Close Up Look At Intrepid Izzy – PAL Limited Edition Plus Wave Game Studios News!

Here’s a turn up for the books that you may have missed. Intrepid Izzy, the Senile Team produced platform game released in 2021 has just recently been treated to an ultra limited release by Wave Game Studios. 25 copies of the game were released for around £49 sporting the full PAL blue case retail treatment, featuring all the markers you’d expect from software releases ‘back in the day’ the quality and love that has gone into making this is absolutely incredible, we’ve put together a video showing the ins and outs of the package, but you’re probably wondering why we’re talking about this in the past tense when, in actual fact, these sold out quite some time ago…. Well, it would seem that Wave Game Studios are continuing to explore the PAL style market, 100 copies of their June release of Postal will ship in PAL blue cases, if you’re quick and someone backs out of buying one, you may just be able to snag one of the last stragglers directly on their website . However, there are still the American, Japanese and slim Euro case designs available of this title as well as a few flavours of Izzy too!

Moving forward though, Wave Game Studios are looking into perhaps offering PAL artwork in the correct dimensions for the original cases which gives the option to the buyer of evicting a common game from it’s case and housing one of their releases instead. We think this is a great idea and having the choice can only be good for the market in general.

On a similar note, Wave Game Studios also Tweeted in recent days about having 12 projects being prepared for release within the next 12 months or so, it sure is a great time to be a Dreamcast owner, isn’t it!

News Catch Up February 2022

Let’s take a little look at some of the happenings on the Dreamcast that you may have missed this month.

First up is Wave Game Studios, these guys have struck a deal with Senile Team and Lowtek Games to distribute some of the back-catalogue of Dreamcast games from yesteryear (well, a couple of years ago..) . Flea! is available for £24.99 which looks to be the same version that was available on Etsy some time ago but is actually a new pressing that not only comes on a proper pressed CD this time ( the initial 200 run was CD-R) but also some little addition features have been added. Grab it here.

Next up is Intrepid Izzy. This impressive platformer has been out and about for some time now, but Wave have released a special limited PAL packaged version that comes with the music CD in addition to the game disc. There’s only 25 of these available and it’ll be shipped out in March 2022 with a £49.99 price point from this link – don’t miss out folks! You can also order the original style release packaging as well as a Rush Rush Rally Racing Reloaded variant too.

Moving away from Senile Team but staying with Wave Games Studio, there’s a totally new game available from these guys retailing at only £19.99. Yeah Yeah Beebiss II is a game from John Riggs that features a very retro aesthetic, channeling 1990’s platforming across 10 levels complete with boss encounters, it all looks pretty wild and can be ordered here.

Good news for those who are awaiting Shadow Gangs, the Kickstarter has been relaunched again for the third and presumably final time, thankfully the goal has been reduced to a far more manageable £25,000 which is a far cry from the over £100,000 that was chucked around in the second round. There’s still plenty of those mighty fine £65 PAL editions left so do your bit and order one, make this game a reality – a lot of work has gone into the Dreamcast port and perhaps Shadow Gangs II would appear one day if this one is funded. Head over here to take a look : https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jkmcorp/shadow-gangs-dreamcast-version

Last up is Flight of the Amazon Queen, the classic point and click adventure game which The Bit Station are carrying over on their website and is being handled by Retro Surge. According to the placeholder page which features tentative artwork, the game should be launching next month for the Dreamcast for $24.99, very reasonable all said and done. Let’s hope this one doesn’t skip it’s launch again like it has in the past. Order yourself a copy here.

What’s Happening In The World Of Dreamcast. (June 2021)

Lots of stuff has been happening in the Dreamcast community lately, sometimes it can be a little hard to keep track of things and as such, we’ve come up with this list of some of the noteworthy events that have recently happened. 

Texorcist shipping to customers! 

That’s right, Gamefairy’s first foray into the 128-Bit Sega world is starting to arrive with buyers now, if you’re not familiar with this game, check out our handy link to see what the fuss is all about. Well worth keeping in mind that with copies still available of both the limited 666 edition and the standard, so show your support and snag yourself one, hopefully with continued support for the game, Gamefairy will consider future DC releases.  Order it here. 

The Textorcist Dreamcast Standard Print

Castlevania Resurrection released

Following on from the possibility that Castlevania Resurrection was to be released publicly, it turns out that this has now happened. Originally the game was to be funded via an online sale but was swiftly pulled from sale with fear that this game would not surface into public domain, thankfully this was unfounded and you can now download the game to try it for yourself. Keep in mind that this was very much work in progress and is nowhere near a fully playable game sadly. But still, props to all those involved in getting this thing out there. 

 

Dee Dee Planet Found! 

Perhaps you’ve never heard of this game, but back in 2001, Sega were gearing up to release another online game concept in the name of Dee Dee Planet, this particular game was almost ready to be released and was scrapped by Sega very close to the release due to a game bug which was discovered in the game, the rumour for a while was that this game was actually pressed and sat in a warehouse but this is largely unfounded in a ‘welcome to the Internet’ type of way. Dee Dee Planet We’ve got PCWZRD13 for making this release possible, the owner of the original GD-R however is unknown, but thanks goes their way for letting this one be explored by the DC community. Hideous music aside, this game looked to be a whole host of fun and one of those quirky titles that would have been fondly remembered in the console’s library. 

 

Intrepid Izzy Sent To Pressing Factory

In exciting Senile Team news, Intrepid Izzy is near the finish line! The game has been sent to the pressing factory ready to be produced and by the look of the game disc, it’s looking really great. The outer covers have the Japanese style Dreamcast logos which means the game won’t look out of place in your collections. As an added bonus for Kickstarter backers, US and PAL style designs will also be included! We are sort of hoping that the PAL design can be adapted to fit a retail Euro case, that would be a great little touch.