SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom (GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox)

SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom (GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox)
Developer: Heavy Iron Studios Publisher: THQ Platforms: GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox Released in US: October 31, 2003 Released in EU: November 28, 2003 This game has unused areas. This game has unused code. This game has a hidden developer message. This game has hidden developer credits. This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused enemies. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused cinematics. This game has unused items. This game has unused sounds. This game has unused text. This game has a notes page This game has a prototype article This game has a prerelease article

SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom is a game based on SpongeBob SquarePants. Plankton's robots have taken over Bikini Bottom, and Spongebob, Patrick, and Sandy must stop them. Many regard it as one of the best SpongeBob SquarePants games for its gameplay, soundtrack, large worlds, and faithfulness to its source content.

I'm ready!

Unused Levels

The game contains a few levels that are completely unused, and only one is actually playable.

Patrick's Dream

An odd, unfinished candy-themed level with no skybox. It was meant to be for the dream world as a level for Patrick, as Sandy got her own dream level. There are many aspects from early in the game's development including early tikis, the ability to use all three characters (as all the other levels only have two characters in the files), and other oddities. This was removed in the PlayStation 2 version, but left in the Xbox and GameCube versions.

This code replaces the 'Here You Go' level with this level (European GameCube version only):

VFM6-Z706-61K47
8EJA-TJ4U-UZBMM

Robo-SpongeBob Musclepants

File:Bfbb musclebosstrailer.png

All we'll probably ever get to see.

The B3 folder has an unused phase of the Robot Spongebob boss where he has anchor arms. Trying to load the level crashes the game, so playing it is currently impossible. A trailer found in a few other Nickelodeon games shows this boss for a split second. However, you can still look into B301.HOP to see its files. Again, it was removed in the PS2 version. The build of the level was dated Sept 20th 2003

Early Goo Lagoon

Ahh, Goo Lagoon. A place that just crashes when you load it.

In the GameCube version, the Goo Lagoon folder has two folders titled "New Folder" and "Working". Within them are early versions of Goo Lagoon. The final build of the level is dated September 18, 2003, while these versions are both dated May 12, 2003. While trying to run them crash the game, opening the HOP files contain several early assets.

Early Menu

In the PS2 version, if you somehow get SpongeBob to get out of bounds on the title screen using a cheat device, Hans will pull you in and an early version of the pause menu will appear, however it will be stuck together with the final pause menu. There's a lot of interesting stuff, such as Spanish task names and a reference to a scrapped level – Glove World, which was later adapted into the Goo Lagoon Pier. A lot of the below early menu graphics are used here.

Unused Textures

Early Menu Stuff

mn3 has lots of early HUD graphics.

File:Bfbb earlyunderwearinactionhud.png

Early underwear health in an early screenshot

• Underwear health, as seen in several early screenshots and gameplay videos.

• Early golden spatulas for the pause menu. In the final game, they're 3D.

• An early shiny object icon. Like the golden spatulas, they're 3D in the final game.

• The classic Spongebob doodle, with the outline and color separate. Whatever he was used for, doing something probably colored him in.

• An anchor with no real obvious purpose. It can be seen in prerelease footage.

• A Krabby Patty with no real obvious purpose either.

• A bubble meter that could've been related to SpongeBob's bubble-based attacks.

• On and off pineapple arrows for the pause menu. In the final game, they're jellyfish.

Temp

• A placeholder texture. It can be found in the files of almost every level. Strangely, there are some boxes in several levels hidden somewhere with this texture.

Early Textboxes

• A really blurry when stretched out textbox. It was probably meant for signs, judging by the filename.

• A temporary textbox found in Jellyfish Fields.

Hidden Credits

SpongeBall Arena has secret credits featuring silly play on words of the developer's roles.

Muscle SpongeBob

chr_sb_musclearms.RW3.rwtx, found in b303 is a texture for SpongeBob himself with muscles. The texture is actually used for Robo SpongeBob's eyes in the final phase of the fight, but the whole texture itself is never seen.

Misc. Textures

• temp_platform_3x3_texture.RW3.rwtx, a texture found in rb02. It's just a purple rock texture.

• tongueboard_test_sand.RW3.RWTX, found in several levels. The filename makes it pretty obvious what it is.

• An "ON!" flag found hidden in the texture of the pressure pads.

