A port of Toaplan's 1987 quarter-munching platformer arcade game of the same name. This version, while making some downgrades to the presentation, makes various changes (hence the "Special" in the Japanese version's name) including new bosses, various changes to the levels (mainly in the latter half the game including Stage 4 being split into two stages with slight extensions), plus a different intro and ending.
Unused Music#
The Z80 RAM address at $1E01 can be poked with the following values to queue them up, then poke the Z80 RAM address $1E00 with the value of $02 to play the desired music.
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Music |
Comments |
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$01 |
A test track using PSG noise. |
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$02 |
A test track using a PSG square wave. WARNING: This one gets very loud and obnoxiously shrill. |
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$0E |
A slow, eerie, non-looping tune. A copy of this song also exists in Song ID $14. |
Hidden Character Portraits#
At the title screen, hold buttons A + C + Up while pressing Start. The intro scene will now feature alternative portraits of the main characters.
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Alternative |
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Regional Differences#
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Japan |
US |
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For whatever reason, the US version opts for a shortened version of the game's Japanese name rather than using Pyros, the name the arcade game was given in that region.