Problem is they likely don't have access to most of this stuff anymore. A lot of the development hardware for OOT probably was reused in other games like F-Zero so all that's left are half erased remnants. Data storage wasn't that big back then either so much like the original Japanese audio track for Dragonball Z where it was lost to save physical space in some warehouse many early builds were likely erased to save digital space. Were REALLY lucky to keep finding stuff like this and those Pokémon gold/silver betas.
@@eric.waffles And as this F-Zero cart shows, half of this was deleted. They likely don't keep every build, especially given that it was made on proprietary hardware. It would be a miracle to find a full beta or alpha build of many games by the company. We don't know how much is lost and how much they have. Just consider yourself lucky that the fanbase has as much as it does and hope that more comes out. It'd be nice if Nintendo did release what they have, but they have no obligation to spend the time and money searching their records and warehouses. Whatever the case I'm sure something interesting is still out there waiting, even if its not a full build.
@@reviveempiresThat could very well be for space preservation given that they were developing F-Zero based on assets from Zelda. But I'm referring to official archives, which is what Gigaleak came from. This is simply scraps that are leftover from a repurposed dev cartridge.
@@eric.waffles They keep backups of source code of their completed projects. There is no way they have saved every version of every piece of code for OoT. It is simply impossible, and pointless for them anyway. This game was developed in an iterative process over many years.
I imagine a lot of this is placeholders when they were trying to figure out the map layout before they start really sculpting the map. This leaked data is a dream come true, can't wait to see what else we see.
@@theboone3848 They also had to stop developing for the Nintendo 64 DD at some point. I'm not sure how long they were developing the with the disk drive in mind, but I imagine there had to be some pretty drastic changes due to having less space than initially planned.
@@stephenfiler3204 hmm it's a fairy fountain, but it's possible. Yet unicorn fountain had a sparkly wall. It's possible it was put in just before final, no idea if it was ever in a demo..
This has a very Zelda 2 esque feel to the design of these levels. Would be so interesting to see this flat vanilla version of OOT. Love this find! Great work.
garlandstrife Actually, looking again at old screenshots, I think it was always blond (aside from the version on the Super Mario 64 engine). It just looked kinda brown to me, cuz some were dark and low-quality. Still, brown hair would be cool, or at least the brown-sleeved version we DID get to see in beta screenshots...
It's such a nice insight into how they started out. These are "boring" first ideas, like the ones we'd come up initially as well. I really feel more motivated by all this. Feels more like an common, organic creative process instead of thinking of them as geniuses that have all these brilliant ideas right off the bat.
Think how long we've come for this man... when you and Richie were doing your first Beta Quest 10 years ago or so, you were discussing about how awesome it would be to see the Unicorn Fountain someday and here we are today, with original Zelda 64 material released every month now, it's truly amazing I think
It's funny how after all these years of endlessly discussing Zelda 64 cut content most of what we saw in early press material wasn't cut at all, just redesigned! The unicorn fountain likely being just an iteration of the early fairy fountain shown in the video is some closure that I never thought I needed.
Note that the map imports being shown here are very much preliminary--it will take a lot more work to get things like the animated textures and the actors working. Don't worry, those elements are in the dump, just harder to import into a retail build!
@@undeadknight01 The beta versions of the actors are gone, but the references to them in the scenes are there. For example, "spawn actor 0x8C at ". The thing is, 0x8C may have been a tree at that time for example, but since the actor numbers have changed, now 0x8C may be some random enemy or NPC, or it may not exist and immediately crash. So, for this version, z64me just took out all references to the actors. The shaders are gone but the textures that would have been animated are there. That's why all the animated texture stuff looks wonky in this import, z64me is just using shaders from the final game, which will sometimes result in the wrong animation speed or things like that.
I think they thought epona would be rode all the time thus having wider distances, but eventually decide to balance the layout more to be walkable on foot and more vertical (making you zig zag around more detailed environments)
I can't believe this is happening. This, and the Gigaleak... it's insane. I honestly NEVER thought we would ever get a anything from Zelda64, or if by chance a dev cart popped up on ebay, the buyer would probably hoard it, which is worse than getting nothing at all.
