Guerrilla War (NES)

Guerrilla War
Also known as: Guevara (JP) Developer: SNK Publisher: SNK Platform: NES Released in JP: December 26, 1988 Released in US: June 1989 Released in EU: 1989 This game has a hidden developer message. This game has hidden developer credits. This game has unused modes / minigames. This game has unused graphics. This game has a hidden level select.

Guerrilla War is (more or less) an NES port of the arcade game of the same name. Any similarities to the Cuban Revolution are purely coincidental.

Cough.

Hidden Text

Some messages from the programmers are located at 00F8BD (US version) and 00FB8F (Japanese version) in the ROM:

APO? mess       
DaDi DaDaDa DaDi
ATHENA ikima--su
MARIchan muzukas
hikute wakanna-i
Ganbarima-----su
Ti-----me Girl!!
Fight ! Fight !!
HoHoHoHoHoHoHoHo
Knt mess        
NIKAGETSU DE TSU
KKUTTAN DAZO-   
HOMETE HOMETE   
3/9/88 20:0     
BUG GA DEMASSEN 
YOUNI ....

Original		Translated
ATHENA ikima--su	ATHENA 行きま～す ATHENA ikima—su!	Athena, ready to go!
MARIchan muzukas hikute wakanna-i	マリちゃん難しくてわかんない。 MARI-chan muzukashikute wakanna-i.	Mari-chan is tough, I don't understand her!
Ganbarima-----su	がんばります！ Ganbarimasu!	I'll do my best!
NIKAGETSU DE TSU KKUTTAN DAZO- HOMETE HOMETE	二カ月でつっくたんだぞ。ほめてほめて。 Nikagetsu de tsukkutan dazo~. Homete homete.	I managed to finish this game in 2 months! Let's hear it for me!
BUG GA DEMASSEN YOUNI ....	バグがでまっせんように... BUG ga demassen youni...	I hope there aren't any bugs...

(Translation: GlitterBerri)

Knt is the main programmer. APO's identity is unknown.

"Athena, ready to go!" (± some words) is a line from Psycho Soldier, another SNK game.

To do: Find words.

Level and Difficulty Select

Hold A + B when selecting the number of players for this menu, with a difficulty and stage selection. Note that all stages except the last are accessible here.

Hidden initials

These hidden powerups are arranged to be in the order of the programmer's initials (KNT) and developer/publisher name (SNK).

Powerups

• K - "Kill" all enemies on the screen.
• N - +1000 pts.
• S, T - generic weapon.

Sasuke vs. Commander

A minigame based on Sasuke vs. Commander, an early SNK arcade game, is hidden inside the Japanese version. To access it, do the following:

1. At the player selection screen, hold A + B and press Start to trigger the Level and Difficulty Select cheat.
2. Set to stage 5.
3. Now, hold Up + A + B on controllers 1 and 2, and then press Start on controller 1.

The ROM also includes the necessary font and space in the side bar for a score, an alternate screen layout, and multiple frames of animation for Sasuke and the ninjas, but none of it was used. It's likely that the developers had planned a more full-fledged port, but simply ran out of time.

Most of the game's graphics and screen layouts remain in the US ROM, but the program code was either disabled or removed.

To do: explain, maybe it does more

While the game does not display your score, the main game will display it in place of your high score.

Credits

The North American version changed Fly Garuda to Ninja Sasuke, and added Uncle Boo Boo.

Guevara	Guerrilla War