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Omega Boost

Omega Boost is a rail shooter from Polyphony Digital and stands as the only game in their body of work thus far that isn't a racing game.

Debug Menu#

Use the following code to display a debug menu.

JP

US

EU

D0097BB0 0002
80097BB0 000D

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Changing the instruction at 8002f484 to 03 00 12 24 will enable the debug screen at bootup for the US version.

Regional Differences#

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Title Screens#

The US version has a different title screen than Japan and Europe.

Japan & Europe

North America

Music#

The game has a different selection of licensed music in each regional version of the game.

Version

Opening Movie

Title Screen

Final Boss

Ending Credits

Japan

"Shade" by Feeder

"Ismeel" by Dip in the Pool

North America

"Fly" by Loudmouth

"Ostegolation" by Static-X

"The Road" by Loudmouth

Europe

"Dreamer" by Cast

Miscellaneous#

  • The English subtitles for the full-motion videos differ between the North American and European versions. Both sets of subtitles are derived from the Japanese subtitles for the English-language full-motion videos in the Japanese version. Strangely, neither set of English subtitles actually match word-for-word the dialogue being spoken in these scenes. In addition, the European version's subtitles cover nearly every line spoken in the opening movie, whereas the North American version's subtitles lose a few lines.

References#


  1. GDR プレイステーション ソフト一覧 1999年 - PlayStation Software List 1999↩︎
  2. OMEGA BOOST™ HITS THE PLAYSTATION GAME CONSOLE FULL THROTTLE WITH INTENSE 3D ACTION - PlayStation.com↩︎