Ed Semrad Lot

Ed Semrad is one of the earliest big names in video game journalism. His earlier writing credits date back to the early 80s when he was a technical writer for The Milwaukee Journal’s “Video Adventures” column. During his time there he wrote reviews on some of the video game console industry’s earliest titles for the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, and Commodore 64.

Frank Cifaldi from the Video Game History Foundation was invited to come to digitize Ed’s collection of video game history. Aside from some awesome swag, he collected during his long career in the business, he saved quite a few NES, Atari 2600, and Sega prototypes.

This release was brought to you by Frank Cifaldi from the Video Game History Foundation.

Other releases have been distributed to SMSPower.org and AtariProtos.com.

Prototypes (Unique Builds):

	System	Date	Retail release dates
Crazy Land (May 27, 1991 prototype)	NES	27 May 1991	JP Aug 9, 1991 EU 1993 US Unreleased
Frogger II: ThreeeDeep! (Jun 15, 1984 prototype)	ColecoVision	15 June 1984	US Oct 1984 EU Nov 1984
Galaxy 5000: Racing in the 51st Century (Prototype)	NES		JP Unreleased EU 1992 US Feb 1991
Hoops (Prototype)	NES		JP Nov 22, 1988 EU 1991 US Jun 1989
Iron Tank: The Invasion of Normandy (Prototype)	NES		JP Jul 29, 1988 EU 1991 US Jul 1988
King's Quest: Quest for the Crown (Feb 3, 1989 prototype)	Sega Master System	3 February 1989	US Jul 1, 1989
Monopoly (Apr 22, 1988 prototype)	Sega Master System	22 April 1988	US Sep 1988 EU 1988
R.B.I. Baseball 2 (Mar 7, 1990 prototype)	NES	7 March 1990	JP Unreleased EU Unreleased US 1990
Rally Bike (Prototype B)	NES	26 February 1990	JP Jun 15, 1990 EU Unreleased US Sep 1990
RoadBlasters (Prototype)	NES		JP Unreleased EU 1990 US Jan 1990
Shadow of the Ninja (Oct 16, 1990 prototype)	NES	16 October 1990	JP Aug 10, 1990 EU Jul 25, 1991 US Dec 1990
SilkWorm (Prototype)	NES	25 May 1990	JP Unreleased EU Unreleased US Jun 1990
Star Wars: The Arcade Game (Apr 12, 1984 prototype)	ColecoVision	12 April 1984	US Jun 1984
Super Monaco GP Sega Master System (Jul 18, 1990 prototype)	Sega Master System		US Sep 1990 EU 1990

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