Non-interactive demo versions and screenshot packs

[MrFlibble]

Here's a screenshot pack of Descent II demo in high-res, supposedly taken with the S3 Virge patch: d2scrsht.zip

The shots are definitely from the demo levels, however there doesn't seem any official info about the demo version S3 Virge patch.

[MrFlibble]

Also have some other screenshots gathered from around the web of which most should be pre-release screenshots but I'm not certain about all of them. Also temporarily uploaded those here.

BTW, some screenies are preserved with the archived version of Rogue's Strife website:
http://web.archive.org/web/199901282230 ... shots.html

Some more shots can be found here (not sure if they're pre-release or not though):
http://web.archive.org/web/199911101027 ... reens.html

[Cire]

Speaking of Strife, could someone please reupload the screenshots that Litude posted?

[Litude]

Here's the first screenshot pack, and here are various screenshots I've found.

[Cire]

Thanks.

[MrFlibble]

id Software
Quake

• first screenshot pack (Aug 3, 1995): quakepix.zip
• screenshot pack (Sep 28, 1995): qpix.zip

[developertn]

God, Jesus Christ, is number one.
Jesus Christ.

Well I was going to rate it down because it is scary looking and gloomy. However I looked at the 12th picture and it has the number 100 reminding me of the perfect score 100. I immediately thought to myself "Wow. I'm 100% perfect!" So I'm a sucker for bribes. I guess I would have to say if you are in the mood for scary stuffs and such download it at your own risk. I guess it's good for the folks who likes to be scared. I'm not one for that, but I love the people who help me out if I'm scared. Although I hate it if it's some kind of trick though. If it's a real live situation that is natural then that is fine.

Honours to my real dad Nguyen Binh Thuy for being a hero helicopter pilot.
Honours to my real mom Huong Thi Vu for being being firm forever from now on.

Love to my two real sisters:
Nguyen Khoa Thi
Nguyen Khoa Thuyen

[MrFlibble]

Here's some sources of pre-release screenshots of various 90s games, from websites preserved by the Wayback Machine:

Age of Empires
A couple of reviews with pre-release shots (not very rare):
http://www.cdmag.com/strategy_vault/age ... ticle.html
http://www.macgamez.com/reviews/a/ageof ... index.html

Age of Wonders
A page with very early screenshots. At that stage the game looked like Warlods II in isometric perspective:
http://www.epicgames.com/age.htm

Blood
Development story with some concept art from the official site:
http://www.blood.com/aboutblood/development.html

Chasm: The Rift
Screenshots from Megamedia.com:
http://www.megamedia.com/chasm/csmscreen.html

Screenshots from ChasmAction.com: Page 0, Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4, Page 5, Page 6, Page 7, game editor, New Screenshots.

Model images from ChasmAction.com: weapons & items, monsters.

Screenshots from Chasm3D.com: main game, add-on.

Model images from Chasm3D.com: monsters, weapons, items.

Command & Conquer: Red Alert
A preview of the Counterstrike add-on that has some pre-release shots of the base game:
http://www.next-generation.com/specials/032597.chtml

Dark Colony
Official pre-release screenshots: Feb 06 Build, May 12 Build.

Descent to Undermountain
Next Generation* preview: http://www.next-generation.com/news/092596j.html

The Elder Scrolls: Daggerfall
A page from Bethesda's website with most screenshots intact (including two downloadable zip files):
http://www.bethsoft.com/html/dagpm1.html

Screenshots from Virgin Interactive:
http://www.vie.co.uk/products/daggfall/daggfram.htm

Half-Life
Computer Games Online preview: http://www.cdmag.com/action_vault/half_ ... ticle.html

Hexen: Beyond Heretic
Official page with some interesting lore info:
http://www.gtinteractive.com/1eftKro1/hexen/index.html

Hexen II
Next Generation preview: http://www.next-generation.com/news/101296g.html

Computer Games Online preview:
http://www.cdmag.com/action_vault/hexen ... ticle.html

In Pursuit of Greed
Some renders from the official site:
http://www.softdisk.com/comp/mss/Gspecs.html
/http://www.softdisk.com/comp/mss/Gaction.html

Necrodome
Next Generation preview:
http://www.next-generation.com/news/080296c.html

Quake II
Pre-release shots from a fan site:
http://games.3dreview.com/quake2/pics.shtml

Seven Kingdoms
Pre-release shots from the Enlight Software website:
http://www.enlight.com/am/amscreen.htm

StarCraft
Official pages from Blizzard (contain some but not all pre-release screenshots): Dec '96, Apr '97, Oct '97, Dec '97.

