I got myself a Marble Madness prototype!

[Tatsujin]

Yeah math, i advised you to get the tg16 one, now go and check your bank savings

[soop]

I'm looking forward to see some screenshots. That will be great to have a dump. Nice find!

I thought this was funny.

[Otaking]

Thibaut will take it for approx. 10000 bucks

Prepare vous!

+1

[Chuplayer]

Please dump it or get it dumped!

[khog143]

That is pretty badass dude.  I love Marble Madness on the NES, but I especially love it with a trackball in the arcades.

Who doesn't like the arcade version?

I guess that's a very good point

[Otaking]

Someone pleeeeeeeeeeease please do a (ntsc-j) fan press of this game with similar level artwork and print quality to anime4ever   
If they do I would drop £30 for a copy without any hesitation.

[soop]

Someone pleeeeeeeeeeease please do a (ntsc-j) fan press of this game with similar level artwork and print quality to anime4ever   
If they do I would drop £30 for a copy without any hesitation.

I want a HuCard 

[Necromancer]

Assuming you're not full of beans, this is pretty cool news.  I look forward to seeing screenshots, pics of the proto, and anything else ya have to share. 

Please dump it or get it dumped!

+1.  Even if it's not shared (though I hope it is), it should be dumped before the board dies.

[_joshuaTurbo]

Amazing find Beagle!!  I hope you look to get it shared/dumped.  This is very HUGE NEWS!!!

You should dump it, then sell it to Thigh Butt for millions. 

[SMF]

AWESOME FIND, MM ON THE TG16 SOUNDS EPIC..................I CANT STOP SCREAMING LOL.

[Bernie]

Yeah, if this is true the rom should be dumped.  If you cannot do it, I am positive someone here can get it done.  Then put that puppy away. 

[BeaglePuss]

Here's a pic of the board to hold you over for a moment (Note: I added the stickers.  The EPROMs had no covering when the game was purchased).


As for the preservation of the game, I think I have things under control lol.  This ain't my first rodeo fellas.  I've purchased, dumped, and preserved hundreds of prototypes over the years.  This is nothing new for me.

Now, back to my original post....
Can anyone fill me in on other owners of the game?  Someone mentioned early on in the thread that there are "very few" of these out there.  Well, how few?  Was there a Yahoo Japan auction?  What other history can you tell me about the game.

I have more pics and screen shots that I will be slowly leaking over course of the day/week.  I'm really interested in the history of the game at the moment though, not it's potential distribution.  No offense meant of course, just don't want to put the carriage in front of the horse is all.

[Otaking]

Now, back to my original post....
Can anyone fill me in on other owners of the game?  Someone mentioned early on in the thread that there are "very few" of these out there.  

If this is for real, this is the only known prototype of this game.
There were screenshots of the game in issues of PC Engine Fan Magazine and some western magazines took info from that source.

Has Thibaut contacted you yet? he has been actively searching for this game for years.

[_joshuaTurbo]

f*cking outstanding.


 

[BeaglePuss]

Now, back to my original post....
Can anyone fill me in on other owners of the game?  Someone mentioned early on in the thread that there are "very few" of these out there. 

If this is for real, this is the only known prototype of this game.
There were screenshots of the game in issues of PC Engine Fan Magazine and some western magazines took info from that source.

Oh, it's very real.  Again, if you had an idea of who I am as far as prototype collecting is concerned, you'd already know that...

I've read that there are two other Marble Madness prototypes in collector's hands, one of which sold at auction on Yahoo Japan.  How are you so sure that this is the only known copy currently when I've read otherwise (during my brief search).

But because you were nice enough to actually answer my question, here's a screen shot of the game in action: