SO. All that furor in the Sonic 1 proto Naka comment thread made me want to go back and look inside the proto and final builds of SMC, just for the hell of it. I found this: What is this? Why is it here? I don't know why but I think it's either PS2, or heck, maybe even DC... Expect more, since there's a lot more stuff in here. Also check the archived SMC Proto thread for other stuff we found back in '08 if you're interested...
That actually looks kind of interesting. Looks a bit RPG-ish to me. "Little kid, alligator/dragon thing and a robot jump through the Stargate and have wacky adventures!" There's some potential there.
What the? That's the wierdest Stargate Episode I've ever seen- and I haven't even seen Stargate. Seriously.. looks quite odd. Appears to be Dreamcast due to the styling and graphics- PS2, as well as devs could do better than that with CGI in 2001. A game concept? Three players? Maybe it was a Sonic Heroes concept? Who knows! Looks like Teamwork might have been the theme
Hmm, it was copyrighted to CRI Middleware, which helped SEGA with AV-related things for their Gamecube titles. I don't think Sega had any involvement in it. The filename implies that it's some kind of video output test.
Considerin' the copyright claim by CRI, I am guessing this is some sorta advertisizng thing to show them "hey, guys, look how awesome the quality of our video compression is" or some shit like that. A benchmark, if you will, for advertising-examples, kinda like how sometimes, some video editing software comes with a fake family video of one of the developers. : v
I'm pretty sure there's audio that goes with this. So uh. If anyone knows of a game that emulates well in dolphin that uses sofdec... Maybe we could swap and see how it goes? Also, other sofdec videos include one of a San Francisco trolley conductor turning his trolley and some sort of looping wave effect.
I like how this is way more interesting than everything Sonic-related since the release of the Sonic Mega Collection. Would like to know more and/or play.
So more interesting stuff... US/EU was supposed to get Streets of Rage 1/2/3 and Bonanza Bros. in Sonic Gems Collection. I wonder why that never happened... :P Code (Text): H I s t o r y o f " B O N A N Z A B R O S . " R e l e a s e d o n M a y 1 7 , 1 9 9 1 . W e ' r e B o n a n z a B r o t h e r s ! W e s t e a l a s o u r o w n b r a n d o f j u s t I c e ! G e t I n t o B a d T o w n , t h e c I t y o f v I l l a I n s t h a t t h r e a t e n r e g u l a r f o l k s , s n e a k I n t o w I c k e d c o m p a n I e s , b o g u s c a s I n o s a n d c o u n t e r f e I t - b I l l m I n t s t o f I n d t h e p r o o f n e e d e d t o I n c r I m I n a t e t h e c r I m I n a l s ! ! O n c e y o u h a v e a l l p I e c e s o f e v I d e n c e w I t h I n 3 m I n u t e s , y o u w I l l c o m p l e t e t h e s t a g e ! --- H I s t o r y o f " S t r e e t s o f R a g e " R e l e a s e d o n A u g u s t 2 , 1 9 9 1 . T h e f I r s t t I t l e o f t h e B a r e K n u c k l e s e r I e s . T h e t o w n t h a t h a d b e e n p e a c e f u l f e l l I n t o t h e h a n d s o f a m o b s y n d I c a t e . V I o l e n c e a n d c r I m e r a g e I n t h e c I t y , f e a r a n d d e s p a I r . . . T h r e e y o u t h s w h o a r e e x - p o l I c e m e n d e c I d e t o d e s t r o y t h e s y n d I c a t e w I t h t h e I r o w n h a n d s . Y o u ' v e g o t o n e w e a p o n; s m a s h t h e s y n d I c a t e w I t h y o u r c l e n c h e d f I s t s ( B a r e K n u c k l e ) ! ! --- * T h e g a m e n a m e I s d I f f e r e n t b e t w e e n t h e E u r o p e / U S v e r s I o n a n d t h e J a p a n e s e v e r s I o n , b u t t h e g a m e c o n t