Croc: Legend of the Gobbos Prototypes

This page is a list of all pre-release and betas of Croc: Legend of the Gobbos. There are many YouTube videos on the beta game, which are posted onto this page. Many of the levels have bugs and glitches which prevent the player from completing the levels.

Tech Demo
Not to be confused with the later released Demos.



This was released on 8th November 1996 and is the earliest release of the game. The tech demo and the released game have many differences, including other Croc sounds, including jumping, running and climbing. The demo does have a few levels similar to some of the retail ones. To complete a level, you need to get ALL Gobbos, and there are 3 in a level. This is different from the final game, where you can advance without collecting all the Gobbos hidden throughout the level. See the table below for the main differences:

Levels
There are only four levels in the game. The last level, Dangerous Sports contains a Flibby prototype Guardian fight. The levels are modeled with the Final version, so Nice and Easy is And so the Adventure Begins etc.

Nice and Easy

 * Crystals: 73
 * Enemies: Pelican

Enter the Jumpy

 * Crystals: 55+
 * 1x Bag of Life
 * Enemies: 10x Popper

Feet First

 * Crystals:
 * Enemies: 2x Dragonfly. 1x Popper

Dangerous Sports

 * Crystals:
 * Enemies:
 * Guardian: Flibby

0.12 Version
This version was released as a gift in a magazine but only a few people still own it. This was likely given to a game magazine for reviewing the game, although this isn't certain. The level select menu differs significantly to the final version. Other Differences include: Video 2
 * The loading screen for levels actually depicts a silhouette of Croc staring into the sunset.
 * Instead of Coloured Crystals, there are actually letters B O N U and S which have the same colours to unlock the Crystal Door at the end.

Video 3 (part 1)

Video 3 (part 2)

Video 3 (part 3)



Testing Level 'Script Hack'
This beta version seems to have the same level select menu, except the levels are completely different. It is only available for the PC version. For example, some levels are unable to complete and some have areas never included in the final game. The video shows that if some levels are played, Croc is able to walk on the actual islands shown in the level select menus. It's possible that this is played using a scripting hack (due to the comments on the video) in order to reach the testing levels. The uploader of the video has said that someone called Andre from the defunct website Croc Fan Forums created these levels. You can download the idx file by going to this link. Make a backup of the old maps.idx file from C:\\Program Files\Fox\Croc\gdata Then copy the new maps.idx in C:\\Program Files\Fox\Croc\gdata, then run the game.

'Mr. Gimmick' version
This version is even rarer than the 0.12 version, and is assumed that it was given to Fox employees to test, and compares significantly to the beta 0.12 version. It's currently owned by Wiki member Mr. Gimmick. There are only a few minor differences - some of the level titles are slightly different, the backgrounds are different in some areas, different enemy and item placement, etc.

This prototype is still being investigated for further differences and more info will be added to this page as it becomes available.