Proto:Ape Escape

This page details one or more prototype versions of Ape Escape.

To do: There is later US demo which features monkey radar. There is European demo that came on a demo disc with Double Life - Music for PlayStation, which seems to be the same demo than the Pizza Hut demo, but has Time Attack on 100% levels and gives more gadgets after you complete level 2.

Pizza Hut Demo Disc

In the 1990s, Pizza Hut gave away discs that contained demo versions of games, one of which was Ape Escape.

General

• The monkeys use different voice clips in the intro cutscene.
• In the screen where Casi tells you how many monkeys to catch, the siren is missing.
• Spike uses voice clips from the Japanese version.
• Professor and Natalie only have subtitles; their voice acting is not yet present.
• The demo only has the first two stages.
• The camera doesn't move around when Spike disappears after doing his winning pose.
• There is no after-image effect before the level complete animation after Spike catches the last monkey in a level.
• It's not possible to get gold medals in Time Attack; the highest medal achievable is silver.

Title Screen

Demo	Final

The menu font is significantly different, the menu options are red and don't blend in very well with the background, and the trademark symbol is less stylized.

Dualshock Screen

Demo	Europe	US

The demo's DualShock controller screen is very similar to the European version and likewise recommends the DualShock instead of saying it's required.

Intro Cutscene

Demo	Final

The area where Specter puts on his helmet in the intro cutscene is a wooden area instead of a colorful, circus-like area.

Status Screen

Demo	Final

The pause menu and status screen features a thicker font in the demo. "Stage" is in all caps in the demo.

Demo	Final

The demo has leading zeros when displaying the totals.

Other

After completing Primordial Ooze in the demo, you're presented with the following two screens.

This screen refers to the two gadgets in the training room, the Sky Flyer and the RC Car. After completing their training, you gain permanent access to the gadgets.

After the previous screen, you're presented with a map of the Time Station barring the minigame room, which is closed off. This map contains the unique Warp Room not present in the final.

Stage Select

Demo	Final

Primordial Ooze is called Wetlands in the demo. The demo uses a more stylized font for the menu options.

Level Briefing

Demo	Final

The font is different, and the demo is missing the monkey and Specter Coin counters.

Level Ending

Demo	Final

Both fonts on this screen are different, and the demo says "STAGE CLEAR!" instead of "STAGE CLEARED!" in a larger font.

Time Station

Warp Room

The warp switch is in a separate, darker room called the Warp Room, unique to the demo. It features a machine with generators and electricity moving in a wavy pattern, indicating that this is all powering the warp switch. It's north of the main area, and you spawn here upon leaving a level.

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  Where you spawn in the Warp Room.

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  Another look at the room.

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  The back of the room.

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  Past the warp switch.

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  Monitor on the wall and Professor-branded generators.

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  The unique entrance to the Warp Room from the central room.

This room may have been removed due to its size and the fact that the stage select is accessed simply through a switch.

Center Room

The memory card monitor has been replaced with a monitor that takes you back to the title screen.

Other

• The minigames room is locked, for obvious reasons.
• Only the Sky-Flyer, RC Car, and the Water Net are available in the gadget practice room, with the latter only accessible when you play the second level.

Gadgets

• The Water Net lacks the screeching sound played while swimming faster.

Text Differences

Time Station (Main Room)

Warp Switch Mailbox

Demo (Warp Room)	Final
Welcome to the time station! Everything here will help you with your mission.	Welcome to the Time Station! Everything here will help you with your mission.

Demo (Warp Room)	Final
The room you are in is called the warp room. to advance to the next stage, step on the switch in front of the monitor.	This room is the Warp Room. In front of you, the round switch will take you to the stage select area.

Demo (Warp Room)	Final
There are other rooms through the passageway in the back of this room! Come back to this room when you want to warp to a stage.	Behind you, the red switch will take you to the Load/Save data area.

Demo (Warp Room)	Final
Step on the switch and you'll go to stage 2. Try to find all the monkeys and clear the stage!	Be sure to read all the mailbox messages and learn from them!

In the demo, this mailbox is located in its exclusive Warp Room, hence the mention about the passageway in the back. The demo incorrectly mentions that the warp switch will send you to stage 2; it actually sends you to the stage select.

Memory Card Mailbox

Demo	Final
You're in the center room of the time station. Sorry, but the save feature isn't ready yet.	Step onto this switch to save the game and check out the monkey data.

Demo	Final
The next room is the training space. The other room seems to be locked right now. Sorry!	The other rooms are the training space and mini game corner. You should try them out!

Demo	Final
To quit the game, step on the red switch in front of the monitor. You'll return to the title screen.

The text is quite different from the final, since there's no saving or loading available.

Time Station (Training Space)

Demo	Final
This is the training space. We've got two really cool gadgets for you to try out!	This is the training space. You can learn to use the gadgets you already have.

Demo	Final
Switches 5 nd 6 open the rooms for the new gadgets. After completing training, you can use the gadgets	Practice here if you forget how to use a gadget.

Demo	Final
With new gadgets you can search the cleared stages. There might be monkeys hiding out. Capture them!

