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== ''Portal'' ==
== ''Portal'' ==
{{See also|Portal}}
{{See also|Portal}}
=== Weapons ===
In Early versions of Portal (Specifically, 2005 there was a Advanced, Larger, dirtier, Gravity-Gun-Like Device That could shoot the early cyan and magenta portals.
In mid-2005 there could be a smaller gun which was a secondary portal gun.
=== Mechanics ===
=== Mechanics ===
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| style="text-align: center;" | '''[[Crusher|Crushers]]'''
| The Crusher was featured in the [[Portal Teaser Trailer (video)|Portal teaser trailer]], but not included in the final game. It is a slow moving [[panel]] with spikes that descend from the ceiling when the player is underneath it. The crusher was included in some of the bonus chambers of ''[[Portal: Still Alive]]'', and made an updated appearance in ''[[Portal 2]]''.
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| style="text-align: center;" | '''[[Walking Turret]]'''
| style="text-align: center;" | '''[[Walking Turret]]'''
| The Walking Turret, also known as the Moving or Mobile Turret, is a Sentry Turret variant cut from Portal. The turret had a personality construct design and the ability to roam through portals and shoot in a way identical to the single directional Sentry Turret that it was replaced with.
| The Walking Turret, also known as the Moving or Mobile Turret, is a Sentry Turret variant cut from Portal. The turret had a personality construct design and the ability to roam through portals and shoot in a way identical to the single directional Sentry Turret that it was replaced with.
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=== Weapons ===
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| style="text-align: center;" | '''[[Crusher|Crushers]]'''
| style="text-align: center;" |'''[[Handheld Portal Device|Alternate Portal Gun Designs]]'''
| The Crusher was featured in the [[Portal Teaser Trailer (video)|Portal teaser trailer]], but not included in the final game. It is a slow moving [[panel]] with spikes that descend from the ceiling when the player is underneath it. The crusher was included in some of the bonus chambers of ''[[Portal: Still Alive]]'', and made an updated appearance in ''[[Portal 2]]''.
| Early versions of ''Portal'' had Handheld Portal Devices that looked very different from the retail version. One iteration resembled a pistol, while a later version had a strong resemblance to [[Half-Life 2|''Half-Life 2'']]'s Gravity-Gun.
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|File:Portal ASHPD 1st person alpha pistol.png|The "Pistol"-like Portal Gun.
|File:Portal ASHPD 1st person alpha gun.png|The "Gravity-Gun"-like Portal Gun.
|File:Portal Early Crusher.png|alt1=Heavy Duty Super-Colliding Super Button|The crusher in the [[Portal Teaser Trailer (video)|''Portal'' teaser trailer]].
|File:Portal Walking Turret front.png|alt2=Walking Turret|The Walking Turret
|File:Portal Walking Turret front.png|alt2=Walking Turret|The Walking Turret
|File:Portal Early Crusher.png|alt1=Heavy Duty Super-Colliding Super Button|The crusher in the [[Portal Teaser Trailer (video)|''Portal'' teaser trailer]].
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| style="text-align: center;" | '''15th [[Test Chambers#Challenge modes|Bonus Chamber]]'''
| ''Portal: Still Alive'' contains 14 bonus chambers. In the 14th chamber, the sign at the beginning shows the "cake" light on, which usually means there will be an escape sequence at the end of the chamber. But when the chamber is completed, the usual elevator ride occurs and the player is returned to the menu. However, an icon for a 15th chamber exists in the files, which shows a section of the escape sequence from the original [[Portal: The Flash Version MapPack]], which ''Still Alive'''s bonus levels were based off of. Unfortunately, the actual map does not exist anywhere in the files, meaning the 15th chamber cannot actually be played.
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| style="text-align: center;" | '''Skull [[Cube]]'''
| style="text-align: center;" | '''Skull [[Cube]]'''
| In ''Portal: Still Alive'', [[Pedestal Button|Pedestal Buttons]] connected to cube droppers are given a different skin, with red lights on the sides and an image of a skull on top. A matching cube skin exists, but goes unused.
| In ''Portal: Still Alive'', [[Pedestal Button|Pedestal Buttons]] connected to cube droppers are given a different skin, with red lights on the sides and an image of a skull on top. A matching cube skin exists, but goes unused.
