Super Famicom DragonFly demo (early PilotWings) pics

SMW Proto GFX

http://acmlm.overclocked.org/board/thread.php?id=34204

 

Hi, all. I found some more cool pics of early SFC games. This, for instance:

I put up more pics on my homepage, plus an early tech spec translation, and even a history of the SFC's development as reported in the (Japanese) press.
Page: http://disgruntleddesigner.com/chrisc/secrets11.html

 

Some great pictures there, thanks for the scan.

 

some very nice pictures there, ccovell ! Thanks for sharing.

Yakumo

 

nice pictures!! I must disagree with you on the SMW title screen - I think the sepia look and design is fantastic.

incredible how old mags today can provide invaluable info on how games where whilst in production. great reads then - great reads now (the old mags that is - Edge is the only modern mag I enjoy these days).

 

I agree with the rest here, nice pictures!
I think it's sad that they removed the racoon mario =(

 

Thanks a ton for those amazing scans! :thumbsup:

Now it makes me feel like playing SMW on my PSP... too bad I upgraded :banghead:

 

The handful of games that I've played that they've reviewed have been pretty spot on (except for shooting games, but that's to be expected in this day and age). I've seen them hand out 5's and 6's left and right, and sure enough, the game sucks.

 

is just me
super mario word beta look better the final version
I hope the nintendo take out this super mario word beta rom for Nintendo Wii Revolution or Nintendo ds Lite

 

Does anybody have any more info on the SMW beta? A quick google search yielded nothing. Has a protoype cart ever surfaced? Are there known copies out there? Any info would be greatly appreciated (even a simple "no. nothing has ever leaked beyond magazine shots"). Thanks.

 

I agree with you to an extent. I think its the way the colors are used and sorta of the simple artistic style of it (such as the early title screen). I wish i had bought that magazine that had a picture of a early zelda oot title screen, which said zelda 64 but was done in this real nice stain glass look where parts of the screen were colored.

 

awesome stuff.

http://disgruntleddesigner.com/chrisc/secrets7.html in the middle of the picture, on the networking bit, it reads "super mario club" in the top screen.

Last time I checked super mario club was in charge of debug, so what's this "other" super mario club? Was there a "super mario club japan" or something?

http://disgruntleddesigner.com/chrisc/secrets8.html FDS games on NES -> FDS-in-a-cart, I'd kill to own one of those. Anyone seen any in the wild?or even better, own one??

 

I don't know anything about a debugging club... Who, where, in what country, when?

This "Super Mario Club" looks like the name of a membership in Nintendo's modem network. From the screenshots, members can view information about each game: what maker, release date, selling price. That's all I know.

The adaptor for FDS is not an FDS in an NES cart, but just a differently-shaped 60-72 pin adaptor, since regular adaptors are too short for the FDS to fit inside the NES slot.

 

ccovell, don't you ever watch your game credits? at the end of each nintendo title or second party title usually, it says "debug" and special thanks to super mario club or, super mario club is included in the debugging process

 

They are nintendo of japans testing team, they are the japanese equivelent of nintendos tree house. But these screenshots suggest they are for people that are part of the network.

 

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=79207

Thanks for sharing those scans Chris!

 

Heck, some of those people have protos and dont wanna make screens, or they are just BSing us! ;-)

 

Thanks for the link! I can't believe somebody has a beta and is willing to dump it. I hope the person that owns it is able to get it to work.

 

This really is some amazing stuff, just catching up on the board I have been away from for years and I come across this amazing thread, thanks alot for the pics C covell.

There is another Super Famicom prototype, I had pics of it in an old magazine that got lost when I moved, it had a button on it to make it backwards compatible with the Family Computer and was a more square shape with all the buttons on the console being on the right as well.

If anyone has pics of this version, can you please post them.EDIT: I now see the pics of this machine on your site CCovell, thanks so much, your site is incredible!!

 

Hi, folks. I uploaded new photos of a 16-page Super Famicom preview from 1988! Check it out here: http://disgruntleddesigner.com/chrisc/secrets11.html