User:WarioBarker

WarioBarker
Also known as: WarioBarker88 (YT), WarioMario (SMW), WarioSajak (BAV/GSP), Dan88 (GSF) Developers: Mom, Dad Publishers: Mom (physical), DB Enterprises Inc. (online) Released internationally: 2002 (online only) Released in JP: TBD Released in US: August 23, 1988 Released in CA: TBD Released in MX: TBD Released in EU: TBD Released in UK: TBD Released in FR: TBD Released in DE: TBD Released in AU: TBD Released in RU: TBD Released in KR: TBD Released in BR: TBD Released in CN: TBD Released in TW: TBD Released in AS: TBD

WarioBarker is an editor of The Cutting Room Floor who lives in Deerfield Beach, Florida. He tries to help when and where he can, even if it amounts to simple cleanup of bad grammar, stray punctuation, and the like. He apologizes in advance if he screws anything up.

For more stuff, see User:WarioBarker/Sandbox.

Prerelease Stuff

Stuff I'm aware of as being on this very Wiki.

• Air Fortress - has scans from the Japanese version's manual showing unused graphics.
• Amnesia: The Dark Descent‎ - contains a RAR file with a bunch of early videos and concept art.
• Journey to Silius - has a scan from Nintendo Power of when the game was The Terminator.
• Pilotwings - has a Japanese magazine scan of Dragonfly, the game's early iteration.
• Star Fox 64 - has several prototype screenshots.
• Star Trek: 25th Anniversary (NES) - has a scan from Nintendo Power showing two unused items.
• Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars - both the main page and subpage have a bunch of prerelease screenshots.

Fun Audiovisual Stuff :)

• From EarthBound Central, a "Happy 1995!" card from APE and Mother 2, using the game's art style to show a Wintertime Onett with quite a few custom sprites. Not sure if it'd count as prerelease material, but it's definitely worth a look. :)
• Unseen 64 page on the tech demo of the unreleased Genesis Lufia & The Fortress of Doom port, which had been leaked by the port's programmer. Said programmer was given just six months to make said port, and per him "there was no way in hell I could have done it since all the original SNES code was fucking indecipherable and the Japan programmers weren't any help." While the tech demo consists of the title screen and a testing dungeon, given what this site's turned up I wouldn't be surprised if there's some unused stuff just below the surface.
  • The port was originally scheduled for release in December 1994 (presumably alongside the localized SNES game), but was later pushed to Spring '95 before being canned.

Blog Links

• TCRF's official Tumblr blog
• Unseen 64's "leaked" category (unreleased/prototype games that have been publicly released; the whole site's pretty good, but I'm noting this section in particular)

• The Game Informant (gaming blog by OkeijiDragon, including analysis of various prototype footage)
• Xkeeper's Tumblr blog (found this one through my TCRF watchlist; overall, it's well worth a look)
• You Found A Secret (gaming blog by TonicBH)
• Nintendo Player (interesting site with pages on prototype carts and dumps)

Huge Sites (set aside some time for these)

• Hardcore Gaming 101 (lots of game articles {individual games, franchises, companies, etc.}, book reviews, analysis...there's well over 1,000 pages here)
• The Video Game Critic (reviews of a lot of video games ranging from the 1970s to today)

• Chris Covell's website (lots of fun game- and Japan-related stuff, including scans and analysis of various Japanese gaming magazines from about 1986-93 {along with two children's picture books that involved the making of Super Mario Bros. 3 and Dragon Quest VI (SNES), respectively})

TAS-Related Stuff

• TAS of Tetrisphere's Time Trial mode (Nintendo Power made this game seem complicated to me; Acmlm makes it look like a chump :P)
• TAS of Dr. Mario (NES) Level 20/Speed HI by CtrlAltDestroy (good thing there's a seven-digit score display...)
• Actually, a whole lot of TAS Videos in general, particularly the Star tier.

• TAS of Tetris (NES) by quad8 (specifically, "fastest 335 levels"; the game pieces start getting some weird color palettes after 1,380 lines are cleared)

YouTube Videos/Channels

• Super Mario Bros. 3 Game Genie code to control the music using A, B, and the D-Pad (nensondubois; his channel's full of good stuff, but this is one that isn't exactly related to showing off unused content)
• Xkeeper's YouTube channel (lots of fun stuff, mainly regarding game corruption and the weirdness that ensues)
• Chris Covell's YouTube channel (Japanese video game tapes, mostly Famimaga and GTV/GameTV, from about 1988-92; all videos have informative descriptions and annotations, the latter usually noting differences between the early footage and released game {or, in some cases, if a featured game ended up not being released at all})
• OKeijiDragon's YouTube channel (prototype game footage in really good quality {some recorded by him, others from various tapes}, plus videos showing off some glitches/oversights; the footage from various tapes includes Mother 2, Super Mario RPG, and Sonic Adventure)

16-Bit Zelda II Theme (from the SNES Burn-In Test Cart page, as it's been removed from there)
A 16-bit redo of the title screen music from The Adventure of Link, possibly the only remnant of Nintendo's planned BS-X Zelda II tech demo. Plays during the Burn-In Test and when the Sound Module Test is completed.

