From c667c2868d3495678a9abdf8ce463f87e2f9e67f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: IIMarckus Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2018 01:19:00 -0600 Subject: Add Space World 1997 leak timeline. --- index.html | 2 + spaceworld/index.html | 120 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 122 insertions(+) create mode 100644 spaceworld/index.html diff --git a/index.html b/index.html index f1965c0..5d48ca4 100644 --- a/index.html +++ b/index.html @@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ Years ago I started the Pokémon disassemblies. Happily, they have long since outgrown me, and taken a life of their own.
+The Space World ’97 demo is real. +

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2018‐05‐31 + +

+I came back from hiking on Memorial Day weekend to a handful of days‐old IRC +queries saying the SpaceWorld demo had leaked. +One of the queries was from Sanqui. +Apparently someone anonymous had posted in the pret discord a link to the ROMs +that was limited to 20 downloads. +Sanqui downloaded it, +realized what it was and started preparing for a TCRF release. + +

+Why not release it right away? + +

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+Sanqui sent me an invite to a new private discord. +The plan was to simultaneously +① datamine the ROMs and write a TCRF page +② disassemble enough of the ROM to support a translation patch +③ translate the text. +Hard deadline was one month—Sanqui and I emphasized this repeatedly. + +

+We knew from the start it would probably get leaked before that. +At least a dozen people might have downloaded from the link. +There were lots of people in the pret discord who saw the resulting discussion +even if they didn’t download it. +One guy who had the ROM posted screenshots in other channels, +spreading the story even more. +This led to + +the first 4chan thread. +Next thread someone from the private discord posted a couple of things including Pichu, +but apparently stopped there. +Later someone else who had the Gold ROM, probably one of the original 20 downloaders, +leaked it to 4chan. +After that we posted the half‐finished docs and wiki page publicly. + +

Where did the guy who leaked them to Sanqui get them?

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+Not a clue. + +

Was there an old collector in Japan whose collection spread after he died?

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+Don’t know for sure. +I doubt it. +Only ever heard it on 4chan, never privately. + +

Are they real?

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+Yes. + +

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Is there a Green beta?

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+No. + +

You’re attention whores!

+

+Nobody cares. + +

The translation would have taken longer than a month, and then they’d never have been released!

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+If it had taken longer than a month I would have leaked them myself. -- cgit v1.2.3