courtesy of YouTube/Hidden PalaceFilm & TV / NewsFilm & TV / NewsA prototype Akira video game has been uncoveredThe Sega game was lost for more than 25 yearsShareLink copied ✔️December 27, 2019December 27, 2019TextThom Waite Taika Waititi’s live-action Akira adaptation doesn’t seem to be due anytime soon, after hitting production delays, but to tide us over while we wait a prototype of an early Akira video game has been discovered. Akira games were originally due to be published on various platforms in 1995, but were never finished, and it’s only now that a prototype of one of them, for Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, has surfaced, uploaded online by the video game preservation community Hidden Palace. Unsurprisingly, the game isn’t in full working order (or was simply never completed). This means that it can’t be played all the way through, but individual stages can be selected, Screen Rant reports. These stages involve gameplay influenced by a variety of other games, including Doom (the section where Tetsuo escapes the hospital) and the 1991 motorcycle racing game Road Rash (self-explanatory). Watch a full playthrough below, via Hidden Palace’s YouTube channel. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREBill Skarsgård and Gus Van Sant on their scrappy thriller Dead Man’s WireScarlet: Anime legend Mamoru Hosoda’s trippy new take on HamletLVMH Prize 2026Inside an exclusive celebration for the semi-finalists of the LVMH Prize7 unmissable films from South by Southwest 2026 Why fans are turning against Timothée ChalametOscars 2026: The biggest snubs from this year’s nominationsCasting is finally getting its flowers at the 2026 OscarsThe story behind Resurrection, Bi Gan’s dreamy cinematic epic Sound of Falling is the most experimental teen drama of all timeEveryone needs to calm down about Timothée ChalametNorthern roles should go to northern actorsAmanda Seyfried: ‘Community is everything. Socialism is a beautiful idea’Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy