clockwork aquario - /vr/ (#11809512) [Archived: 1136 hours ago]

Anonymous
6/19/2025, 12:09:53 AM No.11809512
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md5: faa5a91902102961170f2be13c735528🔍
how is this still not on PC? it was announced 2 years ago for steam
could the rom be extracted?

>Clockwork Aquario was intended to be the last arcade game by Westone, developed in 1992 for Sega System 18 and push the hardware to its limits; however, it was canceled due to the increasing popularity of 3D games and fighting games in arcades as well as negative feedback during location tests in 1993. In 2017, Strictly Limited Games acquired the rights from Sega, with ININ Games collaborating on a restoration work alongside former Westone staff members as certain elements from the project's source code were lost. Clockwork Aquario holds the Guinness world record for the longest time between the start of a video game project and its release, at 28 years and 81 days.

>Clockwork Aquario garnered mixed reception from critics; praise was directed to the unconventional pick-up-and-throw combo-chaining system similar to Treasure titles due to the controls, colorful visuals reminiscent of the Mega Drive era, soundtrack and co-op multiplayer, but other felt mixed in regards to the gameplay, difficulty, superfluous ideas, mechanics and overall presentation, while its short length was universally criticized.
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Anonymous
6/19/2025, 12:24:57 AM No.11809545
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md5: 19fb968d46a1e5240231b4b2642b5d02🔍
The Switch version emulates very well, when the data is extracted there's a 40.4MB "m" file that is most likely the arcade ROM data in a single blob.
No clue if it's compressed or what, not familiar enough with MAME / arcade stuff.
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Anonymous
6/19/2025, 12:33:52 AM No.11809573
> developed in 1992 for Sega System
Anonymous
6/19/2025, 12:49:44 AM No.11809620
>>11809512 (OP)
It IS extracted.
You can download aquario.zip from any up-to-date MAME/FBNeo archive. Should just run.
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Anonymous
6/19/2025, 1:12:48 AM No.11809663
>>11809620
>it's real
Cool, just that it's a HBMAME set, not official MAME.
Anonymous
6/19/2025, 1:28:40 AM No.11809681
>>11809545
Looks like "m" is the new music created for 2020 release. The extracted rom appears to have placeholder music not intended for 1992 release.
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Anonymous
6/19/2025, 1:55:46 AM No.11809707
>>11809620
This version seems to have different music than what I'm hearing in videos of the PS4/Switch release, and it sounds worse. What's up with that?
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Anonymous
6/19/2025, 2:01:03 AM No.11809719
>>11809707
Beats me, I didn't release it.
Probably what >>11809681 said.
Anonymous
6/19/2025, 2:16:28 AM No.11809737
>>11809681
Can this music be applied to the arcade version or is it stuck with the placeholder