Wrecking Crew

In Wrecking Crew, Mario begins his new career as a construction worker, only to find the job description didn't mention evading monsters.

Hidden Text#

Present at the beginning of the NES ROM and the third FDS file "KBPGM" (whole file offset 0x214D). Similar text can be found in Stack-Up.

 Programed by   
                
  T.NAKAMURA    
    TOMOYO chan 
  Y.SOBAJIMA    
    AKINA chan  
                
     1985/4/25  

Unused Graphics#

Used	Unused

Foreman Spike has unique tiles for his lower body, showing him with a belt. However, he uses the tiles for Mario and Luigi instead, leaving them unused. Spike's belt is still present on his climbing sprites, but this is difficult to see in-game due to him being in the background.

Interestingly, his redesign in Wrecking Crew '98 features a belt, suggesting that this was his intended design all along.

An early version of the legs for one of Gotchawrench's climbing sprites.

Version Differences#

To do: Cover the differences of the SNES version, available as a bonus in Wrecking Crew '98. There is at the very least the title screen.

FDS Version#

Famicom/NES	FDS

A 1988 copyright was added for the FDS title screen.

Saving and Loading#

In the Japanese Famicom version, players can save and load created levels with the Famicom Data Recorder plugged into the Family BASIC keyboard, which uses audio cassettes to do so. However, since the device was never released outside of Japan, neither of these work on most other releases.

Family Computer Disk System#

The Famicom Disk System version reads and writes level data onto the Disk Card without the need for an accessory.

Virtual Console#

The Virtual Console version allows players of any region to save their level data internally, without the need for an accessory.

Nintendo Classics - Nintendo Entertainment System#

The Nintendo Classics release for the Nintendo Switch Online service removes the save and load options making it impossible to save levels directly in-game.

References#