Superman for PlayStation (2000 - Titus Software) data dump

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Since the news is now out, and since some of you have asked me about this, I thought I'd share with you some information regarding the CD-R copy of the unreleased game Superman for Playstation by Titus Software (2000) that I won off of eBay last year. Oh, and before you ask, I have NO INTENTION of releasing this, nor will you find it posted anywhere on the Internet - at least not by me. I'm keeping Superman as trade bait for other things ... but I'm going to give you folks here at Assembler a big data dump so you'll have some verifiable information on the game - just in case another copy surfaces somewhere else from somebody else. It's my way of saying "thank you" for allowing me to come here and visit with all of you.

My build of Superman is dated 22 June 2000. This comes from the burn date of the file SLUS_007.12, and also matches the date stamp for the DATA directory. These are the latest dates within the disc file structure itself. The game's size in standard ISO format is approximately 238 MB (250,564 KB for my personal ISO copy; others might vary by a few bytes either way).

The disc in my possession is not an actual official PlayStation developer's disc, but an old CD-R. I strongly suspect it to be a copy and not a devdisc, although I've been told that PlayStation developers often used regular CD-Rs whenever they could get away with it. For now, though, I'm going on the assumption that it is a copy made by one private videogame collector for another, and not an actual devdisc.

I have been told and my own initial investigations have led me to believe that my copy of Superman is the same which was once reviewed by the Curator of the PlayStation Museum. My chief source for this is an unimpeccable one from deep within the RE community, who was known to have had contacts with the Curator regarding the raw 40% build of RE15 (which I also bought in that same auction). Others to whom I have shown this disc also believe it to be the Curator's copy of Superman. The Curator claimed that this particular build of the game was complete, and so have others. I am not familiar enough with either the game or its history to know whether or not this is true, nor have I played it all the way through to see (it's not my kind of game). That's just what I've been told and have read online.

There appear to be 13 levels in the DATA directory. I do not know if all of them work, as I have never played past the first level myself. These levels are as follows: BRANIAC, DAM2, FUEL, GARAGE, LEX0, METALL0, MINE1, MINE2, MXYZPLTK, OFFICE, PARABOSS, SPACE1, and SUBWAY. There is also an ART directory, which appears to contain artwork from the game (in TIM format) and something else in CZY format. 3D model samples?

There are only two music files in the MUSIC directory. They are SUPTUNE1.XA (13,245 bytes) and SUPTUNE2.XA (32,141 bytes)

The contents of the STR directory roughly match those of the DATA directory. The same 13 level names show up, but this time are associated with STR files. Instead of an extra ART directory, however, there is an extra file - ZZZEOD. (15,433,728 bytes). It is dated 6 December 1999 ... but that is not the oldest file date stamp on the disc. That honor belongs to the two XA files in the MUSIC directory, both of which have a date stamp of 7 August 1999.

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Thanks, Assembler. I hope you find the information useful.

 

This is cool but if its more or less the same game like the N64 Superman from Titus than it is a shitty game and not very interesting gamewise.

 

It's your disc, and you're welcome to do what you want with it - but coming on to the forums and saying "I'm not going to releases this disc, EVER" isn't really nice either.

Why don't you do what Borman does and create a video, write about the game itself, and post some info... That's a useful, constructive, thing to do... that makes people actually respect you.

In stark contrast, that big long paragraph above is just "Hey, I've got this neat game and you're never going to see it." - and little else. There's a way to go about these things... shoot Borman a pm and get some advice on how to present it to the forum.

I've no idea what a 'data dump' is but I know it's probably not very interesting.

No offense but you already sound like you're bragging about it... maybe it's just me, but that's how it comes across.

 

You mean, you want to have some donations (money) first, right? Let's be clear, it's fine, everything have their price like always.
also, this is your video? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AULYN6QNZM

 

no its not his video, thats from the playstation museum and was uploaded in 2007, and he says he purchased his copy last year which would be 2013 - so its not his video

 

Is this going exactly like the N64 prototype that was owned by this RareWareCentral guy that said he'd never release it?
Coming here with this information and bragging about is not really nice....it's like seeing someone wave a 500$ bill at someone behind a glass wall saying "want that? can't reach it? Too bad!"

