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[KIWASABI]

I'm a complete newb as far as knowing what prototypes are floating around. What are the best games that have surfaced that were previously unreleased? The big one that I remember from a long time ago was Half Life for Dreamcast.

[Wickeycolumbus]

For the 2600 my favorites are:

Cabbage Patch Kids: Adventures in the Park
Garfield
Frog Pond
Xevious

Among others.

[accousticguitar]

Wizard

[rpgfaker]

I don't know but I would love to play Resident Evil on GBC or Biohazard 1.5 on psx...

[KIWASABI]

rpgfaker, on Thu Jan 1, 2009 9:09 PM, said:

I don't know but I would love to play Resident Evil on GBC or Biohazard 1.5 on psx...

I would assume that RE on GBC got cancelled because Resident Evil Gaiden on GBC was garbage and didn't sell well. IGN gave Resident Evil Gaiden a 4/10. I would imagine you aren't missing out on much.

As for Biohazard 1.5, what is that exactly?

One other thing. I saw a while ago that someone sold the disc that had the unreleased Dreamcast Castlevania Resurrection game on it. Does anybody know what happened to that? Someone spent over $500 on it iirc.

[Shawn Sr.]

Ewok Adventure for the 2600 comes to mind right away. Frisky Tom for the 5200, Missing In Action and Plutos for the 7800.

[Inky]

Blaster for the 8-bits is amazing.

[Rom Hunter]

http://atarimania.co...ERSION_ID=20493
http://atarimania.co...ERSION_ID=11863
http://atarimania.co...ERSION_ID=16002
http://atarimania.co...ERSION_ID=16341
http://atarimania.co...ERSION_ID=16004

[Allan]

Inky, on Fri Jan 2, 2009 9:03 AM, said:

Blaster for the 8-bits is amazing.

Ditto. One of my favorite games.

Allan

[rpgfaker]

KIWASABI, on Thu Jan 1, 2009 10:40 PM, said:

rpgfaker, on Thu Jan 1, 2009 9:09 PM, said:

I don't know but I would love to play Resident Evil on GBC or Biohazard 1.5 on psx...

I would assume that RE on GBC got cancelled because Resident Evil Gaiden on GBC was garbage and didn't sell well. IGN gave Resident Evil Gaiden a 4/10. I would imagine you aren't missing out on much.

As for Biohazard 1.5, what is that exactly?

One other thing. I saw a while ago that someone sold the disc that had the unreleased Dreamcast Castlevania Resurrection game on it. Does anybody know what happened to that? Someone spent over $500 on it iirc.

hmm..Resident Evil GBC was I believe made before Gaiden by Virgin...don't know why they pulled the plug though.

Biohazard 1.5 =/= Resident Evil 2 scrapped beta with Elza Walker and Leon Kennedy as the protagonists and had a completely different storyline and alternate maps and backgrounds couple extra items like grenades...it was assumed to be about 80% finished.

Was that the Castlevania for 2000 with Sonia Belmont?

[Shawn Sr.]

Rom Hunter, on Fri Jan 2, 2009 9:58 AM, said:

http://atarimania.co...ERSION_ID=20493
http://atarimania.co...ERSION_ID=11863
http://atarimania.co...ERSION_ID=16002
http://atarimania.co...ERSION_ID=16341
http://atarimania.co...ERSION_ID=16004

Some real good ones there for sure but how do you know if AD&D or Pink Panther is any good when you haven't even played them?

[Impaler_26]

For the Atari 2600:

Save Mary
Kabobber
Dumbo's Flying Circus
Sinistar
Wizard
Saboteur

[Josh]

Earth Bound for the NES comes to mind.

[KIWASABI]

rpgfaker, on Fri Jan 2, 2009 5:06 AM, said:

Biohazard 1.5 =/= Resident Evil 2 scrapped beta with Elza Walker and Leon Kennedy as the protagonists and had a completely different storyline and alternate maps and backgrounds couple extra items like grenades...it was assumed to be about 80% finished.

Was that the Castlevania for 2000 with Sonia Belmont?

That version of RE2 sounds pretty interesting. There are similar alternate versions of RE4 as well. If you look on youtube you'll see that there were about 3 completely different builds of RE4 before they settled on the one that released. I would assume that the other builds weren't as fun and were more of a learning experience than anything. When it comes to making games it's always a learning experience, which is why games often get scrapped (they just aren't fun).

As for Castlevania Resurrection, you are correct, it was supposed to come out around 2000 and starred Sonia Belmont. Here's the best article on it that I could find for you:
http://dreamcast.ign...2/132004p1.html

Anybody have a link to info about that Blaster game for the 8-bit systems? It seems like that is very well liked. The 2600 and 7800 games that have been mentioned sound pretty interesting as well. Is Missing in Action more of a shooter or more of a beat-em-up? It's hard to tell from the pictures.