• sky_cinematic_morn.RW3.rtwx, found in hb00. In the intro cutscene, the morning is just a blue sky, making this go unused.

Unused Models

There are a ton of unused models, ranging from early versions of other models to being unused entirely.

Smelly Sundae

Guess what Squidward, we stink!

An unused model of the Smelly Sundae (from the episode Something Smells). It was meant to be a power-up of some sort. It can be seen in prerelease footage on SpongeBob's chair.

Worm

Come along, Mr. Doodles!

An unused model of a worm (most likely Mr. Krabs' worm from the episode As Seen on TV) found in Shady Shoals. Its texture is blank.

Robot SpongeBob Anchor Arms

An unused phase of the Robot Spongebob boss with Anchor Arms. While in the final game it does get Anchor Arms, it's only for a cutscene and it doesn't wear a speedo.

Unused Beach Fish

A beach version of one of the generic fish citizens that doesn't seem to be seen anywhere in Goo Lagoon.

Early Flying Tiki

Early flying tikis as seen in early gameplay.

An early version of the flying tiki. It is pink and has lips.

Early Thunder Tiki

An early version of the thunder tiki.

Shiny Objects Box

A shiny object donation box. The final game uses clams for shiny object gates.

Squidward's Clarinet

I've got a hot date with a little lady, and her name is Clara Net!

Squidward's clarinet. It's part of his model, but he's never seen holding it or playing it.

Gary Sign

Meow.

An early hint sign with a picture of Gary instead of a question mark.

Soccer Ball

The soccer ball in an early screenshot.

A soccer ball, which later became the throw fruit and took the form of a watermelon. It can be seen in several early screenshots.

PUSH Buttons

Early buttons saying "PUSH", while in the final they have a picture of a hand.

Early Shiny Objects

A row of early shiny objects.

Sand Mountain Exit

An exit sign for Sand Mountain.

Early Toll Gate

An early version of the toll gate. The texture is different and the shell says "stop" on it.

Unused Dialogue

Patrick

Audio	Subtitle	Usage
	Watch the tentacles! OUCH!	Unknown. Possibly related to the unused Robo-Squidward boss.
	Wow, King Jellyfish! The grandest granddaddy jellyfish of them all! And he's after ME!	An early sound for seeing King Jellyfish. In the final game he says "I knew the King Jellyfish was big, but who knew he had such a beautiful voice?"
File:Bfbb sbmightybigleap.ogg	Wow, that's a mighty big leap. I hope I can make it!	Trying to make the jump to the Golden Spatula on the slide after King Jellyfish.
	Whoa, that was close.	Making the jump to the Golden Spatula on the slide after King Jellyfish.

Audio	Subtitle	Usage
	Wow! I'm huger than normal today!	Seeing Robot Patrick.
	Come on out and fight like a crustacean!	Seeing Prawn.
	Please don't shanghai me, Mr. Dutchman!	Seeing The Flying Dutchman.
	Oh, that's the biggest, scariest jellyfish I've ever seen!	Seeing King Jellyfish.
	Uhh, I don't think this is good!	Seeing Robot Spongebob.
	He's only big if you think he is!	Seeing Robot Plankton, but he can't fight Robot Spongebob.

Sandy

Audio	Subtitle	Usage
	You're just a bag full of jelly!	Sandy seeing King Jellyfish.
	Well don't that beat all!	Sandy seeing Robot Sandy.
	Prawn, I'm bringin' you in!	Sandy seeing Prawn.
	Good gracious! But that's Sponge-BIG!	Sandy seeing Robot SpongeBob.
	That's the orneriest robot yet!	Sandy seeing Robot Plankton, but she can't fight Robot SpongeBob.
File:Bfbb sandytakethat.ogg	Take that!	An early voice clip for using Sandy's lasso. It can be heard in early gameplay videos. It is also a rip from SuperSponge.

Alternate Takes

While these lines are used, there's alternate takes that go unused.

SpongeBob

Unused	Used	Subtitles
		SpongeBob to mission control, the launch is a go.

Squidward

Unused	Used	Subtitles
		Ow!
		Well, I guess you're off to scale Spork Mountain and die a horrible death under the vicious tentacles of King Jellyfish. Ha ha ha ow! I'll stay here, balled up here in excruciating pain.
		Go away Patrick, I'm waiting for SpongeBob. I can't believe I just said that.

