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THEY DID IT!! - Datamining SEGA Saturn's NiGHTS

DiGi Valentine

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It was once thought impossible, but it's actually happening!! Datamining the SEGA Saturn version of NiGHTS has BEGUN!! This is a breakthrough moment for the NiGHTS and SEGA Saturn communities.

Video Chapters -
00:00 - Intro & Info
01:14 - Correction Regarding Source Code
01:56 - Beta Ideya Palace
03:23 - Gremmar Warden's Update
04:03 - Saturn Datamining Begins
04:48 - Mecha NiGHTS' Origins
05:43 - NiGHTS E3 1996 Demo
07:41 - Beta Ideya Capture & 'Blue Door'
10:37 - Help The Datamine Project
12:15 - Final Thoughts & Credits

E3 1996 Footage from Freckleslam - Video

Important Links -
NiGHTS Datamine Website (by Gremmar) - https://sites.google.com/view/nidrep/...
PC NiGHTS (2012) Image Viewer Tool (by Gremmar) - https://github.com/mg35/NightsImageTool
Saturn NiGHTS (1996) Texture Explorer (by Gremmar) - https://github.com/mg35/NiDTextureExp...
NiGHTS Discord Server - Discord: discord
Gremmar Warden on Twitter - Twitter: GremmarWarden
Ketrin (Main Account) on Twitter - Twitter: KetDarkDragon
Ketrin (Art Account) on Twitter - Twitter: KetArtDragon

NiGHTS E3 1996 demo on Hidden Palace - https://tinyurl.com/yc5my2fm

NiGHTS into Dreams on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/21...

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#NiGHTSintoDreams #SEGA #SonicTeam

20 Comments

@BrothaKyo 4 years ago

Seeing new NiGHTS discoveries in 2021 warms my heart, man. Big ups for this.

@ChaosAad22 4 years ago

Man, you guys are killing it with these discoveries! I hope we get to see more of NiGHTS' secrets.

@mariolemus12 4 years ago

Sega should just give us a legacy game of all their Dreamcast games, so many great memories playing Nights and Phantasy Star ✨

@SCRAPxRABBiT 4 years ago

God, I still can't believe NiGHTS things are HAPPENING in 2021, let alone all of the amazing discoveries being uncovered by the team. 😭

@MagillanicaLouM 4 years ago

Nights has reached a new level

@bandifundi5 4 years ago

dude im so grateful for you giving me my NiGHTS fix, im legit s t a r v i n g for anything NiGHTS

@dreamdragon2728 4 years ago (edited)

Wait! 8:42 - 8:43 Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think there is something orange in the back that I've never seen before (when Elliot collects the Ideya and the camera turns). It looks like an orange house?

@lizflowersg603 4 years ago

Seeing datamining of both the port, and Sega Saturn NiGHTS game on the year of their 25th anniversary feels really magical. I’m so grateful for this incredibly talented and dedicated community keeping love for all things NiGHTS alive 💜 🌟

@ArekusaSan 4 years ago

I CLICKED ON THIS SO FAST, LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOO

@shockpoint16 4 years ago

I can only hope this shows sega intrest in nights is still alive

@lileditingman 4 years ago

I wonder if the supposed ‘door’ would bring you to a secret level/boss of some sort...? The fact that the footage shows him jumping towards it specifically is exceptionally interesting.

@childchernobyl998 4 years ago

This video was a rollercoaster of emotions. Thank you.

@TheWispGuy 4 years ago (edited)

As someone who only played NiGHTS: Journey Of Dreams, seeing all this stuff for the first game is pretty cool! I wish the team the best of luck on discovering and extracting more hidden goodies!

@supermariohack3218 4 years ago (edited)

So Sega Saturn games can now be datamined too. Neat.:)

@dreamdragon2728 4 years ago

8:06 There are two energy bars!! One is the green one we see in the game and there is a red one at the bottom right that never appeared in the game!

@thegreat1007 5 months ago

10:35 gateway to selph

@charleschamp9826 4 years ago (edited)

I would not be surprised if the Blue Door was never made functional before it was cut and the reason the video cuts away from Eliot leaping to it is because nothing happens. He either just stands on its base or passes right through the entire object. Unless the cut to NiGHTS was its function. Perhaps in earlier builds you were able to switch between the dreamer walking along the ground and NiGHTS flying through the sky via the use of some objects. The Blue Door severing as the dreamer's way to go back to controlling NiGHTS, wherever they may be located elsewhere in the level. Maybe there's another "Door" that's just lurking in the data waiting to be found that was going to be NiGHTS' way to go back to the Dreamer in a way that doesn't involve running out of time. Or perhaps the same object was used for both.

@Hell_Soll 4 years ago

those founds are absolutly incredible!!

@aortaplatinum 4 years ago

Fucking insane, this is so rad. As far as I know, this is the first time a Saturn game has been decompiled by fans to this extent, and could lead to some even more incredible developments down the line.

@dreamdragon2728 4 years ago

I hope the dataminers can find something regard the deleted Spiral Claris level in the game files. There is nothing related to the level found so far, besides its nickname in the files.