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| style="text-align: center;" | '''15th [[Test Chambers#Challenge modes|Bonus Chamber]]'''
| ''Portal: Still Alive'' contains 14 bonus chambers. In the 14th chamber, the sign at the beginning shows the "cake" light on, which usually means there will be an escape sequence at the end of the chamber. But when the chamber is completed, the usual elevator ride occurs and the player is returned to the menu. However, an icon for a 15th chamber exists in the files, which shows a section of the escape sequence from the original [[Portal: The Flash Version MapPack]], which ''Still Alive'''s bonus levels were based off of. Unfortunately, the actual map does not exist anywhere in the files, meaning the 15th chamber cannot actually be played.
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=== Gallery ===
=== Gallery ===
{{Gallery
{{Gallery
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|File:xbla15.png|The unused icon for bonus chamber 15.
|File:StillAlive skull cube.png|The skull cube in-game.
|File:metal box skin002.png|The texture for the unused skull cube.
|File:metal box skin002.png|The texture for the unused skull cube.
|File:StillAlive skull cube.png|The skull cube in-game.
|File:xbla15.png|The unused icon for bonus chamber 15.
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! class="header" | Notes
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| style="text-align: center;" | '''[[Pneumatic Diversity Vent]]'''
| style="text-align: center;" | '''[[Adhesion Gel]]'''
| This type of mechanic was first introduced in a demo of the same name, displaying its abilities to pull objects at a high force. This mechanic is kept as a traveling system around the tube networks. Valve decided this element was not versatile enough to be included in any maps, but it is still fully functional.
| This mechanic was mentioned to allow players to stick to wherever the gel was placed. It was cut from the game when play-testers complained of motion sickness.
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| style="text-align: center;" | '''Android'''
| In the "scripts" folder of ''Portal 2'', a file called "npc_sounds_android" can be found. The file references sounds that were not shipped with the game, nor does attempting to spawn the npc yield any results.
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| style="text-align: center;" | '''Chicken'''
| Not much is revealed of the chicken, but concept arts released revealed that a giant chicken may have been a boss for either the prequel to ''Portal'' or early stages of ''Portal 2''. Minor evidence of the chicken's leftover files are in the "scripts" folder of ''Portal 2''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s directory files.
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| style="text-align: center;" | '''[[F-Stop]]'''
| This mechanic was originally intended to be the primary handheld testing element for a prequel to ''Portal''. The developers very much praised the concept but after the prequel itself received negative feedback from playtesters as they were expecting a sequel with the [[Handheld Portal Device|Portal Gun]], the F-Stop project was canceled and it was decided to keep the mechanic disclosed to reserve for another potential game.
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| style="text-align: center;" | '''[[Futbol]]'''
| The "futbol" was a gameplay mechanic that explodes on contact and is the original multiplayer gamemode for ''Portal 2''; which was to carry the device around with [[portals]] and to frag other players by dropping these into their presence. The "futbols" also appear to have a dispenser model found in the game's files. The texturing of the "futbols" and its dispensers are similar to the texturing styles of ''Portal'', indicating that this gamemode was cut very early in ''Portal 2''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s development. In the game's release, the "futbol" codes have been reused{{spoiler| to create the [[Bombs]] in the single-player finale}}.
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| style="text-align: center;" | '''[[Hover Turret]]'''
| style="text-align: center;" | '''[[Hover Turret]]'''
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Spawn code: ent_create npc_hover_turret
Spawn code: ent_create npc_hover_turret
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| style="text-align: center;" | '''[[Adhesion Gel]]'''
| style="text-align: center;" | '''Mannequins'''
| This mechanic was mentioned to allow players to stick to wherever the gel was placed. It was cut from the game when play-testers complained of motion sickness.
| The mannequins were used as a testing element for the [[F-Stop]], similar as to how the [[Turrets]] were for the [[Handheld Portal Device|Portal Gun]]. According to the ''[[Portal 2 - The Final Hours|The Final Hours of Portal 2]]'', the mannequins appear to be sentient robots that would later rise against Aperture Science in the prequel to ''Portal''. Along with the prequel and F-Stop mechanic, the dummies were ultimately cut. A deactivated male crash dummy was kept in the release of ''Portal 2'', used as a target for the [[Turrets]]' firing range.
