Block Breaker Deluxe (J2ME)

Block Breaker Deluxe
Developer: Gameloft Publisher: Gameloft Platform: J2ME Released internationally: 2004 This game has unused text. This game has debugging material.

To do: Revisional differences, more extensive datamining. Graphics are stored in a proprietary format of which I couldn't figure out.

Block Breaker Deluxe is a weird cross-breed between a Breakout clone and a dating sim – courtesy of Gameloft.

This original version of the game is notable having an anime-like art style, rather than having a more realistic one – used in re-releases, ports, and future installments of the series.

Unused Text

levels_txt.dat

The following string is repeated 55 (!) times in the file levels_txt.dat. Worth noting is that there is no character named Sam Fisher in this game, and that this dialogue does not fit in any way with the narrative of the final game. The tildes were likely supposed to be rendered in-game as newlines.

OH, IT'S SO GOOD TO BE FREE~AGAIN! GOD, LOOK AT THE TIME!~IF I HURRY, I CAN STILL BE~IN TIME AT MY DATE WITH~SAM FISHER...

This one is repeated in a total of five times in the same file.

GIFT MESSAGE LEVEL1

strings.str

The repeating placeholder strings don't stop there – in strings.str this string is repeated 16 times:

no text

These are placeholders for the flavor text that appears in the beginning of every level.

 This is the text which will be displayed at the beginning of level 1

 This is the text which will be displayed at the beginning of level 2

 This is the text which will be displayed at the beginning of level 3

 This is the text which will be displayed at the beginning of level 4

 This is the text which will be displayed at the beginning of level 5

 Here will came text description for level 1 which will be long enough to fill this space

 Here will came text description for level 2 which will be long enough to fill this space

 Here will came text description for level 3 which will be long enough to fill this space

 Here will came text description for level 4 which will be long enough to fill this space

 Here will came text description for level 5 which will be long enough to fill this space

Debug Cheats

To do: This only works on certain releases of the game or may use a different key combo.

Pressing "*1397*" at any time on the main menu enables debug cheats.

0: Beats the level
3: Gains a life
9: Adds 1 million to your currency balance