Croc: Legend of the Gobbos - March 1997 Prototype

Note: This article is undergoing mass reconstruction. It is predicted to be complete in the next few weeks.

File:Croc - Legend of the Gobbos PSX Beta v0.12 Gameplay

Also referred to as the v0.12 Beta, 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. It was released in March 1997. The level select menu differs significantly to the final version. It can be downloaded for emulators (see below). See below for the full list of differences:

The boot screens are similar to the Tech Demo.
The Main Menu depicts a blue and white checked rectangle against a silhouette with the message Press Start.
The Main Menu has Start Game, Options, Load Game and Password.
The music is similar to the Final Game.
The level select menus are different to the Tech Demo and the Final. It starts with 0 0 (boots on 10 0), where the first number is the island, the second the level and the last the area or map (usually separated by doors, wells etc.). When replaying the game or if Croc loses all lives, he can resume to the start of the area he last played, however he will start with no BONUS letters, Gobbos or Crystals.
The loading screen for levels actually depicts a silhouette of Croc staring into the sunset, playing soft rock music.
Instead of Coloured Crystals, there are actually letters B O N U and S which have the same colours to unlock the Bonus (later Crystal) Door at the end.
There are red Poppers as well as Firepoppers but the red ones were not included in the final game.
The HUD shows the x symbol for the amount Croc has of an item, along with x/6 Gobbos.
At the bottom of the screen are debug information and coordinates.
Lives are actually red coloured bags.
Some wells look more like Tree Stumps. When stomping one with a cork, Croc immediately is transported to the next part.
Red coloured crystals give 5 crystals.
The Giant Bee appears more than once.
The sound affects for collecting Gobbos are different.
There is no sound for climbing up off a ledge.
Worms in Wells can be killed.
Breaking Platforms have different animation similar to in Croc 2
Only the Gong outside of the Bonus (later Crystal) Door is shown. It depicts the word 'GOAL' on its face instead of Beany, and Croc is actually able to stand on it.
Upon completion of a level, a screen shows the crystals collected and lives, as well as how long it took to complete.
Climbable Walls sound slightly different.
Smashing boxes animations are slightly different. Holding down X will not change anything.
Enemies do not respawn.
Some levels are prototypes of levels in the Final Game, with some differences.
There are blue springs instead of Jellies with different sounds.
There are stilled disguised crystals as Bonus Letters, but this may be the reason why Coloured Crystals were eventually used to unlock the Bonus (later Crystal) Door.
Controls are slightly different (see below)
Croc starts with 3 lives, but instead of dying after 0, Croc dies when holding one life, so technically, both the prototype and final release have the same lives.
The Box Shuffling Mini-Game is slightly different to the final game. Croc can move around the whole time during the shuffling of the boxes, he can attempt to smash one but nothing will happen, and Beany the Bird (or so it seems) is responsible for the shuffling of the boxes. As a result, Croc may stand on or hang from a box while the boxes are shuffled, which easily causes glitches. This is most likely the reason that Croc was made unable to move during the shuffling in the final game.
The Popping Mini-Game instead has three yellow buttons which look like the buttons from the Crystal Catching Mini-Game.

Controls

To select levels on the Map Screen, use the SELECT, L1, R1 and R2 buttons. SELECT will choose islands 10-70, L1 and R1 will choose previous and next levels, and L2 and R2 will select a part of a level.

While underwater, Croc attacks similar to the 180 degree flip.

Other controls are the same as in the final game, except the camera cannot be controlled with the L2 and R2 buttons. The 180 degree flip is slightly different.

Levels

Total Islands: 8 (0-7)

Total levels: 80

Completable levels: 10, 11, 12 and 13.

Playable areas/total: 83/147

The first three levels have the same level titles as the Tech Demo. Some levels have brackets which are considered beta versions of the levels in the final game. Because this is an early release of the game, many levels will crash, cannot be completed or cause other glitches. On the Map Screen, the top title usually represents the type of level (e.g. Forest) and the bottom title is the title of the level. A lot of the titles have no proper meaning, such as Default New/Blank Map or No Level and No Map. While not all doors, wells etc. work, some lead to the next properly numbered area, such as 10 0 to 10 1. Note that this is not always the case.

