Thunder Offshore was the last game made by the Spanish company NoriaWorks. This futuristic motorboat racing game uses a Voxel Space engine that allowed its 3D looking graphics to run smoothly in most computers from its era.
Unused palette file IDIOMA.PAL seems to be a palette for a cut language selection screen. In the final game, the language is set during the installation.
In the THUNDER.INI file created by MENUS.EXE to tell JUEGO[64][M].EXE the track to play and the options, there's a line in the MISCELANEOUS category with:
Debug Mode = FALSE
This line is hardcoded into MENUS.EXE, and changing its value to TRUE does nothing as JUEGO[64][M].EXE just ignores this property.
Menu and intro video sounds are stored in the DIGITAL folder from the CD. There are a lot of unused sounds in this folder. These unused sounds seem to be related to an early version of the intro video.
There are some debug messages inside the game's executable. Most of these messages are meant to appear when some of the CD game files were missing, incorrect or incomplete. Here are some of them:
Spanish
Translation
No he encontrado el fichero de una lancha
Error por final de fichero
Falta el fichero .TAB
Mal fichero .TAB
Mal fichero de intercambio THUNDER.INI
Mal fichero de circuitos CIRCUIT.INI
AL CREAR MAPAS Y BUFERES
No puedo leer el mapa
CUANDO YA SE HA CARGADO EL MAPA
No puedo leer los comportamientos
DESPUES DE CARGAR LOS COMPORTAMIENTOS
DESPUES DE CARGAR EL MARCADOR
File for a boat not found
Error on file end
Missing file .TAB
Bad file .TAB
Bad exchange file THUNDER.INI
Bad circuit file CIRCUIT.INI
WHEN CREATING MAPS AND BUFFERS
Could not read map
WHEN MAP HAS BEEN LOADED
Could not read behaviors
AFTER LOADING BEHAVIORS
AFTER LOADING MARKER
There are some developer messages in MENUS.EXE. They may be related to the developers console.
Spanish
Translation
ALEX
SE .ALEX IS A REAL CODER
VPORKO
E
CHELO
.. .WILL ALLWAYS LOVE YOU
VICTOR
.THE BEST MUSICIAN
VITU
RAFA
.DONT SAY IT AGAIN
CESAR
.HIPERVENTILATOR RULEZ
LETICIA
.SHE IS A SUCKER
ALLETI
R
VJOSETE
.MACACUS RHESUS
LWAMASTO
E PETE
ICT .SLIME HAIRED
JORGE
BEJOSE
SIC .PAQUETE
JACOBO
.OVERKILL CODER SOON
SAJAC
UNAI
ERV .STINKS BUT BEST CODER
JUAN
IS .MARLEY, GREAT SHOOT
SEPEDRO
MA .CABEZABOLO
LWAELIER
E .DALAI LAI LAMA
FERNANDO
OSE .HAVE TONS OF GIRLFRIENDS
VPIPILLO
.ARRANCAR ZUZ BOLAZ
ERVCLOWN
KS .YO NO ME LLAMO ASIN
ISJARE
LEY .COOL
JCAB
SE .VTAL FOREVER
AFRIENDWARE
E .THEY DISCOUNTS OUR PRODUCTION COSTS
OSNORIAWORKS
S .FOREVER
IENORIA
IPBMG
.LATE BUT GOOD
QUAKE
ER .SUPERB GAME
NOALBERTO
.CC MAX THE BEST RACING GAME
SANA
.ESTA FOLLABLE
FU
W .WASA KIRIMOTO NOTATE
BO
CJUANJO
N .ALIEN SUCKER
ROSCAR
EN .ES CURRO JIMENEZ
UHECTOR
Q .EL PONEPEGASATODO
GALATEA
.CUCARACHAS EN TU GAZPACHO
GIS
.BASTA YA DE HACER CASITAS
PARADISE
IMOZIP
.DEVUELVEMELA PEDRO PABLO
JMARIN
LI .BUSCO A JACKS
ULLOA
S .GAME 40 FOREVER
ALEX
SE .ALEX IS A REAL CODER
VPORKO
E
CHELO
.. .WILL ALLWAYS LOVE YOU
VICTOR
.THE BEST MUSICIAN
VITU
RAFA
.DONT SAY IT AGAIN
CESAR
.HIPERVENTILATOR RULEZ
LETICIA
.SHE IS A SUCKER
ALLETI
R
VJOSETE
.MACACUS RHESUS
LWAMASTO
E PETE
ICT .SLIME HAIRED
JORGE
BEJOSE
SIC .PACKAGE
JACOBO
.OVERKILL CODER SOON
SAJAC
UNAI
ERV .STINKS BUT BEST CODER
JUAN
IS .MARLEY, GREAT SHOOT
SEPEDRO
MA .BOWLINGHEAD
LWAELIER
E .DALAI LAI LAMA
FERNANDO
OSE .HAVE TONS OF GIRLFRIENDS
VPIPILLO
.TAKE OFF HIZ BALLZ
ERVCLOWN
KS .I'M NOT CALLED LIKE THAT
ISJARE
LEY .COOL
JCAB
SE .VTAL FOREVER
AFRIENDWARE
E .THEY DISCOUNTS OUR PRODUCTION COSTS
OSNORIAWORKS
S .FOREVER
IENORIA
IPBMG
.LATE BUT GOOD
QUAKE
ER .SUPERB GAME
NOALBERTO
.CC MAX THE BEST RACING GAME
SANA
.SHE'S FUCKABLE
FU
W .WASA KIRIMOTO NOTATE
BO
CJUANJO
N .ALIEN SUCKER
ROSCAR
EN .HE'S CURRO JIMENEZ
UHECTOR
Q .THE COMPLAINING-ABOUT-EVERYTHING ONE
GALATEA
.COCKROACHES IN YOUR GAZPACHO
GIS
.STOP BUILDING HOUSES NOW
PARADISE
IMOZIP
.GIVE IT BACK TO ME, PETER PAUL
JMARIN
LI .I'M LOOKING FOR JACKS
ULLOA
S .GAME 40 FOREVER
