Insomniac Museum

The Insomniac Museum is a location in Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando, Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal and also in Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time. The Museum typically displays a variety of features that never made it into the game. In both installments of the first trilogy, the Insomniac Museum can be accessed by being at a certain place between 3 and 4 AM (according to the PlayStation internal clock), or by obtaining a 100% completion of the game. The Insomniac Moon appeared in A Crack in Time by pre-ordering the Discovery package or purchasing the collector's edition of the game. It could also be unlocked without pre-ordering through finding all 40 Zoni and beating the game's secret boss, Flint Vorselon. High Impact Games also offered the High Impact Games Treehouse, accessed through similar means.

Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando
In Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando, the museum could be accessed in the shortcuts menu after having acquired all of the weapons and upgrades along with all their mods.

A teleporter to the museum is hidden on a dry fountain in Silver City, Planet Boldan. The teleporter can be used from 3:00 AM – 3:59 AM.

A third way to get to the museum in Going Commando is by going to Boldan, then gliding down the electric lines. Then, before jumping onto the construction site, by going to the left power line and jumping when hitting the barrier and gliding left to the ground. A sort of garage, or hangar, can then be seen ahead and to the left. Ratchet can walk alongside the garage, where he will fall into the ground - then he can walk under the garage and jump and enter the Museum and encounter three guards who will be shooting at him. Once they are killed, a teleporter appears behind them.

There are at least 2 vehicles in it: the Bubble Sub and the Snivelak Car. And, on some versions of the game, there is a yellow hover convertible or Make your own Electrolyzer puzzle as well as an Infiltrator one. The roof of the museum was also accessible, although it wasn't an easy feat. You first had to locate the Gravity Boots walk way. As you went outside, (through hacking an Electrolyzer puzzle) Ratchet had to jump over the railing and land on the other side. Whilst running across the ledge, Ratchet encountered a wall. Then he had to crouch jump around it, then hop over the railing again to land safely on the platform containing the Gravity Boots walk way. After that, you had to travel to top of it (the globe), then walk on the edge of the walk way and glide onto the roof. At the other end, a strange hammer-like object could be seen that had no use. Also, after hacking the Electrolyzer puzzle you go out side and there's a teleporter that was going to be placed in a level but then was cut, use it and you will be inside a building that was used to determined how tall Ratchet's jumps were going to be in the original game, and also how much was going to be the distance that Ratchet would pass with wall jumps and how many degrees his feet will tilt on terrain (max. 45 degrees).

Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
In Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal, the Insomniac Museum can be accessed via a teleporter on the Starship Phoenix after acquiring all of the trophies. There is also a teleporter hidden in the first part of Metropolis. From 3:00am to 4:00am (make sure the PlayStation 2 time is right; you can change it in Settings on the PlayStation 2 menu), the teleporter can be used.

Insomniac Museum minigames can also be accessed using cheat codes on the VG9000 game system of the Starship Phoenix level. These are listed at the Cheats Menu.

The Insomniac museum features the following;
 * The cut weapon for Ratchet and Clank 2, the Hound of Doom.
 * Two vid-comics which were cut from the game, "Unnamed Qwark comic" and "Vid-comic 1: Special Edition"
 * Closeups of various enemies from the vid-comics that didn't make it into the game, along with viewing their animations.
 * Closeup of the cut enemy Captain Blackstar and his animations.
 * The original designs for the Sandshark, the Hovership, Qwark's tribal mask and the Turboslider.
 * The inspiration for the Annihilation Nation gladiators.
 * Florana's racing track that was supposed to take place in Florana, but was cut from the finished game.
 * The Swarmer and Apeman enemies, two enemies which were meant to appear on Daxx but were cut from the game for being too complex. The Apeman enemy attacked by chucking boxes at you and even the Swarmer, if there was nothing to throw it runs and starts to swipe its claws at you. The Swarmer would roll at you with its spiked shell but stop after a split second.
 * Cut Robotic Dinosaur - A cut enemy set to appear in Multiplayer. When one team owned all the control points on a map, it would appear to wreak havoc.
 * Teleports to access the "Pirate Vs. Ninja" and the "Bombs Away!" sets.
 * A player-controlled hovertank with various attacks.
 * "All hail Mister Fister!", the basic shape of a creature with a large fist. This is presumeably a cut enemy.
 * Chainblade, with what seem to be Plasma Whips.
 * Customizable particle effects.
 * Advanced Hacker ports and customizable hacker port to create your own.

Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time
After unlocking, the Insomniac Moon could be entered by either flying to the Corvus sector and manually landing there, or selecting it on the Galactic Map above the Phylax sector.

The Insomniac Moon had a lobby, and two main parts. The part on the right of the lobby mainly focused on bringing cut-content to life, while the other had many concept art and information snippets.

There was an area where Ratchet attracted some Tetramites with Breegus nectar and if the nectar was shot at the Voltan Ivy he went to a room where there was a Vullard settlement and a bug-like creature known as a Hydroid that could be thrown and shot at with water would appear. This room was cancelled in the finished version of the game and was replaced by collectable Zoni, gold bolts and a secret RYNO V plan.

