PS1 Abe's Oddysee Demo - Prereleased Main Menu

[kapteeni13]

I'm back today bring you something cool! : )

I've noticed weird thing when opened ePSXe with Abe's Oddysee Demo ISO...
Taked look with HEX editor and found out more screens than imaged.
I found address inside memory that decides what screen is shown after death.
Normally i can view 3-4 screens without cheat's:
- Screen that Introducting at beginning when starting ISO (Abe's Oddysee '97, etc)
- Normal first opening screen
- Loading screen (Beta also, but changed in full version)
- GameSpeak

I was amazed that there is laying more screens in Main menu:

- Controller screen -a weird screen with odd controller and Abe with "dunno" move. Out of ideas with this screen.
- Old Load game screen (It seems there is 16 block too in memory card? and looking "slightly" different)
- Prerelease note (comes normally in NTSC version of demo)

[RoryF]

I was mostly interested about the prerelease note, it's makes me feel like they knew that someone would eventually find it in the future. Weird.

I know that it's most likely to be just a screen that used to show for testers or someone else but commented out in the demo. Still cool.

BTW nice video, I always look forward to new stuff you've found on oddworld, you never cease to please!

[kapteeni13]

Hmmm... why not explore PC version too...
But change to found something in that version is smaller than PSX version...

Edit: Nothing found in PC version demo, execpt two screens that crashe's when i view them... =/

[metroixer]

The controller screen is cool, I don't think I've seen a tribal glukkon before.

[Bullet Magnet]

I haven't seen the slig or slog glyphs before either.

[Dynamithix]

Nice.

[Crashpunk]

Very nice find.

[STM]

LOOK AT THOSE GLYPHS! Slig, slog, glukkon, those are new to me!

[Scraby]

those glyphs can also be found in the original game but the thing is they are harder to see than these,probably higher quality or unedited

[JennyGenesis]

Where to?

On the menu screens or in game?

[Scraby]

on the main menu,look around abe and you will see these glyphs,these are mutch lighter and brighter to see than the original,cuz the original is darkened and shadowed.
I discovered them when i looked around the main menu,and afther that it was "wtf? how is that doing there,12 years of playing the game and i noticed them right now"

edit:i found my old ps1 abes oddysee and i have that two player screen,but the only thing it does is when you die you have to go on the second controller.and that stereo mono was i think for the sounds but it doesnt work on my epsx emulator.

[JennyGenesis]

edit:i found my old ps1 abes oddysee and i have that two player screen,but the only thing it does is when you die you have to go on the second controller.and that stereo mono was i think for the sounds but it doesnt work on my epsx emulator.

I remember when I first got the game I was just learning to read and write and chose two player because I hadn't a clue what I was doing. I was completly confused as to why the game wouldn't continue after I died. I thought it was just a game mode where you only had 1 life.

[Scraby]

yeah did you find the glyphs at the main menu?