Lagoon (SNES)

Lagoon
Developer: Kemco Publishers: Kemco (JP/EU), Seika (US) Platform: SNES Released in JP: December 13, 1991 Released in US: December 1991 Released in EU: May 27, 1993 This game has hidden development-related text. This game has debugging material. This game has a hidden level select. This game has regional differences. This game has a notes page

Lagoon is an SNES remake of the Japanese X68000 game with the same name. However, the end results are a bit different.

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Notes

Edit Mode

A debug menu is located at SNES address $02DA0D-02DB89, which is right after the "New Game" intro.

Lagoon's Edit Mode can be accessed in the US and European versions with Game Genie codes F620-07AC + 2C29-0DDC or Pro Action Replay (PAR) codes 02D94F18 + 02D950DA. With the codes active, select Continue on the title screen (you must have an existing save file).

You can enable full inventory, modify your current level, and warp to any map. Data from the current saved game is used to determine which storyline flags are set.

(Source: JLukas)

German Version

The German release of Lagoon has a leftover debug feature which seems to have been removed from all other versions.

The Pro Action Replay (PAR) code 028256EA will cause all dialogue events to be followed by the event number appearing on-screen. This was probably used to aid in the translation process.

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Unused Text

Located at SNES address $008000-008012 is the following string:

SFXBIOSSYSTEMVER2.0

Unused Item Slots

Three unused items slots are present in the game. These are all named "Armor Shop" in the English version, "ぶきや" (Bukiya) in the Japanese version and "RüSTUNGSLADEN" (Armor Shop) in the German version. Strangely, these are all set to true when enabling the debug mode.

(Source: Kuro-chan)

Regional Differences

• The European and US versions have "Licensed by Nintendo" added to the Kemco screen.

Japan	International

The priest at Atland's church is edited to remove any religious connotations.

Japan	International

The shiny ball's icon has a sparkle in the center, but looks a bit like a stylized cross.

(Source: Kuro-chan)