gameplay variations

[nesman85]

some games get released, then changed so that the later released versions are different in some way. i only know of 2 games that this has happened to:

n64-legend of zelda ocarina of time: in the earlier releases the music in the fire temple is different, they changed it because it was too similar to some ancient chant.

n64-mace the dark age: when you are playing in 1 player mode the upper part of the screen says press start, in some of the earlier versions it says insert coins.

anybody know of any others?

[Captain Wrong]

Wasn't Night Trap toned down in later releases?

I don't know if this counts, but Contra became Probotector for the Europe release with the humans changed to robots. And I think they took out the hamster in the microwave trick in Manic Mansion for the PAL release. I'm sure a NES expert could confirm or correct that one. :)

I do know afew Intellivision games were changed in between production runs, usually improving control and whatnot. Lock n Chase and Auto Racing are two that come to mind instantly.

[briskbc]

I heard Xenogears was changed a bit the second time it was pressed. This was many months after the first pressing. It was hard to find before the second pressing. I heard the relgious (or inte religious) stuff was toned down. This could just be a rumour.