The "Work in Progress" images were found in the official Psygnosis backup dump. Previous WIPs were from a "Miami Byte" slideshow.
It's also the most incomplete "WIP" image from Aquaventura, showing a lot of details missing, including a different hue of blue for the whole image.
These graphics weren't used in the final game, Psygnosis' landmark 3D animated sequences were used instead. Some images are from the official Psygnosis backup dumps and some from a promotional Psygnosis slideshow.
These graphics weren't used in the final game, Psygnosis' landmark 3D animated sequences were used instead. Some images are from the official Psygnosis backup dumps and some from a promotional Psygnosis slideshow.
It is not quite clear which of these images was the WIP and which was supposed to be the final image.
This animated intro was included in a pre-release demo of Aquaventura.
I slowed it down because it appeared to be running way too fast. There are also parts of the animation that aren't being clipped properly, leading me to think that this intro was simply dropped into the demo without being fine tuned.
It was later replaced by a rendered intro.
These graphics weren't used in the final game, Psygnosis' landmark 3D animated sequences were used instead. This was taken from a promotional Psygnosis slideshow.
The WIP image could also be from an animation since it shows the bay doors closed and has the spacecraft missing.
These graphics weren't used in the final game, Psygnosis' landmark 3D animated sequences were used instead. This was taken from a promotional Psygnosis slideshow.
The WIP image shows that there were several big changes done to this image while it was created.
The background was completely redone, the battleship was scaled down. The contrast between light and shadow areas was reduced to make the shapes more recognisable, although making the final image less dramatic.
These graphics weren't used in the final game, Psygnosis' landmark 3D animated sequences were used instead. This was taken from a promotional Psygnosis slideshow.
These graphics weren't used in the final game, Psygnosis' landmark 3D animated sequences were used instead. This image is from the official Psygnosis backup dumps and is probably unfinished.
This is a standard Psygnosis title/credits page, but was left out of the final game. These images are from the official Psygnosis backup dumps.
This is the intro animation featuring 3D rendered graphics with painted additional effects and optimized to take up as little storage space as possible.
While the graphics are basically 16 color monochrome images there are still HAM artefacts visible from the rendering process.