Maxi 15

This page details one or more prototype versions of Maxi 15.

This prototype is documented on Hidden Palace.

Watch on YouTubeA prototype of Maxivision was released by Hidden Palace on March 12, 2025. As opposed to the final multicart, which contains 15 games, this prototype contains an entire 30 29. This "30 game version" was what was shown off and advertised in the cart's half-hour long infomercial, which was produced before the cart was finished. According to the multicart's producer, Phil Mikkelson, the decision to slice the final cart in half came from both cost-cutting concerns as well as the fact that they didn't actually have the rights to most of the games included on the cart. (Ironically, they still didn't have the rights to two of the games included on the initial final release, forcing AVE to make a second revision of the cart)

Intro Differences#

Proto	Final (REV0)

The text on this screen was changed to be center aligned, and "multi-game" had its hyphen removed. The phone number was also changed, though neither of these numbers are the one shown in the infomercial (1-800-652-9200).

The font here is also different, featuring a shine and drop shadow. Interestingly, the prototype's font would end up being used for the second revision of the final cart.

Proto	Final (REV0)

The final cart removes Eddy Lin, Tom Lin and Dan Lawton's names from the special thanks screen, replacing them with Fred Hoot, Jeff Yonan, Jim Meyers, Phil Mikkelson and Robert Borgeson. Steve Weber and Mike Levey's last names are also spelled differently in the prototype.

Game Selection Differences#

As mentioned earlier, this prototype contains 30 29 games as opposed to the final's 15. Games unique to the prototype and their accompanying menu descriptions are:

Only one team
will win the ultimate
Soccer challenge.
Go for it ..!
From American
  Video Entertainment.

Mermaids of Atlantis
The Riddle of the
Magic Bubble. Mind-
blowing bubble trouble.
From American
  Video Entertainment.

Wally Bear and the
NO! gang. Radical
skateboarding action
as you explore the big city
From American
  Video Entertainment.

Race a car you arm
to your specifications
across this futuristic
country.

Explore the wonderous
worlds filled with
beauty and danger!

Face the evil Krull
and her masses of demon
robots.

Stim the ocean depths
and find the mystical
Orb of peace.

Discover new planets
and Alien races.

Ronnie the Rat
has taken over. It is
time for the
Exterminator

Intersecting universes
on a collision course
to destruction.
You must save them.

8 worlds of action!
A hero is called for in
this uter-space shoot
em up.That hero is you!
From
  Odyssey Software Inc.

Are you the savior
spoken of in the ancient
legend? Save the girl
who has been
kidnapped...

Do scouting things.
It will be fun.

Save little Baby
Boomer from harm.
Use light gun or
control pad.

Protect mythical
explorers.
Use light gun or
control pad.

The final game selection is mostly taken from the first half of the prototype's, though Ultimate League Soccer, Mermaids of Atlantis and Wally Bear and the NO! Gang were substituted for Stakk'm, Chiller and Solitaire, which were originally game 16, 29 and 26 in the prototype respectively.

Game 30, DUDES II, does not actually work; selecting it simply boots up Chiller, the previous game in the list. While the name may make it seem like a sequel to Dudes with Attitude, the game's description instead seems to refer to Exidy's arcade game Crossbow, which AVE had planned on porting to the NES alongside the aforementioned Chiller (also a port of an Exidy light gun game), though said port never came to fruition.

Individual Game Differences#

Puzzle#

Tired of shot-em ups?
Test your wits and skill
Unscrable 8 intense
picture puzzles.
From American
  Video Entertainment.

Tired of shoot-em ups?
Test your wits and skill
Unscrable 8 intense
picture puzzles.
From American
  Video Entertainment.

A rather simple typo fix. "Unscramble" was left misspelled.

Stakk'm#

The game is referred to by its original Taiwanese name, Poke Block, and is practically identical to said original release, including the game having no references to AVE.

Stack the falling
blocks  up  down
or horizontally.
Play with a friend.

Stack the falling
blocks up and down,
side to side,
or horizontally.
Challenge your reflexes
and play with a friend.

The game's description on the main menu is also a bit more plain.

Chiller#

Destroy the Living Dead.
Use light gun
or control pad.

Destroy the Living Dead.
The curse has come true.
Release the dead before
they eat the living.
Use light gun
or control pad.

Ditto.

Solitaire#

Tired of shot-em ups?
Try a good old fashioned
game of cards. Fun for
all ages!
From
  Odyssey Software Inc.

The computerized
version of the most
popular game of cards
Fun for
all ages!
From
  Odyssey Software Inc.

The description was rewritten to be a bit more distinct from the one given to Puzzle.

Menace Beach#

Slot 14
Here is the Empty
program description.

Your girlfriend has been
kidnapped. Grab your
trusty skateboard and
get ready to ride 'cuz
it's up to you to get
her back.

The description is just a placeholder at this point.

ShockWave#

Expmore A-mazing
new dimensions
and collect
power crystals.

Expmore A-mazing new
dimensions and collect
power crystals more
valuable than gold.
Beware! Evil also
seeks these crystals.

What would end up being the final game on the final cart also had its description spruced up a bit.

Wally Bear and the NO! Gang#

This version of the cart contains a fun instance of a prototype within a prototype, as the version of Wally Bear and the NO! Gang included here is an early build of the game! For more information, see its dedicated prototype article.