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Prototype Differences
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| There is no title screen. |
| There is no demo |
| The game starts automatically. |
| There are no level options. |
| Your rover is shaped different (sort
of like a tank). |
| The rover is colored slightly different. |
| The mountains in the background are
a slightly lighter color. |
| The life counter symbol is shaped differently
(like the tank shaped rover). |
| There are checkpoint letters instead
of little "x" in the ground. |
| The death explosion is different (less
detailed) . |
| There is a continue feature. |
| The right difficulty switch enables/disables
the automatic continue feature. |
| The music is slightly different and
has a very annoying (and loud) background beat. |
| The status display is different. The
text is green and shows the game stats in a different order. |
| The status display includes a checkpoint
counter instead of a distance meter. |
| There is no sound. |
| All the flying enemies are orange. |
| The three ball enemy's shots do not
make holes. |
| Sometimes rocks will appear to be blowing
up for a split second as they come into view. |
| The course is different. Land
mines appear very early in the game (starting in area D). |
| There is no bonus. |
| The screen jumps very slightly. |
| After area Y the game resets. |
| There is no "Hard Course". |
| There is a small graphics glitch which
causes one scanline of your rover to disappear when it crosses the
area in the center of the screen. |
| The rover jerks back and forth when
moving at normal speed (not pushing forward or backwards on the
stick). |
| More enemies appear on the screen than
in the final version. |
| The rock explosions are different. |
