A prototype ST cartridge is out there somewhere...

[Coralcola]

I recently joined the Lost Levels forum in order to track down some prototype NES carts I've been looking for for some time. In the thread:

forums.lostlevels.org/viewtopic.php?t=2219

StarTropics came up (in relation to the recently released erred music coding findings), and it was brought up that a prototype was apparently passed around a few years back, in addition to apparently some extra rounds of quality control done in 1990 before the game was released... which may or may not be related to this music situation.

Thoughts? Figured it would be something the community here would be interested in knowing...

[Michael Jones]

I always wondered if there was a StarTropics prototype floating around out there somewhere, so it is really awesome to hear that there is! It would have been cool if it was from an earlier point in development however, I would love to see some beta ST level design, graphics, and who knows what else.

Thanks for bringing this to our attention!