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A prototype is a stage of design before the final one. Prototype video games are created during development for playtesting and bug reporting purposes. Usually, a prototype game doesn't leave the developers' offices, but occasionally one finds its way out and onto the internet.

Prototypical stages

Pre-Alpha: Only used in certain games for very early development
Alpha: All the development up to beta
Beta: All major game modes and features are closed; game is now being heavily tested for bugs by SOA's QA
Final/Gold: Finished and sold product

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-==Dictionary Definitions==
+A '''prototype''' is a stage of design before the final one. Prototype video games are created during development for playtesting and bug reporting purposes. Usually, a prototype game doesn't leave the developers' offices, but occasionally one finds its way out and onto the internet.
-===Webster's Dictionary definitions===
-#An original model on which something is patterned.
-#An individual that exhibits the essential features of a later type.
-#A standard or typical example.
-#A first full-scale and usually functional form of a new type or design of a construction (as an airplane).
-===Dictionary.com's definitions [1 exception]===
+==Prototypical stages==
-#An original type, form, or instance serving as a basis or standard for later stages.
+* '''Pre-Alpha''': Only used in certain games for very early development
-#An original, full-scale, and usually working model of a new product or new version of an existing product.
+* '''Alpha''': All the development up to beta
-#An early, typical example.
+* '''Beta''': All major game modes and features are closed; game is now being heavily tested for bugs by SOA's QA
+* '''Final/Gold''': Finished and sold product
-===Oxford's Dictionary definitions===
+[[Category:General interest]]
-#A first or preliminary form from which other forms are developed or copied.
-#A typical example of something.
-===Encarta.com Dictionary definitions [1 exception]===
-#Original used as model: something having the essential features of a subsequent type, and on which later forms are modeled.
-#Standard example: a standard example of a particular kind, class, or group.
-#Full-size functional model: a first full-size functional model to be manufactured, for example, of a car or a machine.

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