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Tomato Adventure

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Unused Enemies#

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  • Tomatowalker (トマトウォーカー): This enemy can be seen on the Gimmick Palace, firing StarMato enemies. However, they are always placed outside of the player's reach and cannot be battled vicariously through their spawn. Despite this, battle data for them exists. Not to be confused with its yellow mini-boss counterpart.

It can be accessed anywhere in battle with the encounter modifier with offset $637ED0 (code 030008EC:08637ED0), which seems to be the 73rd enemy pointer in the ROM.

Unused Items#

There are a few unused items, all with the description of "Dummy" (Japanese: ダミー). Modifying address 0x030019D5 will change the index number of the first item.

List of unused items:

  • 0x01-0x0F - Unnamed items
  • 0x23 - Multiple Hit Killer (Japanese: れんだキラー)
  • 0x24 - Timing Killer (Japanese: タイミングキラー)
  • 0x25 - Speed Killer (Japanese: スピードキラー)
  • 0x26 - Heart-Pounding Killer (Japanese: ドキドキキラー)
  • 0x2F - Unnamed item
  • 0x31 - Unnamed item
  • 0x34 - Unnamed item
  • 0x36 - Unnamed item

Multiple Hit, Timing, Speed, and Heart-Pounding are the four types of Gimmicks. Multiple Hit Killer and its description.

Hidden Gimica Cards#

Two of the Gimica Cards in the game (Abira and Pasaran) are only available with a series of specific button presses. This secret is hidden away in the Nintendo Official Guidebook for the game on Page 68, published by Shogakukan.

In Oystown's Colosseum, where Gimica battles are held, after unlocking the option to do so, attempt to initiate a communication battle. While waiting, enter the following commands. No Link Cable is required.

  • Abira card: Left, Up, B, Down, Up, Down, A + B, Right, A, Down, Up, B
  • Pasaran card: Up, Right, A, Down, Right, B, Down, Right, A, Down, B + A, Up

Unused Text#

At offset 0x62D380 is the text "GIMMICK LAND VR0", referencing the original name of the game as a Game Boy Color title.

(Source: Otakuto's blog ("Tomato Adventure Hack Rom Project"))