Wangan Midnight (PlayStation 2)

This page is rather stubbly and could use some expansion. Are you a bad enough dude to rescue this article? Notes: Document more of the debug menu - see this video for walkthrough.

To do: Document the demo disc, which still contains elements from the arcade version. Also document any TXR0 leftovers, such as intro cameras.

A game that started it all. This game was a port of the first Wangan Midnight arcade game by Namco (often referred by the title of its revision, Wangan Midnight R, to avoid confusion with other Wangan Midnight games and the series as a whole), who was not involved in the console release (apart from a "special thanks" credit) and shares assets/codebase from Tokyo Xtreme Racer Zero.

Debug Menu#

Apply the below code to re-enable this debug menu. With the code active, while the opening movie is playing, press and hold Start button to enable the menu.

Hold Start While Opening Movie Is Playing For Debug Menu
D02FCFC2 0000FFF7
2014D85C 24040000
D02FCFC2 0000FFFF
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The following options are available:

• FREERUN: Allows you to explore the map freely with chosen car, starting ramp, and time of day. Pausing will crash the game.
• QUICK: Begins an AC Scenario game with settings chosen.
• TIMEATTACK: Begins a Time Attack game with settings chosen.
• ILINK: Begins an i.Link Battle game. There must be an i.Link connection between all players involved, or the game will end with "Link Error!" message.
• REPLAY: Loads a replay as chosen in REPLAY FILE. Requires a memory card with qualifying replay file.
• InMv: Same as QUICK.
• StaMv: Plays the AC Scenario ending credits.
• MOVIE: Plays one of the FMVs.
• SELECT: Displays the title screen.
• TESTMODE: Opens the original arcade game's test mode. Note that almost none of the options work since it's hardcoded to the arcade version of the game, and the RUF RCT, the Blackbird, or any of the playable character cars is not referenced in the bookkeeping menu (ADS DATA) as they were never a playable car in the original arcade release, and the menu will always warn about a dead internal battery. Some menu interactions can also cause the game to crash entirely.
• MCDTEST: Starts a Mission Mode game with selected scenario, given the chosen car.
• MISSION: Returns to the opening sequence.
• INTRO: Throws a "Link Error!" message.
• ERROR: Crashes the game.

Button controls in the main debug menu:

• L1 and L2: Selects car to use (C).
• R1 and R2: Selects mission to play (MISSION).
• Triangle: Toggles A, which sets to use automatic transmission.
• Square: Toggles SCENARIO, unknown.
• Left: Selects the time of day.
• Right: Selects the starting ramp.
• Select: Plays a voice that plays at the beginning of the "looking for opponent" phase of an AC Scenario game.
• R3: Selects the FMV (MOVIE) and replay file (REPLAY) to load. For the former, 0 is the opening movie, while 1 and 2 are the Scenario mode endings (where 2 is non-skippable).

Note that races started from the debug menu will count towards the game's statistics.