Video Game Prototypes That Changed During Development - Nintendo, Sonic, SpongeBob & More!
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2020
- Video games go through countless changes during development. When a video game is first announced, it often looks very different than when it's released. Prototypes, betas, early versions of games in general are as different as they are fascinating. These early builds give us a rare look inside the game development process, as well as how some of our favorite games were made. Let's talk about it!
In this video, we'll be going through some of the most interesting video game prototypes and prerelease builds out there. Many of these builds have remained lost, never to be played again.
Did you know SpongeBob Squarepants: SuperSponge had its entire developer documents leaked? Or that the world's first look at Sonic The Hedgehog is almost completely lost to time? We cover it all and more in this video.
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Sources:
-Info on the Sonic 1 Tokyo Toy Show demo: sonicretro.org/tag/tokyo-toy-...
-Interview with Yuji Naka regarding the demo: www.gamesradar.com/super-rare...
-Info on Super Mario 64's development: tcrf.net/Super_Mario_64_(Nint...)
-Footage of Mario 64 beta: • The Cleanest SM64 Beta...
-Footage of Shoshinkai 1995 showcasing Mario 64: • Shoshinkai 1995, Ninte...
-Luigi restored!: • SM64 - Luigi Restored
-Super Mario 64 Beta remake trailer: • SM64 Beta Recreation T...
-Info of Super Mario World development: tcrf.net/Prerelease:Super_Mar...)
-Video of the SNSP Aging Cassette: • Video
-Action 52 commercial: • Action52 Cheetahmen Co...
-Street Fighter II' Genesis prototype info & release info: hiddenpalace.org/News/The_Los...
-SFII Turbo Genesis bootleg footage: • Street Fighter 2 Turbo...
-SpongeBob: SuperSponge info: tcrf.net/Prerelease:SpongeBob...)
-SuperSponge prototype info: tcrf.net/Proto:SpongeBob_Squa...)
Music:
-Shooting Star (Mega Man Star Force) - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
-Star Light Zone (Masa's Demo Version) - Sonic The Hedgehog
-Bob-omb Battlefield - Super Mario 64
-Dire, Dire Docks - Super Mario 64
-Mario! Stay Alert! - Super Mario World (Official Jazz Album)
-Spelunker - Stage 01 Theme (Remix)
-Cheetahmen Theme - Action 52
-Guile's Theme - Street Fighter II' Special Champion Edition
-Ryu's Theme - Street Fighter II' Special Champion Edition
-Jelly Fields & Downtown Bikini Bottom - SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge (PS1)
-Staff Roll - Street Fighter II' Special Champion Edition
This video was made for educational, archival, and entertainment purposes. Made out of a love to the mediums involved and to spread awareness. No copyright infringement intended. 
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SuperSponge is lowkey a MASSIVE cryptid, between the actual game release and the INSANE stuff in the prototypes. You could make an entire documentary series about SuperSponge itself!!
also the funny photos of patrick and spongebob doing the funni
It’s only because asset discs were released. If battle for bikini bottom asset discs were released, I’m sure it would get more attention.
@@ongakuwotabeta true
Is anybody of SpongeBob fan I'm a SpongeBob fan
I'm a SpongeBob fan
I like how Alvin and the Chipmunks showed up before Mario 64 lol
thats so sos
one of those games is one of the best video games ever created, and the other is super mario 64
That got me so good lmao
6:09
@@June-413 I'm sorry but-
Is this a Scott The Woz reference?
the people who were making Super Sponge were doing Rule 34 before it was cool.
FACTS
@9ine10endo 64 *_always_*
@9ine10endo 64 never
@@conlia never was
Looking back, holy fuck i was such a whoooosher
THQ: So we put porn in the game-
PlayStation: Hold Up...which game?...
THQ: You know that Super Sponge Game
PlayStation: *?!*
Nickelodeon: *!!*
PlayStation: Wait *WHAT?!*
Nickelodeon: THQ it’s a *KIDS* Game!!!
1:40 Spongebob is my favorite videogame character
Spongebob has video games
Yeah me too
Me to
Cockenballus mollusk
SuperWiiBros08, Spongebob is not a video game character, he's a TV show character.
