Space
Quest 1 Cancelled Stuff
 Using
a cool tool called AGI
Studio I opened up Space Quest 1 version 1.0X (version 2.2 didn't
work with the program for some reason). AGI Studio enables you to
look around in the game source code, animations and other graphics.
I found some stuff that shouldn't be there - stuff that isn't used
in the actual game. Leftovers from early puzzles, jokes or animations
that didn't make it into the final version of the game.
To your left
you see the original six frame animation that make up the unfortunate
end of Orat's life. If I recall correctly, frame one and two aren't
used. You need to THROW the dehydrated water to Orat and he'll catch
it with his mouth. The first frame obviously shows Orat HOLDING
the canister of dehydrated water. This means Roger didn't need to
THROW the canister but GIVE it to him or DROP it for him in an early
unreleased version. Orat was obviously not mean enough this way,
so instead the Two Guys changed the puzzle. The official animation
is still there, however unused. |
General
Here
you see two animations of a little droid that isn't anywhere to be
found in the real game. The droid seems to be closely related to the
navigational droid. Maybe this was a first version? Or maybe this
droid once served some other purpose like a cleaning droid aboard
the Arcada? We may never know.
Here's
a picture of three Sarien guards who appear to be on serious steroids.
Obviously some sort of elite guard. I can tell from the source code
there's only this one picture with no animation attached to it. This
might indicate the Two Guys canned this version of Sarien guards rather
quickly.
The
last item I found was this sign "ATTENTION K MART SHOPPERS".
It's drawn in the same style as the "WARNING BAYDOORS ARE OPEN"
light sign from the flight preparation room. This indicate the Two
Guys had some cheesy jokes for us in store... Once.