View Full Version : who owns any castlevania proto?
Simon_Belmont
07-22-2007, 09:03 AM
I own:
Castlevania Dracula X SNES us/ntsc
Castlevania Bloodlines Genesis us/ntsc (0.5 version)
Castlevania Bloodlines Genesis us/ntsc (different version but does not boot)
I know someone overhere has the pal snes Castlevania Vampire's Kiss proto and I have seen a Ps2 Lament of Innocent proto on Ebay.
Are there any more around? Like Gameboy and Nes versions?
Buyatari
07-24-2007, 05:44 PM
I have some of the newer disc based ones but none on cart.
Simon_Belmont
07-25-2007, 04:33 PM
it is very strange but as far as I know no nes/gb/gba castlevania proto's have ever been found...
Konami must have kept really good track on those!
Buyatari
07-25-2007, 05:58 PM
it is very strange but as far as I know no nes/gb/gba castlevania proto's have ever been found...
Konami must have kept really good track on those!
Well the carts were ultra expensive and most were programmed over.
Simon_Belmont
07-26-2007, 03:55 AM
thats maybe true but other Konami nes/snes protos there were found multiple copies
ProgrammingAce
07-26-2007, 04:44 PM
thats maybe true but other Konami nes/snes protos there were found multiple copies
It's a lot more difficult to overwrite a UV eeprom then to overwrite a GB dev cart. I have a feeling there probably aren't as many Preview/Review carts going to reviewers from portable games as well.
And like BuyAtari said, they were expensive. Like really expensive.
LuxKiller65
05-13-2009, 02:29 PM
Saw a FDS Simon's Quest proto last year.
skaar
05-14-2009, 12:56 AM
I'll attest to a CV3 "preview copy"... it had no label but I never opened the thing. (and no, it never had a retail one.)
It's in the wild somewhere in BC - I never got it back from long before I cared about such things :P
ProgrammingAce
05-14-2009, 02:37 AM
I ended up with an E3 build of SotN, that was supposed to be made public, but i don't know if it ever was. Since i don't own the original and don't remember who gave it to me, i'm not going to do anything with it myself.
PACHUKA
05-14-2009, 02:52 AM
I ended up with an E3 build of SotN, that was supposed to be made public, but i don't know if it ever was. Since i don't own the original and don't remember who gave it to me, i'm not going to do anything with it myself.
It's public.
Borman
05-14-2009, 04:53 AM
I ended up with an E3 build of SotN, that was supposed to be made public, but i don't know if it ever was. Since i don't own the original and don't remember who gave it to me, i'm not going to do anything with it myself.
Yep, totally public
LuxKiller65
05-14-2009, 09:20 AM
And boring too (especially for the price the last one went for - awesome fail).
Saw a FDS Simon's Quest proto last year.
Hmm that sounds interesting to me. I always enjoyed Simon's Quest a lot, although so many people felt it was too different from parts I and III.
Buyatari
05-14-2009, 05:18 PM
And boring too (especially for the price the last one went for - awesome fail).
I dunno about all that. I got the impression that those who mapped it all out had a lot of fun finding all the hidden spots using a gamesharrk to bypass areas etc.
The buyer was happy with his purchase of an original copy even after someone else dumped another.
The seller was happy with the sale.
Everyone else got to enjoy the game when the ROM was dumped for FREE.
I don't think this is really case of anyone losing but everyone winning.
LuxKiller65
05-15-2009, 03:14 AM
I was unable to buy the Simon's Quest prototype disk because someone surely made an offer and the item disappeared from the site.
Well about the Symphony E3, I do agree on the happy seller... 3750$, that's what, two months of salary for a demo.
:angel:
It was dumped for free and I'm glad someone did, really. I'm also dumping undumped C64 and PC games when I find rare ones without asking for anything, not a big deal.
PACHUKA
05-15-2009, 03:29 AM
i believe my friend devhakr has the dreamcast one
DreamTR
05-15-2009, 03:55 PM
I have a couple of different GBA ones..
LuxKiller65
05-17-2009, 09:00 AM
Yes I recall the AoS one from Switzerland.
DreamTR
05-17-2009, 06:38 PM
Lux: Mine are from a magazine.
Arasoi
05-17-2009, 07:14 PM
I had a Dracula X Chronicles magazine preview UMD a while back before I sold the collection, but sold it someone on here. I can't recall who.
It was an earlier build without Maria in SOTN and the DXC game was incomplete past Stage 7 or so without a cheat device of some sort I'd imagine. It had a few interesting goodies that the final didn't have, wallpaper backgrounds and the like.
LuxKiller65
06-09-2009, 09:37 AM
Not really a proto... but almost.
:-D
http://g.imagehost.org/0757/CV-AMI-DISK-R.jpg
Arasoi
06-09-2009, 12:38 PM
Heh, tell me about it. The Amiga port is unreasonably rare. Though, considering the game's actual playability I can understand why.
LuxKiller65
06-09-2009, 01:40 PM
I just hope my copy still works!
By the way did you ever find a second copy of it? The only one I ever saw for sale was "the first one" we all know about and that you bought. Never seen another complete one after that. All I was able to find is a loose copy, and I'm already extremely happy, especially given the price I paid.
How about Konami decided to stop distributing this version for one reason or another? I have a hard time believing it can take five years to find a copy of this -commercial- thing.
DreamTR
08-14-2009, 01:13 AM
I just got a Castlevania Bloodlines Genesis proto today and another Aria or Sorrow GBA proto.....I sold AOS just 2 months ago!
Guy Bramsworth
08-14-2009, 02:37 AM
Wow, fill us in on if the bloodlines proto is the blimp level one...if you have the time. I imagine you'd want to play it eventually since you got it.
DreamTR
08-14-2009, 11:17 AM
Guy, that one you are talking about is owned by Niels. He stated that on the first post. Mine is undiscovered. It came in a large lot of items I purchased. I have no idea if there are any differences or not.
And to reiterate that, I never played the final version, so comparing/contrasting it would make no sense anyway...
Guy Bramsworth
08-14-2009, 04:08 PM
Guy, that one you are talking about is owned by Niels. He stated that on the first post. Mine is undiscovered. It came in a large lot of items I purchased. I have no idea if there are any differences or not.
And to reiterate that, I never played the final version, so comparing/contrasting it would make no sense anyway...
Well, I didn't know that there only is one version out there of the same proto. Multiple versions do pop up that are similar :)
Just how many games have you actually ever played? LOL Too bad, it's a good game! :)
DreamTR
08-14-2009, 06:57 PM
Guy, I have like 16,000 games and 1,200+ cart protos..even in my lifetime I won't be able to play all those. I have played a LOT of games but I don't play as much anymore.
This might be the same version, I really have no clue, but that's the chance you take if you buy my stuff. Playing THROUGH a game and messing around on the first few levels are two completely different things. I just don't have hours on end to document differences in games.
Guy Bramsworth
08-14-2009, 07:10 PM
I understand, in case it appears I'm trying to pressure you or anything....
Anyways I hope maybe someday that cart proves interesting.