TEST TUBES: SEGA’S LONG-FABLED VIRTUA HAMSTER ROM RELEASED

Just officially dumped (and replacing an early unfinished demo ROM) by Sega fanatics at SegaSaturno and released for public enjoyment: Virtua Hamster, a Genesis 32X S.T.U.N. Runner-esque maze/race game that was in still in development at Sega of America when the company decided to discontinue the hardware add-on.

The footage above is apparently not representative of the speed and graphics of the game running on actual hardware, but presumably the community’s already beavering away at emulator compatibility. Check this site for more of the game’s troubled history. [via Lost Levels]