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A prototype of Pandemonium! for the PlayStation. | A prototype of Pandemonium! for the PlayStation. | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
* Very early, with no startup disclaimers, logos, sequences etc. | |||
* Opens to a simple title card, then goes straight into the game. | *Very early, with no startup disclaimers, logos, sequences etc. | ||
* Game begins in an interesting level select menu, in the form of a playable "level". | *Opens to a simple title card, then goes straight into the game. | ||
** Different angle of view, zoomed out | *Game begins in an interesting level select menu, in the form of a playable "level". | ||
** Walk over a square and press Triangle | **Different angle of view, zoomed out | ||
* No loading screen before | **Walk over a square and press Triangle to enter a level. | ||
* Different HUD/status display | *No loading screen before levels | ||
* | *Different HUD/status display | ||
* Different music for the level, also | *Most levels feature differences in areas, and many untextured areas | ||
* Miscellaneous Notes: | *Different music for the level, also | ||
** Game is emulatable: Yes (as of April 17, 2021). | *Miscellaneous Notes: | ||
** Game contains dongle protection: No. | **Game is emulatable: Yes (as of April 17, 2021). | ||
** Game contains debugging symbols: N/A | **Game contains dongle protection: No. | ||
** Dump was originally scrambled: No | **Game contains debugging symbols: N/A | ||
**Dump was originally scrambled: No | |||
==Differences (from final)== | |||
*'''No map-screen''' yet, only a rudimentary "flat" level-select "board" is offered, and of the 18 slots, only levels 1-7 and 9-12 work. Level 8 makes the game lock-up; levels 13-18 just return you to the left of the Level 1 square | |||
*'''Different controls:''' TRIANGLE, not X, is used to jump and enter levels; and R1 and R2 can be used to zoom the camera in and out, a mechanic removed in the final | |||
*'''Change characters during levels:''' during a level, press SELECT to switch-character. In the final game, this is only possible on the MAP screen, not during a level (unless the "BODYSWAP" cheat is used, then TRIANGLE is used to switch) | |||
*'''Nikki and Fargus lack their final unique abilities''': Nikki lacks her double-jump, and Fargus does not have his roll-attack, meaning both characters play exactly the same (and so being able to swap between-them during a level rather pointless!) | |||
*'''Rolling-logs''' do not hurt you, but do send you flying backwards a lot more than in the final | |||
'''Collectables:''' | |||
*'''Red-diamonds''' are the main collectable (the final uses coins); most are worth 1, but the large-ones can be worth 5 or 10. As LIVES don't exist in this beta, collecting them appears to do nothing (in the final, every 300 in value awards a new life) | |||
*'''Gold-stars''' each give three-shots of the pink plasma-ball powerup (which is the only powerup in this beta). The shots counter resets to 0 at the start of each level | |||
*'''Keys''' exist, but are much-smaller than in the final, so harder-to-see | |||
*'''Small red hearts''' restore one hit-point each (in the final, the large hearts serve this purpose, and no small hearts appear) | |||
*'''Large red hearts''' add an extra hit-point, up-to a maximum of 8 (7 in the final, and only 5 extra hit-points can be found in the entire game, mostly in secret-areas, and their icon has changed to a small heart in the centre of a gold square) | |||
*'''Green "clubs"''': similar to the "club" or "clover" symbol in a pack of playing-cards, these can be found a handful of times within each stage, though seem to have no purpose; in the final, most of these were replaced by the gold ankhs, though others were replaced with either a high-value coin, or a powerup | |||
