History VideoGame / Croc

* TakenDuringTheEnding: After Croc is reunited with his family in the game's normal ending,[[spoiler:Baron Dante steals several of their eggs and the credits roll. The eggs are recovered when the game is beaten 100%]].

** That being said, an advertisement for the game depicted him implied to have eaten [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros Mario]], VideoGame/CrashBandicoot, and [[Franchise/TombRaider Lara Croft]].

* ExposedEyeballsAsEyes: Croc and many other creatures have their eyes be just ellipses placed on top of their heads.

* RidiculouslyCuteCritter:
** Gobbos. According to the manual, Gobbos will even ''keep other Gobbos as pets''.
** Croc himself has very adorable animations for a character of his polycount, and the way he says WHEEEE when grabbing a balloon certainly helps.

* MadBomber: Roger Red Ant.

* {{Pirate}}: Cannon Boat Keith and his pirates.

** In the rest of the world, Gummi Savers are not sold, so they also returned to the jelly jumps from the first game.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: While Baron Dante is

* FollowTheLeader:
** While the first game is classic example of a 90s 3D platformer in the wake of ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'', it takes particular inspiration from ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot1996''. Both use a map system with multiple islands, levels that only ask you to get to the end and use a device to exit, Coloured Gems being important for OneHundredPercentCompletion, and ? Boxes that contain a collectible that gives you an extra life if you find 100 of them.
** ''Croc 2'' has more of its own identity, however the hub level structure and being able to talk to other characters in {{Simlish}} is very evocative of ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie''. The Jigsaw pieces however are ''not'' this: despite being large, yellow and important to 100% Completion, they function exactly the same as in the first game, which released a year before ''Banjo'' did.

* ObviousBeta: The Saturn version was, mostly due to the size of Croc in relation to the rest of the game.
* PortingDisaster: While a relatively minor example, the PC release of the game has a bug that prevents the music from playing anywhere except the title screen. This is a shame as many of the first game's tracks would have delightful reprisals in the sequel.

* ObviousBeta: Whilst the game is mostly complete, the Inca world only has three standard levels and a single boss, compared to the usual five standard levels, two bosses and a vehicle level. It was supposed to have more, but the game was ChristmasRushed. One of these levels is a FetchQuest that is considered by those who have played it as one of the most boring levels in any game, where you have to find no less than ''fifty'' baby Gobbos and return them a pen... and if they cry after being dropped, you have to go to a single spot in the level to make them stop. It's also one of the largest levels in the game, with a poor draw distance in the console versions.
** The bonus levels with the Eggs highlight this further: because there's only three Inca levels, there's not enough material to provide the challenges in the Twisted Levels, so they don't have any. And unlike the first game, there is also no [[spoiler: second confrontation with Baron Dante despite him stealing the Eggs in the first place]]: the game just cuts to credits again after you collect the third one.

* SequelDifficultyDrop: While still not an easy game after the first hub world, Croc 2 is much less demanding than its predecessor overall thanks to more forgiving level design that are less dense with obstacles, especially with how much wider they are.

''Croc: Legend of the Gobbos'' is a PlatformGame for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation, UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn, and PC, published by [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox Fox Interactive (now 20th Century Fox Games)]] and developed by Creator/ArgonautSoftware.

The plot mainly consists of the titular crocodile rescuing his friends/[[HappilyAdopted Adoptive Parents]], a species of small furry creatures known as [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter "Gobbos"]], all while trying his best to defeat the evil wizard Baron Dante and his demonic minions, the Dantinis.

* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Croc only wears a Backpack in both of his video games, aside from that he is completely naked.

* AllTheWorldsAreAStage: Both the original game and ''Croc 2'' have this with their final stages. Many of the level portions in the Crystal Island levels of ''Croc 1'' are similar to earlier portions of the game, while ''Croc 2'' quite literally uses the same level structure, only with radically different (and more difficult) placements of objects. In both games, the levels also have a much higher amount of enemies in them and other dangerous obstacles ([[EverythingTryingToKillYou even in the hub levels!]]).
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: The games' bosses, which are often ordinary animals magically turned gigantic by the villainous Baron Dante.
* BackFromTheDead: Minor antagonists, like the dantinis, do this in spectacular arrays of respawn-messiah goodness. But Baron Dante really takes the cake, turning into a ghost as a final boss in the first game and reanimated by his remaining demons in the second.

* CultureClash: Poor Croc soon begins to feel out of place when he grows big, then he's thrust into a big adventure only to find his parents. He probably has some differing values, diet and lifestyle to his parents. Maybe he was better with his friends after all.

* {{Expy}}: ''Croc'' started out as a ''[[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Yoshi]]'' game, and still strongly resembles Yoshi in the final game.

%%* SpeakingSimlish: Everyone.

* CollectionSidequest: The 8 Jigsaw pieces.

* CrateExpectations: Boxes that match the theme of the level.

* DynamicLoading: Croc walking across the screen when a level is loading.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: "Lair of the Feeble" has the easiest boss in the game. All it can do is feebly run at you.

* FloatingPlatforms: Comes in multiple flavors; some crumble when you stay on them too long, others don't and some move back and forth.
* FollowTheMoney: Crystals, which grant you an extra life per 100 you collect.

* GreenHillZone: The first world has this theme, though with a bit of lava mixed in.
* GrimyWater
* GroundPound: Croc. One other enemy is on top of platforms Croc must climb over, and the enemy ground pounds repeatedly.

