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Dream Photo

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Dream Photo is an unlicensed spot-the-difference game for the Dreamcast. It requires its own dedicated mouse peripheral to boot (though a patch to allow regular Dreamcast controllers to be used exists) and, curiously, features the entirety of Smile.dk's debut album Smile as background music.

Truly makes you feel like a little butterfly.

Unused Puzzles#

The program section on the disc contain graphics for several puzzles that are never called by the game's executable, 1ST_READ.BIN. They are in a different format from the other puzzles; there's no separate graphic file for each of the differences, but a graphic where the differences are already applied to the original image.

DRAGBALL#

A puzzle with Dragon Ball Z characters.

DRAGBALL.PVR

DRAGBALL_1.PVR

Date: December 26, 2000 14:36:48
Dreamphoto-DRAGBALL.png

Date: December 26, 2000 20:45:30
Dreamphoto-DRAGBALL 1.png

GARFEICAT#

A puzzle starring Garfield.

GARFEICAT.PVR

GARFEICAT_1.PVR

Date: December 26, 2000 13:43:52
Dreamphoto-GARFEICAT.png

Date: December 26, 2000 21:00:58
Dreamphoto-GARFEICAT 1.png

MAN#

A puzzle with the face of Japanese actor Yutaka Takenouchi. Oddly, the timestamps don't match the other files in the game.

MAN1.PVR

MAN2.PVR

Date: November 13, 1990 16:48:10
Dreamphoto-MAN1.png

Date: November 13, 1990 16:48:22
Dreamphoto-MAN2.png

SKY_TABLE#

A puzzle with a picture of the al-Buraq/Western Wall, with a timestamp of December 27, 2000, 10:52:38. Oddly, there's no modified variant of this image.

Dreamphoto-SKY TABLE.png

SNAP#

A puzzle with a screenshot of the 2000 Windows game Xīn Shén Diāo Xiá Lǚ by InterServ International.

SNAP_1.PVR

SNAP.PVR

Date: December 26, 2000 11:24:30
Dreamphoto-SNAP 1.png

Date: December 26, 2000 21:23:00
Dreamphoto-SNAP.png

SNAP2#

A puzzle with another screenshot of Xīn Shén Diāo Xiá Lǚ.

SNAP2.PVR

SNAP2_1.PVR

Date: December 26, 2000 11:26:26
Dreamphoto-SNAP2.png

Date: December 26, 2000 21:35:16
Dreamphoto-SNAP2 1.png

XIA#

A puzzle with a picture of a lionfish.

XIA.PVR

XIA_1.PVR

Date: December 26, 2000 15:53:36
Dreamphoto-XIA.png

Date: December 26, 2000 21:51:50
Dreamphoto-XIA 1.png

YS#

A puzzle with a picture of the Greek Orthodox Church of St. George at Madaba, Jordan.

YS_1.PVR

YS_2.PVR

Date: December 30, 2000 16:20:24
Dreamphoto-YS 1.png

Date: December 30, 2000 16:57:56
Dreamphoto-YS 2.png

ZHU#

A puzzle with a screenshot of Tiny Toon Adventures: Toonenstein - Dare to Scare!.

ZHU_1.PVR

ZHU_2.PVR

Date: December 29, 2000 19:36:02
Dreamphoto-ZHU 1.png

Date: December 30, 2000 01:09:14
Dreamphoto-ZHU 2.png

(Source: tikal.)

Katana SDK Leftovers#

Leftover textures from several Katana SDK demos can be found within the disc data.

Ninja2D#

Alpha#

SPRITE2.PVR
Dreamphoto-SPRITE2.png

Draw2D#

OLDWOOD.PVR
Dreamphoto-OLDWOOD.png

WALLMAP.PVR
Dreamphoto-WALLMAP.png

NinjaX#

BOMB03.PVR
HTDC-ninjaxdemonstration-003.png

BOMBEX.PVR
Dreamphoto-BOMBEX.png

SYSTEM.PVR
HTDC-ninjaxdemonstration-012.png

TITLE.PVR
HTDC-ninjaxdemonstration-015.png

Ninja3D#

binary#

SKELTON.PVR
Dreamphoto-SKELTON.png

YA02.PVR
Dreamphoto-YA02.png

fog1#

BODY_HEAD.PVR
Dreamphoto-BODY HEAD.png

BODY_PAINT.PVR
Dreamphoto-BODY PAINT.png

BODY_UNDER.PVR
Dreamphoto-BODY UNDER.png

REF_STM.PVR
Dreamphoto-REF STM.png

Scud Race#

BPR_LOGO.PVR
Dreamphoto-BPR LOGO.png

CA_CW_MIZU1.PVR
Dreamphoto-CA CW MIZU1.png

CAFE128.PVR
Dreamphoto-CAFE128.png

CAR_MESH3.PVR
Dreamphoto-CAR MESH3.png

Siberian#

BUSH.PVR
Dreamphoto-BUSH.png

Kamui#

kmsample#

M256TW2.PVR
Dreamphoto-M256TW2.png

sbTex#

STARFISH.PVR
Dreamphoto-STARFISH.png

(Source: tikal.)

Other Unused Graphics#

Early Textures#

BACKGRAND.PVR is a background of a sky. Given the name, it was meant to be used as a background image for the main menu, though the game just uses a graphic with a tiled "Xing Hong" text instead.

BACKGRAND.PVR (Unused)

BACKGROUND.PVR (Final)

Date: January 7, 2001 13:12:30
Dreamphoto-BACKGRAND.png

Date: January 15, 2001 10:14:08
Dreamphoto-BACKGROUND.png

CHIP.PVR and CHIP1.PVR are early textures for 101DOG_C.PVR, the difference sprites for the 101 Dalmatians-themed puzzle.

