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007: Tomorrow Never Dies

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This page details pre-release information and/or media for 007: Tomorrow Never Dies.

When one takes a look at trailers, pre-release images, official strategy guide, the manual and the back of the box, there are a bunch of differences:

  • Life bar was different and in the top-right corner.
  • Box telling things was situated in the top-left corner.
  • HUD icons for gadgets were different.
  • Character dialogue appeared in a blue box with yellow text, whereas the final version just uses voices.
  • According to the strategy guide, in Mission 5 after defeating the boss, you could take the grand staircase or a small curved one. That curved staircase is not found anywhere.
  • Also according to the strategy guide, there's two fuel tanks near the enemy holding the key to the jet in Mission 2. There's only one fuel tank in the final game.

A lot of the E3 pre-release videos have poor quality video and sound because they were recorded from a tv screen by the developers testing the game.

Title Screen#

Early title screen, lacking Continue option.

Mission Selection Screen#

Early mission selection screen.

Multiplayer Selection Screen#

Scrapped multiplayer selection screen. Scrapped multiplayer selection screen.

Difficulty Selection Screen#

Scrapped difficulty selection screen. Scrapped difficulty selection screen.

Removed Staircase#

Scan from Prima’s Official Strategy Guide shows a removed curved staircase in mission 5, which doesn’t exist in the final mission. In its place is now a med kit.

(Source: Psxdriverplayer)

Dialogue#

The cutscene dialogue was originally intended to have both text boxes and voices. Seen on the image is a removed text box feature.

(Source: PRE-E3 Interview)

Use Action Function#

Performing an action was originally triggered with the use of an action function box. Scrapped use action screen.

Sniper HUD#

Camera Icon#

An different earlier version of the camera icon. Early camera icon.

Unused Paris and Carver Models#

Unused Paris and Carver models exist which where presumably intended for a scrapped party sequence in Mission 3 similar to the film. The color of the dress Paris wears is even the same one from the scene in the film. Tomorrow-never-dies_Pariscarvermodels.jpg

Earlier Carver Version#

An earlier version of Elliot Carver. Earliercarver.jpg

Gameplay#

Sniper.jpg Handclipaction.jpg Health.jpg Mp5mission.jpg Pre-release gameplay showing the woman in swimwear. Sboat.png Betaskipole.jpg

Removed Devonshire Mission#

A removed diving mission where Bond would locate the wreckage of the Devonshire originally existed in the game but was removed from the final release. Gameplay of removed devonshire mission.

Beta Gameplay Videos#

Devonshire Mission#

Early pre-release gameplay footage showing the removed Devonshire mission at the 00.28 and 00.29 time marks. Only a loading screen remains in the data. Watch on YouTube

(Source: Miyagi)

Carver Media Tower#

Early pre-release gameplay footage showing gameplay of Bond in the Carver Media Tower lacking the hud and with an unused running animation. Watch on YouTube