Wild 9

Wild 9 is a 2.5D platform video game for the PlayStation. The game was designed by David Perry, developed by Shiny Entertainment, and published by Interplay Productions; all of which were parties involved in Earthworm Jim series of video games. The game was released in North America and Europe in September 1998.

The game plays as a run and gun platformer sidescrolling video game. While the game has 3D, polygonal graphics, gameplay only takes place on a 2D plane, The player controls the movements of the main character, Wex Major, manipulating him around obstacles through to the end of the level. Wex's main weapon is called the "Rig", which is an electrical beam coming from Wex's back, used to defeat enemies. The "Rig" latches on to enemies, allowing the player to whip around or thrash enemies. Common scenarios involve bashing them into the floor or walls, or carrying enemies and moving them into other parts of the environments, like pits or spikes. He eventually meets up with eight other off beat, strange adventurers, and becomes the leader of the group, which they dub the "Wild 9". Perry's disillusionment with Sega of America's Saturn strategy was cited as the reason for the cancellation. Shortly after, Perry posted online that development on the Saturn version would resume if and when he was satisfied that Sega of America were making the Saturn a commercially viable platform. Kevin Munroe, designer and lead animator on the project, stated that the development team aimed for the feel of the game to be as " if George Lucas co wrote Star Wars with Lewis Carroll. And imagine if George Lucas then codirected it with Tex Avery." By the end of 1997, Shiny were looking into incorporating the tessellation graphics technology created for Messiah into Wild 9.