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Klonoa: Door to Phantomile (Jul 17, 1997 prototype)

2021-09-20T19:47:10Z

Rariteh: More details

{{Prototype
|Page name=Klonoa: Door to Phantomile (Jul 17, 1997 prototype)
|titlescreen=PSX - Klonoa 10-15-97-0001.png
|builddate=Jul 17, 1997 16:22:38
|buildname=10-15-97
|status=Released, redump needed
|releasedby=Hidden Palace
|filereleasedate=April 17, 2021
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|origin_labels=Klonoa 10-15-97
|origin_lot=Project Deluge
|game=Klonoa: Door to Phantomile
|system=PlayStation
|genre=Action Adventure
|final_builddate={{RegionDate|JP|Oct 19, 1997 }} {{RegionDate|EU|Apr 28, 1998 }} {{RegionDate|US|Jan 7, 1998 }}
|release_date={{RegionDate|JP|Dec 11, 1997 }} {{RegionDate|EU|Apr 28, 1998 }} {{RegionDate|US|Jun 1998 }}
|unreleased=No
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{{Download
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|file=Klonoa - Door to Phantomile (Jul 17, 1997 prototype).7z
}}
A prototype of Klonoa: Door to Phantomile for the PlayStation.

==Notes==

*Compiled around 3 months before the initial Japanese retail version
*Simpler Namco logo on startup
*No intro FMV, goes straight to the title screen
*Some difference in the instruction text. For example, some text boxes get skipped automatically (likely a bug).
*The text box for starting a game is blank.
*Debug controls:
**L1 + R1 on title screen- Debug menu
**R1 (ingame)- Infinite jumps
**L1 (hold ingame)- Debug info, pressing some of the other controller-buttons can alter some of the values
**Circle (hold ingame)- Increase Klonoa's movement speed
**Select + Start- Soft reset
*General:
**Different item/enemy placement
**Different texture for boss explosions
**No text on loading screen
**Game can't be paused
**End-of-level screen is in a very early state
**Different/missing sprites for Klonoa
**Different camera angles in a few areas that expose level boundaries
**Missing tracks
**Missing sound effects
**Different recordings/takes for some of the voice-acting
**Different mixing/balance for a lot of the music tracks
**Remnants exist of a scrapped mechanic that allows Klonoa to place grabbed enemies in wind currents and use them as platforms
**Getting game over loads the remnants of a "Coming soon" screen from a demo build, accompanied by a voice line not from the final game
**Enemies can be thrown through spiked balls fired by spiders and Gunnies
**Different explosion sprite for Boomies
*Vision 1-1:
**Invisible egg is missing before the first bridge
**Blue dreamstone is missing at the top of the wind current
**The game crashes trying to load the next chunk of the last area (can be bypassed with the level select in the debug menu)
*Vision 1-2:
**The hidden egg right before the entrance of the final cave used to be a hidden Phantomilian
**The last Phantomilian in the level used to be a hidden egg containing an extra life
**Ghadius' head is much brighter
**End-of-level cutscene has different camerawork and a completely different and unused track; interior of Grandpa's house in the cutscene is unfinished and has no lighting
*Vision 2-1:
**Minor bug was fixed- The dreamstones that spill out of the giant Moo at the start can clip through the wall to the other side
**Forlock villagers have pink legs
*Vision 2-2:
**Unused track from 1-2 end cutscene plays when Klonoa first meets Karal
**Karal's theme has a slower tempo
**Klonoa's talking sprite while riding Karal is glitched
**Bubbles and background missing from pre-boss cutscene
**Glitched hand sprite palette on Seadoph when riding spiked balls
**Music doesn't fade after defeating boss
**Scene of Karal taking Klonoa back to Forlock is longer and has different/unfinished textures
*Vision 3-1:
**Breakable boxes are only marked with an X on one side
**Joka's voice lines haven't been added/recorded
**Glitched palette on Phantomilian bubbles
**Flying variant of the spider enemy doesn't have a unique palette yet
*Vision 3-2:
**The prototype version of this level's music included in the game's official soundtrack is used in this build
**Sound effects are broken/dont' work
**Glitched palette on springs
**1st key door in the level is placed in the background instead of to the side and is already opened
**Slight geometry change on the other side of 1st key door
**Spiked balls are much more frequent in the final section of the level
**Blue debug triangle present in boss fight which seems to mark Klonoa's spawn point
*Vision 4-1:
**Music has no indoor mix
*Vision 4-2:
