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Raf World

2021-06-08T10:28:57Z

Marklincadet: Redirected page to Journey To Silius

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Journey To Silius

2021-06-08T10:26:05Z

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|title = Journey To Silius<br>[rʌf] World
|image = 16212-journey-to-silius-nes-front-cover.jpg
|developer = Tokyo Design Center
|publisher = Sunsoft
|date = 1990
|wikipedia = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_to_Silius
|mobygames = https://www.mobygames.com/game/journey-to-silius
|tcrf = https://tcrf.net/Journey_to_Silius
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''Journey to Silius'' (also known as ''Rough World'' in Japan) is a platformer developed by Sunsoft's Tokyo Design Center division and published on 10 August 1990 in Japan, September 1990 in the US and 21 February 1991 in Europe. The game is set in the far future, and follows the quest of Jay McCray to avenge the death of his father and the destruction of a space colony in the Silius Solar System at the hands of robotic terrorists.

The game began development in late 1988 as a licensed game based on ''The Terminator''. It was initially envisioned as an interactive film, which would allow them to stick closely to the original premise. The scope of such graphics-heavy gameplay did not make sense with the limited memory available to them however, and the game was retooled to become a platformer.

The license-holders were not pleased by the resulting usage of the ''Terminator'' property (it was decided that the platformer would be set exclusively in the future, a relatively minor portion of the film). When shown a near-completed build of the game, CLC representative Rand Marlis rejected it and revoked the license. Sunsoft was left with a completed game it could not sell, but rather than cancel the game outright director Hiroyasu Eguchi instead conceived an original setting (seeming based on that of earlier Sunsoft title Dead Zone) and by early 1990 the game had resurfaced as the tentatively-titled ''Operation SSS''.

After receiving yet another name change, the game was finally released. The Japanese release was under the Tokai Engineering name, a dummy label which allowed Sunsoft to release more games in a year at the cost of being able to manufacture their own cartridges. While going largely unnoticed at the time, the game has become well-known today as a masterful if limited platformer. The music in particular has garnered significant praise, with a powerful score backed up by technically impressive techniques introduced with this title.

== Alternative box art ==
<gallery widths="180px" heights="180px">
205183-journey-to-silius-nes-front-cover.jpg|Box for Rough World, the Japanese release of the game.
49294_front.jpg|Box for the Australian PAL-A release of Journey to Silius.
49295_front.jpg|Box for the European PAL-B release of Journey to Silius.
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== Ads ==

<gallery widths="180px" heights="180px">
C2T2yWxWQAEC3Bj.jpg|Front of a flyer advertising The Terminator.
C2T2zMsXcAE1dGh.jpg|Back of the flyer, showcasing screenshots from its time as an adventure game.
Memorial Series - Sunsoft Vol. 5 (Japan) MATER0.png|Front of a flyer advertising Rough World.
Memorial Series - Sunsoft Vol. 5 (Japan) 000001 08b 01c - MATER1.png|Back of the flyer. The character design in the screenshots still reflect the US version.
Gallery_8883_23_150047.jpg|US ad for Journey to Silius.
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== Previews ==

<gallery widths="180px" heights="180px">
DtTTm3WU0AA1udQ.jpg|Nintendo Power preview of The Terminator, now a platformer.
WCES90.jpg|Dealer Price List for Winter CES 1990, offering the game Operation S.S.S. to retailers.
Rough1.jpg|Preview of Rough World, showing the character design from the US version. It appears to have been changed late in development.
Weekly Famitsu - No. 14 July 6th 1990 0043.jpg|Page 44 of Weekly Famitsu No. 14, showcasing a near-final Rough World one month before release.
Weekly Famitsu - No. 14 July 6th 1990 0044.jpg|Page 45 of Weekly Famitsu No. 14.
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBpJB2NmUOg CES promotional video advertising The Terminator, including footage of the game early in development]

== Histories and Retrospectives ==

* https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2019/07/terminator-why-so-silius/ — ''"Terminator, Why So Silius?"'' by Stefan Gancer
* https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2020/12/sunsofts-the-terminator-development-history/ — ''Sunsoft’s The Terminator – Development History Revisited'' by Stefan Gancer

== Books ==

* ''Memoirs of a Virtual Caveman'' by Ron Strangman. Includes an interview with Jay Moon.

