the state of the search of 1080° Snowboarding Beta/demo versions

1 - We actually know that there is 2 types of 1080° snowboarding beta versions. The first one was presented on spaceworld 1997 in 24th november 1997. The game was at his pretty early states. 3 modes (Match/time mode/score mode) ; 3 characters (Kensuke Kimachi/Dion Blaster/Ricky Winterborn) and 3 courses (Crystal Lake (Short)/Crystal Lake (Long)/Golden forest) were avalaible. We can also confirm that at least 3 board were playable. The names aren't confirmed but we theorize that those ones are called respectively : Andy Hetzel ; Clarke Hurlburt ; Wes MakePeace. We only have 2 official footage from this version. The game was approx 35% done.

2 - A second demo version appears on an event called "nintendo gamers summit" which was held on 29th january 1998 (one month before the game release). This was an improved one from the spaceworld version. The HUD was improved and the game seems to be much more playable than the last one. 4 modes were now playable with 5 characters. 5 courses were also present but Mountain Village and Dragon Cave, wasn't finished. Also, an early version of half-pipe was present. The game was approx 80% done.

3 - in general, the 2 versions shows a bunch of difference compared to the final version : 1/ a pretty simple HUD ; 2/ Characters have physical difference (smaller winterborn and bigger kimachi i.e) ; 3/ Difference statistics ; 4/ different speed ; 5/ Different boards ; 6/ Differences in courses (S section doesn't appear on CPeak (crystal lake long) ; longer beginning on Golden forest ; skinnier MVillage) ; 7/ "GO" and "GOAL" words are less polished.

4 - We actually have good hopes to find one of these versions. Notably the spaceworld 1997 ones. The chance to find it is probably much bigger than Earthbound 64 but it's impossible to say that someone has tried to get in touch with the game from this event. As for the "nintendo gamers summit" well... i hope to get it (this would be much better than the spaceworld 1997) but since this event is almost unkown from the public and the game shown at this time was only playable for a day, i only believe to a miracle at this point.