Prototype vs Retail - Game Sack

[@Tactical-92Yankee]

No, Thank Youuuuuuu for keeping Game Sack going Joe. 🥇🎮

[@Azuris190]

Yes! Thank you for keeping up this Channel, i really like your Videos! Keep on :D

[@thesundrinker9530]

Agree! I look forward to these and always enjoy what I learn.

[@zoiks6631]

Prototype Game Sack was a 2 player game, while the retail version is now single player.

[@spergerkang5291]

Sad face

[@Be_LFullStreams]

Too soon

[@MizfitZer0]

I remember the retail having 2 player mode though. I believe it was removed in an update patch not too long ago

[@alonofisrael4802]

Yes I love the retail version now it's finally fixed it has no glitches

[@souleymanediawara7714]

i cri everytime 😢

[@DJ_InYourFace]

Did you know that an earlier prototype of Game Sack had another dude sitting next to Joe, but they had to get rid of him because he kept saying "titular"?

[@adamgr6988]

Did you just say tits?

[@NegiWhite]

Did you just say "tits"?

[@lowdefal6306]

Did you just say tits?

[@vix_in_japan]

DJ InYourFace did you just say tits?

[@Arphael]

"did you just said tits?!.." (c)

[@azndrgnboi34]

I totally forgot how good the Revenge of Shinobu music was. Talk about reminiscent! Thanks for reminding me. Now I have to download the soundtrack and hudle in the corner of my room and cry!

[@ScooterinAB]

"Syurikin" (the "syu" part anyways) is an alternate way of writing. Romanization of Japanese is really tough and there is no perfect system that lets you go back and forth between Roman characters and Japanese. This type is the form taught in elementary and follows Japanese is a bit more of a systematic way. The form we usually see ("Hepburn," which follows pronunciation rather than systematic construction) isn't really taught in Japan until later in school and doesn't get used much except by linguists and foreign Japanese students.

[@moonbilal707]

The ending skit is good! That guy who took Panzer Dragoon Saga must be Dave!

[@Real_The_Goof]

Or is it?

[@104d_3rr0r_vince]

It is I, the blind kung fu maaaasteeeeer

[@Akaikabe]

I dunno, if it was Dave he'd take a copy of Snatcher with him too

[@subtledemisefox]

@@Akaikabe how do we know it wasn't taken?

[@Anex952]

Its green dawg

[@RodriguezTrendy]

Joe is still doing such a great job, but Dave is still and will always be missed.

[@chrissawyer1484]

"You can't even harm Godzilla at all!" That made me smile for some reason.

[@StevenScott_studio53]

Game Sack - Drinking Game: if Joe says Mode 7 - Drink Blast Processing - Drink The Music is amazing - Drink Dave makes an appearance - Goto Pub

[@aaendi6661]

I haven't watched the video, but I bet when Joe says "mode 7" it's not even going to be "mode 7" and instead line scrolling or mosaic effects.

[@frammypoo]

Steven Scott don’t forget “parallax scrolling”

[@urmie]

Don’t feel like playing anything, youtube getting boring, hits refresh.......a new Game Sack video!! 👌👍

[@johnnycigar2061]

Best show on KZbin. Thank you.

[@Kevinsyel]

Just some Clarifications on Lion King: You mentioned Stage 2 (infamous Stage 2!) and say that the ostrich randomly disappears when double jumping. This is actually you hitting the hit boxes of one of the nested branches. They play a sound effect so you know you hit it, and when simba comes out, the ostrich is gone because you "hit a branch" but it's terrible collision detection that causes it in the first place.

[@Maru96]

Wonder if that happens in the genesis version too, the gameplay was more polished in that one I remember.

[@jorcyd]

Joe : "Games have to be finished before they are released, right?" EA : "Hold my DLC..."

[@s.i2898]

This channel is a huge inspiration and after 8 years of watching this channel its always fresh.

[@zazaaji9833]

I Absolutely love Game Sack, and thanks so much for keeping it going Joe. Game Sack videos are literally what I like to watch when I wake up and go to bed everyday.

[@pdxdailyrider8351]

Love the Amico shirt, uncanny foresight.

[@siral4487]

I'm glad you're still killin it.long live Joey.

[@rizkaarifiandi5670]

"Games are completed before released right ? well, not these days" quote of the decade

[@metroidmayhem8463]

Such a neat idea. With all the modern games we sometimes forget back in the day you had one shot.

[@maturememory]

Dude I had the worst day at work and I just got home to find out you uploaded, this literally made my day.

[@mogo2433]

Been there. Get some rest and then keep fighting.

[@foreignuser_]

Thank you so much for continuing to make great content. I'm a gamer at heart but have been homeless living on the street or in the wood. I don't get to play many games these days, but your videos serve as moments of peace for me.

