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Out of This World (DOS)

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Out of This World is a game about a scientist named Lester Knight Chaykin, who has the fantastic idea of performing an experiment during a thunderstorm. As a result, lightning strikes his lab, teleporting him... Out of This World.

Unfortunately, the alien world he finds himself on is hostile, and he and his new alien friend must do everything they can to survive.

Unused Song#

AWPCDOS_UnusedSong_Clean.ogg‎‎

This song happens to be sitting inside the Bank files of the game. The many songs in the Sega CD port (compiled as Heart of the Alien/Out of This World Parts I & II) and the Anniversary editions have parts sounding similar to this, as Jean-Francois Freitas composed for both with the latter only existing as extras.

Unused Passwords#

  • HHFL - Goes to a black screen, it is possible to move and shoot.
  • KRTD - Goes directly to the Ending. It is never shown in-game.

Regional Differences#

As this game was released with different names in each region, the title screen changes to suit.

EU

US

Hidden Credits#

The EU-region variant of the title screen image contains a pair of credits which the game hides at runtime by drawing a black polygon over them. It credits Éric Chahi and Jean-François Freitas.

(Source: momomo)