The Jetsons: Cogswell's Caper!

This page details one or more prototype versions of The Jetsons: Cogswell's Caper!.

This prototype is documented on Hidden Palace.

To do: There's a debug menu. Note from FlipnotypicalRodent: I've been checking the contents of the ROM but I can't find anything related to it. Cliche as it is, all of the levels seem to have differences, and the text most certainly does.

Title#

Proto	Final

A copyright for The Flintstones is present, for reasons that will become clear later on.

Level Select#

Proto	Final

A level select can be accessed from the title screen by holding A and pressing Start. It is pretty similar to the final, but has noticeable differences.

The major ones of note are Sky, which is an early iteration of the credits, and Demo 2 which plays an odd mishmashed cutscene featuring a still of Jetson with Astro and a few lines of the opening text, before loading you into an empty level. There is also the BGM and EFC options, which play background music and sound effects, respectively.

Opening Text#

JETSON !!!
COGSWELLS ARE SETTING 
UP A MINING COLONY
ON PLANET M38
AND MAKING LOTS MONEY!
AND WHAT'S MORE IT LOOKS
LIKE THEY'RE WALKING
ALL OVER THE RIGHTS
OF THE ALIENS!
FOR THE SAKE OF
THIS COMPANY AND PEACE
IN THE UNIVERSE,
YOU'VE GOT TO GET INTO
COGSWELL'S FACTORY
AND PUT A STOP TO THIS RIGHT
AWAY!
UNDERSTOOD?
THEN GET OUT THERE,
AND MAKE IT FAST!

JETSON !!!
"COGSWELL IS SETTING
UP A MINING FACTORY
ON PLANET M38
AND MAKING LOTS OF MONEY.
THIS FACTORY COULD
DESTROY THE PLANET!
WHAT'S MORE, COGSWELL IS
WALKING
ALL OVER THE RIGHTS 
OF THE ALIENS!
YOU'VE GOT TO GET INTO
COGSWELL'S FACTORY
AND PUT A STOP TO THIS RIGHT
AWAY!"

Packing Factory#

Boss Warp#

A skip to the boss is just casually left at the top-left of the starting screen.

Extra Gear#

Proto	Final

An extra Gear is present in a very devious spot where if hit by it you're almost guaranteed to be pushed into the pit. The game also pauses for a bit if you fall directly into the pit without hitting the conveyer belt.

Missing 1-UP#

Proto	Final

This 1up is instead another enemy.

Boss#

HA,HA,HA,WELCOME,JETSON.
LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE GONE
AND SMELT
US OUT. BUT YOU'RE NOT
GONNA GET OUTA HERE.
HOW D'YOU THINK YOU'LL
GET ON
AGAINST MY PET DOG,SONNY?
GO GEDDIM, SENTRO!

HA,HA,HA,
WELCOME, JETSON.
LOOKS LIKE YOU SNIFFED
US OUT!
BUT YOU WON`T
BE LUCKY
AGAINST MY PET DOG.
HE WON`T LET YOU
OUT OF HERE!
SIC`EM SENTRO!

Proto	Final

Mr. Cogswell's portrait originally depicted him smoking a cigar, which was likely removed in the final due to Nintendo's content guidelines. Despite this, the game's box art still depicts him with a cigar.

Botanical Gardens#

Fred Flintstone#

Proto	Final

IT'S BEEN A WHILE.
KNOW WHAT,DINO AND HOPPY
HAVE GONE AND
GOT THEMSELVES KIDNAPPED.
GODDAM BUTLER!
WELL,SO LONG, GEORGE.

A cameo by Fred Flintstone was removed for the final game, and with it goes a reference to another Taito game (one which George had himself made a cameo in). Graphics for him and his dialogue portrait, however, still exist unused in the final version.

Home#

Elroy Jetson#

Proto	Final

Elroy Jetson was originally depicted with brown hair and a yellow-ish cap.

Proto	Final

His dialogue portrait was as big as the other characters'.

Mining Factory#

Level Transition#

Proto	Final

The level transition is in a rudimentary state with only a bit of scrolling added.

Stalactites#

Proto	Final

At the beginning of the level, there are stalactites which were removed in the final.

Ending#

A rudimentary version of the credits exists and can be accessed via the "SKY" option in the level select. The credits themselves don't appear to exist in the ROM yet, though.