Croc: Legend of the Gobbos (U) unused content notes

    Croc: Legend of the Gobbos unused content notes:
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    TO DO: experiment with Cheat Engine to find unused content
    TO DO: look at the VRAM for unused graphics
    TO DO: rip the sounds and check for unused sound effects and music

    TO DO: get the demo and compare
    TO DO: compare with other regional versions of the game
    TO DO: there's are some betas out there http://croc.wikia.com/wiki/Croc:_Legend_of_the_Gobbos_%28Beta_Version%29

    NOTE:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcffVhvpvHo
    ^ is a trailer for the game which has numerous differences with the final. List them all

    ## [SLUS-00530] (North American [U] version] ##

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    00009640:
    1997080410025800

    a version build date? the game came out September 29, 1997, and this says 08/04/1997

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    000399D20:
    Can not collect more than 8 jigsaw pieces!

    You can collect more than 8 jigsaw pieces? There's only 8 in the game. Maybe an error message in case more were accidentally added?

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    sys.c,v 1.129 1996/12/25

    a file that was edited on Christmas lol

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    0040C170:
    PAUSED..+...NO..YES.........TCLD........DeathFX.............ÿÿÿÿ ...@ :.* :.@...:.......OPTIONS.SET-UP..{...}...|...~...Jump....Attack..Camera..Flip....; Jump..\ Flip..Forward.MUTE....MONO....STEREO..FORMAT..RETURN..??......CANCEL..YES.NO..FEEB....FEEBD...FLIBB...FLIBD...CHUM....CHUMD...ICE.ICED....CACT....CACTD...BALL....BALLD...NEPT....NEPTD...DANT....DANTD...JIG.CRYSD...OUTRO...INTRO...SAD...

    the options menu, but what's that stuff after it? FMVs to watch?

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    0063D360:
    CROCSURF.ANI

    I don't recall Croc surfing? I know in the beta there's a snowboard feature.

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    006846E0:
    and so the adventure begins.underground overground.shoutin lava lava lava.lair of the feeble.the tumbling dantini.cave fear.darkness descends.fight night with flibby.the curvy caverns.the twisty tunnels.the ice of life.be wheely careful.riot brrrrr.chumly's snow den.i snow him so well.say no snow.licence to chill.demon itsy's ice palace.clouds of ice.ice bridge to eternity.lights camel action.mud pit mania.goin underground.the deadly tank of neptuna.sand and freedom.leap of faith.life's a beach.cactus jack's ranch.arabian heights.defeato burrito.the tower of power.hassle in the castle.dungeon of defright.fosley's freaky donut.ballistic meg's fairway.swipe swiftly's wicked ride.panic at platform pete's lair.baron dante's funky inferno.smash and see.jailhouse croc.and so the adventure returns.diet brrrrr.trial on the nile.crox interactive.secret sentinel

    a list of levels. try and see if all these are real and if any are changed/dummied out
    EDIT:
    the order listed here doesn't match the retail game. Example: Diet Brrrrr is listed with the other arctic levels yet it is a secret level. Maybe it was intended to be a regular level but was changed? Maybe its a mistake in the level order entry.

    00644B90:
    default new map.intro map.default blank map.default new map.default blank map......default new map.default blank map.default new map.default blank map.secret sentinal

    dummied out levels, probably for test purposes or to make new maps
    EDIT: these could be placeholder names for the many rooms/areas inside a level.

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    00671D20:
    BIRDFREZ(.1.Bird_Shield.............BIRDSHLD(.1.Bird_OneUp..............BIRD1UP

    a bird that grants powers like a shield and a extra life? Maybe Beany the Bird (the bird that appears when you hit the exit gong) appeared elsewhere to give powers?

    0067D190:
    BoboRobo................BOBO

    an unused enemy?

    0067D1E0:
    BlockerKnight...........BKNT....H...BlockerCloud............BKNT........BalloonMan..............BMAN

    more unused enemies? unless they are other names for the bosses (Fosley is called BalloonBoss in the code)

    0067D9D0
    BloodMaker..............SEED_1UP....BloodDrip...............SEED_1UP˜...BloodMakerWater.........SEED_1W.....BloodDripWater

    blood? in a friendly game like Croc?

    0067DFC0:
    CrystalBoss.............CRYSBOSS

    Crystal boss? I don't recall a crystal boss, unless they mean the Secret Sentinel (he's a ghost but shatters into crystals upon defeat)

    0067E110:
    CrocLewis

    wat

    0067EA20:
    DummyGobbo

    a dummied out Gobbo?

    0067FC80:
    HiddenIsland............HIDDEN

    there is no Hidden Island in the game. Maybe an old name for Crystal Island? Could be since Crystal Island crystals all 8 jigsaw pieces to unlock, so its certainly hidden enough.

