Standalone Demo

This is a sub-page of Proto:Tomba!.

A standalone demo for Tomba was dumped by Zerovii. This demo appears to be about 2 months before the Japanese retail version, with a build date of 97/10/10 10:58.

General Differences#

• Loading screen is even less interesting than the retail.
• No arrows for the next piece of text.
• First event removes the exclamation mark in the retail.
• Tomba is dropped facing left instead of right.
• The peach gas won't work on the Koma pigs.
• When grabbing the frog, the event shows before Tomba is back on his feet.

Demo	Retail

• Different model used for the GoGoCar.
  • No video plays here.
• Purple puffballs reappear once you exit the area.
• Slightly different fog effect.

Demo	Retail

• The frog is a cheapskate in the demo - no 1-Ups are awarded once the quest is complete.
• One set of quest clear boxes (for 'Take Me Home') move differently.
• No 1,000 Year Chest next to the fisherman.
• Different Tomba sprite for getting kicked off the bridge.

Demo	Retail

• No loading screen for in-game transitions.
• No explanation given when first grabbing a pole.
• The chest outside the 100 Year Old Man's house is absent.
• Yan's second quest never unlocks.

Quest Differences#

Audio Differences#

• Slightly different instrument set for the Village of All Beginnings.
• Voice clips are a little higher in pitch compared to the retail version.
• Music in the 100 Year Old Man's room doesn't start until Tomba reaches him.
• Slightly different tune when the bananas are given.
• Different quest obtained tune.

Unused Graphic#

• Although you can't view the map, the Tomba sprite for it is already there. It's completely different from the final and uses a chibi appearance.

Demo	Final

Event Changes#

The event order has been changed, and some text is shifted up a few pixels.

Demo	Retail

Unused Events#

There's an event found in this version of the game that is missing from the final. The event is titled APスロットマシーン (AP Slot Machine), with a placeholder completion text of 'Event046'.

The event from the PrePre Demo (大きな水たまり? (A big puddle?)) is still here, but equally unused.

Another unused event, ドワーフの助け (Dwarf's Help) can be found hidden in this demo. It's unknown what this event entailed, since the completion text is blank. The icon indicates it might have been related to the dwarf cutting a tree at the top end of the Dwarf Village.