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Development Timeline#
1991
- November - Issue 34 of Video Games & Computer Entertainment reports on Henk Rogers mentioning "Face Ball 4000", a version of Faceball for the SNES with "two- or four- player split screen" and a targeted release date of "around" Spring 1992.1
1992
- April - The game is demoed at Nintendo Power Tour.2
- May - "Super Faceball" is mentioned in the Pak Watch section of Issue 36 of Nintendo Power, with one image shown. The magazine refers to the game as being "nearly finished".3
- June - The game is shown with multiple screenshots in the Pak Watch section of Issue 37 of Nintendo Power, which refers to the game as "finished" (though the pictures differing in multiple ways from the released game indicate it's not).4 The game is also demonstrated at Summer CES.5
- September - Faceball 2000 is released.6
EGM Issue 25 (August 1991)#
A very early preview with significant differences to the final version.
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The Bullet-Proof Software logo had a white background and the company's name. Both the company logo and title screen seem to include a blank version of the HUD at the bottom of the screen.
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The title screen is much more basic, with a completely different title logo in set in black on a white background.
Interestingly, although in November of 1991 Henk would say the title would be Faceball 4000 for the SNES port, both this early version and the later previews show the title as Faceball 2000.
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A vastly different look to the game. Rather than a small window in the middle of the screen surrounded by a large grey HUD, the gameplay window takes up most of the screen with a orange HUD across the bottom.
(Source: EGM #25, August 1991)
Nintendo Power Screenshots#
Issues 36 (May 1992) and 37 (June 1992) included some screenshots that differ from the final game.
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The "ALL RIGHTS RESERVED" text on the title screen was changed to "LICENSED BY NINTENDO".
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The Arena mode screenshots show a different split-screen layout with off-center viewports.
References#
- Video Games & Computer Entertainment Issue 34 (November 1991) - "Rogers made a point that the Game Boy version is simply the beginning of a series. It’s encouraging that he started to talk about Face Ball 4000, an SNES version of FaceBall 2000. The multiplayer capabilities will be as prevalent, though some details still have to be worked out. The design calls for either a two- or four- player split screen, which will enable each player to view the action from his own face's perspective. This version is targeted for release around the spring of 1992."↩︎
- Power Tour Review - "Faceball 2000: Ugh.. What can I say.. This game SUCKED! It had like three colors, and the only redeeming thing about it was that you could play two players, but even this feature gets tiresome. Easily the worst game of the tour."↩︎
- Nintendo Power Issue 36 (May 1992), pg. 113↩︎
- Nintendo Power Issue 37 (June 1992), pg. 110↩︎
- SNES Game Impressions from CES (Really LONG!) - "Faceball 2000 (Bulletproof) - It looks nice, but only two players? Running through a maze, shooting at opponents gets old in a hurry. Even faster if you can only have two humans in the maze! This title is not well suited to the SNES. Now I WOULD like to play a Lynx version!"↩︎
- ÝSNES¨ Index of video games - "FACEBALL game Faceball 2000 B.Proof now 8 meg"↩︎