Prerelease:Chameleon Twist

This page details pre-release information and/or media for Chameleon Twist.

To do: Most of the footage shown are all almost blurry, meaning that it's hard to tell the differences here. There is still more footage and comparisons out there. None of the footage seen have dates on when development was made. The reddit link might need to change since it's an only source to the early Ant Land image. Famimaga 64 January 1997 coverage: [3].

Chameleon Twist had a lot of changes in it's development, featuring never before seen levels, enemies, and tons of altered stuff that has not been seen in the final version. Before it was called Chameleon Twist, the game was originally supposed to be called Chameleon Kid, not to be confused with "Kid Chameleon" created by Sega.

Tech Demo / Target Renders

This is the earliest known version of Chameleon Twist out there.

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  This image shows Davy (In his earliest version) about to ride around a pole in a supposed basic test level.

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  A Man!ac 39 magazine page featuring the tech demo renders and the early name. It also features an early fly enemy.

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  Upscaled version of the same image.

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  Same thing as the last two, but high quality.

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  Ditto.

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  Ditto.

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  Ditto.

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  Shows a level featuring fish enemies not present in the final game. Davy also appears, but more tubby like. The tongue mechanic is being used, but we can't tell if Davy or the fish is using it due to how early in develop it is.

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  An unseen fish enemy.

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  Davy (Appearing almost in his complete version) grabbing the unseen fish enemy with his tongue.

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  A never before seen supposed boss.

Famimaga 64 9 (November 1996)

A Japanese Famimaga article featuring some early gameplay, including two unused test levels and enemies.

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  The piece found in the article.

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  An early level featuring Davy using his tongue.

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  Two images showing how Davy will get hurt from an unseen enemy.

Super Power 045 (December 1996)

A French Super Power article featuring more early gameplay, the title might have misspelled "Chameleon Twist" with "Cameleon Twist".

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  The Article, with the title of "Cameleon Twist" instead of "Chameleon Twist".

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  Featuring some early multiplayer gameplay with Two Davys, probably a placeholder for the other chameleons.

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  Unseen fish-like enemies and an early Davy model.

Joypad 060 (January 1997)

A French Japan News Joypad article featuring early gameplay, early Davy and Linda, an unseen fish-like enemy, early levels, and it's early name.

64 Magazine 04

An English 64 Magazine article featuring more early gameplay which shows an early version of Linda who's taller and without her bow. It also features an unseen artwork of Davy. This article's date is unknown.

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  The whole English article.

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  Shows an early version of Linda in the unseen test level.

IGN Videos

Footage on YouTube from IGN shows early gameplay footage of Chameleon Twist.

Video #1

The game seems to be at it's earliest state of development.

Notable aspects such as:

• Davy is slightly taller.
• Enemies are found possibly not in final game.
• Level shown appears to be a test level.
• Music is not in the final version.
• The tongue is always red.

Video #2

Notable aspects:

• Davy is slightly taller.
• Enemies are found possibly not in final game.
• Level shown appears to be a test level.
• Music is not in the final version.
• The tongue is always red.
• Davy plays an animation that is not seen in the final game.

Video #3

Notable aspects:

• Davy is slightly taller.
• Levels shown are not in the final version.
• Music is not in the final version.
• The tongue is always red.
• The tongue high jump is higher compared to the final game.
• The game's camera follows the chameleon's jump from the bottom, making platforming quite hard.

Video #4

Notable aspects:

• Davy is slightly taller.
• Levels shown are not in the final version.
• Enemies are found possibly not in final game.
• Music is not in the final version.
• The tongue is always red.
• The tongue high jump is higher compared to the final game.
• Davy can swallow huge enemies rather than the small enemies in the final version.
• The player can move the camera freely in the early version.

Video #5

Notable aspects:

• The chameleons are slightly taller.
• Levels shown are not in the final version.
• Enemies are found possibly not in final game.
• Music is not in the final version.
• The tongue is always red.
• The tongue high jump is higher compared to the final game.
• Multiplayer was actually like story mode with other players, it was changed to be only for the battle stages instead.
• Emotes were scrapped.
• Linda is shown in this footage, but she lacks her bow and looks like a recolor of Davy.

Video #6

Notable aspects:

• Davy is slightly taller.
• Levels shown are not in the final version.
• Enemies are found possibly not in final game.
• Music is not in the final version.
• The tongue is always red.
• The tongue high jump is higher compared to the final game.
• Walkable slopes aren't present in the final version.
• The game's camera follows the chameleon's jump from the bottom, making platforming quite hard.

Video #7

Notable aspects:

• Davy is slightly taller.
• Levels shown are not in the final version. (Appears to be resembling to the first level in it's sequel.)
• Music is not in the final version.
• The tongue is always red.
• The tongue high jump is higher compared to the final game.
• The game's camera follows the chameleon's jump from the bottom, making platforming quite hard.
• A few poles can be seen floating in mid-air.

Video #8

Notable aspects:

• Davy is slightly taller and has early and fast animations.
• Level shown appears to be a test level.
• Music is not in the final version.

Video #9

Notable aspects:

• Davy is slightly taller and has early and fast animations.
• Levels shown are not in the final version.
• Music is not in the final version.
• Davy holds an electric effect not seen in the final version.
• Davy has a siren on his head, possibly a scrapped power-up.
• The game's camera follows the chameleon's jump from the bottom, making platforming quite hard.
• Walkable slopes aren't present in the final version.

Video #10

The game is reaching close to it's final version.

Notable aspects:

• No music present.
• Some of the level textures have been changed in the final version.

Logo

Pre-release (IGN)	Final

The logo for the game, which features a light blueish color on the word "TWIST" than the final version. The word "CHAMELEON" is all yellow.

Early and Unseen Chameleon Designs / Concepts / Artworks

Unseen Davy Art

An unseen artwork of Davy.

Unnamed Greenish Yellowish Chameleon

A rather early design featuring a greenish yellowish chameleon, could be possibly either Jack or Fred.

Unnamed Orange Reddish Chameleon

An artwork featuring an orange reddish Chameleon hitting an unseen fish-like enemy at Davy, supposedly could be Fred?

Early Ant Land (May 1997)

An article piece from The Official Nintendo Magazine UK - Issue 56 (May 1997). It shows an early version of the second stage "Ant Land", containing some early enemies and textures.

Pre-release (Nintendo Magazine UK - Issue 56)	Final

Early designs for the ant enemies which feature a pinkish color instead of a grayish color.