The Cutting Room Floor
The Cutting Room Floor is a site dedicated to unearthing and researching unused and cut content from video games. From debug menus, to unused music, graphics, enemies, or levels, many games have content never meant to be seen by anybody but the developers — or even meant for everybody, but cut due to time/budget constraints.
Feel free to browse our collection of games and start reading. Up for research? Try looking at some stubs and see if you can help us out. Just have some faint memory of some unused menu/level you saw years ago but can't remember how to access it? Feel free to start a page with what you saw and we'll take a look. If you want to help keep this site running and help further research into games, feel free to donate.
Featured Article
Developer: Nintendo
Publisher: Nintendo
Released: 1988, NES/Famicom
Super Mario Bros. 3 was the last main-series Mario game released on the NES. The game introduced such beloved concepts as the Koopa Kids, Super Leaves, and Tanooki Suits.
Fifteen unused levels are tucked away in the game, only accessible through codes and hacking. Along with those levels are unused enemies, graphics, stage palettes, and two unused minigames. There's even a debug menu!
And in addition to all of that unused content, there are a variety of differences between the Japanese and International versions of the game. The two international revisions contain some interesting differences, too! There's a lot to know about Super Mario Bros. 3.
All Featured BlurbsDid You Know...
- ...that there's a cheat that gives Bond a paired rocket launcher and sniper rifle in the Japanese version of GoldenEye?
- ...that Zeromus got a makeover in the Japan-exclusive Easy Type version of Final Fantasy IV?
- ...that there's a texture for a gun hidden in Plum's trophy in Super Smash Bros. Melee?
- ...that Dance Dance Revolution 2nd Mix was supposed to have Xanadu, which wouldn't be included until 3rd Mix?
- ...that in Mega Turrican, there are unused graphics that have Mario and Sonic frozen in carbonite?
- ...that part of a phone call from the white nationalist organization Combat 18 was left in Front Mission: Gun Hazard?
- ...that at least 23 games released on today's date have articles?
Contributing
Want to contribute? Not sure where to begin? Visit the Help page for everything you need to get started, including...
- Instructions for creating and editing articles
- Guides that will help you find debug modes, unused graphics, hidden levels, and more
- A list of what needs to be done
- Common things that can be found in hundreds of different games
We also have a sizable list of games that either don't have pages yet, or whose pages are in serious need of expansion. Check it out!
Featured File
Puyo Puyo's Arcade version focuses exclusively on competitive play, unlike the MSX2 and Famicom Disk System games of the same name.
Pictured is a World version with a very mysterious history. It wasn't even known if it was official until its inclusion in the Sega Ages release. Here, Harpy is known as "Dark Elf" and has lost its wings.
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