Disney's Tarzan (PlayStation)

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Three games, one family.

Disney's Tarzan for PlayStation consists of sidescrolling action starring the Disney version of the famed ape-man.

Level Select#

At the main menu, press Left, Left, Right, Right, Up, Down, Left, Right, Up, Up, Down, Down for the level select, then scroll down for an invisible Cheats option. Press Left and Right to scroll pages and press Select to get back to the main menu.

Debug Menu#

To do: The rest of the re-release stuff.

At the main menu, press L1, R1, L1, R1, L1, R1, L1, R1, L2, R2 to access the debug menu during gameplay.

• In the menu, press Left and Right to toggle the options on and off.
• ALL LETTERS: Forces to have all letters in the level completion.
• ALL PAGES: Forces to have all pages in the level completion.
• SHOW COORDS: Shows some debugging information.
• INFINITE LIVES: As it says.
• MUCHO FRUIT: Have infinite fruits of all type.
• FREEZE TIME: Freezes the timer.
• ALL MOVIES: Forces all movies to be available in the Movies menu.
• MENU ACTIVE: Disables the Cheat Menu.

US Re-release Specific#

• RESTART POINT: Let's you choose between different start points.
• NO HARM HERO: Let's you walk through enemies.
• NO DEATH: No dying when health get to 0.
• FORCE DEATH: Pressing L1 with Controller 2 forces a death, also takes you to the selected start point.
• FORCE VICTORY: Pressing R1 with Controller 2 forces a level win.
• NO PIT: Disables death triggers in pits and lets you walk in the air when dropping into one.
• SCAN MODE: Unknown
• -DISABLED-: Unknown function
• NO F SCROLL: Unknown
• NO BADDY: Unknown

Revisional Differences#

For the US version, Sony originally published the game and later re-released it on Greatest Hits. In 2002, alongside A Bug's Life, Take 2 obtained the rights and re-released it with some changes.

Original	Take 2 release

• The "SCEA Presents" screen was replaced with the Take 2 Interactive logo.

Original	Take 2 release

• The Level Select cheat is enabled by default in this re-release. However, the menu's text is replaced with the sprites for the coins and there's less options to choose from.

• The Cheat Menu has more options and functions.

• It should be noted that this version was reissued under a new serial number. As a result, neither version's save data is compatible with each other.

Widescreen Mode#

There is also a hidden cheat to set the screen ratio to 16:9 widescreen. Press Left, Right, Left, Right, Left, Right, Up, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, Left, Right, Up, Down. Interestingly, an identical widescreen cheat is present in Crash Bash, which was also developed by Eurocom.

Unused text#

Among level names are the following strings:

Test area
Credits Screen
Titles page

Regional Differences#

Japanese#

Like A Bug's Life for PlayStation, Tarzan was published by Konami in Japan, and has some differences.

• A health warning appears at startup before the Konami logo.
• A fourth menu option was added to the title screen, which displays information about the characters.
• You exit the Level Select menu with X.
• Level Select menu uses a different font.

Finnish#

• You exit the Level Select menu with Triangle.
• Level Select menu uses the same font as the Japanese version.