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Posted on 01-29-11 10:30:29 PM Link | Quote
This is a project I started a while back, in Febuary of last year. I aim to restore as much beta and unused content left withing Diddy Kong Racing, as I possibly can.

First off, some preliminary editing I did back in February.

Trying out different values with Diddy's character model.




Messing with the N64 logo.



And then some of the beta findings made by myself, and others, where credited.

The old, pre Diddy Kong Racing game title, ProAM 64.



Trying out the other two dinosaur models, which other than the one used in the title screen, aren't used at all in the game.
The first one is just the head and a long neck.




Some unused maps.





Beta item balloons. (Image ID found by Mattress87 of TheRWP forums.)



Some beta Taj text. (Found by Runhero123, also of TheRWP forums.)


[CODE]0x376BE0 - This is the start of .some even more .crummy text sequence..This is the second page.of text


0x376C40 - Welcome to the Racing Kingdom!!

0x376F19 - The Sorcerer WizPig has cast a wicked spell over Timber's Island....
Your task is to collect the.Magical Golden Balloons,.collect the amulets and.save the Island!!...GOOD LUCK

0x377093 - MY NAME IS PARK WARDEN

0x37707D - HELLO OLD FRIEND!.....MY NAME IS.PARK WARDEN.....YOU CAN.CHANGE YOUR.VEHICLE HERE.BY HONKING .YOUR HORN!.....GOOD LUCK![/CODE]



Recreation of the beta hub world map.


And a comparison map.


The beta golden coins. (Found and inserted by WWWArea)


Beta character icons.










A music ID list. (Credit to Mattress87 of TheRWP for making the list, and me for converting it to hex.)


[CODE]Music ID List


Value Internal Name Description
----- ------------- -----------
00 silence1 -nothing-
01 silence1 -nothing-
02 finlp_1b Fanfare: Earned Wizpig Amulet Piece
03 fanpht_c Fanfare: Earned a Gold Balloon
04 balfan_2 Fanfare: Unlocked T.T. Challenge Door / Earned a Trophy / Complete Wizpig Amulet
05 dno_amb2 Ambience: Birds
06 kevs_3b Intro Sequence
07 shrt_dkt Title Screen
08 space_4 Darkmoon Caverns
09 boss_1a Jungle Falls
0A kart_1b Ancient Lake
0B icey_3e Frosty Village
0C sea_2b Beta Crescent Island
0D dno_rce2 Fossil Canyon
0E indian2 Hot Top Volcano
0F w_beach2 Whale Bay
10 santa_3a Walrus Cove
11 dr_clsd3 Door Closed
12 choir2 Fanfare: Complete T.T. Amulet? (can't remember for sure)
13 sndlap Fanfare: Taj gives advice
14 new_cnt2 Central Area
15 party_1a Cutscene: Party, Wizpig lurks nearby
16 aust_ic2 Everfrost Peak / Snowball Valley
17 suprise3 Cutscene: Wizpig's surprise attack
18 selct_2b Menu
19 finish_1 First place finish
1A slt_dk6 Character Select
1B ominous1 Cutscene: Wizpig Head opens its mouth
1C boss_itr Cutscene: Boss Intro
1D turkish Taj's challenges
1E start_gn Fanfare: Start race
1F greenmn2 Windmill Plains / Greenwood Village
20 prk_wrdn Taj's theme
21 central1 Ambience: Birds, crickets and dinosaurs
22 wtr_btle T.T. challenge
23 seashore Ambience: Seashore (heard at Nintendo / Rareware screen)
24 ticktck2 T.T.'s theme
25 cres_mn1 Crescent Island
26 boss_ls2 Lose to a boss
27 u_cstle3 Spacedust Alley / Star City
28 bould_1b Boulder Canyon
29 wind2 Ambience: Wind
2A space_25 Spaceport Alpha
2B silver1 SFX: Silver Coin #1
2C silver2 SFX: Silver Coin #2
2D silver3 SFX: Silver Coin #3
2E silver4 SFX: Silver Coin #4
2F silver5 SFX: Silver Coin #5
30 silver6 SFX: Silver Coin #6
31 silver7 SFX: Silver Coin #7
32 silver8 SFX: Silver Coin #8
33 big_dr2 Fanfare: Wizpig Door Opening
34 hpy_door Boss Door Opening
35 bos_tlk2 Cutscene: Wizpig Intro
36 getkey SFX: Get T.T. Challenge Key
37 boss_3 Wizpig Race
38 boss_dft Lose to Wizpig
39 boss_4 Boss Race
3A end_bit Ending Part 1: Wizpig's Demise
3B conga Ending Part 2: Conga Dance Part 1
3C conga2 Ending Part 3: Conga Dance Part 2, The end?
3D win_boss Win against boss / win T.T. Challenge
3E lse_boss Lose against boss / lose T.T. Challenge
3F spook_1 Haunted Woods
40 ghost Ambience: Haunted Woods
41 lagoon Pirate Lagoon / Treasure Caves[/CODE]



