Relentless

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Relentless
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Electronic Arts[1]
Developer: FutureScape Productions[2][3]
Development timeframe: Early[1]
Planned release date(s): 1993[3]
Genre: Action
Status of prototype(s): Source code compiled[4]
Sound driver: GEMS

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Relentless is an unreleased Sega Mega Drive side-scrolling action game developed by FutureScape Productions and slated to be published by Electronic Arts[1] around 1993. Although the majority of the game's plot was storyboarded out, financial difficulties within FutureScape saw the project cancelled before it made it to production.[1]

Plot

RELENTLESS was an action/suspense game set in the SF Bay area during the 1940's.

FutureScape artist Rick Lucey[1]


History

Development

FutureScape Productions artist Rick Lucey recalls that he, alongside another artist (likely Tom Collie), played a leading role in Relentless's planning.[1]

Legacy

Rick Lucey retained at least five storyboards from the project, and hosted them on his official website for public viewing.[1]

On November 20, 2020, the Video Game History Foundation and Gaming Alexandria announced the release of FutureScape Productions co-founder Kenneth Hurley's preserved development data. Alongside the source code to Nuclear Rush, Hurley had also retained the code to two of the studio's other projects, Monster Hunter and Relentless.[5][6]

Production credits

Source:
Developer statements


Artwork

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Storyboard 1
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Storyboard 2
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Storyboard 3
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Storyboard 4
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Storyboard 5
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References