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North & South (NES)

Based on the then-popular Belgian comic series, North & South is a competitive two-player game which combines two genres into one - arcade-action and strategy.

It also has one of the oddest USA maps ever seen in a video game.

Sound Test#

Press Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A on the copyright screen.

(Source: Dallas (GameFAQs))

Unused Music#

The last eight tracks in the sound test are unused.

Track #25

A slightly modified version of this song would go on to be used in Bugs Bunny: Crazy Castle II as a stage theme.

Track #26

Track #27

Track #28

Track #29

Track #30

Track #31

Track #32

Regional Differences#

To do:
Japanese version has some differences too.

The Kemco logo was replaced with an Infogrames one, as they published the game in Europe.

Japan/US

Europe

Credits Music#

The music used during the credits is different between the Japanese and US versions.