Spyro: Year of the Dragon (Sep 11, 2000 prototype)

Spyro: Year of the Dragon (Sep 11, 2000 prototype)
Build date Sep 4, 2000 00:00:00 Build name #11 Dump status Released, redump needed Released by Hidden Palace File release date April 17, 2021 Origin CD-R Lot Project Deluge Labels Spyro Year of the Dragon #11 Dump method PLEXTOR DVDR PX-716UF 1.11 03/23/07 15:10 (CloneCD) Game Spyro: Year of the Dragon System PlayStation Genre Platformer Final build JP N/A EU Sep 29, 2000 US Sep 14, 2000 Release date JP N/A EU Nov 10, 2000 US Oct 24, 2000

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A prototype of Spyro: Year of the Dragon for the PlayStation.

Notes

The Cutting Room Floor research

This prototype has a research article on TCRF.

• An NTSC-U review build dated about 10 days before the final.
• Like the first revision of the final game, the file dates do not reflect when the game was actually built. However, there is a build string in the save file information which indicates a build date of September 4th, 2000.
  • A similar string is also seen in the game's demos.
  • The string - SPYRO_3(pal)-v.9.4 - claims the build to be a PAL version, when it's actually NTSC-U. This build string may thus be left over from a slightly earlier version.
• A number of cutscenes have minor audiovisual differences when compared to their final counterparts.
• Bianca is absent from the final Sorceress battle, and defeating the Sorceress does not play the credits.
• The final egg is named "Zan Jayna" as opposed to "Yin Yang".
• The Atlas lists Super Bonus Round as having 6 eggs instead of 1.
• Two levels have slightly stricter egg requirements.
• A number of sound effects are still missing throughout the game.
• There are a number of glitches present that were fixed before the final release.
• Like the final release, a number of cheats are present in this version, but they differ dramatically from the final game and generally exhibit more debug / QA-like features. All of these can be enabled by inputting the following codes in pause menu.
  • O, O, O, O, X - Permanent invincibility
  • Square, Square, Square, Square, O - Sets all level gem and egg counts to their maxima, the total collected gems to 20,000 and the total eggs collected to 154 (which displays as 150)
  • Square, Square, O, O, Square, Square, O, O - Dialogue test
  • Square, O, Square, O, Square, O, Left, Right, Left, Right, Left, Right - Credits
  • R1, R2, L1, L2, R1, R2, L1, L2, O - Permanent superflame, causes crashing in levels where the superflame is not present
  • Up, Down, Up, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, Square, ?, ? - Level and cutscene warp, the last two buttons determine the level ID
  • Up, Up, Left, Left, Right, Right, Down, Down, Square, O, Square - Squidboard
  • Up, Up, Up, Up, R1, R1, R1, R1, O - Big head mode
  • Left, Right, Left, Right, L2, R2, L2, R2, Square - Flat mode
  • Up, Right, Down, Left, Up, Square, R1, R2, L1, L2, Up, Left, Down, Right, Up, ? - Colour change, the last button determines the colour
  • Square, Up, Square, Down, Square, Left, Square, Right, O - Extra hit point
  • Left, Right, Square, O, Square, Right, Left, ? - Local / minigame difficulty, the last button determines the difficulty mode
  • O, Square, Right, Left, Right, Square, O, ? - Global difficulty, the last button determines the difficulty mode
  • R2, L2, R2, L2, Up, Up, Up, Up, O - 99 lives
  • The treasure finder cheat isn't present in this build.
• Dongle protection is present in this build, which can stop the game from running on real hardware and certain emulators. The game will reach the Universal logo screen before halting.
  • The dongle protection can be bypassed using the included patch, or by setting the int at address 0x80078CD0 to zero. However, patching the dongle will result in the game's anti-crack protection being triggered.
  • 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.
• Miscellaneous Notes:
  • Game is emulatable: Yes (as of April 17, 2021).
  • Game contains dongle protection: Patched.
  • Game contains debugging symbols: No
  • Dump was originally scrambled: No

Screenshots

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  Title screen

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  Gameplay

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  Gameplay

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  Gameplay

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  Gameplay

Origin

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  Disc front.

Files

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Acknowledgments

A huge thanks to Hwd45 for doing the initial research on this prototype!

See also

• Project Deluge: PlayStation 1, Saturn, and CD-i (April 17, 2021)
• Cutting Room Floor (TCRF)
• Internet Archive (IA)