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|title=<center>SNES Spellcraft</center> | |title=<center>SNES Spellcraft</center> | ||
|image=Snes spellcraft title screen.png | |image=Snes spellcraft title screen.png | ||
|imagecaption=Title screen (01.03f) | |imagecaption=Title screen (01.03f). | ||
|status=<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | |status=<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|datefound=Aug 1993 (01.10a), Feb 4 2023 (01.03f) | |datefound=Aug 1993 (01.10a), Feb 4 2023 (01.03f) | ||
|foundby=Magical (01.10a), Cloud and Forest of Illusion (01.03f) | |foundby=Magical (01.10a), Cloud and Forest of Illusion (01.03f) | ||
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'''''Spellcraft''''' (a.k.a '''''Spellcraft: Aspects of Valor''''', | '''''Spellcraft''''' (a.k.a '''''Spellcraft: Aspects of Valor''''', also written as '''''SpellCraft''''') is a fantasy strategy game for MS-DOS developed by Asciiware and released by Broderbund in 1992. The game was ported to the SNES and announced at the Winter CES in January 1992; the May 1993 issue of Nintendo Power had it scheduled for release in the fall of that year,<ref>[https://archive.org/details/Nintendo_Power_Issue001-Issue127/Nintendo%20Power%20Issue%20048%20May%201993/page/n116/mode/2up Nintendo Power Issue 048 May 1993 - Internet Archive] Retrieved 05 Feb '23</ref> but it was cancelled, for reasons unknown. The developers of the SNES version are ASCII Corporation and Ybarra Productions. | ||
==Availability== | ==Availability== | ||
The game's prototype ROM (version "01.10a") was leaked by the BBS scene group Magical in August 1993, before its planned release in the fall. The header information on that ROM was ''Smash TV'', which was burned into the EPROM that originally hosted ''Smash TV''. | The game's prototype ROM (version "01.10a") was leaked by the BBS scene group Magical in August 1993, before its planned release in the fall. The header information on that ROM was ''Smash TV'', which was burned into the EPROM that originally hosted ''Smash TV''. | ||
Another prototype ROM (version "01.03f") was dumped by Cloud and released by Forest of Illusion on February 4th, 2023<ref>[https://forestillusion.com/2023/spellcraft-usa-prototype-ver-01-03-f SpellCraft (USA) (Prototype) (Ver 01.03f) - Forest of Illusion] Retrieved Feb | Another prototype ROM (version "01.03f") was dumped by Cloud and released by Forest of Illusion on February 4th, 2023.<ref>[https://forestillusion.com/2023/spellcraft-usa-prototype-ver-01-03-f SpellCraft (USA) (Prototype) (Ver 01.03f) - Forest of Illusion] Retrieved 05 Feb '23</ref> It was an improved and more complete version of the first leaked prototype. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
===Images=== | |||
<gallery mode=packed heights=150px> | <gallery mode=packed heights=150px> | ||
spellcraft proto 01.03f.jpg|Prototype ROM (01.03f) | spellcraft proto 01.03f.jpg|Prototype ROM (01.03f). | ||
Spellcraft snes cover.jpg|Box art design for SNES version. | Spellcraft snes cover.jpg|Box art design for SNES version. | ||
Snes sc superpower7.jpg|Super Power Issue 7, 1993 | Snes sc superpower7.jpg|''Super Power'' Issue 7, 1993. | ||
Snes sc superpower12.jpg|Super Power Issue 12, 1993 | Snes sc superpower12.jpg|''Super Power'' Issue 12, 1993. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
===Videos=== | |||
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|description1 =Video by Hard4Games. Some differences between the two versions are explained. | |||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
* [https://snescentral.com/article.php?id=0141 Spellcraft - SNES Central] | *[https://snescentral.com/article.php?id=0141 ''Spellcraft'' - SNES Central] | ||
* [https://unseen64.net/2010/04/18/spellcraft-snes-unreleased/ Spellcraft - Unseen64] | *[https://unseen64.net/2010/04/18/spellcraft-snes-unreleased/ ''Spellcraft'' - Unseen64] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
[[Category:Found media]] | [[Category:Found media]] | ||
[[Category:Found video games]] | |||
[[Category:Pre-LMW]] | |||
Latest revision as of 02:38, 2 November 2023
Title screen (01.03f).
Status: Found
Date found: Aug 1993 (01.10a), Feb 4 2023 (01.03f)
Found by: Magical (01.10a), Cloud and Forest of Illusion (01.03f)
Spellcraft (a.k.a Spellcraft: Aspects of Valor, also written as SpellCraft) is a fantasy strategy game for MS-DOS developed by Asciiware and released by Broderbund in 1992. The game was ported to the SNES and announced at the Winter CES in January 1992; the May 1993 issue of Nintendo Power had it scheduled for release in the fall of that year,[1] but it was cancelled, for reasons unknown. The developers of the SNES version are ASCII Corporation and Ybarra Productions.
Availability
The game's prototype ROM (version "01.10a") was leaked by the BBS scene group Magical in August 1993, before its planned release in the fall. The header information on that ROM was Smash TV, which was burned into the EPROM that originally hosted Smash TV.
Another prototype ROM (version "01.03f") was dumped by Cloud and released by Forest of Illusion on February 4th, 2023.[2] It was an improved and more complete version of the first leaked prototype.
Gallery
Images
Prototype ROM (01.03f).
Box art design for SNES version.
Super Power Issue 7, 1993.
Super Power Issue 12, 1993.
Videos
External Links
References
- ↑ Nintendo Power Issue 048 May 1993 - Internet Archive Retrieved 05 Feb '23
- ↑ SpellCraft (USA) (Prototype) (Ver 01.03f) - Forest of Illusion Retrieved 05 Feb '23