Shanghai Pocket (Game Boy)

Shanghai Pocket
Developer: Sunsoft Publishers: Sunsoft (JP), Activision (US/EU) Platforms: Game Boy, Super Game Boy, Game Boy Color Released in JP: August 6, 1998 (GB) Released in US: December 1998 (GBC) Released in EU: 1998 (GBC) This game has unused code. This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused graphics. This game has revisional differences.

The classic tile-matching game sets out in pocket form. Pocket Tile!

Development-Related Text

There is development-related text located at 0x030000, 034000 only in the original Game Boy version.

DUMMY.BIN

Super Game Boy

There are a few Super Game Boy oddities, mainly the border.

Unused Palette

A slightly lighter blue palette than the title screen exists. Game Genie code 601-2FB-2AB will enable it throughout the game for both versions and all regional releases.

Dummied Super Game Boy Commands

Located at (GB) 0x3839A-383EA (GBC) 0x383A9-383E9 are five spaces for additional Super Game Boy commands that were dummied-out during development. it is impossible to determine what features these were.

Revision Changes

Shanghai Pocket was released later on the GBC offering a different border resembling the traditional Dragon rather than the bland Sunsoft logo.