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The Cutting Room Floor is a site dedicated to unearthing and researching unused and cut content from video games. From debug menus, to unused music, graphics, enemies, or levels, many games have content never meant to be seen by anybody but the developers — or even meant for everybody, but cut due to time/budget constraints.
Feel free to browse our collection of games and start reading. Up for research? Try looking at some stubs and see if you can help us out. Just have some faint memory of some unused menu/level you saw years ago but can't remember how to access it? Feel free to start a page with what you saw and we'll take a look.
Featured Article
Developer: Monolith Soft
Publisher: Nintendo
Released: 2010, Wii
Xenoblade Chronicles was a spiritual successor to Monolith's earlier Xenosaga. In an attempt to reimagine the vision they had for the original Xenosaga after gaining some development experience, Monolith set out to make a game players would truly enjoy. This notion came from the poor critical and commercial reception of Xenosaga.
Due to the team's grand vision for what Xenoblade Chronicles should have been, and the sheer scope of the game, tons of ideas and concepts either didn't make it into the final product or go unused among the game's files - music, sound effects, weapons, armor, character models, and even an entire region.
Did You Know...
- ...that the original arcade version of Donkey Kong has a congratulatory message to those who could decompile the game?
- ...that both Hidden Agenda and The Transnium Challenge summon Satan if a graphic is missing?
- ...that Mega Man: The Power Battle has many dummied-out features that would make their way into the sequel?
- ...that Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood once had an area called Tutorial Island?
- ...that Monster Rancher has a slick techno track randomly put on the CD as filler?
- ...that the Wii version of A Boy and His Blob has a Sam & Max: Freelance Police intro movie?
- ...that at least 70 games released on today's date have articles?
Contributing
Want to contribute? Not sure where to begin? Visit the Help page for everything you need to get started, including...
- Instructions for creating and editing articles
- Guides that will help you find debug modes, unused graphics, hidden levels, and more
- A list of what needs to be done
We also have a sizable list of games that either don't have pages yet, or whose pages are in serious need of expansion and attention. Check it out!