**The frozen Octomoo is entirely missing and the ice column that houses it in the final version is split in half
**The entrance of the Octomoo chamber is almost completely dark, while in the final version a large round rock formation is visible around the waterfall
**Joka and Moo are missing from the flying ships in the pre-boss cutscene
**Debug counters appear during the boss
**Boss AI is less responsive
**Boss has a 2nd form which was scrapped completely for the final game- A blue ghost flies between the foreground and background trying to ram into Klonoa
*Vision 5-1:
**Running onto lava doesn't kill Klonoa
**Layer/clipping errors on one of the doors
**Different texture/model for the flame jets
**Last flame jet on the yellow orb route is placed way off from the hitbox/particles
**Temple guard sprites are glitched in the last cutscene
**Elevator has SFX
*Vision 5-2:
**Music is glitched in this level and plays tracks from other levels until the player dies/gets far enough into the level
**Level can't be completed due to the 2nd-to-last elevator and the pathway it's on being broken
**Different effects for Ghadius teleporting away in the pre-boss cutscene
**Joka's monster form has completely different textures
**Different sound effect for changing the platform colors during boss fight
**Joka's body isn't charred in end-level cutscene
*Vision 6-1:
**Cutscene is unfinished
**Start of level looks completely different
**Darker lighting
**Exterior/interior mixes of the music are swapped
**Electrified floors have different/out of place textures
**Different-looking platforms on blue crystal route
**No glowing/pulsing effect on crystals
**The steps leading to the end of the level are narrower and don't have yellow statues on them
**No Spikers and much more Boomies in green crystal route
**Harder enemy placement in green crystal route
**2nd Mirror Spirit was originally Phantomilian
**Elevator at end of the level has a door that's blocked by a black statue with accompanying crystal (changed to white in the final)
**Level can't be completed because of invisible wall; infinite jumping over invisible wall reveals that the elevator has no collision
*Vision 6-2:
**6-1 music doesn't play when the level starts
**6-2 music doesn't play until leaving the 1st room
**Sand slides are placed closer and can be seen from the central part of the level popping into the draw distance
**Floating metal platforms have different textures
**Hitting switches and hitting/getting hit by Armored Moos play unused Klonoa voice lines
**1st switch puzzle is much more difficult than the final game due to the switches having shorter reset times
**Debug info during pre-boss cutscene
**Ghadius' head is missing and the inside of his cloak has the same textures/effect as his boss model in pre-boss cutscene
**Camera gets stuck on the cutscene model when the boss fight starts until the player touches a teleporter
**Dying on the boss fight spawns the player outside the boss and over the cutscene model which has no collision; Klonoa will fall indefinitely until the game is powered off/reset
**Blue Moos are used as placeholder for the unique enemies that appear only in the 6-2 and final boss
**Boss has more HP
**Corners of the wireframes Ghadius summons are purple instead of green
**Ghadius doesn't scream and his cloak doesn't get damaged when defeated
**Game crashes after defeating Ghadius
*Final Vision:
**Different animation for Nahatomb being hatched
**Floor is a different color on 1st form
**Karal's model is glitched and remains when the boss fight starts
**Nahatomb is invisible/has no model in any of his forms
**Cannons don't change to gold when loaded
**Getting caught and eaten by Nahatomb's tongue on the 1st form moves the player to the 2nd form
**Background on 2nd form is completely different
**Crystals on 2nd form have different colors
**Red Moos used as placeholder for cannon NPCs on 3rd form; They change to blue when their cannons are loaded
**Developer message on sky texture in 3rd form
**Energy waves in 3rd form look different
**Boss can't be defeated; nothing's programmed to happen after loading all the cannons on the 3rd form
*7-1 (Ending cutscene):
**Ending cutscene hasn't been implemented but selecting it from the debug menu level select loads a partially finished cutscene model with no background where Klonoa can be controlled and moved around; the ground is solid, possibly due to the cutscene model being copypasted from 1-1
*8-1 (Extra Vision):
**No cutscenes
**No checkpoints
**One of the room layouts is completely different
**Last room of the level has almost no objects
**Exiting through the door at the end of the level plays a buzzing sound
*Miscellaneous Notes:
**Game is emulatable: Yes (as of April 17, 2021),
**Game contains dongle protection: No.
**Game contains debugging symbols: N/A
**Dump was originally scrambled: No

