/vr/ - Retro Games

>>10097984
this actually is very interesting. im a proto-nerd and made a list of all known builds ever shown or leaked. since we dont have the dates of all of them i estimated the phases based on how seamless gameplay is. any build that doesnt have a functional hub i consider in alpha/concepting phase then beta. theres probably less beta entries and more prerelease builds. out of all the images of the game we ever seen there are only 2 builds we dont have which i highlighted here. tcrf states that the earliest footage ever seen was around alpha 4. so why do we HAVE alpha 1 and 3/4?
-we obtained alpha 2, beta 1,4,5,7,8 and all pre releases from the giga leak so those can be omitted.
-tcrf says we got the first one in the middle of 1999 and 3/4 in 2017.
-the build everyone played the most of- beta 6 was found in 2002 by an unknown person who apparently went to dylan cuthbert himself to restore the rom header.
-prerelease 3 (japan) has a title screen copyright of 1997, same year as star fox 64. the usa pre 3 says 1995. the final game says 1996. were they gonna pull a rockman & forte?
-leaks of the later builds makes sense from game mags/journalists etc.
the first build is way too early to show publicly yet we somehow have it?

also if im wrong enlighten me as nobody fully understands how the process happened but i wonder if we got as much of star fox 2 and the snes in general from the gigaleak as we did was because of the fact nintendo must have accessed that section of its archives as recently as 2017 whether it be just to retrieve the finished build or to finish that last 1-2% themselves to make star fox 2 presentable for the snes mini? should we be thanking star fox 2 for getting all that link to the past, super donkey and mario world shit?

>>6837347
i wonder if the coop code is in there somewhere. it was apparently dropped when they left alpha phase

speaking of which since we have so many builds of the game im gonna give each build a substantial playaround in order. made a list along with bookmarks of all KNOWN builds we DONT have- which seems to be 2: nintendo power and "pre-wces". theres a massive 6 month gap so a "post-wces" build is likely but never seen correct?

im using my best judgement to title by each phase of development. let me know if im wrong.