Kirikou (Game Boy Color)

Oh dear, I do believe I have the vapors. This page contains content that is not safe for work or other locations with the potential for personal embarrassment. Such as: A topless woman holding Kirikou.

Kirikou is another uninspired platformer from Planet, based on the movie Kirikou and the Sorceress. Sigh. At least the hidden messages are interesting.

Crash Handler#

If the game ever crashes, it'll display this basic crash handler.

Text#

0x60:

Engine by ez@consultant.com

0x930:

TOO MANY ANIMSLOT

0x1460:

XLATBUFFER ERROR

Hidden Messages#

Beginning at 0x67B0 are passwords that you can enter to find secret messages. Most of them are in (sometimes grammatically incorrect) French, regardless of what language you selected at the beginning. Interestingly, quite a few of them are themed around the anime series Di Gi Charat.

Similar messages can also be found in Gremlins: Unleashed, another Planet Interactive game.

IZ

ISABELLE THORIN, DIRECTEUR DE PRODUCTION CHEZ PLANET. NOUS A MALHEUREUSEMENT QUITTEE AVANT QUE LE PROJET SOIT TERMINE. AU PLAISIR DE CE REVOIR ET BONNE CHANCE.

MSX3

I'M SLAYERMAN FROM ABYSS GROUP ON MSX AND CODER OF THIS GAME. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK Mr. NISHI FROM ASCII Corp. JAPAN  FOR COMMING TO THE TILBURG MSX MEETING APRIL 2001 (HOLLAND)  TO PRESENT HIS PROJET FOR A NEW MSX COMPATIBLE COMPUTER.  A COMPUTER IN ONE CHIP USING: ARM9, VIDEO PROCESSOR OF DREAM CAST, MSX2 HARDWARE EMULATOR, Z80, 4 USB PORT (v2.0 ), WIRELESS NETWORK INTERFACE, ETC... ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH Mr. NISHI AND ALSO THANKS TO THE TEAM OF THE MSX REVIVAL PROJECT.    MSX POWER RULEZ !  THE GREETINGS FLY TO: Mr MAGOO, SPOOKY, DANDAN,  MAVERICK, PHILIPPE BEZON, SQWEEKY, Dr. RAY, MUMBLY, POPOLON (also know as SLOW MOTION), HERVE GERARDIN (RV),JIPE.    AND NOW THE EUROPEAN GREATS: MI-CHI, CLUB SD MESXES (MALLORCA), MOONSOFT (HI REMCO ;-), STEFAN BOER, HENRIK GILVAD,SEE YA ALL MY FREINDS!

As an amusing footnote, the "MSX computer in one chip" design mentioned eventually materialized as the 1ChipMSX5 years later, albeit as an FPGA implementation of the MSX2 standard. However the "MSX3" mentioned in the password, even after 20-plus years, still has yet to materialize, with the specification mentioned in the message being redesigned multiple times since.

W1ND0Z

THE CODERS OF THIS GAME HAD TO MADE THIS PROJECT USING MICROZOFT WINDOZE, AND THE FUCKING INSTABLITY OF EXPLORER. THEY ALSO HAD TO CODE ON COMPAK BULSHIT COMPUTERS. THIS COMBINATION OF HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE USED TO CRASH ALMOST TWICE EVERY DAY WITH A MAXIMUM NUMBER OF CRASH RECORDED AT 9 IN ONE DAY!!!      

D3J1K0

SEKAI DE ICHIBAN   KAGAYAKERU MADEEEEE    CHANTE DANS LES BUREAUX PAR LES 2 BUKIMI DE SERVICE RAHOW ET DALKMOKO

In English:

SEKAI DE ICHIBAN   KAGAYAKERU MADEEEEE    Sang in the offices by the 2 Bukimis Rahow and Dalkmoko

This character is from Di Gi Charat as "Dejiko". The lyrics are from Di Gi Charat's opening theme, "only one, No.1.", and mean "Until I shine the most in the world".

PVT1K0

AH PUCHIKOCHAN...    AKIHABARA NO ICHIBAN DE PIKAPIKA HIKARU

This character is Petit Charat, or Puchiko. The text is Japanese romaji, and references a famous (in Japan) Di Gi Charat advertising board tie-in with the Akihabara game shop GAMERS.

3NR0S3

TSU MO JI DEMO DAMUURU. DEMO DO TSU RE JUURU E JU BUA... RABBI~EN~ROSE.

This character is Rabi~en~Rose aka Hikaru Usada from the Di Gi Charat series. The text is slightly modified lyrics from the song La vie en rose, the song the character is partly named after, written in pseudo-Japanese that, when read aloud, roughly sounds like the original French lyrics ("Tu me dis des mots d'amour, des mots de tous les jours, [et] je vois la vie en rose" / "You tell me words of love, everyday words, I see life in rose" ). Kind of a hilarious mistake when you consider some of these hidden messages are also in French.

M1GN0N

DIS. JOLIE MIGNONNE. TU ME DONNE DES BISOUS ?

81D0RV

L'IDOLE SUCRÉE ET PLASTIFIÉE

While there is no text scroll for this image, a message for it is present in the ROM:

KIWIKOU N'EST PAS BIEN. MAIS IL FUME DES JOINTS

The way Kirikou's name is written (with a W) in French is a racist pronounciation of the "R" sound.

BD3XP0

WELCOME TO. WELCOME TO. WELCOME TO BD EXPO... AVEC MARCY ET NUKU. NYO !

The text in this is referencing the lyrics to the Di Gi Charat song "Welcome! 2000", albeit swapping parts of it in reference to something else.

GRFX

BERTRAND DUPUY, GRAPHISTE. MERCI A LUI D'AVOIR DESSINER PAS MAL DE GRAPH DU JEUX. ET SURTOUT D'AVOIR ETE REACTIF AUX REQUETTES PLUS OU MOINS BRUTALES DU PROGRAMMEUR ;-)

T3ST3R

OLIVIER BARJON, TESTEUR CHEZ PLANET

L3V3L

JULIEN CARTIER, LEVEL DESIGNER. SANS LUI ET ERIC BOUTIN, CE JEU N'AURAIT PAS ETE AUSSI SIMPA A JOUER. MERCI A VOUS LES MECS!

CH3F

FABRICE RODET, MERCI A LUI POUR LA PROGRAMMATION DES BOSS

FR4NCK

FRANCK GERARDIN UN AMI QUI BOSSE AVEC MOI. PROGRAMMEUR ET GRAPHISTE DU GROUPE ABYSS SUR MSX. N'A PAS PARTICIPE A CE PROJET, MAIS CA ME FAISAIS PLAISIR DE LE FAIRE APPARAITRE ICI :-)

COD3R

MARTIAL BENOIT, C'EST MOI! PROGRAMMEUR DE CE JEUX. JE VOUS RETROUVERAI BIENTOT SUR GAMEBOY ADVANCE... SI SEULEMENT CE JEUX AVAIS PU BENEFICIER DE DESIGNERS PLUS SERIEUX ET D'UN PLANNING MOINS CHAOTIQUE, IL AURAIT ETE MIEUX...

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