Up (PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Windows)

Up
Also known as: Lá-Haut (FR), Oben (DE), Vzhůru do oblak (CZ), Vverx (RU) Developers: Asobo Studio, Mad Monkey Studio (PSP) Publisher: THQ Platforms: PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Windows Released in US: May 26, 2009 Released in EU: October 2009 Released in AU: August 27, 2009 This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused cinematics. This game has unused music. This game has unused text.

The Up game for the PS2/PSP/Windows/Mac OS X is a low-end and more puzzle-heavy version of the Wii/PS3/X360 game of the same name that arguably manages to be even longer and more tedious than that one. Also features humorously-stiff and rushed shot-for-shot recreations of scenes from the movie.

Unused Music

JUNGLE

According to Levels.tsc, this was supposed to play in the removed TEST_JUNGLE1 level. For some reason, it's the song "Overture" from the Back to the Future soundtrack.

DOGF

According to Levels.tsc, this was supposed to play in the removed TEST_DOGFIGHT1 level.

HELLOINC

A snippet of a track from The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer, leftover from when it was used as an unlockable in the low-end version of WALL-E.

HELLORAT

A snippet of a track from Ratatouille, left over from when it was used as an unlockable in the low-end version of WALL-E.

Unused Videos

ESRB.bik

The game's ESRB rating.

old.bik

An attract-mode video from a work-in-progress version of the game, showing several aspects in varying levels of development. It also uses the Back to the Future theme, for whatever reason.

01.bik

A black background with "bla" written multiple times, used as a placeholder for the opening cinematic.

locked.bik

A red lock leftover from the low-end version of WALL-E.

Unused Text

Removed Levels

In Levels.tsc, there are strings referencing three test stages. Two of these test levels are present in the Windows version, which are TEST_GAMEPLAY and TEST_Avoid.

To do: Record some videos of the two Windows test levels.

AddLevel		TEST_ENEMY		T_NMY			1			0
AddLevel		TEST_GAMEPLAY		T_GPLY			1			0
AddLevel		TEST_Avoid		T_AVO			1			0

Two more potential test levels are referenced as part of the music section:

//AddMUSIC		TEST_JUNGLE1		Jungle
//AddMUSIC		TEST_DOGFIGHT1		DogF

Missing Videos

The file init.tsc has a commented-out list of videos intended for the startup sequence:

//ChoosePlayMovie	PIXAR
//ChoosePlayMovie	BVG
//ChoosePlayMovie	THQ
//ChoosePlayMovie	HIRON
//ChoosePlayMovie	ASOBO
//ChoosePlayMovie       01A

The first five files refer to the individual logos of the companies involved (similar to how it was at the start of the low-end version of Ratatouille), while "01A" refers to the opening cinematic. Disney Interactive Studios is listed as "BVG", referring to its pre-2007 name of Buena Vista Games, as it was internally called in Ratatouille.

In the final version, the logos are instead shown as part of the opening cinematic. Adding videos of the proper names and formats into the video folder and uncommenting the above lines can enable you to play the videos.