Project Eclipse 2

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Project Eclipse 2 was a two-part release that initially took place on July 4th, 2026, and concluded on August 1st 2026. It was led by Hwd45, and contained contributions from Hwd45, Dan's Friend, and anonymous figures. The release contained a variety of builds from a handful of PlayStation, PlayStation 2 and Xbox games, as well as a selection of press asset discs.





Prototype Releases

System Build Label Build Date Disc
PlayStation C-12: Final Resistance (Apr 2, 2002 prototype) C-12 Final Resistance 4/2/02 Apr 2, 2002 C12NTSCproto.jpg
PlayStation Colony Wars: Red Sun (Nov 16, 1999 PAL prototype) COLONY WARS Preview Version PAL Nov 16, 1999 ColonyWarsPreview.jpg
Game Boy Advance Crash Purple (Feb 26, 2004 prototype) SPYRO + CRASH CODE + EMULATOR Feb 26, 2004 SpyroAndCrashCodeAndEmulator.png
Xbox L.A. Rush (Aug 12, 2005 prototype) L.A. Rush Preview 29.08.2005 Xbox Aug 12, 2005 LARush-Preview.jpg
PlayStation MediEvil II (Feb 10, 2000 prototype) MediEvil II ENG/FRE/GER-10/02/00 PAL Feb 10, 2000 Medievil2Review.jpg
PlayStation Portable MediEvil: Resurrection (Mar 7, 2005 prototype) TITLE: MEDIEVIL PRE-PRODUCTION - NOT FOR RESALE
CREATIONDATE: 07.03.2005 PUBLISHER: SCEE
PRODUCT CODE: UCET-00002/0.56
VERSION No.: VERSION 0.56
Mar 7, 2005 ResurrectionUMD.jpg
PlayStation Rayman Rush (Dec 13, 2001 prototype)
PlayStation 2 Spyro: A Hero's Tail (Sep 10, 2004 prototype)
Game Boy Advance Spyro Orange (Feb 26, 2004 prototype) SPYRO + CRASH CODE + EMULATOR Feb 26, 2004 SpyroAndCrashCodeAndEmulator.png
PlayStation Spyro the Dragon (Jul 11, 1998 prototype) N/A (disc not recovered) 1998-07-11 N/A
Xbox The Simpsons: Hit & Run (Jul 3, 2003 prototype)
PlayStation 2 Tony Hawk's Underground 2 (Aug 22, 2004 prototype)
PlayStation Vib-Ribbon (Mar 2, 2000 prototype)

Press Asset Discs

Disc Year Disc
Assets/C-12: Final Resistance/Oct 13, 2000 Press CD
Assets/Everybody's Golf 2/Press CD
Assets/Final Fantasy VIII/Artwork CD
Assets/Final Fantasy X/Launch in Japan CD
Assets/In Cold Blood/Apr 17, 2000 Press CD
Assets/MediEvil II/Dec 16, 1999 Press CD
Assets/MediEvil II/January 2000 Press CD
Assets/Shadow of the Colossus/European Tour 2005
Assets/Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!/Hi-Res Disc July 99
Assets/Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!/Press Disc July 99
Assets/The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind/Interactive Demonstration
Assets/Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3/PS2 Character Art
Assets/Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3/PS2 Screenshots
Assets/Vib-Ribbon/May 22, 2000 Press CD
Assets/Eidos Digital Press Kit E3 1999
Assets/Psygnosis Artwork Update Dec 3, 1999
Assets/PlayStation ECTS Autumn & Winter 1999
Assets/Next Generation PlayStation Images March 1999
Assets/PS2 Corporate Images: The PS2 Manufacturing Process
Assets/PS1 Monthly Artwork Disc February 2000
Assets/PS1 Hi-Res Disc May 2000
Assets/PS1 Monthly Artwork Disc July 2000
Assets/PS2 Monthly Artwork Disc December 2000
Assets/PS2 Monthly Artwork Disc January 2001
Assets/PS2 Monthly Artwork Disc February 2002
Assets/PS2 Monthly Artwork Disc June 2003
Assets/PS1 & PS2 Monthly Artwork Disc April 2001

Matching Prototypes

A few builds were found to match existing ones.

System Build Label Build Date Notes Disc
PlayStation Crash Bash (Oct 9, 2000 prototype) CRASH BASH 11/10/00 Review Version PAL Oct 9, 2000 Identical to released copy. Contributed by Hwd45. CrashBashReview.jpg
PlayStation Crash Team Racing (Aug 14, 1999 prototype) CRASH TEAM RACING PREVIEW VERSION NTSC Aug 14, 1999 Appears to be a match for the released build but had some sector errors.
Contributed by Hwd45.
CrashTeamRacingPreview.jpg
PlayStation MediEvil II (Feb 28, 2000 prototype) Feb 28, 2000 Matches released version but has more entirely blank sectors at the end.
Contributed by Dan's Friend.
PlayStation 2 Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves (Sep 2, 2005 prototype) Review PAL Sly 3 September 2005 Sep 2, 2005 Original version uploaded had dongle protection built in.
New version contains the original dump plus an xdelta for the dongle protection.
Contributed by Hwd45.
Sly3Review.jpg
PlayStation Speed Freaks (Feb 22, 1999 prototype) Speed Freaks News Version NTSC Feb 22, 1999 Identical to released copy. Contributed by Anonymous.
Special thanks to SolidSnake11 for cracking the dongle.
SpeedFreaksNews.jpg
PlayStation Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! (Aug 11, 1999 prototype) SPYRO 2: GATEWAY TO GLIMMER-SECOND PREVIEW Preview Version PAL Aug 11, 1999 Identical to released SCEE copy. Contributed by Hwd45. Spyro2Preview2Disc2.jpg
PlayStation Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! (Sep 15, 1999 prototype) SPYRO 2 GATEWAY TO GLIMMER Review Version PAL Sep 15, 1999 Identical to released copy. Contributed by Hwd45.
Also included the release of a dump of the official dongle.
Spyro2SCEEReview-Disc2.png
PlayStation 2 WipEout Fusion (Oct 14, 2001 prototype) WIPEOUT FUSION October 2001 PAL PREVIEW Oct 14, 2001 Identical to released copy. Contributed by Hwd45 and Anonymous. WipeoutFusion-Preview.jpg

Matching Asset Discs

A few asset discs were found to match existing ones. TODO.

Disc Label Year Notes Disc
Assets/Crash Team Racing/Hi-res Disc July 99 Crash Team Racing Hi-res Disc July 99 1999 Identical to released disc. Contributed by Hwd45. CrashTeamRacing-Jul99.jpg
Assets/PS1 Monthly Artwork Disc August 2000 PS1 MAD - AUGUST 2000 2000 Identical to released disc. Contributed by Hwd45. PS1-MAD-Aug2000.jpg
Assets/PS2 Monthly Artwork Disc October 2003 Monthly Artwork Disc October 2003 2003 Spread across three discs.
Appears to be a match for a trio of discs on the Internet Archive.
Contributed by Dan's Friend.
PS2-MonthlyArt-Oct2003-Disc1.jpg
PS2-MonthlyArt-Oct2003-Disc2.jpg
PS2-MonthlyArt-Oct2003-Disc3.jpg