Monster Rancher 4

Monster Rancher 4
Also known as: Monster Farm 4 (JP) Developer: Tecmo Publisher: Tecmo Platform: PlayStation 2 Released in JP: August 14, 2003 Released in US: November 13, 2003 This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused music.

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To do: Regional Differences (e.g. Japanese version has different designs for Mao Mao and Garp)

Unused Title Screen Music

Present inside MF4.DAT are twelve identical copies of the title screen song.

Development Texts

Hidden inside SLUS_207.02 are hints to several debug modes.

Some state info at 0x3F7EE8, 0x3F8920, 0x3F8E88, 0x3F9910, and 0x3FB130:

this phase is mon_info::INIT
this phase is mon_info::MON_INFO_IN
this phase is mon_info::MON_INFO_MAIN_PAGE_IN
this phase is mon_info::MON_INFO_MAIN_PAGE
this phase is mon_info::MON_INFO_MAIN_PAGE_OUT
this phase is mon_info::MON_INFO_WAZA_PAGE_IN
this phase is mon_info::MON_INFO_WAZA_PAGE
this phase is mon_info::MON_INFO_WAZA_PAGE_WAZA_SELECT
this phase is mon_info::MON_INFO_WAZA_PAGE_WAZA_EQUIP
this phase is mon_info::MON_INFO_WAZA_PAGE_SLOT_SELECT
this phase is mon_info::MON_INFO_WAZA_PAGE_SLOT_CHANGE_WAZA
this phase is mon_info::MON_INFO_WAZA_PAGE_SLOT_CHANGE_CRCT
this phase is mon_info::MON_INFO_WAZA_PAGE_SLOT_CHANGE_CRCT_WARNING
this phase is mon_info::MON_INFO_WAZA_PAGE_OUT
this phase is mon_info::MON_INFO_CRCT_PAGE_IN
this phase is mon_info::MON_INFO_CRCT_PAGE
this phase is mon_info::MON_INFO_CRCT_PAGE_OUT
this phase is mon_info::MON_INFO_RECORD_PAGE_IN
this phase is mon_info::MON_INFO_RECORD_PAGE
this phase is mon_info::MON_INFO_RECORD_PAGE_OUT
this phase is mon_info::MON_INFO_DEBUG_PAGE_IN
this phase is mon_info::MON_INFO_DEBUG_PAGE
this phase is mon_info::MON_INFO_DEBUG_PAGE_OUT
this phase is mon_info::MON_INFO_OUT
this phase is mon_info::END
this phase is brd_info::BRD_INFO_DEBUG_PAGE_IN
this phase is brd_info::BRD_INFO_DEBUG_PAGE
this phase is brd_info::BRD_INFO_DEBUG_PAGE_OUT
this phase is farmphase::wait
this phase is farmphase::load
KETTEI   : PICK UP
SANKAKU  : RECOVER
KETTEI   : DISP LIST
SHIKAKU  : DISP LIST
CANCEL   : EXIT
KETTEI   : SETUP
CANCEL   : CANCEL
TRAINING
SYUGYOU
REST
NONE
this phase is schedule::schedule_change_init
this phase is schedule::schedule_layout_main_in
this phase is schedule::schedule_change_main
this phase is schedule::action_select
this phase is schedule::sub_menu_select
this phase is schedule::training
this phase is schedule::special
this phase is schedule::rest
this phase is schedule::automatic
MARU     : TO SCHEDULE_CHANGE_MAIN
this phase is scdlAuto::sub_menu_auto
this phase is scdlAuto::sub_menu_copy
this phase is scdlAuto::sub_menu_all_clear
this phase is scdlAuto::sub_menu_clear
this phase is schedule::schedule_change_end
MARU     : TO TRAINING
SANKAKU  : TO SPESIAL(SYUGYO
SHIKAKU  : TO REST
R1       : TO AUTOMATIC(OMAKASE
