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Title: Interesting Duo Release Dates
Post by: jayamine on February 03, 2012, 02:44:32 PM

Super Air Zonk was September 1994
Godzilla was October 3, 1994
Might & Magic III was November 1994
Bonk 3 SCD was December 1994

Last little bit of info from Steve formerly of TZD.
He mentioned Dynastic Hero would have been just before this, so guessing August 94?

But still some good concrete info on the last official Duo releases in America.

Title: Re: Interesting Duo Release Dates
Post by: ParanoiaDragon on February 03, 2012, 03:47:22 PM

I picked up Dynastic Hero around March of 94 IIRC.  Bonk 3 Hu deffinitly came out before the cd, the Bonk 3 CD was the last game released in the US.  I remember picking Bonk 3 Hu up at Babbage's, but by the time Bonk 3 CD came out, there was not a Turbo game left on any shelves in any store in my area, it was all Genesis & SNES.

Title: Re: Interesting Duo Release Dates
Post by: jayamine on February 03, 2012, 04:07:44 PM

Do you remember when some of the others came out? Like Beyond Shadowgate, Terraforming, Cotton, and Exile 2? I'm really interested in pinning down dates as specific as possible.

The last ones I got in stores were Legend of Heroes and Lords of Thunder, but I think that was 93.

I can still remember when Toys R Us was blowing out Turbo stuff. All I found left was a lonely little Monster Lair for ten bucks.

Title: Re: Interesting Duo Release Dates
Post by: Sadler on February 03, 2012, 04:19:49 PM

I can't remember exact dates, but I'm fairly certain I had bonk 3 hu before 1995.

Title: Re: Interesting Duo Release Dates
Post by: SignOfZeta on February 03, 2012, 04:44:37 PM

Exile 2 and Cotton were way before this. I don't remember when exactly, but probably fall 93 or earlier.

Title: Re: Interesting Duo Release Dates
Post by: DragonmasterDan on February 03, 2012, 11:00:37 PM

Quote from: SignOfZeta on February 03, 2012, 04:44:37 PM

Exile 2 and Cotton were way before this. I don't remember when exactly, but probably fall 93 or earlier.

Exile 2 was July 1993.

http://web.archive.org/web/20050311041949/http://www.workingdesigns.com/museum/turbo/ourgames/index.htm

Title: Re: Interesting Duo Release Dates
Post by: incrediblehark on February 04, 2012, 02:22:58 AM

I have some PR discs that are dated and may give a good estimate on release date:

Forgotten Worlds - 7/27/ (92?)
Prince Of Persia - 9/30/92
Might and Magic III - 12/22/93

Title: Re: Interesting Duo Release Dates
Post by: jayamine on February 04, 2012, 05:38:47 AM

Yeah Forgotten Worlds and Prince of Persia were out for Christmas of 92 weren't they? Steve mentioned that all these games were in the works before he got there, but the street dates were staggered.

Dynastic for instance has the highest serial number of all of them, but we know it came out before at least 4-5 of the others.