Clash at Demonhead

Prototype Info

Test Password#

TENS AIWA WASU RETA
KOTO WOOM OIDA SUYO

The following password maxes out everything that can be maxed out in the Japanese version. Items, health, money, absolutely everything! Likely used by the programmers to test things out. In Japanese it would be written ("Tensai wa wasureta kotowo omoidasu yo"「天才は忘れたことを思い出すよ」) and means "(I) remember the things the genius forgot".

The US version has all passwords be two characters shorter, and since this secret password is the same here, it only lacks the last two symbols ("TENSA IWAWA SURET AKOTO WOOMO IDASU"), but can be used as well.

Regional Differences#

Title Screen#

The US title screen got a complete redesign and it's also missing the UFO that flies by when you start the game.

Japan	US

Intro#

The Japanese version has a scene with Commander Hasslewine (Commander Winestuff in the US version) informing Bang about the mission. This was removed in the US version.

Mobilization Orders No. 2568623
This is confidential, but you have to hurry, so listen up!
Dr. Plum, inventor of the Dead End doomsday bomb, has 
been kidnapped by an evil organization known as the Lawbreakers.
They've barricaded themselves at the foot of the dreaded 
mountain Demon's Head and are demanding surrender!
One blast from that bomb could blow the whole Earth to 
pieces! Attacking them directly is out of the question!
Our scout, Joe, hasn't returned either... 
Now, Bang, you are the only one who can scour the vast 
foothills for the enemy and prevent the explosion!
Show them what the magnificent Lightning Kid will
risk to get the job done. Good luck!
 Commander Hasslewine,
         Secret Squadron Sabre-Toothed Tigers

Names#

• In the Japanese version, there are two sister Fairies named Faysha and Leticia. The US version turned them both into one character: Faysha.
• In the US version, the last boss is merely called "Boss", but in the Japanese version he's called MadGazer.

Shopkeeper#

Japan	US

The shopkeeper's face was completely redrawn, becoming a lot less goofy and trading his slight stubble for a full blown moustache, gaining a nose in the process. His daughter Sally's face was also edited, removing the odd smirk and half-closed eyes in favor of a wide smile.

Route 4#

In the Japanese version, Route 4 shows a small conversation between the last boss and Professor Plum. This conversation doesn't happen in the US version.

-Meanwhile, at the enemy headquarters...
Professor Plum! Are you awake? Get to work on the Dead End right away.

What's that? I don't know what you're talking about.

Gahahaha! Too late! I've already hypnotized you into making it for us!

Ooooh crap, no way! 

Good Ending#

The good ending is mostly the same in both regions, except for a little message that pops up after the ending and before the credits in the Japanese version.

P.S. All three of them forgot about Joe... Oh well!

Bad Ending#

In the Japanese version, when you trigger the bad ending, you get a text screen followed by the "The End" screen. In the US version, the text screen has been removed and the "The End" screen is missing the mountain and the little UFO.

Japan	US

Scientific progress has been a double-edged sword for humanity. The road to ruin stands back-to-back with advanced civilization... Nothing, from the destruction of natural life on Earth, to the spreading of radioactivity, to abnormal weather events, to the development of murder weapons has stopped mankind from killing one another. The voices of the righteous are constantly drowned out, and those who lose themselves in this false peace, and continue to commit irreversible crimes, view it as little more than somebody else's problem... And so the super-photon bomb Dead End's flash has engulfed the Earth. July 199X -- At last, humanity's own culture has retaliated against it...

Staff Roll#

To do: Is the data still in the US version or not?

The Japanese version contains a staff roll of the game designers that was cut from the US version.

Game Design 
Outsider Hal 

Graphics
Outsider Hal
Gas Tank Yamaguchi 
Linda Linda Kinoshita 

Programming 
Zushū-danji (Zushū Boy) Hisamatsu 
Kakko-chan XJ Watanabe 
Suruga-hime (Princess Suruga) Naruchan 
Kazeshitemasu (Cold-Haver) Sanoyan 

Sound 
Ojisan (Uncle) Hasuya

Outsider Hal is Haruhiko Kawamura, Linda Linda Kinoshita is Kazuaki Kinoshita, Zushū-danji Hisamatsu is Norihiro Hisamatsu, Suruga-hime Naruchan is Tomiko Narusawa, Kazeshitemasu Sanoyan is Mayumi Sano, and Ojisan Hasuya is Michiharu Hasuya. Most of the staff also worked on Golgo 13: Top Secret Episode and Kid Kool.

ROM Header#

The internal ROM header in the Japanese version, Dengeki Big Bang!, identifies the game as "BIG VAN". The US version has the name as "DEMON HEAD", and also includes the original Japanese version header at the end of the second-to-last bank.