DNAction: The New Breed



DNAction: The New Breed is a standard one-on-one Mortal Kombat/Street Fighter II style game, meant to be released in late '94 by Accolade. The game was shown initially as Matrix Prime in 1993, before being changed to Juggernauts, and finally to DNAction: The New Breed. The story of the game takes place in the future, where scientists have figured out how to manipulate DNA. They create a bunch of "heroes" however some go rogue and become villains. Of the few screenshots shown, the game looks very early in development, with basic backgrounds and only one character programed. The heroes of the game include Recoil, Major Marc Dallas, a former football player that took a job in the military and was chosen as the leader for the Matrix Alpha, the hero's team. Pitbull, Duke Richards, a former member of the Navy Seals that got kicked out for attacking somebody, who then got in trouble for hospitalizing three men in a bar fight. He was sentenced to jail but got the opportunity to have his sentenced halved if he joined the Matrix Alpha. He has regenerative abilities and has mentally tricked his mind into believing he cannot be killed. Hotshot, Megan McKenzie is a skilled tae-kwon-do expert and trained in rapid fire pistols. She joined the Matrix Alpha as a research scientist. Ironclad, Eric Rivas, is a special agent for the Drug Enforcement agency who has super strength. There are also the villains, the members of the Overlord. They include: Shockwave, Justin Lancer, was originally a member of the Matrix Alpha, however he was seen too violent and was removed by Recoil. Hew has the ability to teleport. Bonzai, Kei Azuma, is a ninja, and is one of the most skilled martial artists in the world. Ground Zero, Cody West, a boxer that was stripped of his title when he accidentally killed his opponent, and finally Tracer, Colonel Damien Talbot, a former member of the marines that was almost killed by the experiment and set revenge against the Matrix Alpha. One interesting fact about the game was that it used the Silicon Graphics Rendering System, the same that was used by developer Rare to make the Donkey Kong Country series, Killer Instinct, and Ken Griffey Jr's Winning Run. The game was also scheduled for a Genesis release, which was being developed first. The reason the game was cancelled was because Accolade was also intending to release Fireteam Rogue at the time, and both games spent a lot of money to make and were very ambitious. Accolade ended up running out of money and cancelled bot games before they could be finished. The game was also intended to be released in PAL as Cybernauts. Visit the Unseen.64 article for more screenshots and the bios of all the characters.