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The Full Ring Menu

article by Ben Lincoln

 

As discussed in The Pillar Glyphs, Soul Reaver 2 was originally designed with nine Glyphs for Raziel to obtain. A few remnants of this functionality remain in the game, and can be unlocked using Playstation 2 cheat devices. Like the Possession codes, this is a curiousity only and does not provide any real gameplay benefit.

Because most of the real functionality is missing from the game, these codes are in various stages of completion, having been abandoned when it became apparent that it would never be possible to use any of the deleted Glyph powers. The code for the NTSC retail version of the game displays the menu correctly and allows it to be rotated clockwise, but that version of the game does not contain even placeholders for the Glyph symbols. The NTSC The Air Forge Demo contains placeholder symbols, and so is the best looking of the versions although its code does not rotate the ring 100% correctly. The PAL versions of the codes have the lesser functionality of the NTSC Air Forge Demo combined with the lack of placeholder symbols in the NTSC retail game, making them the least interesting of all.

Notes:

As with any cheat device codes, please be aware that using these can result in problems with gameplay. Do not save your game unless you're willing to accept the potential consequence of having to start over from the beginning.

The video for this article contains a variety of hacked-game footage, including the Ring Menu, The Debug Menu, Possession, and effects from Reaver Upgrades.

 
Air Forge Demo (PS2 - NTSC) Author: Ben Lincoln
Effect Code(s)
Enable Full Ring Menu 1C86D970 2EB4E7A0
  1C86D960 3A63ADCE
  1C86DA14 3847E672
  1C86DC94 3846E672
  1C86DFC0 3844E672
  1C86DC90 3844E799
 
Air Forge Demo (PS2 - PAL) Author: Ben Lincoln
Effect Code(s)
Partially Enable Full Ring Menu 1C839174 2ED4E7A0
  1C839164 3A84F13F
  1C838EE4 2ED4E7A8
 
Soul Reaver 2 (PS2 - NTSC) Author: Ben Lincoln
Effect Code(s)
Enable Full Ring Menu 1C83886C 2ED4E7A0
  1C83885C 3A84F13F
  1C8389DC 2ED4E7A8
  1C838D0C 3847E672
  1C838F8C 3846E672
  1C838EB8 3844E672
  1C838F88 3844E799
 
Soul Reaver 2 (PS2 - PAL) Author: Ben Lincoln
Effect Code(s)
Partially Enable Full Ring Menu 1C861DC8 2EB4E7A0
  1C861DB8 3A63F13F
 
[ The full Ring Menu in the retail version ]
The full Ring Menu in the retail version
[ The full Ring Menu in the Air Forge Demo ]
The full Ring Menu in the Air Forge Demo
[ The full Ring Menu in the Air Forge Demo ]
The full Ring Menu in the Air Forge Demo
[ The full Ring Menu in the Air Forge Demo ]
The full Ring Menu in the Air Forge Demo
[ The full Ring Menu in the Air Forge Demo ]
The full Ring Menu in the Air Forge Demo
[ The full Ring Menu in the Air Forge Demo ]
The full Ring Menu in the Air Forge Demo
[ The full Ring Menu in the Air Forge Demo ]
The full Ring Menu in the Air Forge Demo
 
 
 
 
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File Size Author
Soul Reaver 2 - Miscellaneous Deleted/Debug Elements 25 MiB Ben Lincoln
A video of the possession and invisibility abilities, the full ring menu, and the textureless and wireframe rendering modes.
 
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