Spyro the Dragon (Jul 18, 1998 prototype)

An NTSC-U preview of Spyro the Dragon for the Sony PlayStation, dated less than a month before the final build.
==Notes==
*The game starts with a placeholder "Temporary Boot Menu".
*There are no intro or ending cutscenes.
*Many dragons are still missing the cutscenes and audio dialogue they'd use in the final game.
**A few of the dragon dialogue audio clips are missing their backing tracks.
*A number of dragons use different textures and coloring schemes to their final appearance.
*All dragons in the Beast Makers world are called "Silvus".
*Gnasty Gnorc's level and Gnasty's Loot are called "Gnasty Place" and "Gnasty Booty" respectively.
*Only a small number of music tracks are in this build, apparently unchanged since the June 15th prototype.
*Gem placement is still unfinished in some places.
*A glitch in the Artisans world sometimes makes it impossible to complete, as the gem count sometimes totals to a value less than 100.
**Specifically, a group of gems near Town Square's portal only count towards the gem total if Sparx picks them up, rather than Spyro.
*There's one extra gem in Lofty Castle for some reason.
*There's still a number of noticeable gaps between polygons in some of the level models at this point in development.
*This version of the game includes dongle protection to avoid it being used on hardware. An xdelta patch has always been provided alongside the prototype.
**In lieu of patching, a memory card card file containing the dongle save can be downloaded in mcd format here or in raw format here.
***The memory card containing the dongle has to be inserted into Slot 2.
*Dumped twice with MPF and once with CloneCD, all dumps matched.
===Cheat codes===
These codes can be used at any time during gameplay by holding down the buttons for a few seconds at the same time. Aside from the XA playback code, the successful entry of the other inputs are indicated by Spyro doing a light jump whilst in a frozen idle state.
Level warp 	L1 + L2 + R1 + R2 	After confirmation, enter one of the button combinations from the list below.
Toggle active/passive camera 	L2 + R1 	
Toggle invincibility & timer freeze	R1 + R2 + Circle 	
Toggle XA playback 	Square + Triangle + Circle + X	First entry deactivates the music, re-entering the code plays the first track of the STR file in use. Pausing and unpausing the game reverts to the indented music.
Level warp codes 	Level warp codes 	Level warp codes 	Level warp codes 	Level warp codes 	Level warp codes
Artisans Home 	X + Circle 	Magic Crafters Home	Triangle + Circle 	Dream Weavers Home	Down + Circle
Stone Hill 	X + X 	Alpine Ridge 	Triangle + X 	Dark Passage 	Down + X
Dark Hollow 	X + Square 	High Caves 	Triangle + Square 	Lofty Castle 	Down + Square
Town Square 	X + Triangle 	Wizard Peak 	Triangle + Triangle	Haunted Towers 	Down + Triangle
Toasty 	X + Right 	Blowhard 	Triangle + Right 	Jaqcues 	Down + Right
Sunny Flight 	X + Down 	Crystal Flight 	Triangle + Down 	Icy Flight 	Down + Down
Peace Keepers Home	Square + Circle 	Beast Makers Home 	Right + Circle 	Gnorc Gnexus 	Left + Circle
Dry Canyon 	Square + X 	Terrace Village 	Right + X 	Gnorc Cove 	Left + X
Cliff Town 	Square + Square 	Misty Bog 	Right + Square 	Twilight Harbor 	Left + Square
Ice Cavern 	Square + Triangle	Tree Tops 	Right + Triangle 	Gnasty Place 	Left + Triangle
Doctor Shemp 	Square + Right 	Metalhead 	Right + Right 	Gnasty Booty 	Left + Right
Night Flight 	Square + Down 	Wild Flight 	Right + Down 	Skip to next level	Up
==Screenshots==
File:Spyro 1998-07-19 proto - 01.png|Title screen
File:Spyro 1998-07-19 proto - 02.png|Delete screen
File:Spyro 1998-07-19 proto - 03.png|Beast Makers Home
File:Spyro 1998-07-19 proto - 04.png|Inventory
File:Spyro 1998-07-19 proto - 05.png|Transition to Gnorc Gnexus
File:Spyro 1998-07-19 proto - 06.png|Gnorc Gnexus
==Videos==
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==Files==
==Origin==
File:Spyro 1998-07-19 proto disc front.png|Disc front.
==Acknowledgments==
A very HUGE special thanks to hwd45 and Gh0stBlade for making this release possible!
==See also==
*The Cutting Room Floor
*Redump.org entry