A.S.P. Air Strike Patrol

To do: Document the prototype version. #Unused Settings Need Action Replay or Pro Action Replay codes for all regions. More detail about the different #Debug Menu options from someone who knows more about the game.

An isometric building bombing game with planes flown by venomous Egyptian cobras. Or people. Can't remember, really. Also well-known for the fact that some emulators, not to mention the Super NES Jr., cannot properly draw shadows underneath the craft.

Unused Settings#

Using the Pro Action Replay code 7E00A204 adds an unused "Mania" difficulty and "Cockpit C" control scheme to the game setup screen. The Cockpit C scheme is called "Heli" by the debug menu.

Debug Menu#

Hold down L+R+Select on controller 2 at the beginning of a sortie to access the debug menu, which lets you customize the various parameters of the current mission.

The full list of options are:

• Mission number (0 to 8)
• Play area (1 to 10)
• Game level (0 to 4)
• Palette select (day/night)
• SE mode select (on/off)
• Final flight (on/off)
• Player aircraft (F-15 or A-10)
• Missile ("GROUND1", "GROUND2", or "AIR")
• Missile count (0 to 99)
• Gun level (0 to 4)
• Player life (1 to 32)
• Fuel consume (0 to 3)
• MiG level (0 to 4)
• MiG count (0 to 5)
• Scud formation (0 to 3)
• Scud count (0 to 8)
• Pad control (Normal, Cockpit A, Cockpit B, Heli)
• Button type (Y+B, B+Y, B+A, A+B)
• Scenario (new game, continue)

Development Text#

Build String#

At the very start of the ROM is a build date and copyright information:

Tue Aug 10 15:10:08 1993
  DESERT SWORD  
                    MCMXCIII    
(C) SETA CO,LTD (C) OPUS CORP.  

Sat Nov 09 17:00:00 1993
 DESERT FIGHTER         (US/UK) 
                    MCMXCIII    
(C) SETA CO,LTD (C) OPUS CORP.  

Tue Dec 07 19:50:43 1993
 DESERT FIGHTER  A.S.P. (US/UK) 
                    MCMXCIII    
(C) SETA CO,LTD (C) OPUS CORP.  

Mon Jan 24 15:20:32 1994
 DESERT FIGHTER  A.S.P. (US/UK) 
                    MCMXCIII    
(C) SETA CO,LTD (C) OPUS CORP.  

Shortly after that, in every version of the game, is the string: DESERT SWORD SYSTEM (C) 1992 OPUS CORP.

Regional Differences#

Title Screen#

Japan	North America	Europe