Hi, guys. I'm in the process of researching all of the Power Rangers protos, and I've found quite a few differences between the early builds and the final build of MMPR for Genesis.

I'm edging towards the idea that the first game MAY have started off as a Zyuranger game  (the show MMPR is based on) and that quickly changed to jump on the MMPR Mania train.. though this may be false.

My friend thinks that a 16-Bit Zyuranger game very well could've been on the cards, subsequently got canceled during development, then some time later when the Power Rangers wave hit they were like "Hey, do you still have those prototypes?" and started retooling it for MMPR.

For example, the earliest build (July 08, 1994) has no sound whatsoever, so either it's nonexistent, or it's just been dummied out.

The next build however (July 18, 1994) has an [b:9788167dcc]almost completely different soundtrack than the final version![/b:9788167dcc]

 It also contains beta attack voices, using a different Ranger "Group Voice" than the final, in addition to ENEMY attack voices with rather Japanese sounding names, like "SMASH BOMBER!" or "SHINE MISSILE!"

The voices and music all subsequently changed in the next couple of builds.


I don't know much at all about Sega hacking, but would it be possible to see if the July 08, 1994 build actually contains any sound at all? I'm thinking that since the Sound Test options are there, maybe the sound has just been dummied out for this build?

 It's either a Zyuranger game was planned or the voices were only added in the next build as placeholder sounds, until the US Power Ranger voices had been recorded.

Thanks for your help in advance. I feel I've got as far as I can with my skills so severely lacking, but I'm glad I've found some beta stuff anyhow.

In any case, looking at the earliest build (Jul 08, 1994) in a hex editor reveals what is probably either the date of a previous build, or the date when they first started making it in the first place. It lists a date of [b:9788167dcc]October, 1993[/b:9788167dcc]

If this October 1993 build even exists, it'd be incredibly informative to take a peek inside!

You don't have any other prototypes, do you, drx?