This is the third of a bunch of prototypes I am releasing via the Video Game History Foundation. This prototype of Tom & Jerry is very close to final, and I did not observe any visual differences after playing the first two levels of the game. I also took this opportunity to look at a scene release prototype, which dates before the one I am releasing and has a few minor differences that are noticeable.

This is the second of a bunch of prototypes I am releasing via the Video Game History Foundation. This is a localization prototype of Metal Jack. This game was slated to be released in North America, but was canceled for unknown reasons. A prototype of what was likely the final version of the game was leaked many years ago. This prototype is partially localized, and still retains many parts of the original Japanese version.

I have some exciting news. I have received a number of SNES prototypes via the Video Game History Foundation that I will be releasing over the next few weeks or so. Some are mundane, but some are quite fascinating. The first one is one of the mundane ones - one chip (out of 6) of a Secret of Evermore prototype. It is definitely different from final, but without the other chips, there is not much that can be investigated. Stay tuned for more. ;)

Tony from Hard4Games has sent me a near final prototype of the European exclusive Jelly Boy. You can check out the Hard4Games video detailing the prototype here.

Today is a big day, as it marks the 20th anniversary of SNES Central. Little did I know when I created a basic, yellow coloured website with frames in my university dorm room, that it would morph into a large database that is used by countless SNES fans. I thank everyone for visiting, and for the many contributors that made this all possible!

2020 was a pretty tough year for me, so I did not make as much progress on the site as I had hoped. However, I have made some progress on creating a database system for SNES Central. There is quite a bit of work left to do, but I can report that progress is being made and I am hopeful that by this time next year that it will be ready and that content will be moved to it. By having a database system, it will become substantially easier to update this site, which in its current form is difficult to link and track things.

As a bit of a content update, I decided to make some short pages on a few of the unreleased SNES games that have come out during the past couple of years. Enjoy!

• Atmosfear
• Cooly Skunk
• Gargoyles

I recently purchased a prototype of Super SWIV. It turned out to be an almost final prototype of the Japanese version of the game. I wrote up a short article for the release.