Milo's Astro Lanes

Milo's Astro Lanes
Developer: Player 1 Publisher: Crave Entertainment Platform: Nintendo 64 Released in US: November 25, 1998 Released in EU: July 24, 1999 This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused text. This game has debugging material. This game has a hidden sound test.

To do: Identify what the unknown cheats do.

Ever wanted to bowl in space?

Debug Options

Apply the below code to change the Mega Ball Powerup cheat (press L, L, R, R, L, R in-game) to display a debug option.

USA code:

Mega Ball Powerup cheat = Debug Option
8106CAEA ????

???? = 
7900 = Sound Test
7978 = Lighting Editor

Make sure you have a controller plugged in to slot 4.

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Sound Test

On controller 4, C buttons change the "Tune" and directional pad changes "SFX". A button plays a SFX and B button plays a tune, however playing music doesn't appear to do anything.

Lighting Editor

A debug display that allows editing of ambient lighting.

Use the Analog Stick to change values, and the D-Pad to move the cursor with controller 4 inputs.

Cheats

Several cheats that websites didn't pick up back in the day can be enabled in-game by pressing the buttons listed below. A sound will play if the cheat is accepted.

Inputs	Effect
L, L, L, L, L, R	Unknown
R, R, R, R, R, L	Unknown
L, L, R, L, L, R	Unknown
L, R, L, L, L, L	Unknown
L, L, L, R, R, R, B, A, B, A	Unknown
L, L, L, R, R, L	Unknown

In addition to the used cheats, there is several other cheat inputs that have no function in the game, as a result they do not work.

L, L, R, R, L
B, B, B 
R, R, R, L, R 
R, L, R, L, R, L 
L, R, L, R, L, R 
L, L, L, L
L, L, L, R, L, L 

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Unused Text

Present at 2960 is a likely early name for the game:

MILOS' BOWL-O-RAMA V2.0 23/12/97

The given date is nine months before the build date in the US version (see below), indicating that this is a leftover.

Build Dates

To do: Where are they in the ROM?

Version	Date
US	MILO LOT CHECK 2 MHG 23 sept 98 Sep 23 1998 14:29:02
Europe	MILO LOT PAL 3 MHG 21 Jan 99 Jan 21 1999 11:56:27