Archive for the ‘snes’ Category
Clay Fighter 2 [SNES - Beta]
6 Jun 2009C-2: Judgement Clay, also known as Clay Fighter 2, is Interplay’s 1994 sequel to ClayFighter. This game was not as well received as its predecessor. Lucy, a gorilla, was originally planned to be a playable character in the game but was removed from the final version. Because Tiny’s sprite was reused from the first ClayFighter, [...]
Dragon Quest VI (6) [SNES - Beta]
30 May 2009Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Reverie is an RPG developed by Heartbeat and published by Enix for the Super Famicom in December 1995, only in Japan. From a beta screenshot published in a magazine, we can notice that the hero’s air looked different from the final ones.
Thanks to Celine for the contribution!
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Super Punch-Out!! [SNES - Beta]
26 May 2009Super Punch-Out!! was released in North America on 1994, in Europe in 1995 and finally in Japan as part of the Nintendo Power flash RAM cartridge series in March 1998. Super Punch-Out!! is the fourth game in the Punch-Out!! series and Nintendo IRD was developing this game simultaneously with Zoda’s Revenge: StarTropics II. The game [...]
Final Fantasy VI (6) [SNES - Unused Enemy]
27 Apr 2009Thanks to the Caves Of Narshe website we found out that in the code of Final Fantasy 6 is possible to find an unused enemy, called “Czar Dragon”. An unused dialogue related to this monster is hidden too:
“Mwa, ha, ha…. Humans and their desires! [...]
“Zombies Ate My Neighbors” is a 1993 run and gun ‘horror’ video game for the Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis and Super NES platforms. This video game was originally developed, distributed and produced by LucasArts as a comical tribute to both classic and schlocky horror films of the 1950s through the 1980s. [Infos from Wikipedia]
It seems [...]
Mega Man X-3 [SNES - Unused Stuff]
3 Mar 2009Mega Man X3 was released in 1995 by Capcom. It was the third game in the Mega Man X sub-franchise and the last to appear on the Super Nintendo. GoldS has found some unused objects and behaviors that were still hidden in the game code, and you can see them in the following videos. Props [...]
Jelly Boy 2 [SNES - Unreleased]
3 Feb 2009JB2 is the unreleased sequel of Jelly boy,a platform known in west as Smart Ball. Like the prequel, the game’s main character is a jelly, but this time (after killing the boss who captured them) we can use his friends too, each one with his unique ability. Jelly Boy 2 was finished, but never [...]
The Secret of Zinj is an unreleased tie-in of the movie Congo. The game features many different gameplay styles, running the gamut from shooting enemies in first person à la Operation Wolf to canoeing. The problem is, they are all badly designed and very frustranting, in part because the graphic engine seems unfinished. The game [...]
Mother 2 / Earthbound [SNES - Beta]
22 Dec 2008Development on EarthBound took place as a joint effort between Ape, Inc. and HAL Laboratory, Inc. and was designed by Shigesato Itoi. The total development time for the project was five years, much longer than was initially expected. The first design concepts for the HP boxes were to make them like pachinko balls and have [...]
Kid Kirby [SNES - Cancelled]
15 Nov 2008Kid Kirby was meant to be a “prequel” of the serie, a platform game with a younger Kirby (with hair?) that was in development at DMA Design, the makers of Uniracers, Silicon Valley and Lemmings. A little image from this game was already seen in an old magazine, but only recently we found more concepts [...]
Illusion Of Gaia / Time [SNES - Beta]
12 Nov 2008Arcane on the X-Cult forum, has posted a weird screen from an early build of Illusion of Gaia (Illusion of Time in Europe), that shows some sprites unused in the final version of the game. You can read the full topic at x-cult: Illusion of Gaia head? It seems that there’s even a beta version [...]
ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Kirby’s Dream Course [SNES - Beta / Unused]
23 Oct 2008GoldS has found an unused icon in Kirby’s Dream Course: “This icon was probably supposed to be used for the Mix “ability” in the game, which gives you a random ability from an ability roulette. The icon is never used in the game. There IS a Mix enemy in the 2P mode, but this graphic [...]
Mega Man X-2 [SNES - Beta]
21 Oct 2008GoldS has found another interesting unused object in the Mega Man X series: this time a weird enemy with seven orb, that was hidden in the MMX2 code. This object has HP and can be destroyed. The anchor sphere is the first to be destroyed, followed by the connecting spheres.
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Impossible Mission 2025 [SNES - Unreleased]
20 Oct 2008Impossible Mission 2025 was a side scrolling platform / action game released in 1994 by Microprose, for the Amiga computer system. A SNES port was in development, but something went wrong and the game was cancelled for the Nintendo console.
Thanks to MathUser for this scan!
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Donkey Kong Country 2 [SNES - Beta]
18 Oct 2008Robert Seddon linked us to another interesting topic in the DKC Atlas Forum, where Kiddy14 has found out about a beta video of DKC2 with lots of differences from the final version! In there we can see that there’s no fog in Web Woods, the Lava Lagoon has no lava and there are Klaptraps around [...]