Kinda weird to think me finding your videos back in the old beta hunting videos to now seeing you cover these just comes full circle kinda insane we live in this timeline.
This makes me appreciate OoT all the more. To start this simple yet end up with an amazing level of detail (for the time) and attention to detail in the final game.
These are so interesting. I think it comes through that the designers didn't really understand how to utilise 3D space yet. It's incredible that they managed to pull it all together for Ocarina.
I know it wasn't shown here, but I find it so funny that Death Mountain looks nearly identical to it's final counterpart when everything else is so distinctly different
It really makes you appreciate how much effort got put into ocarina of time. The beta models look like things that were in a lot of n64 games. Meanwhile, nintendo knocked out this textured, atmospheric, masterwork on their first try.
I know quite a bit of people got excited about the fairy fountain at first because of the infamous unicorn fountain, but honestly, judging from the screen caps of it that exist, it seems to me that the unicorn fountain might’ve been from a later build that hasn’t been uncovered yet. Unless I’m incorrect...
its interesting because it was nintendo really learning how to deal with 3d. I know they built the ground work with Mario 64, but its easier making cartoony games, this was their first real effort into making a story driven "realistic" 3d experience, and its amazing to see how different their starting ideas where to the end product
These side by sides...the nostalgia. It is so surreal it's absolutely insane that this is happening. I never thought we'd see the day. At 3:11 it's crazy to me to see this (or any of this really) in full high quality next to the old grainy photos. All this time I thought that shape in the distance were just ominous hills or mountains, but it was a fully textured brick wall akin to some old Windows screensaver. It's just crazy to be able to fully and undeniably identify any obscure shapes from the old screenshots over 22 years later. Like how in the left part of the screenshot, you can see the broken part of the brick wall (which made me think it was a distant mountain) that is seen in the footage. I can't get over this. A huge mystery for so long is finally being revealed. Literally feels like my whole life wondering what might have been. This game came out when I was 6 and finally at 28 I get to see all this gold
Interesting how the toombstones actually have crosses on them. This is back when the Zelda world had a lot of quasi-christian elements in it. Like that old concept art of Link praying in a church in front of a crucifix, and his shield having a cross on it as well. Can't help but wonder how cool it might have been if Zelda ended up being some kind of Narnia style fantasy instead of what we got. Making something original was probably for the best, but still cool to think about..
That was my favorite aspect of the earlier zelda games, sadly that was the era where the government weaponized conservative parents who wanted to limit the reach of japanese media, just like how they limited toy company related media, they got rid of transformers and gi joe, so they created a vaccuum that would be later filled with pokemon, and since nintendo never had any interest in butting heads over screeching americans in things that don't affect their overall games anyway, they gave up on the whole christian aspect of the zelda games.
The early version seems to follow TLOZ1's design a lot more. The maps are surrounded by land and only have tiny exists to go from one to another. It kinda makes you appreciate the final product a lot more. It looks so much better in the final game. Compact, but packed with details. That being said, i still really hope that the beta Hyrule Castle Town is still there. Edit: Also the Fairy Fountain way cooler than the final one. Even has an actual fountain.
It's so interesting to see how simplistic a lot of the early maps are. Seems like they were smart about prototyping and not spending too much time making the early versions during development. Also, everything is so huge! Is that because the game was originally planned for the 64DD?
This is such an incredible discovery. Like many others, I grew up with OOT so seeing it's previously unknown roots is so exciting. Can't wait to see more of your videos!
Ever since I was a kid I've been obsessed with beta zelda 64 content and I hold it very dear to my heart. I'm not generally a big youtube watcher but after getting to know the hard4games crew through these fantastic videos over the past year I'm so happy I get to a tour through this content by this channel - it's the only one that I'd ever accept! This leak is a dream come true! Thanks H4G you guys are the absolute best.
More than 20 years later and people are still feverishly working to unearth Nintendo's first drafts of what would become one of the best games of all time. Nintendo should release a special edition of OoT that includes several Beta versions. They'd probably make a fortune.