I would love for Nintendo to release more books that show off beta elements of their games.
Too bad we have to resort to doing it ourselves.
Cheetaman 2 reimagined
A book on just the leak assets from the Giga leak alone would be big enough to make a book out of. Hell, a book couldn't really cover everything in the Giga leak lol!
Your profile picture is art my dude
@@boboloon You mean stealing files?
It’s good that the Gigaleak happened before Patmac made this video. That little bit of extra info made it more interesting
I have a theory that whoever it was that released the files was sitting on them for a while and was waiting for the right time so L would indeed be real 2401
"Perhaps Wario is hiding in the files of this demo?"
*You want fun? Wario show you fun!*
sonic 1’s beta is like cybershell
where is it
we can’t find it
edit: cybershell is back lmao
*yes*
YES
Father has been for over 900 days. Help us find him
And may never return.
He's coming back... he just went to buy milk...
I have to agree with how creepy some beta screenshots can be. Most times, they can look pretty uncanny and scary looking.
You should've mention the Luigis' Mansion and Mario Sunshine Beta they're incredibly different from the original release, perhaps for a part 2 video?
Yeah bro please
@@bostontucker8800 shut up bot
@aj gamez leaked? i thought buckaroo just found a copy trough a collection of games he got.
par 2 blideo
Exactly
6:08 ah yes, my favorite game, *Alvin and the chipmunks*
These guys made NSFW Spongebob content before the internet, give them a medal
There’s a screenshot of sonic and he’s next to a sign that says “Welcome to Green hills zone”. Maybe the sign at the start of the Sonic movie ment more.
Exactly what I thought!
I know right.
I'm honestly still pretty amazed about all the luigi being in 64 stuff.
It's almost as if it was deliberately blown out 20 years and 4 months after the game came out.
Which fits with the l is real star in the garden.
The leaker waited to post because of that. And it was well known and documented that the game had a multi-player component with Luigi until certain point in development
*24 years and 1 month
Hi edge lord I like your art can you tell me how you think of some of it
@@themasterkey5709 some days I sit outside on my porch and think of something to do.
Other times I play a game or look at art that inspired me to draw.
Patmac-
Your channel is my absolute favorite thing to binge when I’m depressed. They have an endless amount of rewatchability and your humor and passion makes it all the better. Thank you for helping me so much, even if you may never see this comment.
One playable beta I'd love to find Kirby is Kirby and the Crystal Shards. There's a few beta screenshots with several direct Neon Genesis Evangelion references that had to be removed in the final version. I'd love to see how many there were that weren't shown off.
direct *what* references
@@LonelySpaceDetective Mini Ramiels and the spear of longinus both show up.
@@jman3267 Okay, I *think* I see the screenshots you mean on TCRF's prerelease page for Kirby 64.
Those diamonds being mini Ramiels seems like a stretch to me without seeing them in motion (and the page doesn't call special attention to them, so I imagine they're still around in the game in some form), and do you mean the "Swiss Army Kirby" screenshot when you mention the Spear of Longinus? Because based on the context and what little I know of the game, I think that's probably just a tuning fork or some sort of regular ol' fork.
I admit I haven't played Kirby 64 (or most any Kirby game for that matter; I'm not a Kirby man), and I wouldn't be surprised if the guys at HAL Laboratories enjoy NGE based on what I hear about the games, but the things you mentioned seem like stretches to my NGE fan side.
@@LonelySpaceDetective Tuning forks aren't double helixs with pointed ends. It's a very unique design.
@@jman3267 Hmm. Looking more closely (and pulling up a reference of the Spear rather than relying on my shoddy memory), I don't see the double helix structure of the Spear in the screenshot, but the shape of the bit sticking out of Kirby (more specifically, the gap) does kinda hint at it. It still seems like an odd place to stick an NGE in-joke to me considering the apparent theme of the power, but then again TCRF says it was replaced with a cactus in the final version; which sounds even weirder.
I'm not convinced, though I'm not denying the possibility outright either. Would be nice if we had a closer look at the model so we could more clearly tell the shape.
