/vr/ - Retro Games

>>2149731
I freakin love these threads. I don't know if it's the treasure hunter within me, but I always drool over the games we'll never get to play or cut features locked within a released game's files.

This thread reminds me of yuriofwind videos on jewtube
He looks for this stuff
Shame hes such a snotty nasal unlikeable cunt because he talks about interesting things sometimes

Image Source

www.earthboundcentral.com
I'd rather prefer the game to be called "Mother 64" sinnce calling it "Earthbound 64" would be misleading.

http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=spellsinger&page=detail&id=4576

Does anyone know where the screenshot from link related came from? Supposedly the board for Spellsinger was lost and all images available on the internet and certain magazines are sourced from a single VHS video, but pic related doesn't seem to come from a VHS source.

>>2149749
Hey man cut him some slack, he may have a shitty stupid voice but the man seems to have a heart of gold

Plus he has issues with depression apparently

>>2149752
https://web.archive.org/web/20020613231503/http://www.art-magic.be/spell.htm

>>2149731

>>2147943

>>2149731
Still looking down for it

>>2149771
He knows.
That's why he named it " #2"

>>2149771
No, I didn't start that thread.

I have a feeling this game has been fully erased from existance, which sucks because it looked like a shit ton of fun and had a ton of playtesting areas that had it. God I wish someone had a board.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ySvPV3UjuE

Here is another one.

>>2149740
I wonder how you feel about prototype hoarders then.

>tfw no Indiana Jones of videogames

Sonic Retro is one of the few communities who actually delivers and wouldn't ask a penny to dump something because preserving data and history for anyone to see is more important than some collector's agenda.

if only...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM_iLkIJ9Yg

>>2149749
I enjoy his videos. His content makes up for his voice imo.

>>2149731
There's tons of cancelled stuff for the Virtual Boy. Some of it looked pretty cool too.

>>2150861
Since the Virtual Boy was pretty much shit, planned games for it have been forgotten. But there was going to be a Goldeneye 007 racing game and a Starfox game.

>>2150861

Some of them were savaged by the VB scene and you can play them using a flash cart or buying a repro, for example Bound High. I believe Dragon Hopper too.

>>2150915
Holy shit that's a ton of copies.

>>2149731
Here's another one.

>>2149731
'ere you go

Man, I hope this thread doesn't die

>>2150146

Graphically it looks almost impossible for its time period. That was probably just mockup footage and they never got the proper funding to make the completed game.

>>2149749
His voice isn't pleasant, but his videos are interesting.
At least he's not using a persona or shit like this in his videos.

>>2151095
neat

Are there any other unreleased games where the soundtrack is available like Western Lords?

>>2151369
The only one I know of is Project Dream. Grant Kirkhope has a story on how the game's idea all started and some other stuff as well.
Also, Banjo Kazooie started out as Project Dream.

Mega Man Universe is a big one, but ironically I'm mostly interested because the inclusion of Arthur and Ryu seemed to signify the possibility of more classic Capcom characters appearing. Anyone else notice a lot of the revealed levels looked very completeable with a Bionic Arm?

I'm a sucker for Famicom-era JRPGs and the loss of the Famicom Final Fantasy IV cuts me deep

>>2151095
Onimusha was originally a PS1 game as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvOFYZ5Cm2I

>>2151938
There was a cancelled Mega Man FPS game...

>>2151953
Wait... There was a FF4 on the Famicom?
Da fuq

>>2151974
Yeah, it was basically a totally different game than the one being developed for SNES at the same time. We don't know much about it, but it was apparently going to prominently feature airship-to-airship combat.

>>2151984

Square-Enix usually release 3 games per console. If 4 was released on Famicom, it would fuck up their pattern, resulting in 7 being on SNES instead of Ps1.

>>2152015
That pattern didn't exist yet. They'd only released 3 FF games at the time, all for Famicom.

>>2151974
>not playing ff7 on nes

>>2151346
That's the thing, it wasn't. This is the footage from the game that was playtested. Entertainment Sciences came up with their own unique hardware for it. You can see the playtesting version of it in the Ninja 3 footage. How the fuck did this game make it into a shitty B movie and yet disappear completely? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tJYwkO39Vc

>>2153564
The game looked pretty interesting, but I have to agree that the hardware seemed impossible, scaling and whatnot.

Anyone have any info on this guy right here? Supposedly an FFVII prototype...

>>2153823
FFVII started planning on the snes. I read that Chrono Trigger needed more attention so they focused on that. Ideas and concepts for FFVII were also used in Parasite Eve and Xenogears.

>>2151974
>There was a cancelled Mega Man FPS game...
Oh, man, I completely forgot about that. It was being made by Retro Studios.

>>2153898
play doom
the only thing anyone plays anymore is fucking megaman mod

>>2153804
Scaling in arcade games is old. Really old. Pole Position and Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom came out in 1982.
Would have been expensive, but very possible.

looks like it could be fun, too
would have wiped the floor with everything else at the time visually

>>2153913
Nah, man. Have you seen the game? There's footage out there, it looks like motherfucking Metroid Prime in HD.

>>2153823
Definitely looks like Locke.

