History Main / DummiedOut

** ''DummiedOut/Minecraft''

*** Not only are there unused sounds, but there are also a variety of ''MIDI'' files lurking within each version of Windows. Windows 9x had "canyon" and "passport" (holdovers from their Windows 3.1 days), while later versions have "town" and "onestop" (holdover from earlier versions of [[UsefulNotes/ApplicationProgrammingInterface DirectX]] which used the [=MIDIs=] in DXDIAG to test the sound card's MIDI synthesizer(s)).

** Music/{{Japan}}'s ''Gentlemen Take Polaroids'', which lists "Some Kind of Fool" which is still unreleased, save a much later David Sylvian rerecording. The album plays "Burning Bridges", and a sticker was included to highlight this. As a result of its omission, the planned inner sleeve with lyrics was omitted entirely as it was too costly to remake the ones without the "Some Kind of Fool "lyrics. Sylvian has repeatedly vetoed the release of the original due to dissatisfaction with his lyrics, much to fans' annoyance.

** The lyric sheet to ''Flood'' by Music/TheyMightBeGiants includes an extra verse of lyrics to "Road Movie To Berlin" that are never actually sung on the studio recording - WordOfGod has varied as to whether the band decided the song was too long or the third verse was simply "inadvertently left out". Live performances of the song almost always include the missing verse.

* Many UsefulNotes/{{MOD}} music files have unused or hidden patterns, sometimes accessible by skipping beyond the position where the song ends or loops.

* Many buildings have unused elevator shafts, where no elevator car is installed.

* Countless hotels that eliminate their swimming pools for maintenance reasons will often leave behind the structures around it, such as the pool deck.

** Four of the seven bear grottos at the center of the zoo have been repurposed or upgraded, two being converted into gorilla habitats in 1978 and 1992, and two more being integrated into the Banyan Wilds exhibit in 2015, while the fifth grotto, situated west of the lion exhibit in the Savanna biome, has been closed off from public view since UsefulNotes/TheNineties but occasionally serves as an off-exhibit holding area, and the two smaller grottos flanking the service entry on the south side of the complex are completely vacant, though the southwest one was used as a temporary exhibit for the orangutans while the Trail of Vines was under construction, and the southeast one was proposed to be remodeled as part of an African kopje exhibit featuring leopards and hyraxes that unfortunately has also never come to fruition.

* UsefulNotes/PlayStation:

** Earlier models of the console had the Parallel I/O port on the back, which was removed in later revisions since it was ''only'' used by unofficial companies making things like cheat devices and, in one rather cheeky example, an outright ''UsefulNotes/GameBoy addon''. However they quite literally just removed the port and covered the hole -- later revisions still had all the connection points on the board and full compatibility with the port. It wasn't until the [=PSOne=], the vastly redesigned model SCPH-100 through SCPH-103, that the port was finally removed for good, but the CPU itself was still fully compatible and, via connecting to its pins directly, the I/O port could ''still'' theoretically be utilized (though this has never been done).
* The UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable had the IR port present on the original PSP-1000 model removed in subsequent revisions, since Sony apparently never found a good use for it (through homebrew developers did). Similarly, the UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita had an unused "accessory" port that was apparently intended for a video-out connector cord like the PSP's; once they came up with the [=PlayStation=] TV streamer box, any plans for a video out cable were scrapped and the port was removed on the later Vita model.

* The UsefulNotes/SegaMasterSystem has all the hardware of the SG-1000 and can boot SG-1000 [=ROMs=] even though the system and games were never released outside of Japan or New Zealand and that the feature was only officially supported in the Sega Mark III. The only thing preventing you from playing SG-1000 games is that the cartridges don't fit in the cartridge slot.