The prototype of crash bash they released on demo disk was actually the entire game minus the end boss which had a portrait of Bart and Homer
ruclips.net/video/T34VdF4i9FI/видео.html
This video reviews Crash Bash and brings up a cheat code you can use to play probably the same prototype. On a Spyro game no less.
i like joking about Bart and Homer coming from crash bash because of this
25:49 It took me a minute to process that. I never would have thought a joke like that would come from PatMac.
Even if it’s censored it’s weird to hear him say “shit”
Seeing what games originally were conceived through prototypes always gain my curiosity , heck in some rare cases I feel like they look better than the final product.
Oh hey! It’s NATHANIEL FOGA!
Yeah, for example i think the Sonic '06 beta is MUCH better than the final
That’s been me currently after hearing about the beta version of Danganronpa, previously called Distrust. It was supposed to be a lot more gruesome compared to what Danganronpa is now. Definitely an interesting look
@@mlpdisneylover yeah I watched every video about.
Fun fact: In a earlier version of the melee special movie, Peach's voice was from Mario Kart 64 and Mario 64 (Leslie Swan) but it was changed to Jen Taylor.
@@flippinmegaman I dont even play roblox-
Thanks for the fact!
@@flippinmegaman its was real in a 2009 game in roblox but the server shut down
@@bewearstar9462 and so still proves that no such thing as free ROBUX exists.
@@flippinmegaman true
Not anymore
YES PATMAC IS PATBACK!
I wish you were my history teacher......
I would kill for a part 2, maybe games from my childhood like Pac-Man World and it’s sequels, Battle for Bikini Bottom, the original Mario Kart, any many MANY more!
In an alternate universe he is so your wish has been granted
What the heck do mean he didn’t even go on hiatus
ikr
Pile Animations his videos take a while and every time he uploads one it feels like a long time, plus I really wanted to make that pun.
CreepimusGaming wait Patrick said that? Holy crap that is a coincidence, I actually just had that pun in my pocket for a while and wanted to say it.
I've become more and more fascinated with early builds and prototypes over time.
I actually want to give huge props to the Disney Classic Games: Aladdin and Lion King collection for including the E3 floor demo for Aladdin as a playable bonus game
You want fun? WARI- fine I'll stop
Crunch crunch crunch
suapanpina *Mario running for his life.* Mamaaaaaaaaaaaa miaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
haha wario funny guys laugh
Here's a fun fact that kinda relates to this video; In the first Super Mario Maker 2 trailer and the direct the Twisters have a different design than the one in the actual game.
And the SMB3 Underground theme had orange ground.
The original mario makers trailers had even more drastic differences.
Yeah. Skinny Mario was only created due to a bug that the developers thought were funny, so they kept it in.
@@ChimpsR4 they need to bring Skinny Mario back in Mario Maker 3 that powerup was super underrated.
@@nickpix8066 The Skinny Mario was like If you wanted to Play as Luigi with how high you jumped. So i really Hope we get MM3
As a fan of 60s Doctor Who, I understand the pain of Sonic 1's prototype being missing.
yeah it looks so cool for a probably 1 level demo
love how dense ur vids always are dude. always concise in their solid structure and well edited both script and video wise. glad you're branching out too and truly growing as a creator. your videos have always been so unique and fun to watch
I would actually love to play some of these prototype games.
Wouldnt we all
Yeah
I think we can all agree
Totally.
20:00 ITS SO WEIRD SEEING THE UNEDITED ARTWORK OF SONIC AND MEGAMAN IM SO USED TO THE CURSED FACESWAP VER
July 25th every year will now be known as the Day of Luigi
Our paisano needs more respect he needs more respect
Lets make everyday Green boi day !
Everyday is weegee day
Amen! 🙂👍
We had a year for Luigi. Now, the man needs his own day.
Deep in the development kits of SuperSponge is official rule 34 of the SpongeBob cast...
I can’t make this up
EDIT: He actually covers this at 25:42, but I’m still keeping this comment up regardless
EDIT 2: SpongeBob Behind Closed Doors exists
Imagine thinking a squirrel is sexy
I’m scared
He’s true
@@KorporalKReephdmkiytrecv69 Furries are a thing so it's not that odd.
@@boboloon so you think furries are normal by nature
1996 and a few years after that: L is real rumours. Not real
2004: Super Mario 64 ds version released and got Luigi.
