I got myself a Marble Madness prototype!

[Chuplayer]

I just want to know what widescreen mode does.

[psychobear]

Nice find,

[esteban]

I just want to know what widescreen mode does.

http://junk.tg-16.com/audio/Slime_World/Slime_World_04.mp3

[Nec.Game.head]

PROTOTYPE-PROTOKILL !!! Thanks for showing us all your find !!! Wow that would be too sick if one day that game ended up on Hu cards !!! 
                                                     
                                                      VERY NICE FIND,AMAZING !!! 

[SuperPlay]

Wow nice screenshot of widescreen mode, is that also in HD ;-)

[esteban]

Wow nice screenshot of widescreen mode, is that also in HD ;-)

Remarkably, the developers found a way to present the marble itself in HD. As you know, the PCE/TG-16 hardware couldn't support full widescreen HD, so they compromised. Inspect the screenshot closely and you will see what I mean.

[vestcoat]

Remarkably, the developers found a way to present the marble itself in HD. As you know, the PCE/TG-16 hardware couldn't support full widescreen HD, so they compromised.

Good call on their part. Focus groups indicate that the marble is the main thing players look at why playing Marble Madness, so even though it only takes up 0.007% of the screen, the game is 85% HD.

[Joe Redifer]

The normal Marble Madness doesn't fill the screen all the way from left to right. There are black borders on the sides to mimic the arcade aspect ratio. The widescreen mode simply switches the resolution of the game so that the visual area is stretched to the edges and there are no black bars. The Mega Drive version has this same mode.

Now why hasn't anyone dumped a ROM of this prototype?

[FiftyQuid]

Good call on their part. Focus groups indicate that the marble is the main thing players look at why playing Marble Madness, so even though it only takes up 0.007% of the screen, the game is 85% HD.

I don't know why I laughed so loud or so long after reading this, but damn vestcoat.  Nice one. 

[vestcoat]

Would have better without the typo.

[BigusSchmuck]

The normal Marble Madness doesn't fill the screen all the way from left to right. There are black borders on the sides to mimic the arcade aspect ratio. The widescreen mode simply switches the resolution of the game so that the visual area is stretched to the edges and there are no black bars. The Mega Drive version has this same mode.

Now why hasn't anyone dumped a ROM of this prototype?

Good question. I'm still wondering if this is the real deal or another joke due to the guy not saying a peep after all these months.

[sirhcman]

The normal Marble Madness doesn't fill the screen all the way from left to right. There are black borders on the sides to mimic the arcade aspect ratio. The widescreen mode simply switches the resolution of the game so that the visual area is stretched to the edges and there are no black bars. The Mega Drive version has this same mode.

Now why hasn't anyone dumped a ROM of this prototype?

Good question. I'm still wondering if this is the real deal or another joke due to the guy not saying a peep after all these months.

I have a feeling it is real but I doubt we will see a rom anytime soon

[TheClash603]

At this point I think it is fake, because the limited info provided.  It appears the poster did a one and done to stir things up and have a little fun.

At least I hope it is fake.  I can get into a joke / rumor as much as the next guy.  If the original poster is actual one of these "I get something rare and will keep it for myself with no videos kind of guys," he can go f*ck himself.  Nothing worse in any gaming community than these pretentious dickheads.  There is no logic that if a playthrough video of a game is posted, it will lower its value.

[vestcoat]

Do you guys read other threads? Beagle posted recently here.
Being the pollyanna SOB that I am, I made the mistake of expressing enthusiasm and willingness to pay something for a MM release. Such a gushing bloodshed of optimism brought the usual crowd of fun haters around and much drama ensued ("it's copyrighted!" "settle for the NES version!" "there are 600 other games on the PCE, why add one more!" "give away your $10,000 game for free!") Haven't heard anything from Beagle since.

At this point I think it is fake,

It's most likely real. Beagle has a history of releasing stuff for a token return on the purchase price and provided links in that other thread. I wandered into some other VG forum recently and he seems to be a respected member of other boards, he's just not a NEC diehard.

[esteban]

Do you guys read other threads? Beagle posted recently here.
Being the pollyanna SOB that I am, I made the mistake of expressing enthusiasm and willingness to pay something for a MM release. Such a gushing bloodshed of optimism brought the usual crowd of fun haters around and much drama ensued ("it's copyrighted!" "settle for the NES version!" "there are 600 other games on the PCE, why add one more!" "give away your $10,000 game for free!") Haven't heard anything from Beagle since.

At this point I think it is fake,

It's most likely real. Beagle has a history of releasing stuff for a token return on the purchase price and provided links in that other thread. I wandered into some other VG forum recently and he seems to be a respected member of other boards, he's just not a NEC diehard.

I would gladly pay a fair $$$ to help offset Beagle's cost for acquiring Marble Madness.

The real kicker, though, and I think I am at liberty to reveal this, is that Beagle has recently acquired PC Cocoron (though it seems to be a very early build and most likely is missing elements that would have been in the final game).

I hope this works out well for both Beaglepuss and the TG-16 community. I'd love to play a TG-16 version of Marble Madness (even if it is rough around the edges/incomplete).