Fly

The fly in the Retail Store Beta, in Shadow Wood

The "moth" in the Sega Saturn port

The fly, sometimes thought to be a moth, was a passive, decorative creature that was originally intended to be in Hexen but was cut before the final release.

Appearance and behaviour

The fly is only known to be available in the retail store beta, and in the Sega Saturn port of Hexen. The fly is located in the portal room within Shadow Wood.

The fly harmlessly flutters around the portal room.

Implementation

Four sprites exist of the fly in the Beta IWAD with the sprite name of AFLY. In the final Hexen IWAD, the only remnant of the fly left is a sound definition in the SNDINFO lump. No evidence of the fly has been found in the released Hexen source code.