The word 'removed' means that the feature or character was not included in the final game.

Note that selecting levels in different ways can cause the levels to not function properly. For example, choosing an area of a level behind a Locked Door and then going back through that door will load that area, but because it is locked, you cannot go through it. You also cannot return to where you were.

Island 0

Level 0 (0 0 - 0 4)

Number and Title	Type	Image	Exits	Interactive Elements	Items	Enemies
0 0 - Nice and Easy	Forest		Well - ends level, shows 10 3 on Map Screen Door - ends level, shows 10 1 on Map Screen.	A green Frog and Rhino (removed), which circles Croc, harmless, can't be touched or attacked.	1x Red Crystal 9x Crystals Letter B, Letter S (disguised) 1x Red Bag of Life 1x Gobbo	1x Giant Bee 1x Red Popper
0 1 - Default New Map	Ice Slide		(2 uninteractive cave exits, first is not solid, second is)	Ice Slide - Can only turn while on, difficult to get off at end.	20+ Crystals	-
0 2 - Default New Map	Ice Slide	Croc falls instantly.
0 3 - Default Blank Map	Forest		(unteractive exit, solid)	Several removed trees, rocks, mushrooms etc.	-	-
0 4 - Nice and Easy	Forest		Non-interacting Well (altered) Door, and Croc can pick it up but nothing will happen.	Blue circular object on ground, non interactive Rectangular glowing item, suspected to be what was a Jigsaw Piece in the Tech Demo. Can collect but does nothing.	Giant Red Popper (removed), will hop through the wall. Hurts Croc, can be attacked causing it to shrink, until dying.	9x Crystals (including an unreachable one on the top of the wall)

Level 1 (1 0)

Number and Title	Type	Image	Exits	Interactive Elements	Items	Enemies
1 0 - No Map	No Level	Cannot be played.

Level 2 (2 0 - 2 9)

Number and Title	Type	Image	Exits	Interactive Elements	Items	Enemies
2 0 Default Blank Map	Forest		Non-interactive doorway	Lava pits Well (contains worm) Platforms	28x Crystal 2x Smash Box 1x Red crystal 1x Gobbo	1x Worm in Well, hurts Croc, can be killed, old style well, also comes up when Croc is in well 1x Burrowing Worm 1x Spaceship (removed), will float above Croc and drop harmful bombs, cannot be killed.
2 1 Ooooh Dark	Cave		2x non-interacting doorways	A darkened cave (only Desert in final) Lava pit Platforms	2x Torches (appears only as yellow dots) 4x Crystal	-
2 2 Default New Map	Desert		-	Platforms	-	-
2 3 Default Blank Map	Water	Crashes on Loading screen.
2 4 Big Cogs	Forest		-	4x Cogs, spinning	-	-
2 5 Push Me	Forest		-	4x Metal Box, unpushable	-	-
2 6 Ice Imp Test	Ice		-	A square piece of ice	-	-
2 7 Default Blank Map	Dungeon		First doorway has no door, just a ledge	Only a series of corridors	-	-
2 8 Intro Test Map	Forest	Croc falls instantly.
2 9 Default New Map	Desert		-	Unclimbable Wall	-	-

Level 3 ( 3 0)

Number and Title	Type	Image	Exits	Interactive Elements	Items	Enemies
3 0 Water Test Map	Water		-	Underwater area	-	-

Level 4 ( 4 0 - 4 8)

Number and Title	Type	Image	Exits	Interactive Elements	Items	Enemies
4 0 Small Hero's Gym	Castle		-	An area of castle flooring	-	-
4 1 Swipe Swiftly's Dojo	Castle		-	An area of castle flooring	-	Swipe Swiftly, will slowly approach Croc and attack, does not harm Croc, can't be killed
4 2 Water Spout Test	Desert	Crashes on Loading screen.
4 3 Simon Says	Castle		-	An area of castle flooring identical to 4 0.	-	-
4 4 Paul Test 4	Castle		-	1 untextured Platform	-	1x Ghost, stationary, harms Croc when touched
4 5 Nat's Plat	Castle		-	3x untextured Platform, spinning on low ground, will spin in circles when landed on	-	-
4 6 Water Test	Water		-	Underwater area	-	2x Hammerhead Shark
4 7 Fan Test	Water		-	4x Fan (removed), doesn't harm Croc	-	1x Hammerhead Shark
4 8 Field Test	Castle		-	Castle flooring, identical to 4 0.	-	-

