the cutting room mirror

The Next Tetris (PlayStation)

It's Tetris on the PlayStation. (Not to be confused with The New Tetris.)

Unused Graphics#

PSX.BSE#

A bunch of Coca-Cola logos.

An unused font for loading the Memory Card.

Region Exclusive#

The European and especially Japanese version contain unused graphics unique to their regional builds.

Europe#

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A screen in Japanese that's strangely only found in the European versions, explaining that the software is under development. This screen might have been from a demo or public showing.

Japan#

A leftover from a prototype build, with programmer Vlad Tourtchenko giving himself credit.

An abbreviated logo for either Blue Planet Software or Bullet-Proof Software, and a copyright date that doesn't appear anywhere.

An unused pause graphic that does not show up when the game is paused.

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A static Animatek logo that was cut in favor of a video sequence.

Unused Text#

Removed Videos#

Present in the main executable are references to unused video files:

STR\MOV1.STR
STR\MOV2.STR
STR\MOV3.STR

Miscellaneous Strings#

C:\DEMO1.DAT
Vlad's PC writing test