Proto:Menace Beach
This page details one or more prototype versions of Menace Beach.
When Menace Beach was rereleased as Sunday Funday, it included an extra game called Fish Fall which was a modified version of Free Fall, a previously unreleased game. The source code to Free Fall was eventually released by Roger Deforest, artist and programmer at Color Dreams. Included in the archive were two ROMs of Free Fall and a work-in-progress standalone ROM of Fish Fall.
Title Screen
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In Free Fall, the objective is to catch falling people, while in Fish Fall they were naturally changed into fish. The prototypes show the music on/off option ("ROCK IT!"/"SHUT UP!"), except for the earliest ROM.
Graphical Differences
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The earliest prototype has some minor graphical glitches: the animation of the person waving doesn't display properly, and the right hand has a couple of incorrect tiles. The final version shifted the hands up a bit to make room for some Bible verses and instructions.
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A number of graphics were redrawn for the later version of Free Fall, and again for Fish Fall.
Credits
The credits were shortened for Fish Fall.
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DESIGNED, PROGRAMMED, PIXELIZED, AND SCORED BY: ROGER DEFOREST WITH INVALUABLE HELP FROM: VANCE KOZIK, JIM TREADWAY, TONY BERRIOS, DAVID BRAUN, GORDON JUNG, DAN BURKE, AND SCOTT DUCKETT COSMIC SANITY SUPPLIED BY: THE MYSTERIOUS AMY EHMANN |
DESIGNED, PROGRAMMED, PIXELIZED, AND SCORED BY: ROGER DEFOREST ADDITIONAL CODING AND ARTWORK BY VANCE AND DEBBIE |
"Vance" is Vance Kozik, who is listed in the early credits and had also programmed Menace Beach. It is not known who "Debbie" refers to.