And some videos-

Unused character select theme. (Found by Mattress87 of TheRWP.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNN71RFXOy4

Crescent Island's beta music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTXEWKE3obQ

And some music pointer editing. (Credit to TheEpicGameHero of TheRWP for finding the pointers.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qmps_0M4wio



I'll post a patch for the PAL version once I have a stable release ready.
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Posted on 01-30-11 01:08:04 PM Link | Quote
Good stuff man. Loved this game.

Think I might prefer the beta item balloons...the way this game did items both graphically and functionally was pretty cool as it was though.

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Posted on 01-30-11 08:16:00 PM Link | Quote
So that's what that mysterious tune was.
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Posted on 06-25-11 09:32:24 PM Link | Quote
This next part wasn't my work, but the work of SubDrag and Coolboyman (Koolboyman).

Five unused levels were found within the game when SubDrag cracked the compression.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLAHZXj3Ol8

And as posted by Mattress87;

These headers are located in the address range 0x003A1550-0x003A4817 in the U V1.0 ROM and 0x003A15E0-0x003A48A7 in the E V1.0 ROM. Each one is 0xC8 bytes in length.


[CODE]Offset		Description

------ -----------
0x00 Seemingly marks which world the track appears in
Values:
00 - Central Area
01 - Dino Domain
02 - Sherbet Island
03 - Snowflake Mountain
04 - Dragon Forest
05 - Future Fun Land
FF - Cutscenes, dummied tracks

0x34-0x35 Track model
Values:
0000 - Central Area
0001 - Walrus Boss, Walrus 2
0002 - Dragon Forest, Dragon Trophy
0003 - Fossil Canyon
0004 - Pirate Lagoon
0005 - Ancient Lake
0006 - Walrus Cove
0007 - Hot Top Volcano
0008 - Whale Bay
0009 - Snowball Valley
000A - **EARLY JUNGLE FALLS**
000B - Crescent Island
000C - Fire Mountain
000D - Dino Domain, Dino Trophy
000E - EverFrost Peak
000F - Sherbet Island, Sherbet Trophy
0010 - Front End, Options Background, Ammy Seq, Stopwatch Ammy
0011 - Character Select Test
0012 - Spaceport Alpha
0013 - Horseshoe Gulch
0014 - Greenwood Village
0015 - Spacedust Alley
0016 - RC Car Sequence
0017 - Boulder Canyon
0018 - Windmill Plains
0019 - Snowflake Mountain, Snowflake Trophy
001A - Smokey Castle
001B - Darkwater Beach
001C - Icicle Pyramid
001D - Frosty Village
001E - Jungle Falls
001F - Treasure Caves
0020 - Haunted Woods
0021 - Darkmoon Caverns
0022 - Star City
0023 - Trophy Race
0024 - Future Fun Land, Space Trophy
0025 - Sequence Area
0026 - Dragon Boss, Dragon 2, Dragon Boss Anim 1
0027 - TrickyTops 1, TrickyTops 2, TrickyTops Anim 1
0028 - Wizpig Mouth Sequence
0029 - Rocket Sequence
002A - Wizpig 1
002B - **UNUSED OCEAN AREA**
002C - **UNUSED VOLCANO AREA**
002D - **UNUSED ICE AREA**
002E - Party Seq 1
002F - Walrus Boss Anim 1
0030 - Wizpig 1 Anim
0031 - Sherbet Boss, Sherbet 2
0032 - Octo Anim
0033 - Wizspacenim
0034 - Wizpig 2
0035 - Lastbit
0036 - Lastbitb

