Waterworld for the Sega Saturn

Okay, now that the search for ADWSS has settled down, I decided to make a thread about the lost Sega Saturn version of Waterworld. To quote the thread I previously made that mentioned it, "​Ocean​ ​had​ ​big​ ​plans​ ​for​ ​Waterworld,​ ​but​ ​it​ ​all​ ​never​ ​really came​ ​into​ ​fruition.​ ​The SNES​ ​and​ ​Game​ ​Boy​ ​versions​ ​never​ ​left​ ​Europe​ ​(even​ ​though​ ​the former​ ​was​ ​about​ ​to​ ​come​ ​out​ ​in​ ​America​ ​and​ ​even​ ​got​ ​an​ ​in-depth​ review​ ​in​ ​Nintendo​ ​Power), the​ ​shitty​ ​Virtual​ ​Boy​ ​version​ ​(then​ ​again,​ ​the​ ​Game​ ​Boy​ ​version​ ​was​ ​shit,​ ​too)​ ​never​ ​left America,​ ​and​ ​the​ ​two Sega​ ​versions,​ ​for​ ​the​ ​Genesis​ ​and​ ​Saturn,​ ​were​ ​never​ ​released.

While the​ ​Genesis​ ​version​ ​was​ ​leaked,​ ​the​ ​Saturn​ ​version​ ​wasn’t​ ​so​ ​lucky. No​ ​gameplay​ ​footage​ ​or ISOs​ ​have​ ​resurfaced,​ ​although​ ​a​ ​slew​ ​of​ ​magazine​ ​coverage​ ​(only​ ​previews,​ ​though,​ ​and​ ​I’m pretty​ ​sure​ ​there​ ​are some​ ​screenshots)​ ​can​ ​be​ ​found​ ​with​ ​a​ ​Google​ ​search,​ ​and​ ​an​ ​alleged cutscene​ ​was​ ​uploaded​ ​to​ ​YouTube.​ ​I​ ​also​ ​did​ ​a​ ​little​ ​research​ ​with​ ​this​ ​one;​ ​after​ ​looking through​ ​some​ ​forums,​ ​I​ ​can​ ​confirm​ ​that​ ​at​ ​least​ ​one​ ​copy​ ​exists​ ​and​ ​is​ ​in​ ​the​ ​hands​ ​of someone.​ ​Not​ ​just​ ​a​ ​prototype,​ ​​but​ ​the​ ​game​ ​was​ ​finished​.​ ​Here​ ​are​ ​a​ ​few​ ​links:

forum.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?135460-Sega-Saturn-Waterworld
assemblergames.com/l/threads/sega-saturn-waterworld.23859/

So, what have we found of it?

Well, one of the developers said this info in an interview, "We had nothing to do with the SNES version. We only did the VB and Saturn versions. The Saturn version was really a great version of what we wanted to do. We had smart bombs floating in the water that you'd use at the right time and take out as many enemies that were visible out in the world. The water was the best water I'd ever seen in a game at that time, Jason Plumb nailed that down. We also had a weapon that shot saw blades out onto the water, and the blades would skim 5 or 6 times before you couldn't see them anymore. We had a bunch of very cool weapons in the game. The Saturn version was completely finished and then Infograms [sic] took us over and decided not to release the game. I'd have to say, that even by today's standards, it was one of the best playing and looking games around."

Additionally, screenshots exist, as quite a few of them were in the aforementioned magazine coverage:



Finally, there's the alleged cutscene of the game, which is only 26 seconds long, and in hindsight, only seems to be a part of a longer FMV. www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4k30dIhoLA


Hopefully, now that the lost media community is a bigger thing than it was a few years ago, maybe we can find this thing. I'd honestly love to play it. Also, one more thing, should an article be made on the game?