2020: L is actually real! In Super Mario 64 not the ds version! Thanks files!
2021: We Found A Sonic 1 Prototype
@@MisterGamer-sc8vp I thought you were joking but I saw it on RUclips it’s real
@@MisterGamer-sc8vp 2025: SONIC 1 1990 TOY SHOW DEMO
Why is it that every single spongebob prototype/final game files have something innapropriate. My god.
You know what they say,
If it exist, there's porn of it. Even though Rule 34 didn't existed in that time.
SN64 I mean... it existed, but there wasn’t a name for it.
The newer SpongeBob games are more appropriate with their prototype stuff.
@@SN64YT Pr0n has always existed, even way back to them cavemens.
They were drawing stick figures doing the deed with animals ffs
It’s probably to make sure that the developers clean up code and such and don’t leave stuff behind, also they probably just have too much time on their hands
Since the Nintendo Gigaleak I've been much more interested in beta/prototype games than before.
And this video really shows what I want to see.
So much details that change radically in the final version is so amazing and shocking, with Sonic 1 and Super Mario 64 that still have to talk ever after a quarter of century.
And ghat SFII being so ported over the years and still has its secrets!
Also SuperSponge... Wow.
Great video!
6:08 I see you there...
Tokyo Toy Show 1990: _Ends._
Sonic The Hedgehog Beta ROM: "Aight Imma head out."
Edit: "Toy," not "Game." My bad.
change da world
my final message
good bye
Tokyo Game Show was a dud for Sega, as there wasn't one, it was Tokyo Toy Show theh went to.... and Sega didn't lose the tech demo for it, it was poorly managed by the Tokyo Toy Show
@@ChaseMC215 ok
Probably my favorite part of the gigaleak was the fact the entire source code for Pokémon Diamond/Pearl got out of it, giving us so much previously unseen content, it's shocking just to see how much the game has changed in just a few months. And I won't lie, I really liked some things Game Freak has decided to cut from it, like the protagonist outline shown on the bottom screen during battles, or the early beginning of the storyline..... Even the early Elite Four battle theme is much better than the final game's despite being a placeholder.
Some day, if I succeed in getting my history degree and learn Japanese, I will get a team together to dig through what remains of these old gaming companies and preserve their source code and beta/alpha builds. So many companies have said "Well we might have it archived, but we can't find it". If I could get a team in there, we could help these companies to arrange their old assets and maybe even release beta builds and games that never saw the light of day, kind of like Piko Interactive
I wish you success… :)
@@bornana269 I don’t fancy my chances of getting a history degree these days but I guess you never know
@@EpicEmberOriginal any updates? Did u make it?
@@eliasalvemini4424 Nope aha, I’m planning to go back to university this year to study computer science. So I guess I’ll never be able to do this.
@@EpicEmberOriginal do it regardless
patmac ur the man, i’m having a shitty night but watching this vid is gonna help me get my mind off things, just wanted 2 say that :))) stay cool
i don’t know u but i’m in the same boat. mwah i love u i hope u feel happy soon :)
I like your profile picture:) hope you’re feeling better now
wait are you garfield-_-_ or something in scratch? You got the same profile and overall vibe of him
5:55 was that a Dreams Come True reference? Nice
Title: Video Game Prototypes
In Thumbnail: S p o n g e b o b
Anyway lmao, I'm so happy you uploaded! Awesome vid as always dude ^u^
aah this is weird bbut i like ur pfp :^^)) lisa is sweet
@@jhaynewe aaahh thank you so much!!
spongebob did have a lot of video games tho
@@yellow94 I'm aware! ^u^ I just find it funny since Spongebob is primarily known as a cartoon character, unlike say Mario or Sonic.
Supersponge sounds like it was developed by a bunch of stoners. Using emulators, making porn art, and having freedom of speech in their work environment. Sounds rad.