>>2153963
It is Locke. They used FF6 characters in their prototypes.

>>2153961
Cap on could've hit it big if they released it. But since the Megaman creator (fuck, forgot his name) left Capcom and since Capcom hates trying anything new, they completely scrapped the game and left the Megaman franchise in a shitty state where it'll probably stay for a long time.
Basically why everyone busted Capcom.

>>2153982
Too bad this never became a real thing.

>>2153876
That makes sense, that almost looks like the starting city from Xenogears. I wonder what happened to all the old stuff from these prototypes.

>>2153823
I remember seeing a photo years ago of the menu screen for a FF7 prototype with Cloud, Aeris and Barret in 16 bit sprites. Aeris looked a lot like the women in this picture.

Anyone know what I'm talking about? I amy have it saved on an old hard drive somewhere...

>tfw you will never play true Sam & Max 2

I still remember reading about it being canceled from some vidya magazine. It even had some screenshots and it looked awesome.

>>2154039
This? FF7 beta is pretty interesting.

also there is this cancelled tech demo? Chocobo de Battle.
Looks pretty boring.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqXNBHoEAvY#t=18

>>2153823
That oddly looks like Chrono Trigger.

>>2153961
Even though I never really played much Megaman, I still would've gotten that game. Fucking Capcom.

>>2154117
That's it! Any info? I'd kill to play this game!

>>2153876
>>2154027

To be more accurate, Xenogears started as a proposal for what Final Fantasy VII would be, but whoever the boss was said it was too dark and complicated for the series, and suggested making it a new game instead.

>>2149731
A few I'd found from bouncing around the ROM scene.

Sonic Crackers.

It was kind of like a jailbreak themed thing. Sonic and Tails were attached via this handcuff shackle thing.

That and a video game rental that should not have existed in this universe but I swear to God that bitch was -real-. I may devote an entire thread to that one some day.

>>2154819
That just sound like you mistook some romhack for Knuckles Chaotix as a real release.

>>2154819
You know Chaotix is a thing, right?

Capcom Fighting All-Stars for PS2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_obV-z6Pa0

Only game I could think of. Sorry if its not retro.

>>2154826
What are you talking about? Crackers was a legit proof of concept for what eventually became Chaotix.

>>2154830
Well then my mistake.

>>2153898

I saw the prototype video and while I cant really say what a finished game would look like they would have had to flesh out the shooting mechanics as well as the 3rd person finishing move cut-scenes (would get annoying imo). As is, there wasn't much to stand out over other FPS games other than the Franchise tag.

That said I think Mega Man would be a prime candidate for FPS game with arena style gameplay mechanics.

>>2149776
what game is this

Castlevania Resurrection was supposed to be a Dreamcast release in 2000. I was so excited about it because it was centered around Sonia Belmont and seemed like sequel to Castlevania Legend. A few screenshots and this teaser trailer is all that exists. http://youtu.be/83bdT2dw-bk

Tokei Jikake no Aquario

Also,
>Duelin' Firemen
>Densen PS2
>Fantasy Life for the DS
>Space Agency DS

>>2155203
>Duelin' Firemen
Well, at least this one has some extant physical media related to it.
http://www.discogs.com/Randy-Wilson-4-Boredoms-Duelin-Firemen/release/710092

>>2151095
Wow, weird to see what that hardware was actually capable of.

I recall seeing a Sonic skateboarding type game for the Xbox. There is some gameplay of it, suprisingly. I think I found it on Yuriofwind's YouTube channel.

>>2155364
Yeah that was Sonic Extreme
http://www.unseen64.net/2011/06/03/sonic-extreme-xbox-pitch-prototype/
It was found on a development Xbox someone (at assemblergames) purchased. There was an unreleased South Park game for Xbox that was also found on a dev Xbox.

Well, since we already seem to be in non-/vr/ territory, there was a version of Rakugaki Showtime that was going to have a Tiny Toons license for the PS2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dvthk4Q6RLI

>>2155397
Crap.

>>2155364
>>2155381

Reminded me I had this in my favorites.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVl6qhdJULY&index=96&list=FLWck-oiblcRycQ6K_GGnIBw

>>2155397
I wish this game came out it looks so fun. Looks pretty incomplete though. Tiny Toons was such a good cartoon.

>>2155568
same

X-Women for sega genesis. Developed by the same wizards that made Batman & Robin. Still waiting for this to get released.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOB1RP3xBCo
http://youtu.be/Vvs10_rmszQ?t=1m10s

>>2155179

Let's be honest though, it wouldn't have been liked because 3D castlevania never works.

but hey, I'm one of those weirdos who liked CV64, so yeah, it sucks it got cancelled.

>>2155961
I would have killed to play a 3D Castlevania game that gave Sonia another chance in the spotlight.

>>2155964

I remember looking at pic related in gaming magazines and my eyes couldn't believe these sort of graphics could be done, I thought the DC was so fucking powerful

(couldn't find a better quality pic, but it looks very detailed and obviously a CGI and not actually redered by the DC's hardware, but whatever)

There was a Hard Drivin' for the NES...
Made by Tengen.
Holy Shit.