Mrs. Puff

Unused	Used	Subtitles
		No.
		Don't ask questions you aren't prepared to handle the answer(s) to.

Unused Sounds

Filename	Audio	Usage
Check1.snd	300px	Purpose unknown, though it could be related to the checkpoints.
pat_jump_land.snd		A sound for Patrick landing.
SB_Bash_Plat2.snd		Meant for bashing something.
Umbrella_hit2.snd		A strange sound for hitting an umbrella.
Tree.snd		A sound for hitting a tree. It was eventually used in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.

Unused Videos

• 

  hilogo.bik

• 

  3logo.bik

There are two unused .bik files in the GameCube version, though disappointingly they're just logos that fade in and out. But hey, they're unused!

Unused Text

The game has lots of dialogue, but there's a lot of it that goes unused, with no voice acting recorded for it.

Bubble Buddy in SpongeBob's Dream

Apparently, Bubble Buddy was meant to appear in SpongeBob's Dream.

Filename	Text
bubblebuddy_description_text.text	Bubble Buddy: There's something odd about those people floating above their houses. Spongebob: They're just dreaming in my dream. In fact, you yourself are just a tiny ingredient in the casserole of my dream. Bubble Buddy: If you say so.
bubblebuddy_success_text.text	See. I told you something was odd about those things.
bubblebuddy_end_text.text	Nice dream. I think I'll stay a while.
bubblebuddy_reminder_text_1.text	The images of your friends. They're very odd.
bubblebuddy_reminder_text_2.text	I can't quite put my finger on what's wrong with those... oh wait, what finger?

Mrs. Puff in Patrick's Dream

In the unused Patrick's Dream level, Mrs. Puff appears at the start but doesn't talk. She was meant to say a lot of things.

Filename	Text
mrspuff_description_text.text	Mrs. Puff: Is this your idea of sundae school? Patrick: School? Mrs. Puff: You're a man after my own heart. Or should I say appetite. Patrick: Ok, say it. Mrs. Puff: Say what? Patrick: Say "Appetite." Mrs. Puff: Are you always like this? Patrick: No. Somedays I'm like this. Bler-bler-bler-bler! Mrs. Puff: Sorry I asked. Now look, there's a golden spatula on the far side of that sundae over there.
mrspuff_reminder_text.txt	Get to the spatula at the end of this sundae-path, dream-thingy. You know what I mean, it's your dream.
mrspuff_success_text.text	Mrs. Puff:Congratulations, you pass with flying colors. Patrick: And sprinkles.
mrspuff_failure_text.text	Failed again. Well, this course is pass, not pass. Try again.
mrspuff_after_text.text	Can someone dream me up a spoon? Normal sized.
mrspuff_sb_text.text	Spongebob: Hello Mrs. Puff. Mrs. Puff: Well, if it isn't my favorite student.

Evil Bubble Buddy

In the hub world, Bubble Buddy has a lot of hidden and rather ominous dialogue.

Filename	Text
bubblebuddy_begin_text.text	Welcome to my nightmare! Hie the hench though spongey freak.
bubblebuddy_end_text.text	Well done, SpongeBob. Now die.
bubblebuddy_failure_text.text	What about GETOUTTAHERE didn't you understand?
bubblebuddy_reminder_text0.text	I said beat it.
bubblebuddy_success_text.text	Thanks for leaving me alone. Repeat as needed.

Early Goo Lagoon Dialogue

In the early versions of Goo Lagoon in the GameCube version, Larry, Bubble Buddy and Mrs. Puff have some simple, unfinished dialogue.

Filename	Text
larry_begin_text.text	Hey, SpongeBob. Come on over.
larry_end_text.text	Thanks for your help, SpongeBob
larry_failure_text.text	You still need to turn the reflector on the island.
bubblebuddy_begin_text.text	Well, hello there SpongeBob!
bubblebuddy_end_text.text	Well done, SpongeBob.
bubblebuddy_failure_text.text	You're not done yet.
bubblebuddy_reminder_text.text	There's a Golden Spatula at the top of this sand castle.
bubblebuddy_success_text.text	Congratulations, SpongeBob
mrspuffs_begin_text.text	SpongeBob! Please help!

Early Flying Dutchman's Graveyard Dialogue

The Flying Dutchman has some unfinished filler lines too.