The best part is the fact that the studio that made it was called “Climax”
honestly i would make porn art of a game im making to let off some steam climax studios sounds dope
Yep. Of all the games I would not expect a SPONGEBOB GAME to have such hidden content
that also happened to the rugrats
"The spongebob shit list"
I had a look into one of the games from my own childhood, Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance, a while back (using a Visual Studio program someone made online for looking at the files) and found some cut stuff on there. This included alternate death animations (based on which weapon is held (bow, staff, etc (moves the hand position)), a different hair model for the sorceress (long hair instead of a ponytail) and a voice clip that as far as I'm aware went unused (an attack grunt that sounds like a different voice actress, possibly a placeholder (titled "alth_rx1c" (in a .vag file, like all the rest))).
Another interesting tidbit about Dark Alliance is how there was a PC port planned for the game but due to the company who made the original going bankrupt part of the way through (due to the Snowblind legal issues (they developed an engine with Dark Alliance and Interplay thought they could keep using it but Snowblind sued them after they released a sequel and a Fallout game using the engine)), the company handling the port, CD Projekt Red, ended up using what they had and made the first Witcher game out of it (since they were told they wouldn't be paid if they finished the PC port and didn't want to waste the work they had done).
The new Netflix show called high score talks about the sonic development even showed sketches I never seen anywhere else before
I Like The Artwork When Mega Man Is Shaking Hands With Sonic
Classic
I wonder if anyone has made a version with the Japanese designs
I liked that same picture but with their faces swapped
Looks like it was made by Greg Martin, the artist of the American Genesis Sonic covers
Mega Man looks like a little gremlin, oddly.
You sound almost like Junior's dad from VeggieTales.
19:59 I’m so used to seeing the face swap version.
12:12 Something I noticed about that title screen. It looks as though Nintendo took inspiration from that prototype title screen to create the title screen for Super Mario Advance 2, which shows the Dinosaur Islands in a pseudo-grayscale, making it look like a map.
I love seeing unused and cut content or knowing what games would've originally been like. Gonna love this video
I always loved how the Sonic 1 prototype looked! I love the foreground objects. They would probably get annoying if they were still in the game, but they really give the scene depth. I feel like devs should take note of that for exploration-heavy games (so the details aren't disorientating): have lots of foreground details and layers. A lot of 2D indie games on Steam look nice, but are very static and have no depth, and look flat.
Alvin and the chipmunks for DS? I loved that game! Don’t know why they made a mario bootleg of it though
Its a miracle when Patmac uploads
*HE NEVER UPLOADS*
Now MatPat on the other hand
He uploads one high quality video every month, are just that inpatient?
Yup!
But you are right, his vids are really well done
In an early build of this video were there sections where you talked about megaman or Kirby?
Two words: Time Travelers!
Those jerks go back in time, and steal our gaming history to sell it on ebay decades later
okay I'm on the hunt for that "official" Spongebob rule 34.
Lol
what
Okay.
The cutting room floor, just look up the PS1 version of super sponge
andykishore Oh shit! It's been a long time since I last saw you!
I would absolutely love a video about weird indie games in the nes, snes, genesis era. Stuff like Hong Kong 97
"We will probably never find a prototype of sonic 1" ONE MONTH LATER....
HELL YA BABY WHERE PLAYING SONIC 1 WITH A BALL
WHY DIDNT YOU COVER ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS FOR DS THAT A CLASSIC
I've actually heard that the Tokyo Toy Show ROM does still exist with some collector, and that drx, the guy who leaked the "Nick Arcade" Sonic 2 beta has tried to buy it from them, but they're very stubborn in releasing it. Could be another hoax, though.
As soon as he mentioned Action 52 I thought of AVGN
"What a shit load of fuck"
"WHAT WERE THEY THINKKKKKK"
"ASSSSSSSSSSSSS"
"64 bits, 32 bits, 16 bits, 8 bits, 4 bits, 2 BITS, 1 BIT, HALF BIT, QUARTER BIT, THE WRIST GAMEEEEEEEEEEEEE"
HOW DOES HE NOT AT 1 MILLION SUBS YET HIS VIDEO ARE AMAZING
I KNOW RIGHT!
5:05 man he really just predicted exactly how the sonic 1 prototype was found
Why are some charecter names wrong in the super sponge prototype?
Did the developers at climax know anything about Spongebob?
To be fair those were kind of easy mistakes to make for people that aren’t fans.
@@masterofpasta95
I would imagine there were some game developers who just so happened to be dedicated spongebob fans out there.
