Alone in the Dark 2 (DOS)
Alone in the Dark 2 |
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Developer: Infogrames This game has hidden development-related text. |
Alone in the Dark 2 is - surprisingly - the sequel to Alone in the Dark, starring Edward Carnby once again as a detective - but what happened to Emily anyway?
Contents
Unused Audio
To do: Check for the music in LISTMUS.PAK, as the song "Pitch Black" included in the game soundtrack could be in it. |
Sound Effects
Enemy Death
A much longer version of one of the enemy death sounds.
Doorbell
A doorbell-like sound.
Roulette
A sound for when using a coin on the roulette, it plays for a split second, leaving the dispensing sound unused.
Car Drive
A car driving. While this is technically used, it is united to the "Two days later..." voice, leaving this isolated sound unused.
Car Driveaway
Another car sound effect, this time driving away and slightly skidding.
Grace hurt
Grace briefly crying, a leftover from Jack in the Dark.
Grace Ah
Grace shouting "Ah."
Unused Text
To do: There are more lines in the game's translation file which seem unused (for example, the mention of a "schoolbag" and several sentences apparently coming from Carnby which he never seems to say), but the whole game has to be played thoroughly to be sure. |
Inventory Full
Since the save file reserves only a limited amount of items to have in the inventory, the game possibly has code triggering a text message when the inventory is full, telling the player he cannot carry more. However, this message is never seen in-game, as there are not enough items collectable at once to actually fill up an inventory completely.
@10:You cannot carry anything else.
Debug Mode
The translation file contains several lines mentioning debug mode related text (these were not translated into other localizations of the game):
@5:Manip Debug @6:Manip Debug 2 @60:Debug Map @61:Obj Infos @62:Life Trace @63:Obj ZV @64:World ZVs @65:Frame Speed @66:Active List @67:System Infos @68:World Infos @69:Vars List @70:Move Objects
There are more strings found in the executable AITD2.EXE:
Informations Debug Etage:%d Salle:%d Camera:%d Memory:%l
Anti-piracy Protection
There are some anti-piracy measures scattered around the game's translation file, one asking the player input the items represented on the page (the manual), and another mentioning lines and columns, possibly hinting to input something depending the line and column given by the protection.
@14:Select the items represented on page: @15:Wrong selection! @80:Protection: line column @81:0000 @82:0000 @83:000 @84:You didn't answer the question!
The Alone in the Dark series
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DOS | Alone in the Dark • Alone in the Dark 2 |
3DO | Alone in the Dark 2 |
PlayStation | The New Nightmare |
Game Boy Color | The New Nightmare |
Windows | The New Nightmare |
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