Game preservation group Forest of Illusion released the N64 game Dinosaur Planet. The Rare title was paused during its N64 development. It later became the title Star Fox Adventures released in 2002 for Gamecube.
Today we have released Dinosaur Planet by Rare for Nintendo 64. The development was halted and moved to the GameCube, where it was then released as Star Fox Adventures. Enjoy! (More info in this thread).
Link to the dump:https://t.co/gQGGcU4vJK pic.twitter.com/Orub7RU3fa
— Forest of Illusion (@forestillusion) February 20, 2021
According to follow-up tweets, the game is not working perfectly on any emulator. Fans trying out the game will see graphical errors, if they get it to work. Some fans have reported seeing a blank screen.
Note: The game will currently not run 100% perfectly on any emulator. Expect many graphical issues with shadows and lighting, and some slowdown. It should however, work perfectly fine with flashcarts. pic.twitter.com/P5xwf5stbz
— Forest of Illusion (@forestillusion) February 20, 2021
The group also explained the way they obtained the disc containing the game software.
“We purchased this disc containing the build from a private game collector in Sweden. The file date lists the build as being from December 1st 2000. It seems to be quite a late build of the game which is great, but it will need some hacking to be fully playable to the end.”
We purchased this disc containing the build from a private game collector in Sweden. The file date lists the build as being from December 1st 2000. It seems to be quite a late build of the game which is great, but it will need some hacking to be fully playable to the end. pic.twitter.com/igtDSzeRzG
— Forest of Illusion (@forestillusion) February 20, 2021
Currently, their website is experiencing a server overload.
[Source]: @forestillusion (Twitter): Today we have released Dinosaur Planet by Rare for Nintendo 64.