Thursday, November 14, 2024

Undumped Video Game Prototypes

Here's a list of of video games that were either cancelled, unreleased or heavily reworked into other games that I would like to see their Prototypes/pre-release builds made publicly available on the internet:


Capcom Fighting All-Stars (salvaged as Capcom Fighting Jam/Evolution)

Conker's Quest/Twelve Tales: Conker 64 (reworked into Conker's Bad Fur Day)

Donkey Kong Racing

Dragon King: The Fighting Game (early prototype of Super Smash Bros.)

Grand Theft Auto (Sega Saturn port)

Grand Theft Auto 64 (Nintendo 64 port)

Kirby Bowl 64 (prototype of Kirby Air Ride)

Looney Tunes: Space Race (Nintendo 64 version)

Mega Man Mania/Mega Man Anniversary Collection (Game Boy Advance version)

Mega Man Legends 3

Mega Man Universe

Monica's Castle

Mother 3/Earthbound 64 (Nintendo 64)

Panel de Pon 64 (localized as Pokémon Puzzle League, allegedly included in Nintendo Puzzle Collection)

Project Dream/Dream: Land of Giants (SNES/N64 precursor to Banjo-Kazooie)

Psycho Soldier (Famicom port)

SegaSonic the Hedgehog (Sega 32X port)

Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill (Sega Genesis version, the SNES version is available)

Sonic Riders (Game Boy Advance version)

Super Mario Kart R (pre-release version of Mario Kart 64)

Super Paper Mario (GameCube version)

Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (3DO port)

Vic Viper

WWF No Mercy (Game Boy Color version)


Links

Hidden Palace

Lost Media Wiki

Bishoujo Super Street Fighter II: Glamor Queen


 
After finding accidental engagement on Twitter by sharing Game Genie codes for Super Street Fighter II on the Sega Mega Drive, and 20 months of tile work, fixing and adding some sprites, changing PCM samples, trying to make certain aspects more arcade accurate, strenuous play testing of newly added features, among other changes, I present a combo ROM Hack where some of the fighters are replaced with more female characters from various franchises!

Creating this ROM Hack took a lot out of me. I consider it my magnum opus when it comes to ROM Hacking. I needed to develop my own method of inserting sprites in the ROM. Within 2 weeks, it received over 1,000 downloads on ROMHack Plaza. If this gets added to Fightcade, I would be in awe.

 Click here to go to the releases page for the download.


Features:


-Air Specials
-Charge Times are disabled (except for Turn Around Punches).
-Characters can be juggled. Once a juggle quota is reached, they fall down faster.
-Characters can back dash. Emily and Madonna can also forward dash. Emily can air dash.
-Wakeup can be delayed like in Ultra Street Fighter IV.
-Character and Stage Colors are changed.
-Special Cancel Window is increased by 2 frames.
-Challenge Modes can be played at faster speeds.
-A few moves' commands are changed to be easier to use, such as Tiger Knee.
-Numerous changes to hitboxes and frame data
-Some characters' moves behave differently.
-Interface Graphics, Backgrounds and Character Endings have several edits made to them.
-The Game Speed defaults to 3 Stars, like Hyper Fighting and Super Turbo.
-Arcade Mode's Character Select Screen plays Super Turbo's Character Select Music.
-Character Endings can be accessed on any difficulty.
-A lot of PCM samples, such as Guile's Sonic Boom voice clip are changed.
-Most of the music use different YM2612 instruments.
-All Arcade Ladder Arrangements are changed.
-A few edits were made to certain characters' AI.
-The intro sequence is edited to be shorter.
-A few aspects were made more Arcade accurate, such as Dictator's suplex reaction.
-The Debug Menu can be accessed by holding A or Mode, and selecting Options.
-Health persists between Elimination matches in Group Battle Mode.
-In Arcade Mode, stages can be chosen by the players in 2-player matches.
-The computer can control a player in Group Battle Mode by holding the Mode button.
-New moves, such as Zangief's Coconut Thunder and Sagat's Tiger Dive.
-Each character has 16 color palettes. The extra colors can be chosen by holding the Mode button.
-Projectiles are weakened overall, to make them less problematic to navigate around.
-The computer no longer damage cheats in Arcade Mode.

Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Tobidase! Bacchiri




Based on the manga by Mitsuteru Okamoto, Tobidase! Bacchiri is a 1966 anime produced by Nippon TV Video, an animation studio that would later make the 1973 Doraemon anime. The show was dubbed in Italian as Il Piccolo Detective, which played the song Johnny Bassotto by Lino Toffolo for its theme song.


The main cast of characters consisted of Bacchiri, the titular young detective boy who solves crimes in various ways, Chibisu, an officer dressed in blue who tends to shrink in size, Gappori, a man dressed in green who's the president of his own detective agency, Benko, a green bird, and Roba, a donkey.

YouTube Video of one Japanese Episode
Character Model Sheets

 

Italian Dub Episodes

Colpo Grosso

La Banda Mollusco

Gli Aerei Scomparsi

Spie

La Petroliera

Monday, May 22, 2023

Crappy Games Wiki Archive



Crappy Games Wiki was one of several reception wikis powered by Miraheze. It was basically a catalogue of games that were poorly received, detailing the pros and cons of them.

 

As of 2022, it needed to be shut down (hopefully temporarily).


