Euro Demo series
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Euro Demo is a series of demo discs which were distributed with various PlayStation magazines across Europe and Australia.
NOTE: This series has used different naming schemes over the years; for consistency's sake, only the "Euro Demo #" scheme will be used. Please also note that some of these discs may not have been distributed outside the UK.
Contents
- 1 Hidden Credits
- 2 Star Fighters
- 3 Trouser Trouble
- 4 Unused Graphics
- 4.1 Euro Demo 2
- 4.2 Euro Demo 3
- 4.3 Euro Demo 5
- 4.4 Euro Demo 15
- 4.5 Euro Demo 20
- 4.6 Euro Demo 26
- 4.7 Euro Demo 27
- 4.8 Euro Demo 38
- 4.9 Euro Demo 41
- 4.10 Euro Demo 42
- 4.11 Euro Demo 44
- 4.12 Euro Demo 45
- 4.13 Euro Demo 46
- 4.14 Euro Demos 55 and 58
- 4.15 Euro Demo 69
- 4.16 Euro Demo 70
- 4.17 Euro Demo 76
- 4.18 Euro Demo 81
- 5 Unused FMVs
- 6 Unused Demos
- 7 Unused Downloads
Hidden Credits
Euro Demo 2
On this disc, a file called FUTURE.TXT is located in the root folder which contains the credits for the demo disc itself.
FUTURE DEMO DISC - ISSUE 2 Producer: John Roberts Programmers: Vince Diesi/Paul Holman Artist: Pete Johnson Sound: Harry Holmwood
Euro Demo 3
An altered version of FUTURE.TXT exists in the same place, with the same credits.
FUTURE DEMO DISC - ISSUE 3 (January)
Thanks for all the artwork, pity the new sound didn't make the deadline !
Euro Demo 4
FUTURE.TXT was included here too, with a couple of new lines of text at the bottom.
FUTURE DEMO DISC - ISSUE 4
Our thanks to Dean at Millenium (for DefCon) and Bob (for Xcom). Pity that Thunder' arrived too late - wait for the next issue !
The last line likely refers to the game Firestorm: Thunderhawk II which was included on Euro Demo 5. This exact file was included on discs 5 and 6 (the line referring to it as issue 4 went unchanged), except it was moved to the "DD" folder. The text would be edited on Euro Demo 7 to remove the reference to demo 4 and last couple of lines and would remain that way up to Euro Demo 25, outside Euro Demo 14, which doesn't have that file.
Euro Demo 26
Hacking: Tommy_D
This line is added to the FUTURE.TXT up to Euro Demo 29.
Euro Demo 30
FUTURE DEMO DISC Programmers: Allan J. Murphy, Vince Diesi, Paul Holman Producer: Richard Milner Assembler: George Bain Artist: Pete Johnson, Steve Weymouth Sound: Harry Holmwood, Jason Page
This is how the FUTURE.TXT is up to Euro Demo 47, outside discs 36 and 37, which don't have that file. It is also found in Euro Demo 76.
Euro Demo 70
FUTURE DEMO DISC Programmers : Glyn Hughes, John Cassidy Producer : Richard Milner
Euro Demo 74
FUTURE DEMO DISC Programmer: Glyn Hughes Producer: Richard Milner Artist: Lorne Christie
Euro Demo 75
FUTURE DEMO DISC 75 Producer: Richard Milner Assembler: Glyn Hughes Artist: Lorne Christie
Euro Demo 77
FUTURE DEMO DISC Programmers: Matt Collier, John Cassidy Producer: Richard Milner Assembler: Robert Crosbie Artist: Lorne Christie Sound: Harry Holmwood, Jason Page
Euro Demo 78
FUTURE DEMO DISC Programmers: Matt Collier, John Cassidy Producer: Richard Milner Assistant Producer: Paula Jones.
Euro Demo 80
FUTURE DEMO DISC Programmers: Matt Collier, John Cassidy Producer: Richard Milner Artist: Lorne Christie Sound: Harry Holmwood, Jason Page
Star Fighters
Euro Demo 33 contains a hidden extra Net Yaroze game which is accessed by holding L1 + R1 + Up and then X on the main menu.
Trouser Trouble
Euro Demo 39 contains a hidden game called Trouser Trouble, which is accessed by holding L1 + R1 + Up and then X on the main menu. However, due to an oversight, it won't work on retail hardware.
As described by the programmer, "MikeD" in a Reddit post:
My last disc I think would have been #39, which I celebrated by sneaking my own little game onto the disc, activated by a secret button press in the menu (don't recall what). It was called 'Trouser Trouble' and is a trivial block-sliding game in which you're rearranging images of Dev Support team members' pants. Sadly, I screwed up the executable linking for that one — I didn't adjust the stack pointer to not require the double-sized memory that dev kits had — so it won't play on consumer hardware. But play the audio on a CD player and you'll hear the three kitsch little ditties that a friend and I composed for it.