[Mitch]

KIWASABI, on Sat Jan 3, 2009 12:48 AM, said:

The 2600 and 7800 games that have been mentioned sound pretty interesting as well. Is Missing in Action more of a shooter or more of a beat-em-up? It's hard to tell from the pictures.

MIA is a beat-em-up. You get a gun briefly in a couple levels but everything else is fists and feet.

Mitch

[Snider-man]

Shawn Sr., on Fri Jan 2, 2009 9:14 PM, said:

...but how do you know if AD&D or Pink Panther is any good when you haven't even played them?

Exact question I was about to ask. The thread makes as much sense as "What's the best book to read that hasn't been written yet?"

[Rom Hunter]

Snider-man, on Sun Jan 4, 2009 12:08 AM, said:

Shawn Sr., on Fri Jan 2, 2009 9:14 PM, said:

...but how do you know if AD&D or Pink Panther is any good when you haven't even played them?

Exact question I was about to ask. The thread makes as much sense as "What's the best book to read that hasn't been written yet?"

Crippled comparison.

After all, Pink Panther was finished and reviewed in detail by Tempest:
http://www.atariprot...pinkpanther.htm

And after reading his review and watching the screenshots, I have no doubts about the quality of this game.

[Wickeycolumbus]

Rom Hunter, on Sat Jan 3, 2009 7:43 PM, said:

Snider-man, on Sun Jan 4, 2009 12:08 AM, said:

Shawn Sr., on Fri Jan 2, 2009 9:14 PM, said:

...but how do you know if AD&D or Pink Panther is any good when you haven't even played them?

Exact question I was about to ask. The thread makes as much sense as "What's the best book to read that hasn't been written yet?"

Crippled comparison.

After all, Pink Panther was finished and reviewed in detail by Tempest:
http://www.atariprot...pinkpanther.htm

And after reading his review and watching the screenshots, I have no doubts about the quality of this game.

What ever happened to that one that was on ebay a while back? Some of those screen shots look like they were taken from an emulator.

[Shawn Sr.]

Rom Hunter, on Sat Jan 3, 2009 7:43 PM, said:

And after reading his review and watching the screenshots, I have no doubts about the quality of this game.

Saying you like a game just cause someone else does or doesn't is pretty lame. You have not played AD&D or Pink Panther so in all reality you don't know if they are any good or not correct?

[Rom Hunter]

Shawn Sr., on Sun Jan 4, 2009 6:10 AM, said:

Saying you like a game just cause someone else does or doesn't is pretty lame.

Not when Tempest has reviewed it.
I fully trust his opinion about the game.
All his other reviews are spot on too.

Shawn Sr., on Sun Jan 4, 2009 6:10 AM, said:

You have not played AD&D or Pink Panther so in all reality you don't know if they are any good or not correct?

AD&D wasn't on my list.

And once again: after reading Tempest's review and watching the screenshots, I have no doubts about the quality of Pink Panther.

[Rom Hunter]

Wickeycolumbus, on Sun Jan 4, 2009 2:28 AM, said:

What ever happened to that one that was on ebay a while back?

AFAIK it was sold to Jose Artiles.

[Wickeycolumbus]

Rom Hunter, on Sun Jan 4, 2009 6:09 AM, said:

Wickeycolumbus, on Sun Jan 4, 2009 2:28 AM, said:

What ever happened to that one that was on ebay a while back?

AFAIK it was sold to Jose Artiles.

Yes, but I thought that the transaction never followed through Do you think the original owner still has it?

Edited by Wickeycolumbus, Sun Jan 4, 2009 12:02 PM.

[shadow460]

My personal favorites for the 2600:
Unknown Activision Proto #2
Pick Up

For some odd reason I find myself playing what there is of Sweat: the Decathlon Game, but it's not something I'd recommend.

I also second MIA on the 7800. I have not played Plutos and Sirius yet.

[Shawn Sr.]

shadow460, on Sun Jan 4, 2009 3:11 PM, said:

My personal favorites for the 2600:
Unknown Activision Proto #2
Pick Up

For some odd reason I find myself playing what there is of Sweat: the Decathlon Game, but it's not something I'd recommend.

I also second MIA on the 7800. I have not played Plutos and Sirius yet.

Sirius and Plutos have the best graphics I have ever seen on the 7800 by miles. Both are very fun games, I prefer plutos myself.

[Shawn Sr.]

Rom Hunter, on Sun Jan 4, 2009 6:49 AM, said:

AD&D wasn't on my list.

Oops I thought Golden Skull was an AD&D game, my bad. You still cant say the game is good or bad though as nobody but the rangers have it.