Casper (SNES, International)

Casper
Developer: Absolute Entertainment Publisher: Natsume Platform: SNES Released in US: August 1996 Released in EU: 1997 This game has unused areas. This game has hidden development-related text. This game has debugging material.

Casper is a ghost of a friendlier disposition. He can also morph into stuff, apparently.

This game uses a modified version of the A Boy and His Blob engine. That's something you know now.

Debug Function

After exiting the first room of the game, fire or click with a Super Scope / Mouse in the 2P slot. This will give the player every item in the game and 5 Lives.

Using the Game Genie code 2DAC-CD44 has the same effect.

(Code: BSFree - Hackwiz)

Build Date + ROM Info

Found right at the beginning of the ROM. Similar text can be found in other late-SNES Absolute Entertainment games.

The "ROM CODE" text wasn't properly updated for the European release. Oops.

North America	Europe
ROM DATE: Sep 19,1996 ROM CODE: USA 1 CASPER Version 1.0 Last assembly:0:28 am, Thursday, September 19, 1996 Mask ROM 0 ORG at bank 80, MEM 20 set FAST ROM REQUIRED!	ROM DATE: May 22,1997 ROM CODE: USA 1 CASPER Version 1.0 Last assembly: 4:08 pm, Tuesday, November 26, 1996 Mask ROM 0 ORG at bank 80, MEM 20 set FAST ROM REQUIRED!

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Placeholder Areas

This game has a common template for filling empty / inaccessible rooms. This keeps the game from crashing when an undefined room is entered.

All but one of the rooms are the same. All furniture graphics are present, likely for testing purposes, and the room ID is displayed in the center.

Use Game Genie code DA88-C4CD and start a new game to access some of these rooms.

Room FF has a special layout, since this room would be accessed when going beyond the boundaries of the map. There's a rudimentary floor, and no room ID is displayed.

Use Game Genie code DD88-C4CD, start a new game, and head up to enter this room.

(Source: Original TCRF research)