I enjoyed reading several articles on the Wiki. Here's a selection of links archived via Wayback Machine, including some of my favorite articles that were on the wiki:


Games

1-2 Switch

Action 52

Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival

Anmitsu Hime/Alex Kidd: High-Tech World

BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (Nintendo Switch)

Cancellation of Sonic X-Treme

Capcom Fighting Jam/Capcom Fighting Evolution

Capcom Five

Cartoon Network: Battle Crashers

Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion

Castlevania: The Adventure

Castlevania Judgement

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (Sega Saturn)

Cheetahmen II

Chocobo GP

Dangerous Streets

Darkwing Duck (PC Engine)

Diddy Kong Racing DS

Doom (32X)

Double Dragon IV

Duke Nukem Forever

Earthworm Jim 2 (Gameboy Advance)

Earthworm Jim 3D

Fantasia (1991)

Final Fantasy II

Final Fantasy XIII

Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition

Haunted Castle

Heavy Nova

Hey You, Pikachu!

Hotel Mario

Kao the Kangaroo (Gameboy Advance)

The King of Fighters 2001

The King of Fighters Neowave

Link: The Faces of Evil and Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon

Little Red Hood

M&M's Adventure

M&M's Kart Racing

Mario Kart Tour

Mario Party (1998)

Mario Party 10

Mario Party Advance

Mario Strikers: Battle League

Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash

Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite

Mega Man Network Transmission

Mega Man X6

Mega Man X7

Metroid: Other M

Kickstarter campaign and release of Mighty No. 9

Mighty No. 9

Mortal Kombat Advance

Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe

Nintendo Badge Arcade

Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures

Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale

Pocoyo Party

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Pokémon Channel

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity

Pokémon Sword and Shield

Pokémon Unite

The Powerpuff Girls: Chemical X-Traction

Quest 64

Samurai Shodown Sen

Shadow the Hedgehog

Skullgirls (iOS and Android)

SkullGirls 2: Deadly Airport [Bootleg]

Sonic 3D Blast

Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut

Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric

Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood

Sonic Drift 1 and 2

Sonic Forces

Sonic Origins

Sonic R

Sonic Shuffle

Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)

Sonic the Hedgehog 4

Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis

Sonic's Schoolhouse

Soulcalibur V

South Park (1998-200)

Space Jam: A New Legacy - The Game

Star Fox Zero

Street Fighter V (Standard Edition)

Street Fighter X Tekken

Street Fighter: The Movie

Superman 64

Super Adventure Rockman

Super Mario Bros. 2 (J)/Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (W)

Super Mario Maker (Nintendo 3DS)

Super Meat Boy Forever

Survival Arts

SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy

SNK vs. Capcom: SvC Chaos

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled

Unholy Night: The Darkness Hunter

Yandere Simulator


Systems

3DO Interactive Multiplayer

Amiga CD32

Atari Jaguar

Atari Jaguar CD

Capcom CPS Changer

Gameboy Micro

HyperScan

NEC PC-FX

Nintendo 64DD

Nintendo Virtual Boy

Nintendo Wii U 

PC Engine CD

Philips CD-i

Playstation Vita

Playstation TV

PSP Go

Sega 32X

Sega CD

Sega Dreamcast

Sega Game Gear

Sega Nomad

Sega Saturn

North American release of the Sega Saturn

Discontinuation of the Sega Dreamcast

SNK Neo Geo AES

Wii Mini


Accessories

Atari Jaguar Controller

Joy-Con Drift

Wii U GamePad

Xbox Controller


Misc.

Activision Blizzard

Asset Flipping

Capcom (2011-2018)

Dexit

Disc Scratches

Electronic Arts

Konami (2015-present)

Microsoft (1998-present)

Nintendo (2015-2017, 2020-present)

Nintendo Creator's Program

Nintendo's Over-protectiveness of the IP's

Nintendo Switch Online

Rushing Game Development

Take-Two Interactive

YandereDev


Categories

Categories Page 1

Categories Page 2

Accessories

Controllers

2000s Games

2010s Games

2020s Games

Anime Games

Arcade Conversions

Arcade Games 

Asset Flips

Average Games

Bad Games from Good Franchises Page 1

Bad Games from Good Franchises Page 2

Bad Games from Good Franchises Page 3

Bad Ports of Good Games

Beat 'em Up Games

Boring Games

Cartoon Network Games

Capcom Games

Cash Grabs

Castlevania Games

Commercial Failures

Consoles

Delisted Games

Easy Games

Edutainment Games

Fighting Games


Gameboy Games

Gameboy Color Games

Gameboy Advance Games

 
Games by System

Hard Games

Internet Games

Kids Games

Launch Disasters

The Legend of Zelda Games

Mario Games

Mario Party Games

Mega Man Games

Mobile Games

Mobile Games ported to mainstream platforms

Nintendo

Nintendo 3DS Games

Nintendo 64 Games

Nintendo DS Games

Nintendo Entertainment System Games

Nintendo Gamecube Games

Nintendo Switch Games

Nintendo's Downfall

Overpriced

Party Games

Playstation 1 Games

Playstation 2 Games

Playstation 3 Games

Playstation 4 Games

Playstation 5 Games

Playstation Portable Games

Playstation Vita Games

Pokémon Games

Porting Disasters

Reskins

Rip-offs

Rockstar Games

Sega

Sega CD Games
Dreamcast Games

Sega Genesis Games

Master System Games

Sega Saturn Games

Sequels

Simpsons Games

SNK Games

Sonic the Hedgehog Games

Super Nintendo Entertainment System Games

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Games

Television-based Games

TurboGrafx-16  Games

Unfinished Games

Unity Games

Websites

Wii Games

Wii U Games

Xbox Games

Xbox 360 Games

Xbox One Games

Xbox Series X/S Games