Dragon's Fury

Dragon's Fury is a port of the classic TurboGrafx-16 pinball game Devil's Crush.

Predefined Passwords#

Technosoft added a bunch of predefined 1-player passwords, all of which can be found beginning at ROM address $006EB4 for Devil Crash MD, and $006F8A for Dragon's Fury:

Restarting from a password after using one of these passwords reverses the effect of the first password.

To input the password "" you must press right while holding the B button to skip over the first 2 character slots as the first 2 and last 2 slots must remain blank for the password to work. There is no normal way to input a blank character after a letter or number has been input.

Whether you play the Japanese or International version of the game, all of the passwords will function exactly the same.

Time Trial Mode#

By using the passwords TIMETRIAL0 or TIMETRIAL1 as mentioned above, the game will start a secret Time Trial mode. In this mode, players start with 99 Balls, with which to get as high a score as possible in the main table. Access to Bonus Stages appears to be disabled in this mode - any routes that would lead to them only score extra points and immediately return the ball. Many other bonuses are also disabled; for example you cannot earn extra balls by hitting a flying enemy while launching the ball. It is also not possible to pause the game; the button does not offer any function in this mode (which also prevents passwords from being viewed mid-game).

Although there is no visual cue to explain this, Time Trial mode is limited to 3 minutes of play. After three minutes, any left over bonus is credited; and the game then ends immediately. The player is then taken to a Results Screen, with the final score for the run and an instruction to "Press Reset". This screen uses similar graphics to the "Best 5" Highscore table, although the scores earned here do not contribute to the Highscores and no references are made to the current highscores (likely as the need to reset would wipe the score table anyway). Interestingly, this screen in Dragon's Fury refers to the mode as "Devil Shock Time Trial Mode". Devil Shock was the title of the cancelled arcade port that had been announced at the Amusement Machine Show of 1991, on the week prior to the Japanese release.

PCM Test#

While the Music and Sound Tests are active from the start, a PCM Test can be unlocked, though the conditions to do so are currently unknown. For simplicity's sake, use the patch code FFF5DC:FFFF (any nonzero value will do) before entering the options screen. PCM Test should be tucked at the bottom of the screen. There are only 3 samples, so go crazy...

This needs some investigation. Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page. Specifically: See if there is a button combination or something that unlocks them.

Regional Differences#

Company Logo Screens#

Devil Crash MD (Japan)	Dragon's Fury (International)

Dragon's Fury omits the traditional Sega logo screen upon booting the game. Rather the game starts on an edited version of the Tecno Soft screen that credits Tengen instead, complete with text on the bottom that gives Sega a manufacturing credit.

Devil Crush MD has the Sega logo screen intact that is used in licensed games for the system.

Title Screen#

Devil Crash MD (Japan)	Dragon's Fury (International)

The cinematic that plays before the title pops up on the title screen has its pentagram censored in Dragon's Fury, opting for a circular symmetrical design in its place.

Devil Crash MD (Japan)	Dragon's Fury (International)

The game was simply released as Devil Crash MD in Japan, obviously showing the fact that it's a port of the original PC Engine game. For whatever reason, when releasing the game internationally, Tengen chose to change the title completely to Dragon's Fury, rather than just the simple adjustment from Devil Crash to Devil's Crush that Hudson Soft did for the TurboGrafx-16 game.

Accessing the options menu differs between both the Japanese and overseas versions: In Dragon's Fury, the options menu is listed in the main menu, however in Devil Crash MD, you must hold the A, B, or C button and press Start on the title screen while it still has the "Press Start Button!" text on-screen.

Pentagrams/Hexagrams#

Like the TurboGrafx-16 version, changes were made to remove Satanic imagery from the game's international release, though these changes were somewhat different:

Devil Crash MD (Japan)	Dragon's Fury (International)

The pentagram and hexagrams at the top of the table have been changed into regular five-pointed stars. This is different from the censorship of the original TurboGrafx-16 version, which changed the pentagram to an eight-pointed star in the same style.

To do: Document other differences. The stone background tiles look like they are different in the above screenshots. Bonus stage 2's coffins (with a cross) have been changed to vases. The bonus stage HUD pentagrams have been removed entirely.

References#