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Summoner (Windows, Mac OS Classic)

Summoner, now with multiplayer and fewer crashes!

Unused Graphics#

Files exist right from the earliest demos which appear to consist of a demo at Wolong with different playable characters to PC builds with a different UI to the publicly available demo.

Early Wolong Demo#

Summoner appears to have had a different design at this point. The UI elements appear to be more inspired by Japanese scrolls. You played as a party of at least two, one being a fighter who would be reused in the main game as the Barbarian Fighter. Another as a mage who would be reused as the Orenian mage.

PCMainMenu.tga
Summoner_Windows_PCMainMenu.png

demo_installside1.bmp
Summoner_Windows_demo_installside1.png

Demo Main Menu buttons

demo_help.tga
Summoner_Windows_demo_help.png

Macworld Demo#

This appears to look closer to the PlayStation 2 version's main menu and loading screen than it does the PC version.

demo_titlebg.tga
Summoner_Windows_demo_titlebg.png

demo_loadbg.tga
Summoner_Windows_demo_loadbg.png

Unused Sounds#

Outside of cutscenes, player characters rarely speak outside of leveling up and locked boxes. However, there is unused dialogue for each character for many different events including: Requesting heals, being poisoned, pick locking doors, in-universe expletives, and phrases for each class of magic being used. There are lines for characters who don't receive the relevant skills or spells, like Joseph having lines for casting ice magic or using pick lock.

Joseph#

Type

Dialog

Clip

Affirmative

As you wish.

Affirmative

I'll do it.

Negative

No.

Ready

Ready.

Ready

Yes.

Can't Reach

I can't do that.

Can't Reach

I can't go there.

Can't Reach

Not there.

Exit Combat Mode

I will not attack.

No Effect

No effect.

Expletive

By the blood of Urath!

Expletive

By the blood of Urath.

Expletive

Sudah.

Expletive

Sweet Laharah.

Injured

Help me.

Poisoned

I've been poisoned.

Skill

Done.

Skill - Failed

Failed.

Skill - Success

Success.

Skill - Pick Lock

It's open.

Skill - Pick Lock

Got it.

Spell - Heal

Ersa.

Spell - Dark

Veren.

Spell - Energy

Rosev.

Spell - Holy

Aosa.

Spell - Fire

Odafa.

Spell - Ice

Saveem.

Flece#

Type

Dialog

Clip

Affirmative

As you wish.

Affirmative

I'll do it.

Negative

No.

Ready

Ready.

Ready

Yes.

Can't Reach

I can't do that.

Can't Reach

I can't go there.

Can't Reach

Not there.

Exit Combat Mode

I will not attack.

No Effect

No effect.

Expletive

By the blood of Urath.

Expletive

Sudah.

Expletive

Sweet Laharah.

Injured

Heal me.

Injured

Help me.

Poisoned

Poison!

Skill

Done.

Skill - Hide

No one can see me.

Skill - Sneak

No one can hear me.

Spell - Heal

Ersa.

Spell - Dark

Veren.

Spell - Energy

Rosev.

Spell - Holy

Aosa.

Spell - Fire

Odafa.

Spell - Ice

Saveem.

Rosalind#

Type

Dialog

Clip

Affirmative

As you wish.

Affirmative

I'll do it.

Affirmative

Right.

Affirmative

Yes.

Negative

No.

Ready

Ready.

Ready

Yes.

Can't Reach

I can't do that.

Can't Reach

I can't go there.

Can't Reach

Not there.

Exit Combat Mode

I will not attack.

No Effect

No effect.

Expletive

By the blood of Urath.

Expletive

Sudah.

Expletive

Sweet Laharah.

Injured

Heal me.

Injured

Help me.

Poisoned

I've been poisoned.

Skill

Done.

Skill - Pick Lock

It's open.

Skill - Sneak

No one can hear me.

Spell - Heal

Ersa.

Spell - Dark

Veren.

Spell - Energy

Rosev.

Spell - Holy

Aosa.

Spell - Fire

Odafa.

Spell - Ice

Saveem.

Jekhar#

Jekhar has some pretty expressive attack sounds that go unused.

Type

Dialog

Clip

Attack

Attack

Attack

Attack

Affirmative

As you wish.

Affirmative

I'll do it.

Affirmative

Right.

Affirmative

Yes.

Negative

No.

Ready

Ready.

Ready

Yes.

Can't Reach

I can't do that.

Can't Reach

I can't go there.

Can't Reach

Not there.

Exit Combat Mode

I will not attack.

No Effect

No effect.

Expletive

By the blood of Urath!

Expletive

Sudah!

Expletive

Sweet Laharah.

Injured

Heal me.

Injured

Help me.

Poisoned

I've been poisoned.

Skill

Failed.

Skill

Done.

Skill

Success.

Skill - Pick Lock

It's open.

Skill - Hide

No one can see me.

Spell - Heal

Orsof.

Spell - Dark

Veren.

Spell - Energy

Rosev.

Spell - Holy

Aosa.

Spell - Fire

Odafa.

Spell - Ice

Saveem.

Spell - Ice

Saveem.

Unused Music#

There are fewer unused tracks on the PC version than the PS2.

TempleUrath2#

Perhaps this was to be used during the Hierophant's sermons or the battle against the Tiger Rider.

ionaintro#

The intro to Iona cutscene was much longer based on these tracks, taking four minutes instead of one. A stand-in voiceover is used for Flece.

iona-intro (Final)

ionaintro (Unused)

ionaintro_with_ambience (Unused)

Failure Modes#

The Mac application contains an assertion dialog...

...a fatal error dialog...

...and an error dialog with debug options.

References#


  1. THQ press release↩︎