Might and Magic: Book II

Might and Magic: Book Two
Developer: Star Craft Publisher: LOZC G. Amusements Platform: SNES Released in JP: January 22, 1993 This game has unused music. This game has debugging material. This game has a hidden sound test. This game has a Data Crystal page

The other version of Might and Magic II, with reworked graphics and sound that made the game feel much more like a traditional console RPG.

Debug Mode

There is a small debug menu which can be accessed by using the Pro Action Replay codes 01B37AF4, 01B37B89, and 01B37C1B. Once you've entered the codes, press A and the debug menu will appear instead of the regular menu. From here, press A to select any of the four menu options, use the D-Pad to change its value, then press A again to confirm. Press B to exit the menu.

The monster option allows you to battle against any monster type. The text next to the monster's name indicates whether or not a battle will occur against the selected monster after exiting the menu.

Mode7 Test doesn't work properly when the debug menu is accessed this way. It is not known if there still exists a way to use this feature as intended.

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Unused Music

Track 22

This track doesn't appear in any location in the game, and there is no code which explicitly references it. It sounds like it may have been used as battle music, such as in the final battle against Sheltem, which just uses the regular boss music. While it may be played under a single option in the soundtest menu, it is stored in the game data as two completely different songs: (#1) A 15 second non-looping intro, immediately followed seemlessly by (#2) a 0:57 looping segment.

Placeholder Track

This simple placeholder takes up several track numbers in the sound test; it may have been used to replace music which may have been deleted or never finished during development.

Here is a chart showing which numbers are filled by the Placeholder Track, giving us hints at what this music might have been:

Debug Menu #	Internal Data #	Music Usage	Notes
00	01	Opening Theme
01	34	Main Menu
02	30	Town
03	44	PLACEHOLDER	Another town BGM?
04	31	Inn
05	44	PLACEHOLDER	A shop BGM?
06	44	PLACEHOLDER	A shop or castle BGM?
07	35	Luxus Palace Royale & Mystic Castle Xabran
08	36	Castle Pinehurst
09	37	Castle Hillstone & Castle Woodhaven
10	44	PLACEHOLDER	Another castle BGM?
11	38	Castle Dungeon
12	39	Dark Keep & Tower of Mercy
13	32	Natural Cavern
14	40	Square Lake Cavern
15	33	Outdoors & Elemental Plane
16	44	PLACEHOLDER	Another outdoors BGM?
17	41	Artificial Cavern
18	44	PLACEHOLDER	Another cavern BGM?
19	44	PLACEHOLDER	Another cavern BGM?
20	44	PLACEHOLDER	Another cavern BGM?
21	29	Battle 1 (Normal)
22	45, 46	Final Battle (intro), Final Battle (main)	Unused in the game.
23	42	Battle 2 (Boss)
24	25	Victory Fanfare
25	43	Party Dead
26	47	Ending Theme
27	44	PLACEHOLDER

(Source: Original TCRF research)