Hellboy: Asylum Seeker

Hellboy: Asylum Seeker
Also known as: Hellboy (title screen) Developer: Hoplite Research Publisher: DreamCatcher Interactive Platform: PlayStation Released in US: March 23, 2003 This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused text. This game has debugging material.

Hellboy: Asylum Seeker is a game based on Dark Horse Comics' science fiction comic book series Hellboy, written and drawn by Mike Mignola. It is a port of the Windows game Hellboy: Dogs of the Night.

Unused Graphics

Inside the folder IMG are several unused graphics:

FRANCE.TGA, GERMANY.TGA, ITALY.TGA, SPAIN.TGA and UK.TGA are country flags likely meant for a language selection screen. In the final game, the only available language is English.

CRYO.TGA is a logo for Cryo Interactive, which is never displayed.

LOAD.TGA is a different version of the "load a game" prompt background, with a slightly different text placement.

Likewise, SOUND.TGA is a different version of the sound options background, also with different text placement.

TITLE.TGA is a title screen graphic taken from a demo for the original Windows release.

Menu Languages

Menu graphics in the French, German, Italian, and Polish (erroneously labeled as "Spanish") languages also exist inside folder IMG.

French

German

Italian

Polish

tty debug console

The tty debug console displays chatter during loading and gameplay. This is not visible to the user.

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MOVIE: w = 320, h = 240, sectors = 7
ERROR: MOVIE -- Found sector frame count over > end frame (277 > 276)
FrameCount 277
file name=\IMG\PRIME\SOUND.TGA;1  file len=115781
file name=\IMG\PRIME\LOAD.TGA;1  file len=93178
file name=\IMG\PRIME\M_LOAD.TGA;1  file len=15619
file name=\IMG\PRIME\M_LOAD_H.TGA;1  file len=15619
file name=\IMG\PRIME\M_STRT.TGA;1  file len=22019
file name=\IMG\PRIME\M_STRT_H.TGA;1  file len=22019
file name=\IMG\PRIME\M_SND.TGA;1  file len=9355
file name=\IMG\PRIME\M_SND_H.TGA;1  file len=9355
VSync: timeout
MOVIE: w = 320, h = 160, sectors = 5
FrameCount 297
temp poly-buffer size= 1800 (GT4-Polys)
************ available mem=1204kb, allocated mem= 182kb, free mem=**1021kb**
************ available mem=1204kb, allocated mem= 862kb, free mem=**341kb**
temp poly-buffer size= 1800 (GT4-Polys)
************ available mem=1204kb, allocated mem= 182kb, free mem=**1021kb**
************ available mem=1204kb, allocated mem= 714kb, free mem=**490kb**
temp poly-buffer size= 1800 (GT4-Polys)
************ available mem=1204kb, allocated mem= 182kb, free mem=**1021kb**
************ available mem=1204kb, allocated mem= 862kb, free mem=**341kb**
temp poly-buffer size= 1800 (GT4-Polys)
************ available mem=1204kb, allocated mem= 182kb, free mem=**1021kb**
************ available mem=1204kb, allocated mem= 706kb, free mem=**498kb**
temp poly-buffer size= 1800 (GT4-Polys)
************ available mem=1204kb, allocated mem= 182kb, free mem=**1021kb**
************ available mem=1204kb, allocated mem= 862kb, free mem=**341kb**
VSync: timeout
VSync: timeout
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Unused Dialogue

The directory DIA contains the game's dialogue file, PRIME.TXT. Within it, there are developer comments, as well as unused lines. Additionally, entire scripts for French, German, Italian and Spanish languages are also present.

Example

/////////////////  Please to be careful in here    ////////////////////////////////

	////////////   Examples   ////////////////

// 1 50 400 180 165 35 4 "CAN I HELP YOU?" emma_0.wav ;
// 2 200 400 180 165 35 4 "AND WHO MIGHT YOU BE?" emma_1.wav ;
// 3 200 400 190 50 50 3 "HELLBOY.  BUREAU FOR~PARANORMAL RESEARCH AND DEFENSE." hb_1.wav ;

Chapter 1

068 200 400 80 115 175 3 "I THINK PETER NEEDS~MEDICAL ATTENTION." ;  	// not used
069 200 400 80 115 175 3 "IT IS HAPPENING AGAIN..." ;			// not used

Placeholders

135 200 400 190 50 50 4 "WHAT, YOU'RE STILL HERE?" ;
136 200 400 190 50 50 4 "THE GAME'S OVER... GO HOME!" ;
137 250 400 190 50 50 4 "...GO!" ;

Chapter 2

///// missed one, so i moved it index 207

275 200 400 190 50 50 3 "I WONDER WHAT THIS IS FOR." ;  /// not used

/////////  missing emma sequence dialog here
/////////  putting missing files at index 200

292 200 400 130 120 110 3 "EMPLOYEES ONLY" ;  		/// not used

////////  Mitri E2 conversation
333 200 400 190 50 50 2 " " ; 		////////////I GUESS YOU'RE THE MAN TO SEE." ;

343 200 400 190 50 50 2 " " ;  		////////////THAT SOUNDS BAD." ;   /// no wave

Chapter 3

423 200 400 190 50 50 2 "UH.. THAT'S A LITTLE FAR TO JUMP..." ;   /// not used ??
424 200 400 190 50 50 2 "MAYBE I CAN JUMP DOWN SOMEWHERE ELSE." ; /// not used ??

483 100 400 190 50 50 3 "I'LL TAKE WHATEVER I CAN GET." ;   ///  NOT SAID

507 200 400 190 50 50 2 "WELL, I DO HATE STAIRS..." ;   ///  not used

Chapter 4

//// are you ok?  has no .wav file

615 200 400 80 115 175 2 "OFF WITH YOU, NOW!" ;           // NOT USED

632 200 400 190 50 50 2 "AH CRAP, IT'S STUCK!" hboy0231.wav;  // not used

Other

//////////////////  SO THIS IS WHERE ALL THE LEFTOVER CRAP GOES.......   

//// please to keep at the bottom