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I-Ninja (GameCube, PlayStation 2)
I-Ninja |
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Developer: Argonaut Games
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Take on the authentic ninja lifestyle as Philip J. Fry and the fish from American Dad use their totally hardcore '90s-relic attitude to take down the rival Ranx clan—the 'X' makes it sound cool. Actually a pretty good game, with a lot of variety, including shooter levels and giant robot battles alongside the more standard Prince of Persia acrobatic stuff and over the top combat.
Contents
Sub-Pages
Prototype Info |
Unused Audio So close to the microphone you can smell Ninja's breath... |
Misplaced Barrels
Located underneath the Ride the Logs map by the Ranx Captain are three barrels- two contain two shurikens, and one contains one dart and two coins.
Developer Texts
Within the game's files for every release is a debug options text file labeled as either "cdgame.txt" or "game.txt" which contains toggleable options that enable/disable special functions. In most versions of I-Ninja, a text file called levels.txt can be found which is a massive list containing every stage and level name. This file is used as the list of levels in the debug "Level Select" menu.
- levels.txt does not exist in the PS2 [USA] version of I-Ninja, which results in a game crash when attempting to access the "Level Select" menu.
game.txt (GC)
NAME NINJA // Name of game WAD 9-98 // First WAD to read LANGUAGE ENGLISH // Territory or language PAL OFF // PAL or NTSC DEBUG_CHEATS ON // Are debug cheats on/off DEBUG_TEXT OFF // Display debug text/gfx DEBUG_FLY ON // Fly-through mode on/off LEVEL_SELECT ON // Level select on/off DEMO_LEVEL_SELECT OFF // Only show * levels in level select SOUND ON // Sound on/off DEMO_BUILD OFF // Play as demo DEMO_MAGAZINE OFF // Magazine=ON or Standalone=OFF KEYCODE BE PRODUCT_NUMBER SLES-66666 SAVE_NAME I-Ninja SAVE_COMMENT He's one angry Ninja BUILD Internal build
The "PRODUCT_NUMBER" and "BUILD" number are oddly holding placeholder numbers.
cdgame.txt (PS2 [USA])
NAME NINJA // Name of game WAD 9-98 // First WAD to read LANGUAGE ENGLISH // Territory or language PAL OFF // PAL or NTSC DEMO_LEVEL_SELECT ON // Only show * levels in level select SOUND ON // Sound on/off HEAPSIZE 23 // Size of game heap in MB KEYCODE BA // Region Code from Sony PRODUCT_NUMBER SLUS-20705 // Product Code from Sony SAVE_NAME I-Ninja // Do not put a following comment after the SAVE_NAME BUILD 10/14/03 Build Number 229
The [PS2] versions of game.txt contains no "DEBUG" options, and have an accurate product number/build info, while the [GC] version contains placeholder info.
cdgame.txt (PS2 [PAL])
NAME NINJA // Name of game WAD 9-98 // First WAD to read LANGUAGE ENGLISH // Territory or language PAL ON // PAL or NTSC SOUND ON // Sound on/off HEAPSIZE 23 // Size of game heap in MB KEYCODE BE // Region Code from Sony PRODUCT_NUMBER SCES-52099 // Product Code from Sony SAVE_NAME I-Ninja // Do not put a following comment after the SAVE_NAME BUILD 01/14/04 Build Number 17
Interestingly, the build number listed for the PAL release is "17", while the USA release is "229".
levels.txt (GC)
10-00 Justin Saunders *Robot beach hub Fri Oct 03 17:43:44 10-01 Justin Saunders Eye Ninja Fri Oct 03 17:44:48 10-02 Justin Saunders Eye Ninja slalom 1 Fri Oct 03 17:45:08 10-03 Justin Saunders Eye Ninja slalom 2 Fri Oct 03 17:45:26 10-04 Justin Saunders Eye Ninja slalom 3 Fri Oct 03 17:45:54 10-05 Justin Saunders *Eye Ninja Tutorial Fri Oct 03 17:46:40 10-20 Justin Saunders *Eye 2 eye 1 Fri Oct 03 17:47:49 10-21 Justin Saunders Eye 2 eye 2 Fri Oct 03 17:48:25 10-22 Justin Saunders Eye 2 eye 3 Fri Oct 03 17:49:05 10-30 Justin Saunders *Heart attack Fri Oct 03 17:50:20 10-31 Justin Saunders Heart attack 