Interesting(?) Note
From the "Unused Text" section of the Wheel of Fortune (PlayStation 2) page:

UI: The wheel is spinning. WHEEE!!

This reminds me, somewhat, of how Wheel host Edd "Kookie" Byrnes acted on one of his episodes (he did two pilots in 1974 at NBC's insistence, but ended up hosting while drunk and test audiences felt he didn't fit; he was replaced by Chuck Woolery when the network greenlit the series a few months later). Granted, I'm sure this wasn't a deliberate reference (the only Byrnes footage that had aired before this game's release - heck, the only Byrnes footage that's ever been aired - was on the ceremonial 3,000th nighttime Wheel in 1998), but I found it amusing. :)

Great Quotes

The users on this site and Jul have come up with some great one-liners. :) This section is for my favorites, as well as some instances of general oddness.

"I still have no fucking clue what that does."
-Alt text on a Hudson's Adventure Island II (NES) screenshot involving the Hudson Bee, first written by Xkeeper on 10/27/09.

"We are gonna play Blue's Clues because I SAID SO."
-SpongeBat1's edit summary upon creating the Blue's Birthday Adventure page, 8/2/12.

"Like the giant sequoia growing from the lowly earth, so too did the Street Fighter franchise sprout from this.

I'm saying that this game is fertilizer."
-Original introduction to the Street Fighter (Arcade) page, first written by GoldS on 8/26/12.

Lunaria: "But I don't drink! :("
Girlydragon: this picture
Lunaria: this picture in response
[and later]
Pompolic: "I'd rather avoid crashing the IRC and broadcasting the fact that I am indeed drunk, which I'm PRETTY SURE happened last time.
HELL YEAH LET'S BEER"
-From the "LET'S GET DRUNK" thread, 2/18/14.

"And thus the image GoldS pulled out of his ass 6 years ago has finally been terminated."
-8SomaCruzes, Kirby's Adventure edit summary, 2/9/16.

"Pulling more things out of my ass. It's like a farmer's market up there"
-GoldS, Kirby's Adventure edit summary, 2/10/16.

MrXtreme121: "GameGenie Code "POZZOX" will re-enable the A+B Activation sequence." (referring to the in-game debug mode)
BMF54123: "not only does that six-letter code not work, it affects 32 ROM banks simultaneously and causes horrible glitches"
-Super Mario Bros. 3 edit summaries proving why you should double-check cheat device codes before posting them, 7/30-31/16.

"welcome to my dank-ass user page"
-Shoopdahoop's userpage intro, first added 8/16/16.

Contributions

Other than the below, a lot of cleanup, fixing, adding/removal of "TOC" from pages (where they were needed and no longer needed, respectively), and rational speculation.

The Score

Wiki Contributions

Pages Edited: 4,089 Revision Count: 7,240 Total Score: 4,201

Notable Contributions

• The Cutting Room Floor:Content to expand – alphabetized each console's game list on May 8, 2012 so the page would look less haphazardly made and be easier to navigate. On June 30, this was further altered to organize the console list in chronological order by manufacturer (themselves in alphabetical order), with odds-and-ends in roughly-chronological order under "Misc.".

• Prerelease:The Addams Family (NES) – created, since there were prerelease screenshots on the main page to show that unused elements present in the ROM were used earlier in development.
• Prerelease:The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Game Boy) – added info on various differences, as well as (per Zelda Wiki) the proper item and location names.
• Prerelease:Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES): Added info from July and November 1988 prerelease footage (GTV and Famimaga, respectively).
• Prerelease:Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (Game Boy) – clarified and added info about the scans present on said page.
• Prerelease:Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers (SNES) – recreated what had been a Notes page I made in February 2012, itself based on a discussion on the game's main talk page, based on a copy I had saved an hour before BMF deleted said Notes page. (Moved by someone else from "Prerelease:Super Street Fighter II (SNES)" for consistency.)

• Proto:Banjo-Pilot (GBA): Moved specific prototype info into subpages.
• Proto:Dr. Mario (NES): Moved the info about the PlayChoice-10 Virus prototype to a subpage due to the existence of three other prototypes.
• Proto:Tempo (32X): Moved specific prototype info into subpages.

• Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse (Genesis) – moved prototype info to a separate page, removing a related to-do from the main page.
• Mario Kart DS: Moved info about the Kiosk Demo to a prototype page, since it clearly has differences from the game as released (such as textures for certain unused courses).
• Metroid Prime Hunters (DS): Moved info about the 2004 Demo to a prototype page due to the (badly-written) description pointing out differences from the final.
• Scooby-Doo Mystery (SNES): Removed false info that the Diving Equipment and its related dialogue in Level 1 were unused (in the room next to the Fridge Minigame, use Scooby's sniff ability near the pit).
• Super Smash Bros. Melee (GameCube): Created a subpage about the Master Debug Menu, which has since been expanded by others.
• Wheel of Fortune (NES): Added emulation trick to see the Coca-Cola logo in-game with a somewhat incorrect palette, and added a picture from FCE Ultra of the glitch. (These were eventually removed.)

