Some odd stuff about Sanvein

[Zeether]

I came across these pictures a while back and I'm not sure where these are used in the game. There's a bunch more of the ship and the area icons as well as the logo, but what's more interesting is that there are some pilots that don't seem to show up at all in the game intro or anywhere else. I think they're loading screens?

[Op Intensify]

Looks like unused content left on the disc. I guess they were originally planning to have characters in the game. I'm glad they didn't use them, because the art is very amateurish.

Sanvein's actually an "orphaned" arcade game; it was planned for arcade release but ended up on the Playstation only. You can see a joystick in the tutorial. So I'm not surprised that there's unused stuff like this.

[null1024]

Sanvein's actually an "orphaned" arcade game; it was planned for arcade release but ended up on the Playstation only. You can see a joystick in the tutorial. So I'm not surprised that there's unused stuff like this.

That explains a lot about its design.
Man, I love Sanvein so much. Sure, inertia and whatnot, but it's so fast paced and exciting, and the time-rush thing seems like such a good concept.


Also, yeah. That character art is rather poor. Only the first one of those pics [with the blue-haired girl] looks passable, and even then just barely. Red-haired guy looks like something from some random person's DeviantArt.

[Zeether]

I have the rest of the images in a RAR archive here: http://www.sendspace.com/file/lvsvg5

I wonder where these exactly are stored, though. I think we have something interesting here.

[Op Intensify]

Maybe we should create a TCRF page for Sanvein with these.

[Despatche]

Also, yeah. That character art is rather poor. Only the first one of those pics [with the blue-haired girl] looks passable, and even then just barely. Red-haired guy looks like something from some random person's DeviantArt.

nothing in this explanation makes any sense. please, just call it mediocre and be done with it.

[Primative Charm]

I have this game too and if my memory is correct, these are indeed loading images. I remember catching the blue girl image a few times during the game's start up loading screen, but only for like a split second.

[Zeether]

I did make a post on Jul (the TCRF forum) about it, but if those are actual loading images I guess it's not entirely "unused"...

EDIT: They are loading images. I just booted it up on ePSXe to check.

[ciox]

Wouldn't mind more games with elementary particles, tbh.

[null1024]

Also, yeah. That character art is rather poor. Only the first one of those pics [with the blue-haired girl] looks passable, and even then just barely. Red-haired guy looks like something from some random person's DeviantArt.

nothing in this explanation makes any sense. please, just call it mediocre and be done with it.

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just putting my $.02 in here, describing levels of shit

I did make a post on Jul (the TCRF forum) about it, but if those are actual loading images I guess it's not entirely "unused"...

EDIT: They are loading images. I just booted it up on ePSXe to check.

Really? They don't show up in pSX. I don't have the disc on hand to check on an actual Playstation though.

[ciox]

Maybe you need a damaged disc or laggy emulator to actually get to see them. Wouldn't surprise me if the game just loads too fast for those screens, it seems light on assets.

[Krimzon Kitzune]

Amateurish for sure, but they definitely have an old-school anime vibe. I kinda like them.

[Obiwanshinobi]

I like the pictures because those characters don't look like the sort of people I avoid in real life.

[Zeether]

The game randomly picks one on boot. I got the blue haired girl one to show up a couple of times. Most of the time it's just what seems to be the ship with Gluon body and parts...is the game trying to say what the ideal combination is?