There is also an area where you can create two Agorians to fight 4 rounds against Dr. Nefarious Minions.

Though some players have claimed that this museum is frustrating and hard to find your way around due to many large cubicles that look the same as many other cubicles despite the grind rails and hover boots you can use to make your way around faster.

This Insomniac Museum features the following:


 * A cut Hoverboot race with two tracks. This was originally intended to be included with the Agorian Battleplex, but the team had difficulties bringing it up to the standard of the rest of the game. The first track has Ratchet racing against Alister Azimuth, attempting to complete one lap before time runs out; Alister speeds up and slows down depending on Ratchet's position in the race. The second track has Ratchet attempting to complete three laps before time runs out; Rings can be passed through to add ten seconds to the timer.
 * A Teleport Floor puzzle. Originally intended for the Nefarious Space Station, this puzzle takes place on a large grid. Ratchet must use Time Bombs to stop a machine that teleports him back to the beginning. When the machine is stopped, panels on the grid would reveal a path. It was cut due to difficulties with completing the puzzle and focus test players getting too frustrated with it.
 * Descriptions of several cut weapons, abilities, and gadgets, including:
 * The Phoenix Launcher
 * The Babel Horn
 * The Grav-Sphere
 * The Shotgun-Chuk (a pair of shotguns connected by a chain; a submission to the "My Blaster Runs Hot" weapon design contest that one of the character artists liked)
 * The Razor Talons
 * Dice Crates
 * Dimension Crate
 * The ability for Ratchet to climb and swing from various horizontal and vertical poles and pipes. It was cut because it would have required too many custom animations.
 * The Teleporter Moon; A moon that the developers covered with a maze or teleporters. It was cut due to difficulties in knowing where you were and where you needed to go.
 * A small area where you can create two Agorians and have them fight against waves of Dr. Nefarious's minions.
 * The Nefarious Carrier, intended to be a stationary capital ship that would launch enemy fighters. It was cut due to players struggling to attack it without ramming into it.
 * The Stellar Leviathan. A stationary one is inside the Museum, while a live one flies around outside of the Museum.
 * A comparison of Ratchet's older and current 3D models. The classic Ratchet model used for Ratchet & Clank, Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando, and Ratchet & Clank:Up Your Arsenal had 6,912 polygons and its head and hands were larger. The modern Ratchet model used for the Ratchet & Clank Future series had 9,435 polygons and 253 joints.
 * The original design of the Hypersonic Brainwave Scrambler
 * A behind-the-scenes video about the origin of the design of the Agorian Warrior.
 * A room showcasing the design process and the 3D models of Dr. Nefarious and his minions.
 * A procedurally-generated arena that randomizes upon entrance. Ratchet has two minutes to complete the level and has three lives. This was originally intended to be included with the Agorian Battleplex. The player would receive a number for the level they played, allowing them to share it with others. It was cut due to testing, lighting and generation issues with the large number of possible customizations.
 * Explanations of Insomniac's design theory.
 * Several Agorian Warriors appear throughout the Museum. One is typing on a computer, one is watching a TV that is turned off, and another is sitting on a bench eating popcorn.

Trivia

 * In Going Commando, when you solve the hard Electrolyzer puzzle, you will look down and you will see a face. Another lonely face was located somewhere after the Grav-ramp walkway on the other side.
 * The employees at Insomniac Games called the latest museum "The best one in the series."
 * It referred to the moon symbol in Insomniac's logo.
 * The one in ACiT looked a lot like Clank's subconscious, which is probably why the map in the museum showed the Great Clock.
 * In Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal, you can't save in the building unlike GC. However, there is a glitch where it appears that you are able to save there. Just turn off the PS2 in the museum and it acts like you are able to save, but this glitch is very rare.
 * There is actually a guaranteed way to save at the museum in Going Commando and Up Your Arsenal. All you need to do is go to the skins menu and select any random skin that you do not have currently equipped. Afterwards the game will auto-save. You can then turn off your PS2 and the load game screen will say that you are at the museum. Selecting your game will take you directly to the museum. CAUTION: If you turn off the game without re-saving or leaving the museum your game file will be deleted!
 * Dan Johnson can be found outside the building, staring into space in A Crack in Time.
 * In GC where the teleporter to the pink building, if you look down you will see a square with Dan Johnson's face on it.
 * The Insomniac Museum in A Crack in Time was originally going to be named the Insomniac Moon.
 * In A Crack in Time, if you pause the game whilst in the Insomniac Museum, the music carries on playing unlike any other Planets in ACiT.
 * In ACiT the platform that you can move with your wrench can actually be moved through walls in the museum too.
 * The museum in Ratchet and Clank GC is very mysterious has some hidden exhibits that have no description such as a giant non solid cooking pan on the top roof of the museum, a Dan Johnson head that does not speak, another head of an Insomniac employee that does not speak as well in a big empty lot.
 * If your wondering where your ship is in CG just head to the secret gravity tower exhibit and go near the rail in front of the exhibit your ship is down in the mist. Note: it is unreachable you will simply fall trying to get to it.

Appearances

 * Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando
 * Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
 * Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time