Disc releases

Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy Demo Disk — Sphinx and the Shadow of Set Demo Disc

This is a list of all the known original releases of Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy that were published in optical medium by Eurocom and THQ Inc, including beta and hard-to-find versions.

Terminology[]

The internal build date is the compilation timestamp of the main game binary, generated from preprocessor macros and stored as C strings. They are usually shown in the (sometimes inaccessible) Version Info (F10) window.

This image showcases how the bundled debug symbol maps are used during crashes, for quick QA.

Debug symbols are files with tabular data that map memory addresses to function (or variable) names, and they can be used to make friendlier crash stack trace screens when something bad happens (or that was their original purpose, but they also make it easier to reverse-engineer the game). Usually, final builds of games are stripped and optimized, but sometimes, due to lack of time or something else, the final release (gold disc) ends up being the last QA build.

List[]

Title	Product code	Platform	Region	Type	Internal build date	Debug symbols	Redump
Pre-releases and demos
Sphinx and the Shadow of Set Demo Disc	SLUS-29057	PS2	NTSC	Standalone demo	Apr 24 2003 21:19:41	No^{[n 1]}	17896
Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine Demo Disc 72 (2003.09)	SCUS-97247	PS2	NTSC	Magazine demo	Apr 30 2003 11:28:04	No^{[n 2]}	14072
Sphinx et la malédiction de la momie Demo Disc	SLED-51832	PS2	PAL	Standalone demo	Jun 6 2003 16:23:52	Yes^{[n 3]}	92776
Official PlayStation 2 Magazine Demo 38 Uncut 11/03	SCED-51935	PS2	PAL	Magazine demo	Jun 18 2003 20:17:06	No^{[n 1]}	45447
Official PlayStation 2 Magazine Demo 38 Germany	SCED-51538						45423
Official PlayStation 2 Magazine Demo 38	SCED-51573						11969
Sphinx Preview Code 9/8 THQ	SLUS-20482	PS2	NTSC	Preview code	Sep 4 2003 20:24:28	Yes^{[n 3]}
Sphinx Review Build (Early) PS2 9-15-03	SLUS-20482	PS2	NTSC	Review copy	Sep 12 2003 13:39:46	Yes^{[n 3]}
Retail discs
Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy	SLUS-20482	PS2	NTSC	Retail disc	Sep 26 2003 14:30:25	No^{[n 2]}	20695
	DOL-GXPE78	GCN			Oct 10 2003 14:09:51	Yes^{[n 4]}	5988
	TQ03501K-TQ	XBX			Oct 5 2003 14:39:14	Yes^{[n 5]}	42525
Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy Sphinx y la maldita momia Sphinx et la malédiction de la momie Sphinx und die verfluchte Mumie Sphinx e la mummia pasticciona	SLES-51831	PS2	PAL	Retail disc	Dec 3 2003 14:45:02	No^{[n 2]}	22922
	DOL-GXPP78	GCN			Dec 4 2003 22:57:18	Yes^{[n 4]}	19826
	TQ03504E-TQ	XBX			Dec 8 2003 18:48:58	Yes^{[n 5]}	21589
스핑크스와 저주받은 미이라	SLKA-25018	PS2	KOR	Retail disc	Jan 22 2004 16:04:59	No^{[n 2]}	63171
스핑크스와 저주받은 미이라	TQ03503J-TQ	XBX	KOR	Retail disc	Jan 22 2004 15:43:40	Yes^{[n 5]}	68394

Notes[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 No, only asserts.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 No, release build.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Yes, MAPFILE.SMP; plain text symbol map.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Yes, game.dmp; binary, EuroPack2-compressed. The game has decompression routines but the path isn't normally taken.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Yes, Sphinx.map; plain text symbol map.

Disc gallery[]

Cover gallery[]

Display resolutions[]

Here are the real screen resolutions of the backbuffer (at least the ones used by default) for every original game version, in pixels:

	NTSC (60 Hz)	PAL (usually 50 Hz)	480p/PAL60
PS2	512 x 448	512 x 512	No
GCN	512 x 448		Yes
XBX	640 x 480		Yes

Note: To enable PAL60/480p on the Nintendo GameCube, hold B when starting the game. This is not necessary after the first time (until disabled) or if playing on a Wii. 480p output requires YPbPr cables, an NTSC console, and an NTSC copy of the game (for Nintendo GameCube or Xbox).

External links[]

Redump.org, a database of video game disc dumps.

[:0-1] 1.0 ^1.1 No, only asserts.

[:1-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 No, release build.

[:4-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Yes, MAPFILE.SMP; plain text symbol map.

[:2-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Yes, game.dmp; binary, EuroPack2-compressed. The game has decompression routines but the path isn't normally taken.

[:3-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Yes, Sphinx.map; plain text symbol map.

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