Level 5 ( 5 0 - 5 6)

Number and Title	Type	Image	Exits	Interactive Elements	Items	Enemies
5 0 Default New Map	Ice		Several non-interactive exits, solid	-	-	-
5 1 Default New Map	Cave		One doorway leading off a ledge.	-	-
5 2 Default New Map	Water	Crashes on Loading screen.
5 3 Test Boss Flibby	Castle		-	An arena with red patterns on the walls, some of which are not solid, which Croc can fall off.	-	Flibby, not fully textured. Upon defeating, level 10 0 loads on the Map Screen.
5 4 Test Boss Ice	Castle		-	The same arena as 5 3.	-	-
5 5 Test Boss Water	Castle		-	The same arena as 5 3.	-	-
5 6 Test Boss Crystal	Castle			The same arena as 5 3.	-	-

Level 6 (6 0)

Number and Title

Type

Image

Exits

Interactive Elements

Items

Enemies

6 0 Nice and Easy

Forest

1x Non-interacting Well

1x Non-interacting Door, solid

1x Well with Cork, with no cave inside.
The furthest Platform will sparkle when Croc lands on it, causing it to shrink, and a Platform will appear. Croc can keep landing on these platforms leading to the edge of the arena, the last of which cannot be reached.

1x Red Crystal
1x B Letter
1x S Letter (disguised)
1x Smash Box
1x Red Bag of Life
1x Gobbo
9x Crystals

1x Red Popper

Level 7 (7 0)

Number and Title	Type	Image	Exits	Interactive Elements	Items	Enemies
7 0 No Map	No Level

Level 8 (8 0)

Number and Title	Type	Image	Exits	Interactive Elements	Items	Enemies
8 0 No Map	No Level

Level 9 (9 0)

Number and Title	Type	Image	Exits	Interactive Elements	Items	Enemies
9 0 Default New Map	No Level

Island 1

Level 0 (0 0 - 0 6)

Note that the exits lead continually to different parts in a sequence.

Number and Title	Type	Exits	Interactive Elements	Items	Enemies
0 0 Nice and Easy	Forest	1x Well with Cork (old style), leads to 10 3 Doors lead to 10 1.	Well with Cork (old style)	1x Red Crystal 1x B Letter 1x S Letter (disguised) 1x Gobbo 1x Smash Box 1x Red Bag of Life 9x Crystals	1x Giant Bee 1x Red Popper
0 1 Nice and Easy	Forest	Back doors lead to 10 0. Doors ahead lead to 10 2.	Lava	1x Red Crystal 16x Crystals	1x Giant Bee 1x Red Popper
0 2 Nice and Easy	Forest	Back doors lead to 10 1. Well, leads to 10 4.	Lava Brown Bricks (red and grey in final) Gong BONUS Door leads to 10 5.	1x Gobbo 6x Crystals	1x Burrowing Worm 1x Worm in Well, can be killed
0 3 Default New Map	Cave	Doors, leads to 10 0.	Lava Pits	1x N Letter 2x Smash Box 5x Crystals 1x Red Bag of Life 1x Gobbo	-
0 4 Default New Map	Cave	Doors lead back to 10 2.	Cracked platforms over Lava	1x Smash Box 1x U Letter 1x Gobbo	-
0 5 Default Blank Map	Forest	Doors lead back to 10 2.	Removed Tree Brown Bricks	3x Crystals 1x Gobbo	-

Level 1 ( 1 0 - 1 4)

Note that the exits lead continually to different parts in a sequence.

