RayCrisis (PlayStation, Windows)

RayCrisis
Also known as: RayCrisis: Series Termination (US boxart) Developer: Taito Publishers: Taito (JP PS1), Working Designs (US), JVC Music (EU), CyberFront (JP Windows) Platforms: PlayStation, Windows Released in JP: April 20, 2000 (PS1), October 5, 2001 (Windows) Released in US: October 25, 2000 (PS1) Released in EU: October 13, 2000 (PS1) This game has unused graphics. This game has unused sounds. This game has regional differences. This game has unusual dummy files.

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Unused Graphics

Demo Leftovers

The folder TRIAL, only present in the Japanese releases, contains leftover images from a demo version.

T_NOTICE.BIN

T_TMESS1.BIN

T_TMESS2.BIN

TITLE/TITLE.BIN

TITLE/TTBAK1.BIN

TITLE/TTBAK2.BIN

TITLE/TTBAK3.BIN

Arcade Leftovers

The files T_RATING.BIN and T_NTC_O.BIN in the folder TIM are leftover screen graphics from the original arcade release.

In the Japanese releases, there is also an additional folder in TIM titled TRASH, which contains more leftovers from the arcade release.

T_EPA.BIN

T_FBI.BIN

T_NTC_A.BIN

T_NTC_J.BIN

Placeholder Tile

Present with some maps' water textures is a placeholder with a comment:

Text	Translation
アニメする場所 A1	Place to animate A1

(Source: tikal.)

Unused Sounds

Several unused sounds, all of them leftovers from the game's arcade release, can be found within the audio packages in the folder VAB. Additionally, .WAV copies of these same sounds can be found in the Windows release, inside VAB\WAV.

Filepath	File	Description
21_DM_VO.VAB Sound 2	"Neurocomputer"	Meant to be played in the intro sequence. Also unused in the arcade release. In the Sound Test, it is labeled as SE 190.
22_ENDVO.VAB Sound 1	"...but this is only the beginning." "だが、これは始まりに過ぎない"	From the arcade version's bad ending. As this port uses different sequences for the bad and normal endings, this goes unused. In the Sound Test, it is labeled as SE 199.

(Source: tikal.)

Dummy File

ZZZZZZZZ.ZZZ, at the root of the PlayStation release's disc image, is a padding file containing the following repeated string:

Text	Translated
雨が雨が するどい 雨がきつい 雨 雨たちの 私たちの ミッ○ィー しかも 半ずれ 雨がすごいよ y=x^2のように	The rain, the rain is nimble, the rain is harsh Rain, our Mi**y of the rain And yet, half-slip The rain is great, like y=x^2

(Source: JacobLenstar)

Regional/Version Differences

Options Menu

• When it comes to the PlayStation releases, the Japanese version has PocketStation support, used to download a game titled RayPocket. This feature is not present in the game's localizations.
• In the original Japanese PlayStation release, there is a digital manual accessible by the image gallery which is absent from the localizations, as well as the Windows release. This is also reflected in the menu selection:

Japan	US/Europe

• Additionally, there are three images in the gallery exclusive to the Japanese release:

Gameplay

• The boss of the Emotion Part, known as Sem-Slut in the original Japanese release, had its name changed to Sem-Strut in the localizations.