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Porsche Challenge

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Porsche Challenge has you racing the then-new Boxster on four tracks from around the world, with an eclectic cast of drivers to boot.

Regional Differences#

  • The European version supports the analog controller's vibration (despite the original analog controller not having vibration outside of Japan), while the Japanese version does not support the analog sticks.
  • The hardest difficulty is named "evil!" in the European version and "hard!" in the North American and Japanese versions.
  • The menu option listing activated cheats is named "enabled cheats" in the European version and "secret modes" in the North American and Japanese versions.
  • The credits text scroll is longer in the North American and Japanese versions.
  • The cheat inputs are different in the Japanese version.

Cheat

Europe/North America

Japan

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Square, Circle, Select + Left, Select + Right

Square, X, Select + Left, Select + Right

Test Driver Available

Right + Square, Left + Circle + Select

Right + Square, Left + X + Select

Fish Eye Lens

Triangle + Square + Circle, L1, L2, R2, R1

Triangle + Square + X, L1, L2, R2, R1

Tune Test Driver

Left + Circle, Right + Square + Select

Left + X, Right + Square + Select

User Car Jumps

Square, Circle, Square

Square, X, Square

All Cars Jump

Up + Square, Up + Circle, Up + Square, Up + Circle, Up + Square, Up + Circle, Up + Square

Up + Square, Up + X, Up + Square, Up + X, Up + Square, Up + X, Up + Square

Invisible Car

Square + Circle, L2 + R2, Square + Circle, L1 + R1, Square + Circle

Square + X, L2 + R2, Square + X, L1 + R1, Square + X

Hyper Car

Select + Square, Select + Circle, Select + Square + Circle

Select + Square, Select + Circle, Select + Square + X

Mirror Mode

Left + Circle, Down + Triangle, Right + Square

Left + X, Down + Triangle, Right + Square

  • The string telling the user about what combination of inputs activates "hyper car" is corrected in the North American version.

Europe

North America

cheat * hyper car * select button & square button * select button & circle button * select button & square button *
cheat * hyper car * select button & square button * select button & circle button * select button & square button & circle button *