CHIP.PVR (Unused A)

CHIP1.PVR (Unused B)

101DOG_C.PVR (Final)

Date: January 8, 2001 10:06:48
Dreamphoto-CHIP.png

Date: January 8, 2001 14:33:50
Dreamphoto-CHIP1.png

Date: January 16, 2001 17:19:56
Dreamphoto-CHIP1.png

OPENER.PVR and OPENER1.PVR are early versions of PAGE2.PVR, which contain some UI elements such as cursors, player indicators, and an early logo. The only difference between these early variations is the color depth; the former file uses ARGB1555, while the latter uses ARGB4444.

OPENER.PVR (Unused A)

OPENER1.PVR (Unused B)

PAGE2.PVR (Final)

Date: January 8, 2001 14:02:00
Dreamphoto-OPENER.png

Date: January 8, 2001 14:33:08
Dreamphoto-OPENER1.png

Date: January 16, 2001 03:57:28
Dreamphoto-PAGE2.png

PAGE_1.PVR and PAGE_1_CHIP.PVR are early versions of BEAR.PVR, which contain the title screen sprites. It seems that, at some point, the bears in the title screen wore different bowties depending on the option.

PAGE_1.PVR (Unused A)

PAGE_1_CHIP.PVR (Unused B)

BEAR.PVR (Final)

Date: January 17, 2001 00:14:24
Dreamphoto-PAGE 1.png

Date: January 17, 2001 00:11:02
Dreamphoto-PAGE 1 CHIP.png

Date: January 18, 2001 22:49:30
Dreamphoto-BEAR.png

ROT.PVR, ROTUNDITY1.PVR, and ROTUNDITY.PVR are early textures for the circles seen when a difference is found, which are present in SCORE.PVR instead. The only difference between the former two files is the color depth; ROT.PVR uses ARGB1555, while ROTUNDITY1.PVR uses ARGB4444.

ROT.PVR

ROTUNDITY1.PVR

ROTUNDITY.PVR

Date: January 8, 2001 09:54:30
Dreamphoto-ROT.png

Date: January 8, 2001 14:34:34
Dreamphoto-ROTUNDITY1.png

Date: January 16, 2001 12:22:56
Dreamphoto-ROTUNDITY.png

Likewise, SCORE1.PVR is an early version of SCORE.PVR that doesn't have the aforementioned circles.

SCORE1.PVR (Unused)

SCORE.PVR (Final)

Date: January 16, 2001 12:23:02
Dreamphoto-SCORE1.png

Date: January 21, 2001 10:54:18
Dreamphoto-SCORE.png

Puzzle Mockups#

Numerous puzzles have images where the differences are already applied to the background, rather than those being separate sprites.

Unused

Final

APPLE_1.PVR
Date: December 26, 2000 19:08:48
Dreamphoto-APPLE 1.png

APPLE.PVR
Date: January 16, 2001 18:57:22
Dreamphoto-APPLE.png

BANANA_1.PVR
Date: December 26, 2000 19:35:30
Dreamphoto-BANANA 1.png

BANANA.PVR
Date: January 16, 2001 19:00:32
Dreamphoto-BANANA.png

BAIHE_2.PVR
Date: December 31, 2000 14:25:58
Dreamphoto-BAIHE 2.png

SWAN.PVR
Date: January 16, 2001 17:48:26
Dreamphoto-SWAN.png

BAR_2.PVR
Date: December 31, 2000 17:56:06
Dreamphoto-BAR 2.png

BIRD1.PVR
Date: January 16, 2001 19:02:24
Dreamphoto-BIRD1.png

BIRD_1.PVR
Date: December 26, 2000 19:52:56'''
Dreamphoto-BIRD 1.png

PARROT.PVR
Date: January 16, 2001 17:44:56'''
Dreamphoto-PARROT.png

BIRD_2.PVR
Date: December 31, 2000 03:19:34
Dreamphoto-BIRD 2.png

BIRD2.PVR
Date: January 16, 2001 18:02:52
Dreamphoto-BIRD2.png

CUP_1.PVR
Date: December 26, 2000 20:05:12
Dreamphoto-CUP 1.png

CUP.PVR
Date: January 16, 2001 17:41:38
Dreamphoto-CUP.png

D007_1.PVR
Date: December 26, 2000 20:28:48
Dreamphoto-D007 1.png

D007.PVR
Date: January 16, 2001 17:43:30
Dreamphoto-D007.png

DE_2.PVR
Date: December 31, 2000 04:59:24
Dreamphoto-DE 2.png

DE_1.PVR
Date: December 31, 2000 03:30:38
Dreamphoto-DE 1.png

DONALD_1.PVR
Date: December 26, 2000 11:50:20
Dreamphoto-DONALD 1.png

DONALD.PVR
Date: January 16, 2001 17:44:20
Dreamphoto-DONALD.png

PSG_2.PVR
Date: December 29, 2000 19:08:18
Dreamphoto-PSG 2.png

PSG_1.PVR
Date: December 29, 2000 18:19:16
Dreamphoto-PSG 1.png

SHAN_2.PVR
Date: December 30, 2000 16:08:46
Dreamphoto-SHAN 2.png

SHAN_1.PVR
Date: December 30, 2000 15:32:12
Dreamphoto-SHAN 1.png

TARZAN_1.PVR
Date: December 26, 2000 11:34:08
Dreamphoto-TARZAN 1.png

TARZAN.PVR
Date: January 16, 2001 18:05:40
Dreamphoto-TARZAN.png

(Source: tikal.)

References#

  1. Foshan Xing Hong Electronic Co., Ltd website (archived)↩︎
  2. REVIEWS: Dream Photo - GAME PLAYERS DC, Volume 5, February 7, 2001↩︎