0x36-0x37 Object Map 1
Values:
0044 - Central Area
0045 - ?
0046 - Dragon Forest
0047 - Fossil Canyon
0048 - Pirate Lagoon
0049 - Ancient Lake
004A - Walrus Cove
004B - Hot Top Volcano
004C - Whale Bay
004D - Snowball Valley
004E - Jungle Falls
004F - Crescent Island
0050 - Fire Mountain
0051 - ?
0052 - Dino Domain
0053 - EverFrost Peak
0054 - Sherbet Island
0055 - Front End
0056 - Character Select Test
0057 - Spaceport Alpha
0058 - Horseshoe Gulch
0059 - Greenwood Village
005A - Spacedust Alley
005B - RC Car Sequence
005C - Boulder Canyon
005D - Windmill Plains
005E - Snowflake Mountain
005F - Smokey Castle
0060 - Darkwater Beach
0061 - Icicle Pyramid
0062 - Frosty Village
0063 - ?
0064 - Treasure Caves
0065 - Haunted Woods
0066 - Darkmoon Caverns
0067 - Star City
0068 - Trophy Race
0069 - Future Fun Land
006A - Sequence Area
006B - Wizpig 1
006C - TrickyTops 1
006D - Options Background
006E - Sherbet Boss
006F - Dragon Boss
0070 - Wizpig Mouth Sequence
0071 - Walrus Boss
0072 - Ammy Seq
0073 - Stopwatch Ammy
0074 - Rocket Sequence
0075 - Trickytops 2
0076 - Dino Trophy
0077 - Snowflake Trophy
0078 - Sherbet Trophy
0079 - Dragon Trophy
007A - Space Trophy
007B - Walrus 2
007C - Sherbet 2
007D - Dragon 2
007E - Wizpig 2
007F - ?
0080 - Party Seq 1
0081 - TrickyTops Anim 1
0082 - Dragon Boss Anim 1
0083 - Walrus Boss Anim 1
0084 - Wizpig 1 Anim
0085 - ?
0086 - Octo Anim
0087 - Wizspacenim
0088 - Lastbit
0089 - Lastbitb

0x38-0x39 Background/Skydome
Values:
00C4 - Horseshoe Gulch, Boulder Canyon, Trophy Race
00C5 - Central Area, Walrus Boss, Snowball Valley, Sherbet Island,
Windmill Plains, Jungle Falls, Sequence Area, Wizpig 1, Sherbet Boss,
Dragon Boss, Wizpig Mouth Sequence, Rocket Sequence,
Sherbet Trophy, Walrus 2, Sherbet 2, Dragon 2, Party Seq 1,
Dragon Boss Anim 1, Walrus Boss Anim 1, Wizpig 1 Anim, Octo Anim, Lastbit, Lastbitb
00C6 - Haunted Woods, Star City
00C7 - **UNUSED** Dark green hills
00C8 - Pirate Lagoon
00C9 - **UNUSED** Space with planets
00CA - Hot Top Volcano, Fire Mountain
00CB - Whale Bay, RC Car Sequence
00CC - Walrus Cove, Everfrost Peak, Snowflake Mountain, Icicle Pyramid, Snowflake Trophy
00CD - Dragon Forest, Crescent Island, Treasure Caves, Dragon Trophy
00CE - Greenwood Village, Smokey Castle
00CF - Spaceport Alpha, Frosty Village, Darkmoon Caverns, Future Fun Land, Space Trophy, Wizspacenim
00D0 - Spacedust Alley
00D1 - Ancient Lake
00D2 - Fossil Canyon
00D3 - TrickyTops 1, TrickyTops 2, TrickyTops Anim 1
00D4 - Darkwater Beach
FFFF - Dino Domain, Front End, Character Select Test, Options Background, Ammy Seq, Stopwatch Ammy, Dino Trophy, Wizpig 2

0x3A-0x43 Related to fog thickness/color; If all are 00, there is no fog

0x4B Number of Laps in a Race (01-06 work here; things start to get glitchy beyond this; 00 instantly finishes the race)