Demo	Final
When you return to a cleared stage, you can go for 100% clear or you can challenge yourself with the time attack!

This mailbox gives you more tips in the demo.

Fossil Field

Starting Mailbox

Demo	Final
Press the R1 button to jump! Swing the Stun Club with the right stick. Jump with R1. Good luck!	Press the R1 button to jump! Swing the Stun Club with the right stick. Jump with the R1. button. Good luck!

This text box tells you how to jump twice in both versions, however, the final rewords the second to last sentence and forgets to omit a period after "R1".

Blue Mailbox

Demo	Final
The round cookies up to your left show your health. When you've tossed all your cookies, your mission ends!	The round cookies up to your left show your health.

Demo	Final
	When you've tossed all your cookies, your mission ends!

The final split these hints into two text boxes. The first line in the demo overflows at "cookies".

Water Net Training

Second Mailbox

Demo	Final
The sign on the left shows how the left and right controller sticks can be pushed in like a button.	The sign on the left shows how the left and right sticks can be pushed in like a button.

Demo	Final
To dive down, press in the left stick.	To dive down, press the left stick in.

Demo	Final
Push in to dive. Tilt it away from you to go forward. Swim through the waterway under the waterfall!	Push the left stick in to dive. Tilt it away from you to go forward. Swim through the waterway under the waterfall!

The demo doesn't specify which stick to push in to dive.

Third Mailbox

Demo	Final
Press the right stick in to launch the net. Use it to catch the monkeys in the water.	Press the right stick in to launch the net. Use it to catch the monkeys in the water.

Demo	Final
To dive down, press in the left stick.	There's a monkey in the pool.

Demo	Final
Push in to dive. Tilt it away from you to go forward. Swim through the waterway under the waterfall!	Push the left stick in to dive. Tilt it away from you to go forward. Swim through the waterway under the waterfall!

Once again, the demo doesn't specify which stick you have to push in to dive.

Fourth Mailbox

Demo	Final
You can use the Water Net anytime in the water. Have fun!	You can use the Water Net anytime in the water. Have Fun!

Minor changes.

Primordial Ooze

Mailbox (Starting Platform)

Demo	Final
Hey! You can dive by pushing in. But, watch your oxygen meter!	Hey! You can dive by pushing the left stick in, but, watch your oxygen meter!

Demo	Final
Swim quickly by pressing R1. Push in the right to shoot the net. Go get those monkeys!	You'll drown when the oxygen meter is on empty. Go up to the surface when you need to get more oxygen.

Demo	Final
	Swim quickly by pressing the R1 button. Push the right stick in to shoot the net. Go get those monkeys!

The demo doesn't mention that you drown when running out of oxygen in this mailbox.

Mailbox (By the log bridging land and the water)

Demo	Final
You can take cover by pushing in the left stick. This way, you can crawl to the monkeys without being noticed.	You can take cover by pushing the left stick in . This way, you can crawl to the monkeys without being noticed.

The final is inconsistent one here, showing the stick icon at the end of the first sentence. Minor changes otherwise.

Demo	Final
You can throw the Time Net with while under cover! Sneak up on the monkeys and catch them off guard!	You can swing the Time Net with the right stick while under cover! Sneak up on the monkeys and catch them off guard!

The demo oddly mentions throwing the Time Net, which is something you can't do.

Mailbox (On cliff next to giant log)

Demo	Final
Press the L2 button to get a moveable camera. You can look around at your surroundings with the left stick.	Press the L2 button to use the Moveable Camera. You can look around at your surroundings with the left stick.

The final understandably changed the wording so it doesn't sound like you obtain a camera.

Demo	Final
Press L2 again to return to the normal camera. Next, I will tell you about the "back camera".	Press the L2 button again to return to the Normal Camera. Next, I will tell you about the "Back Camera".

The different camera modes are capitalized in the final.

Demo	Final
By pressing the L1 button, the camera will move behind you. Use it to turn the camera around quickly.	By pressing the L1 button, the camera will move behind you. Use it to turn the camera around quickly.

The last word was moved into a separate line to prevent overflowing the text box.

Mailbox (By monkey in corner cliff)

Demo	Final
Once you jump on a tree with R1, you can climb up and down using the left stick. You're not afraid of heights, right?	If you jump up onto a tree, you can climb up and down using the left stick. You're not afraid of heights, right?

The final makes it more clear what you can do if you're on a tree.

Demo	Final
Have you tried the 2-step jump? Press R1, then do a 2-step jump by pressing the R1 button again.	Have you tried the 2-step jump? Press the R1 button, then do a 2-step jump by pressing the R1 button again.

Minor changes.

Demo	Final
With the 2-step jump, you'll reach higher places. Just press R1 during the R1 jump!	With the 2-step jump, you'll reach higher places. Just press the R1 button during the R1 button jump!

Minor changes again.

RC Car

Demo	Final
A RC Car! It's really fun AND it'll get into areas too small for you!	A Radio-Controlled Car! It's really fun AND it'll get into areas too small for you!

The final improves the grammar for the RC Car's description and uses more of the text box's vertical space.