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Cars 2 (Plug & Play)

Cars 2 is a Plug & Play system based on everyone's least-favorite Pixar movie.

Debug Menu#

At the "TV Games: Plug it in & Play" screen, while holding B, press Left, Right, Left and Right to access several debug screens. After advancing through all screens, the game reboots.

Hardware Test#

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A mode for testing the game's regular controls. A build date is displayed in this screen and in the Program Checksum Test seen below.

Program Checksum Test

Color Test

NAND Flash Test

A checksum test.

A graphic test.

NAND Flash Explorer

NAND Flash Checksum Test

Save Data Test

A memory explorer of sorts.

A second checksum test.

A RAM viewer.

Music Test

SDRAM Read/Write Test

UNPAK16 Test

A self-explanatory sound test menu.

An archive unpacking test mode.

Bitmap Mode Test#

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Presumably another image test function, though none are displayed now.