A LONG time ago, like 1994 status, I remember reading an article in Gamepro about some mech game where there were models that you would plug into a memcard slot on the PSX and Saturn, and it would create custom mechs… Now, the reason I’m associating this to Cyberbots is beacuse I specifically remember the arachnid-like bottom ala Tarantula, and a head that looked like Bloodia / Swordsman / Riot… BUT… I’m not sure… I know the setup was like this…
you buy a big box of shit and put this model together of arm, torso, legs, head, and gun… you take the wire, plug it into the torso, and plug the other end into the memory card slot… then, you get a 2D sprite version of the bot, and you choose the color scheme and fight in a side scrolling beat-em-up game… Which kinda reminds me of the beat-em-up that featured the Cyberbots, prior to the actual Cbots game (dunno the name right now)
Now, does anybody remember this article? I’d like some info on this game too if it was ever released.
I dunno, from your descriptions, maybe the game’s ARMORED CORE. That’s the only game that comes to my mind in terms of customizing bots. Not sure if it was released way back 94.
There definitely was nothing involving physically building models and then transferring them to your PS1.
It was just like Armored Core, you had a long list of ingame parts to choose from to customize your robot and then fought on a two dimensional fighter stage.
And I have it for Sega Saturn and 80% of the basis of the game itself is customizing your VA’s parts with different Legs, Weapons and Arms provided from an ingame list.
This thread makes me want to fix my saturn and pop it in again, matter of fact.
Yeah, the PSX versions of Capcom arcade games have always cut a lot out, but I wasn’t aware they got rid of the customization feature.
That’s just cold.
I fucking saw the game you are talking about. You’re not crazy. Back in the day when I would search around ebay looking for random import fighting games, I listed the price from lowest to highest and saw the exact thing you’re talking about, but I can’t for the life of me remember the name of it. I remember typing the name of the game into google for more random info. and NCSX had a little article about it coming in and how they only were getting a few and it was hella expensive but they were surprised that a few people had preordered it. The game was a couple of hundred dollars back then and also on ebay. It’s gonna drive me nuts now trying to find its name…
