Jackass: the Game (PlayStation 2)

The director of Jackass gets into an "accident", so you must take his place and film stunts for the show. Basically, a collection of surprisingly fun minigames! (Bam Margera not included; he was under contract with Activision to be in Tony Hawk's Proving Ground at the time)

Also notable for being one of the few PS2 games to allow 1080i resolution. Because why not?

Prototype Info

Unused Graphics#

Placeholder Images#

Placeholders for almost every type of menu or UI, even some from the PSP version, such as the medals.

Other Images#

An unknown background.

An early title screen.

A store icon for the Jackass V/O footage, which you cannot buy, as it is unlocked by other means.

An image most likely meant to be displayed on the TV when you are on a locked minigame. Goes unused as you cannot see any locked levels before unlocking them.

An icon meant for the Extreme Unicycling.

An unused objective icon featuring the MTV Games logo.

Unused	Used

The Attendant has a third unused outfit, which is a slight reskin of his default outfit.

Unused	Used

Found mixed in with HUD graphics is an early version of Steve-O's face texture, named custom3.

An early version of the "Pimped Golf Cart" prop and a corresponding silhouette, the final uses a totally different black design. While other prop renders are in their own folder, this one is in the main folder for menu graphics.

LEVEL_HELP_ROCK_PAPER_NUTS_4
defend ~W~[INP_GetAction(button_left)]~R~\nattack ~W~[INP_GetAction(primary_action)]~R~

Two additional HUD elements for Rock Paper Nuts and corresponding text for an on-screen controls display. Presumably you were able to defend yourself by pressing left, if you were to lose a round.

Unused	Used

A neutral Wee Man face found in the HUD textures. A wincing Wee Man is used in the hit counter for Whac a Wee Man.

The unlockable "General Lee" bumper car has an unused decal in its textures. This was used in the prototype.

Unused	Used

An alternate image for the Fridge prop.

Some early character renders and a background to match which were left behind in the menu graphics.

Character select renders for Wee-Man. He only appears in "Wee-Games" and cannot be chosen.

Unused Audio#

Steve-O's sound files contain some placeholders by definitely-not-Steve-O.

voice_steveo_weehand_05

voice_steveo_weetattoo_05

Unused Characters#

Bam Margera and Raab Himself#

Bam or Raab don't appear in the game. Bam most likely because of his inclusion in Activision's Tony Hawk series. Dialogue for them exists on the disc, but nothing else seems to remain besides a few strings in strings_uk.xds. They both use the same lines, with Raab's labeled "chrisr". These were most likely placeholder sounds (them being uncensored and the voice not sounding like Bam's supporting this).

UNLOCK_BAM_COS2_TITLE
bam costume 1
UNLOCK_BAM_COS2_DESC
an additional costume for bam is now available

CHARACTER_BAM
bAm mARgerA
CHAR_BAM
baM
CHAR_FULL_BAM
baM MArgeRA
INGAME_CHARACTER_BAM
bAm mARgerA

CHAR_CHRISR
RAAb hiMSElf
CHAR_FULL_CHRISR
RAAb hiMSElf

Voice_bam_abuse_01-03 and 06-08 (04 and 05 don't exist)

Voice_bam_cheer_01-03

Voice_bam_confusion_01-02

Voice_bam_flying_scream_01-03

Voice_bam_groan_01-03

Voice_bam_grunt_01-05

Voice_bam_hurt_01-03

Voice_bam_hysteric_laugh_01-02

Voice_bam_laugh_01-03

Voice_bam_long_scream_01-02

Voice_bam_nausia_01-02

Voice_bam_short_scream_01-03

Voice_bam_taunt_01-05

Voice_bam_taunt_06-10

Victor and the Director#

This needs some investigation. Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page. Specifically: See if there's a way to make Victor playable.

