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It Came from the Desert

Unreleased Sega Genesis cart. published 34 years ago by Electronic Arts

Listed in MAME

It Came from the Desert screenshot

It Came from the Desert © 1990 Electronic Arts

TRIVIA

According to programmer Matthew Harmon (brought in from New World Computing), the game was "99.99%" complete before cancellation, citing a rare bug which caused the game to crash as the reason the game was not complete. He also suggests that the reason the game was axed was due to EA's policy to concentrate more on sports titles (though it quickly backed away from this strategy). The game was shown at the Winter CES 1992.

Cinemaware released the "99.99% finished prototype ROM" of the game as freeware on December 17, 2001.

In 2014 Cinemaware announced It Came from the Desert: The Action Game – Extended Cut would get a physical release on cartridge for the Mega Drive. It is expected to be published by WaterMelon in 2015.

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Game's ROM.