[@bashcrash9148]

Joe isn’t like normal dads. He’s a cool dad.

[@bitsandpiecesmusic]

Your videos are easily one of my favorite things about Sunday mornings! Thanks for keeping them going! :)

[@brentbuser6903]

I really love Game Sack. Always fantastic. Keep up the good work.

[@JetFire0422]

I feel like there may be another version of SF 2 for the Genesis. I remember several magazines showing pics of that game with a large black bar where the energy meters were located. I remember the game was scheduled for release on 6/93 and was pushed back several months.

[@XGargoyle]

Yes, there was an early prototype with bars placed outside of the stage drawing area. Also, Blanka was written as "Branka"

[@Andres33AU]

7:38: The guy on the left is Dr Amigo. The Hyper-Real Dare-to-Compare Turbo Comparison Screen really works! Thanks Game Sack! - Non-paid actor testimonial.

[@vaporwave2345]

It's my boy GameSack Joe *back at it again with the Prototypes!*

[@chrisjohnston8792]

A new episode at 2 in the morning? Hell yeah!

[@PAINNN666]

2 it's not morning. It's either Day or Noon\Night.

[@stabinghobo57]

Your Awesome Joe! Game Sack is the best channel on KZbin.

[@thesundrinker9530]

LOVE this one. So much is Early Access now. It's awesome to see what the games I grew up on would have been like on a EA release. Please MORE OF THIS!

[@ldrelick]

Sonic 2's prototype has a ton of differences between it and the final. I'd love to see that one covered on the next episode.

[@robm5399]

love the Show. thank you for all that you do for the gaming community.

[@terriblecoughing4767]

These early morning uploads make me actually appreciate having insomnia

[@Jatycre]

This was a great idea for an episode, and the execution was awesome. Definitely keep this in your back pocket, and do a few more prototype vs retail episodes, Joe.

[@rufusray]

Hard to believe dave walked so long ago. Even crazier that ive been watching this show for almost right at a decade. Man time flys.

[@MrWhiteprobea]

Thx for keeping this amazing show going.

[@trevorbozeman]

Why is Game Sack soooo goood?!? Keep up the great work Joe!

[@subsonix_]

Been watching Gamesack for years now, Fantastic content! Hilarious humor and awesome times. Thank you! :)

[@ZappahVideo]

Lots of subtle jokes to be found, especially with the "Game Sack Hyper-Real Dare-to-Compare Turbo Comparison Screen!"s. Nice work, Joe.

[@SolarMoth]

impressive footage of some unseen or unfinished games!

[@IkesDaddelbox]

13:00 I can tell you exactly where that music is from. It's in the first level of the GameBoy version. It was also remixed as "Jungle Jazz" for the 3rd level in The Jungle Book for the Mega Drive and the first level in the Snes version. I remember that because I used to play Aladdin on the GB when I was little, and I was absolutely startled to hear that melody in the Jungle Book game later. So that unused theme did make it in the GB version, but was reused for a different console game.

[@theconsolekiller7113]

Great coverage. Interesting to see the progression of these games.

[@OneUponADime]

What an awesome idea for an episode!

[@Freako]

This is my absolute favourite subject about video games! Thanks Joe!

[@TheRealGara]

Absolutely wonderful video. It's the perfect kind of content. Testing various test builds of games I don't love sounds boring. You obviously had passion for a few of them. It made for a great video

[@foxyman9449]

Never saw any running in your Shinobi 3 prototypes. That was my favorite part of the game and made it more enjoyable for me. Great video.

[@MicahBuzanANIMATION]

New GameSack episode = instant stress relief.

[@papasnejk87]

Well, i think you might have just pissed a lot of guys Joe. Shinobi 3 is THE best in the entire series if not THE best ninja game of all time forever

[@sausagesausage]

Agreed!

[@ekuzo4]

Yup

[@mattnova18]

Agreed

[@projectmayhem6898]

Thanks!

[@GameSack]

Thanks! :)

[@aaronmarko]

hard to believe that Dave's been gone from Game Sack for almost 2 years now. I still love you, Joe but it certainly doesn't feel the same since Dave left.

[@SuperBigD19]

Thanks Joe!! Love tuning in!

[@imwatchingvideoz]

Fantastic idea, hope there's a sequel with more examples!

[@SupraBlack-dp4zz]

Genesis always had that distinctive slap bass.

