Sunshine (Block Paradise)
The oldest unreleased game for the neogeo system, it is believed to reside at the first & lowest unknown game code number, NGH-008. A puzzle game which uses multi-colored blocks that bares a close resemblance to Tetris, perhaps even too close. Most
Tetris-like puzzlers were held back or even discontinued due to the intense lawsuit-filled atmosphere surrounding Atari's Tetris at the time of the late eighties to early nineties. This is most
likely what happened with this title. The games graphics look very primitive and simplistic, even
more so then SNK's 22 meg Puzzled (Joy Joy Kid), the lowest meg count game ever released for the neogeo system. Recently, (January 2003) the arcade promo flyer for the game was discovered!
Curiously, Alpha holds the record for the highest number of unreleased neogeo cartridge games by any of the neogeo licensees with a total of 5 titles! Furthermore, their initial 2 titles were released under the SNK name. (Magician Lord & Ninja Combat) so it is very possible that one of the last 3 as of yet unknown mystery cartridges (012, 013, & 015) may someday be found to be Alpha Denshi games.
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