Prototypes and cancelled games! And some interesting discussion (maybe?)
Hello lovely people.
I haven't been here in what feels like forever, and I see... I haven't missed much in the last 2 months.
I've been reading about videogame prototypes lately.
IIRC I have a couple, and I'd sure like to have more.
Protos and betas may not be of interest to everybody, but I think we should give them a corner here on EP. They usually contain things that didn't make it to the actual finished products, and sometimes can be experiences on their own.
I recall the moment I learnt Sonic 2 was meant to have another... one? two? NO! FOUR EXTRA ZONES!
All of which had been cut out! And a beta dump of it allowed me (and thousands of others) to get to know what we missed out on.
The surprise and joy...
Have you ever thought that a version of your favorite game might have had characters, areas, music and art that you didn't get to see?
Or maybe you saw THIS GODDAMN THING THAT LEFT YOUR JAW TOUCHING THE GROUND and made you wonder "how did this never see the light of day?!"
What if said version was playable?
Wouldn't you be excited?
I sure would. EP is the #1 spot for me for everything retro (read, 98.75% of the games I play). Wouldn't it be nice to recopilate small bits of history that otherwise would've gotten lost?
What do you say?
Also, have you played any protos? Do you own any rare game?
Favorites, if any?