Phiphph Ymrach Adventure

Phip̣hph Ymrāch Adventure is an obscure game based on the 2004 Thai cartoon Phip̣hph Ymrāch (literally "World of Yamaraja", and translated to "World of the Death" in the subtitles), in which protagonist characters Boon and Barb (with their mentors Hawk and Vulture, respectively) deliver karmic justice onto bad people by beating them up.

NOTE: Nearly all of the game's graphics are compressed under zlib. All paths take in consideration the folder Data.

Unused Graphics#

Early Giant Designs#

Each of the graphic folders for the Giant enemies, which are seen from Stage 4, have earlier variations for their designs. They have much slimmer and more muscular designs, though the sprites appear as if the original images had been resized.

Folder: Giant

Folder: 04giantgreen_crop

Folder: 04giantorange_crop

Early Stage Clear Graphic#

The folder CUSTOM\Stage clear contains the graphics seen when clearing a stage, but there are also two folders, Alpha and Comp, that contain alpha and color channels for an earlier variation of these graphics with a different font, color, and fading effect. The file names are the same in both folders.

Loop-Stage clear(506,71).bmp

Start-Stage clear(506,71).bmp

Mockup Graphics#

Throughout the game's folders are several mockup graphics likely used to assist development of the game, which is common with many games developed by CyberPlanet Interactive:

character\Boon#

The folder containing the sprites for the playable character Boon, character\Boon, also contains a mockup image labeled flash_bomb.gif, dated April 5, 2005, 17:24:42, showing the behavior of this character's flash bomb attack in enemies.

CUSTOM\play-phase#

This folder contains two more folders associated with the game's UI, but it also contains two mockup images depicting Barb defeated after confronting the Stage 4 boss, and dialogue for Boon at the same location, respectively. Sadly, this second image has since been corrupted due to an improper bytes per pixel conversion.

ex-play-phase.bmp

ex-play-phase2.bmp

Unused Sounds#

The folder Edit SFX is an unparsed folder associated with a level editor of sorts. None of the files are parsed by the game, and most of them seem to be duplicates of existing, used sounds, with only one exception. The list of the duplicates can be seen below:

The sole exception is เสียงฟาดฆ้อน3.wav (roughly translated to "Hammer strike sound 3"), which is a different version of เสียงฟาดฆ้อน2.wav / BUNFALCONHAMMER.wav that has a shorter interval between the last two sound effects.

There is also an additional file labeled ไฟล์สำรองลบออกได้.txt (translated to "Backup file can be deleted"), which has no data.

Moontra Kid: The Ghost City Leftovers#

An unfathomable amount of leftovers from Moontra Kid: The Ghost City can be found within the game's data, including graphics, music, sound effects, text, and even an enemy (internally labeled Blood_sucker, seen in The Ghost City's Stage 5), the former of which are almost always contained in folders directly taken from that game. A comprehensive listing of these folders can be found below; most assets found in these folders will not be uploaded save for graphics not in that game's final data.

Options Menu#

These graphics can be found in the folder MENU\OPTION.

banner.bmp

keybutton.bmp

soundbutton.bmp

Mockup Images#

Some folders contain mockup images used to aid in development of Moontra Kid: The Ghost City. Curiously, said mockup images cannot be found in that game's final data.

MENU\load_save\Load_EX.jpg - Date: Nov 25, 2004, 19:08

MENU\load_save\Save_Page_EX.jpg - Date: Nov 25, 2004, 19:08

MENU\OPTION\Option_Page_EX.jpg - Date: Nov 29, 2004, 17:09

MENU\stage_select\Map_edit_EX.jpg - Date: Dec 2, 2004, 21:04

Unused Text#

Executable#

These strings can be found in the game's executable, PipopYomraj.exe.

At offset 0x7D584 is a set of leftover strings from Deep Hunter, a previous game by CyberPlanet Interactive:

   Deep hunter is a shooting game in the deep ocean. There are three major sea creatures: octopus, green jellyfish and red jellyfish. Octopus earns 5 points and 10 Oxygen points. Green jellyfish earns 10 points. Red jellyfish earns 20 points. There is chance to earn Bonus point too. Press the UP and DOWN arrow key to control the diver's movement. When ready to shoot, press the centre button. Earn as many points as you can within the time limit.

Deep Hunter
Version 1.0


Copyright 2003
CyberPlanet Interactive.
All rights reserved.

Nearby, at offset 0x7DFB4 is a set of enemy names originally seen in the credits of Moontra Kid - Episode 1: Drug War:

MINITOBACCO
MOSQUITO
FAT - THIEF
THIN - THIEF
BITEFLOWER
JUNGLEMAN
ZOMBIE
SNAKE
MISTICFLOWER
GAS - MAN
TANK
SHOOTER
ROBOMAN
GHOST
NEEDLE
ELECTRIC-SNAKE
TOBACCO
AMPHETTAMINE
MARIJUANA
COCAINE
HEROIN

Moontra Kid - Episode 1: Drug War Leftovers#

ItemText.dat, Other.dat and Text.dat, located in the folder DAT, when decompressed under zlib, reveal unmodified text data from Moontra Kid - Episode 1: Drug War. More specifically, these files contain the item/drug description, quiz intro/outcome, and quiz question/choice/answer strings, respectively. These files can also be found unused in Moontra Kid: The Ghost City, as Phip̣hph Ymrāch Adventure is, engine-wise, heavily based on that game.

References#