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Galaxy Force II (Genesis)

Skip To Ending#

Go into the Options menu, then hold down Start on Controller 2 while exiting. The game should immediately jump to the ending. This works in both versions of the game.

(Source: Sik for triggering this accidentally long ago and remembering that he did it and not knowing how (andlabs found out how).)

Exception Handler#

If the game ever crashes, it'll display this exception handler.

The error messages can be found at hex address 0x00020E.

BUGS ERROR !
ADDRESS ERROR !
ZERO DIVIDE ERROR !
SYSTEM ERROR !
ILLEGAL INSTRUCTION ERROR !

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Version Differences#

ROM Header#

ROM header information

Revision

Date

Product number

Region

Rev00

1991.JUN

GM T-68013-001c.JA

J

Rev B

1991.OCT

GM T-68013 -01L.JA

JU

On an emulator; Revision 00 would auto detect to Japan while Revision B would auto detect to US. The difference being is that the Sega logo shows a trademark symbol in US and Europe regions while in Japan it does not.

Ending#

Revision 00

Revision B

A minor grammar change from has to have.

Credits#

Revision 00

Revision B

Fixed "PROGRAM" to "PROGRAMMER".

Revision 00

Revision B

Changed "COLOR COORDINATE" to "COLOR COORDINATOR".

References#


  1. ソフトウェア一覧(ソフトライセンシー発売) | メガドライブ |セガ SEGA↩︎
  2. The Release Schedule - Computer Trading Weekly, Issue 389, June 1, 1992↩︎
  3. Tec Toy anuncia mais de 20 novos jogos "Tec Toy announces over 20 new games" - O Estado de S. Paulo, May 4, 1992↩︎
  4. SEGA GENESIS: Great Expectations for 1992 - Galaxy Force II - GamePro, Issue 31, February 1992↩︎