8BallAllstars

8BallAllstars
Developer: The Code Monkeys Publisher: O-Games Platform: Nintendo DS Released in EU: August 7, 2009 This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused graphics.

8BallAllstars is an unremarkable billiards simulator which was originally scheduled for release in Q3 2007, only to end up being delayed for two years for... some reason.

Development Text

Scrapped Windows Version?

The unused file SettingsWin32.txt contains various settings for a Windows port under a different name, "Pool Party". However, there appears to be no evidence of The Code Monkeys or O-Games releasing a game under this title, and it's unknown if it was renamed again or was ever actually released.

APP_NAME			= "Pool Party"
SCREEN_WIDTH			= 640
SCREEN_HEIGHT			= 480
FULL_SCREEN			= FALSE
MAX_FPS				= 30
MAX_EVENT_TYPES			= 16
MAX_MESHES			= 96
MAX_BONE_ANIM_CONTOLLERS	= 32
MAX_SKINNED_MESHES		= 32

Nintendo DS Settings

A resource file named SettingsDS.txt has information for the developers about the Nintendo DS System.

SCREEN_WIDTH			= 256
SCREEN_HEIGHT			= 192
MAX_FPS				= 60
MAX_EVENT_TYPES			= 1
MAX_MESHES			= 128
MAX_BONE_ANIM_CONTOLLERS	= 1
MAX_SKINNED_MESHES		= 1

Unused Graphics

Located in Menu/mainicon/ is IconTest.ncg.png, a test icon likely used to test the main menu icons (as shown in the title screen).