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A prototype of X-Men: Next Dimension for the PlayStation 2.
A prototype of X-Men: Next Dimension for the PlayStation 2.
==Notes==
==Notes==
* An NTSC-U preview build dated around two and a half months before the final.
 
* Title screen and loading screens are much more primitive in appearance.
*An NTSC-U preview build dated around two and a half months before the final.
* Many characters seem to be locked for the preview build.
*Title screen and loading screens are much more primitive in appearance.
* Miscellaneous Notes:
*Cheat Codes don't work
** Game is emulatable (in PCSX2): Yes (as of March 17, 2021).
*Credits button just shows Paradox logo again
** Game contains dongle protection: No.
*Character portraits look different (uncannily so)
*There's a yellow X next to the credits icon
*There are no alternate costumes selectable
*Practice mode forces you into the Danger Room stage
*Survival mode isn't available
*Taunts don't build meter
*Super combo inputs are simplified
*Many characters seem to be locked for the preview build.
*Cyclops default costume is different
*Toad's hair is lime green
*Combo strings are shown in the movelist, unlike the final game
*When using L1+button to transfer meter sectors, the characters still punch and kick when doing the input
*Toad's Saliva Slap is done through back back + Square, different than the final game
*Toad's front flop is done through forward forward + Cross , different than the final game
*Toad's Froglef Drill is done through Air diagonal down + Cross, different than the final game
*Miscellaneous Notes:
**Game is emulatable (in PCSX2): Yes (as of March 17, 2021).
**Game contains dongle protection: No.
 
==Screenshots==
==Screenshots==
<center><gallery heights="256" widths="224">
<center><gallery heights="256" widths="224">
XMen-Jul07Preview-1.png|Title screen
File:XMen-Jul07Preview-1.png|Title screen
XMen-Jul07Preview-2.png|Menus
File:XMen-Jul07Preview-2.png|Menus
XMen-Jul07Preview-3.png|Gameplay
File:XMen-Jul07Preview-3.png|Gameplay
</gallery></center>
</gallery></center>
==Origin==
==Origin==
<center><gallery mode="packed">
<center><gallery mode="packed">
PSX - X-men Next Dimension For Preview Purposes Only.jpeg|Disc front.
File:PSX - X-men Next Dimension For Preview Purposes Only.jpeg|Disc front.
</gallery></center>
</gallery></center>
==Files==
==Files==
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A huge thanks to iniche and Hwd45 for doing the initial research on this prototype! And a huge thanks to the anonymous donor that allowed for this release to happen!
A huge thanks to iniche and Hwd45 for doing the initial research on this prototype! And a huge thanks to the anonymous donor that allowed for this release to happen!
==See also==
==See also==
* [[News/Project Deluge: PlayStation 2|Project Deluge: PlayStation 2 (Initial Announcement Article) (March 20, 2021)]]
 
* [https://tcrf.net/The_Cutting_Room_Floor Cutting Room Floor (TCRF)]
*[[News/Project Deluge: PlayStation 2|Project Deluge: PlayStation 2 (Initial Announcement Article) (March 20, 2021)]]
* [https://archive.org Internet Archive (IA)]
*[https://tcrf.net/The_Cutting_Room_Floor Cutting Room Floor (TCRF)]
*[https://archive.org Internet Archive (IA)]
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Revision as of 13:42, March 26, 2021

Title Screen
X-Men: Next Dimension (Jul 7, 2002 prototype)
Build date Jul 7, 2002 15:47:50
Build name Preview
Dump status Released, redump needed
Released by Hidden Palace
File release date March 20, 2021
Origin CD-R
Lot Project Deluge
Labels X-men Next Dimension For Preview Purposes Only
Dump method PLEXTOR DVDR PX-716UF 1.11 03/23/07 15:10 (CloneCD)
Game X-Men: Next Dimension
System PlayStation 2
Genre Fighting
Final build JP Unreleased
EU Oct 17, 2002
US Sep 23, 2002
Release date JP Unreleased
EU Oct 17, 2002
US Oct 15, 2002
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A prototype of X-Men: Next Dimension for the PlayStation 2.

Notes

  • An NTSC-U preview build dated around two and a half months before the final.
  • Title screen and loading screens are much more primitive in appearance.
  • Cheat Codes don't work
  • Credits button just shows Paradox logo again
  • Character portraits look different (uncannily so)
  • There's a yellow X next to the credits icon
  • There are no alternate costumes selectable
  • Practice mode forces you into the Danger Room stage
  • Survival mode isn't available
  • Taunts don't build meter
  • Super combo inputs are simplified
  • Many characters seem to be locked for the preview build.
  • Cyclops default costume is different
  • Toad's hair is lime green
  • Combo strings are shown in the movelist, unlike the final game
  • When using L1+button to transfer meter sectors, the characters still punch and kick when doing the input
  • Toad's Saliva Slap is done through back back + Square, different than the final game
  • Toad's front flop is done through forward forward + Cross , different than the final game
  • Toad's Froglef Drill is done through Air diagonal down + Cross, different than the final game
  • Miscellaneous Notes:
    • Game is emulatable (in PCSX2): Yes (as of March 17, 2021).
    • Game contains dongle protection: No.

Screenshots

Origin

Files

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Acknowledgments

A huge thanks to iniche and Hwd45 for doing the initial research on this prototype! And a huge thanks to the anonymous donor that allowed for this release to happen!

See also