Learnin' Wheels

Learnin' Wheels
Also known as: Apprenti' pilote (FR), Freds Zahlen Rallye (GE) Developer: VTech Publisher: VTech Platform: V.Smile Released internationally: 2004 This game has unused graphics. This game has unused text. This game has regional differences. This game has a prerelease article

Learnin' Wheels is a nice exploration and racing game and basically the Grand Theft Auto for kids.
You explore a big city to find lost sheeps while annoying pedestrians and motorists, tuning up your car, making phone calls while driving, etc.

And it has great overhead driving controls, something neither Dick Tracy nor Roger Rabbit on the NES had!

To do: More unused graphics, including a number font in the Race Track game's HUD

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Prerelease Info

Unused Graphics

Dog

The aggressive dog in the Post Office game is found only in a side view, but includes graphics for a front and back view. Perhaps vertical levels were also planned for the Post Office game.

A frame of the front view was mostly overwritten with the used side view.

Racing HUD

To do: There are unused number graphics, which can be seen in prerelease material.

Found in the HUD graphics of the race track game is this time and km/h display, which is not used for some reason.

Unused Music

Unused Song

A short song. Purpose unknown.

Unused Jingles

Jingle 2

Seems to be a win jingle.

Jingle 3

Game Over?

Unheard Audio

Unheard Music

The song on the overview map, which is only displayed for a few seconds, is actually the longest song in the game. However, since the game automatically moves to the next scenery after a few seconds, three-quarters of the song is never audible.

Unheard Jingle

Only half of the high score jingle is used, because it is abruptly interrupted by the result music.

Unused Text

SP_ToneMaker

This text can be found a whopping 432 times in the ROM. Probably a remnant of a conversion tool.