N64 40 Winks dumped and released

**kammedo** · 02-05-2008

Originally Posted by Carnivol

Have to say I'm in the same booth as you.

I never thought this game went totally unreleased on the N64. Maybe it just had a somewhat limited release (Kinda like Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine on the N64).

I must admit somewhere in the back of my mind theres something shouting : "40 winx on the N64!"....
Hmm....

**Playgeneration** · 02-05-2008

Theres plenty of unreleased games that have box art online, doesn't prove the game had a commercial release though. Untill someone can show a photo of an actual copy then consider it unreleased.

**chaoticdaos** · 02-06-2008

Playing it with the latest version of daedalus for my PSP.
Excellent dump!:clap::clap::clap:

**Stupid Dufus** · 02-06-2008

Originally Posted by Barc0de

wait wait wait - wasn't 40 winks released somewhere through a publisher on the nintendo 64?? I recall advertisments of the game as well as having played it on a n64 O_o

According to an old post on IGN64, http://ign64.ign.com/articles/073/073321p1.html, the game was complete and ready to ship. If it was that far along, it wouldn't be surprising to see advertisements for the game. IGN lists the game as canceled/unreleased.

As for your memory of playing it, I have no answers to that.

**Playgeneration** · 02-06-2008

Theres a poster for the game from a amagzine on ebay right now: http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-MINT-PROMO-...QQcmdZViewItem

**mdmx** · 02-11-2008

It's called Ruff and Tumble in Europe. I heared that it was released for the N64 in France only.

**chaoticdaos** · 02-12-2008

http://www.emuasylum.com/ has 40 winks for download now

New game added to the N64 system called 40 Winks. This was canceled for the N64 as you can see in that wiki entry.

Thanks Yledion

**Barc0de** · 02-12-2008

I see how this wasn't released in the UK - 40 Wanks would seem excessive to any kid. Sort of like how Elebits got a name change!

**handofg0d** · 02-12-2008

Originally Posted by Barc0de

I see how this wasn't released in the UK - 40 Wanks would seem excessive to any kid. Sort of like how Elebits got a name change!

Care to explain the reasoning behind Elebits? I just can't seem to find anything wrong with it as an American.

**mooseblaster** · 02-13-2008

Originally Posted by handofg0d

Care to explain the reasoning behind Elebits? I just can't seem to find anything wrong with it as an American.

Elebits is phonetically similar to the French for 'And the penises!' (Et les bites!).

**Barc0de** · 02-13-2008

I wonder if Canadians found Elebits funny as a title, since some speak french.

**DarthCloud** · 02-13-2008

Originally Posted by Barc0de

I wonder if Canadians found Elebits funny as a title, since some speak french.

LOL, this is the first time I ear that tbh, when prononced correcly it doesn't sound like that at all...

**FoxZero** · 02-13-2008

I also thought this was released. I had a heap of promo 64 stuff when new games were coming out and I chucked heaps out (don't ask me why!).

But I did hang on to 40 Winks Promo Box, has full artwork back and front and is like any normal 64 box. Also had some posters and other stuff. I never saw the game, always assumed it was released.

**mooseblaster** · 02-13-2008

I suppose it didn't help that GT Interactive was falling apart at the time (this was late '99, after all). Maybe it got a minute release in some areas, but no major push.

**XxHennersXx** · 02-15-2008

Originally Posted by Playgeneration

Theres a poster for the game from a amagzine on ebay right now: http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-MINT-PROMO-...QQcmdZViewItem

yeah that's the poster I had

**quoth09** · 02-23-2008

40 Winks was in fact released US side, though it may have been released in small quantities, due to GT Interactive or other issues. If the rom that has been dumped is multi-lingual (I have not checked it out), then it is not the same as the US one that I am familiar with.

How do I know all of this, and why am I so sure of myself?

I worked in a small used/new game store from 1998 - 2000 (one which I will refrain from mentioning it's name), and we sold the game new, along side the PlayStation 1 version. I specificallly remembered it, because the N64 version was so much better, and PS1 version looked like ass in comparison (not to mention the 64 version sold better). I also got to play it on N64 a couple of times, because someone brought it in to trade, 1 TIME. We kept it on demo for a bit, but as soon as the new ones ran out, we had people wanting the demo copy, which ended up getting sold a couple of days after the new ones were gone. After all the copies were gone, we couldn't get anymore in despite the demand (the game was a great alternative to Mario 64, and we sold it as such), and I never once saw it traded back in for the rest of the time I worked there.

We sold it sometime in 1999, but I was thinking it was sometime in Fall, which would match up with what everyone is saying about the dates mentioned. I'm not sure how many copies the owner got in at the time, but it was under 100 for sure, as he split the copies he got between his other 2-3 stores, and we got about 30 or so where I worked.

If I had known then what I know now (or even a couple of years ago) about the game, I would have bought 1 or 2 of them and hoarded them back until about 2-3 years ago, when I saw that it was still undumped. I never once thought at the time that the game was released in limited quantities, nor had I ever heard of it when it came in.

Either way, like I mentioned above, if it is multi-lingual, it is not the same as the one I was selling back then.

It's nice to finally see some version of it dumped either way, the game was a lot better than most of the N64 crap that had come out.