Pachi Com (NES)

Pachi Com
Developers: Bear's, Shouei System Publisher: Toshiba EMI Platforms: NES, Famicom Disk System Released in JP: November 21, 1985 (Famicom), October 4, 1988 (FDS) This game has a hidden developer message. This game has hidden developer credits.

Pachi Com is an early pachinko game for the Famicom. It was later re-released for the Famicom Disk System. See also the MSX version.

Hidden Text

Credits

There are some hidden credits and copyright information in both versions of the ROM. They appear at address 0020 in the Famicom version and 015C in the FDS version.

Copyright 25/Sep /85 by Bear's Programmed by Bear's Ver1.0 Y.Sakakura Y.Suzuki A.Abe T.Katoh M.Yoshihara Y.Kishimoto/MSX Pictured by Makoto.Higa

Y.S's Rant

Right after those credits, at 00E0, begins a pretty angry rant from one of the game's programmers, which was removed from the FDS version of the game. You can read the original, undivided version on the notes page.

This hidden message can be found with any hex editor. Almost five percent of the entire ROM (2.05 kilobytes out of the 41 kilobyte ROM image) is taken up by this otherwise inaccessible message. The message is recorded in romaji and reads like this:

Original

Translated

KOKOKARA SAKIWA IITAI HOUDAI !! Kikakuno JPM no Mr.GOUHARA wa nan nimo shinai kuseni iro iro iiyagatte URUSAI YAROUDA BAKA !

I'M SAYING WHAT I WANT FROM HERE ON IN !! Interestingly, writing the bytes the programmer mentioned, after converting from NES memory mapping to the iNES file offsets (AFFC → 300C, AFC4 → 2FD4) disables the (quite frankly) annoying beeping sound that constantly plays during the game, indeed letting you actually hear the balls and game sounds. Why this annoying change was forced upon the game is anybody's guess, but it's a fairly clear case of executive meddling. (Translation: Magweasel)