2 Fri Oct 03 17:50:49 10-32 Justin Saunders Heart attack 3 Fri Oct 03 17:51:55 10-33 Justin Saunders Heart attack 4 (laser run) Fri Oct 03 17:52:15 10-34 Justin Saunders Heart attack 5 (laser run) Fri Oct 03 17:52:29 10-35 Justin Saunders Heart attack 6 (laser run) Fri Oct 03 17:53:05 10-40 Justin Saunders *Kyza Fri Oct 03 17:53:57 10-41 Justin Saunders Teka getting up cutscene Fri Oct 03 17:54:23 10-99 Justin Saunders Ninja Wad Fri Oct 03 17:54:42 20-00 Justin Saunders *BOMB ISLAND HUB Fri Oct 03 17:55:52 20-02 Justin Saunders * Ventis Fri Oct 03 17:56:28 20-03 Justin Saunders Fuse Chase map 1.1 - stream Fri Oct 03 17:57:55 20-08 Justin Saunders *Grade In A Cage Fri Oct 03 17:59:09 20-10 Justin Saunders *Fuse Chase Fri Oct 03 17:59:20 20-12 Justin Saunders *Shoot the Ships Fri Oct 03 18:01:17 20-13 Justin Saunders Ventis Boss Underwater Fri Oct 03 18:05:07 20-21 Justin Saunders *Rocket Factory Fri Oct 03 18:06:52 20-22 Justin Saunders BF2 Fri Oct 03 18:07:46 20-23 Justin Saunders BF3 Fri Oct 03 18:09:57 20-24 Justin Saunders BF4 Fri Oct 03 18:10:41 20-25 Justin Saunders BF5 Fri Oct 03 18:12:21 20-26 Justin Saunders BF6 Fri Oct 03 18:13:39 20-27 Justin Saunders BF7 Fri Oct 03 18:15:10 20-99 Justin Saunders Ninja Wad Fri Oct 03 18:15:24 30-00 Justin Saunders *Welcome to the Jungle (HUB) Fri Oct 03 18:18:13 30-01 Justin Saunders *Sly Ninja 1 Fri Oct 03 18:20:21 30-02 Justin Saunders Sly Ninja 2 Fri Oct 03 18:23:00 30-03 Justin Saunders Sly Ninja 3 Fri Oct 03 18:25:17 30-04 Justin Saunders Hub 2 Boss Stream Fri Oct 03 18:26:14 30-05 Justin Saunders *Psyamon Fri Oct 03 18:28:09 30-06 Justin Saunders Sly Ninja 4 Fri Oct 03 18:30:56 30-11 Justin Saunders *Log Ride 1 Fri Oct 03 18:32:48 30-12 Justin Saunders Log Ride 2 Fri Oct 03 18:35:00 30-13 Justin Saunders Log Ride 3 Fri Oct 03 18:36:56 30-14 Justin Saunders Log Ride 4 Fri Oct 03 18:38:30 30-15 Justin Saunders Log Ride 5 Fri Oct 03 18:40:28 30-16 Justin Saunders Log Ride 6 Fri Oct 03 18:42:18 30-17 Justin Saunders Log Ride 7 Fri Oct 03 18:43:46 30-21 Justin Saunders *Buzz Off! 1 Fri Oct 03 18:45:55 30-22 Justin Saunders Buzz Off! 2 Fri Oct 03 18:48:30 30-23 Justin Saunders Buzz Off! 3 Fri Oct 03 18:50:18 30-24 Justin Saunders Buzz Off! 4 Fri Oct 03 18:52:04 30-25 Justin Saunders Buzz Off! 5 Fri Oct 03 18:54:07 30-99 Justin Saunders Ninja Wad Fri Oct 03 18:54:24 40-00 Justin Saunders *Mountain Gorge Fri Oct 03 18:56:21 40-01 Justin Saunders *Clouding Around Fri Oct 03 18:58:16 40-02 Justin Saunders *Crystal Cavern Fri Oct 03 18:59:50 40-03 Justin Saunders *Malakai Fri Oct 03 19:01:14 40-04 Justin Saunders *Sneak & Destroy Fri Oct 03 19:03:34 40-05 Justin Saunders Sneak & Destroy map2 Fri Oct 03 19:07:04 40-11 Justin Saunders Clouding Around map2 Fri Oct 03 19:09:01 40-20 Justin Saunders Crystal Cavern_stream2sectA Fri Oct 03 19:10:26 40-21 Justin Saunders Crystal Cavern_stream2sectB Fri Oct 03 19:11:38 40-22 Justin Saunders Crystal Cavern_steam2sectC Fri Oct 03 19:12:16 40-30 Justin Saunders Crystal Cavern_Section A (stalac) Fri Oct 03 19:13:02 40-31 Justin Saunders Crystal Cavern_Section B (stalac) Fri Oct 03 19:14:07 40-32 Justin Saunders Crystal Cavern_Section C (stalac) Fri Oct 03 19:15:27 40-99 Justin Saunders Ninja Wad Fri Oct 03 19:15:37 50-00 Justin Saunders *Moon Hub Fri Oct 03 19:16:26 50-01 Justin Saunders *Outpost Alpha Fri Oct 03 19:17:07 50-02 Justin Saunders Outpost Alpha Stream 1 Fri Oct 03 19:18:12 50-03 Justin Saunders Outpost Alpha stream 2 Fri Oct 03 19:18:29 50-04 Justin Saunders Outpost Alpha stream 3 Fri Oct 03 19:19:23 50-05 Justin Saunders Outpost Alpha stream 4 Fri Oct 03 19:19:37 50-06 Justin Saunders Outpost Alpha stream 5 Fri Oct 03 19:20:26 50-07 Justin Saunders Outpost Alpha stream 6 Fri Oct 03 19:21:09 50-08 Justin Saunders *Outpost Beta Fri Oct 03 19:21:53 50-09 Justin Saunders Outpost Beta