Chester Field: Ankoku Shin heno Chousen

This page details one or more prototype versions of Chester Field: Ankoku Shin heno Chousen.

Debug Functions#

The prototype has some debug features intact, which were completely removed from the retail version.

Pressing A + B on controller 2 will enable the debug mode. The game will freeze and await for commands.

• Up or Down on controller 2 toggles invincibility.
• Up on controller 1 enables the Morning Star weapon.
• Select on controller 1 enables the stage select. A small number appears in the middle of the screen, which you can change with Left and Right. Pressing Start will take you to the chosen level.

• Pressing A + B again will unfreeze the game and continue with the selected commands.

Hidden Credit#

The prototype also features a unique credit string which was also removed from the final version. Present at 9F67.

CHESTER FIELD SOUND DATA Ver 1.02 MUSIC COMPOSED & S.E. CREATED BY M.SAITOH(T.S.T) COPYRIGHT (C) 1987 VIC TOHKAI/TECMO.LTD

Uncompiled Source Code#

A small piece of uncompiled source code can be found at 0x288.

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CLRDT0:
    DB  000H,000H,000H,000H
    DB  000H,000H,000H,011H
    DB  011H,000H,011H,011H