Mega Man X [SNES - Unused Stuff]
7 Oct 2008Zero7 has linked us to an interesting topic on the Sonic Retro Forum, where GoldS has posted some unused stuff that he has found in the memory of Mega Man X, like a removed jump ability for one of the enemies, a removed boss phase, unused room entrance and an unused “jellyfish-robot”. For more infos [...]
Robert Seddon has linked us to another topic at the DKC Atlas Forum, where The Kirby has an interesting theory about an unused DKC3 SNES sprites for an enemy that was later used in the DKC3 GBA port. The Kirby writes: “My theory is that the TNT Knocka, is actually an enemy that exists in [...]
Mission Impossible [SNES - Concept / Cancelled]
30 Sep 2008Robert Seddon has sent to us a nice collection of scans with lots of interesting unseen games, today we would like to start with some concept arts from an early “Mission Impossibile 64″ when it was still in development for the Super Nintendo!
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Super Mario Kart [SNES - Beta / Proto]
23 Sep 2008At the Digital Press Forum, van_halen has posted some photos from a prototype version of Super Mario Kart, a “beta” with some interesting differences, like early version of some of the sprites, different layout and music in some levels, different title screen, select screen and “choose-your-driver” screen, missing “black X” from the Lakitu’s flag (when [...]
Donkey Kong Country [SNES - Unused Stuff]
21 Sep 2008Robert Seddon has made us notice about a series of Donkey Kong Country unused stuff that some lovely geeks at DKC Atlas have found out in the memory of the game, like unused rooms and sprites. You can read the full topics in here, here and here. Thanks a lot to Robert for these links [...]
Earthworm Jim [SNES/MD - Beta]
30 Jul 2008Although it seems to start out as something completely different, this is a promotional video for Earthworm Jim, mostly focusing on the Mega Drive version. As well as some insight into the design process of the game, it shows a lot of footage from an earlier version of the game. Unfortunately, the way the video [...]
Corn Buster [SNES - Cancelled]
17 Jul 2008Corn Buster is an unreleased Super Nintendo game developed by Engine Software. The game is the story of a dragon named Globey, who sets out to defeat the person who’s stolen all the cornflakes in the world. The gameplay is an interesting mix of an Arkanoid-Style ball-and-paddle game and a vertical scrolling shooter. The game [...]
Super Metroid [SNES - Beta]
4 Jul 2008Super Metroid was the third game produced in the Metroid series. Metroid producer Gunpei Yokoi oversaw the project, but owing to him being busy with designing the Game Boy Pocket and Virtual Boy, Super Metroid was produced by Makoto Kanoh, who had devised the original game’s storyline. The game’s early planning began in 1990 with [...]
Secret of Mana, known in Japan as Seiken Densetsu 2, is an action RPG for the Super Nintendo developed and published by Square. Secret of Mana is the sequel to Final Fantasy Adventure for the Game Boy and the second installment in the Mana video game series. The game was originally going to be a [...]
Killer Instinct [SNES - Beta]
26 May 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Lobo [SNES/Genesis - Cancelled]
26 May 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Super Mario World [SNES - Unused Stuff]
18 May 2008Thanks to “hacking” softwares, it’s possible to find a few beta things left in the memory of Super Mario World. There are some unused levels and sprites [like the Flying yellow mushroom (gives 1-up), the flying red coin (Gives 5 coins) and the vertical pirhana plant up (Though the upside down pirhana plant was in, [...]
Future Zone [SNES - Cancelled]
17 May 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Secret of Evermore [SNES - Beta]
14 May 2008Here is a comparison list between beta screens of Secret Of Evermore and their counterparts in the final game. You can see that in the course of the development of the game Square USA made some interesting changes and probably the original story was a bit different from the one that we [...]
SNES Hardware Test
12 May 2008A software used to test various hardware / video signals for the Super Nintendo.
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Super Mario World [SNES - Beta]
14 Apr 2008[Original description in italian by Sig. Bakke, english translation by MajorTom]
The formula setup by Super Mario Bros. 3 established the foundations for the SNES successor Super Mario World. Thanks to these uncovered beta photographs, the evolutionary connections from Super Mario Bros. 3 to Super Mario World are a bit more apparent. Interesting enough is that [...]
Zelda II [SNES - Tech Demo]
14 Apr 2008UPDATE!: Thanks to Chris Covell on the Assembler Forum, we finally have some more informations about this assumed BS-X remake of Zelda 2: “Here’s my webpage which has pictures from the Famicom Tsushin special on the Super Famicom announcement in 1988 with that picture. That particular section in the Super Famicom article explains the graphical [...]
The images on this page are taken from the Beta of Zelda 3, during the second half of 1991, a few months before its official release. The differences from the final version are in fact very small, but very interesting. Nintendo first changed the HEAD-UP DISPLAY of the game: the bar of the magic had [...]
Looking into the coding of Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars reveals several unused enemies (most of which seem to be unused sub-species), including a notorious one known as the Drill Bit. In fact, Drill Bit appears in the game, but does not fight in any battle like a normal enemy.
Material from an [...]
