Line art for the title screen of Castle of Dr. Brain, by Sierra.

The background art for the Code Room in Castle of Dr. Brain, with no face on the hangman's dummy.

What appears to be an early mockup screenshot of EcoQuest 1, showing a completely different design for the protagonist Adam.

An early image of The Adventures of Willy Beamish, showing an entirely different design for the living room of Willy's house. The general layout is the same, but the background art is entirely different than in the final game.

In-development images from Castle of Dr. Brain, EcoQuest 1, and Willy Beamish, from Game Player's PC Strategy Guide Vol. 4 #6, Nov/Dec 1991.
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This was a blast from the past. www.youtube.com/watch?v=h229... #retro #gaming #pointandclick #ecoquest #sierra

Besides Space Quest IV, the only other Sierra game I know of at the moment with such severe palette reductions (and sometimes other big visual changes) in floppy vs. CD is EcoQuest 1. But there could be more!
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EcoQuest 1: The Search for Cetus (Final) Flesh Eater defeated, Cetus Saved
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3Ov...
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DOLPHIN ROMANCE?!: EcoQuest Part 8 (END)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SHn...
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EcoQuest 1: The Search for Cetus (4) That Fish has boobs...big ones.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7vr...
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An early screenshot of EcoQuest 2, showing Adam standing in the branches of a tree surrounded by many different birds. Adam's sprite is in a different style than in the final game, with bright yellow hair rather the sandy color of the published version. His clothes are also different. He's wearing a white T-shirt, blue jeans with cuffs turned up at the ankles, and blue sneakers with white soles. In the final game he instead wears a sleeveless red T-shirt, brown shorts, and white sneakers.

An early screenshot of EcoQuest 2, from InterAction vol. 5 no. 2 (Summer 1992), showing Adam wearing a very different outfit than in the final game.
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EVIL MANTA RAY!: EcoQuest Part 7
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1w3...
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GET THE KEY!: EcoQuest Part 6
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiSd...
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GATHERING THE COUNCIL!: EcoQuest Part 5
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvRd...
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HELPING HAND!: EcoQuest Part 4
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXae...
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THE GREAT SENATOR!: EcoQuest Part 3
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YF2...
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EcoQuest 1: The Search for Cetus (3) It appears that Fish have apartments
www.youtube.com/watch?v=etK7...
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CORAL MAZE!: EcoQuest Part 2
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4lU...
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EcoQuest 1: The Search for Cetus (2) Slide Puzzle??? DEAR GOD NO!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q7P...
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TALKING DOLPHIN?!: EcoQuest Part 1
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2J3...
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EcoQuest 1: The Search for Cetus (1) I think this might be…good?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XikQ...
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#ecoquest do you remember this game? 1991 #retrogaming #abandonware

A screenshot from the EcoQuest 1 finale in the floppy version. The background shows a sunken sailboat with a doorway leading to a cabin, and portholes on either side of the door. The door hangs open, obscuring one of the portholes from our view.

A screenshot from the EcoQuest 1 finale in the CD version. The open door on the sailboat has been redrawn so that it no longer obscures the porthole behind it.

Another example of differences in the EcoQuest 1 floppy vs. CD. This sunken sailboat in the finale has an open door that obscures one of the portholes next to it in the floppy version. In the CD they moved it around for some reason. #ecoquest #sierra #adventuregames

EcoQuest 1, floppy version, starting screen. The Walk icon is purple with a golden drop shadow, and Adam's father's sprite has very vibrant blue jeans. The background art has a lot of pixel artifacting from being scanned from a painted piece of art.

EcoQuest 1, CD version, starting screen. The Walk icon is redrawn as purple with a black drop shadow, and Adam's father's sprite has muted and dull blue jeans. The pixelation of the background art has been heavily cleaned up, so many areas now have solid blocks of color.

I know EcoQuest 1 isn't that popular of a game, but it's interesting that it has Space Quest IV levels of Sierra redoing a bunch of the art between the floppy & CD versions.

And that's just the first screen! I think there are even more striking examples later on. #sierra #ecoquest #adventuregames