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Journey to Silius

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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#

Early

Final

Evidently, much of the intro was given a proofreading and rewriting before release.

Early

Final

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.

Early

Final

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.)

Early

Final

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The message from Jay's father was split up into multiple screens in the final game.

Title Screen#

Early

Final

"Operation SSS", an early title for Journey to Silius after being itself changed from "The Terminator".

(Source: Gaming Alexandria)

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The space graphics were later used in the final for the background of the last boss battle.