[@Gojiro7]

wow Joe, Dave sure is coming up with more elaborate ways to cameo in a show he's left and still steal your stuff XD

[@GenerationalGamer]

I like how many games have the ability to use invincibility. When I was a tester (many years ago), I do not remember a single game that had that. It would have been nice. I got clobbered in Centipede for the PlayStation and Dreamcast until I got good enough to actually complete it. Aladdin was one of my favorites on the Genesis. I am really looking forward to it being released on the Nintendo Switch. I still find it weird to see Sega’s logo anywhere near Nintendo’s and it has been 18 years.

[@skins4thewin]

I honestly find it quite amazing what they were able to accomplish on the 16 Bit systems. It makes me really wish that RAM upgrades were more of a thing, as more RAM would have really expanded what they could have done with some of the games on these systems. They could have produced some truly impressive stuff if both the Genesis and SNES had a RAM upgrade of some kind, maybe one that could have been plugged into the expansion port on each. I see what they did with the RAM expansion on the PC Engine & it really makes me wish for it on the other systems.

[@Prizrak-hv6qk]

RAM was not as important with cart based consoles as it was with a CD based ones. Cart ROM was very fast to access (not too much slower than RAM was at that time), while CDs are horribly slow. Just look at what Neo-Geo did with huge amounts of cart ROM. PC Engine CD and even Turbo Duo initially came with very little RAM, which is why it could really take advantage of all the RAM expansion cards. Sega CD was less affected, because it came with a fairly reasonable 6 Mbit built-in. Mortal Kombat could definitely have used more due to Shan Tsung's morphing ability, which made Sega CD have to load each new morphed character from the CD.

[@n64funtime54]

Really good idea on this one Joe. I find this really interesting as well

[@neverwin2518]

Thank you for keeping my Game Sack heavy!

[@hairymannnn]

The beta of Pokémon Gold and the recently dumped prototype of Sonic the Hedgehog 3 are some of the more prominent ones in recent memory that you should definitely cover. Both of those games have a lot of stuff to look at.

[@FireFoxOmicron]

17:52 I think that actually happens because the Orstrich hits the Pink Rhino. :) It's usually when You jump too early. Used to happen to Me a fair bit on the PC Version, Lol.

[@repentnow6244]

Game sack while at work late night, I'll take it!

[@antdude]

What job?

[@mitchzesty7602]

Joe, you can't go opening up and episode with Revenge of Shinobi. It's genuinely impossible for me to like this channel more than I already do.

[@KaskelotenZebbe]

Great job, Joe! Hope to see more of these. I don't know what protos are interesting to talk about, but I'm sure you'll get some good recommendations from others.

[@remingtonsteele3684]

Amazing video, thank you. Knew about the Shinobi prototypes but didn't notice many of the differences you found.

[@gtrzdaddy]

wasn't there another ver of SF2 for the Genesis? i remember seeing the black bar on top where the gauge sits. I think that's what EGM was talking about

[@itchyisvegeta]

Yes there was. Original screenshots had the black border over the name plates.

[@ultimateman55]

Yes, that's what EGM was taking about. The black bar lay behind the life bars in earlier builds. It had nothing to do with the letterboxing.

[@itchyisvegeta]

@@ultimateman55 Also, I remember the promotional VHS for Turbo on SNES had a section at the end where it showed the Japan commercials for the game. I also remember a few seconds of footage from that genesis prototype with the black bar behind the name plates. Had M Bison doing a Flaming Torpedo to whoever on Dhalsim's stage, if I remember correctly.

[@ozzy_9856]

Yeah, like others mentioned, he showed the wrong version. There's an older build with a black bar behind the life bars.

[@AmberShort]

Correct. Joe already knows about it. I had posted images on the game on his Discord.

[@cancelme4200]

I like in the dr Mario prototype that they have a visual representation of the patient. They should have stuck with that.

[@andrewsteele604]

New Game Sack vid for my nightcap...couldn’t ask for anything better!

[@somethingoriginal1707]

0:19 EA: _nervous chuckle_

[@LaSagadeF]

Awesome episode. Game Sack deserves at least 10 million subs. I don’t understand KZbin

[@videogameobsession]

10:46 It's really cool that the new Disney Aladdin/Lion King video game release is going to include this as a bonus. Not only that, but it's also going to include a definitive version of the Genesis version, including bug fixes, and other stuff which they didn't originally have time to complete.

[@andrewcamacho3364]

The music that plays in the desert level of Aladdin is actually from The Jungle Book game.

[@Chaos89P]

Where does the final version come from?

[@FoxMan_FF]

I'm pretty sure the song that plays in the desert stage is an original composition, but don't quote me on that. Tommy Tallarico helped compose both games, so it's likely that song in the prototype was used as a placeholder, I'd bet.

[@JohnRiggs]

Love the shirt!

[@jamiewilliamson9829]

I'd love to see a follow up. One game I'd love to see covered is Sonic 2. That game had a few prototypes out there.

