Over 700 PlayStation 2 prototypes [73 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/playstation/ps2/ “> PlayStation 2 games were discovered and made available online.
The prototypes – which were shared by the preservation group The Hidden Palace – include unfinished or demo versions of the PlayStation classic [3,059 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/playstation/ “> PlayStation games including Shadow of the Colossus, Final Fantasy X, Okami, Ratchet & Clank, God of War [114 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/games/god-of-war-series/god-of-war/ “> God of War and more.
In a live broadcast on Saturday, the group spent six hours playing some of their highlights from the PS2 prototypes, including E3 demos from Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex and Shadow of the Colossus, a Capcom prototype. [227 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/companies/capcom/ “> Capcom’s God Hand and debug versions of Final Fantasy X-2 and Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2.
The group also played previous versions of Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly, God Hand, Ratchet & Clank (2002), Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc and more.
The full release also includes E3 demos for God of War 2, Sly Cooper and Thievius Racoonus and Viewtiful Joe 2, and alpha versions of Def Jam: Fight for NY, Burnout 3 and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3.
A huge list of all PS2 prototypes included in Project Deluge can be found on the Hidden Palace website.
Most of the software included in the dump can be played using an emulator on the PC [3,038 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/pc/ “> PC and the group says it is currently working to add even more software through a future version soon.
In total, the prototypes make up almost 900 GB of data. According to The Hidden Palace, the software was obtained from closed media, developers and various collectors, and it is by far the largest repository of unpublished games ever released.
Hidden Palace spent nearly a year checking whether the software included in Project Deluge contains differences from its final retail versions, he said.
“These aged items were miraculously rescued from being destroyed, thrown away or sold by a person’s Herculean efforts,” he said.
“This person not only took on the task of backing up everything in his possession on his own, but he was so generously generous that he allowed us to examine and preserve every item in his collection without any commitment.”
He added: “We would like to thank all members of the Dilúvio Project team for helping us with this project so far. Without your help, it would take a long time for something to happen. “
“… As this lot is an ongoing project, we do not have a provisional release schedule. However, be prepared for the next part of the lot soon. More is on the way, so hang on! “
Last year, a significant number of retro video game prototypes were leaked online. Recently, a playable version of the Dinosaur Planet game, unpublished for Rare’s N64, as well as a fully playable version of the GoldenEye Xbox Live Arcade.
And last year, a significant amount of classic Nintendo data was leaked onto the internet. The so-called Nintendo [1,654 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/nintendo/ “> Nintendo ‘Gigaleak’ saw the first prototypes of games like Yoshi’s Island, Star Fox, Super Mario 64 and Zelda: Ocarina of Time shared online.
The first demos are part of an alleged leak of Nintendo’s source code, which could be related to a larger breach of Nintendo’s legacy data, first reported last May.
The first prototypes of Super Mario Kart and Super Mario World 2 (Yoshi’s Island) appeared as part of the leak, and the first sprite gear from Super Mario World and others.