== Game credits ==

Source: [https://morguefile.wiki/wiki/images/f/f0/Journey_to_Silius_%28USA%29-Credits.png In-game Staff roll].

{{Credits begin}}

{{Credits line|Directer = Vegas (Hiroyasu Eguchi)#Chow-Mu-Sow (Kiharu Yoshida)}}
{{Credits line|Programmer = Nom (Masahito Nomura)#Hiro-Kun (Hiroaki Higashiya)#North-River (Masaaki Kitagawa)#Sleepy.H (Atsushi Hatano)}}
{{Credits line|Graphic Designer = You-Ri (Yuriko Yuzawa)#Idaten (Tohru Ida)#Hebereke (Ryoji Uchimichi)#N.Habari#Masashi (Masashi Tsukada)}}
{{Credits line|Music Staff = Nobuyuki (Nobuyuki Hara)#Marumo (Naohisa Morota)#About.SS (Shinichi Seya)#N.Kodaka (Naoki Kodaka)#Mabochan (Manabu Sakota)}}
{{Credits line|Special Thanks = Kitachin (Koichi Kitazumi)#Ring Ring#Mac (Masahiro Terao)#Right Hand#Nori (Noriko Ichikawa)#Hero#Asshi (Atsushi Sakai)#Dagawa-R (Hideyuki Udagawa)#J.Moon (Jay Moon)}}
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File:Rough1.jpg

2021-06-08T10:00:04Z

Marklincadet: {{Information |Publication= |Date= |DownloadedFrom= Chris Covell's Secret page (https://www.chrismcovell.com/secret/FC__1990Q2.html). Magazine shots are grouped by time period without specifics on which magazine or issue the images are of. |Description= Early preview of Rough World from April-June 1990. The character design at this point is still the one which will appear in the US version. }}

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|Description= Early preview of Rough World from April-June 1990. The character design at this point is still the one which will appear in the US version.
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File:Weekly Famitsu - No. 14 July 6th 1990 0044.jpg

2021-06-08T09:42:19Z

Marklincadet: {{Information |Publication= Weekly Famitsu No. 14 |Date= July 6th 1990 |DownloadedFrom= Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/weekly-famitsu-no.-14-july-6th-1990-600dpi/) |Description= Page 45 of July 1990's Weekly Famitsu, which contains a preview for a near-final Rough World. }}

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|Date= July 6th 1990
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File:Weekly Famitsu - No. 14 July 6th 1990 0043.jpg

2021-06-08T09:40:58Z

Marklincadet: {{Information |Publication= Weekly Famitsu No. 14 |Date= July 6th 1990 |DownloadedFrom= Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/weekly-famitsu-no.-14-july-6th-1990-600dpi/) |Description= Page 44 of July 1990's Weekly Famitsu, which contains a preview for a near-final Rough World. }}

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|Description= Page 44 of July 1990's Weekly Famitsu, which contains a preview for a near-final Rough World.
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File:Terminator-sketch-for-video-promo.jpg

2021-06-08T09:02:51Z

Marklincadet: {{Information |Publication= |Date= 19 December 1988, 6:30pm. |DownloadedFrom= Gaming Alexandria (https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2019/07/terminator-why-so-silius/). From the archives of Todd Papaleo, courtesy of Gazimaluke. |Description= A pencil sketch of the T-800 for the "Terminator Project Video Promo". }}

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|Description= A pencil sketch of the T-800 for the "Terminator Project Video Promo".
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File:WCES90.jpg

2021-06-08T08:55:47Z

Marklincadet: {{Information |Publication= |Date= |DownloadedFrom= Gaming Alexandria (https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2019/07/terminator-why-so-silius/). |Description= Dealer Price List for the Winter CES 1990. From the collection of Rita Zimmerer, courtesy of Gazimaluke. }}

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File:Memorial Series - Sunsoft Vol. 5 (Japan) 000001 08b 01c - MATER1.png