 

he's not bragging, he's giving out some information on it, he clearly has other plans for the disc, its his decision to release it or not
stop being so childish just because someone has something you would like doesnt mean they have to give it to you

 

He's not bragging or taunting you. He's setting your expectations at the start so that you don't get riled up like many in this community usually do over every little thing. But instead of keeping quiet about the game, he's willing to share information about it with us, even if he won't be releasing the build itself. I think that's a decent thing to do. But of course it's going to be met with adversity and controversy like so many other well-intentioned threads here.

 

AFAICT he's advertising for a swap, I'm not sure what information you think he's willing to share.

 

That one got released, for $350.

Playstation Museum has since released a newer video of gameplay, about 3 years ago.

It's a bad idea. Every time this happens, the owner of the beta gets flamed big time. You're dangling something in front of the masses who are accustomed to EVERY game being available and playable at least via emulation, for free. The better route is to remain anonymous, and have a dedicated site do a review, or present one to them. Such as was done on this disc for Playstation Museum years ago.

My personal feeling on these things is that the owner is not doing me a favor by dumping everything but the game. I do not care about a game I cannot play, but I really loathe the bashing that happens each and every time an owner of an unreleased game is identified.

 

I'm not trying to pull the wool over anyone's eyes. I'm putting the info out there because I know there are people out there who wanted to know about the PlayStation version. I also wanted to make it clear I'm not going to give it away so the freetards out there will have something else to leech. I originally bid on that auction to get the raw 40% build of RE15, which hadn't been released at that time. I didn't give a flip about what else came with it - but I ended up with some interesting side acquisitions in the process. Superman was one of them.

Yes, I'm sitting on it as trade bait for other things, but I made a point of admitting that up front. Despite that fact, I thought SOME of you would want the information on the game all the same. I'll let those of you who might be offended my me not "donating it to the community" (or some crap like that) throw some mud at me on that point, but that's all. I've had worse. I don't intend to sell it, and I'm not out pandering for a fundraiser to, uhm, "release it?" I'd never stoop that low. I know others have, but not me. I just wanted to be honest about the matter, that's all. I didn't even know this game existed until I won it in that auction, and I certainly didn't know about the earlier N64 version before that. I'm not as big on videogames as I was when I was younger.

I tell you what. Since some of you seem really offended that I was willing to share the info but not the game, then this will be the first and last time I do this. So forget about the video and forget about getting anything else on the game. Forget about the other betas I have, too. End of data dump. Are you happy now?

 

>i will give data dump
>i will not give game

data dump is useless nothing, non-proof random text info? Then who cares about other "data dumps" of nothing anyway? lol
your game build maybe never existed, cos you will not upload any proof, video or photo, only your words, your profile is "New member", 24 posts, you have no reputation or name (no websites or marketplace links), why you think like you are elite member or something?

for example, it all reminds me of this situation:
http://www.assemblergames.com/forum...-Andreas-debug-xbox-fake-Let-s-make-it-clear!
http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/showthread.php?45010-Beware-modular511

 

Now, this is clearly rude and totally unnecessary. No one asked you anything in the first place, still you make it clear that you won't provide the game (that no one asked for, to begin with), and then there's this:

Again, no one asked you anything and you really made yourself look stupid coming here and throwing a lot of information on a game virtually no one cares about. All of that out of a good heart that is "sitting on it as a trade bait"?

The things we have to deal with nowadays...

 

Don't go running around all high and mighty about post counts.

Putting information out there is extremely valuable, and as I sort of mentioned in private (kind of hah) to RMandel, you can't win on these forums or any communities related to prototypes. Either you do nothing and get complaints, or you do everything right and people still complain.

The point of this post is to know what is out there. I know I would rather know that RMandel has the prototype, should someone come to me and try to screw over people, which happens more often then you would think. I know I can go to him and ask questions without issue. That in itself is valuable, and that is why people such as myself say "Hey, we have this" even if we cannot or will not upload it to the masses.

 

Wasn't this dumped already? For sure not the only one out there. I have one of these as well.

 

Dont recall it being dumped, but it wouldnt surprise me if there are a few copies out there.

 

I'm guessing OP isn't releasing it because the 40% RE 1.5 that was his got leaked.

 

Okay, sorry, maybe it was too much.

Agreed.

 

DreamTR had one too unless he sold it.

 

Wouldnt be surprised. I look forward to one day checking this out hopefully, lots of neat Playstation stuff has gone through your hands that no one seems to really care about hah.