Prototypes of released games

[Evan_G]

Figured I should make a thread for non-unreleased prototypes.

Le Gros Pixel just acquired a prototype of Super Star Wars off Ebay a few weeks ago. Unfortunately, the prototype was identical to the final version of the game!

http://www.legrospixel.com/collection/p ... rwars.html

[Christian]

Identical?
Sure it was a prototype?

Or just a sample that was sent to editorial staffs for reviews?

[Evan_G]

By prototype, it is generally implied it is a cartridge that was produced by the developer, but is not a production PCB. So some of these are indeed identical to final.

[d4s]

Saw this on ebay, but figured it wasn't worth the monies...
Nice eprom labels, though!

[Evan_G]

We need to have some sort of coordinated system so that people who are going to dump things don't get into bidding wars. The guy who runs Le Gros Pixel and I actually got into a bidding war, but once we found out we had the same goals, we make sure not to bid against each other in subsequent auctions!

[Evan_G]

Here's another prototype for Bubsy:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SNES-Super-Nint ... 43adef21d7

Given the date on it, I bet they made it up for Winter CES 1993. I also guess the hex number on that is the internal checksum. If it is, it doesn't match any of the known dumps of the game. Note, this game didn't come out until May 1993, so it is definitely possible this prototype is earlier than the other ones I know of.

[Evan_G]

Super Fire Pro Wrestling 3. I think the starting price is excessively high, especially for a prototype of a Japanese only game.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Prototype-SNES- ... 2c63bdfaed

[Evan_G]

Holy crap, that Bubsy prototype went for a lot of money. I wonder who bid it up, as it looks like the second bidder was the guy who does Le Gros Pixel.

[Evan_G]

Small update on SNES Central, I did a bit of analysis on a prototype of NBA Jam.

http://www.snescentral.com/article.php?id=0859