Tinhead (SNES)

Notes

Level Select#

This needs some investigation. Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page. Specifically: This needs a more thorough disassembly to verify there's no additional level select programming or a jump (especially a BRL operation) that leads to $00FA2C.

Located at offset $00838F is the following text for a level select/title screen:

      TINHEAD

    TEST VERSION

 WRITTEN BY G FONG.
 FOR MICROPROSE LTD


 <> TO SELECT LEVEL





PUSH START TO START

It's followed by a list of 28 level names, 6 letters each (found in the password section below).

Partial programming for the level select is located at SNES address $00FA2C-00FA72 which contains the controller reads that increments or decrements the level index value and displays its name, as shown below. However, the programming used to display the rest of the menu, and respond when Start is pressed, hasn't been found. It may have been deleted, leaving only this subroutine behind.

The following set of experimental Pro Action Replay (PAR) codes can be used to demonstrate the functionality of the level select in its current state.

80EDA8EA
80EDA920
80EDAA2C
80EDABFA
80EDAC80
80FA6886
80FA6902

In the Options screen, move the cursor to EXIT, then activate the codes. Use D-Pad Left and Right to select a level. Disable the codes when finished. Start a new game to begin on the selected level.

Passwords#

Passwords with numbers (111111 for levels, 222222 for cheats) are reserved entries and impossible to enter as the game only accepts letters. The stored password list starts at offset $00C575.

Level Passwords#

• Normal mode

• Practice mode

Cheat Passwords#

Restored Level Passwords#

Download Tinhead SNES Password Restoration File: Tinhead SNES Password Restoration.zip (1 KB) (info)

Apply the above patch to make the dummied out level passwords listed above enterable. Passwords are as follows:

• Normal mode

• Practice mode

test text#

To do: Is there programming to display this?

• Offset $00F023

test text