Over the years, I always thought the two most amazing betas that could ever be found were Sonic 1 and Zelda 64. Now, 2021 hits, and more light has been shed on the development of both within a couple weeks! Thanks for sharing this awesome stuff, Tony, Z64me, CDiFails, & All involved with this preservation project!
I wonder could some data recovery company dig even more stuff from inder the F-Zero X data. I mean atleast with flash drives and HDDs you'l have to overwrite quite a few times before data is really gone.
I can't believe that I'm actually laying my eyes on the Holy Grail itself! It sucks that half of it is gone though. I really hope that it ends up in the public's hands someday.
My jaw dropped yesterday when I saw this. I really like how it seems as if Nintendo wanted to create a certain experience for the player by making him/her feel tiny in a huge world unlike in the final game where everything is more regular sized. This is definitely a Holy grail. Love your videos Tony and I also love that Aquaman theme in the background, Mega Man 8 sure is underrated.
Over 100 maps?? Duuude we're so much closer to an actual playable build of Zelda 64. I've been waiting for this shit for so damn long, it's insane what's happening right now
Man I really wish Nintendo would just release all beta content like this for oot. I know they never will, but they’d be pleasing so many fans by letting us have a real glimpse in oot’s history other than a handful of poor quality pictures and vhs video clips from the 90s.
Seems like they originally wanted to push the whole N64 can handle bigger worlds faster then playstation thing. Makes sense given the way FFVII was advertised
This is so cool!! I hope the forset is in there from the old screenshots where link is there with a ghost. I remember watching that and couldn't wait to play that! :)
Is it possible that there are more out there that are partially overwritten but a different set of data so it can start to be pieced together beyond this half?
The fact that they re did pretty much every area of the game in a year tells a lot about the development of this game. Miyamoto may have got pissed at the simplicity of the world and the waste of space.
Outstanding and some exceptionally gifted individuals that are helping bring this to life. Thanks also for presenting it, a real joy to see such an early iteration!
i remember seeing some old villager models, maybe those would fit in kakiriko. there was an image of a girl next to the lake hylia in an old photo. matches closer to the style in the prototype kakiriko map
hey man this is great, sad that there wasn't more of the build but what's here seems to be really interesting, if it's possible, could you include renders of the final levels alongside (where the maps may be similar like the fairy fountain) for comparison?
Ey Tony remember your f-zero x expansion video? Funny how we would find a beta on an F-Zero cart after you played F-Zero X DD while showing off an Ura Zelda Gameshark code years ago.
Honestly I'm glad we've gotten any of this. It was supposed to have been erased so the fact anything is salvageable is incredible. Obviously I'd love for the entire rom to have been intact, but I'm looking on the plus side.
These areas look like concept models and the texture on the graves looks like a placeholder, in my opinion. All the graves have the same texture and they feature a cross which I doubt Nintendo would ever allow in a retail game. I'm guessing all this was made to test ideas, kind of like storyboards or animatics in animation. I wonder if the playable version of this was just selectable test levels. But, hey, that's just a theory...
Can’t wait for the rom hacking community to get ahold of some of this stuff. Like I was aware that the medallions were at one point supposed to give powers, some of which got into the final game. Someone could make a really fun Zelda game with those.
As absolutely amazing as this is and i cant wait for more to come out, i tried to look up if there was any interesting stuff on the f zero portion of the cart but i cant seem to find anything, any idea guys?
Man, I really wish devs willingly released all this stuff themselves for preservation and historical purposes, it’s all just too damn interesting.
Problem is they likely don't have access to most of this stuff anymore. A lot of the development hardware for OOT probably was reused in other games like F-Zero so all that's left are half erased remnants. Data storage wasn't that big back then either so much like the original Japanese audio track for Dragonball Z where it was lost to save physical space in some warehouse many early builds were likely erased to save digital space. Were REALLY lucky to keep finding stuff like this and those Pokémon gold/silver betas.
@@reviveempires Nintendo is known to back up a lot of their shit. Gigaleak is major proof of that.