Dragonfly (Pilot Wings) [SNES - Proto / Beta]
14 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Yoshi’s Island: Unused Sprites [SNES]
14 Apr 2008It’s not all that uncommon that a game takes a slight change in direction. If games didn’t end up different from beta to final release, Unseen 64 would be out of a job! Something gets cut out due to money and/or time constraints: Yoshi’s Island is no different. Although having a very unique development history [...]
Chrono Trigger [SNES - Beta]
14 Apr 2008A few months prior to Chrono Trigger’s market release, a beta version was given to magazine reviewers and game stores. An unfinished build of the game, it contains numerous differences from the final version, such as unused music tracks and a location called “Singing Mountain”. Curious fans later explored the [...]
FX Fighter (also known with the tentative name “Fighting Polygon”) is a 3D fighting video game released for PC in 1995. It was the first realtime 3D fighting game to be developed for the PC. The game was also being developed for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, but eventually only the PC CD-ROM version for [...]
Star Fox 2 [SNES - Unreleased]
14 Apr 2008StarFox 2 is an unreleased video game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It was to be a part of the Star Fox series and the direct sequel to Star Fox. The game was never released due to the impending release of the Nintendo 64 and the desire to use the [...]
Sound Fantasy [SNES - Unreleased]
14 Apr 2008Sound Fantasy is an unreleased video game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and its Japanese counterpart, the Super Famicom. Interactive media artist Toshio Iwai designed the game in the early 1990s using concepts from the installation art piece Music Insects, which he created during his time as an Artist in Residence at the San [...]
Wrestlerage [SNES - Unreleased]
14 Apr 2008Before Battletoads, there was Wrestlerage; on the SNES, at least. This 1991 side-viewed grapple-fest aimed to capitalise on the success of the two NES wrestling titles previously produced by Rare, but also to break away from the restrictive ring-based play of the licensed games by taking the action out into the streets / parks / [...]
Fireteam Rogue [SNES - Unreleased]
14 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Super Castlevania 4 [SNES - Beta]
14 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Super Ghouls ‘n Ghosts [SNES - Beta]
14 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Dorque & Imp [SNES - Unreleased]
14 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
ShadowHawk [SNES - Unreleased]
14 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Nightmare Busters [SNES - Unreleased]
14 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Don / Unknow Taito Game [SNES - Unreleased?]
14 Apr 2008George S has sent to us these scan from an unknow Taito SNES Game, that could have been unreleased.. we have tried to find more info on it, but no luck yet! If you know something about this, please let us know! “This scan is from an old EGM mag. The page [...]
Batman: Revenge of the Joker [SNES - Unreleased]
14 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Bobby’s World [SNES - Unreleased]
14 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Comanche [SNES - Unreleased]
14 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Dominus [SNES - Unreleased]
14 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Eurit [SNES - Unreleased]
14 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Mickey’s Playtown Adventure [SNES - Unreleased]
14 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Mr. Bloopy [SNES - Unreleased]
14 Apr 2008A cancelled platform / puzzle for the SNES that was in development at RARE-COMPEDIA. A couple of playable levels were leaked online and you can download them from the Eludevisibility blog!
Thanks to SNES Central for these images!
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Naughts & Crosses [SNES - Unreleased]
14 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Railroad Tycoon [SNES - Unreleased]
14 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Prime [SNES - Unreleased]
14 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Rap Basketball [SNES - Unreleased]
14 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Rockman / Megaman 7 [SNES - Beta]
14 Apr 2008Rock Man/Mega Man 7 was the third Mega Man game released on the Super Nintendo, and the first Original series game to be released on the system. The beta version shows that beyond a few graphical changes, little actually playing aspects were changed.
It known that similar to how the opening stage of Mega Man X [...]
RHI Roller Hockey ‘95 [SNES - Unreleased]
14 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Super Shadow of the Beast [SNES - Unreleased]
14 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
The Shadow [SNES - Unreleased]
14 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Sylvester and Tweety [SNES - Unreleased]
14 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Tom & Jerry 2 [SNES - Unreleased]
14 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Universal Soldier [SNES - Unreleased]
14 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Wile E’s Revenge [SNES - Unreleased]
14 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill [Unreleased]
14 Apr 2008Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill is an unreleased video game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and the Sega Genesis. It stars Socks, the pet cat of 42nd US President Bill Clinton and his family, in a platforming adventure in which he has to make his way past spies, crooked politicians and the media [...]
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U64 is an archive with articles, screens and videos for cancelled, beta & unseen videogames. Every change & cut creates a different gaming experience: we would like to save some documents about this evolution for curiosity, historic and artistic preservation.
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- Chris Wilkinson: Bio hazard sega saturn special limited release -- it was released under the label director's cut Jul [...]
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- Brent: Damn you Microsoft. Nintendo should buy Rare back. [...]
- WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain [PS2 - Beta]
- Resident Evil 3 [PSX - Beta]
- Army Brats [PSX - Cancelled]
- Devil May Cry 4 [PS3/X360 - Beta]
- Biosphere (Genewars) [PC - Beta]
- The Getaway [PSX - Prototype]
- Abducted [XBOX - Cancelled]
- Monster Hunter [GBA - Cancelled]
- Arcadia VI [NES - Cancelled]
- [Update] More screens, info and videos in the archive!