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| style="text-align: center;" | '''[[Reflection Gel]]'''
| The Reflection Gel replaced the Adhesion Gel in the Authoring Tools after Portal 2 received the [[Peer Review]] update. It was to act similarly to the [[Discouragement Redirection Cube]], in that it could reflect [[Thermal Discouragement Beam]]s. It remains unused for unknown reasons.
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| style="text-align: center;" | '''[[Futbol]]'''
| The "futbol" was a gameplay mechanic that explodes on contact and is the original multiplayer gamemode for ''Portal 2''; which was to carry the device around with [[portals]] and to frag other players by dropping these into their presence. The "futbols" also appear to have a dispenser model found in the game's files. The texturing of the "futbols" and its dispensers are similar to the texturing styles of ''Portal'', indicating that this gamemode was cut very early in ''Portal 2''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s development. In the game's release, the "futbol" codes have been reused{{spoiler| to create the [[Bombs]] in the single-player finale}}.
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| style="text-align:center;" | '''[[Paint Fizzler]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" | '''[[Paint Fizzler]]'''
| Paint Fizzlers are an unused fizzler variant which destroys gel instead of portals. Any gel will splatter on contact with the field, and cubes will be cleaned on contact. It does not affect the player. The particle left in the game (paint_cleanser) appears as a red version of the Portal 1 fizzler field. The entity is used in some maps to prevent players from placing gel on certain surfaces to cheat puzzles.  
| Paint Fizzlers are an unused fizzler variant which destroys gel instead of portals. Any gel will splatter on contact with the field, and cubes will be cleaned on contact. It does not affect the player. The particle left in the game (paint_cleanser) appears as a red version of the Portal 1 fizzler field. The entity is used in some maps to prevent players from placing gel on certain surfaces to cheat puzzles.  
|-
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | '''[[F-Stop]]'''
| style="text-align: center;" | '''[[Pneumatic Diversity Vent]]'''
| This mechanic was originally intended to be the primary handheld testing element for a prequel to ''Portal''. The developers very much praised the concept but after the prequel itself received negative feedback from playtesters as they were expecting a sequel with the [[Handheld Portal Device|Portal Gun]], the F-Stop project was canceled and it was decided to keep the mechanic disclosed to reserve for another potential game.
| This type of mechanic was first introduced in a demo of the same name, displaying its abilities to pull objects at a high force. This mechanic is kept as a traveling system around the tube networks. Valve decided this element was not versatile enough to be included in any maps, but it is still fully functional.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | '''[[Reflection Gel]]'''
| The Reflection Gel replaced the Adhesion Gel in the Authoring Tools after Portal 2 received the [[Peer Review]] update. It was to act similarly to the [[Discouragement Redirection Cube]], in that it could reflect [[Thermal Discouragement Beam]]s. It remains unused for unknown reasons.  
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| style="text-align: center;" | '''[[Rocket Turret]]'''
| style="text-align: center;" | '''[[Rocket Turret]]'''
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Spawn code: ent_create npc_rocket_turret
Spawn code: ent_create npc_rocket_turret
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| style="text-align: center;" | '''Mannequins'''
| The mannequins were used as a testing element for the [[F-Stop]], similar as to how the [[Turrets]] were for the [[Handheld Portal Device|Portal Gun]]. According to the ''[[Portal 2 - The Final Hours|The Final Hours of Portal 2]]'', the mannequins appear to be sentient robots that would later rise against Aperture Science in the prequel to ''Portal''. Along with the prequel and F-Stop mechanic, the dummies were ultimately cut. A deactivated male crash dummy was kept in the release of ''Portal 2'', used as a target for the [[Turrets]]' firing range.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | '''Android'''
| In the "scripts" folder of ''Portal 2'', a file called "npc_sounds_android" can be found. The file references sounds that were not shipped with the game, nor does attempting to spawn the npc yield any results.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | '''Chicken'''
| Not much is revealed of the chicken, but concept arts released revealed that a giant chicken may have been a boss for either the prequel to ''Portal'' or early stages of ''Portal 2''. Minor evidence of the chicken's leftover files are in the "scripts" folder of ''Portal 2''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s directory files.
