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Spyro the Dragon (Jul 18, 1998 prototype)
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Build date |
Jul 18, 1998 08:14:22
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Build name |
Preview
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Dump status |
Released
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Dumped by |
Gh0stBlade, hwd45
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Released by |
hwd45
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File release date |
March 14, 2020
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Origin
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CD-R
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Labels |
Spyro the Dragon TM Preview Disc Spyro 7/19
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Dump method |
MPF 2.1 (Plextor PX-W4012TA 1.07)
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Ownership |
Gh0stBlade (-2021) hwd45 (2021-Present)
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Game
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Spyro the Dragon
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System |
PlayStation
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Genre |
Platform
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Final build |
US Aug 13, 1998 EU Sep 10, 1998 JP Feb 26, 1999
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Release date |
US Sep 9, 1998 EU Oct 23, 1998 JP Apr 1, 1999
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Article
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Spyro the Dragon Later Prototype
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An NTSC-U preview of Spyro the Dragon for the Sony PlayStation, dated less than a month before the final build.
Notes
The Cutting Room Floor research
- The game starts with a placeholder "Temporary Boot Menu".
- There are no intro or ending cutscenes.
- Many dragons are still missing the cutscenes and audio dialogue they'd use in the final game.
- A few of the dragon dialogue audio clips are missing their backing tracks.
- A number of dragons use different textures and coloring schemes to their final appearance.
- All dragons in the Beast Makers world are called "Silvus".
- Gnasty Gnorc's level and Gnasty's Loot are called "Gnasty Place" and "Gnasty Booty" respectively.
- Only a small number of music tracks are in this build, apparently unchanged since the June 15th prototype.
- Gem placement is still unfinished in some places.
- A glitch in the Artisans world sometimes makes it impossible to complete, as the gem count sometimes totals to a value less than 100.
- Specifically, a group of gems near Town Square's portal only count towards the gem total if Sparx picks them up, rather than Spyro.
- There's one extra gem in Lofty Castle for some reason.
- There's still a number of noticeable gaps between polygons in some of the level models at this point in development.
- This version of the game includes dongle protection to avoid it being used on hardware. An xdelta patch has always been provided alongside the prototype.
- In lieu of patching, a memory card card file containing the dongle save can be downloaded in mcd format here or in raw format here.
- The memory card containing the dongle has to be inserted into Slot 2.
- Dumped twice with MPF and once with CloneCD, all dumps matched.
Cheat codes
These codes can be used at any time during gameplay by holding down the buttons for a few seconds at the same time. Aside from the XA playback code, the successful entry of the other inputs are indicated by Spyro doing a light jump whilst in a frozen idle state.
Level warp
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L1 + L2 + R1 + R2
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After confirmation, enter one of the button combinations from the list below.
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Toggle active/passive camera
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L2 + R1
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Toggle invincibility & timer freeze
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R1 + R2 + Circle
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Toggle XA playback
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Square + Triangle + Circle + X
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First entry deactivates the music, re-entering the code plays the first track of the STR file in use. Pausing and unpausing the game reverts to the indented music.
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Level warp codes
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Artisans Home
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X + Circle
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Magic Crafters Home
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Triangle + Circle
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Dream Weavers Home
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Down + Circle
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Stone Hill
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X + X
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Alpine Ridge
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Triangle + X
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Dark Passage
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Down + X
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Dark Hollow
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X + Square
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High Caves
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Triangle + Square
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Lofty Castle
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Down + Square
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Town Square
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X + Triangle
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Wizard Peak
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Triangle + Triangle
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Haunted Towers
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Down + Triangle
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Toasty
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X + Right
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Blowhard
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Triangle + Right
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Jaqcues
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Down + Right
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Sunny Flight
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X + Down
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Crystal Flight
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Triangle + Down
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Icy Flight
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Down + Down
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Peace Keepers Home
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Square + Circle
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Beast Makers Home
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Right + Circle
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Gnorc Gnexus
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Left + Circle
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Dry Canyon
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Square + X
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Terrace Village
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Right + X
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Gnorc Cove
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Left + X
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Cliff Town
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Square + Square
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Misty Bog
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Right + Square
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Twilight Harbor
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Left + Square
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Ice Cavern
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Square + Triangle
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Tree Tops
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Right + Triangle
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Gnasty Place
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Left + Triangle
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Doctor Shemp
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Square + Right
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Metalhead
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Right + Right
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Gnasty Booty
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Left + Right
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Night Flight
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Square + Down
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Wild Flight
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Right + Down
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Skip to next level
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Up
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Screenshots
Transition to Gnorc Gnexus
Videos
Files
File
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Type
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Date
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Size
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SHA-1
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Spyro the Dragon (Jul 18, 1998 prototype).bin
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File
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2021-12-11 00:08:44
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526.25 MB
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0C0145B1523C5E3A7436A7AE4E78AD13D112C277
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Spyro the Dragon (Jul 18, 1998 prototype).cue
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File
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2021-12-11 00:08:43
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107 bytes
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9E42CB83C41AF11DBD27AC00D22ECEC865206108
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Spyro the Dragon (Jul 18, 1998 prototype).xdelta
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File
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2021-02-23 22:10:16
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2 KB
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95697904E7347BED1D7EF5130BD3D101051E944F
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Origin
Acknowledgments
A very HUGE special thanks to hwd45 and Gh0stBlade for making this release possible!
See also
Spyro the Dragon prototypes
Spyro the Dragon videos
Spyro the Dragon assets