==Screenshots==
<center><gallery heights="256" widths="224">
File:PSX - Klonoa 10-15-97-0000.png
File:PSX - Klonoa 10-15-97-0002.png
File:KLONOA JUL17 L1DEBUG.png|alt=Klonoa, standing at the beginning of Vision 1-1, with 12 lines of white debug test visible on the right-hand side of the screen|Hold L1 to display debug information. While holding, press other buttons on the controller to alter some of the values
File:KLONOA JUL17 V1-1 BLUEGEMMISSING.png|No blue-gem at the top of the first whirlwind in Vision 1-1 in this beta
File:KLONOA JUL17 NOSLIDEANIMATION.png|Klonoa lacks animations when sliding in the beta, just remaining in his upright, idle pose
</gallery></center>
==Origin==
<center><gallery mode="packed">
File:PSX - Klonoa 10-15-97.jpeg|Disc front.
</gallery></center>

==Videos==
<center>
<youtube width="320" height="224">wVvSJyc4YCo</youtube>
</center>
==Files==
<center>
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==Acknowledgments==
A huge thanks to Iniche for doing the initial research on this prototype!
==See also==

*[[News/Project Deluge: PlayStation 1, Saturn, and CD-I (Part 2)|Project Deluge: PlayStation 1, Saturn, and CD-i (April 17, 2021)]]
*[https://tcrf.net/The_Cutting_Room_Floor Cutting Room Floor (TCRF)]
*[https://archive.org Internet Archive (IA)]
{{Prototype Footer|{{Navbox prototype|Klonoa: Door to Phantomile}}}}

Klonoa: Door to Phantomile (Jul 17, 1997 prototype)

2021-09-19T20:21:35Z

Rariteh: Added a few details on Vision 4–2

{{Prototype
|Page name=Klonoa: Door to Phantomile (Jul 17, 1997 prototype)
|titlescreen=PSX - Klonoa 10-15-97-0001.png
|builddate=Jul 17, 1997 16:22:38
|buildname=10-15-97
|status=Released, redump needed
|releasedby=Hidden Palace
|filereleasedate=April 17, 2021
|origin_type=CD-R
|origin_dumpmethod=PLEXTOR DVDR PX-716UF 1.11 03/23/07 15:10 (CloneCD)
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|origin_lot=Project Deluge
|game=Klonoa: Door to Phantomile
|system=PlayStation
|genre=Action Adventure
|final_builddate={{RegionDate|JP|Oct 19, 1997 }} {{RegionDate|EU|Apr 28, 1998 }} {{RegionDate|US|Jan 7, 1998 }}
|release_date={{RegionDate|JP|Dec 11, 1997 }} {{RegionDate|EU|Apr 28, 1998 }} {{RegionDate|US|Jun 1998 }}
|unreleased=No
}}
{{Download
|external=https://archive.org/details/KlonoaDoortoPhantomileJul171997prototype
|file=Klonoa - Door to Phantomile (Jul 17, 1997 prototype).7z
}}
A prototype of Klonoa: Door to Phantomile for the PlayStation.

