SHENMUE FAN GAMES - WHERE ARE THEY NOW? - Shenmue Dojo

RELEASE!

In this monster 50 min video, Matt looks at the Shenmue Fangames from over the years and where they are now!

Grab a drink and get ready for a trip down memory lane!

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Reserach used: https://shenmue-uk.com/fan_games.html
Lots of Wayback Machine and a tonne of old forum topics.

Games Covered and Timestamps:

Shenmue Zero - Released by 2003 Tenshin Soft 0:01:00

Shenmue the Boat - Posted on the old forums 18th Dec 2004 - Life_247 - 0:03:42
https://www.shenmuedojo.net/forum/vie...

ShenSonic - 2004 - https://info.sonicretro.org/ShenSonic - 0:06:23

ShenSonic is an old fangame inspired by the story and setting of Shenmue

Ryo's Room - 2007 - 0:09:01
Not too much known about this one but you can walk around Ryo's room in 1st person

Shenmue Gaiden an Xmas Tale - Xmas 2016 - 0:10:04
Point and Click adventure style game where you must save Xmas with Ryo and friends - made by Shensun - spawned from the ashes of Shenmue Gaiden. This is a popular fan-game and arguably the largest scale fully completed fan-game released prior to Dreams of Saturn.

Shenmunity - Shenmue in Unity - Aug 29th 2018 - Fishbiter - 0:12:29
https://www.shenmuedojo.com/forum/ind...

Another similar project from 2018 which came before - https://www.shenmuedojo.net/forum/vie...

Shenmue in Dreams - Originally posted 2020 with a demo on Xmas day 2020 - 0:16:02
By Bloodhound Town - he started to make Dobuita in Dreams back in 2020. This had some great potential and is faithful as it can be to the original.

https://www.shenmuedojo.com/forum/ind...

Shenmue Udon - 2022 -Ss7GoKu2000 - 0:17:29
Released 2 years ago and avaliable via VR Chat is a project that covers the Hazuki Dojo, Sakauragoka and Yamanose in VR.

https://vrchat.com/home/launch?worldI... - Ss7GoKu2000

Dreams of Saturn -20th December 2023 - Made in Unity - 0:18:05 https://shenmuedojo.com/media/dreams-...

DOS by George and Joe Kitchen - see gamepage for full credits - is set pre-Shenmue 1 offering a first person insight into Xmas time in the Hazuki household with Ryo on the hunt for a SEGA Saturn. Contains some very good humour and some really sentimental Shenmue moments.

DOS 1.9 can be downloaded from our website and DOS 2.0 is coming in December!

Virtua Pet: Chobu Chan - April 4th 2024 - 0:20:32
Virtua Pet Chobu Chan - Sauyhm released on 4th April for Shenmue day - Tamagotchi type fangame (show footage from video)

Feed, train and grab capsules in this awesome homage to Chobu-Chan. All links downloads on our site.

Unreleased Projects

Shenmue RPG - Intended Release 2004 - 0:21:54

Not alot known about this one other than a couple of screenshots

Shenmue Chapter 2 (Shenmue 1.5) - 2009 - Tenshin Soft - 0:23:08

Erin posted on the forums 2 topics https://shenmuedojo.net/forum/viewtop... and https://shenmuedojo.net/forum/viewtop...
Originally going to be the full boatchapter from the team who made Shenmue 0. This fell quiet never to be seen again.

Another Shenmue Chapter 2? - Team being built by MIttens - posted in Nov 2012 - 0:27:32
https://dreamcast-talk.com/forum/view...

Shenmue Gaiden (cancelled) - 2015ish - 0:29:06
A point and click adventure game set during/after the events of Shenmue 2. It was a hugely ambitious project from Shensun and Esspiral with a tonne of community input.

Not sure how far along this game got but it was exciting at the time with regular updates given until the pause on the project.

https://www.shenmuedojo.net/forum/vie...
https://www.shenmuedojo.net/forum/vie...
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The Hazuki Legecy - Upper Dave - Jan 2016 (Original Post) April 2021 (remerged) - though could have been sooner? 0:35:15

2016: https://www.shenmuedojo.net/forum/vie...

2021: https://www.shenmuedojo.com/forum/ind...

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Reclaiming the Path - March 2025 - Made in Unity 0:39:26
Set in Hong Kong and Guiln you follow Zongquan Bai Wei Zhen and more as you investigate the lore of PRS set after the events of Shenmue 2 coming into some of Shenmue 3

D&P - Unknown - 0:44:13 when announced and some updates but not much recently. A trailer late 2023 showed some fighting mechanics etc.

Shenmue 4 2.5d - Unknown 0:45:49
https://www.shenmuedojo.com/forum/ind...

Started on Dec 24th 2022 (Forum post) Shenmue 4 2.5d is a sidescrolling sprite based Shenmue 4 game from XPOINTED, Mr Water and Mr Ballfish.

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