Sega Channel menu demo cartridge #44, "Ancient SC menu" [Sega Genesis cartridge] [restricted], contents dated "from 11/93", cartridge created May 24, 1994

Item

Identifier: SHORROCK-GAMES-SCDEMO-MENU.044

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This collection includes digitized copies of paperwork, audio and video cassettes, disks, and game data from Michael Shorrock's work for Sega Channel from 1993–1997. Shorrock's papers primarily deal with programming research and user studies for Sega Channel, as well as samples of promotional and sales materials.

Dates

Creation: contents dated "from 11/93"
Issued: cartridge created May 24, 1994

Creator

Sega of America (Publisher, Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

The Video Game History Foundation has been given permission by Michael Shorrock to reproduce material in this collection. The intellectual property rights for these materials remains with their respective owners.

The Video Game History Foundation currently does not provide access to game data and system ROMs through our library. Data from these items in this collection has been donated to Gaming Alexandria.

Historical Note

This menu demo from November 1993 appears to slightly post-date an undated prototype that was posted online in 2011. This build contains audio and is missing some of the debug options from the earlier prototype, suggesting it was further along in development, but is still early enough that it predates the finalization of the Sega Channel brand imagery.

In addition to the November 1993 date and May 24, 1994 production date, the cartridge label also lists the date "95-5," though it is not clear what event this date is associated with. Regardless, this menu was produced early in the development of Sega Channel.

It is unclear why the ROMs for this cartridge were burned in May 1994. This would have been slightly before the roll-out of Sega Channel test markets.