Templates/Categories

Game series templates and/or categories that I've created.

• Custom Robo: Category only.
• Daikatana: Template and category.
• Faceball 2000: Template and category.
• Galaxian: Template and category.
• Glover: Template and category.
• Gunstar Heroes: Template and category.
• Karateka: Template and category.
• Mass Effect: Template and category.
• Nakayoshi (series of pet and cooking simulators): Template and category.
• Neopets: Template and category.
• PGA Tour: Template and category, both removed for a time before being restored.
• Quest: Template and category. (I had originally created these under the Holy Magic Century title, but they were later moved by others to their current titles.)
• Soul Blade: Template and category.
• Spirou: Template and category.
• Tetris: Template and category.
• Zettaizetsumei Dangerous Jiisan: Template and category.

Uploads

• "Eternal Champions cftds - Unused Dark EC frames.png": A new version of the three unused Dark Eternal Champion sprites from Eternal Champions: Challenge From the Dark Side, which was simply me changing the background from green to white; cropping out excess space; and lining up the sprites to look proper in that regard.
• "SMWTitleEarly2.png": Picture of the second preliminary Super Mario World (SNES) US title screen, since replaced by a slightly cleaner/brighter video capture.
• "WheelPS1'98 Master Wheel Layout.png" and "WheelPS1'98 Unused High Score Table.png": Two unused elements from Wheel of Fortune (PlayStation) that were kindly given to me by fellow BAV user "woffan2008".

Moved Pages

Precedent on this wiki has shown that multiplatform games should have the system mentioned in its title, just in case a page is needed for any of its other releases (and even if not, it avoids disambiguation and clears things up for the "Category" lists). There are several other reasons for moving pages, though.

• Battletoads (NES): Moved from "Battletoads" due to the Amiga, CD-32, Game Boy, Game Gear, and Genesis versions.
• Classic Concentration (NES): Moved from "Classic Concentration" due to the MS-DOS, Apple II, and Commodore 64 versions.
• Ice Climber (NES): Moved from "Ice Climber" due to the PC-8801 version.
• Prerelease:Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter (Arcade): Moved from Notes due to only covering prerelease material.
• Shadow the Hedgehog (GameCube): Moved from "Shadow the Hedgehog" due to the PS2 and Xbox versions.
• Sonic Spinball (Genesis): Moved from "Sonic Spinball" due to the Master System and Game Gear versions. Similarly, Proto:Sonic Spinball (Genesis) was moved from "Proto:Sonic Spinball" due to the many Game Gear prototypes.
• Prerelease:Sword of Vermilion (SNES): Moved from Notes due to only covering prerelease material.
• Wheel of Fortune (NES): Moved from "Wheel of Fortune" due to the myriad of other versions (Arcade, C64, DS, Game Boy, Game.Com, Game Gear, Genesis, Macintosh, N64, PS1, PS2, PS3, PS4, Sega CD, SNES, Wii, Wii U, Windows, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and various mobile/online formats including Facebook and iOS).

Plus lots of other pages in regard to improper capitalization, spelling, and/or punctuation.

Userboxes

Babel user information
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Users by language

Column I: Cubs 0	Column II: Electric Avenue Boogaloo
~ This user uses the first userbox ever. And is proud of it. This user supports the cactus! This user hates this key! This user loves pressing switches. This user wants to know what the heck that coliseum structure was for! This user prefers the Dreamcast Marvel vs. Capcom 2 over the Xbox 360 one.	This user won't be getting a trophy anytime soon. This user avoids F12 like the frickin' plague. This user is laughing at you. This user enjoys watching epic failure. This user wonders why you look for alt text. This user needs more userboxes.

Column III: Better Than Columns Crown

Column IV: The Voyage Homeward Bound For Glory

This user loves adorable kittens. This user thinks Pichu would've been a fun surprise Trainer in Pokémon Stadium 2. This user really likes this environment sphere... ...and this one. This user is curious as to what that whole Ln-MOS thing is about. This user is curious as to what that whole Ir-GOS thing is about.

This user wouldn't mind knowing why Atari hated crediting its production staff. This user is awesome. This user likes games such as Yahtzee and Farkle. Y'know, with dice. (And if you get the reference in the alt text, congrats.) This user wishes he could take credit for the Master Key alt-text joke, but can't. This user has some knowledge of the Wiki markup, but will probably make mistakes and apologizes in advance.

Column V: It's Not Column VI	Column VI: It's Not Column V
This user pressed Hiccup's P-Switch. This user really likes the Sonic Synergy title screen. This user would probably play Darren Thorne's Pro Ping Pong. This user is amused by fake barcodes. This user will remember Satoru Iwata's great contributions for the rest of his life.