Report:Crash Bandicoot: Warped (July 17th 1998 prototype) 20231226001
Crash Bandicoot: Warped, known as Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped in Europe, is a 1998 platformer video game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment and Universal Interactive Studios for the PlayStation. It is the third game in the series following Crash Bandicoot and Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back.
Summary
The SCEE Preview Version 1 disc of Crash Bandicoot: Warped (labeled Alpha Demonstration Disc). Was shown in many magazine previews and trailers at the time, across US and Europe. This version is the SCEE variant that was sent out to the European press, although an identical copy was also distributed in SCEA territory. To name a few: EGM, GamePro, PSM, PSExtreme, Superjuegos, Consoles Plus, and Das offizielle PlayStation Magazin, and the official website trailer.
This build marks a point in development where the game was half finished. Some magazines described it as 50% complete, while others reported it as 80% complete. In any case, while most of the stages were present, the game still had many alpha elements and ideas that would be trimmed over the following weeks, leading up to the August 14th prototype, dated a month later, which, while still in alpha stage, was much closer to the final game.
Availability
On 26 December, 2023, a YouTube channel with the name Darkaiser released a gameplay footage alongside the download link for the game in the description.