The Forgotten PCE Projects of MindRec

[bt]

Here is short video of some of the "forgotten" PCE Development efforts that were underway, but had been shelved for whatever reason (lack of time, lack of time, or perhaps lack of time).

It is not all of them, and in some case (like the Action Demo), the game was made as more of a proof of concept.


Included are:
   Action Demo
   Rainbow Hopper (a Q-bert/Pogo Joe sort of game)
   Xymati (title screen and early MGS prototype)
   PC Gunjin (stage 1, sans enemies)
   a few others

Enjoy.

[Necromancer]

Heh, neat stuff.  Damn you lack of time!

[_joshuaTurbo]

I enjoyed it very much!!

The xymati and PC Gunjin parts nearly brought a tear to my eye!!

FINISH THEM!!!! 

[bt]

I received a private question about "Shin Mahjong Super Battle," yeah, it does not say MindRec, but it was something that I did.

The story ... back when the internet was still young, and people made it their business to steal information and sell it as their own, I noticed that much of the data in the PCECP and PCE Complete Listings was being pilfered and distributed without proper credit.  So I eventually started adding some fake information just to see how far it would go.  So "Mahjong Shin Super Battle" was created.  A completely fake game, complete with fake cheats.  At some point I noticed that the fame game had spread far and wide, and that ROM site folks were asking for this mystery game.  So the plan was to release a game with only the title screen, but then crashed beyond that.  So what you see in the video is basically that ROM that was created,  It was never released.  But if you search for "Mahjong Shin Super Battle," you will still find quite a few sites that list the game and cheats for it.

I released a video of MSSB a while back, along with the full explanation, and the number of sites listing it have been dropping.  But even Digital Press has the game listed (or did).

[Necromancer]

Ha!  BT's trolling the interweb clowns!

[bt]

Since 1994. (probably well before that)

Ha!  BT's trolling the interweb clowns!

[esteban]

I can't wait until I am home and watch the video! 

UPDATE: So, I just watched the video. In Xymati, I liked how "mindrec" was spelled out by the cosmic girders floating in space. I am intrigued by the "I & II control speed" play mechanics...what's the scoop? Was this simply to cycle through 3-4 speeds (a la Blazing Lazers/GunHed) or was Xymati pioneering somme new stuff?



Anyway, I was happy to see all of these demos

...  A completely fake game, complete with fake cheats.  At some point I noticed that the fame game had spread far and wide, and that ROM site folks were asking for this mystery game.  So the plan was to release a game with only the title screen, but then crashed beyond that.  So what you see in the video is basically that ROM that was created,  It was never released.  But if you search for "Mahjong Shin Super Battle," you will still find quite a few sites that list the game and cheats for it.

I released a video of MSSB a while back, along with the full explanation, and the number of sites listing it have been dropping.  But even Digital Press has the game listed (or did).

SWEETNESS! 



A fun way to see who was scraping pcecp for information.

[vestcoat]

Thanks for the video, BT. I regularly checked the Mindrec page for updates BITD (and still visit 1-2 times/year), so it's nice to see how far some of these got.

Also thanks for your work on PCECP. It still has information not duplicated elsewhere.

[cabbage]

Thanks for sharing. It is great to see some of your unfinished stuff. I bet you had a lot of fun working on them! The story behind the mahjong game is very funny Thanks again, I love this kind of stuff.

[DesmondThe3rd]

Any chance of getting one of them finished. Maybe through a Kickstarter?

[blueraven]

Hey bt,

Thanks again for the compilation of RPG walkthroughs on the site.

good stuff over there at mindrec.

Here is short video of some of the "forgotten" PCE Development efforts that were underway, but had been shelved for whatever reason (lack of time, lack of time, or perhaps lack of time).

It is not all of them, and in some case (like the Action Demo), the game was made as more of a proof of concept.

Included are:
   Action Demo
   Rainbow Hopper (a Q-bert/Pogo Joe sort of game)
   Xymati (title screen and early MGS prototype)
   PC Gunjin (stage 1, sans enemies)
   a few others

Enjoy.

[Duo_R]

Thanks for the post BT, hope all is well!

[SuperPlay]

Thanks for posting the video and what a great story about Mahjong Shin Super Battle :-)

[seieienbu]

Nice stuff.  If you're done with them, any chance of source code being released?  I'm curious to see how you did the scrolling layer in "level 1 demo."

[henrycsc]

Awesome stuff bt.  You're truly one of the great pioneers of awesome!

May the PCE Gods grant you time to complete some of these. 


Oh, and back in the day, the Turbo List was king!