Super Mario Kart prototype

[van_halen]

I got this prototype of Super Mario Kart a couple of months ago from c4e's huge proto sale. It turned out to be a quite early version with many graphical and musical differences, for example a totally different Vanilla Lake soundtrack that Niels discovered the day before he would ship it out to me =). I've also noticed many gameplay differences which sometimes make it harder than the released version. Anyway, I thought I'd share some pics for those of you who might be interested.






Close to the Japanese title screen. From what I can see, Mario's mouth looks slightly different.




Mario and Luigi have additional parts on the back of their karts and Bowser looks a little different.




Cup Select screen is missing the orange border and the "cc" class chosen.




Lakitu makes a different noise when driving in the opposite direction and the yellow flag is missing the black cross.




Beta Cheep Cheep?




Sometimes it says "OUT" for some players in the bottom.




When getting in 2nd place, a Super Koopa makes a loop and starts spinning out of the screen when it gets hit by the champagne cork. Also, there are no cups given as reward.



There are lots of other differences I've seen as well and it's seriously buggy in some places. I haven't had time to fully play it through yet, but hopefully I'll be able to do it soon.

/Johan

[Superman]

Congratulations on your find, Johan!

If I was getting a prototype, I would want something like this. I like to see the differences in games between production and release.

[badinsults]

Very cool stuff. I look forward to more of your findings.

[fpbrush]

I agree with Superman. I never get too excited about protos. But something like this I think would be fun to have...especially the changed part of the soundtrack! Seems like a true "beta".

I'm guessing with higher profile releases such as this they would go through more changes (so they can get it just right)--so maybe the protos are more interesting?

Either way, great find, thanks for giving us the rundown!

[mr obscure]

huge mario kart fan!!!!!! great to see this... congrats

would love to see the proto of mario kart 64 btw it had magic koopa

[NESaholic]

Nice snag man, alpha's and beta's just plainly rock.

[OmochaoAbuser]

I would like to have some .SPCs, paticulary of Vanilla Lake.

Also, the SMB2 prototype was VERY well recieved.
http://www.underground-gamer.com/det...d=17615&page=0

[OmochaoAbuser]

Wanted to ask again about getting .SPCs.

[Hadokenryu]

Sorry to bother you but I'm curious about your Super Mario Kart. Did you get the game from a store that sells betas and prototype games? I'm so interested in owning a beta version of Super Mario Kart as well. I heard that there is a limited amount that exist but I'm trying to get one for myself. If there isn't an extra copy, would you mind if I were to buy the game from you? Just trying to be fair, yes I really would buy the game from you. I understand it's rarity and no I'm not gonna dump the game or anything like that; besides, I don't even know how to do that. Just to let you know I do like to collect games and other stuff; I have my own Japanese Super Famicom with Seiken Densetsu 3 (Secret of Mana 2) game. If you want, we could trade if you're interested. Sorry to sound stupid if I am but I really want to collect that game. Please comment me back. Thank you.

[DreamTR]

Sorry to bother you but I'm curious about your Super Mario Kart. Did you get the game from a store that sells betas and prototype games? I'm so interested in owning a beta version of Super Mario Kart as well. I heard that there is a limited amount that exist but I'm trying to get one for myself. If there isn't an extra copy, would you mind if I were to buy the game from you? Just trying to be fair, yes I really would buy the game from you. I understand it's rarity and no I'm not gonna dump the game or anything like that; besides, I don't even know how to do that. Just to let you know I do like to collect games and other stuff; I have my own Japanese Super Famicom with Seiken Densetsu 3 (Secret of Mana 2) game. If you want, we could trade if you're interested. Sorry to sound stupid if I am but I really want to collect that game. Please comment me back. Thank you.

There's TWO Mario KArt protos that exist, mine and Van_halen's.

I seriously doubt one of us will trade for a Super Famicom and Secret of Mana 2 game. You need to have some big bucks but I am willing to sell mine for the right price.

Also, there are no "stores" that sell beta/prototype games.

[Guy Bramsworth]

This reminds me of when I was like 12 and found a guy on a game trading site that had Sonic Crackers. I thought I could trick him into giving it to me for nothing by offering a copy of Zelda 64.

How old are you? Either you don't know the value of protos or you're trying to pull a fast one cuz you're too young and don't know any beter like I was

[van_halen]

Sorry to bother you but I'm curious about your Super Mario Kart. Did you get the game from a store that sells betas and prototype games? I'm so interested in owning a beta version of Super Mario Kart as well. I heard that there is a limited amount that exist but I'm trying to get one for myself. If there isn't an extra copy, would you mind if I were to buy the game from you? Just trying to be fair, yes I really would buy the game from you. I understand it's rarity and no I'm not gonna dump the game or anything like that; besides, I don't even know how to do that. Just to let you know I do like to collect games and other stuff; I have my own Japanese Super Famicom with Seiken Densetsu 3 (Secret of Mana 2) game. If you want, we could trade if you're interested. Sorry to sound stupid if I am but I really want to collect that game. Please comment me back. Thank you.

Sorry, I'm not planning on getting rid of it anytime soon. It actually came from DreamTR here who got it from one of his sources.

This reminds me of when I was like 12 and found a guy on a game trading site that had Sonic Crackers. I thought I could trick him into giving it to me for nothing by offering a copy of Zelda 64.

Heh, I wasn't much better when I had just started collecting many years ago. I remember that I once unintentionally made a low offer on the Legend of Zelda prototype because I was new and didn't have a freaking clue as to what things were worth. Of course, prices have gone up a bit since, but still...

[DreamTR]

That HadokenRy guy only made one post too. I wonder if he even knows how to use this message board properly.

[Niku-Sama]

interesting, nearly 10 years later beta 64 makes a video about this "new" information...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5JOUajBQeI