* {{Instant 180 Degree Turn}}
* JetPack: One of the bosses uses a jetpack.
* KingKoopaCopy: Baron Dante is a big green-skinned monster king with a deep voice and magic powers. He even has a mohawk!
* LawOfOneHundred: With crystals. The problem with this, though, is unlike Sonic, the crystal counter ''goes back to zero'' after collecting 100, so while you get an extra life, you're now defenseless again, since like Sonic, you're a OneHitPointWonder without crystals/rings.
* LockAndKeyPuzzle: Some Gobbos are locked up in cages and need keys to free them, with the keys either being in the open, held by an enemy or in a wooden crate.
%%* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast

** The camera angles and bad turning controls are extremely frustrating, especially when you are trying to face a specific direction to jump or to run from a boss.
*** For that matter, for a lot of under-10s around when Croc came out, the Playstation was their first console, and Croc came packaged ''with it'' in some places...

* SpringsSpringsEverywhere: ''Jellies'', according to the manual. The American version features 'Gummy Savers' but the rest of the world features 'Jelly jumps'. The beta version actually did feature springs, but they were removed to avoid comparisons to Sonic The Hedgehog.

* SlippySlideyIceWorld: All of the second world's levels.

%%* SpinAttack: Croc uses this as his primary attack.

* TemporaryPlatform: Some platforms crumble when Croc jumps on them.

* TheXOfY

* AWinnerIsYou: Beat any non-boss level, whether it be saving lives or winning a race and all you get is:

* CaveBehindTheFalls: The only way to win the speedboat contest, and to get the last gem in the level for the ancient statue to get another 1% of the game done.

* {{Giant Mook}}s: Devils, pirates, any large dantini.

%%* MinecartMadness
%%* MoodWhiplash: The ending.
%%* NumberedSequels
* ObviousBeta: Whilst the game is mostly complete, the Inca world only has two levels. It was supposed to have more, but the game was ChristmasRushed. One of these levels is a FetchQuest that is considered by those who have played it as one of the most boring levels in any game.

* ProductPlacement: Gummi Savers can allow you to save the world.

* SequenceBreaking: With the new double jump feature, some lazy designers left it so you can get to locations normally needing skill to get to. Of course, you usually miss crystals and gems, so it seems like a good idea to not break sequence.
* ShoutOut: One of the levels is called "Film/DantesPeak".

* VegetarianCarnivore: Likely a CultureClash at the end of the game. Croc is reunited with his family at the end of the game, they're probably big time carnivores. Yet we still see Croc's younger brother chasing a Gobbo king. This might be because he only has one tooth and can't chew that much food, what with being a baby crocodile and all.
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''Croc'' is a PlatformGame for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation, published by [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox Fox Interactive (now 20th Century Fox Games)]] and developed by Creator/ArgonautSoftware.

** That being said, an advertisement for the game depicted him implied to have eaten [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros Mario]], VideoGame/CrashBandicoot, and [[VideoGame/TombRaider Lara Croft]].

* BalefulPolymorph: Most of the bosses are innocent creatures who have been magicked by Baron Dante. Fortunately they are reverted back to normal upon being defeated.

* SpeakingSimlish: Everyone.

** Likely a CultureClash at the end of the 2nd game. Croc is reunited with his family at the end of the game, they're probably big time carnivores. Yet we still see Croc's younger brother chasing a Gobbo king. Hmm...
*** This might be because he only has one tooth and can't chew that much food, what with being a baby crocodile and all.

* SpinAttack: Croc uses this as his primary attack.

The games were generally reviewed well, and were deemed Playstation Greatest Hit for a while, but only had two games.

%%* GrimyWater

%%* TenSecondFlashlight

%%* TheXOfY

** What does that mysterious footprint mean, and why did they just fire him across the sea?
*** Most of this info is found in the little memorabilia (i.e. Gummi Saver promotions) or the manual itself, which is growing increasingly rare.

* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Gobbos. 'Nuff said. According to the manual, Gobbos will even ''keep other Gobbos as pets''.

* UnwinnableByMistake: There is a glitch in Level 4-3 that will allow you to get seven Gobbos, however, doing this the first time won't unlock the secret island needed to 100% the time.

* DummiedOut: As betas have shown, there were meant to be a total of 7 worlds, one of which, the Water World was entirely cut. In said Water World you would discover Atlantis and travel inside a giant whale. Remnants of this can be seen through hacking. There was also a snowboarding level, and Croc's snowboarding animation was left in game. Two of the worlds, Forest and Cave were combined into one, and several desert levels were removed.

* DinosaursAreDragons: A justified case with the Village Masher, a cybernetic TyrannosaurusRex who breathes fire.

A PlatformGame for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation, published by [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox Fox Interactive (now 20th Century Fox Games)]] and developed by Creator/ArgonautSoftware. The plot mainly consists of the titular crocodile rescuing his friends/[[HappilyAdopted Adoptive Parents]], a species of small furry creatures known as [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter "Gobbos"]], all while trying his best to defeat the evil wizard Baron Dante and his demonic minions, the Dantinis. The games were generally reviewed well, and were deemed Playstation Greatest Hit for a while, but only had two games.

* FollowTheLeader: Make a 3D platformer where collecting objects is the name of the game.

%%* FloatingPlatforms
* FollowTheMoney: Crystals.
%%* GreenHillZone

%%* LockAndKeyPuzzle

%%* SpinAttack

* NintendoHard: Tricky controls, respawning enemies and the coins-are-life system that would make VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog cry, this game was rather tough to new players.

* {{Expy}}: ''Croc'' started out as a ''[[SuperMarioBros Yoshi]]'' game, and still strongly resembles Yoshi in the final game.

* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: The games' bosses, which are often ordinary animals magically gigantasized by the villainous Baron Dante.