Hydlide (NES)

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Hydlide is a game where you find fairies and die to bees. Oh yeah, and the music is ripped straight from Indiana Jones.

Hidden Text#

The reset routine in this game uses the following text to check if the game was soft or hard reset.

                
                
HYDLIDE SPECIAL 
(C)1986 T&E SOFT
Programed by    
     EIJI KATO  
'85.11.13 - 1.10
Produced by     
     TOEMI LAND 

                
HYDLIDE         
(C)1986 T&E SOFT
Programed by    
     EIJI KATO  
'85.11.13 - 1.10
 V1.0D '89. 1.12
                
                

Regional Differences#

Title Screen#

Japan	North America

• In Japan, the game was titled Hydlide Special.
• The PUSH BUTTON ! text was moved up in the North American version for more copyright text. Yay.
• The TOSHIBA EMI credit was removed.
• The T&ESOFT credit was changed to T&ESOFT INC, and moved a few blocks to the left.
• The North American version actually adds a ™ symbol that was not present in the Japanese version.

Password#

The Japanese version uses 14 characters while the North American version uses 16 characters. Also, the word Password was changed to Input in the password entry field.

References#