Croc Tech Demo: Difference between revisions

The Croc Tech Demo is a pre-release of [[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 table below for the main differences:

|Aftter waiting about a minute, a book-style introduction shows how Croc learns to move, fight, swim etc.

|Forest Island - And so the Adventure Begins, can change levels upon completion

|Can save in Level Select Mode. Can Load on Main Menu

|Can choose to replay the level with 2 Lives or quit to the Main Menu.

None, apart from sound affects during gameplay. Sound affects without music. Whoosh sound is heard when jumping. When stomping, he always says "Woo-ho!"

|Bonus Areas/secrets

|Bonus Areas, Mini-Games, Crystal Door Challenges etc.

Monkey Bars - must hold X the whole time to avoid letting go. Also takes longer to climb.

Running on surfaces are slightly slidy, like on ice in the final version. When stopping, will do a slight skid.

Monkey Bars - no need to hold X, faster climb.

Camera usually adjusts correctly. L2, R2 and Triangle adjusts.

Buttons - some unlock (and remove) cages without a key.

Boxes - Smash Boxes are larger, grey with no ? on them. Crystals are spread out when opened. Push Boxes are brown and stripy. Pushing them are slower.

No coloured crystals, and therefore no Crystal Door.

When hurt, Croc flashes for approx. 5 seconds. Crystals do not dissapear, making it possible to stay in a deadly pit for as long as he wants.

Contains bricks like the Red/Grey Bricks in final game.

Doors - open when approached.

Buttons - usually for platforms.

Boxes - Smash Boxes are different per level, with ? and can get all crystals in one smash. Push Boxes are brownish with white arrows painted on them.

When hurt by enemy or hazard, will flash for approx. 3 seconds. Crystals dissapear after approx. 5 seconds. 2 touches on pits w/without crystals means losing a life.

Crystals not animated but will float slightly.

|No gongs, but has a final door at the end, requiring all three Gobbos to be saved. Will show a Crystal count screen upon completion.

|Beany Gong at the end, usually two, including one through Crystal Door.

No Dantinis. Red creature similar to Firepoppers without fireballs. (See below).

|Many: Dantinis, Guardians etc.

There are only four levels in the game. The levels are modeled with the Final version, so Nice and Easy is And so the Adventure Begins etc.

Also contains a piece of Monkey Bars which acts as a Balloon, but Croc cannot follow it. If Croc has crystals, he can bounce in the lava to the other side.

There are several testing levels in the Tech Demo which can only be accessed using GameShark ([http://coolrom.com/roms/psx/39257/GameShark_Version_4.0_%28Unl%29.php download here]). GameShark is a program or disk which can modify elements of the game to change certain aspects, such as infinite lives, invincibility etc. In this section lists codes which activate certain hidden levels. All codes below start with 80056CA8 00??, where the ?? can be anything (0-9 or A-F). The table below shows some description of which code does what.

The HUD shows various letters and numbers, the left side showing the Crystal count (EE?C) and Life count (BD?). The EEDC is the crystal count, as the second E changes to F, G, H etc. when crystals are collected. The Life count will show BDH, then BDG and BDF etc,, going backwards when a life is lost.

|A forest area, with some removed walls and floors. Croc can fall of the area and land on solid thin air. When he approaches land above him, he 'jumps' onto it. It contains rocks (removed), Push Boxes, a Gobbo, pieces of log, non-interactive Well and non-interactive cave exits.

|An arena not seen anywhere else in the history of the game, containing 8 crysals and a hole in the middle, causing Croc to die slowly falling down differently to normal death.

|A test of Flibby, with a textured floor and no walls. Upon defeating Flibby, she will flash and 2 crystals will appear. 10 seconds later, the Features screen shows.

|Similar to 01, except there is a large platform, rocks and a Beany Bird which is seen flying around. Outside the arena are two Red Poppers which jump and swap places. Croc cannot interact with them, as they are under the land above which causes Croc to 'jump' on it.

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|A forest area with Platforms, a Gobbo, lava, push Box, Red Popper and Smash Box.

|A cave with three exits and a Gobbo Door. The left exit contains a cave with Smash Boxes, a Red Popper, Push Box, Beany (who flies in a cricle for approx. 5 seconds), Red Bag of Life, button and a Gobbo. The second contains several cracked platforms over Lava and a Gobbo. The third contains Monkey bars, cracked platforms, Smash Box, Button and a Gobbo in a Cage. Completing the level brings up the same level on the Map Screen.

