Zapper: One Wicked Cricket! (Jul 2, 2002 prototype)
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A prototype of Zapper for the PlayStation 2.
Notes
- An NTSC from 2 months before the final game.
- The title screen has a version number on it near the bottom - 12.07.02.01. Judging by its similarity to a date format, it's possible that this version number represents a build date of July 12th 2002, slightly later than what is suggested by the files.
- The logo that is used on the title screen is very different to the final one.
- The "Press Start" text is placed differently on the title screen.
- The main menu has a developer menu accessible with the circle button. The options it contains are as follows:
- Level Select - does what is says on the tin
- Model Viewer - allows you to view the animations on the Zapper model
- Text Viewer - for viewing each of the text strings in different fonts or against different backgrounds
- View Video - allows you to view the company logo videos and the intro and outro cutscenes. The outro cutscene is a particularly early with some missing effects and geometry changes and has no sound effects whatsoever.
- Unlock Everything - doesn't seem to do much, at least not immediately or obviously
- During gameplay there's a "Press Triangle to be Invincible" message on-screen - pressing Triangle puts the player into a mode where damage taken from enemies is disabled.
- The loading screen is a basic image that uses the early logo for the game.
- Levels have different, generally more basic names.
- The HUD elements take different positions on-screen during gameplay.
- There are some incomplete levels and areas. Levels are often unbeatable and the start of levels in particular are often missing features.
- The map screens are very primitive and unfinished looking, and do not seem to use fog. There's also plenty of missing sound effects in these menus.
- Miscellaneous Notes:
- Game is emulatable (in PCSX2): Yes (as of March 17, 2021).
- Game contains dongle protection: No.
Screenshots
Title screen
Main menu
Developer options menu
Level select
Model and animation viewer
Text and font viewer
"View video" menu
Outro cutscene
Loading screen
Gameplay
Gameplay
Gameplay
Gameplay
Gameplay
Gameplay
Gameplay
Gameplay
Gameplay
Origin
Disc front.
Files
| File | Type | Date | Size | SHA-1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS2 - Zapper For Preview Only.bin | File | 2020-06-12 07:16:30 | 369.62 MB | a5d01388f4d1baa8e49d3e7592eeb5da91047fda |
| PS2 - Zapper For Preview Only.cue | File | 2020-06-12 07:15:41 | 95 bytes | 58fc0dc7ebc33cce5de42f7614140b384d8241cd |
| PS2 - Zapper For Preview Only.jpeg | File | 2021-03-14 11:13:44 | 1.16 MB | cd4697d8718786e8dc77ef44353c5e8977745da8 |
Acknowledgments
A huge thanks to Hwd45 for doing the initial research on this prototype! And a huge thanks to the anonymous donor that allowed for this release to happen!