Proto:SpongeBob SquarePants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman (GameCube, PlayStation 2)

This page details one or more prototype versions of SpongeBob SquarePants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman (GameCube, PlayStation 2).

  This prototype is documented on Hidden Palace.

This article is a work in progress. ...Well, all the articles here are, in a way. But this one moreso, and the article may contain incomplete information and editor's notes.

A prototype of the PS2 version of Revenge of the Flying Dutchman was released by MrPinball64 on December 10, 2022. Dated May 22, 2002 and simply called "SpongeBob SquarePants", the disc label indicates this was the build shown off at E3.

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Texture Changes More like, belongs in the trash!

Placeholder Dialogue He has such a way with words...

Uncompiled Source Code Watch out for the stingers!

Uncompiled Source Code

ENUMS.PY

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Gameplay Differences

General

• Pressing every shoulder button at once will activate a free camera. SpongeBob will stay completely still and pause his animations. If every shoulder button is pressed again, he will teleport to the exact position of the camera.
• Costume tents function differently. Each level has costume tents dedicated to one costume each, unlike in the final game where you can choose any costume you have unlocked.
  • It's very easy to get stuck inside these tents, as SpongeBob stays inside upon changing, causing a changing loop.
• As in the GameCube version of the final game, if the music is interrupted it will restart from the beginning.

SpongeBob

• Using the Reef Blower is considered an attack and will damage enemies. The attack button can be repeatedly pressed to defeat an enemy that takes multiple hits within a second.
• SpongeBob descends much slower when using his slam attack.

Characters

• Larry the Lobster is considered an enemy in the test level. He chases SpongeBob, hits him, and then performs a lengthy flexing animation.
  • He is a character in one of the crate destroying minigames in the final release, but he cannot damage you.
• Mr. Krabs follows SpongeBob around in the Krusty Krab.

General Differences

Loading Screen

• The game uses a static loading screen, which is still present in the final GameCube version as SCREENS.DGC.
• There is no title screen. After the first loading screen, it boots you to Bikini Bottom in front of SpongeBob's house.

Pause Menu

• The pause menu appears more primitive, and within the game options menu is a world select that warps you to any level in the game.

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  Game Options

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  Select World

Level Differences

General

• Several invisible teleports have giant arrows, which are completely absent from the final.

Bikini Bottom

Neighborhood

Proto	Final

• The lighting isn't as dark.
• The level geometry is different, including the houses and rocks.
• Squidward's backyard garden has no scarecrow.
• Vehicles can be seen driving around on the roads.
• Squidward stands in front of his house, while Patrick is not seen running in circles.
• A strange floating life preserver with a hook is next to the cliff across from the houses.
  • Latching onto it with the Jellyfishing costume, it will lift you onto the left side of the cliff.
• Sandy can be found in the back in front of the cave. The cave does not lead anywhere, while in the final game it eventually takes you to a karate match with Sandy.

SpongeBob's House

Proto	Final

• The living room overall appears much larger.
• A large rug was added in the center.
• There's a texture error on the wall.
• The window on the door to SpongeBob's room was removed.

• SpongeBob's house has a backyard.

Restaurant District

Proto	Final

• The Chum Bucket is called the Mega Chum Bucket.
  • Strangely, while the texture was amended in the retail game to remove "Mega", its physical appearance was not changed, making it appear unusually tall and giving it a distinct empty space above the logo.
• The bus stop bench texture is different.

• The level geometry is completely different in this area, with a tunnel for vehicles to drive through that was later removed.
• Only one car is parked in front of the Krusty Krab.
• There is a car that drives around while carrying one of the letter tiles.

Krusty Krab

Proto	Final

• Mr. Krabs and Squidward are present, the former of whom follows you around.
• There is no eel thug.
• The props in the storage area are different.
• You enter the kitchen through the order window, as opposed to the door.

Downtown Bikini Bottom

Business District

Proto	Final

• The street lights use real time lights, whereas the final uses a texture. Combined with the brighter building textures, this makes the area in its entirety look much brighter as a result.
• There are various boats driving around.

Construction Site

Proto	Final

• Patrick is not wearing his Barnacle Boy costume.

Tree Dome

Ground

Proto	Final

• The clothesline has three of Sandy's spacesuits, a striped shirt, and socks. In the final game, it's just one suit and some sheets.

Chum World

Big Top

Proto	Final

• The Big Top received a major texture overhaul.
• The doubloons on the starting platform were removed.

Jellyfish Fields

Corral

Proto	Final

• The entrance has a bus that drives towards SpongeBob from behind, stops, then flies away. This loops infinitely.
• There are no children at the playground, nor any characters populating the entire level.
• The swing set uses a different texture.

• There is a golden SpongeBob pickup in the cliff area. When collected, it displays the HUD but does not visibly increment any counters or health.

Clam Jumping

• There is another golden SpongeBob pickup on top of the diving board.

Dutchman's Graveyard

Ship Graveyard

• A bus is seen at the entrance.

Tile Puzzles

Proto	Final

• The lighting is much darker.
• The tiles use placeholder number textures.
• The camera isn't static and follows SpongeBob around, albeit at a fixed angle.
• In the Bikini Bottom tile puzzle, a phone object not present in the final game can be seen in the foreground.

Animation Differences

SpongeBob

SpongeBob has an extra idle animation of him tying his shoes.

Test Level

Accessible in the level select menu is a test level. The level in its entirety is leftover in Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, but it doesn't load in the final release of either game. The folder for it still exists in the final PlayStation 2 version, but is blank.

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SPONGE.DPC

Included in DATA alongside SPONGE.DPS is a file named SPONGE.DPC. The name suggests this would have been the equivalent of SPONGE.DPS used for a hypothetical PC version of the game; and indeed, its contents confirm this. It contains audio and textures of formats supported on PC. Unfortunately, they seem to have corrupted red and green color channels, resulting in slight color inaccuracies.

• One of these files is the texture for SpongeBob himself: the pants are green and the eye color is pink. Very peculiar. Shown below is the texture swapped into the retail GameCube version:

Audio Differences

Music

Track	Proto	Final	Notes
Main Theme			An earlier mix that lacks the lap steel guitar and 1:30-2:13 segment.
Fishing Gear			Uses the track Hello Blues from the show.
Reef Blower			Uses the track Cream Pie from the show.
Karate Costume			Uses the track You're Nice from the show.

The other two costumes, Treasure Hunter and Mermaid Man, use the main theme and You're Nice respectively.

Unused Audio

Test Level

Audio	Transcript	Notes
	Now it's time to bring it around town! Bring it around town!	Low-quality soundbyte from Season 1's Bubble Stand.
	Oops! I guess I ripped my pants again!	Low-quality soundbyte from Season 1's Ripped Pants.