Proto:Master of Darkness

This page details one or more prototype versions of Master of Darkness.

Vampire is a prototype build of Master of Darkness that was dumped by the Image/Helsinki/Finland Group on September 5, 1999. Aside from the name, though, the only real differences are some spelling and punctuation that were fixed for the released game.

Title Screen

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At this stage of development, the game was titled Vampire, which more closely aligns itself with the Game Gear version's Japanese name In the Wake of Vampire. The ornate V in a box also comes from the Japanese Game Gear version's title screen.

Round 1

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"Theams" was fixed to "Thames".

Text Differences

The storyline is the same, but the text is slightly different.

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FLOATING IN MID-AIR WAS A STRANGELY FAMILIAR HUMAN FIGURE. IT WAS COUNT MASSEN!	THE STRANGELY FAMILIAR FIGURE WHO WAS FLOATING IN MID-AIR WAS COUNT MASSEN!
BUT NOW HE FOUND HIMSELF IN THE MIDDLE OF A LABYRINTH OF INCREDIBLE COMPLEXITY	BUT NOW HE FOUND HIMSELF IN THE MIDDLE OF A LABYRINTH OF INCREDIBLE COMPLEXITY.
MEDDLERS! YOU'VE KILLED MY WARRIORS. YOU SHALL PAY!	MEDDLER! YOU'VE KILLED MY WARRIORS. YOU SHALL PAY!
HA HA!FOOLS! YOU THINK THAT YOU CAN ESCAPE MY CASTLE?	HA HA!FOOL! YOU THINK THAT YOU CAN ESCAPE MY CASTLE?
HEE HEE !!! YOU'RE BRAVE TO COME THIS FAR, BUT YOU CAN'T HOPE TO DESTROY THIS PLACE	HEE HEE !!! YOU'RE BRAVE TO COME THIS FAR, BUT YOU CAN'T HOPE TO DESTROY THIS PLACE.
THIS IS CASTLE DRACULA! IN A DARK WOOD IN TRANSYLVANIA	THIS IS CASTLE DRACULA,IN THE FOREST OF TRANSYLVANIA.
YOU WILL NEVER FIND YOUR WAY BACK TO YOUR ENGLAND	YOU WILL NEVER FIND YOUR WAY BACK TO YOUR ENGLAND.