PeeknPoke Posted December 13, 2001 Share Posted December 13, 2001 I love prototype games and finding out about the new finds, It's the only way we get new releases really and it feels like the "good old days" when I see stuff like Ewok Adventure and Tempest seeing the light of day. Just wanted to know if there are still any good prototype games we have yet to see (Charlie Brown? and where's Snow white, wasnt that on Ebay not so long ago?) or is the well finally dry? BTW Best prototype rom release for me was the great Ewok Adventure, whats your guys?? Lee B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted December 13, 2001 Share Posted December 13, 2001 Huge prototype hauls like the one that the DP guys made are bound to yeild something interesting. There are many new surprises just around the corner... Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted December 13, 2001 Share Posted December 13, 2001 There was a Snow White game shown at CGE2K I believe... but it was under glass, and no one even got to play it (damn shame in my opinion). As for new prototypes, it's really anyone's guess. Naturally, there's still Lord Of The Rings protos out there, but due to legal problems they may never see the light of day. There's also probably a ton of protos out there that we've never even heard of (I'd never heard of Squoosh or Pompeii before they came out) --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted December 13, 2001 Share Posted December 13, 2001 Your not missing much by not playing Snow White. I had a chance to see it running on an Emulator and it's not that interesting. All you do is walk through a 3D looking mine (kind of looks like the tunnel in Nexar) and grab glowing dots (jewels). Then there was a screen with a river that if you fell in your guy would get caught in an infinite loop where he's drowning and you would have to reset. I don't think there was much more to the game than that (but than again I didn't get to actually play it). AFAIK there is no Lord of the Rings proto. The screenshot you see in the catalog is a Mock-up. I'd be very doubtful if what little work was done on it was save on an EPROM somewhere. Usually in early stages of development games were saved on 10" disks instead of EPROMS. Of course this isn't always true (look at Pompeii). There are more prototypes to be discovered. We find out about more games that were either complete or in development each day so prototypes of them are bound to turn up. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utamav91 Posted December 13, 2001 Share Posted December 13, 2001 Are we overlooking something? My question is...how tough would it be to interview former Atari/Activision/etc. marketing/ sales department employees? From my experience in the advertising agency world, those are the guys that really tend to know the story on product development. They probably couldn't produce actual prototypes, but they'd know the inside info on what was to be or not to be or hoped to be or whatever (movie tie-ins that had been proposed, etc.)... I know programmers get all the credit and are the ones that actually wrote the games. And the ones that tend to give the interviews on gaming history sites...but maybe not totally in-the-know on the stuff we're curious about. [ 12-13-2001: Message edited by: utamav91 ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapdash Posted December 13, 2001 Share Posted December 13, 2001 I think Snow White could be a CGE release this year... Pompeii & Squoosh were long-rumored, then Squoosh was found by one guy but not released, and finally found again and released. Long history... As to interviewing marketing types, sure, if I run across one I'd certainly ask about all the games, but they're not as "famous" as the programmers, so they're harder to find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted December 14, 2001 Share Posted December 14, 2001 quote: Originally posted by Tempest: AFAIK there is no Lord of the Rings I thought the Blue Sky Rangers had a copy, but weren't allowed to release it for legal reasons? As for Snow White, I'd still like to see a ROM dump of it... crappy or not. --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubersaurus Posted December 14, 2001 Share Posted December 14, 2001 No, your thinking of Dungeons and Dragons. I still say they could just change the name and let it loose, but whatever. Snow White would be cool. Weak or not, it's a game that should be out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Stilphen Posted December 14, 2001 Share Posted December 14, 2001 There's still quite a few out there yet to be rediscovered. According to Rex Bradford, Lord of the Rings was shown at a party for ex-Parker Brothers programmers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted December 14, 2001 Share Posted December 14, 2001 Really? Damn! I guess even the Master of Prototypes is wrong sometimes. I guess the hunt is on now... Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Ferrante Posted December 14, 2001 Share Posted December 14, 2001 Tempest are you planning to dump the Star Raiders prtotype? Im dying to play it! oh and Klax with the cool Fuji's? Atari8Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d8thstar Posted December 14, 2001 Share Posted December 14, 2001 my fave proto was thwocker... god bless the man that found that! oh, wait... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted December 14, 2001 Share Posted December 14, 2001 Yes I am. All my protos will be dumped (properly this time, not with the 7800) this January. I'll search through my current dumps and see if those two were part of the batch that dumped properly. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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