If more of theme git the lisence and IP, this project could have been given the proper love and polish it deserved.
@@khistraley1150 maybe they just testing the game.
That test SNES cart is haunting me, do not like peach moving like that
Something I'd be interested to see is more footage of the 3 lost Kirby GCN games. They're all pretty intriguing.
A game series I really wish had its early history documented would be “The Denpa Men” series. It’s a really neat 3DS series from Genius Sonority and nobody really talks about it. I wonder if there’s any prototypes of it or concept art laying around somewhere.
I wish there was more known about spongebob betas, especially creature for the krusty krab on the gba and ds. I played the gba game so much as a kid and it's speculated that the ds version was originally a port of the gba one because of uncompressed music being found in the ds game's files. If a prototype of the early ds game was found that would be really cool to me, considering how much nostalgia I have for the gba game, seeing/playing that ds port would be like getting a slightly upgraded remake lol.
13:15 how I wish that was the animation for their logo, it would be so funny
Alvin And The Chipmunks on the DS truely is one of the most iconic games off all time.
Amazing video! I love how prototypes of basically anything, merchandise, games, media could sometimes have such deep history and great documentation.
Wow. I havent watched this channel in a few months. I come back and find you just uploaded an hour ago. The Prototype videos are always my favorite.
26:21 "Do you kiss your mother with that mouth?"
Well sometimes, but not recently.
man those spongebob backups are gonna be on my mind for a while
I'd love to play SpongeBob with that British uncaring voice it's amazing
You Should do a video on scrapped cartoon episode ideas!
What if the Sonic 1 Demo DID end up suffering the same fate as the Sonic 2 Demo, getting stolen?
Patmac, you have consumed my video watching life this past week. I binged tons of your vids. You provide such quality content. Seeing this in my notifications made my day. Can't wait for more!
this video is fantastic! this will really help me more understanding the Development process!
Even if it was just for a few seconds, I loved that Shooting Star at the beginning lol
How about there be a Bootleg SpongeBob Merchandise video and something related to Kirby Right Back at Ya! on this channel.
Thank you for making this. I love binge watching these kinds of videos
One of the most chill channels related to gaming on here
I’m talking about...
*Fazed Alvin and the Chipmunks*
4:45 Hey my friend scanned that! Weird how the most recent TTS scan is a good quality version of the sign.
You are SO underrated!!! I absolutely love your content, I’ve been stressed lately and it’s nice to get away while watching your videos
Thank you for another awesome video!! Keep up the amazing work!
supersponge’s source code with odd depictions caught me off guard lol
Gonna predict that SM64 is gonna be on here
So, is this video personalized?
@@nikostormkilla well yes, but actually *yes*
@Nikostormkilla Every PatMac video is personalized
@@ShakaPG the soap shoe sonic aparation
@Carter Kwakye-Safo some dumb creepypasta about a cursed beta build of super mario 64
A great video as expected!
Keep up the great work!
9:50 that 1-1 remix is a fucking masterpiece
13:18
lol
Disney: All right, time to send the big N the Cease and Desist letter through a scroll
I’m always in excitement when you upload
Same
He uploads monthly
Luigi and Motos were definitely the highlights of the SM64 leak.
Excellent video, as always!
Hey PatMac, I've been a big fan of yours for years now (stumbled across one of your Sonic plush videos ages ago)
I recently released a video about Pokémon Merchandise on my channel in a format somewhat inspired by your own and I'd just like to say thanks for being one of the people to inspire me to finally give RUclips a shot!
Keep up the good work man!
-Cheesyboi
"When youu wish upon a staaarrrr" .*Peach Spinning*
25:43
Stuff like that wouldn't be considered new if you watch Spongebob YTP's.
I was having a rough day, YT didn't show this in my sub box. But when I saw it
The thumbnail and title were enough to make me smile, thank you for coming in clutch PatMac! You rock!
Amazing video! Well done PatMac!!!
6:26 Oh, that where that image for all those ALL COPIES OF MARIO 64 ARE PERSONALIZED creepy pastas come from. Still, that looks horrible for Charles.
This has always been an interest of mine
25:41 I was hoping he wouldn’t mention that
Very interesting video, good job PatMac.