Energy Breaker

To do: This game contains some developer jokes as text according to the fan translation.

An isometric JRPG; you know where this is heading. Notable for being the last Taito-published game for the SNES.

Development Text#

At offset 0x454 is the game's name, which is used for the anti-piracy test:

ENERGY BREAKER

At offset 0x180BF is a version number and a build date:

05/30 Ver. 1.34

Scattered throughout the ROM are debug error messages at various different offsets:

Module overflow in PccOrder
Unkown command in PccOrder
Module overflow in PccOrder2
Local Work overflow in PccEnterLocal
PSP overflow in PccGetFreePSP
PSS overflow in PccGetFreePSS
HDma overflow in PccHDmaEntry
WMask overflow in PccWmEntry
WmBuff empty in PccWmEntry
Raster overflow in PccRsEntry
RsBuff empty in PccRsEntry
Int overflow in PccIntOnce
AutoPilot Error
illegal map pos
WMask leave error in PccWmLeave
SPRITE OVER

Anti-Piracy#

The game checks to ensure it has exactly 8KB of SRAM on bootup by writing the string at 0x454 numerous times in the SRAM to ensure that it is of an appropriate size and to ensure address mirroring is in the right range. If this check fails, the "New Game" button will not show up on the title screen, all button input is disabled, and any preexisting save data is deleted.

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