Article: Spaceworld 1997 demo for Pokemon Gold leaked and datamined

Agreed, I'd love to see this beta get some kind of full-fledged remake.

I've waited so long for these to leak, and have always wondered how different they would be from the Gold and Silver we know today. Now we know they were DRASTICALLY different, though I do wonder why they were completely changed. Personally, I would love it if they would actually make that Japan region a real thing (I like to call the region "Nihon"), since we have pretty much an entire unused region that's drastically different and more diverse than Johto ever was. Essentially, an alternate Generation 2.

I love seeing stuff like this. How'd it leak after 21 years?

lol, that Meowth pre-evo is just adorable.

These are great news. I want a RingRing now :O.

thedestinedblade said:

I love seeing stuff like this. How'd it leak after 21 years?

lol, that Meowth pre-evo is just adorable.

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From what I've heard, the person who got the demo from spaceworld, passed away.
Then someone sold their stuff to a second hand shop, the owner of the shop knowing what this was, gave it to dataminers/hackers online, to publish.

That's only what I've heard though.

lilbluedemon said:

From what I've heard, the person who got the demo from spaceworld, passed away.
Then someone sold their stuff to a second hand shop, the owner of the shop knowing what this was, gave it to dataminers/hackers online, to publish.

That's only what I've heard though.

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So someone who had been sitting on the demo for 21, with no intention of ever releasing it, passed away and it somehow landed in the hands of someone who realized what they had in their hands? That's some crazy stuff.

lilbluedemon said:

From what I've heard, the person who got the demo from spaceworld, passed away.
Then someone sold their stuff to a second hand shop, the owner of the shop knowing what this was, gave it to dataminers/hackers online, to publish.

That's only what I've heard though.

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I'm in a group that does video game preservation and we've been talking about this demo a lot. Unfortunately, that story turned out to be false. Nobody knows the exact origins. From what I've been told in the past, it has been rumored to be floating around in Japanese prototype collecting circles for years. Looks like someone (either someone in Japan or a foreigner) finally got a hold of it and released it.

Some of these designs look a little off, though some I prefer over the ones we have now. Take Octillery and Farfetch'd's evolution.

Also, I really wish Ho-oh stayed pure Flying.

Wow, to think Game freak planned to include a third eeveelution in generation 2, and it was an Leafeon!

Makes you wonder why they switched to only 2 new eeveelutions in generations 2 and 4 in the final release

Porygon2?s beta reminds me of the Spurdo Sparde meme, even though it is meant to resemble the Pon de Lion mascot.

The wolfmen Pok?mon would have been a neat addition. They are perhaps one of the best concepts to have been found from the past.

The twin ghosts look a lot like the infamous Lavender Town Ghost if it has merged with CatDog. Girafarig?s original back is more terrifying than we thought.

Madame should be a real Pok?mon for Generation 8, though the odds are far fetched, no pun intended.

Bomseel may be just a simple seal balancing a ball of fire, but it is a very cool idea. I would imagine it evolving into a malicious counterpart of Primarina in Generation 4 if it had made it to the final product we know today.

Aaaah, a lot of the pre-evo tiny mons in there are so cuteeee ;//;

Also, I love some of the evolved Pok?mon and designs that didn't make the cut !

I'm glad with what we got, but some of those would make nice Pokemon in the future, even if their designs are 20 years old now.

It's wild that someone had that for so long, and it happened to end up with someone who knew just what to do with that information.

Thanks for sharing. Great to see this new information on games I love.