Frogger (July 31, 1997 NTSC prototype)

Frogger (July 31, 1997 NTSC prototype)
Build date July 31, 1997 13:39 Build name Build 20 Dump status Released Dumped by Anonymous Released by Kneesnap File release date September 21, 2022 Origin CD-R Labels 7-31-97 Frogger PSX Game Frogger System PlayStation Genre Action Final build US September 23rd, 1997 EU September 28th, 1997 JP April 7th, 1998 Release date US September 30th, 1997 EU November, 1997 JP May 28th, 1998

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A prototype of Frogger for the PSX: Build #20 NTSC. This build contains very minimal changes to Build #20 PAL due to being built less than an hour before that build. As such, the content between the two pages are shared.

Notes

The Cutting Room Floor research

This prototype has a research article on TCRF.

• This build was compiled 1 month and 24 days before the final US build.
• Build date and name upon bootup.
• The Millennium Interactive intro video plays here instead of the intro FMV used in near final builds.

Main Menu

• The frontend runs at 60FPS.
• The leaderboard names are in alphabetical order.
• Different logs.
• There's no menu music. (The menu music from near final builds goes unused in this build in the game's files.)
• No autodemos play in this build.
• Frogger uses the croaking sound from the PC Port.
• In order to unlock all levels, instead of pressing X on the main menu, press Triangle.
• The options menu has two island models in the background which was cut entirely from the final, and the camera angle is different.
• The music & sounds settings lacks the Music Note and "SFX" models from the final.
• The music settings plays the Airshow Antics music.
• The level select menu uses different icons and level names.
• Some level names have the placeholder text "NAMELESS"
• Idling for too long in the level select menu for more than 10 seconds will kick you back to the main menu.
• Frogger uses a different low-poly model in the input name screen and in the multiplayer mode.

Gameplay Differences

• The baby frogs use their beta models.
• The purple baby frog from the final build is replaced with a yellow baby frog in this build.
• There are no golden frogs.
• The tongue sound effect is missing.
• Sometimes the levels can give you too much time. So collecting a baby frog can award you a bunch of points and lives.
• There's continuing in this build.

Bugs

• Completing a zone can soft-lock the game with the Canopy Capers music playing in the background. (The music plays when using an emulator. It doesn't happen on real hardware.)
• In the input name screen, if you move down on the letter T, Frogger will glitch and teleport to the center of the screen and you can select a corrupted letter or character. (The lily pads will disappear indicating that it's a corrupted character.) And if you try to delete any characters or leave after selecting it, the game will crash.

Debug Features

• Pressing L1 + R1 at the same time enables debug movement.
• It is unknown what other debug functionality exists in this prototype.

Debug Movement Controls

• Use the D-Pad to move Frogger around. (If the camera moved, the D-Pad controls might be a bit confusing.)
• Press and hold X to levitate Frogger.
• Press and hold Square to lower Frogger.

Screenshots

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Origin

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  Lot Picture.

See also

Original release thread on Highway Frogs. (Archive)