Fishing Simulator/October 1989 Prototype

3 Months After The Game Started Development, Fishing Simulator got This Prototype, it was shown not only at Nintendo SpaceWorld, but it is also shown at the Consumer Electronics Show, It Was Even Shown in a Nintendo Power Magazine, in 2012, a Gaming Game Employee Discovered This Prototype he Left in CES for 13 years, They Found The Cartridge and It came out in October 10th, 1989, Just 5 Months before the Game Was Finished, They Sold This Prototype on eBay, The ROM was Dumped by The Cutting Room Floor a year Later, This Prototype is based on the US Release, Most likely due to the Game being made by Americans.

Title Screen
The Title Screen in the Prototype is Taken from the Box Art and it's quite Glitchy, the Title Screen was redone in the Final Release.

Fish
The Fish Was Poorly Drawn in The Prototype, The Fish in the Final Game However, Turns Blue when underwater due to color limitations.

Glitches
The Flickering Glitch has been Replaced With a Feature where the player must wait until the other fish is not on the scanline, This is Because The NES could only display 8 Sprites per scanline and 64 Sprites on Screen.

Timer
The Timer was removed in favor of a Level System and a Fish Counter.

Unused Sprites


A Sprite of Mario Jumping, which is taken from Super Mario Bros. 3. It is kinda odd considering this game was made in American and Mario 3 had yet to be released there. It is speculated to have came from Nintendo to the offices of the company.