Wanwan Aijou Monogatari (わんわん愛情物語 / Puppy Love Story) is a visual novel for the Casio Loopy with a scenario written by Kenji Terada, known for his early work on Final Fantasy and Kimagure Orange Road. It's also the only game on Loopy to feature PCM audio, utilizing an expansion chip on the cartridge with samples burned into the chip at manufacture time.
Debug Screens#
Function 0x0e058b34 checks for gamepad 1's bitfield to match 0b0000100010001100, stored at ROM offset 0x058b86, corresponding to L + R + B + Right. When held down through boot, the developer menu is revealed after the "Alfa System" animation completes.
(Source: Original TCRF research)
Developer submenus include:
- Granular skips to every scene, minigame, and special screen
- Previews of sprite art and printables
- Music and SFX tests
Additionally, while debugging mode is on, special keys are available during gameplay:
- Start pauses the game (with no visual indicator for pause state)
- Holding R speeds up dialogue text and auto-advances most dialogue
- Pressing/holding L makes the current dialogue appear instantly