Proto:Syphon Filter/Early Demos

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This article is a work in progress. ...Well, all the articles here are, in a way. But this one moreso, and the article may contain incomplete information and editor's notes.

To do: Screenshots? Videos? Anything that isn't just black text on a white screen?

These two demos appear to come from pretty early in the game's development.

Demo #1

Released by Toys R Us as part of an Interactive Sampler Demo Disc.

Applying the below cheat codes will disable the demo's 1 minute time limit.

Effect	Code
Set current time to 0	8011C720 0000
Set mission start time to 0	8011C724 0000

(Source: Original TCRF research)

• Different design at the briefing loading screen.

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	File:Syphon Filter Briefing Loading Final.png

• The police car does not explode at the beginning of the mission.
• No blue underlay on pop-up labels.

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File:Syphon Filter Popup Label Proto.png	File:Syphon Filter Popup Label Final.png

• No sound effect when receiving checkpoints.
• Different camera angles in the cutscenes use different camera angles.
• When Logan gets shot, he screams differently.
• Terrorists have better aim.
• While failing, Game Over caption appears instead of Mission Failed.
• Headshot caption appears slower.
• The sounds of shots from terrorists are from .45, although they are armed with 9mm.
• When shooting at CBDC, Lian warns "Gabe, hold your fire, he's CBDC!"
• Different terrorist's screams while they are dying.
• Terrorists do not scream if they're fried with a taser.
• Some dialogue sounds different, and some have slightly different content.
• Lian Xing is named Mei-Xing.
• Shotgun has lower fire rate.
• Logan's 3D model disappears more slowly when switching to first-person view.
• Target icon has a completely different look.

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File:Syphon Filter Target Icon Proto.png	File:Syphon Filter Target Icon Final.png

• When the bomb in the bank is triggered, Lian does not report about loss of communication.
• The bank has different lighting and dimming.

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File:Syphon Filter Bank Lighting Proto.png	File:Syphon Filter Bank Lighting Final.png

• All the lighting is different.
• Less responsive movement using L2/R2, as well as all other controls.
• The lids of weapon box crates can only be half-open.
• No "breath effect" while opening weapon box crates.
• The grenade box crate in the bank is located in another corner of the room.
• Small differences in the wall textures of the bank.

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File:Syphon Filter Bank WallTexture Proto.png	File:Syphon Filter Bank WallTexture Final.png

• The roll has no audio effect.
• Music has echo effect.
• Suspense music is not cyclical, ends with a fragment of the ending from Destroyed Subway soundtrack.
• The frame of the glass of the bank and bar is gray, not black.

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File:Syphon Filter Bank GlassFrame Proto.png	File:Syphon Filter Bank GlassFrame Final.png

• Different glass breaking animation.
• Logan can run through frame of a glass.
• When running through a glass, Logan lingers for a split-second.
• There are two additional road signs near the bank on both sides of the road.
• Two trees are visible instead of one behind the brick wall near the bank.

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File:Syphon Filter BankWall Tree Proto.png	File:Syphon Filter BankWall Tree Final.png

• The texture of the doors on the buildings looks different, and some have stairs.

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File:Syphon Filter Building Door Proto.png	File:Syphon Filter Building Door Final.png

• Near two police cars on the floor are missing two tiles.
• In the alley there is the yellow light bulb above.
• Behind two burning police cars on the first street there are four lampposts.
• Light poles at the entrance to the subway are taller.
• The tree that stood near the entrance to the subway now stands near the left window of the bar.
• The subway has completely different textures, no blackouts and sparks.
• Armor box crate at the gates of the subway is located in another place.
• Terrorists can spawn and run out of the subway.
• Into subway leads two passes instead of one.
• The wall near the bar has an orange texture.
• Kravitch's bar is rather different:
  • The top texture of the walls is orange rather than green.

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File:Syphon Filter KravitchBar WallTop Proto.png	File:Syphon Filter KravitchBar WallTop Final.png

• • There is no table with bottles.
  • There is no pool table with hanging lamp.
  • There are no recessed orange windows.
  • Some of the light bulbs are arranged differently.
  • A table in the hallway is at the back wall.
  • The lamps shine dimmer.
  • There are more light bulbs and tables.
• Kravitch himself is also different: he has a unique 3D model, always stands at the bar, cannot move, has reinforcements right away, and speaks different lines during a firefight.

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File:Syphon Filter Kravitch Model Proto.png	File:Syphon Filter Kravitch Model Final.png

• The communication array is located on the table next to Kravitch.
• The bar has the window in the section leading to the elevator's alley and the Hotel sign.
• One terrorist spawns in the elevator's alley when you arrive there.
• The upper platforms have the gray rails in the elevator's alley.
• There is no graffiti in the alley on the wall next to the elevator.
• There are no orange boxes in the elevator's alley.
• The M-79 box crate has 10 rounds instead of 5.
• There is no sound effect when climbing on the ledges or while walking on metal surfaces.
• There is no sound effect and a different scream when falling to your death.
• During climbing to the M-79 box crate, two terrorists rush out from the left corner.
• In the elevator's alley there is the Sniper Rifle box crate.
• There's no report about CBDC needed help two blocks east away from Logan.
• The sound of sparks from the subway's switch room cannot be heard from the street.
• The subway's switch room has a different layout, with bulging shutters and pipes. It also has a fixed camera angle.
• The terrorist does not appear when riding on the elevator to the alley.
• The entire street with the theater is absent.
• The pause menu has different sound effects.
• "Briefing" is placed in Options and is called "Review Briefing".

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	File:Syphon Filter Pause Briefing Final.png

• Level map has some differences.

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	File:Syphon Filter Level Map Final.png

Demo #2

Found in the Official U.S. Playstation Magazine Demo Disc 18. Practically the same as the Toys R Us demo, but does have a few differences.

• The target icon now has its final design.
• When the bomb in the bank is triggered, the message about loss of communication now arrives.
• The pause menu's sound effects are different from both the Toys R Us demo and the final game.