M&M's Shell Shocked

M&M's Shell Shocked
Developer: Boston Animation Publishers: Simon & Schuster Interactive (US), JoWooD Productions (EU) Platform: PlayStation Released in US: September 30, 2001 Released in EU: 2003 This game has unused code. This game has a hidden developer message. This game has hidden developer credits. This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused graphics.

It's Crash Bandicoot with M&M's characters (get it?). Not only that, but it's also a significantly watered-down port of the PC game M&M's The Lost Formulas (with the most notable difference being that the Math Zones were axed here).

To do: There's apparently a debug menu. Find out how to access it & showcase any findings here There's apparently regional differences. Document them here.

Unused Graphics

Early	Final

LEVG.TIM is an early version of the level select screen, and looks a lot slicker in comparison.

Early	Final

PAUSE.TIM is an unused pause screen. Pausing in-game just stops the gameplay and displays "PAUSE" on-screen.

NTILE.TIM is a tiled bubble texture.

Early	Final

At the bottom of LEVBOX1.TIM is an early graphic for locked levels, saying "NOT AVAILABLE" instead of "CLOSED".

Early	Final

NOCARD.TIM is an earlier version of the "Memory Card full" screen, which says to press any key to continue instead of the usual two-button prompts. It's also worth noting that the message is misspelt as "YOUR MEMORY CARD HAVE NO EMPTY SLOTS".

Batch File

1.BAT is a batch file for the menu textures.

fromgame main.tim  main.bms  0x14 0x25814
fromgame start.tim start.bms 0x14 0x25814
fromgame opt.tim opt.bms 0x14 0x25814
fromgame lev.tim lev.bms 0x14 0x25814

Developer Credits

Present at 57480 in the main executable.

PSX Programmer Kazlitin Andriy, 2001 
Lead Programmer Bulatsev Kirill 2001 
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