The Sacred Pools

About

The Sacred Pools is a fully playable but never commercially released FMV adventure from SegaSoft. Players control a character navigating a mysterious story filled with live actors and branching paths. The game ran on PC, PlayStation, and Sega Saturn before being shelved in 1997. It sits in the vault until Joe Cain and David Gray dug it up in late 2022 to share with the world. This title stands out because it actually exists despite its cancelled status for over two decades. The community has been excited to see a complete FMV project from Sega that most people thought was lost forever. Fans of retro gaming often rate these kinds of recovered titles highly due to their rarity. You get to play a full game that was meant to launch twenty years ago without any missing chunks or unfinished segments.