==Notes==

*Compiled around 3 months before the initial Japanese retail version
*Simpler Namco logo on startup
*No intro FMV, goes straight to the title screen
*Some difference in the instruction text. For example, some text boxes get skipped automatically (likely a bug).
*The text box for starting a game is blank.
*Debug controls:
**L1 + R1 on title screen- Debug menu
**R1 (ingame)- Infinite jumps
**L1 (hold ingame)- Debug info, pressing some of the other controller-buttons can alter some of the values
**Circle (hold ingame)- Increase Klonoa's movement speed
**Select + Start- Soft reset
*General:
**Different item/enemy placement
**Different texture for boss explosions
**No text on loading screen
**Game can't be paused
**End-of-level screen is in a very early state
**Different/missing sprites for Klonoa
**Different camera angles in a few areas that expose level boundaries
**Missing tracks
**Missing sound effects
**Different recordings/takes for some of the voice-acting
**Different mixing/balance for a lot of the music tracks
**Remnants exist of a scrapped mechanic that allows Klonoa to place grabbed enemies in wind currents and use them as platforms
**Getting game over loads the remnants of a "Coming soon" screen from a demo build, accompanied by a voice line not from the final game
**Enemies can be thrown through spiked balls fired by spiders and Gunnies
**Different explosion sprite for Boomies
*Vision 1-1:
**Invisible egg is missing before the first bridge
**Blue dreamstone is missing at the top of the wind current
**The game crashes trying to load the next chunk of the last area (can be bypassed with the level select in the debug menu)
*Vision 1-2:
**Ghadius' head is much brighter
**End-of-level cutscene has different camerawork and a completely different and unused track; interior of Grandpa's house in the cutscene is unfinished and has no lighting
*Vision 2-1:
**Minor bug was fixed- The dreamstones that spill out of the giant Moo at the start can clip through the wall to the other side
**Forlock villagers have pink legs
*Vision 2-2:
**Unused track from 1-2 end cutscene plays when Klonoa first meets Karal
**Karal's theme has a slower tempo
**Klonoa's talking sprite while riding Karal is glitched
**Bubbles and background missing from pre-boss cutscene
**Glitched hand sprite palette on Seadoph when riding spiked balls
**Music doesn't fade after defeating boss
**Scene of Karal taking Klonoa back to Forlock is longer and has different/unfinished textures
*Vision 3-1:
**Breakable boxes are only marked with an X on one side
**Joka's voice lines haven't been added/recorded
**Glitched palette on Phantomilian bubbles
**Flying variant of the spider enemy doesn't have a unique palette yet
*Vision 3-2:
**The prototype version of this level's music included in the game's official soundtrack is used in this build
**Sound effects are broken/dont' work
**Glitched palette on springs
**1st key door in the level is placed in the background instead of to the side and is already opened
**Slight geometry change on the other side of 1st key door
**Spiked balls are much more frequent in the final section of the level
**Blue debug triangle present in boss fight which seems to mark Klonoa's spawn point
*Vision 4-1:
**Music has no indoor mix
*Vision 4-2:
**The frozen Octomoo is entirely missing and the ice column that houses it in the final version is split in half
**The entrance of the Octomoo chamber is almost completely dark, while in the final version a large round rock formation is visible around the waterfall
**Joka and Moo are missing from the flying ships in the pre-boss cutscene
**Debug counters appear during the boss
**Boss AI is less responsive
**Boss has a 2nd form which was scrapped completely for the final game- A blue ghost flies between the foreground and background trying to ram into Klonoa
*Vision 5-1:
**Running onto lava doesn't kill Klonoa
**Layer/clipping errors on one of the doors
**Different texture/model for the flame jets
**Last flame jet on the yellow orb route is placed way off from the hitbox/particles
**Temple guard sprites are glitched in the last cutscene
**Elevator has SFX
*Vision 5-2:
**Music is glitched in this level and plays tracks from other levels until the player dies/gets far enough into the level
**Level can't be completed due to the 2nd-to-last elevator and the pathway it's on being broken
**Different effects for Ghadius teleporting away in the pre-boss cutscene
**Joka's monster form has completely different textures
**Different sound effect for changing the platform colors during boss fight
**Joka's body isn't charred in end-level cutscene
*Vision 6-1:
**Cutscene is unfinished
**Start of level looks completely different
**Darker lighting
**Exterior/interior mixes of the music are swapped
**Electrified floors have different/out of place textures
**Different-looking platforms on blue crystal route
**No glowing/pulsing effect on crystals
**The steps leading to the end of the level are narrower and don't have yellow statues on them
**No Spikers and much more Boomies in green crystal route
**Harder enemy placement in green crystal route
**2nd Mirror Spirit was originally Phantomilian
**Elevator at end of the level has a door that's blocked by a black statue with accompanying crystal (changed to white in the final)
**Level can't be completed because of invisible wall; infinite jumping over invisible wall reveals that the elevator has no collision
*Vision 6-2:
**6-1 music doesn't play when the level starts
**6-2 music doesn't play until leaving the 1st room
**Sand slides are placed closer and can be seen from the central part of the level popping into the draw distance
**Floating metal platforms have different textures
**Hitting switches and hitting/getting hit by Armored Moos play unused Klonoa voice lines
**1st switch puzzle is much more difficult than the final game due to the switches having shorter reset times
**Debug info during pre-boss cutscene
**Ghadius' head is missing and the inside of his cloak has the same textures/effect as his boss model in pre-boss cutscene
**Camera gets stuck on the cutscene model when the boss fight starts until the player touches a teleporter
**Dying on the boss fight spawns the player outside the boss and over the cutscene model which has no collision; Klonoa will fall indefinitely until the game is powered off/reset
**Blue Moos are used as placeholder for the unique enemies that appear only in the 6-2 and final boss
**Boss has more HP
**Corners of the wireframes Ghadius summons are purple instead of green
**Ghadius doesn't scream and his cloak doesn't get damaged when defeated
**Game crashes after defeating Ghadius
*Final Vision:
**Different animation for Nahatomb being hatched
**Floor is a different color on 1st form
**Karal's model is glitched and remains when the boss fight starts
**Nahatomb is invisible/has no model in any of his forms
**Cannons don't change to gold when loaded
**Getting caught and eaten by Nahatomb's tongue on the 1st form moves the player to the 2nd form
**Background on 2nd form is completely different
**Crystals on 2nd form have different colors
**Red Moos used as placeholder for cannon NPCs on 3rd form; They change to blue when their cannons are loaded
**Developer message on sky texture in 3rd form
**Energy waves in 3rd form look different
**Boss can't be defeated; nothing's programmed to happen after loading all the cannons on the 3rd form
*7-1 (Ending cutscene):
**Ending cutscene hasn't been implemented but selecting it from the debug menu level select loads a partially finished cutscene model with no background where Klonoa can be controlled and moved around; the ground is solid, possibly due to the cutscene model being copypasted from 1-1
*8-1 (Extra Vision):
**No cutscenes
**No checkpoints
**One of the room layouts is completely different
**Last room of the level has almost no objects
**Exiting through the door at the end of the level plays a buzzing sound
*Miscellaneous Notes:
**Game is emulatable: Yes (as of April 17, 2021),
**Game contains dongle protection: No.
**Game contains debugging symbols: N/A
**Dump was originally scrambled: No

