NES software which was lost without being released for 25 years is resurrected by emulator

Although game development software for "Nintendo's game hard" Family Computer "was being developed, software that has been lost without being released eventually exists. A prototype of one such game software "Happily Ever After" has been discovered and revived by the emulator after 25 years.

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"Happily Ever After" was developed as a game version of an animated movie produced in 1991 based on the fairy tale "Snow White". The package is as follows, developed by Japanese game studio SOFEL. However, the game of "Happily Ever After" will not eventually be released, but a home appliance fairConsumer · Electronics · ShowSeveral screenshots were just announced in magazines and reports.


Twenty five years after game production, in 2016, game enthusiast Sean McGee bought a prototype ROM of "Happily Ever After" that can be played from a seller of Austin Texas. McGee made it possible for anyone to play "Happily Ever After" using the emulator according to the customs that many users are doing when the Nintendo software prototype was discovered. Game information site Nintendo Player is investigating the development process of "Happily Ever After" in detail, "Within NES software that was not released due to some circumstances," Happily Ever After "is one of the most interesting games Entry ". I am commenting that it is a major discovery since the copy data of the retro game "Bio Force Ape" discovered in 2011.

You can see the actual movie playing "Happily Ever After" with an emulator in the following movie.

NES Happily Ever After - YouTube


Snow White woke up from the poisoning apple 's sleep and was ahead of marriage with the prince.


However, the bad guy who does not feel comfortable married will turn into a dragon and plan revenge for Snow White.


What a prince was taken to the evil castle.


In Happily Ever After, it is a story that Snow White will go to help the prince who was caught.


The explanatory character of the game appeared like a "seven-person dwarf" character.


Although the software discovered this time is the position that it is a prototype to the last, it seems that it is almost completed as a game, and Snow White spends four stages to beat each boss.


The actual play screen is as follows. The view of the world of the game is based on the fairy tale "Snow White", but as the system of games it is very difficult to play with the side scrolling action that followed the style of Famicom Soft at the time.


When you encounter enemies, Snow White rotates the cloak and destroys enemies. Life per stage is 5 pieces.


Get fruits such as bananas and cherries floating in the air and score up.


Even enemy characters that I have seen somewhere ... ....


The top of the lake moves on the flower drifting on the lake in good timing.


The boss of stage 1 was a log like character.