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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

.SHIKO SHIKO PYU PYU

Masturbation noises. (FAP FAP SPRAY SPRAY)

.ANMAR TAMUNOE KIBUTONDO KIBUSHINUKIBUSANU NADASOSO

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.

.KUFUCHI UMUNU NITONDO

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
that make up the word taro (里芋, "chin'nuku") literally mean village potato.)

.UMI NU CHINBORRAE GWA

Lyrics from another Okinawan folk song called Umi no Chinbōraa - The Sea Shell. Translation: The sea shell...

.GOHARA NANNAN DAYO TEMEE WA YO!

Translation: Who the hell do you think you are, Gohara?!

.ANNA NANGI SHITE TSUKKUTTA NONI

Translation: That's what I was thinking when I made it.

.YAA YA GUNDA BIKU SHICHI DUNATE SHIKUTINME YO~~ HYA
.WATTA NINTORAN BADOYA!
.DUNER TAR BIKE MOKIRA SHICHI - BONUS KIRE HYA~

Translation: You've only given yourself a break for about 50 hours ... Agh!
We haven't slept at all!
But, I've been arranged for only 2 hours - Give me a bonus! Agh!

Uncompiled Code#

Present at 0x57F0.

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