For those of you unaware of this landmark development, Pier Solar is an RPG in the mould of the great 16-bit epics that has been put together from the ground up by members of the TAVERN forum found at Sega emulation site Eidolon’s Inn.

A demo for the upcoming Mega Drive/Mega CD release, Pier Solar, will be available soon and will comprise of part of the first chapter. According to the OFFICIAL SITE a version has been released internally for reviewing. Based on these reviews any necessary tweaks will be made before eventually being made public.

This isn’t just a homebrew ROM though it will be released on physical media for both the Mega Drive and Mega CD. Thats right, in a box, on a cartridge!! This will be the first time in over 10 years such a thing has happened and the projected release date is 29th October to tie in with the Mega Drives birthday.

Pier Solar’s story follows that of three young friends, Hoston, Alina and Edessot, battling to find a rare magical herb to cure Hoston’s Father who is tragically ill but what begins as a simple quest uncovers a sinister plot to take over the world and our young heroes wind up in a mighty battle of good vs evil.

The gameplay has all you would expect from a quality RPG with turn based battles, magic, upgradable weapons and we have even been promised a few extra treats for the Mega CD release though these have not been announced. I’m very, very excited about Pier Solar and looking at the screenshots I’m reminded of the mighty Chrono Trigger which can only be a good thing. Expect a review of the demo as soon as possible.

Images used under fair use from the fan site