0x4C Race Mode
Values:
00 - Standard Race
03 - ? (used only in Horseshoe Gulch)
05 - Hub Area
06 - Cutscene (track model disabled?)
07 - Cutscene (track model enabled?)
08 - Boss Race
40 - TT Challenge (Battle)
41 - TT Challenge (Collect Bananas)
42 - TT Challenge (Hatch Eggs)

0x52 Music

0x90-0x9B Weather effects
All 00 - No weather effects
01 23 00 00 FF FF 03 6C 00 00 00 00 - Snow(Walrus Cove)
01 9B 00 00 FF FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 - Snow(Everfrost Peak)
01 9E 00 00 FF FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 - Snow(Snowflake Mountain)
00 F4 00 00 FF FF 00 00 00 AC 01 45 - Snow(Frosty Village)
00 08 00 01 9D FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 - Rain(Wizpig 1)
01 9F 00 00 FF FF 00 00 01 19 00 B9 - Snow(Walrus 2)
01 98 00 00 FF FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 - Snow(Walrus Boss Anim 1)

0x9C Camera Zoom (lower values are closer; higher values are farther)

0x9D-0x9F Color of background below Skydome (24-bit RGB)

0xB8 Which boss you face if Race Mode is Boss Race
Values:
00 - Boss: Tricky; Player vehicle: Car
01 - Boss: Bluey; Player vehicle: Hovercraft
02 - Boss: Smokey; Player vehicle: Plane
03 - Boss: Tricky rematch; Player vehicle: Car
04 - Boss: Bluey rematch; Player vehicle: Hovercraft
05 - Boss: Bubbler; Player vehicle: Hovercraft
06 - Boss: Bubbler rematch; Player vehicle: Plane
07 - Boss: Smokey rematch; Player vehicle: Plane
08 - Boss: Wizpig; Player vehicle: Car
09 - Boss: Wizpig on rocket; Player vehicle: Plane

0xBA-0xBB Object Map 2
Values:
0000 - Central Area
0001 - Walrus Boss
0002 - Dragon Forest
0003 - Fossil Canyon
0004 - Pirate Lagoon
0005 - Ancient Lake
0006 - Walrus Cove
0007 - Hot Top Volcano
0008 - Whale Bay
0009 - Snowball Valley
000A - **EARLY JUNGLE FALLS** (appears to be empty)
000B - Crescent Island
000C - Fire Mountain
000D - Dino Domain
000E - EverFrost Peak
000F - Sherbet Island
0010 - Front End
0011 - Character Select Test
0012 - Spaceport Alpha
0013 - Horseshoe Gulch
0014 - Greenwood Village
0015 - Spacedust Alley
0016 - RC Car Sequence
0017 - Boulder Canyon
0018 - Windmill Plains
0019 - Snowflake Mountain
001A - Smokey Castle
001B - Darkwater Beach
001C - Icicle Pyramid
001D - Frosty Village
001E - Jungle Falls
001F - Treasure Caves
0020 - Haunted Woods
0021 - Darkmoon Caverns
0022 - Star City
0023 - Trophy Race
0024 - Future Fun Land
0025 - Sequence Area
0026 - Wizpig 1
0027 - TrickyTops 1
0028 - Options Background
0029 - Wizpig Mouth Sequence
002A - Ammy Seq
002B - Sherbet Boss
002C - Dragon Boss
002D - Stopwatch Ammy
002E - Rocket Sequence
002F - TrickyTops 2
0030 - Dino Trophy
0031 - Snowflake Trophy
0032 - Sherbet Trophy
0033 - Dragon Trophy
0034 - Space Trophy
0035 - Walrus 2
0036 - Sherbet 2
0037 - Dragon 2
0038 - Wizpig 2
0039 - ? (single pine tree)
003A - Party Seq 1
003B - TrickyTops Anim 1
003C - Dragon Boss Anim 1
003D - Walrus Boss Anim 1
003E - Wizpig 1 Anim
003F - ?
0040 - Octo Anim
0041 - Wizspacenim
0042 - Lastbit
0043 - Lastbitb[/CODE]

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