Since then, a few of these have popped up on eBay at exorbitant prices, justified by the fact that the ROM still hasn’t been released publicly.
These carts were sold at the Cowlitz Gamers for Kids Expo earlier this year, with all proceeds going to the Children’s Justice & Advocacy Center. The 32X version quickly faded into gaming history, just another in the long list of canceled 32X games…until the game was dumped to a few repro cart by Lost Classics, a video game website that specializes in selling reproductions. The colors are fuller and noticeably sharper then they were on Genesis. As the release of the Saturn and the Playstation shook up the industry that same year, these versions of the game were canceled in favor of Saturn and Playstation ports, which significantly changed the game’s level design, upgraded the graphics and added FMV sequences. Spot Goes to Hollywood was released exclusively for the Genesis in 1995, with Super Nintendo and 32X versions soon to follow.
Spot would end up starring in four different games across nearly a dozen platforms by the time his career ended with Spot Goes to Hollywood. No not just that, he actually starred in a critically acclaimed game, the side scrolling platformer Cool Spot. Despite being nothing more than an anthropomorphized version of the soda’s iconic red spot given sunglasses, Spot became popular enough to spawn an entire video game franchise. Back in the 90s, Spot was the mascot for 7-Up soda. What is it like? What makes it unique to other versions of the game? Answers lie below the fold.īeing “cool”, Spot naturally had to surf a 7UP bottle in his first Genesis outing.īefore we get into the nitty-gritty, I’d like to get into a little bit of history. Today, SEGAbits is proud to present a first look at a game only a few hundred people have ever seen before.
Dumped to a mere 35 reproduction carts earlier this year, this ROM has yet to be released to the public. Today’s game is one of those titles, a never before seen version of Spot Goes to Hollywood. Some however, were just prettier ports of Genesis titles. Numerous titles were canceled, many of them notable, including Daytona USA and Castlevania Bloodletting. Unfortunately, the onslaught of the “true” next gen systems from SEGA and Sony would take its toll on SEGA’s little mushroom, and it died a silent death with only 39 titles in its library. Back in 1995, SEGA promised 50 titles for the 32X by the end of that year.
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