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Crash Bandicoot: Warped (Jul 29, 1998 demo)
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Build date |
Jul 29, 1998 10:21:02
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Build name |
DEMO CD
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Dump status |
Released
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Released by |
G-dias
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File release date |
March 16, 2019
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Origin
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CD
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Game
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Crash Bandicoot: Warped
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System |
PlayStation
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Genre |
Action
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Final build |
JP Nov 19, 1998 EU Oct 28, 1998 US Oct 11, 1998
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Release date |
JP Dec 17, 1998 EU Dec 5, 1998 US Oct 31, 1998
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This "Test Drive" demo was featured in Toys "R" Us stores, but there was almost no information about this rare disc until nowadays. This demo came from a very old beta build and it's currently the earliest Crash 3 demo.
Notes
- Aku Aku has a red nose.
- Stopwatches were originally iron stopwatch crates, having an outline box before collecting a crystal.
- Under Pressure music is slightly different. It has different mixing and glitches out at the beginning.
- The pufferfish are purple instead of red.
- Crystals and gems don't play the choir sound effect or have any particle effects, identically to its predecessor.
- Checkpoints crates also don't play the choir sound effect when opened, once again like Crash 2.
- The warp out sound is from Crash 2.
- The portal design for entering and exiting levels is different. featuring an older design for the Time Twister Warp Room.
- By using any memory viewer, it's possible to see all the strings of text used in the pause menu, including some different level names:
- Bone Yard and Dino Might! are switched.
- Makin' Waves is named Aye Matey.
- Road Crash is named Roadkill.
- Sphynxinator in named Sphynxter.
- Future Frenzy is named Fast Forward.
- Mad Bombers is the first level of the 5th Warp Room.
- Future Frenzy, Orange Asphalt, Flaming Passion, Bug Lite, Area 51?, Ski Crazed, Rings of Power, Hot Coco and Eggipus Rex are missing.
Videos
Origin
Acknowledgments
A huge thanks to psx-collector for providing the original disc scans containing this build.
See also
Crash Bandicoot: Warped prototypes