2021-06-08T08:47:49Z

Marklincadet: {{Information |Publication= |Date= |DownloadedFrom= In-game gallery of the Playstation compilation, Sunsoft Memorial Series Vol. 5 |Description= Back of a flyer advertising Rough World in Japan. }}

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File:Memorial Series - Sunsoft Vol. 5 (Japan) MATER0.png

2021-06-08T08:44:55Z

Marklincadet: {{Information |Publication= |Date= |DownloadedFrom= In-game gallery of the Playstation compilation, Sunsoft Memorial Series Vol. 5 |Description= Front of a flyer advertising Rough World in Japan. }}

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File:Journey to Silius (USA)-Credits.png

2021-06-08T08:34:40Z

Marklincadet: {{Information |Publication= |Date= |DownloadedFrom= |Description= Credits for the US release of Journey to Silius, identical to Europe and Japan (Rough World). }}

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File:C2T2zMsXcAE1dGh.jpg

2021-06-08T08:28:38Z

Marklincadet: {{Information |Publication= |Date= |DownloadedFrom= Frank Cifaldi's Twitter page (https://twitter.com/frankcifaldi/status/821056495898898432) |Description= Back of a Flyer advertising The Terminator, soon to become Journey to Silius }}

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2021-06-08T08:26:05Z

Marklincadet: {{Information |Publication= |Date= |DownloadedFrom= Frank Cifaldi's Twitter page (https://twitter.com/frankcifaldi/status/821056495898898432) |Description= Front of a Flyer advertising The Terminator, soon to become Journey to Silius }}

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2021-06-08T08:23:05Z

Marklincadet: {{Information |Publication= |Date= |DownloadedFrom= Retromags (https://www.retromags.com/gallery/image/4881-journey-to-siliusjpg/) |Description= }}

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File:DtTTm3WU0AA1udQ.jpg

2021-06-08T08:12:26Z

Marklincadet: {{Information |Publication= Nintendo Power #7 |Date= July/August 1989 |DownloadedFrom= Chris Covell's Twitter page (https://twitter.com/covell_chris/status/1068711797408980992) |Description= Preview on page 86 of The Terminator by Sunsoft; soon to be retooled into Journey to Silius. }}

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|Date= July/August 1989
|DownloadedFrom= Chris Covell's Twitter page (https://twitter.com/covell_chris/status/1068711797408980992)
|Description= Preview on page 86 of The Terminator by Sunsoft; soon to be retooled into Journey to Silius.
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2021-06-08T08:00:03Z

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2021-06-08T07:59:38Z

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2021-06-08T07:59:14Z

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2021-06-08T07:58:56Z

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Ufouria: The Saga

2021-06-07T16:56:31Z

Marklincadet: Redirected page to Hebereke

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Hebereke

2021-06-07T16:55:16Z

Marklincadet: Created page with "{{Infobox |title = Hebereke<br>Ufouria: The Saga |image = 272284-ufouria-the-saga-nes-front-cover.jpg |developer = Tokyo Design Center |publisher = Sunsoft |date = 1991..."

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|title = Hebereke<br>Ufouria: The Saga
|image = 272284-ufouria-the-saga-nes-front-cover.jpg
|developer = Tokyo Design Center
|publisher = Sunsoft
|date = 1991
|wikipedia = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ufouria:_The_Saga
|mobygames = https://www.mobygames.com/game/ufouria-the-saga
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''Hebereke'' (known as ''Ufouria: The Saga'' in Europe) is a platformer developed by Sunsoft's Tokyo Design Center division and published on 20 September 1991 in Japan, and in Europe on 19 November 1992. The game's story varies depending on region: In ''Hebereke'', the titular character has ended up in a strange world he must escape from with some help from a few of its denizens, while in ''Ufouria'' main character Bop-Louie must enter the land to rescue his three friends.

The game has an unusual development history of which little is known; While the project was started with the intent of featuring Hebe and his friends, production appears to have begun with ''Ufouria'' and ended with ''Hebereke'''s simultaneously-developed assets being added back in afterwards.

Although ''Ufouria'' was developed with input from Sun Corporation of America they never released the game themselves, deeming it too late for the cutesy platformer to perform well in their region. Meanwhile, ''Hebereke'' and ''Ufouria'' were released as planned in Japan and Europe respectively, retroactively being recognised as a polished take on the Metroidvania subgenre of platformers.