stream 1 Fri Oct 03 19:22:43 50-10 Justin Saunders Outpost Beta stream 2 Fri Oct 03 19:23:35 50-11 Justin Saunders *Space Station hub Fri Oct 03 19:24:07 50-12 Justin Saunders *The Imperial Guard Fri Oct 03 19:25:09 50-13 Justin Saunders *The Cryo-Chamber Fri Oct 03 19:25:48 50-14 Justin Saunders *Emperor O-Dor Fri Oct 03 19:26:41 50-99 Justin Saunders Ninja Wad Fri Oct 03 19:26:55 60-00 Justin Saunders White Room Fri Oct 03 19:27:37 60-01 Justin Saunders Characters Fri Oct 03 19:28:23 60-03 Justin Saunders Bosses Fri Oct 03 19:29:03 60-04 Justin Saunders Pickups Fri Oct 03 19:29:41 60-05 Justin Saunders Movies Fri Oct 03 19:29:46 60-13 Justin Saunders Demo - Robot beach hub Sat Oct 04 12:17:46 60-99 Justin Saunders Ninja Wad Sat Oct 04 12:17:58 70-02 Justin Saunders *Ninja Ball 1 (R2) Sat Oct 04 12:19:34 70-03 Justin Saunders *Track Run 1 (B1) Sat Oct 04 12:19:55 70-04 Justin Saunders *Track Run 2 (M1) Sat Oct 04 12:20:11 70-05 Justin Saunders *Grind Run 1 (J1) Sat Oct 04 12:20:27 70-06 Justin Saunders *Egg-shell skull (M2) Sat Oct 04 12:21:18 70-07 Justin Saunders *Ninja Ball 3 (J2) Sat Oct 04 12:22:07 70-08 Justin Saunders *Ninja Ball 2 (B2) Sat Oct 04 12:23:52 70-09 Justin Saunders *Battle Arena Sat Oct 04 12:25:11 70-10 Justin Saunders Battle Arena Stream 1.1 Sat Oct 04 12:25:13 70-97 Justin Saunders *Kappa Captain Area Sat Oct 04 12:30:35 70-98 Justin Saunders *Rax Captain Area Sat Oct 04 12:31:08 70-99 Justin Saunders Ninja Wad Sat Oct 04 12:31:43 9-92 Justin Saunders Summary Screen Movie Player Fri Oct 03 17:38:04 9-93 Justin Saunders Summary Screen Fri Oct 03 17:38:42 9-94 Justin Saunders <unnamed level> Fri Oct 03 17:38:46 9-95 Justin Saunders Ninja Wad Fri Oct 03 17:39:33 9-96 Justin Saunders Pause Menu Fri Oct 03 17:39:45 9-97 Justin Saunders Level Select Fri Oct 03 17:39:48 9-98 Justin Saunders <unnamed level> Fri Oct 03 17:39:53
"Justin Saunders" is not listed in the game's credits, so it's unknown why he was credited here...
Some of the stages referenced here are no longer present on the disc; notably the entire 60-* range. The 60-* range were testing/debug stages, however some have been uncovered on an Xbox demo build as seen in this footage.
levels.txt (PS2 [PAL])
0-00 timh master grade collect test Wed Sep 17 16:28:34 0-01 tanguy tanguy test map Mon Sep 08 15:44:42 0-02 tony Go Against the Flow (Ride the Logs) Wed Aug 20 23:58:57 0-03 jamesn JAMES N Fri Oct 10 11:16:22 0-04 tony Andy J Wed Sep 10 15:56:35 0-07 benw Rax Captain with Difficulty Wed Oct 01 10:46:23 0-08 JohnO Rocket Rax Thu Oct 09 11:41:23 0-09 ianb <unnamed level> Thu Sep 25 10:31:10 0-10 ingmar Hellraiser on turbo Thu Oct 09 15:51:36 0-12 benw Eye Ninja Tue Oct 07 15:43:14 0-13 benw Battle Arena Tue Oct 07 15:47:33 0-14 benw Fuse Chase Tue Oct 07 15:57:23 0-15 tristan <unnamed level> Fri Oct 17 14:39:36 0-16 richardb Test Stuff Wed Oct 08 14:42:49 0-17 Lewis *Script Oracle Map Fri Oct 17 16:14:54 0-18 richardb Test Stuff Wed Oct 15 16:44:53 0-19 timh tims testing stuff level Thu Sep 18 18:23:27 0-20 Jamie grade collect cutscene Sat Aug 16 15:01:37 0-21 timh tims testing stuff level Fri Oct 17 17:05:35 0-33 ingmar Eye Ninja slalom 1 Mon Sep 29 14:02:38 0-35 Remi remitest Thu Oct 16 11:52:21 0-42 Rich jungle test Tue Sep 30 12:43:08 0-43 Rich psymonfix Thu Sep 18 10:56:36 0-47 Lewis Rocket Rax Fri Sep 19 14:38:38 0-48 glen subdiv Thu Oct 16 11:48:25 0-49 glen subdiv wire Thu Oct 16 12:15:17 0-50 glen subdiv wire2 Thu Oct 16 12:26:06 0-51 glen subdiv wire2 Thu Oct 16 12:33:48 0-52 glen res test hi res Thu Oct 16 14:52:57 0-53 glen res test low res Thu Oct 16 14:50:06 0-54 glen res test low res 2 Thu Oct 16 15:17:26 0-55 glen res test low res 3 Thu Oct 16 15:22:17 0-56 glen res test low res light Thu Oct 16 15:33:52 0-57 glen loads a polys Fri Oct 17 10:20:06 0-58 glen texture 128sX8 Fri Oct 