The EXE in one of the demo versions references the 'Dragon X' string many times in the dragon name pointer array, suggesting that it would have been used for Dragons whose names were yet to be decided. The internal order in which the names are listed implies that they would have been used in Jacques (Rashidi), Cliff Town (Gale), and one of the Magic Crafters worlds (Finlay and Jethro). Notably, Silvus was used in demo builds of the game as the name of the cowardly dragon in the Artisans home, which was renamed to Tomas in the final release. The name listings for all of the dragons and balloonists (as well as Toasty and Jacques) contain a few names which go unused by any of the characters found in the final game. It is itself found in the name of the boss Dr. The term 'Shemp' is an internal joke among the developers, as if something didn't go as planned, or if someone messed up, they 'got the Shemp'. Insomniac also managed to sneak this into the files of the second and third game.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

The demo used on a standalone demo disc released in 1999, with similar content to the above demo.Ī rather cryptic compendium of text, repeated multiple times to fill up leftover space on the disc, can be found in the 'DRAGON' file, containing extracts from Shakespeare, Dickens, Melville, Edgar Allen Poe, and other esteemed authors.