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| style="text-align: center;" | '''Zombie'''
| style="text-align: center;" | '''Zombie'''
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| style="text-align: center;" | '''Spite Your Neighbor'''
| style="text-align: center;" | '''Spite Your Neighbor'''
| Described by [[Valve Corporation|Valve]] writer Erik Wolpaw as "speedball meets Portal"<ref>http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Portal-2-PC-Game-Multiplayer-Steam,11179.html Why Valve Nuked Portal 2's VS. Multiplayer Mode</ref>, Spite Your Neighbor was going to be a competitive gamemode involving moving a ball from one side of a stage to the other using portals. Other players could use portals as well and "it quickly just devolves into pure chaos", says Wolpaw.
| Described by [[Valve Corporation|Valve]] writer Erik Wolpaw as "speedball meets Portal"<ref>http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Portal-2-PC-Game-Multiplayer-Steam,11179.html Why Valve Nuked Portal 2's VS. Multiplayer Mode</ref>, Spite Your Neighbor was going to be a competitive gamemode involving moving a ball from one side of a stage to the other using portals. Other players could use portals as well and "it quickly just devolves into pure chaos", says Wolpaw.
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=== Weapons ===
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| style="text-align: center;" |'''Paint Gun'''
| An early version of ''[[Portal 2]]'' retained the Paint Gun from the student project ''[[Tag: The Power of Paint]]'', and it functioned in a similar manner of being able to spray certain types of [[Gels|paint]] for puzzle solving. The Paint Gun was removed from Portal 2, but was revived in the third-party retail modification ''[[Aperture Tag: The Paint Gun Testing Initiative]]'', where it is the central mechanic.
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|File:Paint gun.png|Paint Gun
|File:Sticky Gel Screenshot.png|Adhesion Gel
|File:BettyGDC.png|Betty
|File:BettyGDC.png|Betty
|File:Portal 2 office chicken concept art.png|Chicken concept art
|File:Portal 2 beta versus mode.png|Competitive multiplayer mode
|File:Futbul2.png|Exploding Futbol
|File:Futbul.png|Glass Futbol
|File:Portal_2_Hover_Turret_action.png|Hover Turrets
|File:Portal2 HumanDummy.png|A mannequin
|File:Human_co-op.jpg|Mel
|File:Human_co-op.jpg|Mel
|File:Paint gun.png|Paint Gun
|File:Portal 2 Paint Fizzler.jpg|Paint Fizzler
|File:Pneumatic Diversity Vent E3 Promo.png|Pneumatic Diversity Vent
|File:Pneumatic Diversity Vent E3 Promo.png|Pneumatic Diversity Vent
|File:Portal_2_Hover_Turret_action.png|Hover Turrets
|File:Sticky Gel Screenshot.png|Adhesion Gel
|File:Reflection Gel Screenshot.png|Reflection Gel
|File:Reflection Gel Screenshot.png|Reflection Gel
|File:Futbul.png|Glass Futbol
|File:Futbul2.png|Exploding Futbol
|File:Portal 2 Paint Fizzler.jpg|Paint Fizzler
|File:Portal_Rocket_Turret.png|Rocket Turret
|File:Portal_Rocket_Turret.png|Rocket Turret
|File:Portal2 HumanDummy.png|A mannequin
|File:Portal 2 office chicken concept art.png|Chicken concept art
|File:Portal 2 beta versus mode.png|Competitive multiplayer mode
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