Spyro Orange: The Cortex Conspiracy

To do: [https://hiddenpalace.org/Spyro_Orange_(Feb_26,_2004_prototype) Prototype]

Spyro Orange: The Cortex Conspiracy is the much awaited crossover game between Spyro the Dragon and Crash Bandicoot, featuring some wonderfully repetitive minigames.

Unused Text#

Prototype Build#

This small snippet can be found amongst the menu text, located at 0xD3094.

Prototype Build

Hidden Message#

At the very end of the code in the Japanese game (0xFFFFF8) there's a hidden word:

baisoku!

Language Placeholders#

Both the US and the Japanese games have placeholders for the EU languages. Located at 0xD7A1C in the US version:

English
Français
Deutsch
Italiano
Español

...And at 0xDA154 in the Japanese version (which have also been translated, interestingly).

EIGO
FURANNSU
DOITU
ITARIA
SUPEINN

Regional Differences#

US	EU	JP

The game received a different name for the European and Japanese release. In the US and European versions, Spyro hovers next to the logo whilst Sparx circles around it. In the Japanese version, the screen fades black and shows the Japanese logo straight after the developer screen, with no sight of either of them.

US/EU	JP

The text is pink/purple in the Japanese version, while white in all other versions.

US/EU	JP

In the Japanese version, purple is also used for the counters, with a different font as well.

US	EU	JP

The credits in the European version use the Spyro Fusion logo (which strangely lacks the ™ symbol despite having it present on the title screen), and the US credits use the Spyro Orange logo. The Japanese version, however, uses the US Orange logo instead of the Wakuwaku logo. Also, the font color was changed to magenta with a purple outline.