More than 700 PlayStation 2 prototypes [73 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/playstation/ps2/ “> PlayStation 2 games have been unveiled and made available online.
The prototypes – shared by conservation group The Hidden Palace – contain incomplete or demo versions of the classic PlayStation [3,059 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/playstation/ “> PlayStation games including Shadow of the Colossus, Final Fantasy X, Okami, Ratchet & Clank, God of War [114 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/games/god-of-war-series/god-of-war/ “> God of War and more.
In a live stream held on Saturday, the group spent six hours playing some of its highlights from the PS2 prototypes, including E3 demos from Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex and Shadow of the Colossus, a prototype of Capcom [227 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/companies/capcom/ “> Capcom’s God Hand, and debug versions of Final Fantasy X-2 and Legacy of Cain: Soul Reaver 2.
The group also played preview versions of Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly, God Hand, Ratchet & Clank (2002), Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc and more.
The full drop also includes E3 demos for God of War 2, Sly Cooper and the Thievius Racoonus and Viewtiful Joe 2, and alpha versions of Def Jam: Fight for NY, Burnout 3 and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3.
A large list of all the PS2 prototypes included with Project Deluge can be found on Hidden Palace’s website.
Most landfill software included can be played with an emulator on a computer [3,038 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/pc/ “> PC and the group say they are currently working to add even more software via a future drop.
In total, the prototypes comprise almost 900 GB of data. According to The Hidden Palace, the software was obtained from closed media, developers and various collectors, and is by far the largest amount of unreleased games it has ever released.
Hidden Palace spent almost a year verifying that the software in Project Deluge contained differences with their final retail versions.
“These aging objects were miraculously saved by destruction, discarding or selling through the hard efforts of one person,” he claimed.
“This person not only took on the task of backing up everything in their possession, but was so overwhelmingly kind to let us look at and preserve every item in his collection without any strings attached.”
It added: ‘We would like to thank all the members of the Project Deluge team who have helped them with this project so far. Without your help, it would have taken some time to come into being. ”
‘As this lot is an active ongoing project, we do not have a provisional release schedule. However, be prepared for the next part of the lot soon. More is on the way, so hold on! ‘
In the past year, a significant amount of prototypes for retro video games have leaked online. Recently, a playable version of Rare’s unreleased N64 game Dinosaur Planet, as well as a fully playable GoldenEye Xbox Live Arcade building.
Last year, a significant amount of classic Nintendo data leaked onto the internet. The so-called Nintendo [1,654 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/nintendo/ “> Nintendo ‘Gigaleak’ saw early prototypes for games like Yoshi’s Island, Star Fox, Super Mario 64 and Zelda: Ocarina of Time shared online .
The early demonstrations are said to be part of a suspected leak of Nintendo source code, which could be linked to a major breach of the legendary Nintendo data first reported last May.
Early prototypes of Super Mario Kart and Super Mario World 2 (Yoshi’s Island) appear as part of the leak, and early sprite artwork for Super Mario World and others.