The exact price of these prototypes wasn't disclosed but was stated to be in the five digit number range. The files all had passwords which needed to be cracked before being extracted. The archives were taken from Sega's QA BBS (BBS is similar to today's FTPs) and eventually backed up onto the CDs pictured. Most of the prototypes came from one place: they were obtained from Sega of America's QA archives from 1994-1995. Recordings of the pre-release and post-release segments of the show are available for download here and here, respectively. It was supposed to end shortly after the release, but ended up continuing for the remainder of the day. An hour before the release, a special community Skypecast was broadcast live over shoutcast.
To build the suspense, an announcement was posted across various websites and forums, and a special IRC channel named #sonicprotos (and later renamed to #protos) was opened on Sonic Cult's website. On the 23rd of February 2008, at 6PM EST, drx released over 1,000 various Sega and third party prototypes for several consoles.
0 kommentar(er)
