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Idol Hotline: Nakayama Miho no Tokimeki High School

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Idol Hotline: Nakayama Miho no Tokimeki High School is a romance themed adventure game originally conceived as being centered around a telephone gimmick; the celebrity tie-in and contest came later.

Sub-Page#

Hidden Credits#

String#

Present at 0x126CD:

SOUND&ANIM PROG BY IMAI TOSHIAKI

Message#

Press Select (×164) on the title screen. Then, while holding Down + Left, press Start and select the "Service Data" option. Miho's usual message will be replaced with the following:

Japanese

Translation

こんにちわ、なかやま みほ です。
エンディング には でてこなっかた
ひとの なまえを しょうかい します。
 PROGRAM H。NAKAMURA
 PROGRAM H。YAMAMOTO
 MUSIC   T。IMAI
 TXTCNV  Y。FUKANO
 GRAPHIC X。TOKITA
Hello, this is Miho Nakayama.
Here's the people not in the credits.

 Programmer       H. Nakamura
 Programmer       H. Yamamoto
 Music            T. Imai
 Text Converter   Y. Fukano
 Graphics         X. Tokita

You can skip having to press Select 164 times by changing the value at RAM address $BF to 0xA4.

(Translation: filler)

Unused Characters#

While the game never uses parentheses in the script, they're in the game's font and are supported by the game's script converter code.

   :707A:C9 28     CMP #$28         ;(
   :707C:D0 03     BNE $7081
   :707E:A9 94     LDA #$94
   :7080:60        RTS -----------------------------------------
   :7081:C9 29     CMP #$29         ; )
   :7083:D0 03     BNE $7088
   :7085:A9 95     LDA #$95
   :7087:60        RTS -----------------------------------------

To see the first line of dialogue use the characters, change 0xA55E to 0x28 0x29.

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Unused Text#

Item Description#

Text

Translation

あおいふくろ
みほちゃんのロッカーに はいっていた、あおいかみぶくろです。いったい なにが はいって いるのでしょーか。ワクワクしますね。
BLUE BAG
IT'S THE BLUE PAPER BAG FROM MIHO'S LOCKER.  WHAT COULD BE INSIDE?!

While the item is used, you cannot view the its description.

(Translation: Filler)

(Discovery: Original TCRF research)

Text

Translation

せーぶ、ろーど
SAVE/LOAD

Text

Translation

おす、ひく
PUSH/PULL

Text

Translation

ほんとは みほ?
ARE YOU REALLY MIHO?

Text

Translation

じぶんのこと
YOURSELF

(Translation: Filler)

(Discovery: Original TCRF research)

Revisional Differences#

The game has a whopping 13 different revisions, though to date only five (DV4, DV6, DV10, DV11, and DV13) have been dumped online.

Phone Numbers#

Different revisions display different hotline phone numbers to call. The game stores two sets of phone numbers and randomly selects which to use.

Set #1

DV4/DV10/DV11

DV6/DV13

03  5400000
06  7001000
045 8339000
045 5837000
011 6119600
011 7114000
092 4757878
092 5224900
06  7901099
03  5400000
06  7001000
044 2713500
047224 9999
011 6119600
011 7114000
092 4757878
092 5224900
06  7901099

Set #2

DV4/DV10/DV11

DV6/DV13

03  5400000
06  7002000
045 9520010
045 7845311
011 5124000
011 2226600
092 7819900
092 5853001
06  7901313
03  5400000
06  7002000
044 2713500
047224 9999
011 5124000
011 2226600
092 7819900
092 5853001
06  7901313