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Game preservation group Forest of Illusion has gotten their hands on a fun prototype build of a game you might have heard of before: Super Mario World. The beta is dated October 25, 1990--a month prior to the game's release in Japan, and ten months before its eventual release in North America. It also happens to be a build of the game specifically designed for the localization team at Nintendo of America, and features lots of differences from the final release. Forest of Illusion, partnered with The Gaming Historian, published a YouTube video breaking down most of the details from the prototype, including script changes and debug modes. They have also dumped the prototype, preserving a part of gaming history forever.

 

[wolf-snake]

wake me up when a 89 prototype leaks.

 

[Duran333]

this is so cute and weird at the same time