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Soul Bubbles

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  • There's unused levels, find out which ones are and document them.
  • Regional differences: Player character was redesigned for Japanese release.

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Debug Menu#

During the licensing screen or the disclaimer, enter B, Up, B, B, L, Y, B, A, L, L, A, Down ("Bubbly Ballad").
From this point, you can press Select at any time to toggle the Debug Menu. In particular, the LOAD LEVEL option allows access to a few unused levels.

Debug Menu options:

 - CONTINUE
 - RESTART
 - QUIT
 - CHEATS...
   - FOG UNCOVER
   - TELEPORT TO END
   - VICTORY
   - RANK S VICTORY
 - LOAD LEVEL...
   - PRINT BUG REPORT
   - PRINT REFERENCE TIMES
   - (MONKEY LOADER START)
 - STEP
 - RUN
 - SHOW INFO
   - CPU DISPLAY
   - STYLUS DISPLAY
   - ZOOM +/-
   - MEDALS
     - [Show the state of all medals]
   - G2 STATE
 - LEVELS...
   - [All levels files]
 - PRINT INFO...
   - (METRICS)
   - CONTENTS
   - SIZES
   - TRIGGERS
   - OBJECT REGISTRY
   - ENTITY LINKS
   - MEMORY
   - MATERIALS
   - SECTOR *
   - LOADED DATA LIST
   - (MEMTRACK SUMMARY)
   - (MEMTRACK FRAMES)
   - RAM AVAILABLE
   - RAM CONTIGUOUS
   - VRAM AVAILABLE
   - PRAM AVAILABLE
   - LOADING TIME
 - ADD OBJECT...
   - BUBBLE + 7 SOULS
   - SOUL *
   - WATER *
   - GAS - LIGHT *
   - GAS - HEAVY *
   - GAS - NITRO *
 - TIPS VIEWER...
   - [Show all in-game messages from the old master]
 - LANGUAGE...
   - ENGLISH (UK)
   - ENGLISH (US)
   - FRENCH
   - GERMAN
   - SPANISH
   - ITALIAN
   - (JAPANESE)
 - BACKUP...
   - READ
   - WRITE
   - SELECT SLOT 0
   - SELECT SLOT 1
   - CLEAR SLOT
   - CLEAR ALL
   - SHOW INFO
     - CRC
     - SOUND MODE
     - UNLOCKED FLAGS
     - [State of slot]
       - [Edit state]
   - DEBUG PRINT
   - WORLD 8-NO FEATHERS
   - UNLOCK WORLD...
     - WORLD1 - CELT
     - WORLD2 - ABOR
     - WORLD3 - INDI
     - WORLD4 - AZTE
     - WORLD5 - AFRI
     - WORLD6 - ASIA
     - WORLD7 - INUI
     - WORLD8 - DEAT
     - GAME COMPLETE
   - UNLOCK ALL ITEMS
   - RELOCK ALL ITEMS
 - SOUND...
   - HANDLES
     - [List all active sound handles with various info]
   - PLAYER
     - [Manually play sound from loaded data]
   - ERRORS
     - [List playback error]
   - LOADER
     - [Load/clear sound banks]
   - MIXER
     - [Visualizing dynamic music mixing settings while playing level]
   - SYNC AV
   - MEMORY

Items marked with a '*' requires to touch at a screen location while activating the menu option.

Unlock All Levels#

In the level selection map, enter L, Up, X, Up, R, Y ("Luxury").

In the gallery, enter B, Up, B, B, L, Y ("Bubbly") to unlock all items.

Locate Calabashes In The Mini-Map#

In a level, enter A, L, L, R, A, Down, A, R ("All Radar") to display the location of calabashes in the upper screen mini-map.