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Kingsley's Adventure

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This page details one or more prototype versions of Kingsley's Adventure.

This prototype is documented on Hidden Palace.

A prototype of Kingsley's Adventure dated May 2, 1999 was released as part of Project Deluge by Hidden Palace on April 17, 2021.

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General#

  • The game has dongle protection and requires a patch to be playable.
  • There is no title screen and you are taken to the main menu after the splash screen.
  • The splash screen is smaller, uses a different logo and has several other alterations when compared to the final version.

Proto

Final

  • The Game Over and Ending FMVs are missing (DIED.STR and EXTRO.STR).
  • Included on the disc is "OUTRO.STR", the ending for Blast Radius, another game by Psygnosis.
  • The Startup and Credits music tracks are also missing. Additionally most tracks were edited to loop once before fading for the final game.
  • After beating the final boss, the game hangs on a black screen.

Debug Features#

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  • After selecting "Start Game" from the main menu, pressing Down on the following screen brings up a level select.

Options

Sea Town - Gallagher Start

Poorluck - Snuff Start

Beermonks - Clarence Start

Aphasia - Reggie Start

Sea Town - All sub bosses defeated

Carrot Castle Grounds

Cutlass Isle

Skull Island

  • Selecting "Load Game" and pressing Down twice on the following screen brings up a "Test Save Code" option.
  • The pause screen displays the name of the current room.
  • A cheat/debug menu can be accessed in the inventory by pressing Down.

Option

Effect

Cheat

Gives access to all 4 weapons.

Invulnerable

Self explanatory. Since falling into pits won't kill you, the option must be toggled off to get back out.

Player Debug

GFX Debug

Graphics#

  • The coins have a plain design in the prototype.

Proto

Final