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In 2022, a massive development archive for Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge was acquired by [https://discord.gg/2E758sS Highway Frogs], | |||
The lot is a near complete development history containing documents, prototypes, source code, early FMV cutscenes, unused music, and much more. | |||
It is the first of several full-development archive releases by [https://discord.gg/2E758sS Highway Frogs]. | |||
'''The Release Contains:''' | |||
* Over 1000 Pages of Paper Documents needed to be scanned, deskewed, and turned into PDFs. | |||
* Over 200 audio tracks were rendered/mastered extremely carefully using original hardware such as the Yamaha EX-5 and original software like SoundForge 4.0. | |||
* The "End of Project" Tape was damaged by a data recovery company, and it took months of reverse-engineering to recover the data ourselves. ([[https://github.com/Kneesnap/onstream-data-recovery/blob/main/info/INTRO.MD More Info]]) | |||
* Byte-Matched Source Code Repos for 7 different Frogger games/consoles, which have been updated to compile on Windows 10/11. | |||
* Custom tools made for working with some of the backups, such as a 3D object converter, or a compiler/decompiler for game scripts, and more. | |||
* A mod fixing Frogger 2's compatibility issues on modern computers, aka the "Frogger 2 Enhanced PC Port". | |||
* Tons more. | |||
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Revision as of 04:17, January 29, 2025
Discuss this release on the Highway Frogs Discord server!
In 2022, a massive development archive for Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge was acquired by Highway Frogs, The lot is a near complete development history containing documents, prototypes, source code, early FMV cutscenes, unused music, and much more. It is the first of several full-development archive releases by Highway Frogs.
The Release Contains:
- Over 1000 Pages of Paper Documents needed to be scanned, deskewed, and turned into PDFs.
- Over 200 audio tracks were rendered/mastered extremely carefully using original hardware such as the Yamaha EX-5 and original software like SoundForge 4.0.
- The "End of Project" Tape was damaged by a data recovery company, and it took months of reverse-engineering to recover the data ourselves. ([More Info])
- Byte-Matched Source Code Repos for 7 different Frogger games/consoles, which have been updated to compile on Windows 10/11.
- Custom tools made for working with some of the backups, such as a 3D object converter, or a compiler/decompiler for game scripts, and more.
- A mod fixing Frogger 2's compatibility issues on modern computers, aka the "Frogger 2 Enhanced PC Port".
- Tons more.
Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge
This part of the lot contained 12 PlayStation builds, 2 Nintendo 64 builds, 7 PC builds, source code backups, documents, and many other miscellaneous backups and development archives.
System | Date | Retail build dates | Retail release dates | |
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Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge (June, 1999 A prototype) | Nintendo 64 | June 1999 | ||
Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge (September 10, 1999 prototype) | PC | 10 September 1999 | PSX US Aug 10, 2000 PSX EU Aug 15, 2000 PC US Sept 6, 2000 PC EU Sept 8, 2000 | US Sep 21, 2000 EU Oct 13, 2000 |
Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge (December 1, 1999 prototype) | Nintendo 64 | 1 December 1999 | ||
Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge (December 14, 1999 prototype) | Nintendo 64 | 14 December 1999 | ||
Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge (December 17, 1999 prototype) | PC | 17 December 1999 | PSX US Aug 10, 2000 PSX EU Aug 15, 2000 PC US Sept 6, 2000 PC EU Sept 8, 2000 | US Sep 21, 2000 EU Oct 13, 2000 |
Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge (February 4, 2000 prototype) | PlayStation | 4 February 2000 | PSX US Aug 10, 2000 PSX EU Aug 15, 2000 PC US Sept 6, 2000 PC EU Sept 8, 2000 | US Sep 21, 2000 EU Oct 13, 2000 |
Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge (March 1, 2000 prototype) | PlayStation | 1 March 2000 | PSX US Aug 10, 2000 PSX EU Aug 15, 2000 PC US Sept 6, 2000 PC EU Sept 8, 2000 | US Sep 21, 2000 EU Oct 13, 2000 |
Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge (March 24, 2000 prototype) | PC | 24 March 2000 | PSX US Aug 10, 2000 PSX EU Aug 15, 2000 PC US Sept 6, 2000 PC EU Sept 8, 2000 | US Sep 21, 2000 EU Oct 13, 2000 |
Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge (April 5, 2000 prototype) | PlayStation | 5 April 2000 | PSX US Aug 10, 2000 PSX EU Aug 15, 2000 PC US Sept 6, 2000 PC EU Sept 8, 2000 | US Sep 21, 2000 EU Oct 13, 2000 |
Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge (April 25, 2000 prototype) | PC | 25 April 2000 | PSX US Aug 10, 2000 PSX EU Aug 15, 2000 PC US Sept 6, 2000 PC EU Sept 8, 2000 | US Sep 21, 2000 EU Oct 13, 2000 |
Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge (April 27, 2000 prototype) | PlayStation | 27 April 2000 | PSX US Aug 10, 2000 PSX EU Aug 15, 2000 PC US Sept 6, 2000 PC EU Sept 8, 2000 | US Sep 21, 2000 EU Oct 13, 2000 |
Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge (May 10, 2000 prototype) | PC | 10 May 2000 | PSX US Aug 10, 2000 PSX EU Aug 15, 2000 PC US Sept 6, 2000 PC EU Sept 8, 2000 | US Sep 21, 2000 EU Oct 13, 2000 |
Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge (June 9, 2000 prototype) | PlayStation | 9 June 2000 | PSX US Aug 10, 2000 PSX EU Aug 15, 2000 PC US Sept 6, 2000 PC EU Sept 8, 2000 | US Sep 21, 2000 EU Oct 13, 2000 |
Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge (June 14, 2000 prototype) | PlayStation | 14 June 2000 | PSX US Aug 10, 2000 PSX EU Aug 15, 2000 PC US Sept 6, 2000 PC EU Sept 8, 2000 | US Sep 21, 2000 EU Oct 13, 2000 |
Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge (Sound Test prototype) | Game Boy Color | 21 June 2000 | USA July 25, 2000 USA (Rev 1) Aug 10, 2000 | US Sept 23, 2000 |
Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge (June 23, 2000 prototype) | PlayStation | 23 June 2000 | PSX US Aug 10, 2000 PSX EU Aug 15, 2000 PC US Sept 6, 2000 PC EU Sept 8, 2000 | US Sep 21, 2000 EU Oct 13, 2000 |
Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge (June 29, 2000 prototype) | PlayStation | 29 June 2000 | PSX US Aug 10, 2000 PSX EU Aug 15, 2000 PC US Sept 6, 2000 PC EU Sept 8, 2000 | US Sep 21, 2000 EU Oct 13, 2000 |
Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge (July 14, 2000 prototype) | PC | 14 July 2000 | PSX US Aug 10, 2000 PSX EU Aug 15, 2000 PC US Sept 6, 2000 PC EU Sept 8, 2000 | US Sep 21, 2000 EU Oct 13, 2000 |
Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge (July 18, 2000 prototype) | PlayStation | 18 July 2000 | PSX US Aug 10, 2000 PSX EU Aug 15, 2000 PC US Sept 6, 2000 PC EU Sept 8, 2000 | US Sep 21, 2000 EU Oct 13, 2000 |
Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge (July 25, 2000 PAL prototype) | PlayStation | 25 July 2000 | PSX US Aug 10, 2000 PSX EU Aug 15, 2000 PC US Sept 6, 2000 PC EU Sept 8, 2000 | US Sep 21, 2000 EU Oct 13, 2000 |
Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge (July 25, 2000 prototype) | PC | 25 July 2000 | PSX US Aug 10, 2000 PSX EU Aug 15, 2000 PC US Sept 6, 2000 PC EU Sept 8, 2000 | US Sep 21, 2000 EU Oct 13, 2000 |
Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge (July 25, 2000 NTSC prototype) | PlayStation | 25 July 2000 | PSX US Aug 10, 2000 PSX EU Aug 15, 2000 PC US Sept 6, 2000 PC EU Sept 8, 2000 | US Sep 21, 2000 EU Oct 13, 2000 |
Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge (July 31, 2000 prototype) | PlayStation | 31 July 2000 | PSX US Aug 10, 2000 PSX EU Aug 15, 2000 PC US Sept 6, 2000 PC EU Sept 8, 2000 | US Sep 21, 2000 EU Oct 13, 2000 |
Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge (October 10, 2000 prototype) | Dreamcast | 10 October 2000 |
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
One PlayStation build was found within the Chicken Run archives.
System | Date | Retail build dates | Retail release dates | |
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Disney's The Little Mermaid II (Jul 17, 2000 prototype) | PlayStation | 17 July 2000 | JP Unreleased EU Jul 25, 2000 US Jul 24, 2000 | JP Unreleased EU May 18, 2001 US Sep 1, 2000 |