Skeleton Krew 1993 prototype Megadrive/Genesis

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  1. o1s1n

    o1s1n Member

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    Hey folks,

    I bought an early version of Skeleton Krew a while back, though I'd throw up a vid for anyone who may want to have a look at it.

    It's very different to the original game. I first thought it was just a demo of the intro and a bit of the first level (intro FMV is them same but with no text, there's different music throughout, different enemy colour palettes)

    However, a little bit into the first level the game is paused, that's me entering the level select cheat.

    All of a sudden there are loads of accessible unfinished levels.

    I'm not 100% familiar with the original, but I'm fairly certain the boss battle at 5:30 isn't in the final version.

    [video=youtube_share;8NAZC46dNA4]http://youtu.be/8NAZC46dNA4[/video]

    If it's already a known version, apologies! Couldn't find any info on it anywhere online.
     
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  2. roberto_blankhoe

    roberto_blankhoe Active Member

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    the boss battle does exist in the final version.
     
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    Nice video, thanks :)
     
  4. o1s1n

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    Just watched a long play, can't believe I missed that :eek:

    I see there's a bit of a difference, the text is different 'says congratulations' in the final version but 'Joint to Skulker..' in the demo, the bosses hands seem to change to human hands in the demo at the end of the fight. (6:49)

    Looks like there might have been one final level after the boss fight that was removed from the final release. It's really incomplete in the demo - with the level select you can't go passed it though. Can just scroll back to previous levels.
     
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    Bramsworth Well Known Member

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    Protos seem to be coming left and right recently.

    Any plans for a future ROM release?
     
  6. o1s1n

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    No plans for a release of it or my other protos as of yet (the main reason I made the video is so there is at least a recording of it for posterity's sake)

    Currently trying to put a video together a Zero Tolerance early proto I have. Difficulties getting it running in an emulator though. It boots the game, but as soon as you press start at the main menu it just crashes to a black screen. Happens in every emulator.
     
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