KISS: Psycho Circus - The Nightmare Child

KISS: Psycho Circus - The Nightmare Child
Developers: Third Law Interactive, Tremor Entertainment (DC Port) Publishers: Gathering of Developers, Take-Two Interactive (EU) Platforms: Windows, Dreamcast Released in US: July 17, 2000 Released in EU: August 4, 2000 Released in UK: August 25, 2000 This game has unused graphics.

A videogame adaption of a Todd MacFarlene comic book adaption of a KISS album cover. Wonders never cease.

To do: A few things. Check the Dreamcast data files. Examine and document the CHEAT.SCR script files included with many maps Is PROFILE/PROFILE.PCX unused? It sure looks like it would be. Ditto TEXTURES/CREDITS/MEGA.PCX and TEXTURES/CREDITS/NELNO.PCX, as they're not DTX files Various "OLD" files and an "UNUSED" folder in the SOUNDS directory.

Unused Logo

INTERFACE/PSYCHO.PCX in psycho.rez contains an early logo for the game, along with the logo of a "Bloodshot Visions". Was this the original name for developers Third Law Interactive?

Early Cursors

MENU/POINTER1OLD.PCX and MENU/POINTER2OLD.PCX in psycho.rez contain older, cartoonier versions of the cursor icons in the same folder.

Placeholder Title-Screens

These can be found in the MENU subfolder of psycho.rez, and most of them appear to be the development team amusing themselves.

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  An "old" titlescreen, depicting an early version of Gene/The Demon fighting Headless.

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  A near-final version of the logo on a blue and green background.

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  Ace sings it out loud.

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  The final titlescreen, but with the addition of the Third Law logo and a Gathering of Developers logo altered to read "Gathering of Dumbasses". Lovely.

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  An early internet meme image, altered to add speech bubbles with the game's name in it.