A large forest area with Lava, a Red Popper, Gobbo in a Cage,

The first exit is a cave which contains a Smash Box in the air. pits of Lava, Smash Boxes and 2 Red Poppers, leading to a second area outside, with Red Poppers, etc. One cave contains a Directional Platform.

|An arena very similar to one in the 1997 Prototype, containing Flibby and a yellow arena. Flibby flashes and shrinks upon defeation, showing the Features screen.

|Contains a cave with a Button in the wall. a directional platform (faster), and red Bag of Life. During the 'surf' on the lava, the camera doesn't focus, leading to probable death.

|A forest area with several levels, a Metal push box, Smash Boxes and Red Poppers.

|Just an underwater area with unsolid walls, part is not shown.

|An ice area with a Blue Popper, Red Bag of Life, Blue Mosquito, Beany, transparent Ice Smash Boxes,

|An ice area with a creature throwing snowballs, Blue Poppers, Mosquitos.

|Contains a Croc-sized Tooty, who walks around just like in the final and doesn't interact. Also contains a Red Bag of Life and a Dog

|Another ice area. One exit leads to a cave with rocks rising from the pits. Also, three cracked platforms will repeatedly crack together by themself, as well as a large tilting platform. Another area contains a creature with a cannon and cannonballs. Only touching the creature hurts Croc.

|An ice area with a fish jumping from the water (harms Croc), 2 Red Bags of Life and non-functioning exits.

|A desert area with Tornadoes (do not interact and palm trees,

|A desert area with palm trees and a large strange green object with eyes and mouth over a pit.

|A desert cave with rocks, boulders continously falling from the sky hurting Croc, spears from the dark floor and pillars as well as 2 non-functioning Desert wells.

|A desert area with three pieces of ground with tornadoes on them.

|A desert area with  two non-functional wells, some pieces of ground and some platforms.

|A cave area with some lava pits and some platforms.

|A cave area with some lava pits and some platforms.

|A cave area with some lava pits.

|A cave area with some lava pits.

|A forest area with a lava pit and a mountain in the middle.

Also there are more hidden levels that can be accessed with Gameshark using two codes at once these code are 80056CA8 00??  (This is the levels select)  and 80056C0C 00?? (This is the room select).

|A dungeon area with a spider and two Robot Fist Guard.

|A castle area with some balconies, some platforms, some stairs and a Robot Fist Giant.

|A castle area with two spikes.

|A winter area with two blue Poppers, a Gobbo and some platforms.

|A desert area with some palm trees and some tornados.

|A dessert area with some palm trees, some poison pools and a mountain.

|A forest area with a tree stump (which kills Croc if he jumps in) and flibby (non-interactive) who hits the ground and then falls on her back.

An underwater area with a hammerhead shark and four blue bags.

|Two floating round pieces of land and four gears spinning with 8 blue sacks on them.

|A forest area with four iron push boxes.

level but without the enemies.

|A white square piece of land with two Dragonflies and three sacks (One blue, one red and one yellow).

|A piece of land with a creature and a Large tilting platform on it.

|A green piece of land with lava and moving platforms.

|A piece of land with a robot, a small Tooty the Feble, an Ice Imp and a non-interactive enemy which throws spheres at Croc.

|A winter area with an Ice Imp, a dog and some platforms.

|A winter area, with some platforms (Two of these platforms are actually Large tilting platforms disguised as winter platforms.

|A winter area with a big waterfall, and a non-interactive exit.

|A forest area with two red Poppers, one blue Popper, some lava, some crystals and some platforms.

|A cave area with some lava, some platforms and a [[Mummy]].

|A desert area with some signs, some boxes, some platforms and some falling rocks.

|A desert area with some platforms, some rocks and a Red Creature.

|A desert area with some palm trees, a tornado and a forest platform.

|A big cave with lava and platforms.

|A cave with a lava pit and some platforms.

|A forest area with two red Poppers, a Gobbo, a tree, a lava pit and some platforms.

|A cave area with some lava pits and some platforms.

|A cave with some lava pits and some platforms.

|A cave area with some lava pits and some platforms.

|A cave area which is the same as the previous cave but without the platforms.

|A cave area with a lava pit.

|A cave area with a lava pit with a little island in the middle.

|A cave area with a lava pit.

|A cave area with some lava pits.

|A cave area with some rocks, some lava, a Gobbo and three platforms.

Download the chosen .rar file [http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/showthread.php?43975-Prototype-Releases-of-2013-Thread here] and extract it with a program such as WinZip, unRar or 7z. Open the .bin file with ePSXe or another PS1 emulator. You will have to search online if you do not have one. Note that you must own a PlayStation or PS2 to legally download it.