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Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (Windows)

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This page details development materials of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (Windows).

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  • Document further using this source: 1
  • Look into the other files.

In 2015, one of the game's developers, going by the online handle Zanzibar, released the tool which was used for building the game's levels.2 Notably, included with the software were files which aren't present in the final game, including models and test levels.

The levels can be viewed with the tool, or played by swapping them with one of the level files in the final game.

Cut Levels#

File Name

Image(s)

Description

black.b3d

An empty level with a few pickups including keycards. The player character is not visible and the items cannot be picked up.

bridge.b3d
bridge2.b3d
bridge3.b3d

Star_Wars_Phantom_Menace_test_level_bridge1.png Star_Wars_Phantom_Menace_test_level_bridge2.png

Star_Wars_Phantom_Menace_test_level_bridge3.png

A level with several separate areas and a few keycard pickups. The player character spawns in an area where they immediately fall to their death.

jedifite.b3d

Star_Wars_Phantom_Menace_test_level_jedifite1.png Star_Wars_Phantom_Menace_test_level_jedifite2.png

Star_Wars_Phantom_Menace_test_level_jedifite3.png Star_Wars_Phantom_Menace_test_level_jedifite4.png

Star_Wars_Phantom_Menace_test_level_jedifite5.png Star_Wars_Phantom_Menace_test_level_jedifite6.png

Star_Wars_Phantom_Menace_test_level_jedifite7.png

A test level including platforming areas and various pickups including weapons and health.

ohshit.b3d
ohshit3.b3d
ohshit4.b3d

Same as jedifite.b3d, but without the steep ramp and water area.

temp.b3d

Doesn't appear to work.

temp1.b3d

Has the same pickups as black.b3d, but has blue squares as its floor.

Cut Models#

_backup_.baf#

Marge? I'm somewhere and I don't know where I am!

An early model of Homer Simpson from The Simpsons Wrestling, another game by Big Ape Productions.

mace.baf#

MOTHERFUCKER WHAT DO YOU *MEAN* "I'VE BEEN CUT"!?

Mace Windu, who doesn't appear in the final game.