CANCEL   : EXIT
this phase is scdl_special::select_place
this phase is scdl_special::over_fixed_number
this phase is scdl_special::not_enough_money
this phase is scdl_special::not_enough_farmpoint
this phase is scdl_special::end
this phase is scdl_training::select_training
this phase is scdl_training::custom
this phase is scdl_training::end
this phase is scdlAuto::init
this phase is scdlAuto::auto_course_select
this phase is scdlAuto::auto_farm_pts_select
this phase is scdlAuto::auto_main
this phase is scdlAuto::end
this phase is tourScdl::TOUR_SCDL_LOAD
this phase is tourScdl::TOUR_SCDL_INIT
this phase is tourScdl::TOUR_SCDL_LAYOUT_IN
this phase is tourScdl::TOUR_SCDL_MAIN
this phase is tourScdl::TOUR_SCDL_RESERVE_MON_SELECT
this phase is tourScdl::TOUR_SCDL_RESERVE_YN
this phase is tourScdl::TOUR_SCDL_RESERVE
this phase is tourScdl::TOUR_SCDL_RESERVE_CANCEL_YN
this phase is tourScdl::TOUR_SCDL_RESERVE_CANCEL
this phase is tourScdl::TOUR_SCDL_WARNING_NOT_ENOUGH_MON
this phase is tourScdl::TOUR_SCDL_ENTER_YN
this phase is tourScdl::TOUR_SCDL_ENTER
this phase is tourScdl::TOUR_SCDL_LAYOUT_OUT
this phase is tourScdl::TOUR_SCDL_END
this phase is farmMonEntry::init
this phase is farmMonEntry::select
this phase is farmMonEntry::entry
this phase is farmMonEntry::cancel
this phase is farmMonEntry::cancel_yesno
this phase is farmMonEntry::tour_warning
this phase is farmMonEntry::tour_warning2
this phase is farmMonEntry::adv_warning
this phase is farmMonEntry::adv_warning2
this phase is farmMonEntry::go_adv_yesno
this phase is farmMonEntry::go_tour_yesno
this phase is farmMonEntry::exit_yesno
this phase is farmMonEntry::end
this phase is advPhase::PADV_RIDE_IN
this phase is advPhase::PADV_RIDE_OUT
this phase is advPhase::PADV_BOSS_IN
this phase is advBoss::PADV_BOSS_OUT_CONTE
this phase is advBoss::PADV_BOSS_BATTLE_RESULT
this phase is advBoss::PADV_BOSS_RESULT
3 continue
2 escape
1 next floor
this phase is advFloorChange::PADV_FCNG_FREE_FIELD
this phase is advFloorChange::PADV_FCNG_LD_FIELD
this phase is advFloorChange::PADV_FCNG_LD_ORN

There's data for a parameter dump screen at 0x3E8510:

MONSTER MAIN DATA
POWER : %d
IQ    : %d
HIT   : %d
AVOID : %d
TOUGH : %d
LIFE  : %d
YARUKI        : %d
YARUKI_TYPE   : %d
YARUKI_WAVE   : %d
TIRED         : %d
MANPUKU       : %d
SINRAI        : %d
PERSONALITY   : %d
POPURALITY    : %d
TAIKEI        : %d
TAIKAI POINT  : %d
ADV LEVEL     : %d
ADV EXP       : %d
NORAMON SHOOT : %d
PARA LIMIT    : %d
LIFE SPAN     : %d
STRESS        : %d
AFFIN TO MON%d : %d
SUCCESS   NUM : %d
SABORI    NUM : %d
TRAINING  NUM : %d

Some camera debug references at 0x3FA9B8:

cam ref[0] = %f
       [1] = %f
       [2] = %f
cam pos[0] = %f
projection = %f
cam pos base height          = %f
cam pos height   coefficient = %f
cam pos distance coefficient = %f
projection at nearest point  = %f
projection increase rate