An unknown character called Victor also exists on the disc, and is the only unused character who has all of his files still on the disc. The Director is an early version of Jeff Tremaine, with a different design. His files have been overwritten with the final Jeff Tremaine files. Victor and the Director both use Dimitry Elyashkevich's voice as a placeholder.

Download Jackass (PS2; files for "Victor") File: Jackass-Victor.rar (582 KB) (info)

UNLOCK_CHAR_DIRECTOR_DESC
jeff is now a playable character

CHAR_DIRECTOR
JefF
CHAR_FULL_DIRECTOR
JeFF TreMAInE

UNLOCK_CHAR_VICTOR_TITLE
victor
UNLOCK_CHAR_VICTOR_DESC
victor is now a playable character
CHAR_VICTOR
vICtOR
CHAR_FULL_VICTOR
vicTOR

Voice_victor_abuse_01-03 and 06-08 (04 and 05 don't exist)

Voice_victor_cheer_01-03

Voice_victor_confusion_01-02

Voice_victor_flying_scream_01-03

Voice_victor_groan_01-03

Voice_victor_grunt_01-05

Voice_victor_hurt_01-03

Voice_victor_hysteric_laugh_01-02

Voice_victor_laugh_01-03

Voice_victor_long_scream_01-02

Voice_victor_nausia_01-02

Voice_victor_short_scream_01-03

Voice_victor_taunt_01-05

Voice_victor_taunt_07-10,13

Cut Stunts#

This needs some investigation. Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page. Specifically: See if it's possible to make Puppeteer playable.

The strings_uk.xds file includes references to cut stunts, including their names, controls and objectives. DATA/PS2/SOUNDS/STUNT also contains some sound effects belonging to these stunts, which are mostly ones also used elsewhere. The only unique unused SFX include the sound of fireworks for 4th of July.

Also in the same file is HUD text for Freeway Frog.

collect all items and cross safely to finish

Puppeteer#

The only unused minigame that has all of its files intact and on the disc. The game was featured in the PlayStation Portable version of the game and basically a bare bones model viewer that lets you play a few animations on the models.

MAIN_OPTION_PUPPETEER
pupPetEer

Unused Scripts#

This needs some investigation. Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page.

Download Jackass (PS2; old lua scripts) File: JackassPS2 OldScripts.7z (31KB) (info)

The files for Big Balls, Golf Rally and New York Pogo contain unused, older and uncompiled revisions of the lua scripts for those stunts. These include a description of the stunt, the author and all the different variables complete with notes. The "prototype" script for Big Balls seems to be a copy of the script for San Fran Trash Can. Golf Rally has three unused revisions (new, prt and arg) and New York Pogo has two (working and lag). Below is an excerpt from the Big Balls script.

----
--        Copyright (C) 1997-2004 by Prodigy Design Ltd      --
--                Sidhe Interactive (TM)                     --
--                      All rights Reserved                  --
----
--                                                           --
-- Unauthorised use or distribution of this file or any      --
-- portion of it may result in severe civil and criminal     --
-- Penalties and will be prosecuted to the full extent of    --
-- the law.                                                  --
--                                                           --
----


--
-- bigballs.lua
--
-- A scene where the user must steer a rolling tin-can down a street,
-- avoiding cross-traffic.
--
-- @author Stu Sharpe
--

IncludeResource("SceneCommon")
IncludeResource("HUDCommon")


----
-- DESIGNER VARIABLES -------------------------------------------------------------
----
--  This section will contain all of the varables for the designer to tweak or
--  otherwise fiddle. This should just contain ONLY specific physical
--  or numeric constants, or true/false flags to turn features on or off.
--
--  These constants should be well commented so that a technically minded non
--  programmer can easily tweak the variables within and the comments should give
--  some idea of what reasonable values would be to set the variables to.
----

Unused Text#

strings.xml.old#

This needs some investigation. Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page.

DATA\PS2\PKCMN\data\ps2\database contains, well, an old version of the main text file. It has the last modified date of September 2006 and contains numerous differences.

strings_uk#

The following can be found in strings_uk.xds.

