Destruction Derby 2 Comparison
1. Disc Content
Let me begin with the disc content. The first picture is the Retail PC disc, the second is the Matrox disc with the Monster Trucks Beta Demo, the third is my other Matrox disc without the Monster Trucks Demo and the last one is the PS1 NTSC-U disc.
On the Retail PC and the Matrox disc's are the "DATA.z" file, which contains the gamefiles (DD2.exe, DIRINFO file...). The Retail PC version will install the Intro/Outro files to the hard disk drive and needs a CD to start. The Matrox version will read them from the disc and don't need it to start, it's optional for the Intro/Outro playing and Redbook-Audio. So, if you not insert the disc, you don't have the cool Intro. :P
The data.z file from the Retail PC version has the date 15.Nov.1996 and the Matrox file is from 15.Sept.1996. But this date on Matrox version can't be correct, because it contains files which are younger. You will see it later when i compare them.
When we open the readme file of booth Matrox disc's, we can see only one difference. The disc with the Monster Trucks Demo, says 25.Sept 1996 version 1.01 and the second disc 5.Dec 1996 version 1.01. I think there is a version 1.00 from the DD2 Matrox version, you will find my thinking at point "11.Two Matrox Destruction Derby 2 versions?"
The first Matrox disc has a broken last Audio track (Track 19). It only has 25sec, after these 25sec it's silence. The picture shows Track 19, from the first and the second Matrox disc
On booth Matrox disc's are some Audiotracks in a different order. Track 5* and Track 11* are the same, "How Do You Know - Jug (Caprio County Raceway)" is missing. I think the man who mastered the disc made an mistake, because the tracks are in a wrong order and are not editied in the main menu, it shows the title and artist from the original Retail PC and PS1 order. Also some tracks have at the end some silent clicking.
| Retail PC and PS1 order | Matrox order | Track |
| Game Data | Game Data | Track01 - Data Track |
| Slapshot - Jug | Slapshot - Jug | Track02 - Pine Hills Raceway |
| Rejected - Jug | Rejected - Jug | Track03 - Chalk Canyon |
| Dead Happy - Jug | Dead Happy - Jug | Track04 - Black Sail Valley |
| Footsteps - Jug | Footsteps - Jug* | Track05 - Ultimate Destruction |
| How Do You Know - Jug | Little Pig - Jug | Track06 - Caprio County Raceway |
| Better - Jug | Better - Jug | Track07 - Liberty City |
| Pushed Away - Jug | Pushed Away - Jug | Track08 - SCA Motorplex |
| Telekenesis - Tuscan | Sun Dive - Tuscan | Track09 - The Colosseum |
| Pinnacle - Tuscan | Pinnacle - Tuscan | Track10 - The Pit |
| Little Pig - Jug | Footsteps - Jug* | Track11 - Red Pike Arena |
| Soundcheck - Jug | Soundcheck - Jug | Track12 - Death Bowl |
| Joyrider - Jug | Joyrider - Jug | Track13 - Title Screens |
| Direction - Jug | Direction - Jug | Track14 - Results Screens |
| Jade - Jug | Jade - Jug | Track15 - End Of Season |
| Breed - Jug | Breed - Jug | Track16 - Bonus Track 1 |
| Sun Dive - Tuscan | Telekenesis - Tuscan | Track17 - Bonus Track 2 |
| Burn Out - Jug | Burn Out - Jug | Track18 - Bonus Track 3 |
| Crawl - Jug | Crawl - Jug | Track19 - Bonus Track 4 |
You can fix the order in the Matrox version, if you insert the Retail PC version disc, or the PS1 disc into the CD-Drive. Also the Retail PC version accepts the PS1 disc and the Matrox disc's to start.