@@eric.waffles And as this F-Zero cart shows, half of this was deleted. They likely don't keep every build, especially given that it was made on proprietary hardware. It would be a miracle to find a full beta or alpha build of many games by the company. We don't know how much is lost and how much they have. Just consider yourself lucky that the fanbase has as much as it does and hope that more comes out. It'd be nice if Nintendo did release what they have, but they have no obligation to spend the time and money searching their records and warehouses.
Whatever the case I'm sure something interesting is still out there waiting, even if its not a full build.
@@reviveempiresThat could very well be for space preservation given that they were developing F-Zero based on assets from Zelda. But I'm referring to official archives, which is what Gigaleak came from. This is simply scraps that are leftover from a repurposed dev cartridge.
@@eric.waffles They keep backups of source code of their completed projects. There is no way they have saved every version of every piece of code for OoT. It is simply impossible, and pointless for them anyway. This game was developed in an iterative process over many years.
The whole OOT project is pretty interesting... at one point seems they scrapped about 90% of the game and completely started over
This happens a lot in development. Not just of games, but nearly anything. Things change, direction changes, art style, ideas, implementations, etc...
I hear Miyomoto is notorious for changing his direction, even late in development
I imagine a lot of this is placeholders when they were trying to figure out the map layout before they start really sculpting the map. This leaked data is a dream come true, can't wait to see what else we see.
@@theboone3848 They also had to stop developing for the Nintendo 64 DD at some point. I'm not sure how long they were developing the with the disk drive in mind, but I imagine there had to be some pretty drastic changes due to having less space than initially planned.
The fairy fountain is so interesting, it's definitely close to like the unicorn fountain we've seen.
This has to be the Unicorn Fountain. Just the Unicorn heads were removed when F zero was put in. There's no way it isn't
@@stephenfiler3204 hmm it's a fairy fountain, but it's possible. Yet unicorn fountain had a sparkly wall. It's possible it was put in just before final, no idea if it was ever in a demo..
The fountain in the center is pretty interesting. It makes more sense for fairies to pop up from there than the final version.
This has a very Zelda 2 esque feel to the design of these levels. Would be so interesting to see this flat vanilla version of OOT. Love this find! Great work.
Probably because Zelda 64 started as a 3D remake of Zelda II. That's my guess.
Yeah. I can’t wait for them to get brown-haired Link in this beta world.
@@Schwarzorn that'd be awesome!
garlandstrife
Actually, looking again at old screenshots, I think it was always blond (aside from the version on the Super Mario 64 engine). It just looked kinda brown to me, cuz some were dark and low-quality. Still, brown hair would be cool, or at least the brown-sleeved version we DID get to see in beta screenshots...
@@Schwarzorn It would be so cool if the tech demo running on the SM64 engine surfaced. I prefer brown haired Link over the blond one.
It's such a nice insight into how they started out. These are "boring" first ideas, like the ones we'd come up initially as well. I really feel more motivated by all this.
Feels more like an common, organic creative process instead of thinking of them as geniuses that have all these brilliant ideas right off the bat.
Think how long we've come for this man... when you and Richie were doing your first Beta Quest 10 years ago or so, you were discussing about how awesome it would be to see the Unicorn Fountain someday and here we are today, with original Zelda 64 material released every month now, it's truly amazing I think
That village really reminds me of Zelda 2's towns, it's pretty cool!
I was thinking the exact same thing
The fact that there's no personal info leaking involved make this even more satisfying
You have to keep in mind that reports of personal information leaking were exaggerated.
Cry more about it
I'm missing something, what happened?
@@beardalaxy google the giga leak
@@beardalaxy One of the nintendo leaks contained argonaut office emails between employees.
It's funny how after all these years of endlessly discussing Zelda 64 cut content most of what we saw in early press material wasn't cut at all, just redesigned! The unicorn fountain likely being just an iteration of the early fairy fountain shown in the video is some closure that I never thought I needed.
Note that the map imports being shown here are very much preliminary--it will take a lot more work to get things like the animated textures and the actors working. Don't worry, those elements are in the dump, just harder to import into a retail build!
The actors, shaders and animated textures are still in there? I thought they were all erased?
