Project Horned Owl

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Regional Differences

The correct title of this game is Project: Horned Owl. The substitution or omission of the colon is due to technical restrictions.

Project: Horned Owl puts you in some light gun shooting action as you take on mechanized terrorists.

Much of the gameplay seen here was further refined in one of Alfa Systems' later games, Elemental Gearbolt.

Camera Debug#

Use the code, after that press L2 to enter a camera debug mode.

D00876AC 0001
800877CC 0000

L1, L2: Up, Down
D-pad: Move
Select + D-Pad: Rotate
Start: Exit the debug mode

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Hidden Developer Message#

This developer message can be found at 0x796B0 in ROLL.BIN, after all of the credits and post-credits text. This is from programmer Chapuni Nakamura and it appears only in the US version.

Japanese

English

注意。空行にはダミーでスペースでも入れといてくれ。
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ここから先はゲームとはまったく関係ありません。
今回北米および欧州仕様へのカスタマイズを担当したのは、
私こと中村っす。そして、私が知る人ぞ知る「ちゃぷ」っす。
日本版でかなわなかったことを少しづつかなえるべく
ちょっとばかりあがいてみました。銃の精度が劇的に
向上しているのがいちばん大きいかな？
熊本はええのぉ。私は気が滅入るとすぐに会社をふけて
阿蘇の温泉とかに行ったり、昼寝を決めたりするの
です。温泉はええよぉ。べつに混浴でなくともええよん。
現在、彼女募集中です。とゆーか、一生懸命がんばっています。
結婚するとかしないとかじゃなくって、何かさびしーじゃん。
ちゃぷ／なかむらたくみ, GBA02750@niftyserve.or.jp
X68000 よ、永遠なれ。まだまだくたばるまいぞ。
...5 月 30 日、欧州版はぽしゃってしまった。
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You're welcome! Please e-mail to me when you read this message.
My address is GBA02750@niftyserve.or.jp, .
You should know, Hiro Utsumi's name is Ryo Kurotsu, and
Nash Stolar's name is Marco Antonelli, in Japanese version.
We call Hiro Kurotsu, and call Nash Marco!
    chapuni/Takumi Nakamura
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それにしても、海外版のこれ(Project: Horned Owl)を
持っている日本人のあなた。つくづく熱心やねぇ。そして、この
メッセージを発見してしまったあなた。あなただよ。暇ねぇ。
とーぜんながら、書いている俺はもっと暇だ(ウソ)。
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Note: The empty lines are filler, replace them with spaces or something.
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This section is not related to the game in any way.
I, Nakamura, was responsible for customizing the North American and European release. Those who know me call me chapuni.
I fought a little to get some of the things we could not fit into the Japanese version of the game. I think the biggest one was the vast improvement to aiming precision.
Kumamoto's a nice place. I would just leave the office whenever I lost motivation and would go to a hot spring in Aso or just take a catnap. Hot springs are great; it doesn't even have to be mixed-gender.
I'm currently looking for a girlfriend. You could say that I'm trying very hard to find one.
Not because I feel like I have to get married, but it's lonely, y'know?
chapuni/Takumi Nakamura, GBA02750@niftyserve.or.jp
So long, X68000. Don't kick the can yet.
...May 30, the European release was scrapped.
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You're welcome! Please e-mail to me when you read this message.
My address is GBA02750@niftyserve.or.jp, .
You should know, Hiro Utsumi's name is Ryo Kurotsu, and
Nash Stolar's name is Marco Antonelli, in Japanese version.
We call Hiro Kurotsu, and call Nash Marco!
    chapuni/Takumi Nakamura
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Come to think of it, you're a Japanese person with an overseas version of this thing (Project: Horned Owl). You must like the game quite a bit. What's more, you found this message. Yes, you. Aren't you a bored one.
Of course, that applies to me as well, since I'm writing all this (except not really).
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(Source: Decension, divingkataetheweirdo)