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Shrek: Dragon's Tale

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Shrek: Dragon's Tale is a V.Smile game that nobody would've really paid all that much attention to had the composer not chosen to plagiarize music from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and various other games. It needs to be heard to be believed.

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Debug Codes#

Like with other V.Smile games, there's two codes that can be entered at the main menu.

testModeInput#

Entering the code will display a build date, and after waiting will display checksums.

Version

Build Date

USA (Alt)

06 7 14 M2 QA5

USA

06 7 17 M3 QA2

Netherlands

060826 NL M1 QA8

Germany

060907 GE M1 QA9

France

060919 FR M1 QA11

Spain

060925 SP M1 QA8

copyrightInput#

Entering the code will show text "Copyright VTech Electronics Ltd."

Unused Music#

This needs some investigation.
Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page.
Specifically: Try to find the original names and add some more info if possible.

The first song in the game's music table. This one is known as "Family Dinner Waltz" in the Shrek 2 soundtrack.

A sped-up version of the file select/Fairy Fountain theme from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.

An unknown piece.

Unused

Used

An unused variation of the second part of the Haunted Woods theme. Both versions contain the first part of the main melody of Lost Woods from Ocarina of Time.

Revisional Differences#

Revision made three days later, according to the build date.

Original

Revision

On the Learning Zone menu, the two-player option is always visible in the revision, even if a second controller isn't plugged in.

(Source: Original TCRF research)