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So do you think the prototype is out there? Or is it in the hands of Nintendo/Shigesato Itoi?

Feel free to discuss other prototypes or alpha & beta builds of released games.

>> No.4863778

Itoi probably has a prototype cartridge/disk but I imagine he thinks it's garbage compared to the final product.

>> No.4863819

Some "well known releaser" on here was supposed to upload it a few months back. I wonder what happened...

>> No.4863824

>>4863819
Yeah that was probably a fake. I remember hearing about it. Did they take any pictures at least?

>> No.4863843 [DELETED] 

Not retro. Not released before 2000.

>> No.4863851 [DELETED] 

>>4863843
It's an n64 prototype, so yeah, it's fucking retro

>> No.4863852 [DELETED] 

>>4863843
OP is talking about the prototype for N64 my man, not the GBA game.

>> No.4863870

>>4863774
It's definitely out there. I refuse to believe it is not. Someday, we will get to play this semi-finished prototype. Mato will even make a fan translation of it, I'm sure.

>> No.4863871

>>4863870
I'm not even convinced the word semi-finished would even apply. To that matter, if a beta was released, and it included a small town, a few surrounding areas wouldn't everyone just be saying "there's got to be a later version!"

>> No.4863876

>>4863871
Unfortunately there's no way to know for sure just how done the game is/was. Even word from Itoi and Miyamoto conflicts.

>> No.4864049 [DELETED] 

>>4863851
Wasn't released before 2000. That's the rule to be retro. Not retro.

>> No.4864051

>>4863774
IIRC some guy who worked on Mother 3 talked about playing the N64 beta, so it does exist if he is telling the truth.

>> No.4864056 [DELETED] 

>>4864049
So I guess that means that late n64 games and dreamcast games go out the window, huh?

>> No.4864057

>>4864051
Yeah it exists, a playable version was at space world. The thing is if it was ever leaked or not.

>> No.4864059
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>>4863774
A prototype/demo cart does exist according to Brendan Sechter, an American who worked on Mother 3 for debugging. He recalls his experience playing it.

>Brendan: Well, the president of Brownie Brown said that if I want to try out the N64 prototype, it’s in the meeting room. I wasn’t a Mother fan, but I was trying be enthusiastic about my position there, so I tried it out. As far as I can recall, it was most of the first chapter (with a very Flintstones feel) and some cut scenes. The game crashed toward the end of the chapter.

https://earthboundcentral.com/2010/12/interview-with-a-mother-3-debugger/

>> No.4864072 [DELETED] 

>>4864049
No you retard it's supposed to have been released on a platform that was released before 2000.

>> No.4864074

>>4864059
I've always wanted to see a Lindblom treatment of Mother 3 desu

>> No.4864083

Don't worry, everyone.

The guy who owns the prototype sent it to Byuu to have the ROM dumped and preserved.

We can all rest easy.

>> No.4864086

>>4864074
Honestly I think he would do a fine enough job. He quite enjoys doing interviews for fans so he definitely is someone who cares about the series. His work on Earthbound had its flaws, including stuff that wasn't the fault of NoA's strict guidelines, but after having read the LegendsofLocalization analysis where Tomato looked at the entire game's script I feel he really did good work on Earthbound.

>> No.4864110

>>4864086
Even with the censorships/localization changes that were made I still consider it to be the best translation of any game of that era, it reminds me a lot of The Simpsons as a matter of fact

>> No.4864205

>>4864083
Oh god please don't joke like that. But still, I wouldn't be surprised if it is in some horder's collection.

>> No.4864303 [DELETED] 

>>4864072
yeah but it wasn't. if i make a pc game right now and say "i meant it to come out in 1994" is it retro?

>> No.4864337 [DELETED] 

>>4864303
>This board is for the discussion of classic, or "retro" games. Retro gaming means consoles, computer games, arcade games (including pinball) and any other forms of video games on platforms launched in 1999 and earlier
>video games on platforms launched in 1999 and earlier
>platforms launched in 1999 and earlier
>platforms

>> No.4864341

>>4863824
No, they were "at work" iirc

>> No.4864362

>>4864341
Nice excuse.

>> No.4864401

>>4863774
I can post some magazine caps I have if this thread isn't totally dead.

>> No.4864407

>>4864401
post em my man

>> No.4864412

>>4864407
Forgot I haven't eaten, will post in an hour or so.

>> No.4864432

We should be more concerned about the dog's face

>> No.4864438
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4864438

>>4864412

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4864439

>>4864438

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>>4864439
these are the only ones I have

>> No.4864443

>>4864438
the models are bizarre looking

>> No.4864452

>>4864439
>>4864440
awesome

>> No.4864454

Glad Mother 64 was cancelled, it would be the ultimate example of how bad early 3D was to pull off things that were not only easier to make in 2D but also looked better.

>> No.4864457

>>4864454
it's a trainwreck but a beautiful one

>> No.4864458
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>>4864412
from Nintendo Power

>> No.4864464
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>>4864458
Following year's E3

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>>4864464

>> No.4864479
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>>4864478
Think this is the last one, this spread is from an earlier issue actually

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4864558

So that's where that dog meme face came from!