==Controls== | |||
*'''TRIANGLE''' to jump, and to enter levels (stand in the middle of a white square on the "map" screen, then jump). In the final game, '''X''' is used. When held-down on a trampoline, or while landing on an enemy, allows a higher jump-off to be performed | |||
*'''SQUARE''' to fire a shot (after a gold-star has been collected; each star grants three shots. Right-most on-screen counter shows shots remaining, which always resets to 0 between levels) | |||
*'''D-Pad Left''' and '''D-Pad Right''' to move left or right | |||
*'''D-Pad Down''' to duck. When transformed to the TURTLE, makes you invincible while held-down, required for getting-past some circular-saws | |||
*'''R1''' to zoom camera in (removed from final game) | |||
*'''R2''' to zoom camera out (removed from final game) | |||
*'''START''' to pause; press SELECT while paused to return to the MAP | |||
*'''SELECT''' to change between Nikki and Fargus at any-time! (In the final-game, this is only possible via the "BODYSWAP" cheat, where TRIANGLE is then used. Otherwise, you can only change characters while on the MAP, between-levels) | |||
==Screenshots== | ==Screenshots== | ||
<center><gallery heights="256" widths="224"> | <center><gallery heights="256" widths="224"> | ||
PSX - Pandemonium very beta-0001.png | File:PANDY000 5JUN1996.png|Title card for this beta | ||
PSX - Pandemonium very beta-0002.png | File:PSX - Pandemonium very beta-0001.png|The MAP SCREEN. Stand on a square and jump (TRIANGLE) to enter... | ||
PSX - Pandemonium very beta-0003.png | File:PSX - Pandemonium very beta-0002.png|...note that levels 8, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 do not work. | ||
File:PSX - Pandemonium very beta-0003.png|No power-up is offered when toppling this statue, unlike in the final | |||
File:PANDY001 5JUN1996.png|Press SELECT at any-time during a level... | |||
File:PANDY002 5JUN1996.png|...to switch character! | |||
File:PANDY003 5JUN1996.png|Hold R2 to zoom-out (to the maximum shown)... | |||
File:PANDY004 5JUN1996.png|...or R1 to zoom-in (to the maximum shown) | |||
File:PANDY036 5JUN1996.png|You run to the left to reach the waterfall-opening, not right, in this beta | |||
File:PANDY005 5JUN1996.png|Expect many untextured areas | |||
File:PANDY006 5JUN1996.png|The "cliff-skull" as of this beta | |||
File:PANDY007 5JUN1996.png|A "green club" collectible, this one seemingly unreachable | |||
File:PANDY037 5JUN1996.png|The "cliff-skull" has more-variety in tooth-design in this beta | |||
File:PANDY008 5JUN1996.png|Beta end-of-level effect | |||
File:PANDY009 5JUN1996.png|Beta walking-enemy | |||
File:PANDY010 5JUN1996.png|Beta lava | |||
File:PANDY011 5JUN1996.png|Beta glass-roof | |||
File:PANDY038 5JUN1996.png|To make the lift come down, stand on the grey button; in the final, it's already down waiting | |||
File:PANDY012 5JUN1996.png|A trap which fires a triangular bolt when you step on the arrows... | |||
File:PANDY013 5JUN1996.png|...which is the head of one of the purple enemies | |||
File:PANDY014 5JUN1996.png|You cannot jump onto this roof... | |||
File:PANDY015 5JUN1996.png|...however, enter this door... | |||
File:PANDY016 5JUN1996.png|...then exit back out... | |||
File:PANDY017 5JUN1996.png|...and then you'll appear atop it! | |||
File:PANDY018 5JUN1996.png|Another of the beta "green clubs" | |||
File:PANDY019 5JUN1996.png|The front-view of the beta Invulnerability Shield looks similar... | |||
File:PANDY020 5JUN1996.png|...but the final doesn't feature this reverse-view | |||
File:PANDY021 5JUN1996.png|A very untextured area, where the game usually crashes near the end... | |||
File:PANDY022 5JUN1996.png|...however, jump at the right spot and you can get past it... | |||
File:PANDY023 5JUN1996.png|...though you cannot finish this level! | |||
