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{{Hatnote|See [[History of Mac Oni]] for the story of the officially released builds of Oni for Mac.}} | {{Hatnote|See [[History of Mac Oni]] for the story of the officially released builds of Oni for Mac.}} | ||
[[Image:Mac beta 4 Oni Get Info window.png|thumb|The application's version number is 1.0, as opposed to [[:Image:Classic Mac Oni Get Info window.png|retail Mac Oni]]'s v1.1, and its creation date is 11/14/00, which corresponds to the period of time that Oni was in beta testing.]] | [[Image:Mac beta 4 Oni Get Info window.png|thumb|The application's version number is 1.0, as opposed to [[:Image:Classic Mac Oni Get Info window.png|retail Mac Oni]]'s v1.1, and its creation date is 11/14/00, which corresponds to the period of time that Oni was in beta testing.]] | ||
Over the course of Oni's | Over the course of Oni's [[wikt:beta#Noun|beta]] testing, a few development builds [https://groups.google.com/g/alt.games.tombraider/c/vB9G_SbOrmU/m/i6D6zJQvNngJ?pli=1 apparently] [https://groups.google.com/g/alt.games.tombraider/c/YTX7E3Y-fQI/m/_qxQnw37pvoJ leaked], though only one, a Mac beta, has been preserved. | ||
==Another "beta"== | |||
For clarity, it's worth mentioning the [[European Mac releases|European Mac retail releases]], because they were found to contain some files not meant for release; the initial discovery was made with a German version of the game sold in a bundle called the Big Blue Box. Because fans believed that a beta version of Oni had accidentally slipped into the bundle, initially it was known as the "Big Blue Box beta", "BBBB", or "Mac beta 5". Eventually it was discovered that all releases in Europe had these files. Since the rest of each release's files largely matched the U.S. retail release, it became clear that the extraneous files were a simple production error. | |||
==Developer Mode== | ==Developer Mode== | ||