We’re always working to add new collections to our digital library, but sometimes, we get the chance to add more to a project we’ve already done.
This week, we’ve updated two of our existing library collections: the Mark Flitman papers and the Andrew Nelson papers! We recently received packages from Mark and Andrew containing new materials from their collections that we missed the first time around, as well as a few items we needed to rescan at higher quality.
From Mark Flitman, we received some new materials that expand on some of his big projects:
- Character reference art for Marvel 2099. Mindscape used this art from Marvel to design characters for their canceled Marvel 2099 game adaptation. (Based on these scans, this comic imprint was originally called “Fast Forward.”)
- New product submission documents from Mindscape. With these documents, we can confirm that Mindscape did actually start on a game adaptation of the movie Mars Attacks!, which shows up elsewhere in the Mark Flitman papers.
- More corporate greeting cards, including a 1990 holiday card from Sierra On-Line, illustrated by Jennifer (Shontz) Terry.
- Additionally, we’ve rescanned a few items more completely and at higher quality! Check out the difference between these two scans of this Konami sales binder from 1991:
And from Andrew Nelson, we received a whole bunch of new design documents. Highlights include:
- The original proposal for Dust: A Tale of the Wired West (1995) This pitch differs significantly from the final game, with a unique present-day framing story and a bunch of new characters who didn’t make the final story. Nelson calls out in his draft that he wrote empowered Black and Indigenous characters in order to counter the usual stereotypes of the Western genre.
- A partial pitch document for an unproduced sequel to Titanic: Adventure Out of Time! This concept, simply titled “Romanov Game,” would have seen some of the survivors from Titanic cross paths with you again in a story set during the fall of imperial Russia.
Thanks again to Mark Flitman and Andrew Nelson for allowing us to share these materials with you for free! We depend on your support to help us continue building and improving our collections of rare development materials like these.