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Gokuraku! Chuka Taisen

An enhanced port of the arcade shoot 'em up Chuka Taisen.

Hidden Messages#

These Morse code messages play after the game has been paused for around 10 minutes, 40 seconds. They repeat after waiting the same amount of time. The messages use a heavy amount of Morse code abbreviations.

Transcribed

High: -.-. --.- / -.-. --.- / -.-. --.- / -.. . / .--- -. .---- -.- - .--- / -.-
Low: .--- -. .---- -.- - .--- / -.. . / .--- --- .---- -... .-.. ..-. / -.-
High: --.- .-. --.. / ..--..

Converted

High: CQ CQ CQ DE JN1KTJ K
Low: JN1KTJ DE JO1BLF K
High: QRZ ?

Translated

High: Calling any station. Calling any station. Calling any station. This is JN1KTJ. Over.
Low: JN1KTJ this is JO1BLF. Over.
High: Who is calling me?

Yujix 'JN1KTJ' Terada is credited as the game's programmer. As of yet, nobody knows who JO1BLF might be referring to. A shorter message can also be found in Taito Chase H.Q.

The messages can also be found in text form at 90AE in an unheadered ROM:

CQ@CQ@CQ@DE@JN1KTJ@K
JN1KTJ@DE@JO1BLF@K
QRZ@?

References#


  1. Daiei Manufacturing - GDRI :: Game Developer Research Institute↩︎
  2. GDR PCエンジン ソフト一覧 1992年 - PC Engine Software List 1992↩︎