Mega RPG Project
The Mega RPG Project (メガロープレプロジェクト) was a 1994 marketing campaign put together by Sega which attempted to convince customers to remain focused on Sega consoles because many great new role-playing video games were about to be released. This was most likely thought up because the Super Famicom was gaining a lot of ground thanks to several successful fantasy games like The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Final Fantasy IV, Final Fantasy V, Secret of Mana, and several others in the works. Sega enlisted the help of developers like Falcom, Ancient, Nextech, and others to develop the new games. Each was labeled with the Mega RPG Logo and included a collectible metal pin. The marketing campaign doesn't appear to have been a huge success as there were only a total of seven games, and three were just remakes of existing games. Also, only three of the seven were considered successful enough to be published outside of Japan, where they didn't feature the project name.
Personal
Because the marketing campaign wasn't used outside of Japan, and I played very few Sega games anyway, I didn't learn about this project until 2020 when Gaming Historian reviewed the first game of the series, Crusader of Centy. I thought the game looked really interesting, and played it through, but was disappointed. I started another game from the series, Beyond Oasis, but didn't find it very good either.
Games
The following games are part of the Mega RPG Prjoect:
| Released | Title | Platform | Languages |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994-06-17 | Crusader of Centy | Genesis | Japanese, English, French, German, Spanish, Korean |
| 1994-07-22 | Shining Force CD | Sega CD | Japanese, English, French, German, Spanish |
| 1994-09-16 | Dragon Slayer: Eiyuu Densetsu | Mega Drive | Japanese |
| 1994-11-11 | After Armageddon Gaiden: Majuu Toushouden Eclipse | Mega Drive CD | Japanese |
| 1994-12-09 | Beyond Oasis | Genesis | Japanese, English, French, German, Spanish, Dutch, Korean |
| 1995-01-20 | Dragon Slayer: Eiyuu Densetsu II | Mega Drive | Japanese |
| 1995-03-17 | Surging Aura | Mega Drive | Japanese |
Media
Documentation
The Mega RPG Project pin.
Videos
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