James Pond II: Codename: Robocod (Genesis)

James Pond II: Codename: Robocod
Developer: Millennium Interactive Publishers: Electronic Arts (US/EU), Tec Toy (BR), Electronic Arts Victor (JP), Samsung (KR) Platform: Genesis Released in JP: June 9, 1993 Released in US: 1991 Released in EU: 1991 Released in KR: 1994 Released in BR: 1991 This game has unused sounds. This game has debugging material. This game has a hidden sound test. This game has a hidden level select. This game has regional differences.

James Pond II: Codename: Robocod is the return of the sleekest underwater agent. This time, he needs to save Christmas, and he has a suit that makes him stretch upwards to impossible heights.

Cheat Screen

At the title screen, hold A + C + Down + Left and press Start. Release the buttons when the screen goes black, and you'll access a hidden menu that contains both a level select and a sound test.

Undocumented QA Cheats

After collecting the first five pickups in the following order ("Cake", "Hammer", "Apple", "Earth", "Tap"), the player is given 32767 ticks of invincibility, or around 10 minutes. This also auto-unlocks all doors in the castle hub next time the castle is loaded. This "CHEAT" also enables the following QA-like features in the final game:

Input	Result
AAAA	Attempts to skip James to the final exit trigger
ABAB	Alternate method to skip James to the final exit trigger (may work when AAAA fails)
BABA	Replace the player's score with the current level ID
UDBA	Give the player another 2000 ticks (~2 minutes) of invincibility
LRAB	Gives the player flying hair pickup

(Source: Independent Research for TCRF. Found at 0x8d2 in EU ROM)

Unused Jingle

"Jingle 1" on the sound test is some sort of victory fanfare that's never used in the game.

Regional Differences

Title Screen

US/Europe	Japan

The Japanese version has a different title screen, reminiscent of the SNES version (besides the face).