Proto:Meteos Wars

This page details one or more prototype versions of Meteos Wars.

A prototype of Meteos Wars was retrieved from PartnerNET servers and released by ObscureGamers on July 8, 2022, as part of TeraRelease 3.0, and also includes an early version of the both of the game's downloadable packs. The .xex executable is dated September 11, 2008, which is a little over two months before the final build (November 23, 2008).

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Overall

• There's no pre-game loading screen.
• The demo functionality has not been implemented yet.
• There is no music nor sound effects in the main menu.
• Geolyte is the only planet that has complete data in the main game's files. Because of this, the game crashes upon entering the planet selection menu or when trying to see planet data from the Meteos Book. Despite this, parameter files for every planet except for the four new ones (Darthvega, Hanihula, Gelyer and Ranbarumba) can be found.
• Wiral is the only planet that has complete data in the Planet Pack DLC, while Hotted is the only one that has it in the Galaxy Pack.

Graphical Differences

Assets

• There are many placeholder achievement icons in the root of the main game's package. While only one is shown, they are labeled from 1 to 12.
  
• The game's boxart and background graphics are placeholders.

Sep 11 Proto	Final

Main Game

• The green line that appears when a player is stand-by during matching is colored red in the prototype.

Sep 11 Proto	Final

• The icon for when voice chat is disabled is different as well.

Sep 11 Proto	Final

Planet Pack / Galaxy Pack

• The package icons for both DLC packs are different:

Sep 11 Proto	Final

• The decoration graphics and icons are in a placeholder state in the prototype.

Sep 11 Proto	Final
Planet Pack
Galaxy Pack

(Source: tikal.)

Music Differences

Geolyte

• The DOWN0B sound, which plays when a falling Meteo lands, is louder in the prototype.
• The FANG0A sound, which plays when launching a very small stack, is much quieter in the prototype.
• The MOVE01, MOVE02 and MOVE03 sounds, which play when moving the cursor, are louder in the prototype.
• The CLEAR0, CLEAR1 and CLEAR2 sounds, which play when a Meteo is sent off-screen, are completely different.

	Sep 11 Proto	Final
CLEAR0
CLEAR1
CLEAR2

Sound Effects

• Many of the sound effects are louder compared to the final game. They're also in stereo rather than mono.
• The DANGER sound effect, which plays when a column is filled, is completely different.

Sep 11 Proto	Final

Wiral (Planet Pack)

Wiral's Sound Set in the prototype data is an arrangement of Leftover From My Bestfriend by h ueda, which was previously used in the PlayStation Portable release of Gunpey.

Name	Sound
BACkSNG0; BGM
BACkSNG1; BGM
BACkSNG2; BGM
BACkSNG3; BGM
BACkSNG4; BGM
CLEAR0
CLEAR1
CLEAR2
CRDUSHD
CRDUSHU
DOWN0A
DUSHL
DUSHR
DUSHUD
FANB0A
FANG0A
FANG0B
FANG0C
FANG1A
FANG1B
FANG1C
FANG2A
FANG2B
FANG2C
FANG3A
FANG3B
FANG3C
LOSE
MOVE01
MOVE02
MOVE03
SHOOT
WIN

Hotted (Galaxy Pack)

Hotted's Sound Set in the prototype data is an early version of Anasaze's final Sound Set. In fact, internally, the .xwb and .xsb files are labeled under Anasaze's planet ID (03).

• Most sounds are much quieter in the early version.
• Many of the FANG sounds have been shuffled around. Only the old version of FANG3C is an unique sound.

Sep 11 Proto	Final	Sound
FANG0A	FANG1A
FANG0B	FANG2A
FANG0C	FANG3A
FANG1A	FANG1B
FANG1B	FANG2B
FANG1C	FANG3B
FANG2A	FANG1C
FANG2B	FANG2C
FANG2C	FANG3C
FANG3A	FANG0A
FANG3B	FANG0B
FANGOTH	FANG0C

• The CLEAR0 and CLEAR1 sounds are much longer in the prototype.
• The DOWN0A sound, which plays when a stack is falling, has less instrumentation in the prototype.
• The DOWN0B sound is completely different.
• The FANB0A sound, which plays when a stack lands, is completely different.
• The MOVE01, MOVE02 and MOVE03 sounds don't have an echo in the prototype.

	Sep 11 Proto	Final
CLEAR0
CLEAR1
DOWN0A
DOWN0B
FANB0A
MOVE01
MOVE02
MOVE03

(Source: tikal.)

Parameters

Planet Parameters May or may not include data from an obscure and discontinued installment.

Planet Impacts

Each planet's Planet Impact are configured by the files in gameparam\skill. Given this, some planets, all of them being downloadable content in the final game, use different Planet Impacts, as noted below:

• Wiral, Thirnova, and Suburbion use Sentinel instead of Tempest.
• Brabbit uses Tempest instead of Gambit.
• Yooj uses Gambit instead of Sentinel.
• Vubble and Megadom use Tempest instead of Sentinel.
• Hotted uses Tempest intead of Armageddon.
• Arod uses Armageddon instead of Gambit.
• Wuud uses Sentinel instead of Armageddon.

Timestamps

The timestamps in the mtp2 files differ between this prototype and the final game:

• Base Game
  • Unknown, Geolyte, Anasaze, Oleana, Firim
    September 6, 2008 - 10:09:52
  • All other planets
    September 6, 2008 - 10:09:53
  • Wuud, Megadom, Dejeh, Gigagush, Suburbion, Vubble
    September 6, 2008 - 10:09:54
• Planet Pack
  • Wiral
    August 6, 2008 - 02:35:57
• Galaxy Pack
  • Hotted
    August 20, 2008 - 05:24:50

Barring the different timestamps, the content of the .mtp2 files between the early DLC data and the prototype base game is the same.

(Source: tikal.)