Unseen News

In Grooveraider‘s Youtube Channel we can see a couple of videos from the E3 1996 Nintendo 64 USA debut, in an awesome quality and with some previusly unseen (or at least rare) beta scenes!

“After the E3 Press conferrence the Press was given this B-ROLL for newstations and media alike.”

Huge props to Grooveraider!

Video 1:  (Mario 64, Star Wars, Pilot Wings)

Mario 64 beta:

• Different M64 title
• Early M64 HUD
• Beta spiders in the Hazy maze Cave (with eyebrows? ahah WTF?)
• Beta Pokey in Sand Land
• Beta Big Boo

Video 2: (KI Gold, Wave Race, Mario Kart, Blast Corps, Kirby’s Air Ride, Star Fox)

Wave Race beta:

• Beta hud
• unknown level
• 4 subcheckpoints
• 5 drivers

Super Mario Kart R beta:

• Beta HUD
• Beta item-boxes
• Beta Character icons
• Kamek!

Blast Corps beta:

• Beta “Nuclear-Truck”

In the 90s the SNES produced some of gaming’s finest RPGS.  Great classics such as Final Fantasy 4 and 6 kept American audiences entertained, while Japanese gamers had greats such as the original Star Ocean. Entertaining both audiences was the timeless classic Chrono Trigger. Now years later the rise of the internet has put fans together and given those interested the ability to search for in game beta. Notable finds have been made, such as the music from the fabled “Singing Mountain,” and the demo rom.  Now thanks to gamers/fans/translators Glitterberri and Gekkahiro we can read in good ole English a translation of this video  that has been floating around the web for some time now. >> Read the full translation and watch the video 

In this new chapter of our favourites Robert Seddon links, a page on huguesjohnson.com about some unused and misterious rooms that were found in the original Shadowgate: “Some of the rooms taken out of Shadowgate were Trap Room # 1, Trap Room # 3, Several Rooms Holding Death Wraiths, Basilisk Room, Scorpion Room and Prayer Room” – ” What is in the room blocked by the debris by the waterfall? That room was decided to be linked to another room. The other room was taken out because of disc space on the original Mac version.”. You can check the Shadowgate Guide on HJ for more infos!

Another nice link from Robert Seddon, that lead us to a page on Lost SaGa in which we can see a collection of concept designs for the Romancing SaGa logo!  Romancing SaGa is a console RPG developed by Squaresoft:  the original Super Famicom version, was released on January 28, 1992.

Beta Logos:

Final version:

We have added some stuff in these Unseen Archives: Castle Crashers, Banjo & Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, Eternal Darkness [GC], Mario Galaxy,  Stargate SG-1: The Alliance, Millenium Fire [Saturn], Rat Race, Joust 3D [XBOX/PS2], Starcon: Star Control 4, Black 9 [XBOX], Perfect Dark [N64], Raven Blade [GC], Shadow of the Colossus, Comanche [SNES], ShenMue [DC], Mr Bloopy, Conker’s Twelve Tales, Bioshock, GTA 3, Megaman Legends, Final Fantasy 7, Half Life, Half Life 2, Race ‘n’ Chase [GTA Proto], Warhawk [PS3], Eight Days [PS3], Ghouls & Ghosts Online, Powerslide FX, Kirby’s Dream Course and Citizen Zero [XBOX]!