@@undeadknight01 The beta versions of the actors are gone, but the references to them in the scenes are there. For example, "spawn actor 0x8C at ". The thing is, 0x8C may have been a tree at that time for example, but since the actor numbers have changed, now 0x8C may be some random enemy or NPC, or it may not exist and immediately crash. So, for this version, z64me just took out all references to the actors.
The shaders are gone but the textures that would have been animated are there. That's why all the animated texture stuff looks wonky in this import, z64me is just using shaders from the final game, which will sometimes result in the wrong animation speed or things like that.
I think they thought epona would be rode all the time thus having wider distances, but eventually decide to balance the layout more to be walkable on foot and more vertical (making you zig zag around more detailed environments)
I can't believe this is happening. This, and the Gigaleak... it's insane. I honestly NEVER thought we would ever get a anything from Zelda64, or if by chance a dev cart popped up on ebay, the buyer would probably hoard it, which is worse than getting nothing at all.
These maps will look very different once we figure out how to set up fog lighting and actors, etc.
z64.me/Dr. Disco is working on that
Kinda weird to think me finding your videos back in the old beta hunting videos to now seeing you cover these just comes full circle kinda insane we live in this timeline.
This makes me appreciate OoT all the more. To start this simple yet end up with an amazing level of detail (for the time) and attention to detail in the final game.
These are so interesting. I think it comes through that the designers didn't really understand how to utilise 3D space yet. It's incredible that they managed to pull it all together for Ocarina.
I know it wasn't shown here, but I find it so funny that Death Mountain looks nearly identical to it's final counterpart when everything else is so distinctly different
It really makes you appreciate how much effort got put into ocarina of time. The beta models look like things that were in a lot of n64 games. Meanwhile, nintendo knocked out this textured, atmospheric, masterwork on their first try.
I know quite a bit of people got excited about the fairy fountain at first because of the infamous unicorn fountain, but honestly, judging from the screen caps of it that exist, it seems to me that the unicorn fountain might’ve been from a later build that hasn’t been uncovered yet. Unless I’m incorrect...
The fairy fountain looks like how it does in Majora’s Mask, just minus the fountain in the middle.
its interesting because it was nintendo really learning how to deal with 3d. I know they built the ground work with Mario 64, but its easier making cartoony games, this was their first real effort into making a story driven "realistic" 3d experience, and its amazing to see how different their starting ideas where to the end product
These side by sides...the nostalgia. It is so surreal it's absolutely insane that this is happening. I never thought we'd see the day. At 3:11 it's crazy to me to see this (or any of this really) in full high quality next to the old grainy photos. All this time I thought that shape in the distance were just ominous hills or mountains, but it was a fully textured brick wall akin to some old Windows screensaver. It's just crazy to be able to fully and undeniably identify any obscure shapes from the old screenshots over 22 years later. Like how in the left part of the screenshot, you can see the broken part of the brick wall (which made me think it was a distant mountain) that is seen in the footage. I can't get over this. A huge mystery for so long is finally being revealed. Literally feels like my whole life wondering what might have been. This game came out when I was 6 and finally at 28 I get to see all this gold
Interesting how the toombstones actually have crosses on them. This is back when the Zelda world had a lot of quasi-christian elements in it. Like that old concept art of Link praying in a church in front of a crucifix, and his shield having a cross on it as well.
Can't help but wonder how cool it might have been if Zelda ended up being some kind of Narnia style fantasy instead of what we got. Making something original was probably for the best, but still cool to think about..
That was my favorite aspect of the earlier zelda games, sadly that was the era where the government weaponized conservative parents who wanted to limit the reach of japanese media, just like how they limited toy company related media, they got rid of transformers and gi joe, so they created a vaccuum that would be later filled with pokemon, and since nintendo never had any interest in butting heads over screeching americans in things that don't affect their overall games anyway, they gave up on the whole christian aspect of the zelda games.
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Im a lot happier with what we have now
Gives me hope that stuff like this is still being found.
The early version seems to follow TLOZ1's design a lot more.
The maps are surrounded by land and only have tiny exists to go from one to another.
It kinda makes you appreciate the final product a lot more. It looks so much better in the final game. Compact, but packed with details.
