Croc: Legend of the Gobbos

Publishers Fox Interactive
Developers Argonaut Software
Release date 1997
Genre Platformer
Game rating

Game Description

Croc: Legend of the Gobbos is a platform video game developed by Argonaut Games and published by Fox Interactive. The game is known for being one of the earliest examples of a 3D platform game, being released in North America in September 1997 for the Sony PlayStation, and later on that year for the Sega Saturn and Microsoft Windows. Taking place in the fictional setting of the Gobbo Valley, Croc: Legend of the Gobbos follows a young crocodile named Croc, who sets out to rescue a group of furry creatures known as Gobbos from the Baron Dante.

Download Croc: Legend of the Gobbos

We might have the game available for more than one platform. Croc: Legend of the Gobbos is currently available on these platforms:

PlayStation (1997)

Croc_Legend_of_the_Gobbos_PS_ROM_EN.7z (307MB)

Windows (1997)

Croc_Legend_of_the_Gobbos_Win_Files_EN.7z (62.1MB)

Croc_Legend_of_the_Gobbos_Win_ISO_EN.7z (125.8MB)

How to play on Windows – first method

  1. Download and Extract Croc_Legend_of_the_Gobbos_Win_Files_EN.7z
  2. Launch CrocRun.exe
  3. Play the game

How to play on Windows – second method

  1. Download and Extract Croc_Legend_of_the_Gobbos_Win_ISO_EN.7z
  2. Mount the .iso file
  3. Run autorun.exe and select “Install Croc” (note, it might seem that it’s stuck at 99% but wait a couple of minutes and the setup should launch). Finish installing the game
  4. Play the game using the desktop shortcut

Additional files, patches and fixes

Croc: Legend of the Gobbos Windows ReadMe (English/German/French/Swedish/Spanish/Italian/German/Portugese)

Croc: Legend of the Gobbos Sega Saturn Manual (English)

Croc: Legend of the Gobbos PlayStation Manual (English)

Croc: Legend of the Gobbos Windows Manual (Spanish)

Croc: Legend of the Gobbos Windows Manual (English)

Croc: Legend of the Gobbos Screenshots

Windows

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  1. Writing this from an xp virtual machine. The reason it refuses to run is because the installer sets a registry key that points the install directory, and naturally since this is a rip of the install folder, your system is unlikely to have that key.

    In order to get it to run:
    1. Open regedit.
    2. Navigate to “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Argonaut Software\Croc”, which should already exist if you have already ran CrocRun.exe.
    3. Right click and hit “New” > “String Value”.
    4. Name it “Directory” (without quotes, naturally).
    5. Double click your new “Directory” key and copy or write the path to the game files into the “Value data” form. For example mine is “C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents\Downloads\Croc_Legend_of_the_Gobbos_Win_Files_EN\Game Files”, again without quotes.

    That should get CrocRun.exe to stop complaining.

    It still doesn’t run for me because it requires like some old ass version of direct3d or something. But on modern windows, that might not be an issue, it may run fine in compatibility mode. If not you can try dgVoodoo or some other similar graphics api wrapper. It does come with a software renderer but I can’t get that to work either. I might reply to this with an update if I manage to get it running properly but maybe not.

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  2. Tried the following instructions:
    Download and Extract Croc_Legend_of_the_Gobbos_Win_Files_EN.7z
    Launch CrocRun.exe
    Play the game

    When I tried to launch CrocRun.exe, the only option available was to “Install Croc!”, but when I selected that, I got an error, “Unable to find installation binary on install CD”.

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  3. neither the zip nor the .iso work. when clicking “install croc” in the launch menu after running CrocRun.exe in the zip file, there’s a message saying “Fatal message from Croc! Unable to find installation binary on install CD”. after mounting the .iso and running autorun.exe, clicking “install croc” in the launch menu does nothing. any solution?

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