Thunder Offshore

Thunder Offshore
Developer: NoriaWorks Entertainment Platform: DOS Released in EU: 1997 This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused sounds. This game has unused text. This game has a prerelease article This game has a notes page

Thunder Offshore was the last game made by the Spanish company NoriaWorks. This futuristic motorboat racing game uses a Voxel Space engine that allowed its 3D looking graphics to run smoothly in most computers from its era.

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Prerelease Info

Notes

Unused Images

Placeholder Scores Screen

An early scores screen placeholder image is present in RECORDS.PIC. It has some zeroed scores in it with a different font.

Intro Image

The unused image PRESENT.PIC has its own palette PRESENT.PAL and might be an early intro image for the game.

Unused Language Selection Palette

Unused palette file IDIOMA.PAL seems to be a palette for a cut language selection screen. In the final game, the language is set during the installation.

Developers Console

A background for the developers console is present in RESOURCE.PAK

There are some strings in MENUS.EXE referring to a developers console. It's unknown if it can still be reactivated.

RTHUNDER CONSOLE MODE SPAWNED
USE AT YOUR WILL
NO HELP AVAILABLE
CONSOLE: 
PRESS ESC TO QUIT CONSOLE

Cut Debug Mode

In the THUNDER.INI file created by MENUS.EXE to tell JUEGO[64][M].EXE the track to play and the options, there's a line in the MISCELANEOUS category with:

Debug Mode = FALSE

This line is hardcoded into MENUS.EXE, and changing its value to TRUE does nothing as JUEGO[64][M].EXE just ignores this property.

Cheat Functionality

There are some strings in MENUS.EXE referring to a cheat option.

CCHEAT
CHEAT MODE ON
CHEAT MODE OFF

Unused Sounds

Game Sounds

Ambient sound SAM5.WAV never plays:

Intro Sounds

Menu and intro video sounds are stored in the DIGITAL folder from the CD. There are a lot of unused sounds in this folder. These unused sounds seem to be related to an early version of the intro video.

• GRUA2.DFX

• HANNOISE.DFX

• LUCES.DFX

• LUZ1.DFX

• LUZ2.DFX

• PASADA4.DFX

• TURSTAD2.DFX

• TURSTAD3.DFX

• TURSTAD4.DFX

Unused Text

Debug Messages

There are some debug messages inside the game's executable. Most of these messages are meant to appear when some of the CD game files were missing, incorrect or incomplete. Here are some of them:

Spanish	Translation
No he encontrado el fichero de una lancha Error por final de fichero Falta el fichero .TAB Mal fichero .TAB Mal fichero de intercambio THUNDER.INI Mal fichero de circuitos CIRCUIT.INI AL CREAR MAPAS Y BUFERES No puedo leer el mapa CUANDO YA SE HA CARGADO EL MAPA No puedo leer los comportamientos DESPUES DE CARGAR LOS COMPORTAMIENTOS DESPUES DE CARGAR EL MARCADOR	File for a boat not found Error on file end Missing file .TAB Bad file .TAB Bad exchange file THUNDER.INI Bad circuit file CIRCUIT.INI WHEN CREATING MAPS AND BUFFERS Could not read map WHEN MAP HAS BEEN LOADED Could not read behaviors AFTER LOADING BEHAVIORS AFTER LOADING MARKER

Developers Messages

There are some developer messages in MENUS.EXE. They may be related to the developers console.

Spanish

Translation

ALEX SE .ALEX IS A REAL CODER VPORKO E CHELO .. .WILL ALLWAYS LOVE YOU VICTOR .THE BEST MUSICIAN VITU RAFA .DONT SAY IT AGAIN CESAR .HIPERVENTILATOR RULEZ LETICIA .SHE IS A SUCKER ALLETI R VJOSETE .MACACUS RHESUS LWAMASTO E PETE ICT .SLIME HAIRED JORGE BEJOSE SIC .PAQUETE JACOBO .OVERKILL CODER SOON SAJAC UNAI ERV .STINKS BUT BEST CODER JUAN IS .MARLEY, GREAT SHOOT SEPEDRO MA .CABEZABOLO LWAELIER E .DALAI LAI LAMA FERNANDO OSE .HAVE TONS OF GIRLFRIENDS VPIPILLO .ARRANCAR ZUZ BOLAZ ERVCLOWN KS .YO NO ME LLAMO ASIN ISJARE LEY .COOL JCAB SE .VTAL FOREVER AFRIENDWARE E .THEY DISCOUNTS OUR PRODUCTION COSTS OSNORIAWORKS S .FOREVER IENORIA IPBMG .LATE BUT GOOD QUAKE ER .SUPERB GAME NOALBERTO .CC MAX THE BEST RACING GAME SANA .ESTA FOLLABLE FU W .WASA KIRIMOTO NOTATE BO CJUANJO N .ALIEN SUCKER ROSCAR EN .ES CURRO JIMENEZ UHECTOR Q .EL PONEPEGASATODO GALATEA .CUCARACHAS EN TU GAZPACHO GIS .BASTA YA DE HACER CASITAS PARADISE IMOZIP .DEVUELVEMELA PEDRO PABLO JMARIN LI .BUSCO A JACKS ULLOA S .GAME 40 FOREVER

ALEX SE .ALEX IS A REAL CODER VPORKO E CHELO .. .WILL ALLWAYS LOVE YOU VICTOR .THE BEST MUSICIAN VITU RAFA .DONT SAY IT AGAIN CESAR .HIPERVENTILATOR RULEZ LETICIA .SHE IS A SUCKER ALLETI R VJOSETE .MACACUS RHESUS LWAMASTO E PETE ICT .SLIME HAIRED JORGE BEJOSE SIC .PACKAGE JACOBO .OVERKILL CODER SOON SAJAC UNAI ERV .STINKS BUT BEST CODER JUAN IS .MARLEY, GREAT SHOOT SEPEDRO MA .BOWLINGHEAD LWAELIER E .DALAI LAI LAMA FERNANDO OSE .HAVE TONS OF GIRLFRIENDS VPIPILLO .TAKE OFF HIZ BALLZ ERVCLOWN KS .I'M NOT CALLED LIKE THAT ISJARE LEY .COOL JCAB SE .VTAL FOREVER AFRIENDWARE E .THEY DISCOUNTS OUR PRODUCTION COSTS OSNORIAWORKS S .FOREVER IENORIA IPBMG .LATE BUT GOOD QUAKE ER .SUPERB GAME NOALBERTO .CC MAX THE BEST RACING GAME SANA .SHE'S FUCKABLE FU W .WASA KIRIMOTO NOTATE BO CJUANJO N .ALIEN SUCKER ROSCAR EN .HE'S CURRO JIMENEZ UHECTOR Q .THE COMPLAINING-ABOUT-EVERYTHING ONE GALATEA .COCKROACHES IN YOUR GAZPACHO GIS .STOP BUILDING HOUSES NOW PARADISE IMOZIP .GIVE IT BACK TO ME, PETER PAUL JMARIN LI .I'M LOOKING FOR JACKS ULLOA S .GAME 40 FOREVER

(Source: Translated by Gogoat.)