Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage Prototype (August 11 1999) | The 65th Orb

[@CrystalFissure]

This is one of the best days ever as a Spyro fan. Thank you HWD, Hidden Palace and anyone else who contributed to this release. Streams coming soon.

[@MrGaming3590]

CrystalFissure it’s my birthday at this game

[@cupcakkerares]

This is my favorite part of this world when I was younger. Simply magical !

[@Retrofuge]

This is pretty cool. These prototypes of Spyro are such a goldmine of differences. Even just going through the Spyro 2 and learning Elora had narration for the level intros were so awesome. It’s a shame they cut that out, I would have loved it as a kid.

[@Rashed1255]

Always interesting to see earlier versions of the game

[@SpaceOmega-zz6vs]

Spyro 2 was probably my favorite Spyro game and Autumn Plains was probably my favorite hub world of the Spyro series. Nice to see this hub world having the most noticeable differences, especially with the top of the castle part. :)

[@MrJum987]

I just had to drop what I was doing (which was sleeping) to check this out.

[@Orbacle]

same

[@metalhydramon7093]

Same!!

[@CrystalFissure]

I woke up to this. Lucky me!

[@TheKiwiDragon]

That's so cool. It's always interesting to see how certain things were changed during the development of the games just from examining these prototypes, in comparison to what we get with the final product.

[@deoxysandmew2162]

They changed up this section MAJORILY. Crazy. Also... pardon?! Spyro 3 prototype?! I ALWAYS WISHED FOR ONE!!!!!

[@GoodCrushAngus]

This version of the tower reminds me heavily of the tower where Gildas is in Stone Hill, with the whirlwind taking you up through it and everything. Wonder if it was deliberately meant to be a visual callback?

[@hristimi]

Just made me realise one thing. If this was in the original game, there wouldn't have been any Gulp skips,since the wall isn't there anymore. Imagine how speedruners would feel if it was the other way around.

[@GameGamer]

Thank you for making all these Spyro videos!! ⭐ This was a special one, hit me deep down in my Spyro heart to see that orb 🧡

[@GemGames3]

This was more interesting than the final version

[@BrennySpain]

I agree too! Lol

[@bobafett4265]

Same here, very cool, can't wait for more cut content like this to resurface. 😄

[@GemGames3]

@@bobafett4265 I would've loved stairs going to the top as well

[@metalhydramon7093]

Giga unexpected yet epic, there's so much of the original Spyro series that hadn't been discovered yet...!!!!

[@nevets5]

I think retail was a little harder to find, and I like that challenge and reward aspect. But I can already vision my childhood if this was the final build. That texture warping was insane by the way.

[@phantasticgrump]

I love anything spyro ♡ so happy to see this upload

[@NuclearWintr]

What I wouldn't give for an earlier build of Spyro 2. LIke something on the equivalent of the June 15th prototype for Spyro 1 or earlier.

[@CrystalFissure]

Same. I desperately want to see the build where there was water in the castle walls in Autumn Plains.

[@NuclearWintr]

@@CrystalFissure there was what????

[@rainbowcorgo]

Incredibly fascinating, I love seeing Spyro 1 Sparx this close to release, I wonder what the thought process was behind deciding to remodel him for release?

[@bobafett4265]

That's very interesting, I had the same thoughts as well. 🤔

[@Mariojinn2]

Just seeing this now, my jaw has dropped! Insane. Wonder how many other orbs they had planned?

[@hurricanehat1892]

1 am my time- why am I watching this? I love your uploads

[@Gxldish]

Same lol

[@Gxldish]

Damn, I never realized this before!

[@BrennySpain]

this is awesome I think! absolutely love it!!

[@graduator14]

Mind blown! Very satisfying alternate secret place!

