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So this flyer came as a pack-in for a NES game but is advertising upcoming arcade games it seems? I had it loose in my extras pile.

Does anybody know what these 3 games on the bottom are? I can't find any info for them coming out for the NES or arcade. Or if they were early names for something else that came out? Super Dodge Ball was released by CSG Imagesoft, but I'm not sure if this is the same game. From TRA-NES-US pack-in poster.

Thanks! I found the Exerion II prototype but I don't have any advertisements for it so I didn't put it on the list. And the Crazyland one is up there in the PAL section I put a link to the proto too. So the California Raisins story is actually more sad than you think, according to the interview I linked in the proto column the guy who found it and allowed for the rom to be dumped was killed by his roommates in 2004

I haven't seen that one! This one is confusing me though since it has the PAL Jurassic Park box. It seems from his reply in the tweet that he got it from a copy of Total! magazine which is from the UK. But all the Dennis the Menace games in Europe were called "Dennis" instead. But it does look like it's a UK mag so I won't put in the list

Thanks I appreciate it! Take your time I'll add 'em when you 're ready

Let me say, that Konami Binder is amazing! I'm saving those pics for my own database lol. The Hammerin Harry I'm gonna add to the list. The Kung Fu II one is the same as a print advertisement I found in an issue of VG&CE.

Those all sound really good! They're all from pack-in inserts? The Price Is Right and other GameTek I added some pics that came in released game manuals. Are the ones you have from insert posters? If so I'd like them. The Xybots one is from a poster too? I have a magazine ad with a bunch of other games. The Mission Impossible I'd like too. Basically everything you listed sounds great, as long as there's no photo of it listed already. Twin Peaks I saw in one of the magazines but there's no box art or screen shots so I'm not including it. And the Sega one will have to wait for another day when I tackle the Genesis lol. Thanks!!

Yup Lol I guess Nintendo didn't want that one or maybe LJN decided themselves. Here's the flyer, you can see Freddy in the middle of the screen

Wow good eye I didn't even see that! I wish we had an unobstructed view of it, it looks like they intended to license it like they did with the MLB and NFL. I also read that Nightmare on Elm Street flyer advertises the original version of the game where you played Freddy hunting the kids instead of the kids themselves.

Thanks brother!! Your name came up more than a few times researching about unreleased prototypes. Do you still actively hunt/purchase them? And do you still have many in your collection, or were a bunch sold over the years? I'm adding a column in the list for found prototypes. That Madden one, is there any info about it online or screenshots?

@Hybrid That Asterix one I have in the list actually! It's in the bottom where I listed games that were released for PAL. I found a tweet somewhere where the person said they found the advertisement in a comic book.

Yeah the prototype for Escape From Atlantis was released, the graphics don't look great I'm not sure how the game play is lol. And yes please take a look if you have an inserts or ads! And lemme know if it hasn't been listed

Adding that one now too! I found the prototype rom for that one but no advertisement until now

Ahh now I see. So they added a generic terrorist instead. I'll add that one too!

Nice find!! I'm going to add World War III to the list, I found a hi-res scan of that flyer. The Freedom Force seems to be the same box art as the release though, looks like they just added a description for a promo flyer?

Yes please! If you could flatten it out and get a good shot

Does anybody know what pack-in poster this Crash N the Boys: Ice Challenge box art comes from?

It seems to be from a Famicom release. I wanna make a sub-category for Japanese releases that were going to get localized but it's gonna take some time

I checked it out on Wikipedia it claims "Although published in North America directly by Irem itself, technical support inquiries for the game was handled in this region by Broderbund since Irem didn't have an American branch at the time." They seem to have had some relationship with Irem in which they initially thought they would publish it or at least advertise it for Irem? I'm gonna include it in the list. Thanks @DoctorEncore!! You also helped me find another one, The Battlefields of Napoleon when searching for your insert. Which is on BRO-NES-US-1! Some publishers seemed to have close relationships with each other like when Tengen published Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom after Mindscape. And you can also see in an advertisement on the list that Mindscape was intending to publish RoadRunner which Tengen ended up publishing.