== Alternative box art ==
<gallery widths="180px" heights="180px">
268637-ufouria-the-saga-nes-front-cover.jpg|Box for the German PAL-B version of Ufouria: The Saga.
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== Interviews ==

<gallery widths="180px" heights="180px">
Marimohistory0.jpg|Pages explaining the history of the character O-Chan from 拳王MARIMO, a doujinshi by Character Designer "Yokkyun.Suzuki".
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* September 6, 1991 issue (No.17) of Family Computer Magazine (Famimaga). The "Sun Corporation: Can't Miss It!" segment features a brief interview with the game's developers.
* October 1, 1993 issue (No.20) of Famimaga. The "Sugoi Hebereke Special Feature" details the history of the franchise, and includes early Hebekeke art originally submitted to doujin magazine Manga Hot Milk.

== Forum threads ==

* [https://game10.5ch.net/test/read.cgi/gsaloon/1105165382/ Thread on 5channel from 2008, with people discussing the origins of the character O-chan.]

== Website ==

* [https://web.archive.org/web/19991105224621/http://www.netlaputa.ne.jp/~puuta/index.html Homepage of "Yokkyun.Suzuki".

== Miscellaneous ==

* [https://heberekenokoto.netlify.app/research/research_frame.html Research section of fansite Hebereke no Nekoto, listing Japanese print media that mention Hebereke]

== Game credits ==

Source: [https://morguefile.wiki/wiki/images/a/a7/Hebereke_%28Japan%29-Credits.png In-game Staff roll].

{{Credits begin}}
{{Credits line|Directer = Chow-Mu-Sow (Kiharu Yoshida)#Yoshinori Homma}}
{{Credits line|Programmer = Nom (Masahito Nomura)#Nyoro Nyoro}}
{{Credits line|Graphic Designer = You-Ri (Yuriko Yuzawa)#Tamura#Ajiro (Tohru Ajiro)}}
{{Credits line|Music Staff = Nobuyuki.H (Nobuyuki Hara)#About.SS (Shinichi Seya)#Kodaka San (Naoki Kodaka)}}
{{Credits line|Character Design = Ucchi (Ryoji Uchimichi)#Yokkyun.Suzuki}}
{{Credits line|Special Thanks = Hirokun (Hiroaki Higashiya)#A.T (Akito Takeuchi)#Kitachin (Koichi Kitazumi)#H.Eguchi (Hisayasu Eguchi)#M.Kawai (Masato Kawai)#K.Kozawa (Kazumoto Kozawa)#H.Yamamoto (Hideo Yamamoto)#M.Okazaki (Mihoko Okazaki)#T.Mori (Tatsuo Mori)#Rita Zimmerer#Kazuko Harman#Karen Shadley#Steve Gehrke}}
{{Credits line|Adviser = Asshi (Atsushi Sakai)#Mac (Masahito Terao)#North River (Masaaki Kitagawa)#Makihara (Masaharu Makihara)#Idaten (Tohru Ida)#Ishikawa (Takumi Ishikawa)#Sleepy.H (Atsushi Hatano)#Shimamura (Masayuki Shimamura)#Furihata (Masashige Furihata)#Tsukada (Masashi Tsukada)#Shikano (Masaru Shikano)#Monma (Kouki Monma)#Kojima (Yusuke Kojima)#Yamamoto (Chieko Yamamoto)
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{{Credits line|Game Designer = Ucchi (Ryoji Uchimichi)}}
{{Credits line|And = Players}}

{{Credits end}}

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File:Hebereke (Japan)-Credits.png

2021-06-07T16:33:47Z

Marklincadet: {{Information |Publication= |Date= |DownloadedFrom= |Description= Staff Roll taken from Hebereke, and is identical to Ufouria's. }}

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File:Marimohistory1.jpg

2021-06-07T15:42:56Z

Marklincadet: {{Information |Publication=拳王MARIMO |Date= 5 November 1994 |DownloadedFrom= |Description= }}

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2021-06-07T15:42:10Z

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2021-06-07T15:12:54Z

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2021-06-07T15:11:59Z

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