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DETAILED DESCRIPTION:
Ironclad is a pseudo 3D side scrolling shooter developed by Saurus in 1996. It
was first shown in its native MVS cartridge format at both the February 1996 Japan
AOU show and the March 1996 USA ACME show. I personally saw and played Ironclad at
that ACME show. I always knew therefore that a ROM cartridge existed on MVS format.
But although the game saw release on the NEOGEO CD system in 1996, it was never
officially released in either the MVS or HOME cartridge formats. Ironclad quickly
became and remained the most sought after of all the CD exclusive protos because
of its appeal to shoot 'em up fans. This was most likely why it had coincidentally
caused the largest number of false claims; more then any other proto cartridge! 13
years later, in November of 2009, SNK released the game for the Nintendo Wii console
and the game's ROM data was extrapolated and reformatted for the NEOGEO system.
INFORMATION TIMELINE:
-- December 1995 -- SAURUS runs a full page ad in Game Machine Magazine.
-- December 1995 -- Gamest #159 has a preview on Ironclad with screenshots.
-- January 1996 -- arcade promo flyer printed for the coin-op industry.
-- January 1996 -- Gamest #160 has an advertisement by SAURUS on Ironclad.
-- February 1996 --SNK releases a six game catalog with screenshots of Ironclad.
-- February 1996 -- SNK displays Ironclad/Brikinger at the 1996 AOU Show.
(during the show, a reporter with a VIDEO camera was able to record Ironclad.)
-- February 1996 -- Arcade Game Magazine has Ironclad scheduled for April release.
-- March 1996 -- Neo News #8 announces Brinkinger for the upcoming show.
-- March 1996 -- SNK displays Ironclad/Brikinger at the 1996 ACME Show.
-- March 1996 -- SAURUS places a full page advertisement in Game Machine Magazine.
-- April 1996 -- Neo News #9 has an article with art on Ironclad.
-- April 1996 -- Arcade Game Magazine has Ironclad scheduled for April release.
-- April 1996 -- Game Machine Magazine provides a screen shot from the 1996 AOU Show.
-- May 1996 -- Arcade Game Magazine has Ironclad scheduled for June release.
-- May 1996 -- Arcade Game Magazine runs a full page advertisement for Ironclad.
-- September 1996 -- Ironclad is released for the CD system.
-- January 2001 -- Emulated screenshots (U) are shown for the ROM version of Ironclad.
-- January 2005 -- Emulated screenshots (X) are shown for the ROM version of Ironclad.
-- November 2009 -- SNK releases Ironclad for the Nintendo Wii virtual console.
-- December 2009 -- NEOGEO Ironclad cartridges are finally possible and assembled.
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