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This is a sub-page of Proto:VVVVVV (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux).
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This one is fully playable online here. It was made available on the developer's website sometime in June 2009. This prototype is very early in development, with several incomplete tidbits.
- 1General Differences
- 3Sprite Differences
General Differences
- There is no main menu. The game goes straight to the first room from the title screen.
- There are no cutscenes.
- The WASD keys cannot be used to move the player.
- You cannot flip by using the Up and Down arrow keys, only by pressing Z, V or SPACE.
- You cannot pause the game by pressing ENTER or ESC.
- Most of the game instructions say 'Press V' instead of 'Press ACTION'.
- Pressing R, which would normally kill the player, does nothing.
Music
None of the final game's music tracks are present in this prototype. Instead, there are two placeholder tracks, both composed by Matt Gray.
The title screen music, 'Main_music_1', which is the beginning of the Space Station Oblivion loader theme.
The level music, 'Main_music_2', which is the main theme from the Commodore 64 version of Deliverance: Stormlord II.
Coins
In this prototype, there are coins scattered along the level which you can collect. Their sprite would later be used for an enemy in the final game. You can still spawn them in using internal commands, but the score counter used to track the amount of coins collected was removed. Collecting a coin makes the following sound play, labeled internally as Main_ef_4:
Screens
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The screen before the title screen is much simpler.
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The title screen is completely different. Most noticeably, the title of the game is spelled VVVVVVVV (the letter V 8 times rather than 6).
Since no cutscenes are present, the game puts you directly in the first room along with the above placeholder text.
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Some of the HUD effects when collecting a trinket are missing. Additionally, collecting one does not actually pause the game, although the player is unable to move at all until they advance the text.
Map Differences
Every room has at least one difference from the final version, most commonly are the name and color palette changes. Here's the full map for the game's intro area:
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This room's design is much simpler, with no teleporter divot in the background and a basic set of steps leading towards the next room.
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Only the room's name and color palette changed here.
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The prototype has a path downwards that was removed, along with some coins.
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This room's location was moved two rooms up and one to the left, to where the Supply Room is in this prototype. The room's layout was completely remade, making it much easier to obtain the trinket.
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Only the room's name and color palette changed here, again.
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Same as above.
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This room is quite different. The gray 'dirt' blocks are actually fall-through blocks. The path leading up was completely removed, and a checkpoint was added.
These two rooms full of coins appear directly above and below the previous room. Both of which were removed.
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This room originally had no enemies, and the main obstacle was avoiding the spikes by switching between the platforms. Not one, but two checkpoints were added.
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Some layout changes, which again make this section easier.
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Again a complete revamp, most likely to accommodate the additions of the 'Comms Relay' room to the right, as it is not present in the prototype.
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While the room's name remained the same, the layout suffered small edits, mostly to reduce the room's difficulty.
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Some coins were removed from the prototype, again.
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In the prototype, you could just move along the platform at the top and collect the trinket. Some walls were later added to prevent that. The coins became extinct, like usual.
This room has been completely removed from the final version. It appears between the previous two rooms. The two platforms move left and right, but using them can be tricky as the player doesn't actually move along with the platforms.
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This Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins reference was sadly removed, coins included. If the player dies, the disappearing platform does not respawn. You must leave the room and come back for it to reappear.
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The bus in here is significantly smaller in the prototype. There is no path on the bottom part of the room as well.
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There is no checkpoint on the right side of the room, and there are no grids in the background.
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The path in the middle was removed, again.
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This evil set of spikes at the bottom was removed, much to the comfort of many gamers.
These rooms are either completely absent in the final version, or so different there's no way to even compare them. After following the path upwards, the prototype ends with the following screen:
Sprite Differences
Checkpoints
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The checkpoints in this prototype appear to be in a hexagonal-shape and have an S in them instead of a C.
Death Sprite
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Two pixels from his eyes are filled in rather than one in the final.
Bus
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The wheels are more visible in the prototype and makes it look more like a bus. Additionally, the bus in the prototype uses four frames, while the final uses two.
Fall-through Tiles
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The fall-through platforms from the previous prototype are still here. Only the block the player touches will disappear, making the noise above, labeled internally as 'Main_ef_6'. Previously, these would only break when the player landed on them, not when they walked into it from either side, but this feature has been removed.
Sound Differences
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The sound played when collecting a trinket is different.
VVVVVVVV Prototype (GOG version)
There's a different version of this prototype, distributed alongside the Mechanics Test. It is almost identical to the one described above, except:
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- There's no music at all in the game.
- You can change the amount of horizontal acceleration from 0.5 to 1.4 by pressing the keys 0 through 9 on the keyboard. The game starts with 1.1 by default.
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This page details one or more prototype versions of Batman: The Video Game (NES).
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The early prototype of the NES Batman: The Video Game has very different cutscenes and even a different ending.
| Download Batman (Early Prototype) File:Batman (U) (Earlier Proto).nes (256 KB) (info) |
- 2Final Boss Battle
- 6Intro Differences
First Boss Battle
The boss of stage 1 has twice the health in the prototype (and the final Japanese version).
Final Boss Battle
At this point, Firebug is the final boss, and Batman merely punches the Joker out in a cutscene. Someone evidently thought this was pretty lame, and the final has a proper climactic boss fight with the Joker.