File:PANDY024 5JUN1996.png|You complete this slide-section as the frog, unlike in the final | |||
File:PANDY025 5JUN1996.png|To get past this point, keep pressing DOWN and RIGHT together to clip-through the stump | |||
File:PANDY026 5JUN1996.png|Closest view of one of the beta "green club" collectibles | |||
File:PANDY027 5JUN1996.png|Possibly the only level in this beta that ends with this platform | |||
File:PANDY029 5JUN1996.png|The (untextured) rolling-logs don't hurt you in the beta, but do push you backwards a lot more | |||
File:PANDY030 5JUN1996.png|You can ride this hot-air balloon into the trees... | |||
File:PANDY031 5JUN1996.png|...once it goes behind them, jump and move left or right to return to the previous area | |||
File:PANDY032 5JUN1996.png|A level-background I don't think is used in the final | |||
File:PANDY033 5JUN1996.png|A view of the waterfalls in this beta | |||
File:PANDY034 5JUN1996.png|After you get the key here, go right in the area below to make the wall open... | |||
File:PANDY035 5JUN1996.png|...and then to avoid the game crashing here, zoom-in fully (R1) before trying to enter the next room | |||
File:PANDY039 5JUN1996.png|In LEVEL03, you move left, not right, as in the final... | |||
File:PANDY040 5JUN1996.png|...and you go left (clockwise) in the circular-area, too! | |||
File:PANDY041 5JUN1996.png|A removed-section from LEVEL03, near the end | |||
File:PANDY042 5JUN1996.png|In the final, this section was revised to make getting to the doorway easier | |||
File:PANDY043 5JUN1996.png|If you fall-down here... | |||
File:PANDY044 5JUN1996.png|...you'll end up on a wooden-bench... | |||
File:PANDY045 5JUN1996.png|...jump across the suspended platforms... | |||
File:PANDY046 5JUN1996.png|...for a shortcut to the end of the level area! (Not sure this is still in the final?) | |||
File:PANDY047 5JUN1996.png|If this door won't open, check you've defeated all enemies in the area leading up to it... | |||
File:PANDY048 5JUN1996.png|...though moments later, you cannot get-past this point anyway! | |||
</gallery></center> | </gallery></center> | ||
==Origin== | ==Origin== | ||
<center><gallery mode="packed"> | <center><gallery mode="packed"> | ||
PSX - Pandemonium very beta.jpeg|Disc front. | File:PSX - Pandemonium very beta.jpeg|Disc front. | ||
</gallery></center> | </gallery></center> | ||
==Files== | ==Files== | ||
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</center> | </center> | ||
==Acknowledgments== | ==Acknowledgments== | ||
A huge thanks to Iniche for | A huge thanks to Iniche for doing the initial research on this prototype! | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[News/Project Deluge: PlayStation 1, Saturn, and CD-I (Part 2)|Project Deluge: PlayStation 1, Saturn, and CD-i (April 17, 2021)]] | |||
* [https://tcrf.net/The_Cutting_Room_Floor Cutting Room Floor (TCRF)] | *[[News/Project Deluge: PlayStation 1, Saturn, and CD-I (Part 2)|Project Deluge: PlayStation 1, Saturn, and CD-i (April 17, 2021)]] | ||
* [https://archive.org Internet Archive (IA)] | *[https://tcrf.net/The_Cutting_Room_Floor Cutting Room Floor (TCRF)] | ||
*[https://archive.org Internet Archive (IA)] | |||
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A prototype of Pandemonium! for the PlayStation.
Notes
- Very early, with no startup disclaimers, logos, sequences etc.
- Opens to a simple title card, then goes straight into the game.
- Game begins in an interesting level select menu, in the form of a playable "level".
- Different angle of view, zoomed out
- Walk over a square and press Triangle to enter a level.
- No loading screen before levels
- Different HUD/status display
- Most levels feature differences in areas, and many untextured areas
- Different music for the level, also
- Miscellaneous Notes:
- Game is emulatable: Yes (as of April 17, 2021).
- Game contains dongle protection: No.
