JumpStart Adventures 4th Grade: Haunted Island/Pre-release and Unused Content

This is a list of pre-release and unused content from JumpStart Adventures 4th Grade: Haunted Island.

It should be noted that some of the pre-release images depict content that was in the original release of the game, while some of the comparison images depict later releases of the game. For example, the toolbar in the original release had five icons, while in later releases it had seven. Only aspects that differ from all final releases of the game should be noted.

Ms. Grunkle Early/Unused Artwork
A preview for the game from KnowledgeLand depicts what appears to be an early design of Ms. Grunkle.

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Unused Repsac Prototype/Woods Design
A early screenshot of what appears to be a prototype of Repsac in the woods appeared in a preview for the game from KnowledgeLand, as well as in the game's digital manual.

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Unused Repsac Prototype Animation
A short animation featuring Repsac's prototype design was included in a demo reel shared by Christopher Blake Williams, who is credited as an artist for this game. Something that is more apparent in this video is that Repsac's prototype appears to be slightly transparent, whereas his final design is opaque.

Early Labyrinth Design
An image which appeared on the JumpStart website circa 1996 depicted an early design for the labyrinth.

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Yearbook Prototype
An early version of the Haunted Yearbook appeared in a preview for the game from KnowledgeLand.

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Unused Music
The file SOUND.DF contains a few unused music tracks.

Unused Main Theme Variation
A variation of the game's main theme. It starts out the same as the main theme that was used in-game, but switches to a different melody around 12 seconds in.



Unused Jingles
Three short tunes with different tones.