The Magic School Bus Explores the Solar System

Exactly what it says on the tin. Ride on, Magic School Bus, ride on.

Unused Graphics#

The files for the game's platforming stages contain a few sprites that went unused in the final product.

Objects#

The flashing arrow pointing downwards. In-game, said arrow is shown pointing in only three directions: left, and right, and upward.

An unused campfire sprite. Probably intended for the Mars and Pluto stages, as a power-up that would defend the player from the cold weather on both planets.

Two unused versions of the acid clouds you need to avoid in the Venus stage.

Characters#

Pushing animations for each one of Ms. Frizzle's students (including Janet) are all present. However, only the ones for Ralphie, Carlos and Arnold are used in-game. The ones for the remaining students go unused because the blocks (with the MSB logo on them) are absent from their respective stages.

Unused Music#

Unused Loop#

The music for the platforming stages is stored in clumps of WAV files divided into groups of one to four measures, which the game plays in a certain order to produce a complete track. This fragment from Neptune's theme sounds like it was supposed to be used to loop the piece, but it never plays.

Unused Voice Acting#

Joke Outtakes#

At the end of the game's resource file are 29 short outtakes from the joke-telling segment, here combined into one file. These mostly consist of the female VA giggling during her lines or the male VA getting choked up by his fast-talking personality.

Some highlights:

• "Hey, what does the Earth have to -- HEY! HEY! HEY! HEY!"
• "Hey, why is the ring so faint on Uranus? Because it's so far away from it -- I hate this joke! I hate this joke!"
• "Hey, why does the Earth have so much water? It's always -- I don't, I can't read this."