M&M's Shell Shocked

It's Crash Bandicoot with M&M's characters (get it?). Not only that, but it's also a significantly watered-down port of the PC game M&M's The Lost Formulas (with the most notable difference being that the Math Zones were axed here).

This needs some investigation. Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page. Specifically: There's apparently regional differences. Document them here. Find out what "Run Mode" does ingame, if anything.

Debug Menu#

Please elaborate. Having more detail is always a good thing. Specifically: What are the controls for the sprite viewer?

To reach the debug menu, press L1, L2, Left, Right, Up, Down, R1, R2 on the level select screen.

The following options are available:

• Print prints debug information to the bottom of the screen.
• Yellow turns on/off the rendering of Yellow and can be used to travel through the level freely.
• God Mode allows for Yellow to be invincible, and has a few developer tools:
  • Triangle respawns Yellow above from the current position.
  • R1 grants an extra life.
  • R2 skips the current level.
  • L2 opens a sprite viewer.
• Run Mode has an unknown effect.
• MUSIC does nothing, but is implied to be a sound test.

• VIDEO leads to a (rather glitchy) menu that allows you to view the game's cinematics.

• Choose Level leads to a level select.
• Back to Game is self-explanatory.

Unused Graphics#

Bubble Texture#

NTILE.TIM is a tiled bubble texture.

NOT AVAILABLE#

At the bottom of LEVBOX1.TIM is an early graphic for locked levels.

Early Level Select#

LEVG.TIM and LEV.TIM are two early versions of the level select screen, with the latter missing the "Save" option.

Early Memory Card Full Screen#

NOCARD.TIM is an earlier version of the "Memory Card full" screen, which says to press any key to continue instead of the usual two-button prompts. It's also worth noting that the gramatically incorrect message is kept in the final game.

Early Loading Screen#

LOAD.TIM is an early loading screen. In final version, every loading screen is different to reflect the current level.

Early Pause Screen#

PAUSE.TIM is an unused pause screen, featuring a "PRESS ANY KEY TO CONTINUE" prompt. In the final game, pausing stops the gameplay and displays "PAUSE" on-screen.

Batch File#

1.BAT is a batch file for the menu textures.

fromgame main.tim  main.bms  0x14 0x25814
fromgame start.tim start.bms 0x14 0x25814
fromgame opt.tim opt.bms 0x14 0x25814
fromgame lev.tim lev.bms 0x14 0x25814

Developer Credits#

Present at 57480 in the main executable.

PSX Programmer Kazlitin Andriy, 2001 
Lead Programmer Bulatsev Kirill 2001 
Long live for Burunduk

The first line can be triggered to scroll in on the level select screen by using the button code Left, Up, Right, Down, L1, L2, R1, R2. It is unknown if similar button codes exist for the other two lines.

Regional Differences#

Ending#

The US version has the "Shell Shocked" subtitle blur into view, while the European version has it fade in with a wave effect like the credits.