Daimakaimura (SuperGrafx)

Daimakaimura
Developer: Alfa System Publisher: NEC Platform: SuperGrafx Released in JP: July 27, 1990 This game has hidden developer credits. This game has hidden development-related text. This game has debugging material. This game has a hidden sound test. This game has a hidden level select.

The SuperGrafx version of Daimakaimura, or Ghouls'n Ghosts for those outside of Japan, is a much more faithful port of the original Arcade version when compared to the Sega Genesis version.

Debug Menu

Download Daimakaimura TG16 Debug Patch File: Daimakaimura (J-Debug).ips (1 KB) (info)

Apply the above patch to a headerless (1,048,576 bytes) ROM, then press Run at the title screen. The functions are as follows:

• GAME START: Starts the game as normal.
• STAGE SELECT: Exactly what it says on the tin.
• BG test: Map Editor. Move the cursor with the D-Pad (holding I or II makes it move faster), hold Select and any direction on the D-Pad to change layers, press Select+I to open the gate at the end of the level, and press Run to exit.
• Sound: Sound Test.
• SP test: Sprite Test.
• ENDING: View the ending.
• OPTION: Goes to the game's normal options menu (normally accessed by holding I and pressing Run at the title screen).

(Source: Chris Covell)

Development Text

Stored at xFF261:

* Special thanks *
Alfa Syatem
HUDSON SOFT

1990/03/17

FOR SUPER GRAFX!

(And yes, Alfa System somehow managed to misspell their own name.)