Pachi Com is a pachinko game for the MSX, released the same year as the Famicom version. Like the Famicom version, it too has a hidden programmer rant ― albeit a much shorter one.
Hidden Message#
A message in Okinawan starts at the very beginning of the ROM at 0x8.
MSX PACHICOM Version 99.99.99.99.99.99.99
Copyright 1985.08.026 BEAR'S Corporation .& SONY EMI
.SHIKO SHIKO PYU PYU
.ANMAR TAMUNOE KIBUTONDO KIBUSHINUKIBUSANU NADASOSO
.KUFUCHI UMUNU NITONDO
.UMI NU CHINBORRAE GWA
.GOHARA NANNAN DAYO TEMEE WA YO!
.ANNA NANGI SHITE TSUKKUTTA NONI
.YAA YA GUNDA BIKU SHICHI DUNATE SHIKUTINME YO~~ HYA
.WATTA NINTORAN BADOYA!
.DUNER TAR BIKE MOKIRA SHICHI - BONUS KIRE HYA~
Following is a rundown by GlitterBerri, aided by this 2ch post:
Original |
Translation Notes |
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Masturbation noises. (FAP FAP SPRAY SPRAY) |
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Lyrics from an Okinawan folk song called Chinnuku Juushii - Taro With Rice. Translation: Mother, the firewood is smoking. The smoke is smokey and my eyes are watering. |
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Lyrics from the same song as the above, but from the second verse. Translation: Boiling the floured taro. (Explanation: 芋("nmu") normally means potato, but the characters |
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Lyrics from another Okinawan folk song called Umi no Chinbōraa - The Sea Shell. Translation: The sea shell... |
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Translation: Who the hell do you think you are, Gohara?! |
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Translation: That's what I was thinking when I made it. |
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Translation: You do nothing but complain that I should be doing my job, |
Unassembled Code#
Present at 0x57F0. Most likely for the Famicom version, as the MSX computers used Zilog Z80 processors.
058H,060H,002H ;X-POS,Y-POS,COLOR
DB LOW TWY,04BH,LOW TWY2,011H ;SPLITE NO.,PTN NO.
DB LOW TWY3,04CH,0FEH
DB 058H,068H,002H ;X-POS,....
DB LOW TWY4,04DH,LOW TWY5,045H,LOW TWY6,04EH,0FEH
DB 050H,070H,002H ;X-POS,...
DB LOW TWY7,051H,LOW TWY8,04FH,LOW TWY9,04AH
DB LOW TWY10,050H,LOW TWY11,052H,0FEH
DB 060H,078H,002H ;X-POS,....
DB LOW TWY12,053H,0FEH
DB 060H,080H,002H
DB LOW TWY13,054H,0FFH
SPIDX: EQU SCLS-SOPN
; OPEN AREA SPRITE ELECTRO FLASHING
OELDSP:
LDA #0FFH
STA INTFLG
;
LDA GFLAG ;TIGER OR BRVOR CHECK
LSR A
BCS :OELED ;TIGER -> RTS
LDX #3EH ;ELECTRO FLUSH PTN SP NO.
LDA ELCTIM
AND #10H ;FLUSH COLOR ?
BNE :OEL10 ;YES
LDX #37H ;NOMAL PTN SP NO. SET
:OEL10:
TXA
STA OPEP1
STA OPEP2
STA OPEP3
STA OPEP4
LDA #2 ;STATUS & COLOR SET
STA OPES1
STA OPES2
STA OPES3
STA OPES4
LDA #0B0H ;SP Y-POS SET
JSR OFSTY
STA OPEY1
STA OPEY2
CLC
ADC #8
STA OPEY3
STA OPEY4
LDA #50H ;SP X-POS SET
JSR OFSTX
STA OPEX1
STA OPEX3
CLC
ADC #30H
STA OPEX2
STA OPEX4
:OELED:
LDA #0
STA INTFLG