* The [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]] also had an expansion port at the bottom of the unit, which led to some rather unfounded [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARbF8xz7NlE playground rumours]] in Europe that the port was meant for playing Master System cartridges. In actuality, it was meant for future peripherals such as a modem, but that never panned out (although an online service for the Minnesota State Lottery was tried, only for it to be scrapped due to concerns about underage gambling).
* The redesigned [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Super NES]] model SNS-101 and its Japanese counterpart, the SHVC-101 Super Famicom Jr., removed S-Video and RGB video support from its Multi Out port (relabeling it AV OUT). The video chip still supported these modes, but the respective pins went unused; enterprising console modders could restore this functionality with a little rewiring.
* The UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} hardware is capable of playing [=DVDs=] (since the Nintendo optical disc format is based on [=DVDs=]), and unused code, text saying "Watch DVD," and a DVD banner suggest it was originally going to feature DVD playback. It was likely scrapped because Creator/{{Nintendo}} believed it wasn't worth the small licensing fee they would need to pay for each unit. It can be enabled with homebrew, though not on the Wii Family Edition or Wii Mini due to the drive chip being changed. There are also graphics indicating there were plans to have the Wii Remote act as a TV remote, which was later implemented with the Japan-only TV guide channel ''TV no Tomo Channel G Guide for Wii'' and the UsefulNotes/WiiU [=GamePad=].
* The UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS has a 3D picture of a rhinoceros skull hidden in its operating system files, which was presumably used to test the 3D capabilities.
* The UsefulNotes/WiiU [=GamePad=] has a port on the bottom for accessories (like a successor to the Wii Zapper shown in the E3 2011 trailer) that were ultimately unreleased.

* Going way back, Mattel's UsefulNotes/{{Intellivision}} had the hardware capability to connect to its planned "Computer Component", which would allow it to be used as a desktop personal computer. Mattel was [[{{Vaporware}} never able to make that work]], however, and that debacle played a huge role in the company's 1983 discontinuation of Intellivision.

** Charing Cross on the Jubilee Line in UsefulNotes/TheLondonUnderground served as the line's central London terminus until 1979, when it got closed off due to the Jubilee Line extension to Stratford. The station spur was retained to relay trains as well as serve as a film set.

When some feature, level, monster or something else was meant to be put in a game but ultimately ended up getting cut out for whatever reason. Except instead of deleting the data entirely, the programmers just remove all legitimate ways to ''access'' it, leaving pieces of it in the game code (textures, models, sprites, etc.). For instance, setting the game so a particular enemy never actually spawns, or removing all entrances to a level that was never finished.

The primary reason for this is because most video game consoles use static file structures, referring to particular data segments. Much of the debugging was getting the structure to cooperate with the console, so removing large batches of code was impractical at best and often opened up more problems than it solved. As such, unless the space was needed, dummied content would just be left in with all references in the other files cut. With modern version control systems available, this is considered bad coding style these days.

There can be many reasons as to why some data was left over and dummied out to begin with. Developers always use debugging tools to test levels or game mechanics (some include the ability to gain items at will or warp to any level) and these kinds of things are usually something the player shouldn't have access to. Another example is content that the developers cut out at the last minute because the concept they wanted to use either didn't work out too well, they were pressed for time and were forced to cut out content to meet a strict schedule, or unforeseen copyright issues.

* ''UsefulNotes/Playstation1'':

* The UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} hardware is capable of playing [=DVDs=] (since the Nintendo optical disc format is based on [=DVDs=]), and unused code, text saying "Watch DVD," and a DVD banner suggest it was originally going to feature DVD playback but was scrapped, likely because Creator/{{Nintendo}} believed it wasn't worth the small licensing fee they would need to pay for each unit. It can be enabled with homebrew, though not on the Wii Family Edition or Wii Mini due to the drive chip being changed. There are also graphics indicating there were plans to have the Wii Remote act as a TV remote, which was later implemented with the Japan-only TV guide channel ''TV no Tomo Channel G Guide for Wii'' and the UsefulNotes/WiiU [=GamePad=].

As with anything on the Internet, [[TheWikiRule a wiki exists]] to document all of a given games' dummied out and unused content, with users data mining a games' files and uploading them to [[http://tcrf.net/ The Cutting Room Floor]] wiki for all the world to see.

