Proto:The Jetsons: Cogswell's Caper!

This page details one or more prototype versions of The Jetsons: Cogswell's Caper!.

To do: * Debug menu is in the game Cliche as it is, all of the levels seem to have differences, and the text most certain does.

  This prototype is documented on Hidden Palace.

Title

Proto	Final

A copyright to The Flintstones is removed for reasons that will become clear later on.

• Level Select

File:The Jetsons - Cogswell's Caper (prototype) level select.zip

While a method of loading into it directly hasn't been found, loading a well timed save state from the final game, or using the one provided above will get you in. Likely due to the way the menu is made to load, many options are left blank, but the text for these are all visible in the rom The list is as follows:

PACKING 
BOTANICAL 
SPORTS GYM 
GEAR 
DREAM 
SPACE BALL 
BLAST FURNACE 

COSMO 
ROCK CONCERT 
OFFICE 
HOME 
MINING FACTORY

BGM 00(Music)
    00(SE)
SKY 
ENDING
DEMO1
DEMO2
DEMO3
CONTINUE
CHRSET

The only ones of note however are Sky, which is an early iteration of the credits, and Demo 2 which plays an odd mishmashed cutscene, featuring a still of Jetson with Astro and a few lines of the opening text, before loading you into an empty level.

• Opening Text

Proto	Final
JETSON !!! COGSWELLS ARE SETTING UP A MINING COLONY ON PLANET M38 AND MAKING LOTS MONEY! AND WHAT'S MORE IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE WALKING ALL OVER THE RIGHTS OF THE ALIENS! FOR THE SAKE OF THIS COMPANY AND PEACE IN THE UNIVERSE, YOU'VE GOT TO GET INTO COGSWELL'S FACTORY AND PUT A STOP TO THIS RIGHT AWAY! UNDERSTOOD? THEN GET OUT THERE, AND MAKE IT FAST!	JETSON !!! "COGSWELL IS SETTING UP A MINING FACTORY ON PLANET M38 AND MAKING LOTS OF MONEY. THIS FACTORY COULD DESTROY THE PLANET! WHAT'S MORE, COGSWELL IS WALKING ALL OVER THE RIGHTS OF THE ALIENS! YOU'VE GOT TO GET INTO COGSWELL'S FACTORY AND PUT A STOP TO THIS RIGHT AWAY!"

Packing Factory

A skip to the boss is just casually left at the top left of the starting screen.

Proto	Final

An extra Gear is placed in a very devious spot, if hit by it you're almost guaranteed to be pushed into the pit. The game also pauses for a bit if you fall directly into the pit, without hitting the conveyer belt.

• Boss

Proto	Final
HA,HA,HA,WELCOME,JETSON. LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE GONE AND SMELT US OUT. BUT YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET OUTA HERE. HOW D'YOU THINK YOU'LL GET ON AGAINST MY PET DOG,SONNY? GO GEDDIM, SENTRO!	HA,HA,HA, WELCOME, JETSON. LOOKS LIKE YOU SNIFFED US OUT! BUT YOU WON`T BE LUCKY AGAINST MY PET DOG. HE WON`T LET YOU OUT OF HERE! SIC`EM SENTRO!

Proto	Final

This 1up is instead replaced by another enemy.

Botanical Gardens

• Fred Flintstone

Proto	Final

IT'S BEEN A WHILE.
KNOW WHAT,DINO AND HOPPY
HAVE GONE AND
GOT THEMSELVES KIDNAPPED.
GODDAM BUTLER!
WELL,SO LONG, GEORGE.

A cameo by Fred Flintstone was removed for the final game, and with it goes the reference to another Taito game.

Mining Factory

Proto	Final

The level transition is in a rudimentary state with only a bit of scrolling added.

Proto	Final
File:The Jetsons - Cogswell's Caper (prototype) stalactite.png	File:Jetsons, The - Cogswell's Caper final stalactite.png

Ending

A rudimentary version of the credits exists and can be accessed via the Level select, under SKY. The credits themselves don't appear to exist in the rom yet.