Neon Genesis Evangelion

An action game based on the anime series of the same name.

To do: Dump the unused sprites, sfx, voice lines & music. (Some are mentioned in certain sections below but not actually dumped).

EEPROM Check/Anti-Piracy#

On bootup, the game will verify that it has the right save type, which should be 16KB EEPROM. If it detects an incorrect save type (probable if a flashcart was used), it will throw up the above error and hang. Most emulators do not display this screen properly as they don't redraw the screen in this state, so it would lead to locking up on a black screen instead.

Sound Test#

After beating the game in Hard difficulty, a sound test is unlocked. It has three sections: voice, BGM, and SE. Of particular note is the voice section, which contains many unused voice files.

The voice test is separated by characters:

1-39: Shinji Ikari#

40-55: Rei Ayanami#

56-92: Asuka Langley Soryu#

93-114: Toji Suzuhara#

Toji is only playable in Simulator Mode, where each pilot only has a single line at the start of the simulation. Therefore, most of his lines here are unused, suggesting he was initially meant to have a more prominent role (likely as a playable character in the unfinished versus mode).

115-158: Misato Katsuragi#

159-168: Ritsuko Akagi#

169-181: Makoto Hyuga#

182-188: Shigeru Aoba#

189-251: Maya Ibuki#

Maya is the narrator of the game's model viewer mode, and voices 216 through 251 were her stating the names of the displayed models in the model viewer mode.

Interestingly, she mentions Unit-04 (221), Adam (223), Gaghiel (227), Ireul (232), Arael (236), Armisael (237), and the Giant of Light (238), all of which were either not present in the game or present but with no models. Also of note is that she has no voice for Lilith despite its appearance in the model viewer. This could be due to Lilith being named Adam early in development (since Lilith was referred to as Adam for much of the anime).

252-263: Gendo Ikari#

264-274: Kozo Fuyutsuki#

275-278: Ryoji Kaji#

279-284: Keel Lorenz#

285-299: Kaworu Nagisa#

Similar to Toji, Kaworu has a large number of unused lines, hinting that he may have been intended as a playable character in the unfinished versus mode.

300-305: Eva Unit-01#

Various growls and roars of Eva Unit-01.

Notably, the unused 303 appears to be the unprocessed voice of Unit-01's VA, Megumi Hayashibara, possibly intended to be an easter egg.

306: Yui Ikari#

"もういいのね？" (So, you'll be okay now?)

An unused voice file. This was one of Yui's lines near the end of The End of Evangelion. Since there are no other references to Yui in the game, this was likely included as an easter egg.

Versus Mode#

A 2-player versus mode was advertised in pre-release material but ultimately cut from the game. An unfinished version can be accessed using a special command after completing Hard Mode and collecting all actions in the Action Viewer. During the attract mode animation where Eva-01 fights Sachiel, hold L and R on controller 2 and press Start on controller 1. If the command is performed successfully, a minimalistic character select screen will appear, where each player may select their character using the left and right buttons on the D-pad. The following characters are available:

• E00: Eva Unit-00 with Spear of Longinus
• E01: Eva Unit-01 with Progressive Knife
• E02: Eva Unit-02 with Progressive Knife
• E03: Eva Unit-03 with Double-Edged Sword
• SAC: Sachiel
• SHA: Shamshel
• BAR: Bardiel
• E.S: Eva Series (Mass Production Evangelion)
• RND: Random

Grab attacks do not trigger special attacks in this mode and are functionally identical to standard attacks. Unit-00, Unit-03, and Eva Series cannot perform grab attacks but deal massive damage with their standard attack. The fight takes place in the Geofront, the same setting as Missions 12 and 12.5, with no screen edges. When one of the players is defeated, their character sinks into the ground, and the game returns to the character select screen.

The music that plays in this mode changes depending on the P1 character:

• E00: Thanatos
• E01: The Cruel Angel's Thesis
• E02: Magmadiver
• E03: Harbinger of Tragedy
• SAC: Angel Attack
• SHA: A Step Forward Into Terror
• BAR: Normal Blood
• E.S: II Air

Debug Menu#

To do: Describe more in detail about the debug menu and its options.

While this cheat is enabled, pressing L + D-Pad Up will access the debug menu:
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The debug menu will first display a list of all of the missions with each cutscene, the vs mode, all of the endings, game over screen and three debug menus.

UTILITY#

CONTROLLER TEST#

Tests all of the button presses on the N64 controllers. Press Z + B to Exit.

EEP-ROM TEST#

Tester for the Electronically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EEPROM) chip in the N64. It's unknown if this actually changes anything.
{| class="wikitable" !colspan=4 | Controls |- ! Button ! Effect |- | Start || Clears memory |- | L || Loads saved memory |- | R || Saves memory |- | C+Left/Right || Changes byte selection |- | C+Up/Down || Increases/decreases byte number |}

RMB TEST#

A basic Rumble Pak test menu. "CNT" selects which controller to test, "FREQ" changes the frequency of the rumble, and "FRAM" changes how many times the rumble should be toggled on. Press A to start the rumble, C-Down to stop the rumble during activation.

MONITOR TEST#

A generic monitor test screen. Press A to switch to another screen, B to exit.

AUDIO TEST#

To do: Describe what the MARK, FX & REV features actually do.

Your usual Audio Debug menu with a longer version of the "Instrumentality" animation at the end of a Hard Mode playthrough (a cycle of all of the game's assets) playing in the background. You can change the tempo, volume, and pan of the song. You can also play different sound effects. One thing to note is that the first song is labelled as "FlyMe", indicating that "Fly Me To the Moon" was once going to be a song in the game. It uses the same music sequence as "Thanatos" but with a different instrument set.

The "Instrumentality" animation features several unused graphics, including the TV version of Rei's smile (the in-game cutscene uses the version from the Evangelion: Death movie) and a set of mugshots for Toji in the Eva-03.

OBJECT TEST#

This needs some investigation. Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page. Specifically: Do any of the C+direction functions actually work or am I missing something?

Allows you to view all sprites and select different options and menus for viewing them.

Below are the different menus for this tester:

MODEL TEST#

A more technical model viewer than the one unlockable in the option menu.

Below are the different menus for this tester:

FONT CHECK#

Menu that displays all of the font characters. Most of the functions shown in the help text on the bottom left don't seem to do anything

WINDOW TEST#

This needs some investigation. Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page. Specifically: How does this mode actually work? Do I actually have to be in a mission?

This can be accessed through the debug menu's utility menu.

EFFECT TEST#

Allows you to view various effects in the game with different options for viewing. Pressing A plays the selected effect.

CONFIG#

Labeled as "BACKUP EDIT" in the debug menu. Can change the game difficulty, unlockable options, and whether or not to use music and sound effects. Pressing B will take you to the game's options menu.

MAIN Debug Menu#

To do: Get screenshots of the other screens, and add more info.

While this cheat is enabled, pressing L + D-Pad Down will make the screen he screen will flash white and then fade out into a different debug menu.
Note: This menu may not display sometimes. Doing the button combo on the first debug menu seems to fix it for some unknown reason.

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If you sit on this menu for several seconds it will end up cycling through three screens with the words "BANDAI", "DEMO LOOP", and "EVANGELION". Pressing Start at any time will take you back to the main debug menu.

NAG TEST#

To do: Document and take screenshots of each EVA/ANGEL with camera controls and (maybe) movesets. Although, movesets could be better documented in the unused versus mode. Document the CHAR DATA EDIT, FIELD EDITOR & HIGHLIGHT EDITOR modes.

Probably named after one of the game designers and the main programmer Yutaka Nagayama.

NA2 TEST#

Probably named after one of the game designers and the main programmer Yutaka Nagayama.

NA3 TEST#

Probably named after one of the game designers and the main programmer Yutaka Nagayama. Most of these menus seem broken or unfinished.

HAS TEST#

This can be accessed through the main debug menu.

SUG TEST#

This can be accessed through the main debug menu.
Possibly named after one of the two other programmers. This one being, Shigeki Sugano.

SAI TEST#

This can be accessed through the main debug menu.
Possibly named after one of the two other programmers. This one being, Hitoshi Saitou.

References#