Spyro: Year of the Dragon Prototype (April 25th 2000) - Seashell Shore

[@KakeiTheWoIf]

Wow, this level is jacked up something fierce.

[@Hwd405]

Corrections: * 11:05 - That should say "hitboxes", I don't want to know what a hotbox is * 17:45 - Yes, that should say "funky chicken", boy I really hope somebody got fired for that blunder Thanks again to Altro50 for solving this mystery!

[@burgermike92]

Hotbox is an actual word. Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I think hotboxing is when you smoke weed in an enclosed space to get the maximum high.

[@Hwd405]

@@burgermike92 I knew I recognised the word LMAO

[@burgermike92]

@@Hwd405 Haha yep!

[@OHMYRICHARD]

Rhynoc Hotboxes confirmed

[@AuntieAliasing]

Same energy as "Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles"

[@hypnotised-clover]

For some reason, the "You already have this Orb" text amused me.

[@XANDOAndy]

Insane stuff! Thank goodness Altro is around to let us see all of this :D

[@popstarzombie]

I wonder if that ledge Spyro can't get to was meant as a test for Sheila somehow since one of those turrets is close by also

[@Hwd405]

Interesting hypothesis!

[@SpyroJonathan]

I remember I one time had a dream years ago at this point, way before the April build even released, where I dreamt about playing a prototype version of Seashell Shore, and the enemies were blue, just like they are in this! :O Although I think at the time, I was more so dreaming that the big guys with the barrels were blue and they were underwater for some reason?? 😂 So seeing all of this now completely blows my mind! Excellent discovery, and so cool to see it's able to be playable! 😁 The new area at the start of the level is amazing to see as well! I wonder if we would've originally started the level there? I think it would've made sense if so, because every other level in the whole series starts on land, whereas Seashell Shore is the only one where we start underwater, which has always been interesting to me for so long!

[@asuuki2048]

Damn, you deliver once again. I honestly feel like we’ll never run out of stuff to discover, and that makes me so happy (: I really wanna get more involved in the Spyro KZbin community. I started that with speedrunning years ago, but nobody seemed to like it haha. Most recently, I took it upon myself to make a compilation of all the Elora dialogue that was scrapped from the game. I’ve always called myself Spyro’s #1 fan, but never really gotten into the community… What would you recommend? ^.^ Now, it’s time to watch this video… I’ll make a reply/edit detailing my thoughts!! Thank you once again, Hwd405 (:

[@RashFaustinho]

This was incredibly interesting! Waiting for the next video you mentioned!

[@jeffjaf]

Great job! I knew you guys would be able to access it given enough time! Fifty three minutes to midnight? 🤔

[@KingDray]

Great work to you and Altro for the extensive showcase of every change that could be found in the level, and for finding a way to play it in-game so we could get a better look at everything! Seems like a lot of work was done here prior to the earliest demo, so that makes this level especially interesting to look at given how incomplete it is.

[@lrigasiukah]

So, what is your take on that alcove in the back of Sheila's egg room? I figure it might have been a destructible wall for a skill point or maybe a secondary portal that lets you back into the main area as Sheila. Are there any high-up places in the main level that could have served as an exit?

[@sparkus4229]

This is so interesting! Thanks for all your videos! ❤️

[@LookingTheBest]

Please please please keep trying to dig out the full version of that one song I asked you about last year! The one as Spyro jumps down the rabbit hole! I have faith and confidence in you all!

[@ProDreamCrusher]

Very interesting, didn't expect to see as much of a difference as I did. Especially that cannon where it shouldn't be.

[@lordsquid6652]

The water looks like the acid seen in lost fleet

[@HyperSonicXtreme]

It’s been months, still waiting for an even earlier build of Spyro 2 with the Capitalized font from those Portuguese videos and the much earlier build of Spyro 1 with the different Dragon statues.

[@Hwd405]

We aren’t going to get either of those builds

[@graycat9577]

​@@Hwd405why?

[@aydenrw2719]

Cool that this is finally accessible!

[@larinorwood3619]

Love these videos!

[@cay7809]

holy shit he’s still alive

[@user-uw3fr7cd9z]

Awesome man

[@berryscented]

good video! 5 stars

[@Tyrik73]

Try to Use Superfly Cheat to reach the Platform

[@DeanWilliams1987]

so whats using all the extra memory for this level? and how was it overcome in the final??

[@thesuddensilent7349]

I don't know about it myself, but I would assume that the level tries to load all level information and model textures into memory at the same time