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Crash Team Racing (Sep 3, 1999 prototype)
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Build date |
Sep 3, 1999
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Build name |
Review
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Dump status |
Released
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Origin
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CD-R
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Labels |
Please return to SCEA CTR 9/3 CRASH TEAM RACING Review Version NTSC
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Game
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Crash Team Racing
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System |
PlayStation
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Genre |
Racing
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Final build |
US Sep 26, 1999 EU Oct 20, 1999 JP Nov 11, 1999
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Release date |
US Oct 19, 1999 EU Nov 24, 1999 JP Dec 16, 1999
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A prototype of Crash Team Racing for the Sony PlayStation, dated around three weeks before the final build.
Notes
The Cutting Room Floor research
- Clancy Brown doesn't announce the publisher and developer identities.
- The opening cutscene starts right after the Naughty Dog box screen.
- There are no character grunts or sound effects.
- Crash has bigger pupils and his eyes have a darker tone in the main menu.
- The character selection menu uses a small font.
- Most of the characters icons are different.
- The loading screens lack the "Loading..." text.
- The start lights have a different design.
- The lap counter is separated by a hyphen.
- A different sound is heard when you get a power-up or 10 Wumpa fruits.
- There are no stats for any character in the character selection garage.
- Cortex uses a different model.
- It's impossible to skip Aku Aku/Uka Uka's hints during Adventure Mode.
- Some warp pads are surrounded by a checkered pattern.
- There are no subtitles during Ripper Roo cutscenes.
- Papu Papu's hair is untextured in the cutscenes.
- Gold and Platinum relics are 10 and 15 seconds less than Sapphire times, respectively.
- Nitros Oxide starts using bombs only after the second lap.
- The max percentage you can reach in Adventure mode is 100%.
- Characters animations are frozen in the credits.
- Penta Penguin and Fake Crash have epilogues.
- Cheat code inputs are different and easier to activate.
- A lot of sound effects are missing or different.
Cheat codes
The following codes are to be entered in the main menu. Penta Penguin and N. Tropy don't have a cheat code combination to unlock them.
Play Spyro 2 Demo
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L1, R1, L1, R1, Left, Right, Left, Right, Square
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Unlimited Wumpas
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Up, Up, Down, Down, Square
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Unlock Ripper Roo
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Up, Down, Left, Right, Square
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Unlock Papu Papu
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Down, Up, Right, Left, Square
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Unlock Komodo Joe
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Left, Up, Right, Down, Square
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Unlock Pinstripe
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Right, Up, Left, Down, Square
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Unlock Fake Crash
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Right, Right, Down, Down, Square
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Screenshots
Origin
Acknowledgments
A huge thanks to psx-collector for providing the original disc scans containing this build.
See also
Crash Team Racing prototypes
Crash Team Racing assets