Matrimelee (Neo Geo)

One of the last games released for the Neo Geo. Also the first Power Instinct game to be developed by Noise Factory (earlier games were developed by Atlus.)

Regional Differences
According to the Matrimelee Original Soundtrack album's liner notes, four songs were created as replacement music for certain regions: "These songs were actually made for a different purpose, originally. By that I mean that there are countries where Japanese songs are forbidden, and because we needed other songs for those places, we made these ones for that purpose. In previous installments in the series, the melody and orchestra had separate channels, so we handled that by doing karaoke versions without the melody, but this game used streams, so we weren't able to do the same thing again. (...) and due to space issues karaoke versions were impossible, leaving the game what it is today." ... unfortunately, the developers went completely nuts with the music replacement. Pretty much every background song has spoken lyrics, which means that ALL the stages use the same four songs over and over. They even replaced the end credit music with a horrible "remix" featuring mostly grunts and screams from the characters.

Also, none of the characters have any Japanese voiceovers. They still grunt and scream, but special moves, intros, win poses, and taunts are all silent on regions other than Japan.

Debug Tools
By modifying the word to at region  you can get two more options on the AES menu. Slot leads to another menu that includes a some tests and one editor. Slot leads to a quick fight which includes a background test and sound test.

Object Test
Standard Sprite Test

Script Editor
This editor is to setup the background animation to go along with the music.

Demo Test
A test to the various screens, endings, results, and opening.

Background Test
This Test is different then the one in quick fight. As this one is to look at the various pieces that make the backgrounds.

Quick Test
An easy way to test the AI and look at complete backgrounds.