[Miles Prower]

I've always been puzzled by a small segment of Benten-Cho in the original Jet Set Radio (Dreamcast). Just wondering if someone had fun tinkering with it yet, and found out what is really going on in there.
Case in point: upon climbing a short flight of stairs, you end up on some sort of balcony far, far above the ground (one of the highest places of this level).

Screenshots (Vita port):


Map.


Entrance. you can see how high the stairs go even in this shot.


Small corridor, leveled with the ground.


Suddenly, a high place.


Grinding down.


So… What's the trick here?

[Billy]

Silent teleporting?

[Morph]

Definitely a teleport. On the PC port, if you look closely, the camera screws up for a moment when going through that area, and then suddenly you're up high somewhere.

[doc eggfan]

*insert obligatory 'now you're thinking with portals' joke here*

I don't think I consciously noticed that before in JSR, but now that you've pointed it out, my subconscious remembers and is gloating at my conscious brain for not noticing.