Nintendo prototypes leaked

[Kryton]

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-07-25-alleged-nintendo-gigaleak-reveals-eye-opening-prototypes-for-yoshis-island-super-mario-kart-star-fox-2-and-more

Interesting stuff. Leaked prototypes of SNES-era Mario Kart, Yoshi's Island, Starfox etc.

[Non Stop Dancer]

Absolutely loving following this on resetera. I don't know why it's so fascinating, but it is.

[Huxleys Babkins]

Absolutely loving following this on resetera. I don't know why it's so fascinating, but it is.

Especially loving the pearl clutching "we have no right to discuss stolen IP!" crowd over there. Yeah, poor Nintendo, going to really suffer because there's now a beta version of Super Mario Kart out there with different music and a barely playable alpha version of Yoshi's Island with a Donkey Kong sprite in it.

[Sebastian Cobb]

I thought Starfox 2 roms had been circulating for a while, to the point that some tinkerers had burnt their own roms and made a playable cartridge.

[popcorn]

I thought Starfox 2 roms had been circulating for a while, to the point that some tinkerers had burnt their own roms and made a playable cartridge.

Not only had near-complete Starfox 2 roms been floating online for years, it was officially released on the SNES Mini a couple of years ago. The interesting Starfox stuff is all prototype/beta stuff.

It's so weirdly satisfying hearing "do a barrel roll" in its original uncompressed audio file.

[Pinball]

I guess you could add a rom to an SD2SNES-type Everdrive if you wanted to play these?

[Sebastian Cobb]

I guess you could add a rom to an SD2SNES-type Everdrive if you wanted to play these?

Probably, unless they were using prototype different enhancement chips (like the super fx) as although the posh carts have FPGA's that can emulate these, the prototypes if they have them might behave differently.