LOVE this!

Found the post.

This video also had the famous "Daytona Mode 7 floor" footage that everyone loves. Haha

At the time this was uploaded, he said on ObscureGamers that he had a copy of this, that his was in perfect quality, but when he visited his home in England a few years prior it wasn't there, so that lead is long gone sadly.

He also said he made/gave away copies, so this may have been one of them!

These were on the tape too iirc.

I might be able to recover it, so there is still some hope.

It is also likely that the Original VHS tape was the source of the screenshots used in the 1994.07 issue of Sega Magazine UK. The shots matched up to the VHS footage which was also a PAL.

One magazine even showed the VHS overscan iirc!

No, this was a super rare VHS tape that had footage from not only the CG pre-rendered foorage Saturn's original Winter CES Jan 94 showcase, but footage used on the monitors at Tokyo Toy Show 94, along with other rarities.

At the time, I separated all of the CK footage:
youtu.be/wsM6NGn1aWY?...

Nope, sadly not. The original uploader ignored any comments asking him to upload the original to IA, and continues to do so. No one else did either, and it was never captured by IA. Hopefully I can recover it from my HDD sometime. Anyway, thanks for responding!

Credit to @gamingalexandria.bsky.social for the lovely scan of the 1994 Weekly Famicom Tsuushin issues that help to make this kind of research possible!

Finally to add to the Tiny Katchin' curiosity, we have actually seen them before in other prototype materials.

They can be spotted in 2 different Sega Saturn Pre-Launch Trailers, and also repeated footage in the 1994.10 release of Sega Video Magazine (セガビデオマガジン).

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Now onto something very interesting... Tiny "Katchin' " enemies!

1. These aren't in the retail release of the game.
2. There are no Katchin' enemies in the whole of Kevin's Room in the final retail game except for the boss area.

Left; Prototype - Right; Final Retail Game

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As we can see here, the design of the train was somewhat altered.

We know from other prototype materials that this was also redesigned at least once after the version featured in the magazine/before the final retail version.

Left; Prototype - Right; Final Retail Game

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And finally, we can see that Tongara's idle animation is far different to the final retail release of the game.

This has been seen in other prototype materials previously.

Left; Prototype - Middle; Sega Video Magazine (セガビデオマガジン) 1994.11 - Right; Final Retail Game

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Next, we can see that in the prototype, the button to activate the bowling ball was further away from the wall, giving the player more space to stand between the two.

A subtle change, but a change nonetheless.

Left; Prototype- Right; Final Retail Game

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Next, we can see a different timer with the HUD set to the right of the screen. It is far more basic.

This timer HUD has been seen in other prototype materials previously.

Left; Prototype - Middle; Sega Video Magazine (セガビデオマガジン) 1994.11 - Right; Final Retail Game

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The source of the prototype image is below, and is worth checking out:

What can be noticed is that the cuckoo clock is still a strange wall object of a duck with wheels, hanging cogs on a wooden mailbox and a purple egg at the end.

This matches up with prototype screenshots, including the Prime Selection prototype, as shown below.