Knack

Prototype Info Prerelease Info

Unused Levels#

test_nothing.cdata

Exactly what it says on the tin.

test_plane.cdata

A test map with a green grid floor. It was used by the developers in early development to test enemies². The location and stage of this map is called "Data error".

Unused Developer Text#

Found inside gamesystem.cbin:

DD: No 'max' value at key '

DD: No 'min' value at key '

DD changed:

Project Codename#

The game is known as "MProject" within eboot.bin.

Early Chapter Names#

textset.cdata contains early names for chapters.

Present in 0x3F617 is an early name for the first chapter, known as His Greatest Creation in the final game:

1A - Greatest Creation

0x3F8C1 contains the early name of chapter 2-1, known as The Adventure Begins in the final game

2A - Investigation Team in the Forest

Command Arguments#

This game has quite some debugging command arguments.

-psp will make the game run at the PSP's resolution.

-disablesrf will make the game attempt to open raw HLSL files instead of SRF shader files.

-unittest will immediately load the game into a teal screen.

Revisional Differences#

Patch 1.01#

Released on October 30, 2013.

• Minor adjustments to offline gameplay.
• Added network support for the Knack's Quest smartphone app, which was a tile-matching puzzle game (similar to Bejeweled or Candy Crush Saga) that allowed players to unlock parts for gadgets in Knack. The network connectivity between both games was terminated on March 29, 2018, and Knack's Quest was also delisted on this date.

Patch 1.10#

Released on October 20, 2016.

• Added support for PlayStation 4 Pro. When starting the game, a prompt will appear to choose either High Frame Rate or High Resolution modes.

References#