[REQUEST] Killer7 (PAL) Pre-Retail version

Does anyone have this version of Killer7? It seems to have been wiped off the internet! It is a version of the game that leaked internally a few months before release. It was originally labelled
"Killer_7_PAL_INTERNAL_NGC-STARCUBE" if that is any help. Thank you!

 

Hello,

Are you talking about the version discussed here ?

http://assemblergames.com/l/threads/gamecube-killer7-source-code.63865/

 

No, the version I'm talking about in this thread was a near complete leaked pre-release version that spread on the internet a few months before the game came out in retail. I edited the OP a bit to clarify!

 

Ok, I get it. Never heard of a such leak. Pretty interesting !

 

http://www.nzbking.com/nfo:50633f804a6d73ce79679e5a/ http://www.nzbking.com/details:50633f814a6d73ce79679e5b/ http://www.nzbking.com/details:50633f814a6d73ce79679e5c/
I think this is the build you are talking about. While I am pretty sure this is a legitimate download, I would need to actually try it out to be sure. I don't have a super fast connection, so I would rather not upload this myself, but if you don't have access to Usenet and no one else wants to upload it, I could do it.

 

Hey there, I found the unpacked files on an old DVD I burned. Really old.
[ nothing to find here ]


I remember I finished the game with this version using old GC Loader methods without issues. I was very happy to see this release some months before the actual game being on the market.
The NFO file always made me curious what Starcube actually meant by

Does anyone know what this could mean?
Misspelling Harman Smith's name into "Harmon" made me laugh many times. (and it made me doubt they really appreciated the game though they praise it )
Also, if you open the files it says its "USA/NTSC" "DOL-GK7E-USA" Date "2004/05/21", which made me wonder, since they claim it is a PAL rls.
Since I have these for a long time now, I could have renamed them as a young child (they are iso instead of gcm) and it's some other release. The CRC matches for both files though, so its very unlikely.
A small boot test with an experimental build of dolphin wasn't successful, but I have't look much into it yet.

Any information about this release are very welcome.
Sal

 

Holy shit this is great, thank you so much Sal!

From what info i've gathered, this is a build from before the game had to go through ESRB, so there is allegedly 10x more swearing, gore and violence in general. 60HZ mode is available by pressing B during the memory card screen, which in the final version is only available by using AR codes.



Here is an interesting tidbit from an NFO of the retail version that references this build:


"Our brothers at STARCUBE brought you the "preretail" |
| version of this wonderful game almost a month and a half |
| (22 hours for us and IGN sucks.) , we bring you the |
| retail version of this game (Looks like capcom did a |
| little cleanup....)"


"Looks like Capcom did a little cleanup..." is just interesting as hell. There appears to be something to this build that hasn't been looked into yet. Glad this version has been preserved over the years, its time to dig in!

 

Sounds very good supremeclient. Thanks for the info. I am a huge fan, but the secrets of this version never got unveiled for me.
60hz mode sounds pretty nice. Man, makes me want to hook up my Gamecube again.
Can't wait for your findings =)
Cheers

 

This version has a different fonts!
pre-retail / retail

 

In another thread, someone said that the files are from May 2004, but I think it's a typo (OR MAYBE NOT).

Also, keep in mind that the USA version could have been released alongside the japanese version, but they delayed to 7/7 for marketing reasons.

 

I ran both this pre-retail version and the final version through Gamecube ISO Tool. It turns out both this pre-retail version, and the final version are dated May 2004!

It does make sense that it is a typo, but no way of knowing for sure.

 

it's just a date of bootloader

 

I believe that this build came from mar.2005

because the last entries in the CVS\Entries says:

Code:

/SpecialG.pak/1.7/Wed Mar  2 05:47:41 2005/-kb/
/SpecialF.pak/1.6/Wed Mar  2 05:47:41 2005/-kb/

UPDATE
Yam\Map\StageTitle\CVS\Entries says:

Code:

/st10F.rsl/1.5/Tue Apr  5 11:39:47 2005/-kb/
/st11.rsl/1.4/Tue Apr  5 11:40:20 2005/-kb/
/st11F.rsl/1.5/Tue Apr  5 11:40:20 2005/-kb/