Darkaiser | Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back (June 15, 1997 prototype) - Full Playthrough [All Levels] @Darkaiser | Uploaded May 2021 | Updated October 2024, 15 hours ago.
We are proud to announce the Crash Landing 2021, a project we've been working on the past months, which we've been recovering several prototype material of Crash Bandicoot games for PlayStation 1. As part of this project, a total of five unique prototypes are included.
This is a demo build dated June 15th, showcased at E3 1997, in Atlanta, Georgia. It was later sent to a number of publications - mainly gaming magazines - which featured it in many preview articles around the world.
TCRF documentation:
tcrf.net/Proto:Crash_Bandicoot_2:_Cortex_Strikes_Back/June_15th,_1997_build
Hidden Palace:
In this demo, Crash starts on the second warp room with five available levels, including a boss. Each level has a different theme, and most of them aren't in their original locations. These are: Snow Go, Rock It, Bear It, Hang Eight, and "Taz Tiger". By inputting a cheat code, the elevator can be unlocked, which will lead the player to three extra levels in the first warp room: Turtle Woods, Cold Hard Crash, and Crash Dash.
There is also three more levels that can be only seen during demo mode: Sewer or Later, Hangin' Out, and Ruination. However, these ones can't be accessed via normal means, which makes sense given how unfinished they were at this point in development.
Sadly, no other levels were included in the disc, but at least some of the most interesting ones are present.
Level Modifier:
80011520 000X
0A - Sewer or Later
0D - Hangin' Out
0F - Ruination
This project wouldn't have been possible without the collaborative effort of Darkaiser, Hwd405, iniche, madmarsrocks, Niko, and psx-collector.
0:00 - Intro & Titles
0:46 - Warp Room Showcase
1:14 - Snow Go
4:46 - Rock It
7:24 - Bear It
9:10 - Hang Eight
11:40 - Taz Tiger
13:04 - Warp Room 1 Unlock & Showcase
13:31 - Turtle Woods
16:25 - Cold Hard Crash
22:07 - Crash Dash
25:19 - Sewer or Later
30:18 - Hangin' Out
34:12 - Ruination
#crashbandicoot2 #prototype #prerelease
We are proud to announce the Crash Landing 2021, a project we've been working on the past months, which we've been recovering several prototype material of Crash Bandicoot games for PlayStation 1. As part of this project, a total of five unique prototypes are included.
This is a demo build dated June 15th, showcased at E3 1997, in Atlanta, Georgia. It was later sent to a number of publications - mainly gaming magazines - which featured it in many preview articles around the world.
TCRF documentation:
tcrf.net/Proto:Crash_Bandicoot_2:_Cortex_Strikes_Back/June_15th,_1997_build
Hidden Palace:
In this demo, Crash starts on the second warp room with five available levels, including a boss. Each level has a different theme, and most of them aren't in their original locations. These are: Snow Go, Rock It, Bear It, Hang Eight, and "Taz Tiger". By inputting a cheat code, the elevator can be unlocked, which will lead the player to three extra levels in the first warp room: Turtle Woods, Cold Hard Crash, and Crash Dash.
There is also three more levels that can be only seen during demo mode: Sewer or Later, Hangin' Out, and Ruination. However, these ones can't be accessed via normal means, which makes sense given how unfinished they were at this point in development.
Sadly, no other levels were included in the disc, but at least some of the most interesting ones are present.
Level Modifier:
80011520 000X
0A - Sewer or Later
0D - Hangin' Out
0F - Ruination
This project wouldn't have been possible without the collaborative effort of Darkaiser, Hwd405, iniche, madmarsrocks, Niko, and psx-collector.
0:00 - Intro & Titles
0:46 - Warp Room Showcase
1:14 - Snow Go
4:46 - Rock It
7:24 - Bear It
9:10 - Hang Eight
11:40 - Taz Tiger
13:04 - Warp Room 1 Unlock & Showcase
13:31 - Turtle Woods
16:25 - Cold Hard Crash
22:07 - Crash Dash
25:19 - Sewer or Later
30:18 - Hangin' Out
34:12 - Ruination
#crashbandicoot2 #prototype #prerelease
![Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back (June 15, 1997 prototype) - Full Playthrough [All Levels]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ui8mG53dnaY/hqdefault.jpg "Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back (June 15, 1997 prototype) - Full Playthrough [All Levels]
We are proud to announce the Crash Landing 2021, a project weve been working on the past months, which weve been recovering several prototype material of Crash Bandicoot games for PlayStation 1. As part of this project, a total of five unique prototypes are included.
This is a demo build dated June 15th, showcased at E3 1997, in Atlanta, Georgia. It was later sent to a number of publications - mainly gaming magazines - which featured it in many preview articles around the world.
TCRF documentation:
https://tcrf.net/Proto:Crash_Bandicoot_2:_Cortex_Strikes_Back/June_15th,_1997_build
Hidden Palace:
https://hiddenpalace.org/Crash_Bandicoot_2:_Cortex_Strikes_Back_(Jun_15,_1997_prototype%29
In this demo, Crash starts on the second warp room with five available levels, including a boss. Each level has a different theme, and most of them arent in their original locations. These are: Snow Go, Rock It, Bear It, Hang Eight, and Taz Tiger. By inputting a cheat code, the elevator can be unlocked, which will lead the player to three extra levels in the first warp room: Turtle Woods, Cold Hard Crash, and Crash Dash.
