Meat Boy

Prototype Info

Codename#

The game's local save file is named Vertigo.sol which was the in development codename for Meat Boy. This codename is also present at the top of the save file itself.

Unused Graphics#

Obviously a placeholder for the Newgrounds ads in the loading screens.

Unused Death Screen#

Inside the game is code for a unused death screen. This screen will show text saying "You Died :(", with the only way for you to retry is to hit ↵ Return. This screen is used in the game's prototype.

Revisional Differences#

General#

• The version included in The Basement Collection skips the Newgrounds loading screen
• Later releases adds the feature to mute the game with M, while no such mute function existed before.

Title Screen#

Original	The Basement Collection

• The Newgrounds logo has been removed in The Basement Collection.
• Option to download the standalone version was also removed.

Jump Physics#

The Basement Collection let's you control your jump height by holding Space when jumping, while the original only has one set jump height.

{
   if(!Key.isDown(13))
   {
      game.enter = true;
   }
   if(!Key.isDown(32) && !Key.isDown(65))
   {
      game.space = true;
   }
   if(!Key.isDown(27))
   {
      game.escape = true;
   }
   if(!Key.isDown(46))
   {
      game.deletekey = true;
   }
};

{
   if(!Key.isDown(13))
   {
      game.enter = true;
   }
   if(!Key.isDown(32) && !Key.isDown(65))
   {
      game.space = true;
      p_space = true;
   }
   else if(rspace == true)
   {
      p_space = false;
   }
   if(!Key.isDown(27))
   {
      game.escape = true;
   }
   if(!Key.isDown(46))
   {
      game.deletekey = true;
   }
};

Hot Coffee Cutscene#

Typically if you unlock everything in the game you'll unlock a literal sex scene with Meat Boy and Band-Aide Girl. Though on some sites and The Basement Collection this is replaced with this message.

The hot coffee ending has been 
censored because a bunch of 
losers cryed about it.

I'm as pissed as you are but my 
hands are tied.

Game Boy Version#

A Game Boy version exists which simply makes all the graphics monochrome, and worse.

• The "Newgrounds" text during the intro and title screen are smaller
• Many graphics are made in a lower resolution, or changed to be more abstract