==Screenshots==
<center><gallery heights="256" widths="224">
File:PSX - Klonoa 10-15-97-0000.png
File:PSX - Klonoa 10-15-97-0002.png
File:KLONOA JUL17 L1DEBUG.png|alt=Klonoa, standing at the beginning of Vision 1-1, with 12 lines of white debug test visible on the right-hand side of the screen|Hold L1 to display debug information. While holding, press other buttons on the controller to alter some of the values
File:KLONOA JUL17 V1-1 BLUEGEMMISSING.png|No blue-gem at the top of the first whirlwind in Vision 1-1 in this beta
File:KLONOA JUL17 NOSLIDEANIMATION.png|Klonoa lacks animations when sliding in the beta, just remaining in his upright, idle pose
</gallery></center>
==Origin==
<center><gallery mode="packed">
File:PSX - Klonoa 10-15-97.jpeg|Disc front.
</gallery></center>

==Videos==
<center>
<youtube width="320" height="224">wVvSJyc4YCo</youtube>
</center>
==Files==
<center>
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==Acknowledgments==
A huge thanks to Iniche for doing the initial research on this prototype!
==See also==

*[[News/Project Deluge: PlayStation 1, Saturn, and CD-I (Part 2)|Project Deluge: PlayStation 1, Saturn, and CD-i (April 17, 2021)]]
*[https://tcrf.net/The_Cutting_Room_Floor Cutting Room Floor (TCRF)]
*[https://archive.org Internet Archive (IA)]
{{Prototype Footer|{{Navbox prototype|Klonoa: Door to Phantomile}}}}

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2021-09-19T20:19:03Z

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