Imagine if it's actually good.
I thought whatever was left of X-Treme was made into Lost World?
Only partially kidding.
Double Whammy considering it's from Sega, didn't they throw out the source code for a bunch of their old shit years ago?
Holy shit! I've been following the thread on Asssembler. Good shit. I wonder if I can swap disc it on my Saturn.
Double Whammy considering it's from Sega, didn't they throw out the source code for a bunch of their old shit years ago?
These sorts of things don't leak from Sega. Without a doubt, everything that was Sonic Xtreme is long gone at Sega.
These sorts of leaks come from former employees who held on to old computers after they left the company. People dig around their old harddrives and find crazy stuff. That's how Ecco the Dolphin 2 for the Dreamcast leaked - it was just sitting on the harddrive of a dreamcast development kit, unnoticed for a decade.
I like how one little story about PD Saga means ONLY Sega EVER dumped source code they didn't feel they needed.
You need access to some very rare hardware to get it running. The NV1 is an extremely rare video card and they go for quite a lump of money. This leaked 2 weeks ago, actually, but they've spent all that time looking for someone with an NV1 to test it out.
Note: Every single NV1 game was eventually patched to work with Direct X, so getting this running on modern-ish hardware might not be out of the question. But for now, if you don't have a Sega PC card, you're SOL.
You couldnt make it up.
Makes you wonder though - most businesss stipulate in contracts clearly any proprietory material is theres, during and post employment. I know Sega arent the most efficient but still...can we expect some legal guy in 5 years to turn round and say 'Heeeeyy wait a minute. We pulled X-Treme right?'
These sorts of things don't leak from Sega. Without a doubt, everything that was Sonic Xtreme is long gone at Sega.
These sorts of leaks come from former employees who held on to old computers after they left the company. People dig around their old harddrives and find crazy stuff. That's how Ecco the Dolphin 2 for the Dreamcast leaked - it was just sitting on the harddrive of a dreamcast development kit, unnoticed for a decade.
cooljerk on retro has a win 95 setup with an NV1 he can get some footage as soon as he gets hold of the binaries , exciting stuff
Oh shit son! This is awesome news. Can't wait to check it out on my Saturn.
Wait, not on Saturn? That's pretty lame. I thought this PC build had been out for quite awhile. That or someone has had the build for a long time.
Still holding out for a working build of RE1.5.
The competition between various branches of Sega was totally fucked up and counter-productive.
I don't think they care about this stuff anymore. When Sonic Generations was in development, for example, they went trying to find the sonic 1 proto that the Sonic Community has been after for decades to see if they could throw it in as a huge thanks to the community, but couldn't find it in their archives. That's why Sonic 1 is included as a freebee - it was intended to instead be a prototype of Sonic 1 included with Generations.
read my name backwards
Holy fuck how have I never heard this before? That's amazing! Too bad they couldn't find it, though.
Is this the build with the UFOs in Marble Zone? The Sonic 1 proto was always my holy grail of Sonic prototypes (besides Xtreme, of course, which is more of an unreleased game than a prototype), especially after the Nick Arcade Sonic 2 build finally got out.
I don't think they care about this stuff anymore. When Sonic Generations was in development, for example, they went trying to find the sonic 1 proto that the Sonic Community has been after for decades to see if they could throw it in as a huge thanks to the community, but couldn't find it in their archives. That's why Sonic 1 is included as a freebee - it was intended to instead be a prototype of Sonic 1 included with Generations.
NV1!? Someone find a warehouse full of those. Great time to finally build my retro PC with an NV1, Adlib and a native Glide card
Damn, I was never aware of this. A huge shame they couldn't find it. That would've made for a really interesting unlockable.When Sonic Generations was in development, for example, they went trying to find the sonic 1 proto that the Sonic Community has been after for decades to see if they could throw it in as a huge thanks to the community, but couldn't find it in their archives. That's why Sonic 1 is included as a freebee - it was intended to instead be a prototype of Sonic 1 included with Generations.
WHOA. Update me bro. This is news.The PC build has never leaked. The only person who previously had access to it was Chris Senn back when it was actually in development, and Ofer himself, who didn't want to release it.
It's in people's hands and coming.
You read things like that and know exactly why the Sega Saturn and Sega itself failed.
No, this would be the 12 layers of parallax version of Sonic 1 debuted at CES when the game was actually unveiled. This version:
There is evidence Sega still has various Sonic 1 prototypes, though. A mobile phone port in 2003 appears to be built off of a build from a few months before release, as it still includes the rolling ball object that has been deleted in the final build, and it has the sprites for the marble zone UFOs in the marble zone tiles.
That's not the early build we're discussing, though. The build in question was only 1 level, a very early proto greenhill zone. As I said, it featured 12 layers of parallax, both in front and behind Sonic.
There is one on ebay for around $250
Wait so how exactly did an engine get leaked for this? I read that Senn didn't have a copy of the engine, but then he did?
Sega themselves are active in the Sonic hacking community. They tend to turn a blind eye to this stuff. No harm no foul, you know?
Only time Sega has put their foot down were the times when, for example, the Sonic Heroes beta leaked before Sonic Heroes was actually released.
I don't think they care about this stuff anymore. When Sonic Generations was in development, for example, they went trying to find the sonic 1 proto that the Sonic Community has been after for decades to see if they could throw it in as a huge thanks to the community, but couldn't find it in their archives. That's why Sonic 1 is included as a freebee - it was intended to instead be a prototype of Sonic 1 included with Generations.
He's been absent recently, at least in the threads I'm frequenting. Wonder why...Getting mama robotnik vibes from the OP. Pun intented.
WHOA. Update me bro. This is news.
The person behind the leak doesn't have an NV1 card himself, but he's built the binaries and is sending them my way to test on my NV1 card. Hopefully I can post some videos of the game running locally at my place soon enough. This is pretty exciting and essentially the holy grail of the Sonic Community. FINALLY Sonic Xtreme has been unearthed.
You'll have to excuse me, but I'm skeptical until you actually receive the files...
What? I couldn't find any
Ebay might be limiting my search because I'm not located in the US.
The competition between various branches of Sega was totally fucked up and counter-productive.