[@Nathan55411]

Honestly it's almost better than the final version, but the 65th orb does seem a bit too generous since you can immediately get the orb for gliding to the platform, plus the camera doesn't really zoom out as much on the top of the tower

[@raivisdubrovskis9044]

How strange would is sounded. But when i was a kid, approximatelly 7-8y, i had dream, that specific portals were on different locations.

[@a5dra]

That is super cool! I kinda wish it had ended up like that in the final

[@Hamentsios10]

Man this is so good

[@DoofenSpyroDragon16]

Anyone else notice the charging animation is reminiscent of Spyro 1’s charging animation?

[@skonafid]

Daamn Im going to burn this to a CD and play it on my ps1

[@PureEnragement]

That was so cool! Why did they change that? It should have stayed. Don't fix what ain't broke.

[@ryan41226]

What Would Be The Title For The 65th Orb?

[@themeekwarrior]

This is really cool!;w; ... Link to the music, though?? I need that Silent Hill/Spyro bop

[@corruptedsarah]

The very first time I’ve played Spyro 3 is when I never noticed a broken wall or the tower. This this so awesome!! I honesty prefer this little change than the original! :D 🔥👻

[@ErdrickHero]

Nice background music! Working on a new album? I really wish I could get hold of Distorted Reality I & II.

[@CrystalFissure]

I will have an EP out soon, but these two tracks were made for a project that never finished unfortunately.

[@RizaAli119]

@@CrystalFissure Can't wait for the EP!!

[@ErdrickHero]

Looking forward to the EP CrystalFissure!

[@BedfordMarcus]

Surprisingly, I actually think this looks so much better! I wonder why they even felt the need to change this? ;)

[@LunaKindred]

I wonder why they didn't kept said orb in the final game, maybe because it was so easy to find

[@braydenfath]

So strange that they'd take the time to change it to make it more simple.

[@YouCanCallMeLeet]

Hi @CrystalFissure , in your download link the last ")" is not part of the link so it does not work we can obviously still acces it by adding one in the end but people might not think of it and just thing it does not work

[@CrystalFissure]

Trying to fix that now.

[@andrewvelezsanchez5598]

I like this Game

[@KingEurope1]

Forbidden orb 🤫

[@jordanmcelroy5861]

My mind is blown

[@TJPlaysPS]

Why was this changed? I can understand haunted towers for example as it was running short on time and the level wasn't finished..but this was done and ready

[@CrystalFissure]

Not sure - maybe they wanted it to be 64 orbs instead of 65, and thought they had a better level design idea? I like this version though.

[@sparkus4229]

Wow! 😍

[@volkheit]

did you already have the rom? the download link is dead :/

[@Netsuki]

Yeah, this is cool, but You are overrating this. I mean, that's how all game developments look like. They change drastically and this is actually super small change. You are making it like it was changed so much. It wasn't. Actually, perfect example is Zera. We know how the game changed from one point to another, because we've been getting videos when something changed. And You are saying that small changes from Spyro are "the biggest You've ever seen", while You are the one who knows how much Zera changes in time. And even recent hub world changes. This is normal thing in all games. Oh, another perfect example. Minecraft. And all those changes are easily to get. You can choose 1.0.0 Minecraft and 1.17 snapshot. I won't even say about Beta or Alpha. Just released versions are changing drastically. And it's not just that they add features. They rewrite the whole game. And actually 1.17 is the best example for this, as we've got complete rework of game generation (but it will be in second part, so we don't know if it will be called 1.17B or 1.18, but nevermind this). I share Your enthusiasm towards those changes, but You explain small little details as they were gargantuic.

[@CrystalFissure]

Considering this is the first time in about 18 years we've seen a new orb in a differently modelled section, to me it's a big deal. To others who I've seen live react to this, they think similarly. But I get that not everyone has the same opinion. But for me personally, this is brilliant. Zera is great but it's also something in which we see all the small changes. That doesn't happen as much with PS1 games because of how the industry works. PC games that have version releases are obviously much more out in the open because their development is tracked specifically.