Original E3 1997 Battlespire and Redguard previews found

[MrFlibble]

Recently, BetaArchive user Awooo shared a selection of previews that had been salvaged from the Finnish gaming website MBNet. These include two folders with images (screenshots, concept art and renders) and other material for Battlespire and Redguard that had been shown at E3 1997. Most images are known from magazine and online publications but were previously unavailable in original lossless quality (MBNet archives contain stuff in BMP format and even with original file names).

Currently, the UESP Wiki only has the character concept art from both games, and none of the 1997 screenshots.

[SeaGtGruff]

Thanks for sharing this!

[MrFlibble]

Glad to do so, I've been on a lookout for Battlespire and Redguard stuff for a while (with my interest in RG kindled rather recently), but there was no place where he originals of these images were available in best quality. I think I missed Awooo's post when it was first made and discovered all the stuff just a few days ago. Previously I got nearly frustrated because there's a site with the whole set of Redguard 1997 screenshots in lossless quality but they slapped their logo on each image

I'm generally quite enthusiastic about collecting and preserving official screenshots, especially if these show a game in its development state. Thankfully MobyGames now has the promo art submission type specifically for this kind of material, because such preservation has always been in the hands of fans, and mostly done in a non-systematic way.

At this moment I'm a bit lazy to create a Wiki account here, so I'll be grateful if someone uploads the images.