[@batmangovno]

Wow, Dave converted to Saturn terrorism? He really should've stayed at Game Sack.

[@thatguy3718]

Ah see you're a man of giving your meat a good old rub aswell

[@cabbusses]

I have been checking Playstation demo discs lately, and those have been interesting to see as well.

[@MrWolfTickets]

I think several states are suing Dr Mario for the opioid crisis

[@paxhumana2015]

He countersued them saying that antibiotics are the best way to beat viruses.

[@salozmen29]

@@paxhumana2015 You guys are sick. This is a serious thing.

[@nathanwarner4584]

Should see what he done too his brother, helped him become highly dependent and addicted too drugs. Luigi is a real mess and he so bad he's robbing old ladies for their fish and chips and purses with 5p in it

[@rogeriorogerio1007]

'This stage is long and boring, just like an episode of gamesack'. Gotta love gamesack for this.

[@tazzeboy]

I love these Sunday morning

[@CarfDarko]

Keep up the great work, I love the little details you've put in the video. Beta's are always interesting to see, I can imagine how you can just sit down and search for differences. I have a QA background myself and I love to see how games can develop nowdays, but nothing is better to see beta's of those games I played when I was 10 myself.

[@turrican3839]

Earthworm Jim 2 for the SNES, there's even scrapped pre-rendered stuff, an entire level, bonus games, graphics and basically everything.

[@NateBoiBoi]

so, from what ive heard, a slightly later, but still early prototype of castlevania bloodlines, had a completely different stage 5, where it had a zepplin, and you had to do something with it. Some of the graphics of it are still in the finals rom

[@Zeldaschampion]

Guile's Theme goes great with EVERYTHING.

[@brydon10]

Awesome. Thanks Joe - and thanks to the mysterious stranger.

[@alexcannon294]

And am I the only one who knows about this? Keep up the great work. Love the show.

[@Renegade666]

Sonic prototypes would be great, theres so many you could probably do a whole episode dedicated to them!

[@BouncekDeLemos]

27:02 I think the "black bar" on the Street Fighter 2 is referring to the version that had a black bar behind the player's health meter. The prototype in this video isn't the one they reviewed in magazines. I could have sworn I had that version of SF2, but I can't seem to find it. ):

[@paintsius]

Excellent concept for an episode 👍

[@mikemayberry7121]

I'm fascinated by prototypes, too. I really really really enjoyed this one. It just might be my favorite episode, and I've been watching for years. You covered all the most interesting ones except Sonic 2 (which I'm sure you're already aware of) but I hope you find enough to make a follow-up episode. Big thumbs up!!

[@WrightOffsGaming]

Great video thanks, I had a version of RoboCop Vs Terminator on my magic drive that contained loads of speech and sound effects missing from the retail version, also a early version of MacDonalds land that had you killing the bosses in a different way to the retail version.

[@JonRP]

i got lion king as a christmas present when i was 5 and i am an actual serial killer who LOVES your show.

[@MizfitZer0]

Awesome episode! I had no idea about any of these being playable! I absolutely loved the Aladdin footage, that was so cool to see. Had that game since I was like 10 years old. Seeing the prototype gameplay was amazing to me :)

[@sidearmsalpha]

I'm going to have to rewatch the Halloween episodes next month. My favorite one is the one with Dave being terrorized by Sonic. 😆 Hope he will make guest appearances.

[@thefroyukenfiles3641]

One difference not mentioned between the prototype and final versions of SFII:SCE was that the "pinch" versions of the stage music were in the prototype but removed for the final. Instead the music, like all the 16-bit ports of SFII, was sped up when one was near death. Also it was the black bar containing the energy bars, fighter names, and scores that the gaming press complained about, not a border. Probably existed from an earlier prototype than the one you have but screenshots with this infamous black bar are out there.

[@thevickingtor]

Well, thanks for this video, because this explains a lot of things regarding my copy of Street Fighter 2 for the Genesis. Apparently dad bought a bootleg of the prototype, because that's exactly the version I had.

[@jkemp6791]

I poop my pants every day while watching Game Sack!

[@MrPoestyle]

Awesome video and I LOVE the Amico shirt !!!!

[@christophercapuano7280]

Dave is never running out of ideas to steal your gamed! 😂

[@cartmanschili]

Dave, is that your ASSSS!!!! Walking away at the end?

[@leonardgallion6439]

Wow I had never seen prototypes for most of those games - super cool comparison video.

[@wolfgangfrost8043]

17:24 I always associated the kind of background checkerboard gradient dithering in Lion King with Genesis because of the color limits, so it's always a bit strange to see it in a SNES game since it's admittedly more advanced technically.

[@whataboutbob1192]

i have to say the CC is great on these videos