And it's possible I overlooked Fun House while looking through magazines because I assumed it was a review of the released version

I was just reading about Fun House and a bunch of other prototypes you brought to light! You got Chuck Yeager dumped too right? I'm debating whether to include prototype boxes and VidPro cards to the list. I included a mock up box for NKOTB that was sold on eBay by the wife of an editor from EGM magazine. They said they apparently used it as a hockey puck at the office that's why it's so beat up lol. And I've found what seem to be legitimate front & backs for War on Wheels, Fun House and SimCity. Edit: I added a bunch of Vidpros scanned by Frank Cifaldi at Lost Levels!

That would be great if you can find it!

Thanks!! Was the Hellraiser poster you're thinking of this one? I found an image of it and added it, but not a hi-res scan.

Just did it! Good idea. Maybe I'll also add ones that were originally released on the Famicom. But that list would take much longer.

I've only beaten Game A but I remember reading on GameFaqs that the dragon icon keeping track of completions glitches out after a while: When you beat the game the first time, it will display a 1 beside the level, and when you beat it AGAIN, it goes to 2 and so on. But, strange things begin to happen when you really get rocking. Take a look at what's displayed the higher you go in the chart. Levels 1-9: 1-9 Game Beaten 10th time: A Game Beaten 11th time: Fireball with a X through it Game Beaten 12th time: C Game Beaten 13th time: D Game Beaten 14th time: E Game Beaten 15th time: F Game Beaten 16th time: G Game Beaten 17th time: H Game Beaten 18th time: I Game Beaten 19th time: . Game Beaten 20th time: - Game Beaten 21st time: L Game Beaten 22nd time: M Game Beaten 23rd time: N Game Beaten 24th time: O Game Beaten 25th time: P Game Beaten 26th time: Red Foot, belongs to White Faced version of Thomas? Game Beaten 27th time: R Game Beaten 28th time: S Game Beaten 29th time: T Game Beaten 30th time: U Game Beaten 31st time: V Game Beaten 32nd time: [/] Bottom Right = Red, Top Left = White Game Beaten 33rd time: [/] Top Left = Red, Bottom Right = White Game Beaten 34th time: Y Game Beaten 35th time: [\] Bottom Left = Red, Top Right = White Game Beaten 36th time: Graph with White Line on top, 2 Rows of White Bar, 1 Blue Bar to the top and one Red Bar [Black Background] Game Beaten 37th time: Checkmark which looks like someone is grabbing the lower base from the Right hand side [White Background] Game Beaten 38th time: Looks like a drumstick upper left and a thumbs up in the Lower Right [White Background] Game Beaten 39th time: [] 1/5th of bottom = Red Bar [White Background] Game Beaten 40th time: [] 2nd 1/5th = Red Bar going Vertical [White Background] Game Beaten 41st time: [] 1/5th of bottom & 1/5th of Top = Red Bar [White Background] Game Beaten 42nd time: [] 1/5th of bottom = White Bar [Light Blue Background] Game Beaten 43rd time: [] About 1/5th level from the bottom, a thin black line goes Horizontally Game Beaten 44th time: [] 1/10th of the bottom = Red Bar [White Background] Game Beaten 45th time: [] Flat @ design in Red [White Background] Game Beaten 46th time: [] Reverse Flat @ design in Red [White Background] Game Beaten 47th time: [/] Top Left = Light Blue, Bottom Right = Black Game Beaten 48th time: Light blue background, bottom area of the square is a small part of a white face with black hair Game Beaten 49th time: Face, White face version of Thomas. Prior game's pic of hair and face matches up with this one Game Beaten 50th time: Lower body of the above picture. Hand raised in standard position of readiness for Kung-Fu Game Beaten 51st time: Bottom Right corner is Thomas's foot, Red Pants, White Skin and his black sandal on a White platform Game Beaten 52nd time: Bottom Left corner is a quarter of the head of Thomas's black hair Game Beaten 53rd time: Ear and Shoulder of the White faced version of Thomas. Red Gi, Black Shirt Game Beaten 54th time: Left side Torso area of the White faced version of Thomas Game Beaten 54th time: Left side Rear area of the White faced version of Thomas Game Beaten 55th time: Bottom Right corner is Thomas's foot, Red Pants, White Skin and his black sandal on a White platform Game Beaten 56th time: Face, White face version of Thomas. You see his one eye and nose Game Beaten 57th time: Left chest area of the White face version of Thomas.