Guerrilla War (NES)

From The Cutting Room Floor

Guerrilla War is an NES game by SNK.

Hidden Text

Some messages from the programmers are located at 00F8BD (US version) and 00FB8F (Japanese version) in the ROM:

APO? mess       
DaDi DaDaDa DaDi
ATHENA ikima--su
MARIchan muzukas
hikute wakanna-i
Ganbarima-----su
Ti-----me Girl!!
Fight ! Fight !!
HoHoHoHoHoHoHoHo
Knt mess        
NIKAGETSU DE TSU
KKUTTAN DAZO-   
HOMETE HOMETE   
3/9/88 20:0     
BUG GA DEMASSEN 
YOUNI ....

ATHENA ikima--su

MARIchan muzukas
hikute wakanna-i

Ganbarima-----su

NIKAGETSU DE TSU
KKUTTAN DAZO-   
HOMETE HOMETE

BUG GA DEMASSEN 
YOUNI ....

Knt is the main programmer. APO's identity is unknown.

"Athena, ready to go!" (± some words) is a line from Psycho Soldier, another SNK game.

To do: Find words.

Level and Difficult Select

Hold A + B when selecting the number of players for this menu, with a difficulty and stage selection. Note that all stages except the last are accessible here.

Sasuke vs. Commander

A minigame based on Sasuke vs. Commander, an early SNK arcade game, is hidden inside the Japanese version. To access it, do the following:

1. At the player selection screen, hold A + B and press Start to trigger the Level and Difficult Select cheat.
2. Set to stage 5.
3. Now, hold Up + A + B on controllers 1 and 2, and then press Start on controller 1.

The ROM also includes the necessary font and space in the side bar for a score, an alternate screen layout, and multiple frames of animation for Sasuke and the ninjas, but none of it was used. It's likely that the developers had planned a more full-fledged port, but simply ran out of time.

Most of the game's graphics and screen layouts remain in the US ROM, but the program code was either disabled or removed.

Hidden initials

These hidden powerups are arranged to be in the order of the programmer's initials (KNT) and developer/publisher name (SNK).

Powerups

• K - "Kill" all enemies on the screen.
• N - +1000 pts.
• S, T - generic weapon.