Number and Title	Type	Exits	Interactive Elements	Items	Enemies
1 0 Enter the Jumpy	Forest	2x Well; the bottom to 11 1 and the top (with cork) to 11 3.	Climbable Wall	11x Crystals 2x Smash Box B Letter	2x Red Poppers
1 1 Enter the Jumpy	Cave	First Door: 113. Second Door: 11 2.	Gobbo in Cage	2x Gobbo 6x Smash Box 16x Crystals 1x Silver Key O Letter (disguised)	2x Red Poppers
1 2 Enter the Jumpy	Forest	Back doors lead to 11 1. BONUS Door leads to 11 4.	Gong Lava	N Letter 2x Gobbo 3x Crystals	-
1 3 Enter the Jumpy	Cave	Doors lead to 11 1.	-	4x Smash Box U Letter S Letter 15x Crystals	2x Red Poppers
1 4 Default New Map	Cave	Doors lead back to 11 2.	Monkey Bars Blue Springs (Jellies in final)	6x Smash Box 5x Crystals 1x Gobbo	-

Level 2 (2 0 - 2 5)

Note that the exits lead continually to different parts in a sequence.

Number and Title	Type	Exits	Interactive Elements	Items	Enemies
2 0 Feet First	Forest	1x Well with Cork, leads to 12 4. Doors lead to .	2x Switch 1/2x Button, after returning from 2 0 or 2 1, a second button appears. Lava	2x Red Crystals 1x Smash Box 1x Gobbo 1x B Letter 10x Crystals	-
2 1 Feet First	Cave	Behind door leads back to 20, second leads to 2 2. Locked Door leads to 12 5.	1x Push Box	O Letter 1x Gobbo 1x Gold Key	2x Rat
2 2 Feet First	Forest	Back Doors lead back to 2 1. BONUS Door leads to 2 3.	Gong Lava Gobbo in Cage	1x Gobbo S Letter U Letter 2x Smash Box 1x Silver Key 10x Crystals	1x Red Popper
2 3 Default Blank Map	Forest	Doors lead back to 2 2.	Button, activating a Sheep Popping Game. The buttons are actually yellow, and prizes are 1/2 Red Bags of Life or a Gobbo.	1/2x Red Bag of Life 1x Gobbo	-
2 4 Default New Map	Cave	Doors lead back to 2 0.	Box Shuffling Game. Beany shuffles the boxes, Croc is able to move during shuffling. Contains 2 Red Bags of Life and 1 Gobbo.	2x Red Bag of Life 1x Gobbo 3x Smash Box	-
2 5 Default New Map	Cave	Doors lead back to 12 1.		5x Smash Box Letter N 1x Gobbo 20x Crystals	-

Level 3 (3 0 - 3 6)

Note that the exits lead continually to different parts in a sequence, other than 3 5 and 3 6.

Number and Title	Type	Exits	Interactive Elements	Items	Enemies
3 0 All Together Now	Water	Door leads to 3 1. Well, leads to 13 3.	Lava Push Box	12x Crystals B Letter (disguised) O Letter (disguised) 3x Smash Box	1x Burrowing Worm 1x Worm in Well
3 1 Default Blank Map	Water	Back doors lead back to 3 0. Other leads to 3 2.	Rafts (smaller than final, falls off differently) Brown Bricks	5x Smash Box 24x Crystals 1x Gobbo N Letter (disguised) U Letter (disguised)	1x Red Popper 1x Giant Bee
3 2 All Together Now	Forest	Back doors lead back to 3 1. BONUS Door leads to 13 4.	2x Climbable Wall Gong	2x Gobbo 2x Smash Box 4x Crystals	-
3 3 Default New Map	Cave	Door, leads back to 3 0.	Box Chasing Game	1x Smash Box 1x Gobbo	-
3 4 Default Blank Map	Forest	Back Door leads back to 3 2.	2x Brown Bricks Monkey Bars Cracked Platforms	1x Gobbo	-
3 5 Default New Map	Water	Exit, causes Croc to continuously fall.	-	2x Smash Box, when broken, the crystals appear on the floor. 10x Crystal 1x Gobbo in Bubble/	-
3 6 Default New Map	Water	Exit, causes Croc to continuously fall.	The same as 3 5 without any features.	-	-