>> No.4864596

What would you guys like to see more? A currently unavailable ROM for NES/Famicom or one for the SNES/Super Famicom?

>> No.4864610

>>4864596
Depends on what it is. I'm sure no one wants to see a sports title on either.

>> No.4864615

>>4864610
I guess I'm curious which of the older Nintendo consoles is more popular when it comes to prototype content. I know N64 seems to be really high up there for whatever reason.

>> No.4864625

>>4863774
Dodged a bullet we did.

>> No.4864630

>>4864615
>I know N64 seems to be really high up there for whatever reason.
I'ts because the console doesn't has too many games, of course an unfinshed one that was probably going to be at least decent is gonna be interesting.

>> No.4864948

>>4863774
ngl I feel like the primitive 3D graphics would have really amplified Mother 3's surreal and depressing feel

>> No.4865219

>>4864948
they just needed to make them look like the clay models

>> No.4865295

God damn, what is it about unreleased games that makes me obsess over them?

>> No.4865332

>>4865295
Because there's so much to do at Cartmanland, but you can't come.

>> No.4865334

>>4865332
Are you saying that Pokey/Porky is hiding the prototype from us?

>> No.4865416

>>4865334
What's funny is that Porky is also the slang term for a capitalist. So makes sense if some hoarder is sitting on it.

>> No.4865442

>>4865416
Nice power level

>> No.4865447

>>4865442
Hoarders go to the gulag when I become chairman.

>> No.4865457

>>4865295
My first exposure to things like Resident Evil 2 and OOT were the prototype screens in game mags. Even as a kid I wanted those games more than the finished product. To think we have RE 1.5 today is amazing, so I hold out hope for a potential Mother 64 or Zelda 64

>> No.4865463

>>4865416
I don't doubt that a Pokey/Wario ass collector is hiding it from us but there's the probability of Itoi having it as well

>> No.4867424

I have the prototype rom, will trade for something equally rare.

>> No.4867454

>>4867424

You're not thinking big enough. People would literally become your sex slave in exchange for that cart.

>> No.4867580

>>4867454
It's funny because it's true Mother fans are that demented

>> No.4867590

>>4867580
weird things attract weird people, obvs

>> No.4867658

>>4867424
You're lying, but still, screenshots or gtfo

>> No.4867774

>>4867424
i would cut my dick off for that cart

>> No.4867781

>>4867774
Me too

its probably more rare, I'm the only person to have seen it

>> No.4868620
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4868620

FORK IT OVER YOU HOARDING SHIT

>> No.4868647

>>4868620
FUCK YOU STOP BUGGING ME OR ELSE I'LL TURN YOU AND YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY INTO CHIMERAS

SPANKYITY SPANKITY SPANKITY

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>>4868647
GIVE
IT
NOW
YOU
BLOATED
SHIT

>> No.4868662

>>4868656
ALRIGHT DR. ANDONERD GET THE CHIMERA MACHINE READY

>> No.4868671

>>4868620
Someone is gonna have to steal it and speaking of stealing one anon said he was gonna do it some time ago. Wonder if the FBI got him?

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>>4868662
I AM GONNA GET THAT GOD DAMNED PROTOTYPE, AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA STOP ME

>> No.4868691

>>4865457
Reminds me of how some games would have screenshots in the back of the box/case with parts that never appear on the game, and it ALWAYS looks interesting to play.

>> No.4869545

POKEY FUCKING MINCH, GIVE THE PROTOTYPE NOW OR I SHALL SODOMIZE YOU

>> No.4869593

pls give us the rom

>> No.4870498

bump for dump

>> No.4871413

You guys should check out this site, its pretty much got any and every bit of EB64 stuff thats on the web https://earthbound-mother64.weebly.com/

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4871418

What a crock of shit this "article" is. I mean, even if we didn't know exactly what these scenes are from playing the finished game (I'm actually shocked at how much the story seems identical) how the fuck can you extrapolate that that bar inn screenshot is from a first person viewpoint? 90s games journalism was the worst

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>>4871418
> somehow thinking Ness and Jeff are in the game
What the fuck crack were these guys smoking?

>> No.4871428

>>4871421
I mean, they probably meant Jeff's dad since there was a 3D model for him and the early Lucas model looks eerily similar to Ness

>> No.4871472

>>4871421
Ness was probably going to appear since you can see onett in one screenshot, albeit destroyed.

>> No.4871475

>>4871472
Maybe Giygas succeeds and humans escaped into another dimension either by the machines made by Andonutts or the one acquired by Pokey determining what their affiliation is.

>> No.4871479

>>4871475
Probably porky/pokey destroyed onett instead since he mentioned he would come back some day after you beat him.

>> No.4871486

>>4871479
I do like that better since it doesn't invalidate Mother 2's events, but I still like the idea that some humans aligned with Pokey just out of circumstance and he is objectively their savior.

>> No.4871535

>>4871413
Nice, thanks for sharing.

>> No.4871549

>>4868620

It would surprise me if a hoarder actually had a proto of it. Nintendo is so overprotective with their shit