King Kong 2

King Kong 2: Ikari no Megaton Punch
Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Platform: NES Released in JP: December 18, 1986 This game has a hidden developer message. This game has hidden development-related text.

A Japanese game, based on the American film King Kong Lives, which was only released in Japan. Funny how these things work.

CRC Test

Press and hold A + B on the first controller, then press Reset. After a while a message will appear. "KINGKONG" string stands for PRG ROM checking, "KONAMI" string stands for CHR ROM checking. "ONE" means test OK, "TEN" means test fails.

Similar tests appear in other Konami NES games such as Ganbare Goemon!, The Goonies II, and Gradius.

Easter Egg

After beating the game, when THE "STAFF" roll is about to end, before the messages "PUSH START BUTTON" and "PLAY TIME" appear, press and hold A + B. Another message appears, depending on how many hours in total you've played. There are 24 messages in all. Most of the numbers at the ends of strings are goroawase, meaning they can be pronounced to approximate Japanese words that are either present in or refer to the accompanying message.

Hours	Message	Translation
0	KIMI WA TENSAIDA 573	YOU'RE A GENIUS [KONAMI]
1	NAKANAKA NO MONDA 291	PRETTY GOOD [NICE JOB]
2	TAMANI WA KYUKEIO 999	TAKE A BREAK NOW AND THEN [REST REST REST]
3	YOKU KOKOMADE KORETANO 450	YOU DID WELL TO COME THIS FAR [DID WELL]
4	GOKUROUSAN 5963	THANKS FOR YOUR EFFORTS [THANKS FOR YOUR EFFORTS]
5	6 JIKANMO SURUTOWA 606	TO THINK YOU'VE PLAYED FOR 6 HOURS [PLAYED 6]
6	7 JIKANMO YATSUTANOKA 778	TO THINK YOU'VE PLAYED FOR 7 HOURS [PLAYED 7]
7	YATSUPARI TENSAI...444	YOU REALLY ARE A GENIUS...[HEE HEE HEE]
8	KURUSHIKUTEMO GAMAN 964	YOU HUNG IN THERE EVEN WHEN IT GOT TOUGH [GOT TOUGH]
9	KIMI WA ERAI 747	YOU ARE GREAT 747
10	KONO JIKAN OBENGAKUNI 555	YOU SHOULD HAVE SPENT THIS TIME STUDYING [HO HO HO]
11	HAYAKU NENASAI 889	HURRY UP AND GO TO BED [HURRY UP]
12	TADAMONO DEWA NAINA 046	YOU'RE NO ORDINARY PERSON 046
13	MOU 14 JIKAN 140	14 HOURS ALREADY? [14]
14	SHIKUDAI YATSUTAKANA 498	HAVE YOU DONE YOUR HOMEWORK? [DONE H'WORK]
15	KONG WA SAIKOU 7777	KONG RULES 7777
16	KING KONG WA OMOSHIROI 321	KING KONG IS FUN 321
17	ICHIKA BACHIKA OWARINA 180	SINK OR SWIM, IT DOESN'T END HERE [SINK SWIM END]
18	KONG WA KIMIGA SUKIDA 375	KONG LIKES YOU 375
19	HA-A 8080	PHEW [PHEW]
20	TENSAI WA KUSAI 931	YOU'RE STARTING TO SMELL, GENIUS [SMELLY]
21	IMA WA NANJI DAROU	WONDER WHAT TIME IT IS
22	ATO 1 JIKANDE 1 NICHI 1111	ONE MORE HOUR AND IT'LL BE A DAY 1111
23	KIMIMO SHITSUKOINA 4517	YOU SURE ARE PERSISTENT [PERSISTENT]

Level Select

Press Right, Left, Right, Left, B, A, Up, Down, Up, Down at the title screen and then press any other button before pressing Start. During the game you can press the A button on the second controller to switch level or the B button to hold a game.

Unused Strings

There is some unused text strings previously used for some menus or messages. First one is a missing STAFF person name, that doesn't appears in the final STAFF roll: "SHIMONETA KENJI".

Second ones, is a presumably strings from the old version of the title screen: "PLAY SELECT", "KONAMI 1986", "PUSH START BUTTAN".

Third ones, totally removed password screen texts: "KEY WORD", "END...PUSH A BUTTAN", "KEY WORD ERROR".

And finally, at the beginning of the RESET routine, a version string placeholder appears: "RCxxx 1.0 .date.".