Robot Arena

Robot Arena is basically Robot Wars minus a physics engine. No, really.

Armored Forklift/Wood Armor








Artwork and info graphics for an Armored Forklift and Wood Armor, present in Robot Arena/Graphics/Botlab. The former probably didn't make it because the game doesn't have a physics engine (although it was present in early screenshots), but the latter's removal is a mystery.





The textures for said parts, found in Robot Arena/Models/Bots/Maps.

Hazards










Present in Robot Arena/Gaphics/select arena, it seems there was supposed to be an option to change the hazards, which would've been quite fun.

Red Giant


Found in Robot Arena/Models/Bot/Enemies. Red Giant, a bot in Practice mode (a Tournament bot in the original pre-patched game) was supposed to use M220 Mini Tank Treads. In the final game, he sported 12" Rubber Wheels instead.

Urban Menace


Present in Robot Arena/Models/Bots/Maps, the Tournament mode bot Urban Menace was supposed to use 12" Alloy Wheels. In the final, he sported BadBoy Tires. It is worth questioning why the developers left the custom texture in the Maps folder, for normal textures.

Unused Texts
In attachment_descriptions.txt, which houses the descriptions where someone clicked on the ? tab showing it on the respective part, is the following:


 * Wood Armor: "Relatively lightweight, wooden armor is fairly resistant to bashing attacks due to its cushioning effect. Don't let a sawblade sink its teeth into your wooden armor, however. For the naturalist."
 * Armored Forklift: "Often considered more a utility attachment than weapon, the Armored Forklift is very useful in lifting your opponent and dropping him onto a hazard. The hydraulic platform raises most average weight robots with ease."
 * Digital Insignia: "An enhanced version of the personalized badge plate, the Digital Insignia is an illuminated display that rotates above your robot. Opponents often target this component for destruction as a desecration to the owner." This would appear to be an old leftover, as there is no remnant of this part.

Unused Models
Yes, Wood Armor and Armored Forklift again. Robot Arena/Models/Bots, which has the .gmf files, also holds the files wp_forklift_bin.gmf and ui_armor_wood_bin.