* In Florida, a fixture along I-4 is the unfinished Majesty Building in Altamonte. Described as "God's electric razor" for its shape, it's a skyscraper intended to be the headquarters of a not-for-profit religious organization and is funded entirely by public donations. The building hasn't progressed beyond a glass facade in 10 years, and continues to fail to live up to its promises to be finished within the "next year."

* The Aerotrain peoplemover at Washington Dulles International Airport was built with future renovations to the airport's terminals in mind. It is proposed that Concourses C and D will be replaced with new concourses, and thus the station for Concourse C on the Aerotrain is located where the future concourse is to be built. However, since the Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority has not been able to get the new concourse building off the ground, an underground walkway was built between the Aerotrain station at Concourse C and the existing Concourse C. And there are escalators to nowhere in the station that was built.

** Years ago there were plans to construct a conmuter train that would connect Móstoles, a largue conmuter town close to Madrid, with Navalcarnero, a town at a few kilometers. Recession hit there, too, and construction was indefinitely stopped, leaving [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nUfWVWNo79M/VOPNweBMjHI/AAAAAAAAAfk/D_74XaaIKE4/s1600/T%C3%BAnel%2Bobras%2Bparadas.%2BEl%2BPa%C3%ADs.jpg this]], among other similar things, for some years, before work was started to close down what was built and leave everything as it was before work was started.

* Ride/DisneyThemeParks contain many remnants of attractions that were never finished, such as the dragon-shaped rock and castle bridge at Disney's Animal Kingdom intended for Beastly Kingdom, and the ravens in Franchise/TheHauntedMansion that were supposed to be the narrator. They also include remnants of attractions that have long been demolished (the Magic Kingdom Skyway's terminals weren't demolished until over a decade after the ride closed, the Tomorrowland station was razed during Space Mountain's 2009 refurbishment and the Fantasyland station was used for stroller parking until it was razed for an expansion of Fantasyland).

* The original UsefulNotes/PlayStation Dual Analog gamepad has circuitry and mounts for a vibration motor, which was only included in the Japanese version; hence why some non-Dual Shock games have vibration when using a Dual Shock gamepad.
** The UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable had the IR port present on the original PSP-1000 model removed in subsequent revisions, since Sony apparently never found a good use for it (through homebrew developers did). Similarly, the UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita had an unused "accessory" port that was apparently intended for a video-out connector cord like the PSP's; once they came up with the [=PlayStation=] TV streamer box, any plans for a video out cable were scrapped and the port was removed on the later Vita model.

** Windows 95 has leftover shell elements from 3.1 inside the main directory. You can still call up Program Manager and File Manager, the core shell elements of 3.1.

* The UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} hardware is capable of playing [=DVDs=] (since the Nintendo optical disc format is based on [=DVDs=]), and unused code, text saying "Watch DVD," and a DVD banner suggest it was originally going to feature DVD playback but was scrapped, likely because Creator/{{Nintendo}} believed it wasn't worth the small licensing fee they would need to pay for each unit. It can still be enabled with homebrew, though not in later consoles due to the drive chip being changed. There are also graphics indicating there were plans to have the Wii Remote act as a TV remote, which was later implemented with the Japan-only TV guide channel ''TV no Tomo Channel G Guide for Wii'' and the UsefulNotes/WiiU [=GamePad=].

** Also in Illinois is the [[http://wikimapia.org/3446763/The-end-of-the-Amstutz-Expressway Amstutz Expressway]], a 2.9 mile four-lane highway which is known as the road-to-nowhere. The Amstutz was originally planned as a connecting route for the downtown area of Waukegan, but the critical link between the neighboring village of North Chicago was never built, and the factories the expressway was designed to serve have since closed. Fewer than 15,000 vehicles use this route as a result, because it's used so little, the Amstutz is often used for filming in movies such as ''Film/BatmanBegins'', ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'', ''Film/GroundhogDay'', ''Film/{{Contagion}}'' and ''Film/TheIceHarvest''.