Maya the Bee & Her Friends

Maya the Bee & Her Friends is a Lost Vikings-esque puzzle game based on the German-Japanese cartoon. It wouldn't have been too notable if not for the fact that it started development as a South Park game, which was scrapped due to Nintendo, Matt Stone, and Trey Parker not wanting to release an adult game for a system that was mostly owned by children. A ROM of the original game would later surface in August 2018.³

It was later given a buzz cut and retooled into two Mary-Kate & Ashley games of all things.

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Prototype Info

Hidden Menu#

This needs some investigation. Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page. Specifically: See if there's a way to get the level select to work.

GameShark code 01052FDD or Game Genie code 051-B9F-E6A opens a hidden menu, identical to the one in the South Park prototype, containing a level select (which doesn't seem to work) and sound test.

Unused Graphics#

South Park Remnants#

Several sprites left over from the South Park version of the game remain in the Maya ROM.

Itchy#

A sprite of Itchy from The Itchy And Scratchy Show (a cartoon within The Simpsons), taken directly from Itchy & Scratchy in Miniature Golf Madness. The two games do not share developers, so how or why this is here is anyone's guess.

Unused Text#

Found at 0x00038000:

(C)Probe

This is for the sound driver, which is used in most Game Boy games developed by Probe. This game was not developed by Probe, but most of the staff that worked for Crawfish previously worked for Probe, including the sound team. This text can also be found in the South Park prototype.

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