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==Development== | ==Development== | ||
''Project Dream'' started out as a seafaring RPG for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, with the intent of being Rareware's masterpiece on the console, using pre-rendered graphics much like the ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey_Kong_Country%7C Donkey Kong Country]'' | ''Project Dream'' started out in 1994-5 as a seafaring RPG for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, with the intent of being Rareware's masterpiece on the console, using the ACM (Advanced Computer Modeling) technique of pre-rendered graphics, much like the ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey_Kong_Country%7C Donkey Kong Country]'' series. | ||
There was a demo of the SNES version with a full introduction sequence and one level, and according to composer Grant Kirkhope, if it still exists, it may be locked away somewhere at Rare's headquarters. Mr. Kirkhope also commented this on the demo, "I was blown away. It looked beautiful and a step up above the ''Donkey Kong Country'' games." | |||
At one point during development, it was determined that ''Dream'' was too big a game for the SNES to handle, so it was moved to the Nintendo 64DD, to be retooled as a 3D RPG in the style of ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Ocarina_of_Time%7CThe Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time] ''(which was first shown at Nintendo Space World in December 1995), featuring unique 3D environments created by stretching out the polygons. | |||
However, the Nintendo 64 lacked the processing power needed to maintain | However, the Nintendo 64 lacked the processing power needed to maintain these environments at a steady frame rate. Taking inspiration from ''Twelve Tales: Conker 64'' (which was being developed by the ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_Instinct_(1994_video_game)%7C Killer Instinct]'' team, and would eventually become the adult-oriented ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conker%27s_Bad_Fur_Day Conker's Bad Fur Day]''), along with Rareware's previous experience with platforming games, ''Dream'' was remade by the development team (whose members had also worked on ''Donkey Kong Country'') into a 3D platformer in the vein of ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_64%7C Super Mario 64]'', but kept some of the elements of the RPG. | ||
After deeming the game's main protagonist, Edison, to be too "generic", Rare began to experiment with several woodland characters that had previously been secondary characters, including "a dopey dog, a rabbit that looked like a man, and a bear." That bear character would eventually become [[Banjo]]. | After deeming the game's main protagonist, Edison, to be too "generic", Rare began to experiment with several woodland characters that had previously been secondary characters, including "a dopey dog, a rabbit that looked like a man, and a bear." That bear character would eventually become [[Banjo]]. | ||
Eventually, ''Dream'' was scrapped, and the development team started over from scratch, creating ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]''. | Eventually, ''Dream'' was scrapped, and the development team started over from scratch, creating ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]''. | ||
==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
