the cutting room mirror

April 28, 1990

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This is a sub-page of Proto:Deja Vu (NES).

This prototype is documented on Hidden Palace.

This prototype is dated April 28, 1990 and while translated, was still going through the localization process, with many of the changed elements from the Japanese version still present.

General Differences#

To do:
Graphical differences.

  • The Kemco Presents screen lacks copyright and licensing information and the earlier copyright year on the title screen matches the Japanese version.

Proto

Final

  • The "Save?" text on the save-game screen (retaining the scotch glass) is still in Japanese, but would later be translated by the next prototype:
  • The save options (Continue, Exit, and New Game) are still in Japanese:
  • Pressing Select prompts a message asking you to select your speed (likely for debugging purposes, or to see which speed would work the best with text scrolling), absent after the May 15 proto:
  • Instead of gum, the coat pocket has a cigarette in it. This wasn't changed to gum until the final prototype:
  • The corpse in the office is still covered in blood. The wording that tells you that there is a corpse is also slightly different:

Proto

Final

  • This prototype uses the Japanese casino graphics, and it seems to be the only one to do so (Note that the text says "you,re" in the prototype instead of "you're", which seems to be the case for every instance.):

Proto

Final

  • The Japanese version's Game Over screen is still present here:

Proto

Final

  • The capsules are still referred to as a syringe.
  • There is still a reference to an electric chair:

Proto

Final

IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE AN
ELECTRIC CHAIR, BUT IT
HAS NO POWER SUPPLY
LEADING TO IT.

IT LOOKS LIKE AN UNUSUAL
CHAIR. IT HAS RESTRAINTS
FOR THE ARMS AND HEAD.
PERHAPS IT'S A DENTIST'S
CHAIR.