17 11:25:35 0-59 glen texture 128sX16 Fri Oct 17 12:15:34 0-60 glen vert col wire Fri Oct 17 13:14:07 0-61 glen vert col Fri Oct 17 13:15:12 0-65 tomk Grade In A Cage (Tom's test) Thu Sep 11 17:32:06 0-66 tomk Fuse Chase (Tom's test) Tue Sep 16 17:12:28 0-67 tomk Shoot the Ships (Tom's test) Fri Sep 19 11:21:13 0-68 Dax <unnamed level> Wed Oct 15 17:41:56 0-69 glen res test all 256 Fri Oct 17 13:24:19 0-70 glen all 256 VOL SMALL Fri Oct 17 13:26:38 0-72 shelley Shelley Test Wed Sep 03 18:27:09 0-85 eros Eros test level Thu Sep 11 19:08:28 0-86 eros Grade in a Cage test Tue Sep 09 15:58:01 0-90 wayneb collision Thu Oct 16 11:52:47 0-91 Dax daxtest Wed Oct 01 15:17:53 0-92 Jamie water Sat Aug 16 16:43:47 0-93 Dax dax Thu Sep 25 15:27:21 0-94 Jamie grinding action Sat Aug 16 16:44:46 10-00 timh *Robot beach hub Mon Oct 13 12:31:54 10-01 benw Eye Ninja Wed Oct 15 14:37:43 10-02 benw Eye Ninja slalom 1 Thu Oct 02 11:10:11 10-03 benw Eye Ninja slalom 2 Thu Oct 02 11:10:14 10-04 benw Eye Ninja slalom 3 Tue Sep 30 11:35:22 10-05 benw *Eye Ninja Tutorial Wed Oct 15 14:36:10 10-20 peter *Eye 2 eye 1 Mon Oct 13 11:40:17 10-21 peter Eye 2 eye 2 Mon Oct 06 12:35:08 10-22 peter Eye 2 eye 3 Mon Oct 06 12:38:19 10-30 benw *Heart attack Thu Oct 02 17:23:03 10-31 timh Heart attack 2 Fri Oct 10 11:28:17 10-32 timh Heart attack 3 Sun Oct 12 18:08:24 10-33 timh Heart attack 4 (laser run) Sun Oct 05 13:11:01 10-34 benw Heart attack 5 (laser run) Tue Sep 30 11:38:15 10-35 benw Heart attack 6 (laser run) Tue Sep 30 11:38:25 10-40 benw *Kyza Wed Oct 08 16:33:19 10-41 benw Teka getting up cutscene Tue Sep 30 11:39:26 20-00 timh *BOMB ISLAND HUB Tue Oct 14 10:29:24 20-02 benw * Ventis Tue Sep 30 11:41:13 20-03 tomk Fuse Chase map 1.1 - stream Fri Oct 03 14:27:36 20-08 benw *Grade In A Cage Tue Oct 14 12:09:54 20-10 davidmo *Fuse Chase Mon Oct 13 10:38:53 20-12 timh *Shoot the Ships Mon Oct 13 11:25:42 20-13 benw Ventis Boss Underwater Thu Oct 02 11:12:26 20-21 JohnO *Rocket Factory Fri Oct 03 12:22:34 20-22 benw BF2 Tue Sep 30 11:44:19 20-23 Remi BF3 Tue Oct 07 10:56:32 20-24 benw BF4 Tue Sep 30 11:45:00 20-25 benw BF5 Tue Oct 14 10:51:46 20-26 benw BF6 Tue Sep 30 11:45:54 20-27 benw BF7 Tue Oct 14 10:43:00 30-00 timh *Welcome to the Jungle (HUB) Mon Oct 13 12:32:56 30-01 benw *Sly Ninja 1 Wed Oct 15 15:11:57 30-02 benw Sly Ninja 2 Tue Oct 14 12:30:09 30-03 benw Sly Ninja 3 Tue Sep 30 11:48:13 30-04 ianb Hub 2 Boss Stream Thu Oct 02 12:20:35 30-05 Lewis *Psyamon Wed Oct 15 14:28:59 30-06 Rich Sly Ninja 4 Wed Oct 15 14:45:13 30-11 ianb *Log Ride 1 Mon Oct 06 10:58:26 30-12 benw Log Ride 2 Tue Sep 30 11:50:47 30-13 benw Log Ride 3 Tue Oct 14 11:22:04 30-14 benw Log Ride 4 Tue Sep 30 11:51:36 30-15 benw Log Ride 5 Tue Sep 30 11:52:15 30-16 frances Log Ride 6 Wed Oct 08 11:39:29 30-17 frances Log Ride 7 Mon Oct 13 11:26:13 30-21 benw *Buzz Off! 1 Tue Oct 14 12:30:53 30-22 benw Buzz Off! 2 Tue Oct 14 12:31:23 30-23 benw Buzz Off! 3 Tue Oct 14 12:31:52 30-24 benw Buzz Off! 4 Tue Oct 14 12:32:35 30-25 benw Buzz Off! 5 Tue Oct 14 12:32:51 40-00 timh *Mountain Gorge Mon Oct 13 12:33:26 40-01 davidmo *Clouding Around Wed Oct 08 10:52:28 40-02 tristan *Crystal Cavern Tue Oct 14 12:00:24 40-03 benw *Malakai Thu Oct 02 11:13:12 40-04 davidmo *Sneak & Destroy Tue Oct 14 10:37:43 40-05 benw Sneak & Destroy map2 Tue Oct 14 11:27:24 40-11 benw Clouding Around map2 Tue Sep 30 12:09:30 40-20 tristan Crystal Cavern_stream2sectA Thu Oct 09 10:57:40 40-21 Dax Crystal Cavern_stream2sectB Wed Oct 15 14:37:00 40-22 ianb Crystal Cavern_steam2sectC Tue Oct 14 10:45:03 40-30 benw Crystal Cavern_Section A (stalac) Tue Sep 30 12:10:52 40-31 tristan Crystal Cavern_Section B (stalac) Wed Oct 15 14:40:09 40-32 tristan Crystal Cavern_Section C (stalac) Tue Oct 14 12:07:52 50-00 timh *Moon Hub Mon Oct 13 12:34:45 50-01 glen *Outpost