Unreleased games from the past are always a fascinating find for retro gaming enthusiasts. Today, an unreleased Super Famicom remake of Quinty (Mendel Palace in North America) has been discovered and leaked online.
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Game Details:
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Game Name: Quinty / Mendel Palace
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Developer: Game Freak
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Original Release: 1989 on the Famicom, released in North America a year later by Hudson Soft.
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Remake Details:
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The remake was intended for the Nintendo Power service, allowing players to flash games onto special rewritable cartridges.
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Plans existed to release this on the Wii Virtual Console, but both this and other potential releases didn’t come to fruition.
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Impact:
- For fans of retro games: A new look at an early contribution that may not have seen light previously.
- For developers: Shows the development process and potential for unreleased ideas in game history.
- For preservationists: Another example of how old data can resurface, potentially saving works from being lost.
Would you have bought the Quinty remake, had it been released?
I remember playing Mendel Palace at a family friend’s house and getting really far in it. What a delightfully quirky game. I’ll have to try the SFC version now!