Neo Rank Masters - Prototype Showcase (Burning Fight + Alpha Mission 2)
13Bonus footage - showed a promotional video used at the 1991 Summer CES that shows off some Neo-Geo games, some of which have visible gameplay differences! Sadly, there are no rom dumps of these prototype versions showed in this footage, it's not known if any of these early versions still exist. Except for Burning Fight and Alpha Mission II, which DO have prototype rom dumps that can be played in emulators. Burning Fight is a 2-stage prototype with a LOT of changes, the main ones being that Billy was a slightly different looking character named "Bully", and the kick button actually drains your health! It's hard to believe there's a version of Burning Fight that plays worse than what was released, but this version shows there was a lot of work to do. The 3-stage Alpha Mission II prototype is maybe not as interesting, but does have a handful of visible changes, including a very catchy musical track that didn't make it to the final version.
Full VOD of Neo Rank Masters Episode 4 - https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1427138968
Spreadsheet of the current rankings - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cjeZMGOQmaL7Ctb_RRI7Q8sGCWeqek25SOMLcGRKj5w/edit#gid=169247825
Neo Rank Masters is streamed every other Monday at 5 pm PST / 8 pm EST on http://www.twitch.tv/lordbbh