Alpha Thu Oct 09 11:11:36 50-02 benw Outpost Alpha Stream 1 Wed Oct 15 14:30:43 50-03 benw Outpost Alpha stream 2 Tue Sep 30 12:15:27 50-04 JohnO Outpost Alpha stream 3 Fri Oct 03 12:29:25 50-05 benw Outpost Alpha stream 4 Tue Sep 30 12:16:01 50-06 benw Outpost Alpha stream 5 Wed Oct 15 14:28:45 50-07 benw Outpost Alpha stream 6 Tue Sep 30 12:16:57 50-08 JohnO *Outpost Beta Fri Oct 03 12:30:18 50-09 JohnO Outpost Beta stream 1 Fri Oct 03 12:30:59 50-10 JohnO Outpost Beta stream 2 Fri Oct 03 12:31:39 50-11 timh *Space Station hub Tue Oct 14 10:03:56 50-12 richardb *The Imperial Guard Wed Oct 08 12:20:48 50-13 timh *The Cryo-Chamber Thu Oct 02 12:23:44 50-14 timh *Emperor O-Dor Thu Oct 02 12:24:07 60-00 benw White Room Thu Oct 09 15:00:59 60-01 jamesn Characters Wed Sep 10 12:39:01 60-03 benw Bosses Mon Sep 15 19:07:38 60-04 benw Pickups Mon Sep 15 19:07:57 60-05 benw Movies Thu Sep 25 15:46:59 60-13 benw Demo - Robot beach hub Wed Oct 08 16:13:01 70-01 benw *Momentum Run 1 (R1) Thu Oct 02 11:13:26 70-02 benw *Ninja Ball 1 (R2) Thu Oct 02 11:13:42 70-03 benw *Track Run 1 (B1) Tue Sep 30 12:26:18 70-04 benw *Track Run 2 (M1) Tue Sep 30 12:26:27 70-05 benw *Grind Run 1 (J1) Thu Oct 02 11:13:48 70-06 timh *Egg-shell skull (M2) Wed Oct 08 10:46:43 70-07 benw *Ninja Ball 3 (J2) Thu Oct 02 11:14:33 70-08 benw *Ninja Ball 2 (B2) Thu Oct 02 11:14:15 70-09 benw *Battle Arena Tue Sep 30 12:28:01 70-10 JohnO Battle Arena Stream 1.1 Fri Oct 03 12:33:16 70-97 benw *Kappa Captain Area Tue Sep 30 12:28:54 70-98 benw *Rax Captain Area Tue Sep 30 12:29:17
A lot more people are credited in the [PAL] version of levels.txt, and many more test levels are listed in the 0-* range.
Debug Mode
I-Ninja has a hidden debug mode which enables a whole lot of options and features that are not normally accessible to players, like a stage select screen, a coordinate screen, and debug stats screen.
This debug mode can be accessed by using the following Action Replay code in the GameCube version of the game:
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8VN2-VET5-4MKQP 9BPQ-A295-11QZJ MW25-JXJQ-CZJUH N9PX-B90X-T728E 4EM9-XHB8-45Q68 GH7B-Y7V9-EGQ4D 1KUA-Z1NM-18C4D |
Alternately if you're playing the PlayStation 2 version of the game, you can activate this code for the same effect:
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20120924 24020075 |
20120A00 24020075 |
Debug Options
When debug mode is enabled, quite a few toggleable options will appear in the pause menu.
Reload This Section Live: Reloads everything in the current section of the level without triggering the "Loading" screen or resetting Ninja's location.
Restart This Section Live: Resets the enemies, objects, and events in the level, but doesn't reset the map geometry or Ninja's location.
Reload Level: Reloads the entire level, triggering the "Loading" sceen and sending Ninja back to the beginning.
Restart Level: Restarts the current level without unloading any map geometry or resetting Ninja's position.
Collision Spheres: Cannot be toggled! Locked as "off".
Debug Coords: Shows Ninja's coordinates at the bottom of the screen.
Debug Text: Shows CPU, RAM, and a few other stats on-screen.
Flag Setters: Enables/disables Debug Cubes.
Level Select
Once debug mode has been enabled, another option will appear at the bottom of the title screen labelled "Level Select". When selected, you are brought to a level select screen where you can choose to enter any stage or cutscene. You are also taken to this screen if you select "Quit Game" in the pause menu. Some test stages were removed from the game, leaving them listed as "unnamed level"; these will crash the game upon loading. This menu does not work on the PlayStation 2 USA version. Exclusive to the PAL version is a sub-section full of test levels, however none seem to be on the disc anymore.
Debug Cubes
In debug mode, green cubes labelled "debug" appear outside all level entrances. These cubes trigger events when touched, including unlocking stages, completing levels, upgrading Ninja's belt or sword, rewarding the player with Bank, or adding objects to the hub.
Cinematic Camera
A cinematic camera can be toggled by pressing the 'Z' button (GC), or Select (PS2). When initially enabled, every object in the game freezes while the camera remains fully functional.
Camera controls:
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"too narrow 4 ninja" Arrow
If Ninja tries to squeeze through a passage that's too narrow for him to fit through, a green double-headed arrow will appear over his head with text reading "too narrow 4 ninja".
"too narrow 4 camera" Arrow
If the camera is lodged in a narrow location (or zoomed into one), this red arrow with text reading "too narrow 4 camera" will appear in the center of the screen.
Floor Type
When Ninja is walking on solid floor, the floor type is written underneath him. If there's no walkable flooring beneath Ninja, this text reads "CAN'T RUN ON THIS!"; if there is no flooring directly beneath him, no text is written.
Debug Mode Shortcuts
Pressing certain buttons on different controllers while debug mode is on grants access to special modes and shortcuts.
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Namco Transmission Demo Disc v1.03
To do: There's a lot to document about the demo version(s) of I-Ninja. (Moving to sub-page when more is documented). |
The Namco Transmission Demo Disc v1.03 contains a playable demo version of I-Ninja, which compared to the final version is vastly different!
Developer Texts
This demo of I-Ninja contains the same levels.txt and game.txt text files as the final version, though some options are toggled differently, and there's a unique build number.
game.txt
NAME NINJA // Name of game WAD 9-98 // First WAD to read LANGUAGE ENGLISH // Territory or language PAL OFF // PAL or NTSC DEBUG_CHEATS OFF // Are debug cheats on/off DEBUG_TEXT OFF // Display debug text/gfx DEBUG_FLY OFF // Fly-through mode on/off LEVEL_SELECT OFF // Level select on/off DEMO_LEVEL_SELECT ON // Only show * levels in level select SOUND ON // Sound on/off DEMO_BUILD ON // Play as demo DEMO_MAGAZINE ON // Magazine=ON or Standalone=OFF BUILD Fri 30/05/2003 20:17:28.44
- Most of the toggleable options are toggled opposite of the final version.
- Unlike the final version of game.txt, which lists the build date as "Internal build"; this demo text has the build number listed as "Fri 30/05/2003 20:17:28.44".
levels.txt
0-00 timh stream mission test 1 Thu May 29 16:38:24 0-01 tanguy tanguy test map Thu May 29 15:59:02 0-02 benw Go Against the Flow (Ride the Logs) Mon May 26 18:34:11 0-03 jamesn JAMES N Fri May 30 11:28:37 0-04 benw Andy J Mon May 26 18:35:37 0-06 benw Copy of Moon rooms map 1 Mon May 26 18:36:24 0-07 benw Rax Captain Mon May 26 18:36:47 0-08 benw MALAKAI Mon May 26 18:37:29 0-10 neil Test Fri May 30 16:54:02 0-12 benw Ian Test Mon May 26 18:38:28 0-14 andyg Red monster factory Fri May 30 16:24:21 0-15 tristan Mountainhub Thu May 29 19:38:11 0-16 richardb Copy of Odor Boss Single Map Fri May 30 18:27:05 0-17 richardb Copy of Odar - boss fight Tue May 27 17:26:04 0-18 benw The Last Ninja Mon May 26 18:43:24 0-19 timh heart room test Fri May 30 15:52:53 0-20 benw grade collect cutscene Mon May 26 18:43:49 0-21 timh stream mission test 2 Thu May 29 16:37:29 0-25 benw eyeball 1 laser section Mon May 26 18:48:00 0-26 benw <unnamed level> Mon May 26 18:48:45 0-27 timh kappa test Thu May 29 10:58:59 0-30 timh Kyza Thu May 29 10:19:37 0-32 davidmo laser tube test Thu May 29 14:28:01 0-33 peter Robot sneakbase Wed May 28 19:00:59 0-34 benw Roy beach test Mon May 26 18:52:14 0-35 Remi __tests__ Fri May 30 16:55:12 0-36 benw vertex test Mon May 26 18:53:18 0-37 benw buildins testin Mon May 26 18:54:16 0-38 mattb <unnamed level> Wed May 28 18:14:10 0-39 benw Matt arena light test Mon