NiGHTS into Dreams (May 14, 1996 prototype)

A prototype of NiGHTS into Dreams for the Sega Saturn built for E3 1996.
==Notes==
* Disc claims the disk is "40%" complete (60% scribbled off), possibly indicating that 40% of the final game's content is present.
* There are some sector errors on this disc.
* CD file time stamps appear to be using a fake date of May 13, 1996. The volume creation date is May 14, 1996. The main executable states the game was built "FOR SHOP" on May 12, 1996.
* Spring Valley and Frozen Bell are playable. Puffy is used as the boss for Frozen Bell rather than Clawz.
* The mirror effect in Puffy's stage is not implemented.
* The power panel effects are not implemented.
* Object placement differs from the final build, e.g. there are fewer star objects available.
* Trick names do not appear when using the Trick Ribbon. The game data only has names for the loop tricks.
* Elliot and Claris cannot hatch Nightopian eggs; only NiGHTS can.
* A sleeping version of the Hollow enemy is present in Frozen Bell. It wakes up when it is approached.
* A debug menu display routine and button handler is present in the game data. It is missing the "Dream Config" items that are present in the final game. It has a FIRST'S-PRIDES item that is not present in other builds. The debug menu flags can be set by altering address 060FFC1C.
* The lighting on the Dreams screen can be changed by holding the second controller's left trigger and pressing up, down, left, or right on the second controller's D-pad.
* The game data contains models for what appear to be character heads/helmets.
* An unused time-extension item that uses the alarm egg model is present in the game data (video).
* An incomplete Options menu is present in the game data. It contains listings for the scrapped "Self" boss and an unused "Reala returns" battle (details).
==Screenshots==
File:NiGHTs into Dreams E3 (2).png|Title Screen
File:NiGHTs into Dreams E3 (3).png|Character Select - Claris
File:NiGHTs into Dreams E3 (4).png|Character Select - Elliot
File:NiGHTs into Dreams E3 (5).png|Loading Spring Valley
File:NiGHTs into Dreams E3 (6).png|Spring Valley Gameplay 1
File:NiGHTs into Dreams E3 (7).png|Spring Valley Gameplay 2
File:NiGHTs into Dreams E3 (8).png|Spring Valley Gameplay 3
File:NiGHTs into Dreams E3 (9).png|Spring Valley Gameplay 4
File:NiGHTs into Dreams E3 (10).png|Spring Valley Gameplay 5
File:NiGHTs into Dreams E3 (11).png|Spring Valley Gameplay 6
File:NiGHTs into Dreams E3 (12).png|Opening Movie Credit for Yuji Naka
File:NiGHTs into Dreams E3 (13).png|Opening Movie Credit for Naoto Ohshima
File:NiGHTs into Dreams E3 (14).png|Elliot Gameplay 1
File:NiGHTs into Dreams E3 (15).png|Elliot Gameplay 2
File:NiGHTs into Dreams E3 (16).png|Elliot Gameplay 3
File:NiGHTs into Dreams E3 (17).png|Elliot Gameplay 4
File:NiGHTs into Dreams E3 (18).png|Elliot Gameplay 5
File:NiGHTs into Dreams E3 (19).png|Elliot Gameplay 6
File:NiGHTs into Dreams E3 (20).png|Elliot Gameplay 7
File:NiGHTs into Dreams E3 (21).png|Beating the Boss
File:NiGHTs into Dreams E3 (22).png|Boss
File:NiGHTs into Dreams E3 (1).png|Results
==Files==
==Disc contents==
==Origin==
File:NiGHTS e3 photo.jpg
==Acknowledgments==
* Released with the help of TRAViS and the NiGHTSintoDreams.com community.