10 Video Game Levels Removed For Being Too Hard

10. Dam (Original Version) - GoldenEye 007

GoldenEye 007's opening Dam level is downright iconic, offering up a snappy introduction to the shooter's various gameplay systems while leading up to the single most memorable visual from the movie - 007 bungee jumping from the top of a dam.

But Rare's original version of the level was quite different, as confirmed by countless unused assets discovered by fans within the game's code.

Even on the highest difficulty, the Dam only has four main mission objectives, though the original version was apparently considerably more involved, with almost double the number of Things to Do. 

Players were tasked with, among other things, commandeering a boat, driving it out to a nearby island, destroying a machine situated there and, it's been speculated, even acquiring the bungee gear for the climactic jump.

But the developers ultimately decided that this was all too complicated for what was supposed to be a breezy introductory level for players, and so it was streamlined into the considerably simpler affair we ended up with.