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Okage: Shadow King (PlayStation 2)

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To do:

  • Document more of the debug menus and label controls for each menu.
  • Check if the demo mode in the debug menu is used at all.
  • Enable the old debug menu located at RAM address: 0x0014BDF8 (USA).

Okage: Shadow King is about a boy whose shadow is taken over by the devilish Stan, an evil king who takes the boy on a journey to defeat other evil kings, regain his powers and take over the world.

Unused Ending Cutscene#

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A cutscene of the Vampire Evil King keeping watch over Highland Village intended for the ending sequence of the game. Instead of this scene being played, the Vampire Evil King is located off-screen during the scene where Epros performs magic tricks with the Sewer Evil King.

Unused Final Boss Phase?#

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Presumably an unfinished additional phase of the final boss fight with Beiloune, the final battle ID that can be loaded in the debug menu is a selection of random enemies and an animated model of Beiloune in his non-monster form, a form never actually fought in the final release. He hovers above the battlefield, unable to be targeted in any way.

BABERN#

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In the battle models folder on the disc, one battle model exists for BABERN, which is the mysterious warrior that Rosalyn encounters in the ending sequence (who is subsequently flattened by Big Bull.) Based on the naming scheme between the Japanese and North American releases of the game, it seems likely that BABERN is Babahn, a Hero's Club member mentioned exactly once by Rosalyn early in the game (along with another unseen member named Henry.)

This model has no animations for using abilities, which means it was almost definitely meant to be an enemy or Evil King at some point, rather than a party member. This would have been the only human character fought in the game (excluding Beiloune.)

Early Overdrive Animation#

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An unfinished version of the animation for Ari's Overdrive ability is present in an earlier Ari model file located in the Japanese version of the disc.

Debug Menus#

A couple of large debug menus remain in the game. To enable them, apply the below code and press the following buttons while you have control over the player:

  • L3 for STG Editor. Press Select to disable it.
  • R3 for main debug menu.
USA Codes:

Master Code (only needed for cheat devices)
901E6408 0C0798AA

Enable Debug Menus
20124824 0C07A4EC
20124828 0080802D
201E93B0 3C020034
201E93B4 84429342
201E93B8 2403FFFB
201E93BC 14430002
201E93C0 24020004
201E93C4 AE02003C
201E93C8 03E00008
201E93CC 8E030020
20133ADC 0C07A4F4
20133AE0 3C020034
201E93D0 84439342
201E93D4 2404FFFD
201E93D8 14830002
201E93DC 24040002
201E93E0 AE040048
201E93E4 84449342
201E93E8 2403FFFE
201E93EC 14830002
201E93F0 00000000
201E93F4 AE000048
201E93F8 8E030048
201E93FC 03E00008
201E9400 2C620019

(Source: Punk7890)

Main Debug Menu#

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This menu allows you to do various things. It contains several test menus such as music playing options, level select, a battle selector, game flag settings, and more. It also contains menus for viewing dialog.

STG Editor#

Okage_Shadow_King_-_STG_Editor1.png Okage_Shadow_King_-_STG_Editor2.png Okage_Shadow_King_-_STG_Editor3.png

Another elaborate menu. This one mostly contains map lighting options. It also contains a free camera tool as well.

References#


  1. GDR プレイステーション2 ソフト一覧 2001年 - PlayStation2 Software List 2001↩︎
  2. PlayStation.com - OKAGE: SHADOW KING TRANSPORTS PLAYERS ON A MYSTICAL JOURNEY FOR THE PLAYSTATION®2 COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM↩︎