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The Cat in the Hat (Game Boy Advance)

The Cat in the Hat is a minigame fest based around the original book, and not the terrifying live-action Mike Myers film. Despite the game being finished in 2003, the game was held over until 2005 due to the fact that Vivendi Universal released a similar GBA game of the same name but based on the movie.

Sound Engine Leftovers#

At 0x13EC60 is some leftover text from Shin'en's GAX Sound Engine.

GAX Sound Engine 3.05 (Aug 13 2003)
© Shin'en Multimedia. Code: B.Wodok


GAX2_INIT
OUT OF MEMORY
GAX2_NEW
PARAMS ARG IS NULL
GAX2_NEW_FX
FXPARAMS ARG IS NULL
WHEN USING DIFFERENT FX_MIXING_RATE, FLAG
GAX_FX_REVERB AND GAX_HALF_RATE_FX ARE NOT ALLOWED.
GAX 2_JINGLE
GAX_NO_JINGLE FLAG IS SET
GAX_IRQ 
GAX_PLAY HAS NOT FINISHED BEFORE GAX_IRQ.
USE LOWER MIXING RATE OR LESS FX CHANNELS
OR PUT GAX_PLAY IN VBLANK IRQ.
GAX_FX
YOU TRIED TO PLAY A SPEECH FX BUT HAVE NOT 
USED THE GAX_SPEECH FLAG WITH GAX2_INIT.
GAX2_FX 
FXPARAMS->FXID IS GAX_DEFAULT
GAX_RESTORE_FX
BUF ARG IS NUL


GAX ENGINE V3.05 Aug 13 2003
EXCEPTION. PROGRAM HALT.
FUNCTION NAME: