Mr. Driller 2 (Game Boy Advance)

Mr. Driller 2 is a GBA port of the arcade sequel to Mr. Driller. A launch title for the system in Japan, it was notably released years later worldwide.

Debug Menu#

This needs some investigation. Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page. Specifically: Determine how to access this in the US and EU versions, and/or if it can be accessed in normal gameplay.

In the Japanese version, changing three bytes at 0x297D4 from 89 F6 00 to CD 0D 01 will replace the title screen with a debug menu. "to Higashi" and "to Tsukada" reference the game's programmers, Masanori Higashi and Sei Tsukada.

Picking "to Tsukada" will bring you to the game's main menu, whereas picking "to Higashi" will show the list of debug options. The text is plain ASCII that starts at 0x29C84 in the Japanese version and 0x2A35C in the US version:

PG602 - Mr.Driller

Press A to select a mode

to Higashi
to Tsukada

Game
Endless
Time Attack
Survival
Logo/Title
Opening
Ending
Staff Roll
Epilogue
Test

Course:

500m <India>
1000m <United States>
2000m <Egypt>
2000m <Arctic>

Chara:

Susumu
Anna

Difficulty:

Easy
Normal
Hard

Start:

Course A
Course B
Course C
Course D
Course E
Course F
Course G
Course H
Course I
Course J
Course A (R)
Course B (R)
Course C (R)
Course D (R)
Course E (R)
Course F (R)
Course G (R)
Course H (R)
Course I (R)
Course J (R)

Type:

TimeAttack
TimeAttack(R)