Unused ‘DuckTales’ song unveiled in NES prototype

nme.com:

DuckTales soundtrack on the NES has been discovered inside a development build prototype.According to The Cutting Room Floor, the early build is from February 5, 1989 – seven months prior to the game’s release.DuckTales fans will notice some of the final build’s items are missing from the video, such as HP refills and level names, but the biggest difference is the stage select music.

The screen replaces the well-known DuckTales game theme with an entirely different take.TCRF catalogues some of the other key differences, such as on the map screen where they illustrate that “Scrooge’s nephews, the platforms they stand on, the arrow on the map view, and the preview of the level’s treasures haven’t been implemented yet.“Levels can be re-entered.