Legion - Spinner-87

Legion - Spinner-87
Also known as: Choutoki Meikyuu Legion Developer: Nichibutsu Publisher: Nichibutsu Platform: Arcade (Nichibutsu Legion hardware) Released in JP: May 1987 Released in US: 1987 Released in EU: 1987 Released in KR: 1987 Released in CN: 1987 Released in HK: 1987 Released in TW: 1987 Released in AS: 1987 This game has debugging material.

Legion - Spinner-87 is a shooter with splitting paths, a ship that can be upgraded with up to four stationary shooters (the titular legion), and "time bombs" that allow the player to rewind time for 1 second, even after death!

Debug Menus

A hidden debug menu can be accessed in this game (and other games using the Nichibutsu Legion hardware) through the following method:

1. Turn the Service Mode dip switch on.
2. Hold 2P Up + Button 1 + Button 2.
3. Keep those buttons held and turn Service Mode off.

This is a simple test of the character graphics ROM.

• 1P Start: Go to next test.
• 1P Left/Right: Change palette number.
• 1P Up/Down: Change graphics ROM offset.

This is a slightly more complicated test of the object graphics ROM.

• 1P Start: Go to next test.
• 1P Left/Right: Change palette number.
• 1P Up/Down: Change graphics ROM offset.
• 2P Left/Right: Alters the "CHG" value, used for palette cycling effects.

A vertically scrolling test of every stage in the game.

• 1P Start: Go to next test.
• 1P Button 1: Toggles scrolling.
• 2P Start: Speeds up scrolling (20 pixels per second).

This is a separate display test for every foreground and background block in the game. These are organized in 200 byte-sized banks, with background blocks starting at 0800.

• 1P Start: Go to character graphics ROM test.
• 1P Left/Right: Changes current foreground/background block bank.
• 1P Up/Down:: Changes current foreground/background block.

(Source: Original TCRF research)