From The Cutting Room Floor

Landstalker
Also known as: Landstalker: Koutei no Zaihou (JP) Developer: Climax Entertainment Publisher: Sega Platform: Genesis Released in JP: October 30, 1992 Released in US: 1993 Released in EU: 1993 This game has unused graphics. This game has debugging material. This game has regional differences.

Sega's answer to Zelda... and a really good one at that!

Contents 1 Unused Graphics 1.1 Enemies 1.2 Items 2 Debug Mode 2.1 Debug Menu 2.2 Error Handler 2.3 Easter Egg 3 Region Changes 3.1 Graphical Differences 3.1.1 Bunnygirl named "Bunny-chan" - Oracle Stone 3.1.2 Erotic Book - Spellbook 3.1.3 Bunnygirl Costume - Shortcake 3.1.4 G-String - Pawn Ticket 3.2 Ending Differences 3.3 Removed Bath Scene

Unused Graphics

To do: Replace JPEG images with PNG/GIF

Enemies

Unused wolf-mage like enemy.

Unused harpy like enemy.

Items

Zak's "boomerang axe". This weapon is shown on official artwork but goes unused ingame.

Debug Mode

Debug Menu

Interestingly, there is a debug menu in the game. The Patch code is 000210:0000, or AABA:AAAT on a Game Genie.

To activate the debug menu you need to stand in front of a sign or NPC and press the A or C button on controller one while pressing down on controller two. Pressing left or right will cycle through the different options which include map, flag, sound, and music menus. The map menu allows you to warp to a selected area and the flag menu allows you set how far you are currently in the game (With a range of 1-31, 1 being "Massan" and 31 being "Cave at the top"). The sound and music menus work like a normal sound test.

Other debug mode features:

• Press Player 2 Start to warp to next room (can be buggy and doesn't always warp you to a place in the room)
• Press Player 2 A to save current progress (works outside churches, and even remembers your co-ordinates in the room)
• Press player 2 B to pause the game
• Press and hold player 2 C to run with 2x speed and jump 2x as high
• Press player 2 Up to gain 9 of every item in the game -- this also includes the record book, detox book, island map, lifestock image, etc. that you see in the various shops and churches. These items are just placeholders and do not show in the inventory. However, once you have them, you will not be able to save your game in a church, buy lifestock, etc. -- so be warned!

Error Handler

There is an error handler for undefined messages in the game.

Additionally, there is a beep code when certain error criteria are satisfied (for eg. too many sprites on screen at one time). The debug mode has to be activated in order to hear the error codes. The beep codes play certain sound effects repeatedly between 8-16 times, and the error can be identified by the sound effect played.

Easter Egg

Before entering the Chicken Race room, hold A + C + START on the P2 pad. This will change the four chickens into enemy sprites.

NB. This will not work properly in an emulator as most don't support more than three or four keys being held at the same time. Try it on the real console.

Region Changes

Graphical Differences

Several adult-themed items were significantly altered for the US/EU releases:

Bunnygirl named "Bunny-chan" - Oracle Stone

JP version.	US/EU version.

Erotic Book - Spellbook

JP version.	US/EU version.

Bunnygirl Costume - Shortcake

JP version.	US/EU version.

G-String - Pawn Ticket

JP version.	US/EU version.

Ending Differences

Depending on which region version of the game you play, the game's ending changes drastically:

• In the Japanese/EU versions of the game, Nigel does not get King Nole's treasure and Friday cheers him up with a dance.
• In the US version of the game, Nigel obtains King Nole's treasure and Friday confesses her love for him.

Removed Bath Scene

This scene was made inaccessible in the US/EU versions of the game by means of adding a maid blocking the entrance to Kayla's room. The scene itself, however, remains in the game and was even fully translated!