- Game contains debugging symbols: N/A
- Dump was originally scrambled: No
Differences (from final)
- No map-screen yet, only a rudimentary "flat" level-select "board" is offered, and of the 18 slots, only levels 1-7 and 9-12 work. Level 8 makes the game lock-up; levels 13-18 just return you to the left of the Level 1 square
- Different controls: TRIANGLE, not X, is used to jump and enter levels; and R1 and R2 can be used to zoom the camera in and out, a mechanic removed in the final
- Change characters during levels: during a level, press SELECT to switch-character. In the final game, this is only possible on the MAP screen, not during a level (unless the "BODYSWAP" cheat is used, then TRIANGLE is used to switch)
- Nikki and Fargus lack their final unique abilities: Nikki lacks her double-jump, and Fargus does not have his roll-attack, meaning both characters play exactly the same (and so being able to swap between-them during a level rather pointless!)
- Rolling-logs do not hurt you, but do send you flying backwards a lot more than in the final
Collectables:
- Red-diamonds are the main collectable (the final uses coins); most are worth 1, but the large-ones can be worth 5 or 10. As LIVES don't exist in this beta, collecting them appears to do nothing (in the final, every 300 in value awards a new life)
- Gold-stars each give three-shots of the pink plasma-ball powerup (which is the only powerup in this beta). The shots counter resets to 0 at the start of each level
- Keys exist, but are much-smaller than in the final, so harder-to-see
- Small red hearts restore one hit-point each (in the final, the large hearts serve this purpose, and no small hearts appear)
- Large red hearts add an extra hit-point, up-to a maximum of 8 (7 in the final, and only 5 extra hit-points can be found in the entire game, mostly in secret-areas, and their icon has changed to a small heart in the centre of a gold square)
- Green "clubs": similar to the "club" or "clover" symbol in a pack of playing-cards, these can be found a handful of times within each stage, though seem to have no purpose; in the final, most of these were replaced by the gold ankhs, though others were replaced with either a high-value coin, or a powerup
Controls
- TRIANGLE to jump, and to enter levels (stand in the middle of a white square on the "map" screen, then jump). In the final game, X is used. When held-down on a trampoline, or while landing on an enemy, allows a higher jump-off to be performed
- SQUARE to fire a shot (after a gold-star has been collected; each star grants three shots. Right-most on-screen counter shows shots remaining, which always resets to 0 between levels)
- D-Pad Left and D-Pad Right to move left or right
- D-Pad Down to duck. When transformed to the TURTLE, makes you invincible while held-down, required for getting-past some circular-saws
- R1 to zoom camera in (removed from final game)
- R2 to zoom camera out (removed from final game)
- START to pause; press SELECT while paused to return to the MAP
- SELECT to change between Nikki and Fargus at any-time! (In the final-game, this is only possible via the "BODYSWAP" cheat, where TRIANGLE is then used. Otherwise, you can only change characters while on the MAP, between-levels)
Screenshots
Origin
Files
File | Type | Date | Size | SHA-1 |
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PSX - Pandemonium very beta.img | File | 2020-12-14 04:09:15 | 43.27 MB | 29390253daaac752e7eeea087114242b77fac2f1 |
PSX - Pandemonium very beta.cue | File | 2020-12-14 04:08:33 | 91 bytes | 3452a921b0c244c0562aad8ed53685f4db669bef |
PSX - Pandemonium very beta.ccd | File | 2020-12-14 04:08:33 | 771 bytes | ea6bf60d8c4768ed6135cb7514d741a1670b729e |
PSX - Pandemonium very beta.sub | File | 2020-12-14 04:09:19 | 1.77 MB | 07be960e047d8c0643f70dff257f0ac102fe9d81 |
PSX - Pandemonium very beta.jpeg | File | 2021-03-14 12:15:02 | 970.9 KB | fcf52c17696c4993b37147bf840a4e3dead07772 |
Acknowledgments
A huge thanks to Iniche for doing the initial research on this prototype!
See also
- Project Deluge: PlayStation 1, Saturn, and CD-i (April 17, 2021)
- Cutting Room Floor (TCRF)
- Internet Archive (IA)