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A tech demo thought to be lost in time from the GBA era has recently been discovered and preserved by the team over at Forest of Illusion.
The tech demo dates back to April 17th, 2004, when Denaris Entertainment Software made a pitch to Nintendo of Europe, using their own engine which showcases dynamic and adjustable perspective views featuring dual playfields.

The dump itself showcases a single track with several Mario Kart assets into it, like Mario being the playable character in a familiar track akin to those found in other Mario Kart titles.
Forest of Illusion also got a hold of the original ReadMe written by Manfred Trenz (founder and creator of the Turrican series).

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[Ol' Archimedes]

Don't know why but I really like the perspective and the idea of being able to adjust it sounds enticing. Glad this got preserved.

 

[RedoLane]

Can't wait for Mario Kart XXL 2 - Mission: Las Vegum.

 

[CompSciOrBust]

If this software was a person it would be old enough to drink. It's probably older than half the members on this forum. I wonder what kind of things we'll see released for the Switch 18 years from now.

 

[KarlslandOtaku]

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A tech demo thought to be lost in time from the GBA era has recently been discovered and preserved by the team over at Forest of Illusion.
The tech demo dates back to April 17th, 2004, when Denaris Entertainment Software made a pitch to Nintendo of Europe, using their own engine which showcases dynamic and adjustable perspective views featuring dual playfields.

The dump itself showcases a single track with several Mario Kart assets into it, like Mario being the playable character in a familiar track akin to those found in other Mario Kart titles.
Forest of Illusion also got a hold of the original ReadMe written by Manfred Trenz (founder and creator of the Turrican series).

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Another one down!!
I can't believe how many of the tech demos, early builds and etc have seen the light of day. Even ones I never thought I would see like Pokemon Gold and Silver Space world '97 demos!!
The last one I know exists that I still want is Mario 128. I'm pretty sure every other one has been looked into that interested me over the years and from my childhood except that one.

 

[KeeperCP1]

Lost Media Wiki, wake up! We found some lost media!

 

[Veho]

It's amazing what people were able to squeeze out of the GBA, and it's a shame more of it has never seen the light of day, let alone a commercial release.

 

[James_]

It's about time that this finally got preserved, if I remember correctly one of the previous owners of the cartridge was incredibly hesitant on dumping the ROM.

Lost Media Wiki, wake up! We found some lost media!

Honestly it's pretty incredibly how much lost media has been found this year.

 

[Marc_LFD]

Double Dash sort of on GBA?

 

[raxadian]

Thos would have worked amazing for the DS that you know had two screens.

 

[UltraDolphinRevolution]

Amazin!

 

[Marc_LFD]

The detail does look pretty incredible for a GBA game.



They borrowed DD's artwork for the menu, that's about it of DD.

 

[eduall]

Everything of Nintendo Is gold

 

[Fallen_Fenrir]

LSuperSonicQ making a video about this in 3, 2, 1...

Lost Media Wiki, wake up! We found some lost media!

 

[pinbi7]

The detail does look pretty incredible for a GBA game.



They borrowed DD's artwork for the menu, that's about it of DD.

saw this earlier today

 

[DarkCoffe64]

Well, this looks interesting, best I also make my part in preserving this game in some HDD of mine or what, heh.

It's about time that this finally got preserved, if I remember correctly one of the previous owners of the cartridge was incredibly hesitant on dumping the ROM.

I can maybe understand in this case since we know how craptendo tends to be, tho I also suppose you can upload stuff anonymously... whatever.
It's the other cases with people that own cancelled/unreleased games (and other stuff too) and don't share it at all just to be huge dicks that I feel they should get a surprise visit by some gentleman with metal bats, get their knees smashed and whatever they were hogging "borrowed" and uploaded online, mh.

 

[jesus96]

It's really impressing the amount of "lost" media that has been found in this year and all of them where in the "95% impossible to recover" tier

 

[SkyDX]

Alright for a GBA this looks incredible, I love the sense of depth it could convey o.o

 

[UltraDolphinRevolution]

Although I love primitive 3D tech, GBA and Playstation (and sometimes DS) have this "disgusting" effect when there is camera movement. I don´t know the term for it. Never seen it on N64 though.

 

[DinohScene]

I love seeing things like this!