The Hidden Palace

The dead are rising! Today @Stip0_ released a much awaited early build of Dead Rising, enjoy! hiddenpalace.org/News/The_Dead_…

In the second half, we talk about demo discs, and how they can actually be a valuable resource for video game preservation, and can be full prototypes in their own right. Hwd talks about how a cheat code in the demo of Crash Bash in Spyro 3 turns the game into a two-for-one deal!

In recognition of the 18th anniversary of our 2008 release of the Sega ROM archive, we talk about how the release came to be, some of the surprises that came from it, and our favorite fun facts from the release.

Episode 2 of our podcast is now out! @memory_fallen sits down with drx, Nic, Saz, and @hwd405 to talk about some of our greatest hits. Thanks to everyone for the warm reception of our first episode, we hope that we can continue to entertain in the future! hiddenpalace.substack.com/p/hidden-palac…

@memory_fallen The first show is an experiment, so let us know what you think, what you liked and didn't like, and any ideas you have for what we should cover in future episodes.

@memory_fallen In the second half, @memory_fallen tells his own preservation story: tracking down a Burning Rangers prototype for the Sega Saturn, what it revealed (including a cut multiplayer mode) and how late-stage builds and demos can reshape what we know about a game's development history.

First episode of a new show about video game preservation: @memory_fallen sits down with Saz, Nic and drx to discuss how Hidden Palace grew from a Sonic-obsessed corner of the early internet into a community archive of prototypes and development history. hiddenpalace.substack.com/p/hidden-palac…

As an added bonus, two pitch demos from New Level Software for a proposed Spider-Man game have also been included.

Hello again! Presenting, another contribution from our friend Billscat-socks: Multiple builds of the long-thought lost Beavis and Butt-Head Do Hollywood! hiddenpalace.org/News/Beavis_an…

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Join us Saturday, January 24, 2026 at 12 PM PST/3 PM EST/8 PM UTC on our Twitch for a special reveal of an unreleased PlayStation game of a 90's favorite! twitch.tv/hiddenpalace

It features many cut creatures, features, debug editors and overlays, a planet editor, a cut flora editor, an animation viewer, a model viewer, and much more cut content that is sure to make the Spore modding community busy in 2026. 😎 Have fun!

Happy New Year everyone! Presenting, a really awesome prototype of Spore! Dated a full six months before the final release, this has been famed for its lengthy development and the many iterations it went. hiddenpalace.org/Spore_(Feb_19,… Enjoy!

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Happy New Year, everyone! Join us for our New Years Day stream 1/1/2026 at 3PM EST for a showcase of a build of a PC game that went through a lengthy development process. twitch.tv/hiddenpalace See you there!

Apologies for taking so long with some of these as we knew people were waiting for them. Things were taking a long time as some of the discs proved to be a lot more trouble than we thought. Check out the article to find out how everything came together!

Merry Christmas! It's that special time of year again where we celebrate the holidays with yet another yuletide collection of prototypes! This time we have a couple of Sonic prototypes just for you courtesy of Santa and @lastmincontinue! hiddenpalace.org/News/One_Bad_A… Enjoy!🎄🦔

Well…we’re live everyone. We’ll begin streaming in roughly 10 minutes. You can catch it here… twitch.tv/hiddenpalace Hope you got everything you wanted for Christmas…

Hey there! Hope your holidays are going great. This is just a reminder that we have a stream coming up at 3PM EST. You can check it out on our Twitch. We hope you’ll make it! twitch.tv/hiddenpalace/ Check out what Santa dropped off! This is going to be the best Christmas ever.