> So was Pastel Island ever finished, or is this prototype the only known existing
> version of the game out there? Were there any test versions that were further in
> development?
>
Shou is going to do some digging.
This should be the final build of a game that was never released, but based on this US flyer it doens't have some features that can be seen in the screenshots, and seems more incomplete.
I guess it's possible development carried on outside of Japan or something.
Or it's like LED Storm / Trog, where earlier versions of the games had more features / interesting game mechanics, and then they were stripped away for something more generic because arcade players were kinda dumb (and in this case, the game was eventually cancelled) The Android prototype discovered the previous year had the same fate, the earlier version being a much more interesting game than what it evolved into, with some debate over if the 'final' version was ever released or not. Player feedback based on limited testing is not always good for game development or innovation (some of the Atari documents about the development of Guardians of the Hood really highlight this and how obsessions with certain other games basically turned it into the garbage we got)
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