Prerelease:Taz: Wanted

This page details prerelease information and/or media for Taz: Wanted.

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General Differences

The posters are very different in comparison to the final version.

Early	Final

Early	Final
I soap you won't find it difficult to slide this one down the drain!	Oooh - look at the big scrubby tubby! Let's see it go down the drain!

Levels

Zooney Tunes

• Taz has the Bubble Gum powerup, but in the final game this powerup is not present at this level.
• There is also an sign with a painting of a tree, but in the final version this sign is completely purple.
• The sky box in the second image is very different from the sky box in the final version.
• The fences behind Taz are small and have a different texture, while in the final version these fences are taller.
• There is a big red sign behind Taz and the Keeper, but in the final version it does not exist.
• There is also a sign with an arrow and an exclamation mark, but in the final game, the sign is completely purple.

• A sign behind Taz in the third image has an unused texture.

Looney Lagoon

• The sky box used at the level has some changes in the final version.
• We can see the floor with a different wood texture than the one used in the final version.
• Also has an unused coconut in the game
• It is possible to see the super burp soda can powerup in this part, but in this part the powerup doesn’t exist.
• Taz is on a bridge, in the final game that bridge has a different texture.
• We can see a shark behind Taz, but this shark in this part doesn’t exist.
• In the fourth image the beach chairs have a different texture.
• The spinpad has a very different texture from the final version.
• The pirate ship behind Taz has very different textures from the final version.
• There is a box of TNT above Taz, but that box has been replaced.

Looningdale's

• We can see an earlier version of the speaker that Taz is using.
• We can see the super burp soda can powerup behind Taz, but in this part the powerup does not exist.

Samsonian Museum

• The font of the HUD is different.
• In place of the sandwiches in the final version, we have another object.
• A museum guard behind Taz is wearing a blue suit, in the final version it was changed to red.
• There is a portal behind Taz, but it has a different texture than the final version.

Bosses

Disco Volcano

• In that image, there is no colored floor.
• The plunger box has no texture.

Dodge City

• In the HUD there are no icons of Taz and Yosemite Sam.
• Some boxes on the level are different.
• There are box icons in the HUD, in the final game these box icons are different.
• The level does not have a sky box, but in the final version it does.

Demos

Magazine Demo 20 Video

in the video, in the first scene where it shows a poster of the Samsonian Museum level, we can see this text:

Early	Final
Come Look at our Crackin' Paintin's	It's a Puzzle, isn't it?

At 0:42, we can see this text:

Early	Final
This Museum is Protected by state-o'-the-art security systems, so dont't go a-wanderin' off the trail.	Taking control will see the hologram, holo-gone!

• At 0:37, on the title screen, there are some trees that in the final game do not exist.
• At 1:12, we can see a version of Yosemite Zoo with more details.
• On the video, we can see the posters in their early version.

May 2002 Demo

• We can see an earlier version of the speaker that Taz is using.

Unused Content

Posters

• There is an earlier version of the poster in the game's files.
• This poster also has no animation.

Early Plunger Box

An earlier version of the plunger box is still in the game's files.

Washing Liquid Bottle

• This is an earlier version of the washing liquid bottle used in the Looney Lagoon.
• This washing liquid was not used in the final version.

Early Big Monkey Tree

The tree has a different texture in the final version, there is no fruit in the tree in the final version.

Early Palm tree

We can see a much earlier version of the palm tree used in the Looney Lagoon.

Menu

Unused Palmtree

This palm tree was removed from the menu in the final version, it can be seen in the video of magazine demo 20.

Unused Safari Tree

This safari tree was removed from the menu in the final version, it can also be seen in the magazine demo 20 video.