I had someone intersted in my Saturn prototypes so I was trying to sort them out of the boxes and boxes of junk and found this. The sleeve leads me to believe its either a released demo disk or a prototype but the disk itself looks like the retail version. Was a demo released for this title and where can I find a picture of the actual retail disk. Not the case but the disk.
Is it US NTSC? The PAL one was black with yellow writing. The US one, IIRC, is silver with printing. I'll see if I can find a pic. Actually, I may have a US one somewhere! Best bet is to check the code on the disc against a retail one. Again, I'll try to find this out. *edit* Japanese CD US CD European CD It isn't one of the (usually PAL) 'demo' CDs, is it? These are usually totally silver. They are exactly the same as the final release, only unprinted.
I can't find my US copy. According to the Saturn games database, the US and UK ones both had the same code: MK-81304 The Japanese one was T-22101G There were no demos that I know of, other than the Sega Flash CD that featured some sort of demo in the UK. However, it could well be the same situation as we had here in the UK - Sega would send out a CD for review (e.g. to magazines) which was basically the release CD, only not in a sleeve. Very often, these were shipped before the rest were sent off to be printed, hence we have the silver "demos".
Yeah I think this is just the US retail version. Funny thing is that it came in a demo cardboard sleeve marked Dark Savior. I guess they sent out retail copies as "demos" to the press.
Most likely. I know that in the UK, the games were pressed then shipped to another part of the UK for printing. They often took copies out before sending them for printing, to distribute as promo copies. These would usually come in a paper sleeve, but sometimes in a jewel case. Fairly often they would have a sticker with the game title and catalogue number. Sometimes it was virtually just the CD, with the name scribbled on in pen. I'm guessing that the whole pressing and printing process was done in-house in the US, and so they just took printed CDs and shipped them out as demos.
Ah, well I can explain that one as well. What it's called impacts how much is paid for the disc. Review Copy isn't a manufacturing category, whereas Demo is. -hl718
It depends. Some were burns, others silvers and a few with the sleeves. Really up to the publisher (tho most went for the cheap "burn a disc" route and just used CD-R). -hl718
Ah, I thought you were asking if all US press review copies came in the Blue and White sleeves, so I was answering the question you posed. They weren't very commonly used in the US. -hl718
