Rugrats: Time Travelers

Rugrats: Time Travelers
Also known as: Les Razmoket: Voyages dans le Temps (FR) Developer: Software Creations Publisher: THQ Platforms: Game Boy, Game Boy Color Released in US: November 5, 1999 Released in EU: April 2000 This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused graphics. This game has unusual dummy files.

The sequel to The Rugrats Movie, Rugrats: Time Travelers is the second platform game based on the long-running cartoon on the Game Boy. It would later be followed by Rugrats in Paris: the Movie.

Hidden Picture

Starting at EE000 and ending at EF5A9 is an anti-Microsoft "graphic" of sorts. The EXIF data shows this was edited using Adobe Photoshop 4.0. The image is a shrunk version of an image distributed widely online:

(Source: Rifu)

The image itself is a reference to the court case Microsoft was facing at the time regarding charges of monopolistic practices; the company would be declared guilty literally a day after this game's release.

HTML Text

The French version contains HTML text from british news website The Register:

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