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Carnivalé (Game Boy Color)

This game was never completed and/or given a public release.
As a result of this, keep in mind that the developers might have used or deleted some of the content featured here, had the game actually been released.

'This page or section details content from theSeptember 2020 Nintendo Leak.'''

Carnivalé is based on the obscure animated movie of the same name. Similar to the Nintendo 64 version, the objective is to rescue your friends by winning Micro Machines-style races.

The game was likely scrapped due to the movie only getting a limited release in Europe and never finding its way to the States. A build was found among the 2020 Game Boy lotcheck leak, suggesting it was nearly or fully finished (the N64 version, for comparison, is said to have been just 50-60% complete when it was scrapped).

Unused Text#

Present at the start of the ROM:

shady bald jorge free sambone stubs rick

These were references to the developers:

  • shady - Matthew Conte
  • bald - Darren Ranalli
  • jorge - Jorge Diaz
  • free - Charles Nicholson
  • sambone - Sam Hubster
  • stubs - Aaron Ondek
  • rick - Rick Grossenbacher

A similar string is present in Polaris SnoCross, also developed by Vicarious.

Unused Music#

The soundtrack includes a single, short tune not heard anywhere in the game.

(Source: TJtheWizard2002)