Mafia pre-release screenshots (over 400 screenshots!)

[AsaSK]

Yeah it's good we have those locations basically unchanged, I think that one you weren't sure about might be the transition between Little Italy and Works Quarter. It's interesting that in the earlier stages there appeared to be no gesture animations, just walking and standing - both in T-poses (the modern kind).
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[daviunic]

[AsaSK]

[daviunic]

Since we started talking about various locations in early builds, here's plenty shots of the farm:



And Carlo's appartment with this unknown guy walking around:


Downtown church:

[AsaSK]

A lot of these former protagonists from that certain stage of early development are also still around, named 'GangsterXX'. In the Carlo's apartment shots that's 'Gangster04', but 'Gangster01' is also frequently seen as the protagonist in a lot of shots specific to this development era.
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[daviunic]

More shots of Salieri's Bar:

This third one is closer to the final, notice the difference in wall color (which changed again later), chairs, addition of ceiling fans, rounded corner of the counter, ashtrays on the tables, only four bar stools instead of five...

LH Airport:

The trees are different, so are ground textures, no hangar in the background.


These are somewhat closer to the final.

Inside:

[Hunter]

[daviunic]

More prosecutor's villa:

I think the chandelier in the dining room is different.

Steamboat:

I think it's missing some decorations at the top, some colors and the design at the back could also be a bit different.

These are from a somewhat later version:

[AMadeMan]

The walkway for the Lost Heaven Queen at the bow is not hoisted up.

[Illusion_Insanity]

Thanks for the interesting topic.

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[AsaSK]

The varying times of day are interesting, though most likely just done for press - I can't imagine mission 14 originally had a dynamic sky/lighting system or anything like that.
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[huckleberrypie]

[AsaSK]

[huckleberrypie]

[daviunic]

Well maybe they thought about it, but if you consider they had to keep changing the city, reduce texture quality, etc. to optimize the game so they could meet their target requirements, it's obvious why it wasn't done.

When you read some early interviews it really feels like this game was quite ahead of its time in some areas but at the same time constrained by the hardware that was available back then (as well as prolonged development time obviously).

Anyway, here's a location I'm not sure where it is:


First I thought it's at the airport, then the hallway down to Yellow Pete's shop, but neither of those seem likely now.