That being said, i still really hope that the beta Hyrule Castle Town is still there.
Edit: Also the Fairy Fountain way cooler than the final one. Even has an actual fountain.
It's so interesting to see how simplistic a lot of the early maps are. Seems like they were smart about prototyping and not spending too much time making the early versions during development. Also, everything is so huge! Is that because the game was originally planned for the 64DD?
Something kinda eerie about the beta graveyard
This is such an incredible discovery. Like many others, I grew up with OOT so seeing it's previously unknown roots is so exciting. Can't wait to see more of your videos!
I'm truly satisfied watching, glad to know more. Zelda 64 is my dream to see it all
Ever since I was a kid I've been obsessed with beta zelda 64 content and I hold it very dear to my heart. I'm not generally a big youtube watcher but after getting to know the hard4games crew through these fantastic videos over the past year I'm so happy I get to a tour through this content by this channel - it's the only one that I'd ever accept!
This leak is a dream come true! Thanks H4G you guys are the absolute best.
I went on a beta quest binge last night when you started talking about this new beta footage. Thank you Tony for everything you do for the channel.
More than 20 years later and people are still feverishly working to unearth Nintendo's first drafts of what would become one of the best games of all time. Nintendo should release a special edition of OoT that includes several Beta versions. They'd probably make a fortune.
Ive been following this channel since I was in middle school, im 20 now and H4G was the first thing I thought about
This really shows how much they improved Ocarina of Time for the release version. It's amazing
Since we only have half the content. Shall we call the ROM "The Legend of Zelda 32" ?
hahahahaha
no
I know you're more excited than this Tony we've been waiting years to find this
My man is tired. He has been working hard on this
Over the years, I always thought the two most amazing betas that could ever be found were Sonic 1 and Zelda 64. Now, 2021 hits, and more light has been shed on the development of both within a couple weeks! Thanks for sharing this awesome stuff, Tony, Z64me, CDiFails, & All involved with this preservation project!
I wonder could some data recovery company dig even more stuff from inder the F-Zero X data.
I mean atleast with flash drives and HDDs you'l have to overwrite quite a few times before data is really gone.
Christmas came again huh? Really excited to finally see all this being this is the first game I played as a kid.
I can't believe that I'm actually laying my eyes on the Holy Grail itself! It sucks that half of it is gone though. I really hope that it ends up in the public's hands someday.
My jaw dropped yesterday when I saw this. I really like how it seems as if Nintendo wanted to create a certain experience for the player by making him/her feel tiny in a huge world unlike in the final game where everything is more regular sized. This is definitely a Holy grail.
Love your videos Tony and I also love that Aquaman theme in the background, Mega Man 8 sure is underrated.
Over 100 maps?? Duuude we're so much closer to an actual playable build of Zelda 64. I've been waiting for this shit for so damn long, it's insane what's happening right now
Man I really wish Nintendo would just release all beta content like this for oot. I know they never will, but they’d be pleasing so many fans by letting us have a real glimpse in oot’s history other than a handful of poor quality pictures and vhs video clips from the 90s.
Damn. Imagine if we had the full thing. Very cool to see Beta content regardless
These look like the engine was still very close to the Mario64 engine, lots of work had to go into the game to make it what we finally got.
We've wanted this for 20 years! There should be millions of views on these videos
Seems like they originally wanted to push the whole N64 can handle bigger worlds faster then playstation thing. Makes sense given the way FFVII was advertised
This is so cool!! I hope the forset is in there from the old screenshots where link is there with a ghost. I remember watching that and couldn't wait to play that! :)
it seems like they were in somewhat in a rsuh to get at least some footage out to hype the game up, these buildings and areas look alot like mockups
Dude!! Excellent job!! Thank you for what you do
Wow we are definitely closer than just close to restore it
I appreciate the update Tony. looking forward to seeing what surfaces next!
Is it possible that there are more out there that are partially overwritten but a different set of data so it can start to be pieced together beyond this half?
I was waiting for your video. This is definitely mind-blowing and a huge leak for the channel!