There is also three more levels that can be only seen during demo mode: Sewer or Later, Hangin Out, and Ruination. However, these ones cant be accessed via normal means, which makes sense given how unfinished they were at this point in development.
Sadly, no other levels were included in the disc, but at least some of the most interesting ones are present.
Level Modifier:
80011520 000X
0A - Sewer or Later
0D - Hangin Out
0F - Ruination
This project wouldnt have been possible without the collaborative effort of Darkaiser, Hwd405, iniche, madmarsrocks, Niko, and psx-collector.
0:00 - Intro & Titles
0:46 - Warp Room Showcase
1:14 - Snow Go
4:46 - Rock It
7:24 - Bear It
9:10 - Hang Eight
11:40 - Taz Tiger
13:04 - Warp Room 1 Unlock & Showcase
13:31 - Turtle Woods
16:25 - Cold Hard Crash
22:07 - Crash Dash
25:19 - Sewer or Later
30:18 - Hangin Out
34:12 - Ruination
#crashbandicoot2 #prototype #prerelease")
![Crash Team Racing (Aug 5, 1999 prototype) - N. Sanity Beach Relics [PART 5]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wFhAwjEkx1Q/hqdefault.jpg "Crash Team Racing (Aug 5, 1999 prototype) - N. Sanity Beach Relics [PART 5]
The August 5th, 1999 build is a preview version of CTR built a month and a half before the final NTSC build date of September 24th, 1999. This beta version was widely given out among North-american video game magazines to be used in preview articles before the game is released.
A full documentation of the differences can found at: https://tcrf.net/Proto:Crash_Team_Racing/August_5th,_1999_build
Download the game, patched and ready to go: https://hiddenpalace.org/Crash_Team_Racing_(Aug_5,_1999_prototype%29
This build has protection to prevent people from using the disc outside of Naughty Dog, or their reviewers.
Protection level 1:
If the disc does not detect a special memory card dongle, then the game will not boot. It is as simple as if you see a string on the memory card, then boot. If the string is not on the memory card, then freeze. Interestingly, the dongles internal name is E3 dongle Copyright 1999 Naughty Dog, Inc., leading to believe that it was made specifically for E3 demo but later reused in subsequent builds.
Protection level 2:
After the game boots, there are 7 function pointers that are assigned incorrect values, which are incremented by an RNG before being executed. If a controller dongle is inserted, the controller will inject data into the RNG, then the RNG will increment the incorrect function pointers to the correct function addresses. Without the dongle, the incorrect pointers will execute, and crash the game.
In previous videos, we only had one function pointer working correctly, by setting a breakpoint before execution in no$psx emulator, and overriding the value manually. There were several bugs and instabilities.
Niko has spent over a year researching the retail game (94426), so within a few days, he finally was able to find how the entire function pointer system worked, and insert ASM that forces the RNG to return one value, which corrects all 7 function pointers, allowing the game to run.
Niko also fixed one of Naughty Dogs mistakes that was present even with the dongles, that would prevent the game from loading Relic Race on Slide Coliseum and Turbo Track.
In the link below, there are miscellaneous content for this prototype:
- GameShark codes that allow you to instantly beat Adventure Mode 100%, and unlock all rewards.
- A guide for playing the original ISO by making your own memory card dongle, and using GameShark to apply the rest of the fixes.
- We documented exactly how the ISO was patched, to learn how it was done.
Miscellaneous Content:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/sh93l6fmimh3e16/CTR+(1999-08-05+prototype)+-+Misc+Content+(Updated+2021).zip/file
Huge thanks to almarkowbender, gdias/Darkaiser, Gh0stBlade, let-over-lambda, mementomori/madmarsrocks, Niko, and psx-collector for making this release possible.")
![Crash Team Racing (Aug 5, 1999 prototype) - Time Trial Mode [Part 2]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zM_VGJpnojE/hqdefault.jpg "Crash Team Racing (Aug 5, 1999 prototype) - Time Trial Mode [Part 2]
This is the seventh preview video of the prototype of Crash Team Racing (PS1).
This gameplay is from the August 5th 1999, a beta version of the game built a month and a half before the final NTSC build date of September 24th 1999. This build is dongle protected, which means you cant play via normal means, so attempting to run it will result in a black screen. Were solving this problem, so it will eventually be released to the public. Dont ask for a release date because even we dont know and were also busy with other stuff, so please be patient and enjoy the videos.
A full documentation of the differences will be available at The Cutting Room Floor article, and a download link will be posted on Hidden Palace website. At the time, both pages are being worked on.
A HUGE thanks to almarkowbender, gdias/Darkaiser (me), Gh0stBlade, let-over-lambda, mementomori/madmarsrocks, Niko, and psx-collector for making this release possible.")
