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Dokodemo Issho (PlayStation Portable)

The PSP Dokodemo Issyo is a remake of the first game with redone graphics, soundtrack, and new content, minus the PocketStation elements in exchange for wireless features instead. It was released to commemorate the franchise's fifth anniversary and was one of the PSP's launch titles in Japan.

Sub-Pages#

Unused Content#

Demo Disclaimer Screen#

An unused disclaimer screen image likely used in a demo version, located in DATA.BP at GUI/TITLE/ALERT.GIM.

The Japanese on the right roughly states that "the specifications of this software is different from the retail version, and unexpected problems may occur."

The image shows a CERO rating of 審査予定 (Rating scheduled), which is often used for trial versions or promotional materials of software. The final game's cover has 全年齢 (For all ages).4

Development Text#

This needs some investigation.
Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page.
Specifically: See if these appear in other games that use similar prx libraries. TCRF:COMMON

Several messages appear near the end of the game's executable file, BOOT.BIN. Some notable messages include:

BioFs#

Present at 0xDFCE5 are error messages related to a filesystem called BioFs. It also mentions "KSC", a proprietary format used for storing Pokepi text in the game files.

BioFs
ERROR:
FSReadFile: no BIO presents.
AddThread:Too many threads.
no KSC file
called from. sp=%d lp=%d
current. sp=%d lp=%d
input_message: not in input state.
input_select: not in select state.
FUNC_TIME:invalid #(%d) of arg

Audio Engine#

At hex address 0xDEF10 in BOOT.BIN are several audio-related messages and errors. It shows that the game's audio may be stored in a MIDI-like format and contains a typo of "empty" to "empry".

unknown MIDI message %X %X %X %X
sgxport.c
sgxPort%s unknown ID (%d)
sgx-port-nslot
sgx-port-nunit
sgx-port-nfade
sgx-port-nfade=%d
sgx-port-nunit=%d
sgx-port-nslot=%d
empty port slot
empty port fade
empry port voice [sic]
empty port unit
Command

Compiler Version String#

GCC: (GNU) 3.3.3+allegrex-2.2.1-psp-1.5.1

This text is repeated several times at the end of BOOT.BIN. It appears to be compiled with the GNU GCC compiler, and "allegrex" is the name of the PSP's CPU.

References#


  1. BeXide - GDRI :: Game Developer Research Institute↩︎
  2. JAPANスタジオ作品一覧 2005年~2003年 | PlayStation↩︎
  3. Wayback Machine - どこでもいっしょ.com, Dec. 30th, 2004↩︎
  4. Rating system | CERO (official homepage) - Computer Entertainment Rating Organization↩︎