Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure

Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure
Also known as: Marl Oukoku no Ningyou Hime: the Adventure of Puppet Princess (JP) Developer: Nippon Ichi Software Publisher: Atlus Platform: PlayStation Released in JP: December 17, 1998 Released in US: March 30, 2000 This game has unused graphics. This game has unused music. This game has debugging material. This game has a hidden sound test. This game has regional differences.

Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure, Nippon Ichi's first RPG, now with more musical numbers and giant flying pastries (a point that the American marketing campaign would really try to drive home)!

To do: Document the demo disc version, as well as the pre-release screenshots. In general, this game could use some more exploration when it comes to unused content.

Debug Menu

Use the following code to display a debug menu after the Nippon Ichi Software logo. This debug menu is available in the US version only.

8004327C 2CD8
8004327E 8001
80043280 3B78
80043282 8001
80043284 440C
80043286 8001
80012560 2C00
80012562 0805
8014B000 0000
8014B002 2486
8014B004 8005
8014B006 3C08
8014B008 BA18
8014B00A 8104
8014B00C BA19
8014B00E 8105
8014B010 0000
8014B012 24A9
8014B014 0000
8014B016 24CA
8014B018 000A
8014B01A 240C
8014B01C 0000
8014B01E 814B
8014B020 0000
8014B022 0000
8014B024 0006
8014B026 1160
8014B028 0000
8014B02A 0000
8014B02C 0002
8014B02E 156C
8014B030 0000
8014B032 0000
8014B034 0001
8014B036 2529
8014B038 FFF8
8014B03A 1000
8014B03C 0001
8014B03E 254A
8014B040 BA19
8014B042 A109
8014B044 20C0
8014B046 0004
8014B048 F106
8014B04A 0800
8014B04C 28C0
8014B04E 0005

(Source: Original TCRF research)

GAME START

Supposedly to start the game normally, but it doesn't work.

MAP TEST

Some flag test?

MUSICAL TEST

Supposedly to play the musical song in the game, but it doesn't work.

SLG TEST

Press Left, Right to select map number, and press X to start battle.

SOUND TEST

Sound test menu.

Unused Graphics

Mucholy, Shirowdia, Hao, and Nyao

Palette-swaps of the game's main villains (Marjoly, Crowdia, Gao, and Myao, respectively) exist in the game. These were initially made accessible as a download through the Japanese gaming magazine Dengeki DPlaystation15, but can be still accessed in-game through PSX Emulation Cheater or a similar program by inputting the code 3004C00F 00??, where "??" is one of the following:

• 72 - Mucholy
• 73 - Shirowdia
• 74 - Hao
• 75 - Nyao

Unused Music

Several tunes go unused and do not appear in the game or any of the soundtracks. While a portion of them were definitely composed by the game's musician, Tenpei Sato, a few of them sound distinctly....off. It's unknown if these were scrapped at the last minute, placeholder tracks, or leftovers from a previous game that Nippon Ichi developed.

BGM.STR[10] sounds like a slower version of a track in the game, called Beauty Castle.

BGM.STR[11] is a marching theme, complete with a marching-band-like whistle in the background. This might be an alternate victory tune.

BGM.STR[16] bears similarities to the game over theme, Falling Star.

BGM.STR[17] an odd trumpet-heavy tune that contains the same dripping sound font as BGM.STR[10], for.....some reason.

BGM.STR[18] also contains the dripping sound font, but this track is more mellow and, for lack of a better word, retro than the previous tracks.

BGM.STR[19] is another (short) musical segment that sounds like it was ripped from 1990s-era PBS.

BGM.STR[22] a strange, ambient track with a MIDI chorus.

Regional Differences

Title

JP	US