Shanghai II (NES)

Shanghai II
Developers: Sunsoft, Falcon Publisher: Tokai Engineering Platform: NES Released in JP: August 24, 1990 This game has unused graphics. This game has unused music. This game has a prototype article

It's not often big cities get sequels, but when there's a Shanghai II and a Shanghai II 2 you know they're onto something.

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Prototype Info

Cutscene Viewer

Holding Right and pressing A, Start, B, Select, A on the title screen will bring up the game's ending screens, which can be cycled through by pressing A. Additionally, holding Select and pressing A will bring up the game's credits (normally viewable by completing Tournament mode).

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Auto-Solve Puzzles

While confirming the Retry option during a Solitaire Mode game (accessible under the Help2 menu), holding Down + B on Controller 2 while pressing A on Controller 1 will cause the puzzle to be cleared after the restart.

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Alternate Tileset

Holding Down + A on the title screen before pressing Start will enable a four-tile set that cannot be found in the settings.

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Unused Music

These two jingles that can be found in the Arcade version of this game show up here, unused.

This was the Game Over theme in the Arcade game. In this version however only sound effects play when there are no more moves or if the time is up.

This jingle played while the tiles are being set up in the Arcade version. Here, its Name Entry theme was repurposed to serve the same function instead, perhaps due to the longer time it takes for this version to set up.