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Finkles Adventure

Finkles Adventure is a casual puzzler which involves dropping small creatures (Finkles) and hoping three of the same color happen to align.

Like many of CyberPlanet's casual games, it was later ported to the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo DS. A Wii port was also planned, but was ultimately scrapped.

Unused Graphics#

Cancel Buttons#

TEXT_CANCLE.BMP and TEXT_CANCLE_ON.BMP, found inside of the folder DATA, are two unused graphics for a cancel button which don't match any of the game's other graphics. In fact, they seem to originate from Heavy Weapon, a completely different game.

finklesadventure-cancle1.pngfinklesadventure-cancle2.png

Cursors#

HAND_CLICK.BMP and HAND_HOLD.BMP, also found in DATA, are two unused cursor graphics that are much smaller than the used ones.

finklesadventure-cursor1.pngfinklesadventure-cursor2.png

Leftover Registration Graphics#

Found in DATA\REGISTER are leftover graphics from the registration screen of Monster Eggs, another CyberPlanet title.

BG REGITER.JPG
finklesadventure-regist.jpg

BUY.JPG / BUYHIGH.JPG / BUYLOW.JPG
finklesadventure-registbuy1.jpgfinklesadventure-registbuy2.jpgfinklesadventure-registbuy3.jpg

EXIT.JPG / EXITHIGH.JPG / EXITLOW.JPG
finklesadventure-registexit1.jpgfinklesadventure-registexit2.jpgfinklesadventure-registexit3.jpg

FRAME2.JPG
finklesadventure-frame2.jpg

FREETRIAL.JPG / FREETRIALHIGH.JPG / FREETRIALLOW.JPG
finklesadventure-registft1.jpgfinklesadventure-registft2.jpgfinklesadventure-registft3.jpg

OK.JPG / OKHIGH.JPG / OKLOW.JPG
finklesadventure-registok1.jpgfinklesadventure-registok2.jpgfinklesadventure-registok3.jpg

REGISTER.JPG / REGISTERHIGH.JPG / REGISTERLOW.JPG
finklesadventure-regist1.jpgfinklesadventure-regist2.jpgfinklesadventure-regist3.jpg

Unused Sounds#

Of the game's 24 audio files, six of them are never referenced by the executable.

click3.wav

clickmouse.wav

dimond.wav

manificent ok.wav

mouse on.wav

ready.wav

Unused Text#

Hidden in the executable are some strings that go completely unused.

At 0x7DAA4 (Acer e-Infotainment) / 0x82C64 (standalone version) are some lines from Deep Hunter, another CyberPlanet game.

Deep hunter is a shooting game in the deep ocean. There are three major sea creatures: octopus, green jellyfish and red jellyfish. Octopus earns 5 points and 10 Oxygen points. Green jellyfish earns 10 points. Red jellyfish earns 20 points. There is chance to earn Bonus point too. Press the UP and DOWN arrow key to control the diver's movement. When ready to shoot, press the centre button. Earn as many points as you can within the time limit.

Deep Hunter
Version 1.0


Copyright 2003
CyberPlanet Interactive.
All rights reserved.

...and at 0x7E29D (Acer e-Infotainment) / 0x83440 (standalone version) is an insult:

Fuck You

(Source: tikal., yeastrisen)

References#


  1. CyberPlanet Interactive - Products (archived)↩︎
  2. Phoenix Games - PC Games Available for Licensing (archived January 22, 2007)↩︎