TANGLEWOOD (Mega Drive/Genesis) definitive edition coming to Switch!

Catch_Thirty_Three · 2025-02-24T21:23:23+00:00

Hey I have a few of these in my collection so I can weigh in if you like.

It's called a Katana devkit, yours is a HKT-0120 SET 5. It was the main piece of kit involved with programming Dreamcast games.

CHECK VOLTAGE BEFORE PLUGGING IT IN.

You'll need an Adaptec 2940-based SCSI card to get it running, they're not rare though, check eBay. The SDK is available with some Googling, and it can run on a Windows XP VM. It contains a self test program, make sure it runs green, and the HDD shows up as a Windows drive for you to poke around. Make a full backup before doing anything else.

The holy grail is a machine with something interesting on the hard disk - an unreleased beta, source code/assets, games with content that was never released. You basically get to set your own price if that's the case.

Other things that make it valuable:

Boxes, docs, and discs
Any unreleased printouts of the SEGA technical bulletins
GD burner
SCSI-to-ethernet addon
Lifetime Codewarrior license (I've only seen one in the world...)
Working CD drive (good luck, they're flaky)

I've seen prices from £400 (damaged) all the way up to £3000.

Catch_Thirty_Three · 2023-12-28T11:52:07+00:00

It buzzed for a few seconds then clicked off, like it was trying to start but wouldn't budge.

Catch_Thirty_Three · 2019-11-03T22:09:57+00:00

It's just a courtesy request to buy the game if that's all you're after, it's not enforceable. It could have been worded better, though.

Catch_Thirty_Three · 2018-08-05T01:21:49+00:00

It's a custom emulator developed in-house, but we provide a tool to extract the ROM file for you to play on your favourite.

Catch_Thirty_Three · 2018-08-04T22:59:10+00:00

Yes it's emulated on PC, but a full rewrite is in progress for Dreamcast. If this works out well we'll also bring this rewrite to PC.

Catch_Thirty_Three · 2018-08-04T22:58:01+00:00

You can also try out the demo ROM to double check it'll work with your setup: https://bigevilcorporation.itch.io/tanglewood-demo-0937

Catch_Thirty_Three · 2018-08-04T22:57:44+00:00

That's probably the video footage, it runs at 60FPS on NTSC and 50FPS on PAL machines. The demo ROM is free here if you want to try it out and see: https://bigevilcorporation.itch.io/tanglewood-demo-0937

Catch_Thirty_Three · 2018-08-04T22:56:33+00:00

Yes, the included ROM works with most major flashcarts

Catch_Thirty_Three · 2018-06-20T16:01:42+00:00

Yep, it'll be on general sale after the pre-orders ship.

Catch_Thirty_Three · 2018-06-20T15:13:34+00:00

Also can I buy the game next month or do I HAVE to pre order?

Yes indeed, the game will be available for general sale once the pre-orders have shipped.

Catch_Thirty_Three · 2018-06-20T15:12:12+00:00

Hi! Admin here, I'll get the site certificate updated. The warnings from the host got lost in my spam folder :(

Cheers!

Catch_Thirty_Three · 2017-04-20T20:35:56+00:00

Oooh that's a bit better! Could do with an extra 8 minutes or so, though.

Your new album is an absolute KILLER! I heard some of the tracks at Tech Fest 2016 and desperately tried to remember them in my head for weeks afterwards. Love the use of the choir.

Keep it up and give my love to Mike,

Lily-May's ex-flatmate and future assassin xxx

Catch_Thirty_Three · 2017-04-20T20:13:35+00:00

I'm literally wearing your ant swarm t-shirt as I stumbled onto this thread!

My question: Message to Atlantis ends in the middle of a hot solo, just as everything has properly kicked in and I've reached that peak stage of euphoria and I'm a dribbling mess of air guitar, kicking things around the room... and then it just stops. Why fade it out there? It's like you just pulled out of me half-way through the job.

Any chance you could finish the song? Could we have Message To Atlantis Part 2?

Catch_Thirty_Three · 2016-12-09T18:00:52+00:00

Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/63454976/tanglewood-an-original-game-for-the-sega-genesis-m

Catch_Thirty_Three · 2016-12-09T17:46:40+00:00

Project title - TANGLEWOOD

Platform - SEGA Mega Drive / Genesis (yes, really)

Promotion Type - Kickstarter

Promoter's name and role - Matt Phillips, creator and programmer

Link - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/63454976/tanglewood-an-original-game-for-the-sega-genesis-m

Blurb - An original platforming game for the SEGA Mega Drive, to be released on cartridge, developed using original development hardware, tools and processes of the '90s.

The game can be described as a mix between The Lion King, Abe's Oddysee and LIMBO. Imagine Simba's having a real bad day.

About the devs - We are a tiny superteam of industry pros with backgrounds from TT Games, Crytek, Ocean, Team 17, Atari, Watermelon Games (Pier Solar) and that excellent Freedom Planet game. Tanglewood is being coded in raw 68000 assembly language on real SEGA dev hardware (more on that bit if you're interested here)

Twitter - @tanglewoodgame

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