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Proto:Hocus Pocus
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This page details one or more prototype versions of Hocus Pocus.
Contents
General
- The prototype includes a README.TXT file indicating its build date (1/15/94) and instructing beta testers on what they should be looking for.
- Lava tiles immediately kill the player, which makes sense considering the item is named "Kill" in the code. In the final, it simply gives you a shorter mercy invincibility time than other hazards.
- Hocus' sprite has him wearing Mario-like clothing rather than a wizard robe:
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- The status bar was redrawn in a stone style in the final:
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- The level number on the status bar does not flash if all the treasures have been collected.
- The pause menu says "Trapped! - restart level" instead of the final's "Abandon level & restart".
- Hazards do more damage and potions heal more than in the final.
- Scrolling the screen with the Up and Down keys has not been implemented yet.
- At the end of each level, the number of seconds for "Time to Beat" will always be equivalent to the level number, making it impossible to achieve the bonus.
- The sound effects for several things including collecting items, getting injured, and firing lightning bolts are different.
- The music track "Squeal" for Time Tripping: Levels 5 and 6 sounds a lot different.
- Hocus' beloved princess is named Angela instead of Popopa.
Main Menu
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- Several items have been re-ordered, and the items were separated into four groups in the final.
- "Begin a new voyage!" was changed to the less enthusiastic "Begin a new game" in the final.
- The "Legends and hints!" option simply fades the menu out and back in, as none of the story has been completed yet.
- The "Demonstration!" option was removed in the final.
- The instruction on the bottom uses "RETURN" in the prototype and "ENTER" in the final.
Level Editor
The prototype includes a level editor, but the method for accessing it has been removed. It can still be accessed with the help of the MS-DOS Debug utility, though it is of very limited functionality.
Level Differences
Level 1
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- The message informing you that you must collect Magic Crystals to complete the level has not been implemented yet.
- The first line of Terexin's first message is different:
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So... another Princess Rescuer. You'll never make it through these castle walls alive! Bahaha! |
So... another brave apprentice! You'll never make it through these castle walls alive! Bahaha! |
- The lightning bolt (which increases your rate of fire) is a goblet in the prototype, and the level has a different background for the indoor parts which matches the unused graphics in the final:
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Level 2
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Level 3
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Level 4
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Level 5
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Level 6
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Level 7
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Level 8
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Level 9
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