-Left image; an unused/removed Sphinx midboss from Pharaoh Man's stage.
-Middle image: a beta stage select screen. Similar to the MM7 prototype, only four out of the eight stages appear to be playable in this build. The boss tiles are vastly different from the final build, that and the Dr. Cossack emblem remains absent from the center tile, replaced by Mega Man's mug--a possible place holder.
Right image, multiple screens:
-Ring Man's stage layout looks a bit different. Also, the Wall Blasters in the bottom left screen appear black and white. In the final, they are red and white.
-It might be the quality of the screen shots, but the rain in Toad Man's stage appears thicker than the final.
-The backgrounds in Bright Man's stage are completely different, that and the spikes below the Hopper appear bland and generic when compared to the final.
Well, that's just about everything I could find. See something I missed?
Great info
ReplyDeleteAnd It's Dr. Cossack, Protodude.
Dr. Cain is from X Series ;D
Ugh, I always seem to do that even though they look nothing alike.
ReplyDeleteThat sphinx miniboss kinda resembles the one in Pluto stage in MM5 for GB.
ReplyDeletePluto had a drill miniboss. Uranus had the sphinx.
DeleteMaybe it's just a beta stuff, but doesn't the mugshot squares in the stage select screen look a lot like the ones used in mm1?...a coincidence, maybe :P
ReplyDeleteMakes no mention of the charge shot. I wonder if that was added later.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting find. The sphinx mini-boss would've been a nice addition to Rockman 4. I wonder what the start screen with the Mets was supposed to be? Maybe i missed something, but i wonder what it was supposed to be for.
ReplyDeleteHello,
ReplyDeleteI would just like to point out that from the screen shots, this seems to be a Mega Man 4 (Rockman 4) Alpha build of the game and not a Beta build. Beta builds are not supposed to have any placeholders or having anything missing in them. A complete walkthrough of the game should be possible to be done when the game reach the Beta phase of the production (on the picture, it doesn't seems to be possible since there's 4 levels in the stage select screen that seems to be under construction.).
Anyway, I just though it wouldn't hurt to share this information on how to make a difference between an Alpha build and a Beta build.
Hello,
ReplyDeleteI would just like to point out that from the screen shots, this seems to be a Mega Man 4 (Rockman 4) Alpha build of the game and not a Beta build. Beta builds are not supposed to have any placeholders or having anything missing in them. A complete walkthrough of the game should be possible to be done when the game reach the Beta phase of the production (on the picture, it doesn't seems to be possible since there's 4 levels in the stage select screen that seems to be under construction.).
Anyway, I just though it wouldn't hurt to share this information on how to make a difference between an Alpha build and a Beta build.
This is OLD NEWS. Jeez, doesn't anyone read the lostlevels.org forums? I thought everyone had seen this a long, long time ago.
ReplyDeleteOn an unrelated note, has anyone ever managed to unlock the e-card levels in Super Mario Advance 4 that we never got e-cards for?
ReplyDeleteLooking at lostlevels.org that anon posted, parts of the sphinx (the ball Mega Man is standing on, the snake in the head and unknown parts) are still in the final version, but are slightly different from the demo.
ReplyDeleteBesides that, I saw a empty space near the tiles of Pharaoh Man's stage that probably was where the sphinx was located.
The 工事中 as you can see on middle photo translates to I think "Under construction", And you can see a photo that is found anywhere in the final game which is a GO! along with a question mark, Which is just a placeholder to levels that do not exist yet.
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