Prototype Releases of 2013 Thread

I've never made a "main" topic like this before, but I think it's needed for once.

Has anyone ever noticed how many prototypes get released within a given year? Most likely, not always. I've noticed that so many prototype releases get only discussed in one place, news not getting out too much. In other words, there's stuff scattered all over the net. Would a thread like this be in order? I can't even remember personally how many protos ended up released last year, it's not uncommon for stuff to end up in the Downloads area and not really get any discussion outside of that. I've certainly never seen Nintendo Player's protos discussed anywhere but his own site, and can only imagine how much more is out there that doesn't get discussed here.

So here's what I've figured out for 2013 so far.

Amiga
Putty Squad(unreleased)


Arcade
Bubble Bobble 2: The Return of Super Drunk(not sure where to download)


CD-i
Voyeur II (Testing Beta)
Riddle of the Maze(unreleased)


Chihiro(Arcade)
Outrun 2 Beta


Dreamcast
Dave Mirra Pro BMX 85% Preview Build GD-R
Evil Twin Cyprien's Chronicles Beta
Jeremy MC Grath Super Cross GDR BETA v0.800 [GDI]
Nightmare Creatures II GD-R v1.000 [GDI]
Sonic Adventure AutoDemo (1998-10-16)
Sonic Adventure 2 Shop Trial(2001-05-03)
South Park Rally GDR BETA v0.300 [GDI]
Toejam & Earl 3 beta(unreleased)
Virtua Tennis v0.900 Beta
Red Dog GDR Beta v1.370 (EU)


Gamecube
Star Fox Adventures E3 2002 prototype (5/17/02)


GBA
Diddy Kong Pilot Alpha 2001
Resident Evil 2 Tech Demo


GBC
Tyrannosaurus Tex


N64
Conker's Bad Fur Day "Debug" (October 25th, 2000 build)
Conker's BFD ECTS Demo Build
Glover 2 - Unreleased Beta Version (New Build) - CARROT
Perfect Dark (March 22nd 2000 build
Perfect Dark (Two days before final build
Superman 64 proto
Turok 3 ~90% complete prototype


NDS
Gauntlet(unreleased, contains US and EU roms)


NES
Block Out(unreleased)
Dino-Hockey(unreleased)
Hard Driven'(unreleased)
Tecmo Super Bowl (late proto)
Virus (1989)
Virus (1990)
Dr. Mario (Proto)


PC
Half Life Alpha
Sluice(16-01-96 Testing Beta)


Playstation
Abe's Exoddus English/Russian beta?
Missile Command 8-12-99 5c beta) shared by forum member thebigman1106
Crash Bandicoot late beta (11.5.1996 Build)
Crash Bandicoot 2 late beta(info: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1u-w-9T6iY)
Croc! Tech Demo(08/11/96)
Croc prototype(March 1997)
Resident Evil 1.5 "40% Vanilla build"(Nov 6 1996)


PSP
Sonic Rivals 2 Test Sample (U)/Pre-Production (E)


Sega Genesis
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (June 1992 Prototype)
Panorama Cotton(early proto)
Tim Trax(unreleased)
Toejam & Earl 2 Panic on Funkotron - Undated proto


SNES
DSP-1 Tech Demo
Estpolis 2/Lufia 2 early prototype
Metal Jack (USA) (Proto)
Prince of Persia 2
Super Uno(Final)


Vetrex
Mail Plane(unreleased)


Virtual Boy
Faceball


Xbox
Made Man E3 build
World's Scariest Police Chases 2(unreleased) [release thread here]


Here's hoping for an ever growling list! And anything not listed, tell us about it!

 

Interesting to see a Virtual Boy prototype, there's so little software on the system it's nice to know there's more stuff out there to try.

 

Does the last NintendoPlayer dump count as a proto?

 

It's not a proto in the sense of being something that was intended to become a released game, so it doesn't really fit. Then again, proto is a pretty loose term already, considering the practically final revisions of games that just have EPROMs and thus are "protos."

I'll add it just because

 

I nearly posted something similar myself last week ... i would love the idea of a chronological timeline with all releases on it!

 

Mademan, also beta right? http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/showthread.php?44053-Made-Man-e3-Build-(Xbox-Unreleased)

 

Cool, added Think that thing was being offered forever, nice to see the goal finally got reached.

 

Coming Soon...

 

Where did this come from?

 

It's a loaner cart that was used to take screenshots before the game was released!! It glitches and freezes occasionally & has differences. In about a week, when I am able, I will release some coverage of this. I am a videographer, so rest assured that I will use my panasonic af100 to shoot some properer video @ the correct frame rate =).

 

Wow a sonic 1 beta?

 

Wow that's awesome. Now we just need a crash 2 or 3 beta.

 

Borman needs some cash people, Then we have lots of N64 games so please head over to his threads and free some money.
I know its alott, but personaly I also know that some stuff cost lots of money, this way, we can have all cheaply awesome stuff .
Actualy, I buy less carppy games and get more beta/alpha/proto stuff this way

Im dumping some OXM demo disks while writing this.

 

XD yeah, definitely Geist Force.

 

nevermind, should learn to read

 

Geist Force all happened last year though. Discs being released and then the torrent, all 2012. Doesn't count.

On note of that Sonic cart, I swear I've seen that thing before. Maybe it was an eBay auction or something. I definitely remember that sticker.

Martin of NES World is also trying to raise funds for that Superman 64 cart that Brandon F. sold here a bit ago.
http://www.nesworld.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1359932915

And yeah, even though it just started, here's a link to Borman's thread anyway about the Perfect Dark and Conker's BFD protos.
http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/showthread.php?42071-Perfect-Dark-n64-Beta-Version/page4

 

What about Resident Evil 1.5? It's coming out some time this year, as to when we don't know.

 

Well, let's wait till that's actually out The list in the main post I made was to document actual releases of the year, not ongoing efforts. Of course, posting about such things within the thread is great since so many efforts out there don't get noticed by everyone I'm sure.

 

So...by "Coming Soon", does that mean you plan to dump and release it? (Even if you don't release it, you should definitely dump it to preserve the data. It would be horrible if something happened.)

I am very interesting in this. I would love to hear the history of that cart. :love-struck: