Spyro the Dragon (Jul 18, 1998 prototype)

Spyro the Dragon (Jul 18, 1998 prototype)
Build date Jul 18, 1998 08:14:22 Build name Preview Dump status Released Dumped by Gh0stBlade, hwd45 Released by hwd45 File release date March 14, 2020 Origin CD-R Labels Spyro the Dragon TM Preview Disc Spyro 7/19 Dump method MPF 2.1 (Plextor PX-W4012TA 1.07) Ownership Gh0stBlade (-2021) hwd45 (2021-Present) Game Spyro the Dragon System PlayStation Genre Platform Final build US Aug 13, 1998 EU Sep 10, 1998 JP Feb 26, 1999 Release date US Sep 9, 1998 EU Oct 23, 1998 JP Apr 1, 1999 Article 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

This prototype has a research article on TCRF.

• 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

The cheat codes present in this build seem to be in place mostly for testing purposes. They 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 activation of which is obviously signaled by the music turning off, the successful entry of the other combinations are indicated by Spyro doing a light jump into the air whilst in a frozen idle state.

Level Select	L1 + L2 + R1 + R2	This code activates a level select mode. After this, you can input a two-button combination corresponding to the level ID from the list below. 0 = O | 1 = X | 2 = Square | 3 = Triangle | 4 = Right | 5 = Down | 6 = Left Pressing Up warps you to the next level as it appears in the inventory. Using it on the last level in the list will warp you back to level 10.
Toggle active/passive camera	L2 + R1	Does exactly the same as the option found in the pause menu.
Toggle invincibility & timer freeze	R1 + R2 + Circle	Entering this code prevents Sparx from losing health whenever Spyro takes damage. Sparx is still able to increase his health while the code is active. It will also freeze the timer in the flight levels.
Toggle XA playback	Square + Triangle + Circle + X	First entry deactivates the music. Re-entering the code re-enables playback. However, the first track of the STR file in use is played instead. Pausing and unpausing the game reverts to the intended music.

Level Select IDs
Artisans		Peace Keepers		Magic Crafters		Beast Makers		Dream Weavers		Gnasty's World
10	Home	20	Home	30	Home	40	Home	50	Home	60	Gnorc Gnexus
11	Stone Hill	21	Dry Canyon	31	Alpine Ridge	41	Terrace Village	51	Dark Passage	61	Gnorc Cove
12	Dark Hollow	22	Cliff Town	32	High Caves	42	Misty Bog	52	Lofty Castle	62	Twilight Harbor
13	Town Square	23	Ice Cavern	33	Wizard Peak	43	Tree Tops	53	Haunted Towers	63	Gnasty Place (Gnasty Gnorc)
14	Toasty	24	Doctor Shemp	34	Blowhard	44	Metalhead	54	Jacques	64	Gnasty Booty (Gnasty's Loot)
15	Sunny Flight	25	Night Flight	35	Crystal Flight	45	Wild Flight	55	Icy Flight

Screenshots

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  Title screen

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  Delete screen

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  Beast Makers Home

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  Inventory

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  Transition to Gnorc Gnexus

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  Gnorc Gnexus

Files

File	Type	Date	Size	SHA-1
Spyro the Dragon (Jul 18, 1998 prototype).bin	File	2021-12-11 00:08:44	526.25 MB	0C0145B1523C5E3A7436A7AE4E78AD13D112C277
Spyro the Dragon (Jul 18, 1998 prototype).cue	File	2021-12-11 00:08:43	107 bytes	9E42CB83C41AF11DBD27AC00D22ECEC865206108
Spyro the Dragon (Jul 18, 1998 prototype).xdelta	File	2021-02-23 22:10:16	2 KB	95697904E7347BED1D7EF5130BD3D101051E944F

Origin

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  Disc front.

Acknowledgments

A very HUGE special thanks to hwd45 and Gh0stBlade for making this release possible!

See also

• The Cutting Room Floor
• Redump entry