Changes from the Nintendo 64 version

This is a sub-page of South Park (PlayStation).

On its own, this game is very fascinating since it is a port of the Turok 2 engine to the PS1, the fact that this exists at all is impressive. However, much like most other ports from this era, there are a lot of interesting changes. Some of the changes are welcome, however most of them end up greatly hindering the experience.

To do: Create a section documenting the weapon changes. Some addition changes.

Graphics Changes#

To do: Add some more examples for the animation downgrades. Add some additional examples for the model downgrades.

It's worth mentioning that since this is a PS1 port of an N64 game, so there are going to be quite a bit of visual downgrades.

• The Draw Distance is much lower.
• A few of the textures aren't present.
• The weapon view models are much darker.
• The view models FOV is lower.
• The fog color is different in most stages.

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• Most of the character models have been completely remade.

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• Most of the animations have been downgraded, for example the Dodgeball alt-fire is at a lower framerate.

• The enemy explosion effect has been simplified on the PlayStation, likely for performance reasons.

Gameplay Changes#

To do: Add some examples for the changes.

Removed Content#

• Two of the stages, Craterville from Episode 3 and The Road to Militia Camp Madness from Episode 4 aren't present in the PS1 Port.
• Of the 17 multiplayer stages, only 6 of them are present in the PS1 Port.
• The Multiplayer mode no longer supports up to 4 players, instead it only supports 2 players.

Weapon Changes#

• Blast damage is not present in the PS1 port.
• Knockback from the weapons has been removed.

• All the weapons can be picked up without requiring the other boys in your party.
• Weapons are no longer removed from the inventory when failing or starting a new episode.

Misc. Changes#

• You can no longer save your high score after failing.
• The subtle input lag from the N64 version was fixed in the PS1 port.
• You now meet the boys at the start of every stage, instead of the start of the episode.

Enemy Changes#

To do: Document most of the enemy changes.

The PS1 port makes minor changes to most of the enemies, often making them far easier to deal with.

Cows#

• The cows no longer have any knockback.
• They deal 5 Damage instead of 2.

Toy Tanks#

• The Toy Tanks aiming is far less accurate, almost never hitting the player.
• Their fire rate is much slower.

R/C Cars#

• The R/C Cars no longer drive away than charge forward.
• They now move much slower, making them way easier to kill.
• They deal 5 Damage instead of 2.

UI Changes#

Hud#

• The text no longer has a drop shadow.
• The weapon text is now blue.
• The crosshair is now red.
• The character icons look far worse.
• The character icons transparency has been removed, simply getting darker instead.

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Main Menu#

• Most menu animations aren't present.
• The rabbit on the bottom left corner was removed.
• The menu is significantly darker on the PS1.
• The game can now be saved on the main menu.
• The Load button has been moved to the main menu.
• Multiplayer has been renamed to Head to Head.
• The music was changed to Operation Turkey Butt instead of the Main Theme.

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Options#

• The SPLIT option has been removed.
• The control scheme can be remapped, compared to the two options (To-Rock and Brown Eye) in the N64 version.
• The volume cap has been changed to 31.
• The resolution options, which was only present with the N64 Expansion Pak, isn't present in the PS1 port.

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Kid Select#

• The character select screen no longer has a unique background.
• The Select Kid text isn't present.

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Title Cards#

• The title cards now act as loading screens.
• Load times are significantly longer on the PS1, often taking 15 seconds to load due to the CD Read Speed.
• The rabbit seen in the main menu for the N64 version now acts as the loading icon.
• Text has been stretched to fit the sign.
• The Episode and Stage number was removed.
• The 3d background was replaced with the 2d variation.

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Save/Load Menu#

• The unique chalk board menu design was completely removed.

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Audio Changes#

To do: Add additional examples for the Sound Effects.

Music#

• The music tracks use a different sound font, often leading to the music sounding worse.

• A few of the music tracks aren't present in the PS1 port.
• Music tracks often play in the wrong stages, for example, Episode 1 Stage 3 plays South Park Boss Encounter while Episode 1 Stage 4 plays Operation Turkey Butt.

Sound Effects#

• The sound effects and voice lines are much lower quality.

• On top of the voice lines sounding much worse, they also repeat far more often in the PS1 port.

Cutscene Changes#

• The cutscenes are pre-rendered in the PS1 port, as a result they look far worse.
• The colors are washed out in the pre-rendered cutscenes.
• The subtitles are baked into the pre-rendered videos, so they are far less legible.