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The Haunted Mansion (Game Boy Advance)

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This game was never completed and/or given a public release.
As a result of this, keep in mind that the developers might have used or deleted some of the content featured here, had the game actually been released.

This prototype is documented on Hidden Palace.

The GBA version of The Haunted Mansion was scrapped after intended publisher TDK Mediactive was bought by Take-Two Interactive, who found this game to be lackluster. However, a ROM of what seems to be the finished game was leaked online.

To do:
Early versions of the title and licensing screens are present in the ROM, but no palette has been found.

Unfinished Localizations#

Present in the ROM are unfinished translations for French, German, Spanish, and Italian. However, only a select few pieces of text have any translations, most of which are joke translations.

Chooser
Chusen
Coose
Coupe

Exiter
Exiten
Exut
Exet

Jouer
Playchen
Plaiz
Plair

Scare
Scaren
Scari
Scaree

Val
Valen
Vali
Valee

Selecter       Canceler
Selecten       Cancelen
Selecti        Canceli
Selecte        Cancele

Desole, tu ave lost.
Ich bin sorry, you haz losten.
I'm-a sorry, you have-a lost.
Eh, sorry, amigo, you has lost.

Donner moi votre cartes.
Give us yer cards.
Give us yer cards.
Give us yer cards.

FR Basement
GM Basement
IT Basement
SP Basement

FR Ground Floor
GM Ground Floor
IT Ground Floor
SP Ground Floor

FR First Floor
GM First Floor
IT First Floor
SP First Floor

FR Roof
GM Roof
IT Roof
SP Roof

bonus French cards
bonus German cards
bonus Italian cards
bonus Spanish cards

Hidden Passwords#

Four passwords are hardcoded into the game, but are not disclosed by the game at any point.

  • 1B1GM4CNCH33S3 (One Big Mac 'n' Cheese) - Opens up all the areas (adds no items).
  • 1ST0L3TH3C0L0R (I Stole the Color) - Play the game in black and white.
  • T0VGHG0THCH1CK (Tough Goth Chick) - Invincibility.
  • M4NV4CH4MP10NS (Man U for Champions) - Unknown.

Development Text#

A few short error messages can be found.

At 0x5CB1FC:

SYSTEM ERROR
Invalid FrontEnd Event

At 0x713D1C:

MAP ERROR:
floor index is invalid

At 0x713F58:

SYSTEM ERROR
Invalid Fright Band