Unreleased NES Game War On Wheels Now For Sale
Two decades after development was halted on Jaleco's War On Wheels, the NES roller derby simulation is finally available for purchase.
According to Sculptured Software [http://www.unseen64.net/2008/04/11/war-on-wheels-nes-unreleased/] in 1991 that allowed gamers to physically assault anyone they couldn't out-skate. Reviews of the game exist in magazines of the time, though no one seems to have any idea why a title so close to completion was canned.
Regardless, The NES Dump is now selling a limited run of the game freshly burned onto the NES-trademark grey plastic cartridges. For $50 (plus $5 shipping if you live anywhere outside the U.S.), the site will send you the game, a 10-page instruction manual, and a classic NES-style cardboard box sourced from the game's pre-production artwork.
Originally I was going to comment on the excellent work The NES Dump has done in resurrecting a game that would otherwise be lost to the fires of development hell, but then I was distracted by the video GameSetWatch [http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2011/05/danny_unreleased_nes_game_war.php] found of the game itself.
Did you notice anything odd there? Maybe something regarding the naming scheme of the teams?
War On Wheels features a team named the "Los Angeles Illegals."
Presumably because the "Los Angeles Schwarzenegger's Illegitimate Children" wouldn't make any sense for another 20 years.
Source: GameSetWatch [http://www.thenesdump.com/New%20Website/war%20on%20wheels.htm]
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Two decades after development was halted on Jaleco's War On Wheels, the NES roller derby simulation is finally available for purchase.
According to Sculptured Software [http://www.unseen64.net/2008/04/11/war-on-wheels-nes-unreleased/] in 1991 that allowed gamers to physically assault anyone they couldn't out-skate. Reviews of the game exist in magazines of the time, though no one seems to have any idea why a title so close to completion was canned.
Regardless, The NES Dump is now selling a limited run of the game freshly burned onto the NES-trademark grey plastic cartridges. For $50 (plus $5 shipping if you live anywhere outside the U.S.), the site will send you the game, a 10-page instruction manual, and a classic NES-style cardboard box sourced from the game's pre-production artwork.
Originally I was going to comment on the excellent work The NES Dump has done in resurrecting a game that would otherwise be lost to the fires of development hell, but then I was distracted by the video GameSetWatch [http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2011/05/danny_unreleased_nes_game_war.php] found of the game itself.
Did you notice anything odd there? Maybe something regarding the naming scheme of the teams?
War On Wheels features a team named the "Los Angeles Illegals."
Presumably because the "Los Angeles Schwarzenegger's Illegitimate Children" wouldn't make any sense for another 20 years.
Source: GameSetWatch [http://www.thenesdump.com/New%20Website/war%20on%20wheels.htm]
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