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===Scrollable text box=== | ===Scrollable text box=== | ||
By pressing {{B|R3}}, a scrollable text box will be brought up. At the top of it is the HUD icon for Dan's [[#Lives|lives]] while the following text is within the box itself: | By pressing {{B|R3}}, a scrollable text box will be brought up on the screen. At the top of it is the HUD icon for Dan's [[#Lives|lives]] while the following text is within the box itself: | ||
Never out of print since its debut in 1818<nowiki>*</nowiki>, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is a novel of surprising psychological depths as well as a horror masterpiece. It has been adapted for the screen again and again - yet until now, no film version has plumbed the story's rich complexities. | "Never out of print since its debut in 1818<nowiki>*</nowiki>, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is a novel of surprising psychological depths as well as a horror masterpiece. It has been adapted for the screen again and again - yet until now, no film version has plumbed the story's rich complexities. | ||
The Frankenstein story resonates anew today, in our age genetic cloning and replaceable human parts.<br>Press {{B|X}} {{B|T}} {{B|O}} {{B|S}} {{B|L1}} {{B|L2}} buttons. | The Frankenstein story resonates anew today, in our age of genetic cloning and replaceable human parts.<br>Press {{B|X}} {{B|T}} {{B|O}} {{B|S}} {{B|L1}} {{B|L2}} buttons." | ||
From the earliest days of the cinema we have been fascinated by visitors from other worlds. Slimy, malevolent and often melodramatic, they have scrambled from their flying saucers and threatened us with their ray-guns in some of the most popular movies ever made. | "From the earliest days of the cinema we have been fascinated by visitors from other worlds. Slimy, malevolent and often melodramatic, they have scrambled from their flying saucers and threatened us with their ray-guns in some of the most popular movies ever made." | ||
<small><nowiki>*</nowiki> This value shows the player's current score.</small> | <small><nowiki>*</nowiki> This value shows the player's current score.</small> | ||
====Origin==== | |||
According to ''MediEvil's'' producer [[Chris Sorrell]], this is a display mechanism for books that he was working on at the time.{{WebsiteReference|MediEvil-Boards|12662|author=Winston1|MediEvil developers - Q&A|May 7, 2013}} | |||
The text shown was chosen randomly for the purposes of testing. The first part of the text seems to come from the back of the book ''Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: The Classic Tale of Terror Reborn on Film'' while the second part is from the back of the book ''They Came From Outer Space: Alien Encounters in the Movies''. | |||
===Shields=== | ===Shields=== | ||
Much like in the final game, there are three types of '''[[shield]]s''': Copper, Silver and Gold. Unlike in the final game, all three types share the same model, which is like the Silver Shield in retail. There is also no HUD indicator of a shield's health in the ''MediEvil Rolling Demo''. | Much like in the final game, there are three types of '''[[shield]]s''': Copper, Silver and Gold. Unlike in the final game, all three types share the same model, which is like the Silver Shield in retail. There is also no HUD indicator of a shield's health in the ''MediEvil Rolling Demo''. | ||