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

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	L1 + L2 + R1 + R2	After confirmation, enter one of the button combinations from the list below.
Toggle active/passive camera	L2 + R1
Toggle invincibility & timer freeze	R1 + R2 + Circle
Toggle XA playback	Square + Triangle + Circle + X	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.

Level warp codes
Artisans Home	X + Circle	Magic Crafters Home	Triangle + Circle	Dream Weavers Home	Down + Circle
Stone Hill	X + X	Alpine Ridge	Triangle + X	Dark Passage	Down + X
Dark Hollow	X + Square	High Caves	Triangle + Square	Lofty Castle	Down + Square
Town Square	X + Triangle	Wizard Peak	Triangle + Triangle	Haunted Towers	Down + Triangle
Toasty	X + Right	Blowhard	Triangle + Right	Jaqcues	Down + Right
Sunny Flight	X + Down	Crystal Flight	Triangle + Down	Icy Flight	Down + Down
Peace Keepers Home	Square + Circle	Beast Makers Home	Right + Circle	Gnorc Gnexus	Left + Circle
Dry Canyon	Square + X	Terrace Village	Right + X	Gnorc Cove	Left + X
Cliff Town	Square + Square	Misty Bog	Right + Square	Twilight Harbor	Left + Square
Ice Cavern	Square + Triangle	Tree Tops	Right + Triangle	Gnasty Place	Left + Triangle
Doctor Shemp	Square + Right	Metalhead	Right + Right	Gnasty Booty	Left + Right
Night Flight	Square + Down	Wild Flight	Right + Down	Skip to next level	Up

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.org entry