Proto:Koko Adventure
This page details one or more prototype versions of Koko Adventure.
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Download Buzz and Waldog (US Prototype)
File: Buzz and Waldog (Prototype) -!-.zip (84 KB) (info)
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According to Lost Levels' Frank Cifaldi, the US version of Koko Adventure (titled Buzz & Waldog) was to be published by Innovation Tech, the publishing offshoot of a company called The Ultimate Games Club, a large mail-order game distributor in the early 1990s. While the existing prototype is nearly identical to the Korean original, there are a few notable differences.
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Title Screen
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The title screen was changed to reflect the US title and publisher, although the latter is misspelled for some reason.
Characters
All instances of the names "KOKO" and "SUZI" were changed to "BUZZ" and "WALDOG" (or "WDOG"), respectively, except on the Game Over screen (see below).
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Suzi was replaced with Waldog, a rather brawny sailor.
Infinite Lives
A single opcode was changed to prevent the life counter from decreasing, likely for debugging or review purposes. The original behavior can be restored by using Game Genie code OTSOPPXX, which reveals that the character names had not yet been changed on the Game Over screen.
