Herdy Gerdy

Herdy Gerdy is a rather unassuming puzzle-platformer from Core Design that is primarily focused on animal herding. The protagonist is a young apprentice herder named Gerdy who is dismayed to find his father, a herding master, trapped in a sleeping spell on the day of a big herding tournament. The player must guide Gerdy through the land and conquer many herding puzzles in order to get to and ultimately win the tournament.

To do: Check if debug mode does anything else. Document the other debug mode (under "View rules"). Check if the debug mode button combos are different between regions. The page currently has only been tested on the USA version. Document the different debug menus and find an official way of opening them.

Debug Mode#

At the main menu, by pressing L1, L2, R2, R1, L1, L2, R2, R1, Select on controller 1, a hidden debug mode can be activated. A sound effect will confirm correct activation. This allows you to take screenshots, enable a free camera mode, change rendering settings and more. Below are sections on the debug mode sub-modes. After this mode is enabled, all controls are done on controller 2 to change modes and settings.

To change a sub-mode, press Select.

Mode 1 (BASIC)#

Internally named BASIC. This mainly allows you to change various system settings.

Controls:

• X enables system resource meters.
• D-Pad Up changes rendering.
• D-Pad Left hides the player.
• D-Pad Right hides geometry.
• Circle likely allows you to take a screenshot.
• L1 (once) enables a free camera mode. Pressing again sets the camera far outside the map then slowly zooms in on the player. Pressing one more time returns the camera to normal.
• L2 Moves the screen down.
• R2 Moves the screen up.

Mode 2 (CHIRS1)#

This only appears to test screen fade-in effects.

Controls:

• X applies a fade-in effect. Triangle disables it.

Mode 3 (JAKE1)#

Controls:

• X makes some sort of icon appear.
• Circle plays a sound effect.
• L1 enables a magnifying glass that zooms in on an object.

Mode 4 (NICK1)#

It's not clear what this mode does.

Mode 5 (AUDIO)#

Allows you to change audio effects.

Mode 6 (IAN)#

Allows you to view a couple of effects.

Controls:

• Square enables an effect over the player's head.
• Triangle makes it rain.

Unused Dummy Data#

On the root of the disc is a file called BLANK.DAT. This is actually a mpeg video file which contains a trailer for Shadow of Destiny, which is made by a completely different developer and publisher.