Tarepanda no Gunpey

This game/console's online features are no longer supported. While this game/console's online features were once accessible, they are (as of October 31, 2001) no longer officially supported and online-exclusive features may be documented as now-unseen content.

Tarepanda no Gunpey is, simply put, a reskinned Gunpey with a brand new story, which now covers Tarepanda's journey to take pictures of other Tarepanda (which are slowly stacked as the story progresses). Tarepanda was a major project for San-X, best known abroad for the Rilakkuma character. As part of the cross-promotion, the game was also sold with a special edition Tarepanda Wonderswan.

Hex Font#

A hex font can be found starting from 0xD06AC in the game's data.

Debug Menu#

The game has a debug menu that can be accessed by modifying the state for the next state change. Set a breakpoint at the state machine located at F000:02FC, modify the state byte value at DS:0208 to 0x82 and continue execution to enter the debug menu.

Pattern Test#

Exit back to the Debug Menu by pressing Start.

Face Test#

Exit back to the Debug Menu by pressing Start.

Sound Test#

Exit back to the Debug Menu by pressing Start.

Defunct Online Content#

The game has hidden online functionality, accessed through the WonderGate cell modem. When booting up the game, press and hold the "A", "B", "Y1", and "Y4" buttons simultaneously, then tap and release the power button while continuing to hold down all four buttons until the intro scene begins. This will add a third option to the title screen, "わんだげーと” (WonderGate), and multiple submenus. As with the rest of the game, the online submenus have unique (and weaponizably cute) images of Tarepandas going about their lives. Once the code has been properly entered at least once, the cartridge will continue to boot with the WonderGate options enabled.

Note: Incorrectly-entering the code on real hardware will cause the WonderSwan to freeze on the first frame of the title menu and display a large white block in place of the usual Wondergate icon on the system bar. Power down the system, then reboot it without entering the code. Finally, boot the system up for a third time while entering the code again.

As described on the WonderGate website, Tarepanda no Gunpey featured a high score leaderboard for multiple game types. Support for this game's WonderGate capabilities ended on October 31, 2001, along with five other games. The remainder of the WonderGate-compatible games ended their service on March 31, 2003.

Main Menu#

In order from top to bottom:

1. Dial in
2. Options
3. Return to main menu

Connection Sequence#

After hitting the "connect" option, the game waits for you to hit X3 to confirm, then begins attempting to dial. If it fails to connect to the WonderGate after roughly 5 seconds, it kicks out to a failure screen of Tarepanda hung out to dry. The game will prompt the player to press the Start or X3 button and kick them out to the WonderGate menu.

Options Menu#

In order from top to bottom:

1. Enter phone number
2. Test-dial the number
3. Clear number
4. Return to WonderGate menu