May 26 18:55:01 0-42 Rich hub tests Thu May 29 16:42:12 0-43 benw tree tests Mon May 26 18:56:52 0-47 Lewis Lewis Test Fri May 30 15:01:29 0-48 glen Space Station Fri May 30 17:26:23 0-50 benw Connecting MR map 1 - MR map 2 Mon May 26 19:01:57 0-55 benw Micks Test map. Mon May 26 19:02:19 0-60 tony Welcome to the Jungle (HUB) Fri May 30 15:04:22 0-61 benw test Mon May 26 19:03:02 0-63 wayneb ---- Mini Game - Ninja Ball Thu May 29 21:32:33 0-64 benw Sly Ninja (Sneak 1) Mon May 26 19:04:03 0-65 tomk Sub Ventis (test) Fri May 30 14:22:35 0-66 tomk 00-66 bomb Island start Fri May 30 12:39:58 0-67 benw -- Shoot the Ships Mon May 26 19:05:49 0-68 benw Peter Mon May 26 19:06:07 0-72 shelley Shelley Test Wed May 28 10:41:43 0-74 garyb Gary Thu May 29 17:58:17 0-75 benw Adam's Test Mon May 26 19:08:25 0-76 benw cheap CRATE Mon May 26 19:08:51 0-77 jake test Tue May 27 16:42:28 0-78 benw charlies forest river test Mon May 26 19:09:32 0-79 benw charlie Mon May 26 19:09:47 0-81 benw Sly Ninja (Sneak 1) Rich Test Mon May 26 19:10:31 0-82 benw Sly Ninja (Sneak 2) Rich Test Mon May 26 19:11:03 0-83 benw Sly Ninja (Sneak 3) Rich Test Mon May 26 19:11:51 0-84 jake Mini Game - Track Running MANGA Wed May 28 14:45:41 0-91 wayneb <unnamed level> Thu May 29 16:48:20 0-92 benw footage_ingfx Mon May 26 19:12:51 0-93 benw Particleroom Mon May 26 19:13:20 0-95 ingmar workoutroom_ingfx Fri May 30 19:06:51 0-96 benw Test Bomb Factory Clone Mon May 26 19:15:37 10-00 Jamie *robot beach hub Mon May 26 18:35:04 10-01 Jamie *eyeball 1 laser section Mon May 26 18:36:06 10-02 Jamie round ball room Mon May 26 18:36:19 10-03 Jamie * ball run 1 Mon May 26 18:36:53 10-04 Jamie ballrun 1 part 2 Mon May 26 18:37:08 10-05 Jamie north beach Mon May 26 18:37:19 10-06 Jamie stream 5 to 7 Mon May 26 18:37:28 10-07 Jamie robot beach Mon May 26 18:37:50 10-08 Jamie <unnamed level> Mon May 26 18:38:09 10-09 Jamie ball run 2 Mon May 26 18:38:21 10-10 Jamie leading to eyeball 2 Mon May 26 18:39:22 10-11 Jamie north west beach Mon May 26 18:39:34 10-12 Jamie stream 1 to 7 Mon May 26 18:39:42 10-13 Jamie stream 10 to 7 Mon May 26 18:39:52 10-14 Jamie stream 0 to 1 Mon May 26 18:40:00 10-15 Jamie stream 1 to 2 Mon May 26 18:40:22 10-20 Jamie stream kew to ball run 1 Mon May 26 18:40:38 10-21 timh *laser tube test Thu May 29 15:30:14 10-22 ianw laser run stream 2 Fri May 30 18:49:08 10-23 ianw laser run stream 3 Fri May 30 18:51:59 10-35 Jamie *eyeball 1 laser section Mon May 26 18:42:26 10-36 benw *Robot sneakbase Fri May 30 18:22:10 10-37 ianw sneakbase part 2 Fri May 30 15:58:09 10-38 timh sneakbase part 3 Fri May 30 17:23:58 10-39 ianw sneaksection part 4 Thu May 29 17:44:02 10-40 ianw *laser tube test Fri May 30 18:29:22 10-50 Jamie heart room Mon May 26 18:43:41 10-51 Jamie heart run 1 Mon May 26 18:43:58 10-52 Jamie heart run stream Mon May 26 18:44:08 10-53 Jamie heart run part 2 Mon May 26 18:44:23 10-54 Jamie game robot hub Mon May 26 18:45:01 10-55 Jamie heart room Mon May 26 18:45:13 10-97 Jamie <unnamed level> Mon May 26 18:45:39 10-98 Jamie ball run for e3 demo Mon May 26 18:45:54 20-00 anna *BOMB ISLAND HUB Fri May 30 18:08:14 20-01 Jamie Stream corridor into the bomb. Mon May 26 18:48:29 20-02 tomk *20-02 Inside the bomb, Ventis' domain Fri May 30 18:35:26 20-03 Jamie Windmill interior. Mon May 26 18:49:22 20-04 Jamie *Bomb Factory Part A Mon May 26 18:50:09 20-05 Jamie Stream corridor through boat. Mon May 26 18:50:18 20-06 anna fuse chase Thu May 29 16:22:18 20-07 Jamie Stream between bomb factory rooms. Mon May 26 18:51:09 20-08 benw *Barrel Rolling Section Wed May 28 12:21:09 20-09 Jamie *fire fighting section Mon May 26 18:52:56 20-10 Jamie 20-10 bomb island B to C streamer Mon May 26 18:53:05 20-11 Jamie *Bomb Factory part B Mon May 26 18:53:43 20-12 anna *Shoot the Ships and bomb Island start Thu May 29 15:17:26 30-00 Rich *Welcome to the Jungle (HUB) Fri May 30 14:16:34 30-01 Rich *Sly Ninja (Sneak 1) Fri May 30 16:33:48 30-02 ianb Sly Ninja (Sneak 2) Fri May 