Spyro: A Hero's Tail

To do: - Add information on unused enemies. - Add info on the unused Sparx control scheme. - Add more stuff to the proto page. - Add unused voice clips. - Add prerelease page for the recently found Asset Disc, beta screenshots and early gameplay videos.

Spyro: A Hero's Tail
Developers: Eurocom Publisher: Vivendi Universal Games Platforms: PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox Released in US: November 3, 2004 Released in EU: November 12, 2004 (Xbox); November 26, 2004 (GameCube) Released in AU: November 9, 2004 This game has unused animations. This game has unused areas. This game has unused enemies. This game has unused objects. This game has unused modes / minigames. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused models. This game has unused music. This game has unused sounds. This game has unused text. This game has a prototype article

Spyro: A Hero's Tail was the fifth main-line entry in the Spyro franchise, and it was the first game of the franchise to be entirely developed in Europe, by British game developer Eurocom. This game replaces the usual separate level formula with a semi-open-world map. Most of the voice cast have been replaced, and Spyro's controls have received a major overhaul. Throughout the game you can take control of various other characters which aid Spyro on his journey, such as everyone's favorite Blink the Mole. The game received mixed to positive reviews, in stark contrast to its rather infamous predecessor...

Subpages

Unused Maps This game contains a surprising amount of testing environments and unfinished maps.

publisherlevellist.txt

A text file listing the files to load in a publisher-only build of the game. Publisher builds are usually meant to show the publisher current progress on the game and to see if various milestones on the game's development have been hit.

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Test_TL.edb,START,"Blinky Test 1"
Test_PB.edb,START,"Blinky Test 2"
model.edb,START,"Model Viewer"

The Model Viewer is actually an extra feature present in the final game, which shows most if not all of the models used in-game (excluding unused ones). The map mentioned in this text file does not seem to have anything to do with this feature however. Both of the test maps mentioned feature gameplay assets meant for Blink, who at this point in development was referred to as "Blinky".

filelist.txt

To do: Check if this is on the PAL version as well, and also check the XBox version.

The game stores all its assets within a file called Filelist.000. Usually there's only a Filelist.bin file next to it, which lists all the files so the game can find them. On the GameCube version of the game, a .txt file and a .cfi file was added alongside the .000 and .bin files, simply named Filelist.txt and Filelist.cfi respectively. That means this version of the game essentially contains a full list of all the files in the game in an easily readable format. This file is very long, so only an excerpt from the file is shown here:

x:\spyro\binary\_bin_gc\albatros.edb                                    : Len      52000 : Ver  240 : Hash 0x01000076 : Ts 0x00000000 :  Loc           0:000
x:\spyro\binary\_bin_gc\archer_s.edb                                    : Len     156192 : Ver  240 : Hash 0x01000078 : Ts 0x00000000 :  Loc        f800:000
x:\spyro\binary\_bin_gc\asm4lrg.edb                                     : Len     228000 : Ver  240 : Hash 0x010000e6 : Ts 0x00000000 :  Loc       4f000:000
x:\spyro\binary\_bin_gc\asm4med.edb                                     : Len     129600 : Ver  240 : Hash 0x010000e7 : Ts 0x00000000 :  Loc       97000:000
x:\spyro\binary\_bin_gc\asm4sml.edb                                     : Len     168640 : Ver  240 : Hash 0x010000e3 : Ts 0x00000000 :  Loc       d0000:000
x:\spyro\binary\_bin_gc\ballgdgt.edb                                    : Len     340256 : Ver  240 : Hash 0x010000a8 : Ts 0x00000000 :  Loc      10b800:000
x:\spyro\binary\_bin_gc\batfodde.edb                                    : Len      68704 : Ver  240 : Hash 0x010000e2 : Ts 0x00000000 :  Loc      160800:000
x:\spyro\binary\_bin_gc\bentley.edb                                     : Len     169056 : Ver  240 : Hash 0x010000b1 : Ts 0x00000000 :  Loc      173800:000
x:\spyro\binary\_bin_gc\blinknpc.edb                                    : Len     226496 : Ver  240 : Hash 0x01000089 : Ts 0x00000000 :  Loc      1bb800:000
x:\spyro\binary\_bin_gc\blinky.edb                                      : Len     563680 : Ver  240 : Hash 0x01000088 : Ts 0x00000000 :  Loc      216000:000
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Unused Music/Sounds

To do: Most of these tracks are leftovers from the demo, therefore they should probably be put in a subpage. The game also has several unused voice lines, a subpage for those could be appropriate.

Much like previous Spyro games, Spyro: A Hero's Tail has unused tracks that can only be heard by ripping them from the game. These are actually leftovers from the demos of the game.

• _mus_mfx_ball_gadget_1.sfx is an unused Ball Gadget track. In the demos it was used for the first Ball Gadget stage, but the final game simply uses the Magma Falls theme instead.:

• _mus_mfx_challenge_lost.sfx is an unused challenge lost jingle:

• _mus_mfx_challenge_won.sfx is an unused challenge won jingle:

• _mus_mfx_minigame_sgt_1.sfx is an unused track for the Sgt. Byrd mini-games:

• _mus_mfx_minigame_spy_1.sfx is an unused track that would've be used in Spyro's turret mini-games:

• _mus_mfx_realm1z_safe.sfx is a completely unused track. Judging by file name, it was meant to play in Gnasty's Cave:

• _mus_mfx_realm1z_victory.sfx is an unused victory theme. Judging by file name, it was meant to play in Gnasty's Cave:

Cut Fifth Hub

To do: Check NTSC-U version to see if there's more info about this fifth hub.

One of the game's music files is named _mus_mfx_realm5b_roam.sfx, suggesting that a fifth world was eventually cut while in development. This track, however, corresponds to the Hunter section of Dragonfly Falls.

Enter the Dragonfly Leftovers

The Spyro model used in Enter the Dragonfly is present in this game's files, labelled as spyro.edb. The Spyro model used in-game is spyronew.edb.