleased Sega Mega Drive game based on the character and former mascot of 7-Up, Fido Dido. It was developed by Teeny Weeny Games and was set to be published by Kaneko in 1993.
Despite the game being reportedly finished, Fido Dido was cancelled for unknown reasons, though a ROM of the complete game has since been dumped. Pirated versions of the game have also been spotted, and its widespread circulation frequently leads to the misconception this game was officially released. Fido Dido even got to the stage where it was given cover art in the US and rated by Sega's Videogame Rating Council (as GA). It was also demonstrated at CES 1993.
The reasoning behind Fido Dido's cancellation is unknown, however it was around this time when 7-Up changed their mascot to Cool Spot, which may have been a factor. Furthermore, Kaneko's US arm was closed during this period, leading to the cancellation of othe games such as Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill. There was also reportedly a SNES version in development, though this has yet to be unearthed.
A UK version said to be "out now" was reviewed in the Easter 1994 issue of Sega Pro magazine.
Production Staff
Production from Kaneko" Jeff Hill
Director, casting, editing, design and production: Angela Sutherland
Principal programmer: Paul Laidlaw
Sets, characters and wardrobe: Paul Mitchell
Assistant programmer: Brian Rogers
Key grips, assitant graphics and testing: Guillaume Camus
Music converted by: Matt Furniss
Artwork
Promotional material
- FidoDido MD US PrintAdvert.jpg
US print advert
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ROM dump status
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Magazine articles
Mention in Mean Machines Sega #10 (1993-08)
Mention in Mega #16 (1994-01)
- ↑ File:GamePro US 052.pdf, page 213
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 File:GamePro US 056.pdf, page 59 Cite error: Invalid
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tag; name ":File:GamePro US 056.pdf_p59" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 80
- ↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "April 1994" (US; 1994-03-22), page 62
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 46
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 314
- ↑ Mega, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-19), page 41
- ↑ MegaTech, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-20), page 58
- ↑ Sega Power, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-05-05), page 62
- ↑ Sega Pro, "Easter 1994" (UK; 1994-03-24), page 58
- ↑ SuperGamePower, "Abril 1994" (BR; 1994-0x-xx), page 33
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 72
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