Bucky O'Hare (NES)

Bucky O'Hare is a platformer based on the somewhat-obscure Saturday-morning cartoon, and is a rare licensed video game that's actually quite good.

Unused Text

 * SOUND CHECK - located at . Was likely intended for a sound test, and is coded to appear in the same location as the PASS WORD text on the title screen. A pointer to this text exists, but no routine ever loads its associated index.
 * START DEMO - located at . No pointer remains for this text.

Anti-Piracy
As with most games Konami published since 1990, the Japanese version of the game features a simple copy-protection routine. It performs a checksum on the string used on the title screen, as well as part of the checksum routine itself; if either one has been tampered with, the game is forced into Hard Mode, in which a single hit will kill you regardless of your health. For some reason, the US and European versions do not have this check, and always set the Hard Mode flag to at reset.

If you want to try out this mode for yourself, enter the password HARD! and prepare for a frustrating time.