Next Generation previews: Jan '97, Apr '97, May '97.

Computer Games Online preview:
http://www.cdmag.com/strategy_vault/sta ... ticle.html

Pre-release shots from fan sites:
http://starcraft.scorched.com/Screens/index.html
http://kingy.com/starcraft/exhibit.html

Unreal
Official page at Epic Games from late '96:
http://www.epicgames.com/unreal.htm

Next Generation previews: May '96, Sep '96, Sep '96.

Will Rock
Pre-release screenshots from the official site:
http://www.saber3d.com/willrockscreenshots.htm
http://www.saber3d.com/screenshots/wrshots.htm
http://www.saber3d.com/screenshots/wrshots1.htm

*NOTE: The Next Generation isn't the best source as they put large watermarks on screenshots, resulting in degraded quality due to JPEG re-compression and loss of the image data covered by the watermark.

[MrFlibble]

The first post has been updated with links to untampered (PKZIP authenticity verification intact) Apogee archives of some of the games' preview slideshows.

[MrFlibble]

Non-interactive preview/demo of Cyril Cyberpunk (repack, file name authentic): cc_prev.zip

[MrFlibble]

Some more shots can be found here (not sure if they're pre-release or not though):
http://web.archive.org/web/199911101027 ... reens.html

I've just realised that this page is still available online, with all shots intact:
http://gamers.org/games/strife/screens.html

[MrFlibble]

I decided to start cataloguing official screenshot galleries that are preserved intact by the Wayback Machine:

Abuse
http://www.crack.com/games/abuse/screenshots.html
http://www.origin.ea.com/crackdotcom/screen.html

Alien Rampage
http://www.alienrampage.com/images/

Blood
http://www.blood.com/screamshots/blood.asp?page=0&pic=!

Blood & Magic
http://dragonplay.com/bloodss.html

Crusader: No Remorse
http://www.origin.ea.com/crusader/norem ... index.html

Road Warrior
http://www.gametek.com/webfinall/phone_ ... x/gif.html

Sandwarriors
http://www.interplay.com/games/sandwar.html

Stargunner
http://apogee1.com/catalog/stargunner/screenshots.html

Strife
http://rogue.stomped.com/sshots.html

Various Westwood Studios Titles
http://www.westwood.com/infodir/indexes/pindex.html

[MrFlibble]

I've just been browsing the contents of coverdisks that came with the SCORE magazine using Hallfiry's catalogue and found a bunch of pre-release screenshots from Ruins: Return of the Gods:

They are located on the cover CD of the February 1996 issue of the magazine:
http://www.kultcds.com/Catalog/index.ph ... $2FCd$2FQz

The image of the CD is available from archive.org if anyone's interested:
https://archive.org/details/score0296

[MrFlibble]

More websites with screenshots:

Apache
http://web.archive.org/web/199706182347 ... pache.html

Flashback
http://web.archive.org/web/200206021011 ... /fb_en.htm

Hind
http://web.archive.org/web/199706182347 ... /hind.html

Jane's Combat Simulations: Advanced Tactical Fighters
http://web.archive.org/web/199706091122 ... /shots.htm

Witchaven
http://web.archive.org/web/199611070602 ... haven.html

Witchaven II: Blood Vengeance
http://web.archive.org/web/199611070557 ... h2map.html

X-Men: The Ravages of Apocalypse
http://web.archive.org/web/199802072224 ... s/home.htm

[MrFlibble]

Doom II
Screenshot pack: DOOM2PCX.ZIP

I just realised that this pack is incomplete. The full version is here: doom2pcx.zip. The accompanying text file says:

This is IT!!! Sorry about the delay. These are the .PCX files from
John Romero's DOOMII demo during the Austin Virtual Gaming
Tournament on June 18th.

There are about 25 .PCX files that span about 4 different levels.
Be sure to check out the new monsters, new levels, and different
bit maps...can't wait for the release.

The same shots are also available in the GIF format: doom2gif.zip.