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{{Removed content}}[[File:Neon Prime screenshot 01.jpg|alt=Screenshot of Neon Prime. Bebop overlooks the city of Fracture.|thumb|Neon Prime screenshot]]

'''''Neon Prime''''' was an early development version of ''[[Deadlock]].''

''Main article: [[Neon Prime lore]]''

''Neon Prime'' had a Cyberpunk sci-fi aesthetic featuring supernatural elements.<ref>{{YouTubeCite|video=https://youtu.be/xqJsU0iN_UI?si=z63mEGuj305zCNBp|title=Valve's Neon Prime - All Tutorial Videos}}</ref>

The game took place in an alien world called Fracture, a former prison planet that was taken over by inmates and turned into a tourism hotspot where crime is legal. The game matches were elections in the form of organized bloodsports in the city center, in which each team represented a mayor candidate.

The gameplay of ''Neon Prime'' was similar to ''Deadlock.'' 6 players on each side would use [[ziplines]] (then called ''hyperlines'') to traverse 4 lanes and fight [[Guardian|guardians]] and [[Walker|walkers]] to destroy an enemy boss called the [[Patron|Titan]]. The players would unlock ''tech'' (abilities) and use coins to buy [[Item|items]], called ''mods.'' In ''Neon Prime,'' the players had 6 item slots for each category instead of 4.

A notable difference is that ''Neon Prime'' had a 3-hit combo melee system, instead of ''Deadlock's'' light and heavy melee.<gallery>

File:Bebop doing a 3-hit combo.mp4|Neon Prime 3-hit combo  

== Characters ==

A list of known ''Neon Prime'' characters and their ''Deadlock'' counterparts.

Note: A number of unused heroes currently accessible in-game via console commands, like [[Cadence]] or [[Rutger]], aren't listed here because there isn't enough evidence that they were created for ''Neon Prime''.

{| class="wikitable"

! Hero Name !! Fate !! Notes

| Akimbo || Removed ||

| Astro || Became [[Holliday]] || Was in a relationship with '''Forge'''. Some of the in-game text and Holliday's internal name (hero_astro) refer to Holliday as Astro

| Atlas || Became [[Abrams]] || Atlas wore a jetpack

| Ballista || Removed || Used to be in a relationship with '''Lash'''

| [[Bebop]] || Stayed || Same as current model

|Became [[Wrecker]]

|

|Became [[Paradox]]

|Became [[Mo & Krill]]

|Became [[McGinnis]]

|Same as current model, was in a relationship with '''Astro'''

|Became [[Seven]]

|

|[[Haze]]

|Original design was an alien with long ears

|Based on [https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Heavy Heavy] from ''Team Fortress 2''

|Became [[Vindicta]]

|Had wings

|Became [[Infernus]]

|Was a man in an orange sci-fi uniform

|[[Kali]]

|Accessible via [[console commands]]

|Was a retired [[Bear Pit]] fighter. Animations were reused for '''Ivy'''. '''[[Viper|Viper's]]''' model is currently based on Kali's

|[[Kelvin]]

|Had an astronaut suit that was reworked as '''Viscous'''' current model

|[[Lash]]

|Owned a dojo, used to be in a relationship with '''Ballista'''

|Became [[Warden]]

|The name was reused for [[Minor characters|Captain Murphy]] in Holliday's storyline

|Became [[Calico]]

|Had grey hair

|Became [[Grey Talon]]

|Same as current model

|[[Shiv]]

|Stayed

|Same as current model, but with a red shirt and metallic arm

|Became [[Lady Geist]]

|Was a man wearing a cape and hood

|Became [[Dynamo]]

|Was a Japanese chef and sumo fighter

|Synth

|Became [[Pocket]]

|Became [[Ivy]]

|Was a person wearing a red yokai mask

|[[Viscous]]

|Portrait was a blowfish in a green suit

|[[Wraith]]

|Went through multiple iterations, including a woman with a purple arm and a magician with handcuffed hands and two ghost arms

|[[Yamato]]

|Stayed

File:Hero neon prime Tengu.png|Tengu

File:Haze v1 model Neon Prime.png|Haze v1

File:Healing trooper.png|Healing Trooper

File:Neon Prime V1 Gameplay.png|Neon Prime V1 Gameplay

File:Neon Prime Training 1.png|Training menu art

File:Cadence MM.png|Edited Haze icon, used as Cadence's temp icon

* ''Neon Prime's'' portraits were drawn by former Valve artist [https://www.clairehummel.com/ Claire Hummel].<ref>Confirmed privately with [https://x.com/shoomlah Claire Hummel] on X</ref>

* Concept artist [https://www.tumblr.com/zorinvasili Vasili Zorin] (known for his work on ''Overwatch'' and ''Sunset Overdrive'') is believed to be the art director of ''Neon Prime,'' as much of the character design and production design looks like his signature art style. Vasili has been working at Valve since 2018,<ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/vasili-zorin-1b3a841b/ Vasili Zorin] on Linkedin</ref> when development on ''Neon Prime'' (then called ''Citadel'') began.