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Unused Texts

This is a sub-page of Grand Theft Auto 2 (Windows).

The following can be found in the ".gxt" text files.

Various Already Failed And Already Completed#

There are unused lines for all the main gangs in the game. DMA Design planned to use the GTA 1's mission failure state where failing makes the mission no longer available for the rest of the session, as well as the inability to use phone booths belonging to a completed mission. The final game disables phones belonging to successful missions and imposes respect point penalties for failures instead.

Yakuza's Johnny Zoo's Lines:

Fool! You have already finished this Yakuza job!
Idiot! You already messed up this Yakuza job!

Loony's Elmo's Lines:

You already did this job, fruitcake!
Hey, screwball, you screwed up this Loony job already!

Zaibatsu's Trey Welsh, Red Valdez, and Uno Carb's Lines:

You are in error. This Zaibatsu job has already been completed.
You have a short memory. You already took this Zaibatsu job and made a mess of it.

Redneck's Billy Bob Bean's Lines:

Shit-head! You already done this job!
Shit-head! You already screwed up this job!

SRS Scientist's Dr. LaBrat's Lines:

You already took this job and finished it!
You already took this job and made a mess of it!

Hare Krishna's Sunbeam's Lines:

This job was most peacefully completed.
Be calm - you have made a mess of this job already.

Russian Mafia's Jerkov Lines:

This contract has already been fulfilled!
You have already attempted this contract and messed it up!

ARSE BISCUITS!#

In line [3110] there's a text literally called ARSE BISCUITS! The usage is unknown if it's another Report dead briefs message, or just a joke by DMA Design.

Area Names#

m33 Romanova
m35 Azimuth
m36 Barking
m41 Kyabetsu

Statistics#

bnk_job BANK JOBS
bus_hi BUSES HIJACKED
trn_hi TRAINS HIJACKED

These would be probably displayed among other statistics shown when the player quits, passes the district or gets a Game Over. Hijacking trains is not even possible in the game, though it was in Grand Theft Auto.

"Report dead briefs"#

"Empty" text strings. If testers were to encounter these in-game, they were supposed to be reported.

Downtown District#

[number] PLEASE REPORT DEAD BRIEF [number] TO ALAN JACK AND WILLY MILLS!

Appears 36 times. Text numbered: 1095, 1100, 1110, 1117, 1120, 1200, 1230, 1232, 1233, 1235, 1275, 1282, 1294 to 1297, 1301, 1312, 1315, 1344 to 1349, 1406, 1407, 1408, 1465, 1506, 1511, 1532, 1537, 1540, 1706, 1773.

Residental District#

[number] REPORT DEAD BRIEF [number] TO STEVE BANKS OR STEVE TAYLOR!

Appears 2 times. Text numbered: 2029, 2036.

[number] REPORT DEAD BRIEF [number] TO STEVES BANKS AND TAYLOR!

Appears 4 times. Text numbered: 2273, 2887, 2888, 2889.

[number] REPORT DEAD BRIEF [number] TO STEVE BANKS AND STEVE TAYLOR!

Appears 22 times. Text numbered: 2352, 2355, 2358 to 2363, 2405, 2424, 2851, 2852, 2855, 2868, 2961, 2964 to 2968, 2972, 2974.

Industrial District#

[number] REPORT DEAD BRIEF [number] TO BILLY THOMSON AND SEAN TAYLOR!

Appears 98 times. Text numbered: 3001 to 3009, 3030 to 3090, 3124, 3125, 3132 to 3140, 3142 to 3147, 3151, 3161, 3163, 3167, 3173, 3253, 3298, 3299, 3350, 3481, 3906.