Talk:Equinox (1993 video game)

message: Note that Equinox is also the title of an earlier 8-bit computer game published by Mikro-Gen in 1986. 86.131.103.170 (talk) 16:57, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
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BetacommandBot (talk) 06:00, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
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message: Hello. I'm not sure what was going on with the previous release dates. They are sourced, but the sources are from before the game came out anywhere in the world, and directly contradict multiple developer statements... they seem to just be optimistic prerelease dates. The developers were interviewed here and here, both sources present in the article, which clearly state that the game was completed in summer 1993 and that it had been out in Japan for some months before releasing anywhere else. It should be noted that the second source says "18 months ago", which is strange compared to all other given statements, and seems to be an error on the part of Gamefan. It was likely meant to read 8 months ago, which aligns more neatly with the summer 1993 statement. This prototype dated March 1993 is as far back as anyone is aware.
There is also no known Australian release of this game. If such a release exists, the January 1994 release date seems unlikely, as the other non-Japan releases are claimed in the Gamefan source to have been held back due to strange technical/approval issues. The big question here is who exactly was running Nintendo's Australian operation at the time. Assuming things like this are actual Australian releases, it seems to be largely imports of European releases. If this is true, any Australian release of Equinox would be tied to the European release.
It should be noted that the dates I just added were already present in this article a few years ago. They are dates that are common across the internet, reliable source or not. In any event, these dates seem more in line with the developer statements. It's a shame that there are not better sources, but we have to make do with what we have. 2603:6081:9540:5CE:5648:C797:2F12:6A80 (talk) 21:46, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Release dates