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The Cutting Room Floor
The Cutting Room Floor és un lloc dedicat a descobrir i investigar contingut de videojocs. Des de menús de debug, a música, gràfics, enemics o nivells sense utilitzar, molts jocs tenen contingut que esperaven que ningú excepte els desenvolupadors pogueren veure —o que s'anaven a publicar—, però es van retirar per limitacions de temps o pressupost.
Feel free to browse our collection of games and start reading. Up for research? Try looking at some stubs and see if you can help us out. Just have some faint memory of some unused menu/level you saw years ago but can't remember how to access it? Feel free to start a page with what you saw and we'll take a look. If you want to help keep this site running and help further research into games, feel free to donate.
Featured Article
Chrono Trigger
Developer: Square
Publisher: Square
Released: 1995, Super Nintendo
Chrono Trigger...does it really need a description? If you're even remotely interested in RPGs, you've probably played Chrono Trigger or know someone who absolutely raves over it. While rather basic in terms of gameplay, its audiovisuals and various concepts (not the least of which is time travel) make it among the SNES RPG elite.
And of course, a game this big has its share of unused content: unused enemies (including robo-racer Johnny!), unused items, loads of unused graphics, and even (rather famously) songs that were present on the official soundtrack but were not used in the game itself!
A prototype floating around the internet also reveals some aspects of the game to have been very different earlier in development...
All in all, a very fascinating game.
Did You Know...
- ...that Yujix Terada hid his name in Dirty Pair: Project Eden by placing it in the overscan area at the bottom of the screen?
- ...that there's text in Perfect Dark for Game Boy Camera support?
- ...that there's a texture for a gun hidden in Plum's trophy in Super Smash Bros. Melee?
- ...that Dance Dance Revolution 2nd Mix was supposed to have Xanadu, which wouldn't be included until 3rd Mix?
- ...that Crocomire was set to appear in Metroid Zero Mission?
- ...that Lakitu's behavior in Super Mario Bros. is the result of a bug?
Contributing
Want to contribute? Not sure where to begin? Visit the Help page for everything you need to get started, including...
- Instructions for creating and editing articles
- Guides that will help you find debug modes, unused graphics, hidden levels, and more
- A list of what needs to be done
- Common things that can be found in hundreds of different games
We also have a sizable list of games that either don't have pages yet, or whose pages are in serious need of expansion. Check it out!