All of them look like custom Counter Strike maps
They could be now
*I’M NOT CRYING... YOU’RE CRYING!*
This is a really cool map even if it is basic in ways. Thanks for sharing this incredible find Tony!
If only half of it wasn't written over, it would be insane if we had a full build
The fact that they re did pretty much every area of the game in a year tells a lot about the development of this game. Miyamoto may have got pissed at the simplicity of the world and the waste of space.
Outstanding and some exceptionally gifted individuals that are helping bring this to life. Thanks also for presenting it, a real joy to see such an early iteration!
These are my favorite kinda topics!
Wow. It's odd to see how flat it all is.
It's like seeing the rough draft. I love it.
Absolutely incredible! It’s literally a dream come true!
In H4G we trust 😁✊
Was watching these pop up last night. Amazing stuff.
I can sort of hear whispers of the thought processes that went on as they were developing their design philosophy from 2D to 3D.
i remember seeing some old villager models, maybe those would fit in kakiriko.
there was an image of a girl next to the lake hylia in an old photo.
matches closer to the style in the prototype kakiriko map
This is awesome! The Fairy Fountain looks great though omg 🥺
That is awesome. Great this was found. Thanks for the vid!
Can't wait for gamexplain to steal this guys video again!
Looking forward to further restoration from the scraps
we've compiled so much OoT beta assets. somebody should make like a museum mod to showcase it all in one package.
hey man this is great, sad that there wasn't more of the build but what's here seems to be really interesting, if it's possible, could you include renders of the final levels alongside (where the maps may be similar like the fairy fountain) for comparison?
Ey Tony remember your f-zero x expansion video? Funny how we would find a beta on an F-Zero cart after you played F-Zero X DD while showing off an Ura Zelda Gameshark code years ago.
I can't wait to see more please keep us updated
awesome stuff tony
I'm just depressed that most of the code is gone
Honestly I'm glad we've gotten any of this. It was supposed to have been erased so the fact anything is salvageable is incredible. Obviously I'd love for the entire rom to have been intact, but I'm looking on the plus side.
This is fascinating, thanks for sharing. I wonder if the guys at Nintendo follow this stuff? :)
It was a remake of zelda 2 in 3d originally which explains a lot of the features like the copied and pasted flat village with the same set up.
I glad to see all these maps! I want to see more!👍
It seems that this version was done just for exhibition/presentation purposes.
Tony you are a hero, and i truly admire your work. Same goes for Dr. Disco. Keep it up!
Amazing, can’t wait for more.
I've also heard that Hyrule Field was massively overhauled at some point. I'm curious if that's in the dump or not.
@Nicholas Reel its in the dump as scene46
Mega Man 8 music make me happy.
Thanks for that, i was wondering all along.
These areas look like concept models and the texture on the graves looks like a placeholder, in my opinion. All the graves have the same texture and they feature a cross which I doubt Nintendo would ever allow in a retail game. I'm guessing all this was made to test ideas, kind of like storyboards or animatics in animation. I wonder if the playable version of this was just selectable test levels. But, hey, that's just a theory...
hopefully with this we will see a beta recreation soon
now this is actual Beta Questing as oppose to Gameshark codes
The fountain looks like the ones in majoras mask
Tony, I love you. Will you marry me? or at least tell me all your secrets?
Maybe one of these days we'll get the entire beta build.
I’m so excited to see these beta elements of Ocarina of Time. 🥰
I guess we all want to see more !
It's no DeepState KrakenSphere 64, but I guess it's kinda cool
Now we need to find the Zelda 64 dev cart that overwrote the F-Zero data. Maybe we'll find the missing half of Zelda 64.
Can’t wait for the rom hacking community to get ahold of some of this stuff.
Like I was aware that the medallions were at one point supposed to give powers, some of which got into the final game. Someone could make a really fun Zelda game with those.
First update on my recommend?
Subbed.
Ever closer to that Mother 3 N64 beta.
As absolutely amazing as this is and i cant wait for more to come out, i tried to look up if there was any interesting stuff on the f zero portion of the cart but i cant seem to find anything, any idea guys?
The fzero rom was the same as the retail rom i think
The village looks like something out of a serious sam game.