e n t I s I d e n t I c a l . G a m e n a m e d e p e n d I n g o n r e g I o n : J a p a n : B A R E K N U C K L E U S / E u r o p e : S T R E E T S O F R A G E --- H I s t o r y o f " S t r e e t s o f R a g e 2 " R e l e a s e d o n N o v e m b e r 1 4 , 1 9 9 3 . T h e s e c o n d t I t l e o f t h e " B a r e K n u c k l e " s e r I e s . T w o n e w c h a r a c t e r s a s w e l l a s t h e B a t t l e m o d e a m o n g p l a y e r s a r e a d d e d . T h e s y n d I c a t e t h a t o n c e r u l e d t h e c I t y w I t h v I o l e n c e a n d c r I m e , a n d t h a t w a s t h o u g h t t o h a v e b e e n d e f e a t e d h a s r e t u r n e d . K I d n a p p I n g A d a m I s t h e I r n e x t m o v e a g a I n s t o u r h e r o e s . T h u s c h a l l e n g e d b y M r . X , t h e m o b b o s s , t h e f o u r d e c I d e t a k e t h e b a t t l e t o h I m o n c e a n d f o r a l l . B r e a k t h r o u g h o n e a f t e r a n o t h e r o p p o n e n t t o r e s c u e A d a m ! --- * T h e g a m e n a m e I s d I f f e r e n t b e t w e e n t h e E u r o p e / U S v e r s I o n a n d t h e J a p a n e s e v e r s I o n , b u t t h e g a m e c o n t e n t I s I d e n t I c a l . G a m e n a m e d e p e n d I n g o n r e g I o n : J a p a n : B A R E K N U C K L E I I U S / E u r o p e : S T R E E T S O F R A G E 2 --- H I s t o r y o f " S t r e e t s o f R a g e 3 " R e l e a s e d o n M a r c h 1 8 , 1 9 9 4 . T h e t h I r d t I t l e o f t h e " B a r e K n u c k l e " s e r I e s . A m y s t e r I o u s e x p l o s I o n o c c u r r e d I n W o o k O a k C I t y . S m a s h t h e a m b I t I o n o f t h e s y n d I c a t e t h a t n o w h a s a t e r r I b l e a t o m I c e l e m e n t , R a k s I n , t h a t I s t h e c a u s e o f t h e e x p l o s I o n ! W I t h n e w e l e m e n t s " G r o w I n g S p e c I a l M o v e " a n d " W e a p o n S p e c I a l M o v e " , t h e t I t l e f u r t h e r p r o g r e s s e d f r o m t h e p r e v I o u s o n e , a n d f e a t u r e s c o - o p 2 - p l a y e r g a m e p l a y ! B u r n , f I g h t I n g s p I r I t ! ! R o a r , I r o n f I s t ! ! --- * T h e g a m e n a m e I s d I f f e r e n t b e t w e e n t h e E u r o p e / U S v e r s I o n a n d t h e J a p a n e s e v e r s I o n , b u t t h e g a m e c o n t e n t I s I d e n t I c a l . G a m e n a m e d e p e n d I n g o n r e g I o n : J a p a n : B A R E K N U C K L E I I I U S / E u r o p e : S T R E E T S O F R A G E 3 Also, found in the YOU CAN NOW PLAY text... Some missing game slots: Code (Text): G A M E _ 1 60 n o t u s e G A M E _ 1 70 n o t u s e G A M E _ 1 80 n o t u s e G A M E _ 1 90 n o t u s e G A M E _ 2 00 n o t u s e Also found in the hints section: Code (Text): T I T L E _ 1 20 n o t u s e T I T L E _ 1 30 n o t u s e T I T L E _ 1 40 n o t u s e T I T L E _ 1 50 n o t u s e T I T L E _ 1 60 n o t u s e T I T L E _ 1 70 n o t u s e T I T L E _ 1 80 n o t u s e T I T L E _ 1 90 n o t u s e T I T L E _ 2 00 n o t u s e Other notable mentions include text for the unreleased Xbox version, primarily in the save data text.
If I remember correctly that video is in the CRI video development package as an example video. It was most likely just there while Sega tested video playback functions. I can't remember that one specifically, but I do remember a video of a trolley in San Fransisco in the CRI video example folder of the Dreamcast devkit.
So I guess all this sonic 1 proto talk has made sonic mega & gems collection a worth while thing to research. cool, I never see it talked about its about time it got some attention.
So uh. Someone want to explain why the Sonic 1, 2, 3, S&K, MBM, Spinball, and 3D Blast roms are in Gems?...
