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{{stub}}''''' Lufia & The Fortress of Doom''''' is an RPG for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System developed by [[Neverland]] and published by [[Taito]]. Following its initial late 1993 release in North America, Taito announced plans for a [[Sega Mega Drive]] version, which was ultimately cancelled for unknown reasons. In Japan the SNES game is known as ''Estpolis Denki'', however no evidence suggests a Japanese version of the Mega Drive game was ever planned.
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[https://twitter.com/gdri/status/406919554984857600 The game was shown at CES 1994], with the game receiving a tentative December 1994 release date. This was later pushed back to Spring 1995 (with this delay being advertised as "worth the wait") before being quietly cancelled. It is speculated that the game, primarily intended for the North American market, was not released because of Taito America's closure in 1995.
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The game was shown at CES 1994,{{ref|1=https://youtube.com/watch?v=yhRpgPKNaGs&t=1764}} with the game receiving a tentative December 1994 release date. This was later pushed back to Spring 1995 (with this delay being advertised as "worth the wait") before being quietly cancelled. It was last seen in a very early state at [[Winter CES 1995]]{{magref|segamaguk|15|18}}.
  
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Latest revision as of 11:08, 19 April 2022

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Lufia & The Fortress of Doom
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Taito
Developer: Neverland
Planned release date(s): Spring 1995
Genre: RPG
Number of players: 1
Status of prototype(s): Tech demo dumped

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Lufia & The Fortress of Doom is an RPG for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System developed by Neverland and published by Taito. Following its initial late 1993 release in North America, Taito announced plans for a Sega Mega Drive version, which was ultimately cancelled for unknown reasons. In Japan, the SNES game is known as Estpolis Denki, however no evidence suggests a Japanese version of the Mega Drive game was ever planned.

The game was shown at CES 1994,[1] with the game receiving a tentative December 1994 release date. This was later pushed back to Spring 1995 (with this delay being advertised as "worth the wait") before being quietly cancelled. It was last seen in a very early state at Winter CES 1995[2].

It is speculated that the game, primarily intended for the North American market, was not released because of Taito America's closure in 1995.

Magazine articles

Main article: Lufia & The Fortress of Doom/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in GamePro (US) #64: "November 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
also published in:
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Print advert in GamePro (US) #66: "January 1995" (199x-xx-xx)
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Technical information

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
{{{{{icon}}}|L}} Division by zero.
Based on
0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
30
[5]
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
60
[6]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
74
[7]
Sega Mega Drive
 55
Based on
3 reviews

Lufia & The Fortress of Doom

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
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CRC32 2b4c3ec1
MD5 de307ec9370007eafb208703e48358c5
SHA-1 ede3a48b9115166cb47df72ec7065f0a427aae5d
1MB 1994-09 EPROM cartridge Tech demo Page

References

  1. ↑ https://youtube.com/watch?v=yhRpgPKNaGs&t=1764
  2. ↑ Sega Magazine, "March 1995" (UK; 1995-02-15), page 18
  3. ↑ EGM², "November 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 285
  4. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 289
  5. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 163
  6. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 168
  7. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 154
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