    0067FF10:
    InvisJelly

    invisible jelly? is this ever used?

    00680880:
    .Letter_B................LETTERB.....Letter_O................LETTERO.....Letter_N................LETTERN.....Letter_U................LETTERU.....Letter_S................LETTERS

    Listed in with the objects are the Bonus letters. They were present in the beta (V0.12 Beta) but were replaced by the coloured gems in the finished retail game.

    00682AB0:
    ShellBox1...............SHELGAMEY...ShellBox2...............SHELGAMEC...ShellBox3...............SHELGAMET...ShellGame...............SHELGAMES...ShellSmashBlock.........SHELGAMEœ...ShellPickupFountain.....SHELGAMEF...ShellSmashBlock_Red.....SHELGAME|...ShellPickupFountainR....SHELGAME&...ShellBird...............SHELGAMED...ShellSpark..............SHELGAME

    there's a shell minigame listed here, along with sheep and penguins, but I don't think this exists in the game, as well as any shells.

    00683540:
    TheManHimself...........BMAN

    who could this be referring to? Baron Dante? maybe its inside joke or little gag on the programmer's end.

    00683390:
    Whale...................WHALE.....1.WhaleJaw................WHALE...

    I know there is a whale in an test level beta but here it is mentioned in the retail version.

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    each room/area in a level has its own map, hence the loading. Most are called 'Default blank map' but some have other names which COULD be old names.

    008333E0:
    P:\CROC\EDITOR\MAPS\GAME\FOREST\LEVEL1\MAP1.MAP...... ...€...%.....................$..AND SO THE ADVENTURE BEGINS

    what the first level is called. Maybe for hacking purposes try and force-load different maps to find unused ones? Idea <

    P:\CROC\EDITOR\MAPS\GAME\FOREST\LEVEL1\MAP2.MAP.. . ...............................#..NICE AND EASY

    0083E600
    P:\CROC\EDITOR\MAPS\GAME\FOREST\LEVEL4\MAP2.MAP...... .......$.....................2..Dangerous Sports

    008417A0
    P:\CROC\EDITOR\MAPS\GAME\FOREST\LEVEL5\MAP3.MAP...... .............................3..Multiple Choice

    008421C0
    P:\CROC\EDITOR\MAPS\GAME\FOREST\LEVEL5\MAP4.MAP...... .............................1..Multiple Choice

    00842B40:
    P:\CROC\EDITOR\MAPS\GAME\FOREST\LEVEL5\MAP5.MAP#.................................../..Magma Mania

    I'm not listing the rest but you get the idea...

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    1F1023F0 to 1F10C270:

    a whole goddamn long list of the game's files, from models to animations to scripts. Maybe some unused stuff in here?

    1F108540:
    LETTERB.BIN.........LETTERN.BIN.........LETTERO.BIN.........LETTERS.BIN.........LETTERU.BIN.........LETTER_1.CVG........LETTER_5.CVG

    apart from the Bonus letters, of course

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    in Croc.EXE

    00000C30:
    MAPWADS\MAP%02d.WAD.œTrying to load saturn map..

    Croc was also developed for the Sega Saturn... did the Saturn have an exclusive map or something? either way, pretty weird seeing the Saturn mentioned in the PS1 version.

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There is a music player that can be found when pressing Select when highlighting the audio mode option in the audio options part of the options menu (found at the main menu).
From what I've read, one of the tracks in the game isn't found here. Weird.

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    Cheat Engine codes:

    00AC807C = cursor location
    unfortunately anything greater than 4 just plays the intro

    00AC7E44 = room door #
    some rooms have multiple doors, and as such multiple door #s will lead to the same room
    loading an invalid door # will have Croc fall into green nothingness until all lives are lost

    00AC8074 = level beaten #
    change the value, beat the current level, and it will drop you off at the next level after the level #
    e.g. change value to 10, beat level 1-1, and your next level is 2-2
    NOTE: any value 55 or above will crash the game.

    a value of 54 will take you to level 5-6, which doesn't load and has Croc doing the screen-walking loading forever
    a value of -x (any minus number) crashes the game

00AC8074 = cursor location on level select.
change the value, move the cursor, and you appear at that value.
Anything higher than 43 sets it to 43 (5-4 Crox Inreractive)
setting it to 44 moves it a bit up the tower. Proof there was one a level there?

00AC796C = the level clear screen
change value to 1 and this screen pops up (albeit without darkening the image)

TO DO:
find the code that determines what level is loaded (rather than the level it thought you beat). See if it loads any unused levels
find a code that lets you jump higher or sets your Y coordinate. I've spent ages trying so I'm giving up.


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VRAM:

TO DO: more VRAM study

Title screen:
Quite a lot of Japanese text for that regional version
http://prntscr.com/839a1l
http://prntscr.com/839a5y