Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue (PlayStation)

Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue
Developer: Traveller's Tales Publisher: Activision Platform: PlayStation Released in US: November 30, 1999 Released in EU: 1999 Released in AU: 2000 This game has unused areas. This game has unused code. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused models. This game has regional differences. This game has revisional differences. This game has a prototype article This game has a prerelease article

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Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue is a Super Mario 64-inspired platformer based on the movie. A fairly well-regarded one, too!

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Prototype Info

Prerelease Info

Unused Models

BEAVER.ALL

A Beaver model that would have been one of the 5 collectibles in Al's Penthouse. It is unclear if this was replaced by the final Critters in the level, or if it would have shown up alongside them and was removed. In the PC version, creatures.cfg lists CREATURE 40 as RABID and BEAVER in the old creatures.bak file.

Unused Textures

Andy's House

• A different version of the leaf texture for the top-floor plant.

• A tool texture of unknown purpose.

• An "X", a very common Traveller's Tales texture placeholder.

• More textures of unknown purpose.

Andy's Neighborhood

• A "Private, Keep Out" sign.

• Some unused vegetation textures.

• An alternative texture for the drying machine, with more brightness than the used one.

• An alternative texture for the water, with more brightness than the used one.

• A low-resolution texture of the wheel (the LOD model uses untextured polygons for it).

• Unused textures related to the road border.

Construction Yard

• Wall textures.

• Some metallic unused textures.

• A texture for bulldozer steps that existed in the May 7 preview version but were removed in the final game.

• Some red metallic textures for some kind of structure or machine. The spotlight texture (highlighted blue) was recycled and used for the stand spotlight.

• Some signs for the bulldozer shovel position.

• What seems to be an alternative window texture for the stand.

• What seems to be a plain tire texture.

Alleys and Gullies

• A leaf texture originally used in the console and Windows versions of A Bug's Life (also developed by Traveller's Tales).

• A dirty concrete material.

• A rock material.

Tarmac Trouble

• A pair of textures with a handwritten "Spare" label.

• A pair of wood textures.

• A pair of asphalt painting textures.

• A blue light for the ground.

• A red light.

• More textures of unknown purpose.

LOD Model Collision Areas

Most of the levels in the game have some disabled terrain collision areas that are placed over the LOD models and have different types of terrain (slippery, harmful, wet,...) and some ramps.

Particle Tech Demo

Phil Harrison, then-Executive Vice President of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, came to visit Traveller's Tales having just revealed the PS2 in Japan by showing off a particle demo. Jon Burton (founder of Traveller's Tales) coded up the same demo on the PS1, and left it in the Toy Story 2 game by accident.

(Source: https://twitter.com/JonTt/status/1069844642135367680)

This tech demo has been in the game since the first known preview version, and can be accessed with the following GameShark code (final US version SLUS_008.93) 800D7EBC 0009 overriding the Movie Viewer menu option. You can control it with the D-Pad:

• X/Triangle: Zoom in/zoom out.
• Circle - Stop/continue particle animation.
• R1/L1 - Change particle angle (?)
• Arrows - Rotate camera.

Version Differences

In the original NTSC-U/C release of the game, the gunslinger enemies that first appear in Al's Penthouse resembled a stereotypical Mexican. They were changed into blonde cowboys in the NTSC-U/C Greatest Hits re-release and the PAL version. The Dreamcast and Windows ports use the later design, the former worldwide and the latter outside of North America; in the American Windows release, the Gunslinger enemy remains.

(Source: GameRaveTV)