Darkaiser | Crash Team Racing - Throwing TNTs in the air like the bosses @Darkaiser | Uploaded April 2020 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
Makes the TNT fly onto your head when you put it down, even if you are moving, as if you had driven into it:
800ACD28 000C
Makes the TNT go immediately on your head when you collide with it, without first flying into the air:
800ACFF4 0012
Makes the TNT fly off your head as soon as it touches your head:
800AD590 0003
The three of these together will replicate the Komodo Joe/Oxide effect.
Full code:
80062A24 1DAA
80062A26 0800
800076A8 800A
800076AA 3C01
800076AC 900C
800076AE 8C21
800076B0 0103
800ACD28 000C
800ACFF4 0012
800AD590 0003
800076B2 2402
800076B4 0036
800076B6 A422
800076B8 0008
800076BA 03E0
I got this obscure code years ago, and now I finally remembered to showcase it. The original source is unknown.
Makes the TNT fly onto your head when you put it down, even if you are moving, as if you had driven into it:
800ACD28 000C
Makes the TNT go immediately on your head when you collide with it, without first flying into the air:
800ACFF4 0012
Makes the TNT fly off your head as soon as it touches your head:
800AD590 0003
The three of these together will replicate the Komodo Joe/Oxide effect.
Full code:
80062A24 1DAA
80062A26 0800
800076A8 800A
800076AA 3C01
800076AC 900C
800076AE 8C21
800076B0 0103
800ACD28 000C
800ACFF4 0012
800AD590 0003
800076B2 2402
800076B4 0036
800076B6 A422
800076B8 0008
800076BA 03E0
I got this obscure code years ago, and now I finally remembered to showcase it. The original source is unknown.
![Crash Team Racing (Aug 5, 1999 prototype) - The Lost Ruins Relics [PART 6]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ag40EcYIUV4/hqdefault.jpg "Crash Team Racing (Aug 5, 1999 prototype) - The Lost Ruins Relics [PART 6]
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) - The Lost Ruins & Glacier Park [PART 2]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dOgW0frO5RU/hqdefault.jpg "Crash Team Racing (Aug 5, 1999 prototype) - The Lost Ruins & Glacier Park [PART 2]
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.")