Filename	Text
dutchman_description_text.text	Robots have taken over my ship.
dutchman_reminder_text_01.text	Help me destroy the Robot Pirate Ship.
dutchman_end_text.text	Well done, SpongeBob.
dutchman_failure_text.text	Failure line
dutchman_reminder_text_02	Please hurry, SpongeBob.
dutchman_success_text.text	You defeated the robots. Here's a Golden Spatula.
CINE_TEXT_TEMP.text	CINEMATIC!!!

Jellyfish Fields Demo Leftovers

Throughout the files of Jellyfish Fields are leftovers from demos.

Filename	Text
temp_e3_patrick_text.text	E3 Demo Feature. Press the {i:button_pickup_text} button to Pick up the Freezy Fruit, and then again to throw the Freezy Fruit onto the Goo.
opm_demo_exit_text.text	End of demo. Thank you for playing SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle For Bikini Bottom.

Early Warps

Within SpongeBob's house are early messages for warping to another area within the house.

Filename	Text
WARP ATTIC TXT.text	Press R1 to enter attic
WARP BEDROOM TXT.text	Press R1 to enter bedroom
WARP EXIT TXT.text	Press R1 to go back outside
WARP LIVINGROOM TXT.text	Press R1 to enter livingroom

There are also some within hb06_shady_shoals.sdf.

Text
Press R1 to go outside
Press R1 to enter the Barnacle Cave
Press R1 to go back outside
Press R1 to enter livingroom

Misc. Dialogue

Filename	Text
gary_begin_text.text	Well, hello there SpongeBob!
mrspuff_begin_text.text	blah
mermaidman_reminder_text0.text	Well, we're waiting.

Early Menu Text

The main menu/pause menu has a lot of unused text. There are temporary mission titles labeled in Spanish numbers. Seen in the unused menu(See above).

Filename	Text
TASK TXT 02.text	complete task numero dos.
TASK TXT 03.text	complete task numero tres.
TASK TXT 04.text	complete task numero quatro.
TASK TXT 05.text	complete task numero cinco.
TASK TXT 06.text	complete task numero seis.
TASK TXT 07.text	complete task numero siete.
TASK TXT 08.text	complete task numero ocho.

There's also some early names for certain missions.

Early	Final
Defeat Sandy BossBot	Rumble At the Poseidome
Defeat Patrick BossBot	Robo-Patrick Ahoy!
Defeat Spongebob BossBot	Kah - Rah - Tae! / The Small Shall Rule... Or Not
Robo-SpongeBob Musclepants	(Gone completely)
Swingalong Spatula	Leap of Faith from the Slide

Hidden Developer Messages

Hidden within certain files are messages left for the developers during development.

Filename	Text
sbgcM.elf	(With apologies to Jim Morrison) This the end, my only friend, The End
boot.sdf	DON'T DELETE THIS, DAMMIT! This is the default texture, which gets used if there's no match in shadowlist.txt.
boot.sdf	The texture used by the heavenly thermonuclear aura FX. Do not delete me or Dan K will come and hurt you.
jf01_jellyfish_fields_jellyfisher.sdf	This dispatcher runs the button that rises out of the water when the shiny gate is opened.
jf04_jellyfish_fields_king_jellyfish.sdf	added 'demo' name for E3 demo - changed target to JF01
bb01_downtown_bb_streets.sdf	Once the rope wall is destroyed, this replaces the destructable with the simple object model of it destroyed.
gl01_goo_lagoon_lifeguard_towers.sdf	This timer turns the platform reflector halfway and runs the next two timers.
gl01_goo_lagoon_lifeguard_towers.sdf	This timer turns the platform reflector all the way over to the other side, it starts disabled and is enabled after the player presses either button.
gl03_goo_lagoon_pier.sdf	Drives springboard three down from the bungee to the deck.
hb01_hub_all_ext.sdf	This conditional tests to see if the player has defeated the Sandy Boss
hb01_hub_all_ext.sdf	This conditional tests to see if the player has defeated Patrick Boss
gl01_goo_lagoon_lifeguard_towers.sdf	This is the driver for all the objects in the path behind the castle.
gl03_goo_lagoon_pier.sdf	Drives springboard three down from the bungee to the deck.
gy04_graveyard_crashed_ship.sdf	Bubble Bounce on the Bounce Pad to return to the Entrance Area
sm02_sand_mtn_guppy_mound.sdf	I can make this track with all the tikis on it in 65 seconds without a problem, so I added 15 seconds to that time for the challenge.
gl03_goo_lagoon_pier.sdf	Drives springboard three down from the bungee to the deck.

sb.ini

sb.ini contains all the values for how the game works. Some are values for unused features. Interestingly, everything is labeled with notes about what each value does.