30 17:12:43 30-03 ianb Sly Ninja (Sneak 3) Fri May 30 17:18:30 30-04 seb Hub 2 Boss Stream Mon May 26 18:38:37 30-05 tony *Simple Psyamon Thu May 29 18:11:39 30-10 seb Hub 2 Go Against the Flow (Ride the Logs) Mon May 26 18:39:31 30-11 ianb *Go Against the Flow (Ride the Logs 1) Fri May 30 19:20:43 30-12 Remi *Go Against the Flow (Ride the Logs 2) Thu May 29 11:04:14 30-13 Remi *Go Against the Flow (Ride the Logs 3) Thu May 29 11:08:29 30-14 Remi *Go Against the Flow (Ride the Logs 4) Wed May 28 14:55:51 30-15 Remi *Go Against the Flow (Ride the Logs 5) Wed May 28 16:07:04 30-16 Remi *Go Against the Flow (Ride the Logs 6) Wed May 28 17:52:04 30-17 Remi *Go Against the Flow (Ride the Logs 7) Wed May 28 18:16:58 30-21 ianb *Buzz Off! 1 Fri May 30 19:23:21 30-22 ianb Buzz Off! 2 Fri May 30 19:24:11 30-23 ianb Buzz Off! 3 Fri May 30 19:24:47 30-24 ianb Buzz Off! 4 Fri May 30 19:25:16 30-25 ianb Buzz Off! 5 Fri May 30 19:26:06 40-00 jake *MOUNTAIN HUB Fri May 30 18:39:32 40-01 jake *CLOUD CRATE Fri May 30 16:51:37 40-02 seb *STALACTITE Mon May 26 18:50:29 40-03 JohnO *MALAKAI Fri May 30 19:26:46 40-04 jake *SNEAK Fri May 30 19:41:49 40-05 jake Stream2Stalac Thu May 29 11:05:58 40-06 seb Stream2Sneak Mon May 26 18:51:33 40-07 jake Stream2Cloud Thu May 29 16:51:35 40-08 seb Sneak test Mon May 26 18:52:07 40-09 seb Stream2Sneak Mon May 26 18:52:13 40-10 seb MALAKAI - RAX FIGHT Mon May 26 18:52:39 40-11 seb MALAKAI - SPECIAL ATTACK 1 Mon May 26 18:53:01 40-12 seb MALAKAI - SPECIAL ATTACK 2 Mon May 26 18:53:24 40-13 seb MALAKAI - SPECIAL ATTACK 3 Mon May 26 18:53:49 40-14 seb MALAKAI - FIGHT Mon May 26 18:54:19 40-20 seb stream2sectA Mon May 26 18:54:30 40-21 seb stream2sectB Mon May 26 18:54:42 40-22 seb steam2sectC Mon May 26 18:54:50 40-30 seb Section A (stalac) Mon May 26 18:55:05 40-31 seb Section B (stalac) Mon May 26 18:55:26 40-32 seb Section C (stalac) Mon May 26 18:55:47 40-40 jake Section D(sneak) Wed May 28 16:10:39 40-41 adamh Section E(sneak) Wed May 28 17:03:04 40-42 adamh Section F(sneak) Wed May 28 16:20:16 50-00 johnw *Space Station hub Fri May 30 18:38:47 50-01 johnw *Moonrooms map 1 Fri May 30 17:34:47 50-02 johnw Connecting MR map 1 - MR map 2 Fri May 30 17:35:10 50-03 johnw *Moonrooms map 2 Fri May 30 17:35:41 50-04 johnw Connecting MR map 2 - MR map 3 Fri May 30 17:36:01 50-05 johnw Moonrooms map 3 Fri May 30 17:36:39 50-06 johnw Moonrooms map 4 Fri May 30 17:37:04 50-07 johnw Moonrooms map 5 Fri May 30 17:37:35 50-08 johnw *Space Station map 1 Fri May 30 17:38:02 50-09 johnw *Space Station map 2 Fri May 30 18:42:31 50-10 richardb *Odor Boss Single Map Fri May 30 19:36:07 50-11 johnw *Odar - boss fight Fri May 30 17:40:05 60-00 benw *White Room Fri May 30 18:27:24 60-01 jamesn *Characters Fri May 30 17:12:12 60-02 scott *Fx_Particleroom Mon May 26 18:48:45 60-03 jamesn *Bosses Fri May 30 17:51:20 60-04 scott *vooz Mon May 26 18:49:37 60-07 scott *ninja enemy room Mon May 26 18:49:51 60-10 Lewis *eyeball 1 laser section Fri May 30 20:19:15 60-11 scott * berserk rage effects test Mon May 26 18:50:37 60-12 benw *Kyza Wed May 28 17:21:04 60-13 benw *E3 robot beach hub Fri May 30 18:53:58 60-14 scott *Auto Demo Test Mon May 26 18:52:12 60-15 Lewis *Auto Demo 2 Fri May 30 18:50:18 60-16 Lewis *Memcard Save Test Fri May 30 16:15:33 60-20 scott ball run for e3 demo Mon May 26 18:53:08 60-21 scott <unnamed level> Mon May 26 18:53:29 60-22 benw eyeball slalom 1 Thu May 29 23:46:06 60-30 wayneb *-----minigame track running Fri May 30 16:13:54 60-31 wayneb *mini game - jump n grind Fri May 30 16:17:17 60-32 Dax *---- Mini Game - Momentum Corridor Fri May 30 19:15:08
- The final version of levels.txt only credits "Justin Saunders" for each of the stages, but in this demo version we can see many different names credited... albeit most are abbreviated.
- O-Dor is named "Odar" in this version of the game.
- There are many more test levels listed here than in the final levels.txt.
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