The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night - Unused Levels/Test Maps
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- This video has been long overdue on my part, mostly because finding a way to play the unused levels with minimal knowledge on how to activate cheat codes on PS2 left me stumped. But eventually I was "shown" how to get it all working on PCSX2, so here we are!
Firstly, you may notice that the video is in 4:3. This is because for whatever reason, widescreen mode isn't available when the level selector code is activated, same goes for subtitles. This is likely because this is technically a debug version of the game. Also most of the levels do not play their own music. I added them in the editing process to make the video a little bit more engaging lol. The only levels that play their own music are the "Reset Test" levels when you fight the enemies.
Also note that these unused levels are only accessible on the European/PAL version of the game. The level selector code does work on the US/NTSC version, but you're only able to load the normal levels.
I'm not sure who discovered this code so I am unable to credit anyone specially. Anyway, on to the test levels themselves.
Test 1
test_01: The levels starts off with some activation pads to the right, showing all the different dialogue the player receives as they progress in the game. Some of these I recall in game, some I do not. There is also a pad in the far corner, which teleports you to the opposite end of the stage. I didn't bother to demonstrate it. The rest of the levels have various props and enemies that are activated by green pads and deactivated by red pads, but not all of them function.
test_02: This appears to be a duplicate of test_01? Either way as you can see, loading the level results in you falling into the infinite black void. So it's kind of useless :P
Test 2
demo_01: This is similar to test_01 in that it has more props and enemies scattered around, but also contains slopes, elevated points and a lava pit.
Reset Test
reset_01: This as the title suggests, tests resets with enemies and respawn points, in a rather glitchy area. The reset is triggered by standing on the red pads. reset_02, 03, and 04 spawn you with the next enemy after the previous, which is why I only load 01.
Enemies - Temple/Grove/Arena/Caves/Fortress
An "easy" enough test of the enemies each level has to offer, once again activated and deactivated by green and red pads. The arena and fortress level have an assassin enemy test, but for whatever reason you can't shoot fire at them and constantly fall through the floor.
Link to more info on the level selector code as well as other neat codes and hidden stuff: tcrf.net/The_L...
I could attempt to make videos on these other codes if enough people are interested. Please let me know! And thanks for watching!
I've always found test levels and unused contents in video games so interesting (thanks to tcrf)! Though I have absolutely no knowledge in hacking and viewing game files in general, I'm always searching for already existing cheat codes that can help me explore my favorite games more in depth. I've actually explored these tests levels by myself a while ago and planned to do a few videos about everything I knew of these levels (and many other glitches and tricks about this game), but I haven't got the time yet.
Anyway, it is actually possible to play in Widescreen with this cheat (at least on PCSX2). All you have to do is to load a save file without the cheat, put the game in Widescreen and make a savestate. Then, close the game, activate cheats, open the game and load that savestate. You'll notice that you can't access Change Level; you have to go to the Main Menu first, then you can access Level Select, but DON'T load a save file.
Also, you CAN breath fire on the assassin enemy in the Arena and the Fortress test levels, but you have to turn Cheat : On in the pause menu, since when we enter an enemy test level it seems like we're somehow "elementless", I tried and I just can't use any elements at all, but turning Cheats On (and off) works just fine, since it unlocks all of the elements (well except Dark Aether, y'know, with Dark Spyro? Well using the Debug Graph, we can see that the texture for this element is actually called Aether and not Convexity or whatever else people may call this element (the Debug Graph calls this texture ui_aether(64 x 64)). To unlock Dark Spyro in the test levels, you have to imput another cheat code). Sadly, even if we beat the assassin enemy, we're stuck here and we have to reload the level. Another interesting thing in the Arena enemy test level is, when fighting the assassin enemy, we can jump at the right of the platform to fall in the void. We can't die here, but if we fall low enough (just below the skybox, when we start seeing some black) and we perform a dodge, the game (and sometimes the emulator) crashes. It's probably because, when we dodge in the air, the game teleports us back to the platform (it's horrible I know. Just WHY? It's so glitchy, and the Arborick boss is just terrible), and we're probably just too far away for the game to teleport us correctly (maybe it has to reload everything in the area in so little time and that's why it crashes? I've seen some interesting crashes where the camera actually teleported back to the platform, but almost everything was black and some textures, like the assassin's, were completely messed up. I don't know though, like I said, I have absolutely no knowledge in those types of things).
Well, that's all I had to say. Very interesting video, I wish more people knew about the secrets of this game!
Also, sorry if I made any spelling mistakes, English is my second language.
Love how theres just a void for test 2 xD
Love seeing this kind of stuff
I *LOVE THIS!* 😃 Behind the scenes stuff has *always* interested me! Especially when it’s from a game, movie or series that I like and means something to me. 😊👌
Thank you for uploading again! I always loved your videos!
Its SO Good to see you again MAN!!!!! 😄😄😃
A new upload after a while! Unused/test levels and stuff are really cool to explore too.
Interesting, it's funny how this was even available at all because I didn't know it existed.
1:45 I don’t recall *THAT!*
4:40 I remember seeing screenshots of swinging scavengers but I thought they don't show up in the ps2 version
Good point. Pirate fleet level maybe?
*Heavy breathing*
Is there anything like this in A New Beginning of Dawn of the Dragon?
Not that I know of
Is that music in the test level or did you add it? 😊💫✨
I added it
@@FrivolousDragon Nice. 😊👍
MY DUDE, IT'S BEEN SO LONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I never realized all this was in the game before. This is really cool. I got to try this sometime.
Very interesting!
I never had this before in my game. I don’t know how to do it
Its weird enemies were in the test levels and actually able to attack them
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(In any event, ty greatly for your uploads)