Sundae Powerup

Code for an unused Smelly Sundae powerup. As there is a model for the Smelly Sundae in boot.hip, the Smelly Sundae was definitely going to be a powerup. What it did is unknown.

# Sundae powerup info timeout
G.SundaeTime = 10.0
G.SundaeMult = 1.5

Scooby Doo: Night of 100 Frights Leftovers

A number of leftover powerups from Scooby Doo: Night of 100 Frights are listed, even though none of them seem to do anything when changed.

# Special moves for the characters
eSPECIAL_Slippers       	= 0	# First sneak
eSPECIAL_LampShade      	= 0     # First disguise
eSPECIAL_Spring         	= 1     # Double jump
eSPECIAL_FootballHelmet 	= 0     # Headbutt
eSPECIAL_StickyBoots    	= 0     # Anti-sticky boots
eSPECIAL_LightningBolt  	= 1     # Buttsmash
eSPECIAL_LightningBoltStun	= 0     # Buttsmash Stun
eSPECIAL_Plungers       	= 0	# Anti-slippery
eSPECIAL_Shovel         	= 0	# Dig powerup
eSPECIAL_Umbrella       	= 0     # Floating
eSPECIAL_BubbleGum      	= 0	# Spits wads of sticky/bouncy gum
eSPECIAL_SoapBar        	= 0	# Spits soap bubbles
eSPECIAL_BlackKnight    	= 0	# Second disguise
eSPECIAL_FlowerPot      	= 0	# Are these last two being used?
eSPECIAL_DivingHelmet   	= 0     # Last disguise (that you don't use?)

Executable

A number of various texts and variables can be found in the PS2 version's executable (SLUS_206.80 in the US version).

Scooby Doo: Night of 100 Frights Leftovers

In the game's executable at 3F90E0, all of the mission names from Scooby Doo: Night of 100 Frights can be found. The game was based off of its source code.

The Mystery Machine
On Edge in the Hedge!
It's a Mean Greenhouse, Scooby!
Chills & Spills on Haunted Hill!
Scared Stiff at Skull Cliff!
Misbehavin'? Cause a Cave In
A Tight Spot for a Grave Plot!
Fishy Clues for Scooby-Doo?
Shiver Your Timbers, Scooby!
Please insert the Scooby-Doo Game Disc.

Source Code and Compiling Info

Some of the game's source code files and their respective directories can be found in the executable, as well as some information about the tools used to compile the game. There's a lot more than this, but you probably get the idea.

Metrowerks MW GAS R5900 Assembler
C:\usr\local\sce\EE\lib\crt0.s
MW MIPS C Compiler
C:\SB\Core\p2\p2skyfs.c
C:\SB\Game\zAnimList.cpp
C:\SB\Game\zAssetTypes.cpp
C:\SB\Game\zCamera.cpp
C:\SB\Game\zConditional.cpp
C:\SB\Game\zCutsceneMgr.cpp
C:\SB\Game\zDispatcher.cpp
C:\SB\Game\zEGenerator.cpp
C:\SB\Game\zEnt.cpp
C:\SB\Core\x\xModel.h
C:\SB\Core\x\xEnt.h
C:\SB\Game\zEntButton.cpp
C:\SB\Game\zEntDestructObj.cpp
C:\SB\Game\zEntHangable.cpp
C:\SB\Game\zEntPickup.cpp
C:\SB\Game\zEntPlayer.cpp
C:\SB\Game\zNPCTypeCommon.h
//RenderWare/RW35Active/rwsdk/plugin/collis/ctworld.c
MW MIPS C Compiler (2.4.1.01)

Pickups

Pickups appear near the beginning of the executable, some of which are unused. (BusTicket, StallKey and Sundae)

GreenShiny
YellowShiny
RedShiny
GoldenSpatula
Underwear
GoldenUnderwear
PatsSock
BusTicket
StallKey
Sundae