StarTropics

Hey, guys! Remember this game? Nintendo sure doesn't. Probably due to it being one of the few first-party Nintendo games to never be released in Japan.

Unused graphics


An unused sprite of the mountain hermit from chapter 3 facing away. He faces forward when Mike arrives, and can only be spoken to from the right side.

Debug Tools
The StarTropics series contains a few debugging features. The debug flag sits at address, and it can be turned on using the Game Genie feature of an emulator with the code. As it so turns out, this code won't work on a real Game Genie due to an addressing conflict! If you insist on using the real hardware, you can use the code for Startropics 1 (ST2 code is not currently known). This code differs from the original by changing the code that reads the debug flag, rather than changing the debug flag itself.

Stage Select
Once enabled, the code grants access to various stage select screens, accessed by the following button combinations:

While debug mode is active, you can also hold START while walking on the overworld to pass through walls.

CPU Meter
The code enables a crude CPU usage meter on the left side of the screen.