8-Bit is Enough

This is a sub-page of Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People.

An episode starring Strong Bad, Ultimate Strong Bad, Trogdor, and Ultimate Trogdor. CLONES.

Unused Lines#

All subtitles are ripped directly from the game's english.langdb script file. Any errors or inconsistencies are intentionally preserved.

Some lines in the game script were never recorded. In lieu of an ID, those lines will have their offsets listed instead.

sbemails#

Two sbemails were scripted but never recorded, and here they are. The actual typed emails aren't in the game anymore, if they ever were before.

golden ratio#

Address	Message
0x1FDFE	[reading e-mail] Dear Strong Bad
0x1FE57	[reading e-mail] How come all the best cartoons only ever have 1 girl in them and like dozens of guys? It seems weird.
0x1FF05	[reading e-mail] Ana N., Vacaville CA
0x1FF73	It can seem weird and confusing until you understand the science behind it, Ana! Luckily, scientists have given us the Golden Ratio, which says exactly how many chicks to dudes you can have in something before it starts being something FOR GIRLS. And that number is 1 chick for... any number of dudes. So I guess it's not really a "ratio." But anyway.
0x20156	One girl in a comic, and she can be the main guy's girlfriend, and go along on adventures, and prove she can make it in a man's world. Two girls in a comic, and then they gotta start fighting over the main guy, and all of a sudden it's a ROMANCE comic, and they've got whole story-arcs about buying shoes. One girl in a band (ideally on bass), and you can still rock pretty hard. More than one girl, and you've got the Bangles. I trust I've made my point clear. Plus, with only one girl, you know exactly where to go to for any girl-related issues. Makes things a LOT simpler.

SBCG3EA#

Address	Message
0x20F87	[reading e-mail] Rock on, S-to-the-B!
0x20FE4	[aside] Could I get a ruling on that one? Ooh, 10 point reduction for acting like you're cooler than you really are. The Strong Badian judge did not like that one bit.
0x210C3	[reading e-mail] I'm from VideLINKtrix, which as you know is the #1 retro-Videlectrix game fan and information site on the internet. [aside] Don't know that, never heard of you, try again.
0x211B7	[reading e-mail] We just found this ULTRA-RARE copy of Strong Bad's Computer Game 3: Email Attack (SBCG3EA), which was limited to a release of 100 copies in blah blah blah boring boring dull.
0x212AE	[reading e-mail] Until now, it's only been playable on the Videlectrix Happy Box, but I sent along a copy of the VHP emulator.
0x21364	[reading e-mail] Keep it real! _=_ROMReav3r_=_''
0x213CA	Yeah, you're dumb and your name is stupid, etc. But about this so-called "Strong Bad Computer Game." I can't believe Videlectrix would make a game about me without my permission! I gotta check this out.
0x214DF	[process: very scratchy low-fi 8-bit sound] CHECK E-MAIL!
0x21550	Whoa. I can see why Videlectrix didn't tell me about that game. It kinda sucks. And it made my brain... go... inside-out. I gotta go lie down.

General#

Sound ID	Subtitles	Comments
94807936	Videlectrix Matt Who is this? How did you get inside our computer?	This conversation would have played out before getting the Strong Bad shirt.
94808064	Must be a bad connection. This is Strong Bad again. STRONG BAD.
94808192	Videlectrix Matt Strong Bad? Sure, we can get you one of those!
94835072	You'd think I could remember where Bubs' Concession Stand is by now.	Bubs' house is automatically added to the map once the player passes it. This line, and a couple others, suggest that the cutscene of Strong Bad chasing after the Trogdor arcade cabinet wasn't part of the original script.
94839296	Any good map needs a place for Trogdor's Lair. Where should it go?	Once the player gets in Trogdor's Lair, they can't escape, leaving the map and this line inaccessible.
97883264	I'm not sure if that cyberspacey Videlectrix Mainframe is really a "place," but I'm gonna put it on my map anyway.	This is another location that's automatically added to the map.
97883776	I better put that big ol' pile of crates on my map before Super Marzipan closes it off again.	This is another location that's automatically added to the map. Interestingly, the subtitles say "Super Marzipan", when Strong Bad is actually saying "Super Marz-io-Pan"

House of Strong#

Sound ID	Sound	Subtitles	Comments
90698240		Strong Sad Based on his trajectory and rate of travel, not accounting for variances in velocity due to friction and cabinet-chafing, he should be halfway to The Stick right about now!	Alternate dialogue for asking Strong Sad about Trogdor, which also supports the Trogdor chase cutscene being added later on.
90784256		Strong Sad Where are you going? You can't fight Trogdor without the right tools!	Different dialogue for trying to exit the house without the cabinet key.

