Phix: The Adventure

Phix: The Adventure
Also known as: Jishaku de Tonjau?! Phix no Daibouken: Phix in the Magnetic World (JP) Developer: Affect Publishers: Affect (JP), Agetec (US) Platform: PlayStation Released in JP: May 18, 2000 Released in US: July 2003 This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused text. This game has regional differences.

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Phix: The Adventure is a platformer with the interesting idea of using magnetic polarity to traverse the world. It wasn't terribly well-executed.

Training Mode+

A very well-hidden secret within the game comes in the form of Training Mode+. This mode consists of three challenge levels serving as the hardest levels within the entire game.

The way to unlock Training Mode+ is through a condition vaguely hinted in the game's manual: "Special Hint: If you clear one condition during the game, it will..." What you need to do is find and collect all 48 hopping white pixels found in the game. It is uncertain if the white pixels were intentionally made to be collectables or if the white pixels are just placeholder graphics that were accidentally left in the game. However, completing this task is made difficult purely through the fact that the white pixels are very hard to see during normal gameplay.

Unused Ad

Present inside SLUS_015.23 is an ad for Mahjong Youchien Tamago-gumi R, another game by Affect, at 0x89558 (encoded in Shift JIS):

Original	Translation
＜麻雀幼稚園　たまご組Ｒ＞ 大好評発売中！ 麻雀で遊びたいけど知らないあなた 知ってるけどちょっと弱い　あなた	"Mahjong Youchien Tamago-gumi R" Now on sale! For when you want to play Mahjong, but don't know how or do know but are a little weak

Debug Leftovers

Present in SLUS_015.23 at 0x85C48:

SELECT STAGE : 
       SCENE : 
       PLAYER:

Present in SLUS_015.23 at 0x8B19C:

3D PARAMETER
LIGHT PARAMETER
MODEL TABLE
SOUND CHECK
ENEMY STYL CHECK
ENEMY READ TBL CHAG
SCROLL PARAMETER
MAKE MIME DATA
OBJ TABLE
TIM DISPLAY
MEMORY DISPLAY
POLY TABLE

Regional Differences

The bosses have voice acting after being defeated in the Japanese version. While this dialogue is still present in the US version, it goes unused and the bosses thus remain silent.