jonathanrij Archaeologist



Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 2,291

Nightmare in Vegas (Director's Cut) - Screenshots



Quote: We decided to do a bonus fun level/secret level at the end of the game set in Las Vegas. We brought back all the famous monsters as bosses… I think the yeti and the big bird, the dinosaur and we decided it would be a good idea to have all enemies be Elvises. You know, different period Elvises. So we had the jail house rock Elvises, striped shirt. We had the Vegas Elvis in his white jumpsuit. And we did it in black and white and a little bit of gold, [they] were the only colours. And we thought we'd change Lara up a bit, so we gave her a leopard skin jumpsuit. Just the way that was designed, it had an extra ''pixel'' in the cleavage. You know, we didn’t really notice that or anything but we thought we'd give her a different look for this fun level which very few players would actually be end up getting to see. We took it down to E3 to promote it, and Core were on me like a flash. First thing they said to me was ''Take out that extra pixel'', so they knew exactly to the pixel what Lara was about. I mean, that always amazed me. Of course they said the jumpsuit made her look like Peg Bundy. So, I had to rush back to San Francisco and change everything, put the colour back in [and] change it back to one of the approved outfits. Screenshots:

















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To my knowledge almost nothing has been shown publicly of this level, besides that one close-up of Lara, so forgive me if these actually are out there. If they aren't, I hope you enjoy them. I have some (seemingly) exclusive screenshots of the infamous and unreleased Nightmare in Vegas director's cut and would like to share the ones I have in my possession right now. For those who are unfamiliar with the design history of this level, I have written a transcript taken from Phil Campbell's Pop Fiction: Nude Raider extended interview and adjusted it a bit for reading pleasure:To my knowledge almost nothing has been shown publicly of this level, besides that one close-up of Lara, so forgive me if these actually are out there. If they aren't, I hope you enjoy them. Last edited by jonathanrij; 22-07-15 at 12:37 .