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George of the Jungle and the Search for the Secret (Wii)

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Specifically: Try to get cheat codes, debug menu items to work.

A game based off the 2007 reboot of George of the Jungle, packed with terrible platforming mechanics and probably the worst opening cinematic in history.

Uncompiled Source Code#

Many of the game's scripts can be edited and viewed in plain text. There are debug versions of certain scripts as well.

Leftovers from Previous Games#

There are some leftovers from Papaya's previous projects.

  • ai_test.ds contains file paths containing "PRJ_LarryBoy", which is referring to LarryBoy and the Bad Apple.
  • wiibals.ds contains file paths containing "PRJ_Disney", which is likely one of the Disney games produced by Papaya Studio.
  • wiistrus.txt, which contains all text in the game, has lots of leftover strings from LarryBoy's STR_US.TXT:
Player 1 Wins!
LANGUAGE
Press BACK to skip
Player 1 Get Ready!
Incorrect password! Press � to try again.
Extend play time
Aim Acceleration
Player 2 Score:
Player 2 Get Ready!
language
Flip Up/Down
Aim Dead Zone
Exit to Title Screen
WEAPONS
Darts
Error, passwords did not match! Press � to try again.
Aim Speed
ScriptMgr
File Menu
How much do you want to extend play time by?
Bonus Material
Pictures
Player 1:
Tic Tac Toe
Instructions
Profile Graphs
Hand the controller to the next player
Spray Toggle
Aim Acceleration
Flip Right/Left
EventMgr
Memory
Please confirm your password:
Balloon Glide
Water Spray
mono
Next player pick up controller 2 and get ready!
Please enter the parental controls password:
Weapons
Movies
Player 1 Score:
Please enter a password to set for parental controls:
Password set successfully! Press � to continue.
Player 2 Wins!
Parental Controls

Most of these lines are also present in the string files of other languages, left untranslated.

Undocumented Cheat Codes#

A few undocumented cheat codes can be found in the game scripts. They seem to be for debug purposes.

Code

Works

Description

skipit

Yes

Skips the current level.

voodoo

Yes

Gives the player an extra life.

lll

No

Does not work in base game and hasn't successfully been activated with modifications. Switching the script wiibals.ds with its debug variant (wiibalsd.ds) makes the game play the cheat success sound when the code is inputted, but no changes can be observed. The code seems to hint at it unlocking all levels.

Debug Menu Options#

Debug menu options can be made to appear by swapping wiibals.ds with its debug variant (wiibalsd.ds). Neither of them seem to work, however.

"Select World (DBG)" is added to the main menu. Likely an additional level select of some sort. Selecting it crashes the game.

Pause Menu#

"Quit Game (DBG)" is added to the main menu. It may have been to exit the game completely. Selecting it crashes the game.

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George of the Jungle and the Search for the Secret