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===Scrollable text box===
===Scrollable text box===
[[File:MediEvilRollingDemo-ScrollableTextBox.png|thumb|right|The scrollable text box.]] By pressing {{B|R3}} during gameplay, a dark blue scrollable text box will be brought up on the screen. At the top of the box is the HUD icon for Dan's [[#Lives|lives]] while instructions on how to control the box appear near the bottom: {{B|X}} to advance, {{B|T}} to go back, {{B|O}} to exit. The following text is within the box itself:
[[File:MediEvilRollingDemo-ScrollableTextBox.png|thumb|right|The scrollable text box.]] By pressing {{B|R3}} during gameplay, a dark blue scrollable text box will be brought up on the screen. While the box is on the screen the game is completely paused just like when accessing the [[#Pause Menu|pause menu]].
 
At the top of the box is the HUD icon for Dan's [[#Lives|lives]] while instructions on how to control the box appear near the bottom: {{B|X}} to advance, {{B|T}} to go back, {{B|O}} to exit. The following text and sprites are within the box itself:
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|<center>[[File:MediEvilRollingDemo-EnergyBoneHUD1.png]]</center>
|<center>[[File:MediEvilRollingDemo-EnergyBoneHUD1.png]]</center>
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<small><nowiki>*</nowiki> This value shows the player's current score.</small>
<small><nowiki>*</nowiki> This value shows the player's current score.</small>
====Purpose and origin====
====Purpose and origin====
According to ''MediEvil's'' producer [[Chris Sorrell]], the box is a display mechanism for the game's help 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 in the box was chosen randomly for the purposes of testing.
According to ''MediEvil's'' producer [[Chris Sorrell]], the box is a display mechanism for the game's help books that he was working on at the time. The text shown in the box was chosen randomly for the purposes of testing.{{WebsiteReference|MediEvil-Boards|12662|author=Winston1|MediEvil developers - Q&A|May 7, 2013}}


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''.
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''.