
Probably some of you are already aware of this, but last week an huge list of prototypes from DreamTR‘s own collection was offered to the community to be dumped and preserved. You can check the complete list of protos at the Hidden Palace Forum.
Here at Unseen 64 we are especially interested in the Mystical Ninja: Starring Goemon (Nintendo 64) and the Earthworm Jim 2 (SNES / Genesis) prototypes. We have decided to start a fundraising campaign to find enough people interested to donate the money that is needed to dump and preserve these 2 games.
How to? Whoever wants to help to preserve these prototypes, donates the money to DRX (owner of the Hidden Palace). All donations go to thedrx@gmail.com via Paypal (you can pay with Credit Card or PostePay too!), he gives the money to DreamTR for the dump, then the rom is given to DRX so he can distribute it to everyone.
To donate go to the Hidden Palace website and click on the Paypal button. (If the link does not work, try to write in your browser www.hidden-palace.org (Dont click on the the link, but write it) and go in the “Contribute” section).
Be sure to write in the “description” the name of the prototype that you want to preserve, it’s important. So, write “Money for the Mystical Ninja Goemon 64 proto dump” or “Money for the Earthworm Jim 2 proto dump”.
So, how much we need to preserve these prototypes?

For the Goemon 64 proto we need to reach 350$ and currently we have already donated about 190$. That means that we still need to find only 9 more people that could donate 20$ (€ 14,57 EUR) or multiples of $20 and the proto will be dumped! If you love Goemon 64, you cannot let this to be lost.
Here’s the Goemon 64 donators list (will be updated daily). When you have donated, please leave a comment to this post or in the Hidden Palace Topic:
To donate go to the Hidden Palace website and click on the Paypal button. Remember to write “Money for the Mystical Ninja Goemon 64 proto dump” in the description. (If the link does not work, try to write in your browser www.hidden-palace.org (Dont click on the the link, but write it) and go in the “Contribute” section).

For the Earthworm Jim 2 proto we need to reach about 200$. That means that we still need to find 15 people that could donate 14$ (€ 9,20 EUR) or multiples of $14 and the proto will be dumped!
Here’s the Earthworm Jim donators list (will be updated shortly). When you have donated, please leave a comment to this post:
To donate go to the Hidden Palace website and click on the Paypal button. Remember to write “Money for the Earthworm Jim 2 proto dump” in the description. (If the link does not work, try to write in your browser www.hidden-palace.org (Dont click on the the link, but write it) and go in the “Contribute” section).
What could we find in these protos? How much incomplete are they? Sadly we are not sure. You can have a look a the Goemon 64 Beta and Earthworm Jim 2 Beta pages, to have an idea about the beta content that those protos could have. The protos could just be almost-complete builds, but it’s worth the chance to preserve them before they could be lost forever!
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17 Responses to Would you like to play the Goemon 64 or Earthworm Jim 2 proto?
skyrunner14
July 20th, 2009 at 1:48 am
Of all the times to be flat broke… I’d donate if I could. Good luck with this, especially that Goemon prototype!
Hulio
July 20th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
I would donate, but the links to the Hidden Palace don’t seem to work.
monokoma
July 20th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
Thanks for the info Hulio, it seems that there’s a
problem with their tracking software. Try to write in your browser hidden-palace.org (Dont click on the the link, but write it) and go in the "Contribute" section. Let me know if it works :)thico
July 21st, 2009 at 6:36 pm
I have this rom: Earthworm Jim 2 (U) (Beta)
i don’t know if it is the same version that are you looking for.
Send me a email if you want this version.
monokoma
July 21st, 2009 at 9:38 pm
Really interesting.. thanks for the info Thico! I found it with Google :) I dont know if this version is the same as the one from DreamTR… but it’s possible.
Nico
July 26th, 2009 at 6:18 pm
I’ve just donated $20 for the Goemon rom. It sounds really interesting! Good luck with this project!
monokoma
July 27th, 2009 at 11:02 am
Thanks Nico! It’s really appreciated :) Currently we are at 120$ for the Goemon 64 proto, with 2 other people that should donate soon. Keep it up! We just need 11 more people
monokoma
July 29th, 2009 at 11:25 pm
We reached 180$ for the Goemon 64 proto! Just 9 more people that can donate 20$ and we are done :)
Nagisa
August 31st, 2009 at 4:51 pm
I want to donate for Goemon, but I have no PayPal account. I’ll write an email to the Hidden Palace guys for another payment metod.
monokoma
September 1st, 2009 at 1:00 pm
Thanks for your help Nagisa, it’s really appreciated :) I’m sure that DRX from Hidden Palace has some other ways to donate, keep in mind that he will be in vacation from Sep 5 to Sep 19
http://forums.hidden-palace.org/viewtopic.php?t=2839
nensondubois
September 17th, 2009 at 6:30 pm
I have 80 bucks, what should I do?
monokoma
September 17th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
Hi Nenson! :) A donation like that would be really useful, try to get in contact with DRX at thedrx@gmail.com or go to http://www.hidden-palace.org in the “Contribute” section and click on the PayPal button (remember to write in the “description” the name of the prototype that you want to preserve, ex “Donation for the Goemon 64 proto).
monokoma
September 20th, 2009 at 10:27 am
Only 160$ to go for playing the Goemon 64 proto! If you know someone that loved this game, please tell him about this proto.. it’s almost here :)
ZeaLitY
January 11th, 2010 at 4:34 am
Is this still going on?
monokoma
January 11th, 2010 at 1:43 pm
The fundrise for the Goemon 64 proto is still going on, but sadly it seems that there are not enough Goemon-fans so we’ll probably have to wait a lot for the amount to be reached :P
TheBardsSong
November 14th, 2011 at 4:30 pm
I hope it’s not too late :(
monokoma
November 15th, 2011 at 3:08 pm
It seems that the Goemon 64 “beta” was acquired by a collector and it will be released sometime in the future… we’ll have to wait :O From the info i got, it seems that it was just a review copy and there were not visible differences (maybe in the code?)