Level 4 (4 0 - 4 4)

Number and Title	Type	Image	Exits	Interactive Elements	Items	Enemies
4 0 Default New Map	Boss 1 Flibby		-	The arena is fenced with a yellow floor, and Flibby is textured. Croc can walk through the fence and climb up, but Flibby can walk through the fence too. When approached, Croc falls down.	9x Crystals.	1x Flibby. When defeated, he will flash and 20 0 comes up on the Map Screen.
4 1 Multiple Choice	Cave		Back Doors lead to a ledge.	Push Box Switch	2x Smash Box 10x Crystals 1x Gobbo	1x Red Popper
4 2 Multiple Choice	Cave		The back door seems to be behind the wall at the start.	1x Balloon	1x Gobbo
4 3 Multiple Choice	Cave	Crashes on Loading screen.
4 4 Multiple Choice	Cave		The back door seems to be behind the wall at the start.	-	4x Smash Box 1x Red Bag of Life 12x Crystals	-

Level 5 (5 0 - 5 3)

Number and Title	Type	Exits	Interactive Elements	Items	Enemies
5 0 Multiple Choice	Cave	Locked Door leads to 15 1.	Push Box	1x Red Bag of Life 1x Gold Key	-
5 1 Multiple Choice	Cave	Previous door leads to 5 0. Next door leads to 15 2.	1x Balloon	-	-
5 2 Multiple Choice	Cave	Door leads back to 5 1. Locked Door leads to 5 3.	Monkey Bars Cage with a Gold Key, there is no Silver Key, but standing on the cage gets the Gold Key.	5x Crystals 1x Smash Box 1x Gold Key	-
5 3 Multiple Choice	Cave	Doors lead back to 5 2.	-	4x Smash Box x Crystals 1x Red Bag of Life A rectangular untextured glowing item, can be picked up.	-

Level 6 (6 0 - 6 3)

Number and Title	Type	Exits	Interactive Elements	Items	Enemies
6 0 Dangerous Sports	Forest	Both doors lead to 16 1, but the top and bottom sections.	2x Climbable Wall	4x Smash Box	-
6 1 Dangerous Sports	Cave	Back Door and Door in the pit lead back to 16 0.	Monkey Bars	4x Smash Box 20x Crystals 1x Gold Key	2x Red Poppers
6 2 Default Blank Map	Forest	Back door leads to 6 1. Locked Door leads to 16 3.	Monkey Bars Climable Wall	2x Smash Box 10x Crystals A rectangular untextured object, can be picked up	-
6 3 Default New Map	Cave	Back Door leads back to 16 2.	-	6x Red Bag of Life	-

Level 7 (7 0)

Number and Title	Type	Image	Exits	Interactive Elements	Items	Enemies
7 0 Default Blank Map	Forest		-	Platforms, a strange lump of land	-	-

Level 8 (8 0)

Number and Title	Type	Image	Exits	Interactive Elements	Items	Enemies
8 0 - Ahhhh Push It	Forest	Croc falls instantly.

Level 9 (9 0 - 9 4)

Number and Title	Type	Exits	Interactive Elements	Items	Enemies
9 0 Default New Map	Forest	A non-interacting cave exit, solid	1x Button, activating a Box Shuffling Game.	2x Red Bag of Life 1x Gobbo	-
9 1 Default New Map	Dungeon	A cave exit causing Croc to fall.	1x Button, activating a Box Shuffling Game.	2x Red Bag of Life 1x Gobbo	-
9 2 Default New Map	Desert	A door leading Croc to fall instantly.	An arena of the Box Chasing Game. This and other mini-games were never included on Desert Island in the final game.	1x Smash Box	-
9 3 Default New Map	Dungeon	A cave exit causing Croc to fall.	A Crystal Catching Game, except there is an untextured Platform instead of a cauldron.	3x Bag of Life 3x Red Crystals 22+ Crystals	-
9 4 Default Blank Map	Forest	A cave exit	A Sheep Popping Game, with yellow buttons and different wells	2x Red Bag of Life 1x Gobbo	-