The game can be played using DuckStation, with the expanded 8MB RAM enabled.
On start-up, you are greeted by the following:
This is probably not the program you intended to load Instead, here's something that's really pants...
When starting the game, the following story is displayed:
It's panic time at Demo Disc HQ - the Boss' weekly trouser inspection is only a couple of minutes away, and our normally flawless slacks have been mangled by interlopers from Wedge magazine! If our strides aren't straight in a few seconds, our superiors will sack us for sure! Can you take the pressure? Or will you crumple like a poorly ironed pair of khakis? Use whatever means necessary - we're counting on you!
The game consists of four main levels, which if beaten without running out of time, unlocks a fifth secret level.
Upon completion, a congratulatory message is shown:
Phew! The terror of Trouser Trouble is thankfully terminated! Ta! Thanks for playing
Followed by credits:
TROUSER TROUBLE TEAM: Trouser Trouble featured... Code by: MikeD Music by: MikeD (tracks 2, 3) PhyzC (tracks 1, 2) ShishB (sound engineer) Creative writing by: MarkB ...and the trousers of: GeorgeB JamesR MarkC MikeD Some girl at a party whose name we don't know
Unused Graphics
Euro Demo 2
This disc includes some leftover graphics from Demo 1, a disc that was included with the PlayStation in Europe. Strangely, said graphics are still loaded into VRAM despite never being used; this was corrected in Euro Demo 6.
A photo of a man holding a dog is included here too, for reasons unknown. This and the Demo 1 graphics wouldn't be removed until Euro Demo 21.
An icon for Ridge Racer can be found among the icons for the menu. A rolling demo for this game was included on Euro Demo 3.
Euro Demo 3
An alternate icon for Hi-Octane can be found, using a different font to the icons that were used. This unused icon was removed in Euro Demo (France) 1, which otherwise uses the same icons.
Euro Demo 5
An icon for Krazy Ivan can be found. A playable demo of this game was featured on the following disc.
Euro Demo 15
An icon for Onside Complete Soccer can be found with the used icons. A playable demo of this game was featured on the following disc.
Euro Demo 20
An icon for Total NBA '97 can be found with the used icons. Oddly, no demo of this game was ever included in the series.
Euro Demo 26
A promo for Sony Game Line can be found with the menu data. This was used for the loading screen on many of the French Euro Demo discs during 1997.
Euro Demo 27
The icons from Euro Demo 26 can be found on this disc.
Euro Demo 38
An icon for a Formula 1 '98 video can be found with the used icons.
Euro Demo 41
An icon for Apocalypse can be found with the used icons. No demo of this game was ever included in the series.
Euro Demo 42
An icon for Music can be found with the used icons. A playable demo of this game was already included on Euro Demo 40.
Euro Demo 44
Icons for an Actua Ice Hockey 2 video and a playable demo for Swing can be found with the used icons. Playable demos for Actua Ice Hockey 2 and Swing were featured on the following disc.
Euro Demo 45
Icons for KKND: Krossfire and a Prince Naseem Boxing video can be found with the used icons. KKND was featured on next month's disc, while the Prince Naseem Boxing video wasn't featured until Euro Demo 48 (and the game itself wasn't released until late 2000).
Euro Demo 46
Once again, an icon for an Actua Ice Hockey 2 video and also one for a Speed Freaks video can be found with the used icons. The Actua Ice Hockey 2 video was featured on the following disc, while the Speed Freaks video wasn't included until Euro Demo 48.
Euro Demos 55 and 58
Both of these discs contain an unused icon for the downloader utility.
Euro Demo 69
An icon for Ultimate Fighting Championship can be found with the used icons, as well as two blank icons. Notably, while the demo itself isn't present on the disc, the packaging for the Benelux release claims that a playable demo of the game is on it.
Euro Demo 70
An icon for Mort the Chicken can be found with the used demos. Oddly, while the sleeve for the UK release doesn't mention this demo, it does feature one for The Simpsons Wrestling which doesn't even have a hidden icon.
Euro Demo 76
A self-labeled TIM file found in POCKET/POCKET.DAT. It is present in all later demo discs as well.
Euro Demo 81
Another blank icon.
Unused FMVs
Euro Demo 27
This disc contains an unused FMV inside Felony 11-79's files.
Unused Demos
Euro Demo 108
This disc includes an unused demo for Um Jammer Lammy, though it appears to be the same one that appeared on Euro Demo 49. This might be a limitation of the menu system, as no disc contained more than 12 options and this demo was likely swapped out for the Net Yaroze compilation.
Unused Downloads
Euro Demo 56
The disc seems to contain downloadable save files for Crash Team Racing (CRASHTR.DAT), Speed Freaks (SPEEDF.DAT) and Soul Blade (SOULBL.DAT) but they don't appear on the Downloads menu.
Interestingly, the Crash Team Racing one was later discovered to be save data from the US review build.
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