"Beta"
Dam
The game's first mission
still holds a few mysteries, although some pretty solid discoveries have been
made.
As always, for every answer found, a new question arises... |
This
text from the Dam still exists, although it's unused by the finished game: "Picked
up a covert modem."
In the final game, Bond starts the mission with
the Covert Modem already in his inventory. The fact that some pickup text exists
for the Covert Modem hints that it may have been considered as a collectible item
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There
are a couple of unused object pads in the guardhouse near the Russian Commandant
and first alarm. The preset locations are near the mysterious trapdoor, and appear
side by side.
Could this have been intended as a mini cache/drop point
where 007 would need to recover mission-critical items? |
This
little SAT box (value 0047) was originally going to be used where Bond installs
the Covert Modem. It was replaced in favor of a computer screen. The SAT box was
re-used in the Facility, as a background detail in the bottling room.
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In
the finished game, the guard towers by the docks do not have doors at the very
bottom...
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Unused
placements for doors can be re-activated with codes and editors - When the doors
are closed, a visible gap between the door and the doorframe suggests that the
doors were never finished.
Perhaps the doors went unused to make it easier
to navigate the first mission.
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There's
an unused preset pad beside the docks, right on the water. It only makes since
that the boat would be placed here...
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Conveniently
enough, if the Soviet boat is inserted into the starting point by the docks, it
shows up perfectly in one of the level's opening cameras.
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There's
even an unused preset at the end of the docks where a lone guard may have been
stationed.
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The
distant island (accessible only via game enhancing codes and emulators) has a
few preset locations where items may have been.
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Exactly
which items Bond would have recovered, we may never know for sure - Although I
believe one of the GoldenEye team members hinted that Body Armor was intended
to be found on the island...
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There's
an unused preset on the wall of the island guardhouse where an alarm will fit.
Interestingly
enough, the preset location for this alarm is found between the third and
fourth alarms as we know them now.
It's presumed that Bond had to destroy
this alarm to complete the "Neutralize All Alarms" objective... But
it could even be possible that the objective may have been added after the island
trip was scrapped...
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Added
a guard to the island just for effect. No guards can be found here in the released
version of GoldenEye 007, although walking paths still remain in the game's memory...
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There
appears to have been paths for two guards on the island - One patrolling around
the base of the guard tower, with the other one patrolling the upper walkway of
the tower itself.
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