Ending Music
The tracks below are played during the ending scene in the prototype: the first when Batman meets the Joker, the second when the Joker has been punched and everything goes black and white.
Debugging Features
Both are done on Controller 2, and are also present in the later prototype.
- Press A to skip to the next stage.
- Pressing Down will freeze the screen; pressing it again will unfreeze the action. This was likely to allow pictures to be taken easily for magazines.
1-up
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A 1-up is only present in the first area in Level 1. The graphics remain in the final, though.
Pause Screen Differences
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Unlike the final, the prototype only shows your remaining lives when you enter a new area or lose a life. Also, the pause screen's font was changed from plain white to yellow with a gradient.
Intro Differences
Graphics
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The final version, unlike the prototype, flickers between a text and background screen creating an interesting transparency effect. In the prototype, the background is positioned higher up to make room for the text. In addition, there is also a fog effect that goes over the moon.
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The Joker's portrait was made smaller, has a different palette, and appears to be a different picture altogether.
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Vicki's portrait was also made smaller and had a palette change.
This scene is only in the final and introduces the murder of Batman's parents to the story.
Text
Each piece of dialogue was changed so it starts with a unique graphic in orange of what's being described. Some line breaks were changed as well as entire sentences to get rid of awkward wording.
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| GOTHAM CITY --- IT'S A DARK, DESERTED CITY GOVERNED BY CRIME AND VIOLENCE. THERE, THE WHOLE TOWN IS NOW IN PREPARATION FOR THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF GOTHAM CITY FESTIVAL. | GOTHAM CITY--IT'S A DARK, DESERTED CITY GOVERNED BY CRIME AND VIOLENCE. THE WHOLE TOWN IS NOW IN PREPARATION FOR THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GOTHAM CITY FESTIVAL. |
The final didn't change anything too major, just some rewording.
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| SUDDENLY, JOKER, THE CITY'S EVIL LEADER, APPEARS BY SPREADING 'DDID' NERVE GAS EVERYWHERE AND TRAPS THE WHOLE GOTHAM CITY INTO A COMPLETE TERROR AND CHAOS. | JOKER--THE CITY'S EVIL LEADER. HE HAS SPREAD POISONOUS NERVE GAS ALL OVER TOWN AND HAS TERRORIZED THE POPULATION. |
The reference of 'DDID' gas was removed, and some major Engrish was fixed.
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| MEANWHILE, VICKI VALE, A SHREWD PHOTO JOURNALIST TRACKING THE GAS BUSINESS SCANDAL, IS KIDNAPED WITH KEY INFORMATION IN HER HAND. | VICKI VALE--A SHREWD PHOTO JOURNALIST TRACKING THE POISON GAS MYSTERY IS ENDANGERED MANY TIMES BUT RESCUED EACH TIME BY A MYSTERIOUS BLACK FIGURE,WHO, IN FACT, IS...... |
The final no longer has Vicki kidnapped, and she no longer has key information. In addition, the final adds text to lead up to the next scene with Batman.
Level 1 Cutscene
At this point, the cutscene is Batman stopping a street thug to learn the whereabouts of Vicki. In the final, this was removed in favor of a short cutscene of Batman in his Batmobile.
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Level 2 Cutscene
The final version actually retains some of the early cutscenes!
- Prototype Only
These are only in the prototype. The third scene with the Batmobile appears to have identical graphics to the one in the final, but has subtle differences.
- Scene Similarities
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- Found in Both
These two scenes are the only scenes both versions share.
Level 3 Cutscene
In contrast to the final, which contains only one scene here, the prototype uses four.
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Level 4 Cutscene
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Level 5 Cutscene
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Final Boss
The prototype's cutscene is shown when the player enters the boss room. Once the boss is beaten, the ending is shown. Since the Joker was added as a boss in the final, a further cutscene was added after the Level 5 boss.
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Endings
Drastic changes were made to the ending, which was completely redone for the final.
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| The Batman series | |
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| NES | The Video Game (Prototype) • Return of the Joker • Batman Returns |
| Game Boy (Color) | The Video Game • The Animated Series • Batman Forever • Beyond: Return of the Joker • Catwoman (Japanese Version) |
| SNES | Batman • Batman Returns (Prototype) • The Adventures of Batman & Robin • Batman Forever • Revenge of the Joker |
| Genesis | The Video Game • Batman Returns • The Adventures of Batman & Robin • Batman Forever |
| Sega Master System | Batman Returns |
| Game Gear | Batman Returns • The Adventures of Batman & Robin (Prototype) • Batman Forever |
| TurboGrafx-16 | Batman |
| Atari Lynx | Batman Returns |
| Windows | The Adventures of Batman & Robin Activity Center • Arkham Asylum • LEGO Batman • LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes • Arkham Knight • LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham |
| Mac OS Classic | The Adventures of Batman & Robin Activity Center |
| PlayStation | Batman & Robin • Gotham City Racer • Beyond: Return of the Joker |
| Game Boy Advance | Vengeance • Batman Begins • Catwoman |
| GameCube | Catwoman |
| PlayStation 2 | Catwoman |
| Wii | The Brave and the Bold • LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes |
| Nintendo DS | LEGO Batman |
| Plug & Play | The Batman |
| PlayStation Portable | LEGO Batman |