Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (SNES)

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
Developer: Virgin Interactive Publishers: Acclaim Entertainment (US), Virgin Interactive (EU) Platform: SNES Released in US: July 1995 Released in EU: February 23, 1995 This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused text. This game has debugging material. This game has a hidden level select. This game has regional differences. This game has revisional differences. This game has anti-piracy features.

To do: Document the recently dumped prototype.

Debug Options

In the Options menu, select the "Difficulty" option, then press L, A, R, R, Y. The above menu will appear, which lets you test several aspects of the game:

(Source: meccablue85 via Gamewinners)

Reboot

Restarts the game.

Controller Test

Opens a fairly extensive test screen, which displays what buttons are pressed in every pad, as well as other values, depending on what accessories are connected to the system and their state.

Show Statistics

Europe	US

This options displays a screen where you can see the amount of RAM and ROM space the game uses, and the game's build date.

Pressing Select on the above screen shows you the CPU, PPU1 and PPU2 chip versions that your system has, just like The Lion King (SNES).

Additionally, there's text for a MOVIE TEST located at 0x1B818 in the US ROM, however there is no such option present in this menu, which suggests it may have been removed before the game went into production.

Level Select

Go into the Options menu, select the "Sound Test" option, then press B, A, R, B, A, R, A. If you entered the code correctly, you'll hear a chime sound. When you start a one player game, you'll be able to select the stage you wish to start in.

(Source: meccablue85 via Gamewinners)

Development Text

Starting from 0xD98F in the US version and 0xD955 in the European version is several debug messages for the Multitap controller, which is also present in several other games that supports the Multitap controller.

START OF MULTI5 CONNECT CHECK
MODIFIED FROM SHVC MULTI5 CONNECT CHECK Ver1.00
END OF MULTI5 CONNECT CHECKSTART OF MULTI5 BIOS
MODIFIED FROM SHVC MULTI5 BIOS Ver2.00
END OF MULTI5 BIOS

Anti-Piracy

The game normally does not contain any SRAM, but checks to see if there is SRAM. If any amount of SRAM was detected, trying to start a Story Game will result in an instant Game Over after the intro cutscene ends. All other game modes are still accessible and play as normal.

Error Messages

A few error messages in the game are implemented, but a select few are also unused.

Bad Controller

The game periodically checks to ensure anything but a Multitap controller is connected on controller port 1. If it ever does detect a Multitap controller on port 1 during gameplay, this screen pops up until it is removed. Upon removing the Multitap device, the game restarts back at the Virgin Interactive logo.

Region Error

Attempting to play the American version of the game on a European console and vise versa hangs the game on this screen. Since the game was never released in Japan, the wording of this screen comes off as a bit awkward.

Unused Error Messages

In both versions of the game is a few text related to error messages that don't get used. They are located at 0x13F10-0x13FCC in the US version, and 0x13E55-0x13F41 in the European version. Plugging in a Super Scope or SNES Mouse does not result in an error, nor does the original anti-piracy message gets used in favor of the method described above.

SUPER SCOPE.
ADAPTER IS NOT DESIGNED FOR
USE WITH THE SUPER NES
MOUSE.
THIS GAME CAN ONLY
BE PLAYED FROM THE
ORIGINAL GAME PAK

Regional Differences

Europe	US

The US release had some changes done to the startup screen since it was published by Acclaim.

The European release has this additional screen show up before the Virgin Interactive logo, telling folks that the film was available through all good video ... stockists? This message was removed in the US release, but the text is still in the ROM, at 0x13BBF.