Early name for Bumper Kings: Bumper Madness.

LEVEL_TITLE_BUMPERMADNESS
bumper kings

The unlockable bumper car P.U.S.S.Y. is internally referred to as "Knight Rider".

UNLOCK_BM_KNIGHT_RIDER_TITLE
p.u.s.s.y
UNLOCK_BM_KNIGHT_RIDER_DESC
the p.u.s.s.y bumper car is now available

A menu option for "Wee Games", which don't have their own menu.

EPISODE_MENU_WEEGAMES
Wee gaMES

Text for saving in a non-existent PC version.

SERIAL_PC_MEDIA
drive

SERIAL_PC_ACCESS_WARNING
Do not remove the hard drive or gnaw on the cabling.

SERIAL_PC_AUTOSAVE_ENABLED_WARNING
This game saves data automatically. You're on PC, so no worries!

The Making of Jackass: the Game is mentioned as an unlockable movie in strings_uk.xds, but is nowhere to be found. It was featured as an extra on the Jackass 2.5 DVD.

UNLOCK_MAKINGOF_TITLE
the making of jackass the game
UNLOCK_MAKINGOF_DESC
the making of jackass the game is now available in the extras menu

A set of early goals, with only one per stunt. Most of these were included in the final sets of goals, but the unique unused goals are listed below. This same list also includes the completely scrapped stunts which are covered in their own section. Of particular note are Short Fighter and Demolition Golf, which make mention of Bam and his parents.

Early Tracklist#

strings_uk.xds also contains an early tracklist with a whopping 59 songs listed, 26 of which are actually in the game. All of these tracks appeared in the prototype, except for Uncertainly by Panthers.

NOTE: While "Corona" (Jackass theme) is used in the game, it's never played during stunts (which is when this info is usually shown), making the text go unused.

ARTIST
ALBUM
TRACK

Black Flag
Six Pack
American Waste

Green Day
American Idiot
American Idiot

The Hives
Barely Legal
A.K.A I.D.I.O.T

ramones
self titled
Beat on the Brat

AC/DC
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Big Balls

The Casanovas
All Night Long
born to run

System of a down
toxicity
bounce

minutemen
double nickels on the dime
corona

Tokyo Dragons
give me the fear
Come On Baby

Cake
Fashion Nugget
The Distance

All Night Long
The Casanovas
Heartbreaker

AC/DC
Highway To Hell
Highway To Hell

Dio
Holy Diver
Holy Diver

Shihad
The General Electric
Just Like Everybody Else

The Hives
a.k.a. I-D-I-O-T EP
Mad Man

The Hives
Veni Vidi Vicious
Main Offender

The Exploders
self titled
My Country Brain

the D4
6twenty
party

Queens Of The Stone Age
Rated-R
Quick And To The Pointless

tokyo dragons
give me the fear
Ready Or Not

the D4
out of my head
sake bomb

the clash
combat rock
Should I Stay Or Should I Go

Cake
Fashion Nugget
Stickshifts & Safetybelts

Eagles of Death Metal
Peace Love Death Metal
Stuck In The Metal

civilian down!
read between the lies
read between the lies

deja voodoo
back in brown
Team Police

Tokyo Dragons
give me the fear
teenage screamers

guns n roses
Appetite For Destruction
Welcome to the Jungle

The Datsuns
Smoke and mirrors
Blood Red

Andrew WK
I Get Wet
I Love NYC

the D4
6twenty
rocknroll motherfucker

panthers
the trick
uncertainly

PlayStation Portable Leftovers#

Leftover text and graphics for the online functions and director mode from the PlayStation Portable version are present in the game's files. Including the following.

A picture of a director's chair, a leftover from the Director Mode.

Thumbnail for downloaded stunts.

Buttons from the Director Mode as well as stars which are used to rank the episodes in that version.