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Why is this shit in my Sonic Mega Collection?

Discussion in 'Engineering & Reverse Engineering' started by Captain VG, Jun 29, 2011.

  1. Captain VG

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    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...
     
  2. Quarterman

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    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.
     
  3. LockOnRommy11

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    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
     
  4. SonikkuForever

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    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.
     
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    Anything else interesting in there?
    Maybe more sonic cd inclsuion leftovers, or anything?
     
  6. Overlord

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    What the fuck? It's like Sega Stargate o_O

    EDIT: How the frig did I get ninja'd by like 4 people =|
     
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    MIDI-to-SMPS-conversions, mostly. Takin' requests, too.
    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
     
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    Time Eater leaked; it's a star gate.
     
  10. Captain VG

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    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.
     
  11. ICEknight

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    And there wasn't enough space for Sonic CD, eh Naka? ;)
     
  12. MarkeyJester

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    I'm sorry if I've missed something here, but where is this exactly in Mega Collection?
     
  13. Captain VG

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    \sonic\cri\
     
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    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.
     
  15. Captain VG

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    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

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    Also, found in the YOU CAN NOW PLAY text... Some missing game slots:

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    Also found in the hints section:

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    Other notable mentions include text for the unreleased Xbox version, primarily in the save data text.
     
  16. Polygon Jim

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    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.
     
  17. Lanzer

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    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.
     
  18. Captain VG

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    That sounds about right. Not the first time I've happened upon tech demo stuff in games anyway.
     
  19. Captain VG

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    So uh. Someone want to explain why the Sonic 1, 2, 3, S&K, MBM, Spinball, and 3D Blast roms are in Gems?...
     
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    You can play the final levels of them in the museum. Save states and such.