Pulseman

via http://retroactionmagazine.com/retro...ts-pulseman-2/

“Before the enormously successful Pokemon franchise, Game Freak developed this little unknown action platformer for the Sega Mega Drive. Chances are that you have never heard of Pulseman, let alone played it, as it was only physically released in Japan during the summer of 1994. I say “physically released in Japan” because it was briefly available as an exclusive on the short lived Sega Channel online service. It was also a time of uncertainty as developers and gamers were clambering for the next generation of consoles and the fad of 3D gaming, which meant that games like Pulseman were pushed to the side.”
Read the rest of this article over at GameFan.