The Peace Keepers

The third game in the Rushing Beat series...unless you live in the US, of course, where it's yet another completely unrelated game. Seems Jaleco's US branch just didn't care for sequels.

Spider/Sentry


Not even viewable in the color edit, this unused enemy can be planted in-game through Pro Action Replay code. Since the graphics were discarded in the US version, the ones it has there will just be glitchy, but the enemy is still functional.

Note: If using the code in the Japanese version, its colors will be those of the enemy that was supposed to appear; simply strike it once to correct them.

Debug Text
Some leftover text for a debug/test mode exists in the ROM.

At offset : T E S T  M O D E

At offset : P L A Y E R 1 P L A Y E R 2 E N M E Y 1 E N M E Y 2 E N M E Y 3 E N M E Y 4

There is a bit of code which copies the "TEST MODE" string into RAM, but it is no longer reachable. There is a pointer table for the remaining text, but it is not referenced anywhere. It is likely that most of the related programming was eventually deleted.

Also, at offset : AREA STAGE

These two text strings are preceded by several instructions in a row, which are remnants of related programming that was later removed. The Japanese version actually has most of these routines intact, though the code that references them was unfortunately removed.

Regional Differences
The US version, on top of having a completely different (made-up) story, removed a lot of lines and the kidnapping of Norton's sister. The characters' names were changed from Dick to Flynn, Elfin to Echo, Kythring to Al, Jimmy to Prokop, and M-Frame to Orbot. Norton's name (previously localized as Jack Flak & Hack) remained unchanged. In addition, for some strange reason, the music is turned off by default; you have to enter the options and manually turn it on, but even then it doesn't have all the music found in the Japanese version.

As an example of the hilarious (made up) localization, Echo's bad ending in the US version says she formed a successful musical band with her friend Wendy. The original Japanese ending, which uses the same picture, says that Elfin pursued a new martial arts training under Wendy's tutelage.

Speaking of endings, the US version also removed Maria's letter from the good ending.



The US version also has totally different character portraits:

The animal-themed special move animations were also changed for seemingly no reason.