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After spending $45,000 on an "unheard of" first-party Nintendo prototype, anonymous collector pulls the ultimate good guy move and releases the ROM for preservationists to study for free

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PROTOTYPE
COMPANYSubject
PROTOTYPE
Role · Publisher
Active · 2004–2017
Latest · Flowers: Le Volume sur Hiver
Top genres · adventure, visual_novel, rpg
59 articles 49 writers 10 games
Nintendo
COMPANYSubject
Nintendo
Role · Developer / Publisher
Active · 1980–2026
Latest · Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave
Top genres · platformer, adventure, puzzle
15572 articles 951 writers 1322 games
Prototype
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Prototype
Active · 2009–2015
Latest · Prototype 2
Top genres · platformer, adventure, hack_and_slash
78 articles 59 writers 3 games
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