Crash Bandicoot/Unused Graphics

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Unused 2D Map

Included in the general map/title/options/etc. level (19) is all of the map data for a 2D map screen a la Donkey Kong Country. This map data includes the background graphics and the path points, which reference a removed MapOC file. This map is used in the April 8th, 1996 prototype. Perhaps most astonishingly, none of this map data is present in the May 11th, 1996 prototype of the game! Below are the background graphics for the map.

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2MapP
3MapP
4MapP

Unused 2D Map (fixed)

The graphics are intended to render on a standard 4:3 TV screen, here's what they would've looked like:

3D Objects

These are various graphics that are referenced in code files and are present in the level data but are not actually used at all. Due to a change in the Naughty Dog toolchain as the game was developed, it no longer detected unused graphics properly, which is why these cannot be found in builds like April 8th, 1996 prototype.

River turtle (RT1fV+RT1fG)
Collision box.
River log (RL1fV+RL1fG)
Collision box.
River tree branches (RD1fV+RD1fG). This is an animation of the branches shaking.
Collision box.

These are referenced in RivOC ("Upstream" and "Up the Creek").

Roped bridge (BT1kV+BT1kG)
Collision box.

These are referenced in BridC ("The High Road" and "Road to Nowhere").

Ruins dart (Rd1sV+Rd1sG). This is the full animation of a dart being shot and hitting the wall, as early version of the spears.
Collision box.

These are referenced in RuiOC ("Temple Ruins", "Jaws of Darkness").

Ruins lizard (Li1wV+Li1wG). Completely identical to the red lizard, but with only this frame of animation.
Collision box.

These are referenced in RWaOC ("The Lost City", "Sunset Vista").

Castle gate in the dark castle levels (CG1EV+CG1EG). It is EXTREMELY small and has no valid collision box either.
Castle guillotine in the lab castle level (Cg1FV+Cg1FG). Completely identical to the dark castle guillotine, just stored as a different file.
Castle steps in the dark castle levels (Cs1EV+Cs1EG). Forward-facing variants of the steps seen in the 2D castle levels.
Retracted castle steps.
Castle floor in the dark castle levels (CF1EV+CF1EG).
Castle floor with no front in the dark castle levels (Cf1EV+Cf1EG).
Castle picket fence, present in both dark castle levels (CP1EV+CP1EG) and lab castle level (CP1FV+CP1FG), which are identical. Has a collision box, acting as a sort of wall or gate.

As the three castle levels "Lights Out", "The Lab" and "Fumbling in the Dark" are all the same theme, despite "The Lab" being considerably different, various assets are shared between them with considerable differences. These are referenced in CasOC.

Textures

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This tiny texture is present in WillT and is actually technically used in a lot of places, but always as a sort of invisible or placeholder graphic (as specifying graphics is required for a few things). It appears to be an 8x8 resized version of the old Aku Aku fairy sprite.

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This is the full skydome texture for "Cortex Power". Only parts of it go unused, but the parts of the skydome that are used are extremely difficult to see in-game anyway.

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This is the full skydome texture for "N. Sanity Beach". Only parts of it go unused, but the parts of the skydome that are used are extremely difficult to see in-game anyway.

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This is the full skydome texture for the Ripper Roo boss level. Only parts of it go unused, but the parts of the skydome that are used are extremely difficult to see in-game anyway.

This particular sprite is located in LogoT but is never used in the final game, as it was a leftover from the E3 demo version. The "PRESS START" sprite used during demos is located in Dem2T.

While this texture is in fact used in "Cortex Power", it is also grouped in with the files for "Toxic Waste" (Lev7T), a level that does not use this texture.

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