Croc: Legend of the Gobbos Prototypes: Difference between revisions

The Croc Tech Demo is a pre-release of [http://croc.wikia.com/wiki/Croc:_Legend_of_the_Gobbos Croc: Legend of the Gobbos] and was released on 8th November 1996 and is the earliest release of the Croc series. The tech demo and the final release have many differences, including  different 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 article for more details.

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. See the article for more details.

[[File:Croc Legend of the Gobbos Beta Levels|thumb|right|199 px]]This uses a script file to load secretly hidden testing levels in the final game. '''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. The uploader of the video has said that someone called Andre from the defunct website Croc Fan Forums created these levels. The level select will look the same as the final game. To quit a level, press Esc and select Quit. All levels up to Arabian Heights are test levels, although all Desert Island levels have different variations of the ski slide. See the table below for the main structure of the test levels:

|Tree stump (removed), Running Dantini (which actually doesn't run), lava, Gobbo, twos Trees (removed). It seems to mimic an area used in the introduction to the final game.

|Strange-looking plant thing which does notihing (removed), crystals, Jigsaw Piece which ends the level, open tree stump with no entrance (removed), unreachable crystal, unescapable entrance.

|Underwater and dark (never seen in final game) with uninteracting swimming red fish (removed), with one Swimming Dantini, a Jellyfish and a strange looking cone-shaped creature (removed).

|A dark cave with a two Torches, lava, platforms and fireballs, with two exits which have edges and bottomless pits after them.

|Starts in a corner of a Forest level which mimics one of the Loading screens in the final game. There are four Fireballs bouncing along the ground, along with a Gobbo inside a cage which there is no Key.

|Contains a square of green land with a strange looking pink monkey (removed) which will hurt Croc when touched, can be killed for good, or will dissapear eventually.

|The same as previous, except he starts in a different place.

|This seems to be identical to the Bonus Area of Swipe Swiftly's Wicked Ride. There are 47 Crystals and 5 Hearts at the end. The only difference is there are no Sparkling Stars.

|The Crystal Island. Beany holds Croc above And so the Adventure Returns and Croc starts on top of Crox Interactive.

|The title is ironic, as it is set on a Forest Island themed level. There is a mountain circled with 49 Crystals, along with two Climbable Walls and at the top 2 Lives and a Beany Gong to end the level.

|A white square containing a Life, a blue and a yellow coloured bag which were used in the Tech Demo as lives. They can be picked up but do not do anything.

|A remote Desert Island themed area with Mud Pits, Platforms, Crystals, a Life, an Arrow Platform and a Ghost which will take Crystals and the Key to unlock a Cage containing a Gobbo.

|Slightly different variations of an ice slide which Croc can slide down on. He will eventually meet the end in which he falls into a bottomless pit.

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. He is known to collect rare Croc products from ex Argonaut employees, so it is assumed that the copy was only given to other employees to test. It is the known latest version of the game before the final game. It has been mentioned by Mr. Gimmick on other forums that he could upload the iso online, record playthroughs of the game and even make a website about it, but this has not yet happened and was written several years ago. He has only supplied these images but has not logged on to the wiki for a while.