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Famista '93

Famista '93 introduces baseball card themed player data, a quiz mode, and settings which includes automatic fielding. It's still Famista at the end of the day.

Test Menu#

At the first title screen, before "PUSH START BUTTON" appears, press Left nine times and Right three times on Controller 1 (in any order), then press Start.

There was a simple cheat combination to enter this test menu, but disabled in the final release. Use Game Genie code PEUNVTAA, then hold A + B at the title screen and press Start.

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SOUND/VOICE - Sound Test, allowing you to listen to the game's music and voices.

TEAM DATA - team data tables.

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CHRGEN - allows you to view all CHR ROM data.

STADIUM - allows you to view any of the game's stadiums. You can scroll the screen in any direction to view complete stadium layout.

PICTURE - view the game's various graphic screens and animations.

WATCH - can be switched "ON" and "OFF". This option forces exhibition mode in any game's modes.

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MONITOR - can be switched "ON" and "OFF", and allows you to watch the value of selected single RAM byte during whole game.

PAUSE - can be switched "ON" and "OFF". When enabled, you can pause the game by pressing Select.

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STAFF - displays game staff in funny way. The credits translate to:

Famista'93 Staff
Leader, Program: Kissie
Game Design: Shimashima
Artwork: Shimashima, Crystal.K, Katoh
Music: Sayasaya
Voice: Zun-chan
Team Data: Kissie
Production: Piccari Pro

Kissie is Yoshihiro Kishimoto, who worked on the other Family Stadium/Famista games as well. Shimashima is Masahiro Shimamoto, Saya-saya is Nobuhide Isayama, and Zun-chan is Junko Ozawa, who composed a great deal of games for Namco.

Hidden Text#

Appears in the ROM at 7810.

COPYRIGHT 1986 1992 NAMCO LTD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1992.09.18 KISSIE