Puss n Boots: Pero's Great Adventure

In case you were wondering what that one Captain N episode was about...

Puss n Boots: Pero's Great Adventure is an action platformer starring Toei Animation's mascot Pero the Cat. It's based on the classic story Around the World in Eighty Days. This particular game released four years after Japan got its own game based on the animated film.

Sub-Pages#

Prerelease Info Version DifferencesThere's quite a bit.

Hidden Text#

While not actually seen in-game, the string MASAHIRO is used as a RAM check to determine if the game has been soft-reset (with the Reset button) or hard-reset (by turning the power off and on again). Masahiro Yoshihara was a programmer on the game.

Uncompiled Code#

The game features uncompiled code at D60 in the ROM:

NDC:
    JSR STEKA
    LDA #0
    STA NWK
    JSR RANDOM
    AND #11B
    BNE :NOTAI      ; 3/4 not taikyaku
    LDA #1      ; Taikyaku bit on (icchokusen ni mukau)
:NOTAI:
    ORA TEKSTS,X
    BNE :JPCUT

STSHIP:
SMOGU:
    JSR STTEKY
    JSR X0orFF
    JSR RN3F20      ; 20H..60H
    STA TEKTIM,X
    JMP :CNT3

SHCATA:
SHCATC:
    JSR STTEKY
    LDA #0FFH
    STA TEKXH,X
    RTS


STPLANE:
STBALOON:
STSENSUI:
    JSR STTEKY
    JSR X0orFF
    ASL TEKANG,X
    ASL TEKANG,X    ; 0 or 4
:CNT3:
    LDA #3-1
    STA TEKHIT,X    ; 3 patsu de shinu !
    RTS

SHAMB:
SUP1:
SBOOTS:
SD1000:
SD2000:
SD3000:
    PROC
    JSR STTEKY
    LDA #0FFH
    STA TEKXH,X
    LDA TEKKND,X
    SEC
    SBC #28
    TAY         ; Y=0..5
    LDA :BOONO,Y
    STA TEKPNO,X    ; Pattern number set
    LDA #0
    STA TEKCTL,X    ; Control & color set
    RTS
:BOONO:
    DB  19,11,16,18,18,18

RN3F20:
    JSR RANDOM
    AND #3FH
    ADC #20H
    RTS

;@@@@@@@@ KOKOKARAHAJIME 04/27 @@@@@@@@@
; 89/04/27 Tsuika
STARU:      ;40: Taru
SSHA:       ;41: Sharin
SUMA:       ;43: Uma !

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