The Field#

Sound ID	Subtitles	Comments
91005696	No fair! How am I supposed to get up there without platforms and girders?	This was probably supposed to be triggered by clicking on the rubble that Marzipan makes after she goes ape, but the rubble disappears after that cutscene in the final game.
91005696	Bubs I don't care how you do it, just get rid of her! Or at least give her a banana or somethin'!
91007104	Aww, nice try Poopsmi...fixit...whatever. I guess there's just no way we're getting up there until we get rid of Marzipain. Now get back in my inventory before I have to pay you overtime.	Trying to use the Poopsmith / Mista Fixit on the rubble would prompt this. Since the rubble being there at all would confuse the issue of how to solve this puzzle, it was removed and these lines were rendered inaccessible.

Crates#

Sound ID	Subtitles	Comments
91851904	Much like the wounded miniboss with one energy bar left, the stray crate is easy prey for the wily Strong Bad...	An alternate conversation for trying to break the crate without Boxer Joe. The actual conversation's more clear that a video game character is needed to open them.
91852032	Errrp!
91852160	Man, that thing's shut up tight!
91852288	If this was a videogame, I'd just punch my way into that crate!
91857408	Ring the bell, ref!	A second conversation for trying to make Boxer Joe destroy an unsnaked crate.
91857536	Aw c'mon! It kinda looks like a snake...sorta.
91859200	All right snakes-on-crates, it's time for a re-match!	Originally, the player would get the light musket and the medkit from the same area...and, once it respawned, from the same crate! Thankfully, this somewhat unintuitive piece of game design was scrapped, and an additional crate with a medkit was added to the Peasantry Inn.
91859328	Wow, this really MUST be one of those infinitely-replenishing video game boxes!
91861248	I hope these crates don't run out any time soon.	It turns out, they did.

Videlectrix Mainframe#

Sound ID	Sound	Subtitles	Comments
91468544		I bet the Fun Machine in my bedroom is the only place in the world anyone is still playing "Gel-Arshie's Pro Fruitboarder."	Should be triggered after viewing SB's bedroom from inside the Gel-Arshie game, but it seems to be bugged and never plays.

Stinkoman 20X6#

Sound ID	Subtitles	Comments
94812032	Hey, watch it, Mac! Guy should put up some of them warning cones. Okay, back into my inventory, Mista Fixit!	After the secret ladder is fixed and the box plummets down, Strong Bad would have berated Mista Fixit with this line.
97515136	Homsar You've unlocked the secret of ultimate waffles!	One of the original ideas for the secret ladder scene was to have the camera pull back to reveal "some simply funny tableau." Removing this line cuts Homsar out of the episode entirely.
97934464	That's a good idea, but I don't think the Algebros know how to use decimal points. I'll stick with level 1.1 for now.	Dialogue that would have rewarded a player's clever use of the Algebros on the Current Level number with a funny quip.
97936128	I won't need those extra lives. Nothing left around here that can kill me.	The extra lives can't be clicked once the enemies leave. Oops.

Castle Hallway#

Sound ID	Sound	Subtitles	Comments
91828992		I've got to get closer!	Items can be used anywhere in the room in the final game.
91829120		I'm too far away!	Items can be used anywhere in the room in the final game.

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Other Unused Text#

Two placeholder messages for the Gel-Arshie game are still in the game's script.

At 0x44467:

PLAYTESTERS:
Sorry, the Gel-Arshie game isn't ready yet!

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:
Gel-Arshie rides his surfboard and collects CHERRIES, APPLES,
and STRAWBERRIES for points. The more fruit he absorbs,
the more points he gets, racking up big combos.

Professor Pineapple fires fresh pineapple slices at him. If
he gets hit, he loses a life.

At 0x445E7:

PLAYTESTERS:
When Strong Bad starts playing, the screen fills with red fruit from the Professor's pinapple gun.

Gel-Arshie jumps once and racks up a massive combo that overflows the high score. Gel-Arshie hits the kill screen and then...

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Unused Graphics#

File Name	Image	Comments
obj_collectiblecardconnie		Obvious placeholder image for the "Carpal Tunnel Connie" card. The actual file that the card uses is obj_collectiblevcardconnie.
obj_codewheelinner		The bottom half of the inner codewheel texture has this filler text.
ui_mapextras_mapicon_castlehallway ui_mapextras_mapicon_trogdorlair		Temporary icons for the Castle Hallway and Trogdor's Lair. These are recycled from the exotic locales in Dangeresque 3.

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Filename	Unused	Used	Comments
sk89_trogdoor_ps01	sk89_trogdoor_ps01	sk89_trogdoor_ps1	An alternate low-res Trogdor skin.