Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future (Dreamcast)

Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future is a reboot of the Ecco the Dolphin saga, bringing the titular dolphin into the third dimension.

A PlayStation 2 version was later released in 2002. A sequel, Ecco II: Sentinels of the Universe, was planned, but cancelled due to the failure of the Dreamcast.

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Prototype Info

Unused Graphics#

There are some unused icons that seem to be for a map editor.

The files for the level "Roaring Forces" contain an unused loading screen with a very different style than the ones that are used.

Unused Text#

CONFIG.TXT#

Present on the root of the disc for both Dreamcast and PlayStation 2 versions is a text file called CONFIG.TXT. It has names for levels and each screen in the game.

#start
000_Title

#gameover
000_GameOver

#loader
000_Loader

#levels
prologue:001_Intro
aquamarine bay:110_Crystal_Bay
perils of the coral reef:120_CReef_North
trial without error:120_CReef_South
four ways of mystery:130_4Hole_Maze
passage from genesis:140_SS_Easy
pathways from nowhere:140_SS_Hard_1
up and down:150_Geyser
roaring forces:170_Cross_Eel
atlantis lost:180_Atlantis
descent of the foe:190_LOBNOE
vortex of time:200_Arrival_MN
shrine of controversy:210_Temple
master of forgotten skills:220_Loading
process that never ends:230_Crystal
blades in motion:231_Crystal
perpetual fluidity:242_Pump
obscure ways to terminus:243_Pump
sleeping forces of doom:250_Doomsday
twisted realities:260_Arrival_DN
anguish of dearth:300_Village
entrapment:310_Detention
caverns of hope:320_Resistance
lair of evil:330_MHQ
powers of levitation:340_HWGen
hanging waters:350_HWaters
ice and fire:360_Mutaclone
abyss of inferno:361_Mutaclone
mutaclone:362_Mutaclone
invasion:370_Arrival_FL
chance of reckoning:440_Lake
hatchery:400_Hatchery
seeds of poison:410_Egg
transfiguration:420_Cave
heart of the foe:430_Heart
$epilogue:450_Epilog
!credits:460_Credits
?bonus game:470_Foci

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Hidden Developer Message#

Hidden in the images that form two of the sonar maps, there are messages from one of the developers with the nickname Musaic.