Ninja Gaiden (beta)

[vgmrips]

Title	Ninja Gaiden (beta)
Composer	Unknown Author
System	Mega Drive, Genesis
Sound Chips	YM2612, SEGA VDP PSG
Tracks	21
Playing time	29:25
Pack author	2ch-N
Pack version	1.00
Last Update	2014-08-26

Download MegaDrive/Ninja Gaiden (Mega Drive, Genesis).zip (855203 bytes)

Import details

• Source: Project2612
• Rating: 6.81 (5761 / 846)
• Downloads: 8922
• External link: GameBase
• External link: SegaRetro
• External link: TheGamesDB (Genesis)

[Splats]

This pack has a barely noticeable mistake with the song "Round 2". If you listen closely, you can hear a "click" sound the moment the song starts; it's the same one currently placed right at the end of the loop. Listen here at about 5:11.

[blitzlunar]

Also this may be nitpicky, but wouldn't the correct terminology be Proto(type), rather than Beta?

[andlabs]

Also this may be nitpicky, but wouldn't the correct terminology be Proto(type), rather than Beta?

This was a fierce orthodoxical/dogmatic push when I first got into this retro game scene but now 10+ years on I'm starting to wonder what we got out of it other than Pavloving ourselves to recoil in horror at the word "beta" in our own writing

Anyway this is a project2612 pack so mistakes will need correcting, and the name change might be included as one when I review a submitted correction

[Kaminari]

Prototype would be a concept (not necessarily leading to a commercial release), while beta implies a preproduction process.

So in my opinion:

prototype = unreleased
beta = prerelease

[andlabs]

Prototype would be a concept (not necessarily leading to a commercial release), while beta implies a preproduction process.

So in my opinion:

prototype = unreleased
beta = prerelease

This is the usage that no-intro uses (or used as recently as 2020; need to check the latest filenames)