This page details development materials of Journey to Silius.
Contained within disk F08 of the Sunsoft Dev Disks were a variety of graphics and mockups for Journey to Silius.
Intro Cutscene#
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Evidently, much of the intro was given a proofreading and rewriting before release.
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Jay was given a snazzy hairstyle in the final game's cutscenes. The text mentioning the fate of Jay's father was touched up to be less awkward here, too.
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The "floppy disk" actually looks more like a microfloppy diskette in the earlier version, instead of resembling a magneto-optical disk in the final. (The reflection effect graphics are still in the early version's CHR bank.)
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The message from Jay's father was split up into multiple screens in the final game.
Title Screen#
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"Operation SSS", an early title for Journey to Silius after being itself changed from "The Terminator".
(Source: Gaming Alexandria)
The space graphics were later used in the final for the background of the last boss battle.