Forgotten Worlds (Arcade)

Forgotten Worlds is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up game, and the first game to use the Capcom CPS-1 board.

That's pretty neat.

Stage 1


Some strange organic mountains that should have appeared in the first half of Level 1. Interestingly, they appear in a screenshot on the arcade flyer.



A background of animated gears that would have been used in the second half of the stage.

Stage 4+5


Broken versions of the pillars that appear in the background.



Evidently the golden half-spheres were meant to open up. Probably to let some enemy out.



These are foreground versions of the pillars and statues that appear in the background.

Stage 7


Foreground tiles featuring a nice-looking dragon.



A gate that would probably be used before the previous unused tiles appeared.

Stage 8


Another victim of Capcom's anti-door opening animation policy. The doors are always open in the final game.

Miscellaneous


It says Vitality Max. As if you couldn't tell that. No idea what this could have been used for.



Two hand cursors. Intended for the shop, maybe.

Title Screen
In addition to the logo change, the Capcom copyright info uses a unique font in the Japanese version. The international versions also add the highest score to the top of the screen.

Starting Satellite
In all other versions of the game but the U.S. one, the player starts off with the V-Cannon satellite.

In the U.S. game, the player starts with no satellite at all, making the start of the game more difficult.

Item Shop


In Lost Worlds, Sylphie bows to the player(s) when they enter the shop. She also blinks occasionally.

In Forgotten Worlds, Sylphie isn't animated at all. She just stares with cold, unblinking eyes.

She also has some voice clips in Lost World. Apparently the localization team couldn't get a female voice actress.

Finally, there are noises for purchasing and failing to purchase an item in the Japanese game.

Dress Item
The final shop's inventory is different between versions. While Forgotten Worlds has a Unit Stone, Lost Worlds has a unique item: The Dress / Clothes.



It costs 99900 Zennys, tied with the Homing Laser for most expensive item in the game.

Its only purpose is to give the player an extra 1,000,000 points at the end of the game.

The item description + purchase text are probably why it was removed. They weren't translated at all in Forgotten Worlds, though the untranslated item name "FUKU" remains in memory at.