Development:SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge (PlayStation)/Uncompiled Prototypes

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These prototypes were never compiled, but their source code can be found in the Visual SourceSafe archive on GitHub. They date back to as far as August 29th, 2000. The archive isn't exactly complete, as the developers destroyed various files in Visual SourceSafe. This makes said files impossible to recover, thus rendering several prototypes impossible to build the way they might've been.

October 9th, 2000

Taken from a October 9, 2000 commit.

Sound Effects

data/Sfx/ingame/ingame.xm contains strange sound effects sampled from various sources.

meow meow

A sound clip taken from a Meow Mix commercial. In the XM file, it plays once then reverses as a infinite loop.

you bastard

A sound clip of Kyle from South Park, specifically the episode "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe".

strain 1 and 2

Two high pitched strain sound effects from an unknown source. Possibly from South Park.

attack8

A sci-fi attack sound.

foot step

A foot step.

Music

Looking at the code, some music is referenced with names not seen within the final source. Unfortunately, the files were removed from history, but we do know what they were named. Those music names being:

• HYPERMMX
• DROPPOP
• MUSIC
• TITLE
• INGAME

Most references to these files were removed by a January 9, 2001 commit, where some final music was added.

January 29th, 2001

Taken from a January 29, 2001 commit.

Sound Effects

data/Sfx/ingame/ingame.xm contains early versions of sound effects used in the final game.

Anemon

A splat/splash sound.

Item_d

A sound of a cuckoo clock.

Sb_jump

A lower-pitched version of the prototype jump sound.

Clam_d

Glass breaking. It doesn't bend down like the final version.

Item_p

The item pick-up sound, though more resembling the end of the show's theme song.

Item_l

Another jingle.

Prickl

A boing.

Squidd

February 26th, 2001

Taken from a February 26th, 2001 commit.

Changed Graphics

Health

Prototype
Final (unused)

Pickups

Prototype
Final

The unused health meter and all pickups used rough sketches as placeholders.

Inside the Whale

Prototype
Final

The ground textures were originally pink, later changed to a less unpleasant purple, and the goop texture was brighter. These early textures can be seen in action in the February - April 2001 prototypes of the GBA version, and early prototypes of the PSX version.

The Graveyard

Prototype
Final

One of the tombstone textures had an anchor on it, but was changed to an epitaph. The ground was also originally brown.

April 17th, 2001

Taken from a April 17th, 2001 commit.

Sandy's Treedome

Prototype
Final

The ground outside of Sandy's Treedome was yellow.