King of Fighters R-1

King of Fighters R-1
Developer: SNK Publisher: SNK Platform: Neo Geo Pocket Released in JP: 1998 Released in EU: 1998 This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused text. This game has debugging material. This game has a hidden sound test.

King of Fighters R-1 is a fighting game for the Neo Geo Pocket, based on The King of Fighters '97.

Stage Names

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JAPAN
USA
BALI
CHINA
KOREA
MONACO
LAST1
LAST2
LAST3
LAST
ERROR

A set of stage names stored at 5831, which appear to have been intended for a practice mode menu. The 'lasts' refer to the stages of each member of the Orochi team and final boss Orochi.

Debug Menu

Some options appear to be non-functional. Similar to other menus, it is stored as a list of subroutine handler offsets at 7aa5, and entry text at 7ac7.

To load this menu, execution would likely have to take the jump at 2077f6 with A=0xa, instead of loading other screens (e.g. intro sequence) by taking the jump at 2077f1:

002077ee c9 cf 09        cp         A,0x9
002077f1 67 0f           jr         C/ULT,LAB_00207802
002077f3 c9 cf 1a        cp         A,0x1a
002077f6 67 02           jr         C/ULT,LAB_002077fa
002077f8 21 09           ld         A,0x9
                     LAB_002077fa
                     XREF[1]:     002077f6(j)  
002077fa c9 ca 09        sub        A,0x9
002077fd 44 a5 7a        ld         XIX,offsets_debug
         20 00

We can force the menu to load with the following patch, which makes the first jump goto 2077f8, and replaces the stored literal with 0xa:

0x77f2 = 05
0x77f9 = 0a

Dbg SW System

Dbg SW User

Evnt Test

Effect Test

Staff

Credits roll.

Back Test

かくしキャラ

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Key Test

Pal Adjust

Kondo Only

Taguchi Only

Hamada Only

Takada Only

Yokota Only

Yamada Only

Error Screen

If some logic checks fail, the game will soft lock on this screen.

We can force it to load with the following patch:

0x77f2 = 05