I got myself a Marble Madness prototype!

[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.

I want a HuCard 

Yeh if that could be done/arranged it would be incredible.

[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.

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:

Amazing!
I'm not much of an expert on this particular PC Engine/NEC subject, but I'm not aware of any previous confirmed owners of this game.
Thibaut is the one to talk to, I'm sure if there's any info on the history of this game he'll know everything there is in great detail.

[FiftyQuid]

I'm new to the game here, but even I find this impressive.  The prototype board is gorgeous and immaculate!  Any chance we could see some in-game shots?

[Otaking]

Here's Thibaut's email:  thibautg@yahoo.com

BTW any chance of getting a fan press similar to this http://sapphire.anime4ever.de/
and possibly on hucard if made contact/ linked up with some forum members here: https://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=12141.0

[SamIAm]

If you are who I think you are, then I am very happy indeed.

Nice find either way.

[BeaglePuss]

Here's Thibaut's email:  thibautg@yahoo.com

BTW any chance of getting a fan press similar to this http://sapphire.anime4ever.de/
and possibly on hucard if made contact/ linked up with some forum members here: https://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=12141.0

I'm sure our friend Thibaut will find me soon enough, I won't be searching him out just yet.

As for the Hu-card release, I rather like the idea.  I've released prototypes for the NES (Kitty's Catch and Hoppin' Mad) as well as for the Genesis (Beastball and Dragon's Lair) on their respected software with a decent amount of success.  Again, that's down the road a bit, though I would entertain the idea for certain.

I will say that the purchase cost me many thousands of dollars already though.  This wasn't something that I just stumbled upon, but something I actively sought out. 

[BeaglePuss]

I'm new to the game here, but even I find this impressive.  The prototype board is gorgeous and immaculate!  Any chance we could see some in-game shots?

I will have in-game screen shots within the day for certain.  You have my word.

If you are who I think you are, then I am very happy indeed.

Nice find either way.

Much appreciated. 

[Otaking]

I will say that the purchase cost me many thousands of dollars already though.  This wasn't something that I just stumbled upon, but something I actively sought out. 

Yes I agree it's a highly valuable item.
The idea of fan press everyone wins, you recoup your money and possibly make a profit and we get a new HuCard release 

[BeaglePuss]

I will say that the purchase cost me many thousands of dollars already though.  This wasn't something that I just stumbled upon, but something I actively sought out. 

Yes I agree it's a highly valuable item.
The idea of fan press everyone wins, you recoup your money and possibly make a profit and we get a new HuCard release 

I couldn't agree more, which is why I've gone with such a release so many times in the past.  Again, I don't want to get carried away just yet.  There's a lot that needs to happen before I could commit to anything like that.

[Sadler]

I will say that the purchase cost me many thousands of dollars already though.  This wasn't something that I just stumbled upon, but something I actively sought out. 

Yes I agree it's a highly valuable item.
The idea of fan press everyone wins, you recoup your money and possibly make a profit and we get a new HuCard release 

I couldn't agree more, which is why I've gone with such a release so many times in the past.  Again, I don't want to get carried away just yet.  There's a lot that needs to happen before I could commit to anything like that.

Congrats on the find! I'm very happy to hear you'd like to get this out to the community, thank you so much!

[BeaglePuss]

I will say that the purchase cost me many thousands of dollars already though.  This wasn't something that I just stumbled upon, but something I actively sought out. 

Yes I agree it's a highly valuable item.
The idea of fan press everyone wins, you recoup your money and possibly make a profit and we get a new HuCard release 

I couldn't agree more, which is why I've gone with such a release so many times in the past.  Again, I don't want to get carried away just yet.  There's a lot that needs to happen before I could commit to anything like that.

Congrats on the find! I'm very happy to hear you'd like to get this out to the community, thank you so much!

Easy does it friendo, I don't want to get too much into talks of releases and rom distributions just yet.  One step at a time. 

At the moment I'm interested in sharing pictures, screen shots, and maybe some video.  I'm also interested in gathering up what data there is to be had on the game currently.

We'll see where we end up when the dust settles.  If you know who I am (or starting to figure it out), you'd know that I'm no hoarder.  I am a dirty profiteer though, and I'm not interested in throwing money away.  It was a massive initial investment that I plan on recouping at the very least.

[Sadler]

Easy does it friendo, I don't want to get too much into talks of releases and rom distributions just yet.  One step at a time. 

At the moment I'm interested in sharing pictures, screen shots, and maybe some video.  I'm also interested in gathering up what data there is to be had on the game currently.

We'll see where we end up when the dust settles.  If you know who I am (or starting to figure it out), you'd know that I'm no hoarder.  I am a dirty profiteer though, and I'm not interested in throwing money away.  It was a massive initial investment that I plan on recouping at the very least.

Fair enough. I have to admit I do not know who you are, but outside of PCEFX I'm not plugged into the retro game scene. Anyway, the mere fact that you are willing to share pictures and aren't immediately stating you'll never entertain the idea of a ROM dump puts you miles ahead of lots of others in my mind. I'll chill though and enjoy what you leak out.

[Bernie]

Im curious now..  who are ya?  lol

[BeaglePuss]

Im curious now..  who are ya?  lol

https://www.google.com/#hl=en&safe=off&sclient=psy-ab&q=beaglepuss+prototype&oq=beaglepuss+prototype&gs_l=hp.3...480.4921.0.6582.20.18.0.2.2.0.185.1891.5j11.18.0...0.0.DLA64cdzMb8&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=a78cf0cc3a51342a&biw=1440&bih=770

[vestcoat]

Anyway, the mere fact that you are willing to share pictures and aren't immediately stating you'll never entertain the idea of a ROM dump puts you miles ahead of lots of others in my mind. I'll chill though and enjoy what you leak out.

Ditto. A friendly request for information and trivia on a prototype purchase is a nice change of pace from the usual wave-it-over-our-head hoarders and liars we get around here. I wish I knew something about the game, but this is the first I've heard of its existence. Nice to see it's not one-player only like the SMS version!