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Snoopy's Silly Sports Spectacular

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Title Screen

Snoopy's Silly Sports Spectacular

Also known as: Donald Duck (JP), Snoopy (US title screen)
Developer: Kemco
Publishers: Kemco (JP), Seika (US)
Platform: NES
Released in JP: September 22, 1988
Released in US: April 1990


GraphicsIcon.png This game has unused graphics.
RegionIcon.png This game has regional differences.


Snoopy's Silly Sports Spectacular is a port of Alternative World Games for the Commodore 64, except with less games and starring the Peanuts gang (or Donald Duck and co. in Japan; yes, it's one of those games) for some reason.

Unused Graphics

Charlie Brown

US Japan
Snoopy7.png Donald7.png

Unused sprites of Charlie Brown, who (along with the rest of the human Peanuts characters) is oddly absent from the game itself. They are found just below the ones used for the Pogo event, so it's likely that he was meant to be used there, perhaps waiting for Snoopy and Spike at the finish line since his sprites face left. The other two sprites would've probably been used once Snoopy or Spike crossed the finish line. It's also quite likely that he would have shared Woodstock's palette, since Woodstock uses two colors and the third color could have simply been a flesh-like one.

(Source: Rick)

In the Japanese version, Charlie's spot is instead occupied by the text ゲーム (game).

Unused Title Graphic

Snoopy13.png

An image of Snoopy on a bike. Its position in the tileset suggests it was used as a title image before being replaced with the big Snoopy in the bowtie.

(Source: Rick)

Junk Data

Donaldjunktiles1.png
Donaldjunktiles2.png

Interestingly, in the Japanese version the 4th PRG ROM bank is padded with graphics from an early version of Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu, another Kemco game. These graphics reveal both a spelling error and a subtitle that were removed from the final version of the game.

Regional Differences

All Disney characters were replaced with Peanuts ones in localization (Donald with Snoopy, Daisy with Spike, and Huey, Dewey, and Louie with Woodstock) because Kemco's Disney video game rights at the time were only applicable in Japan. (This would also explain Mickey Mouse II, Mickey Mouse III, and Mickey Mouse IV's international identity crises.)

(Source: Hardcore Gaming 101)

Title Screen

Japan US
DonaldDuckNES-title.png Snoopy's Silly Sports Spectacular-title.png

Japan US
DonaldDuckNESKemco.png SnoopysSillySportsSpectacularNESKemco.png

"PRESENTS" and "LICENSED BY NINTENDO OF AMERICA INC." were added.

Intro

Japan US
DonaldDuckNESIntro.png SnoopysSillySportsSpectacularNESIntro.png

Gameplay Intros

The bricks in the background were given detail in Snoopy.

Japan US
DonaldDuckNESSackRace.png SnoopysSillySportsSpectacularNESSackRace.png

The orange sack became pink, the shadow was changed from brown to black, and a hat was added.

Japan US
DonaldDuckNESBootThrowing.png SnoopysSillySportsSpectacularNESBootThrowing.png

The boot was changed from brown to red.

Japan US
DonaldDuckNESPogo.png SnoopysSillySportsSpectacularNESPogo.png

While Donald was angry, Snoopy is scared. Also, a rock was added.

Japan US
DonaldDuckNESOverboard.png SnoopysSillySportsSpectacularNESOverboard.png

The puddle was redrawn.

Japan US
DonaldDuckNESPileofPizza.png SnoopysSillySportsSpectacularNESPileofPizza.png

The pizzas were redrawn.

Japan US
DonaldDuckNESRiverJump.png SnoopysSillySportsSpectacularNESRiverJump.png

The pole was redrawn to be longer.

Games

Japan US
DonaldDuckNESSackRaceGameplay.png SnoopysSillySportsSpectacularNESSackRaceGameplay.png
Japan US
DonaldDuckNESBootThrowingGameplay.png SnoopysSillySportsSpectacularNESBootThrowingGameplay.png

The boot color was changed from orange to pink.

Japan US
DonaldDuckNESPogoGameplay.png SnoopysSillySportsSpectacularNESPogoGameplay.png

The pogo stick color was changed from orange to pink.

Japan US
DonaldDuckNESOverboardGameplay.png SnoopysSillySportsSpectacularNESOverboardGameplay.png

The boat was redrawn.

Japan US
DonaldDuckNESPileofPizzaGameplay.png SnoopysSillySportsSpectacularNESPileofPizzaGameplay.png

The pizzas are slightly darker and the duck statues were changed to Woodstock statues.

Results Screen

Japan US
DonaldDuckNESWin.png SnoopysSillySportsSpectacularNESWin.png

The arrow cursor was changed to a dog bone.

Pausing

Japan US
DonaldDuckNESPause.png SnoopysSillySportsSpectacularNESPause.png

The pause colors were changed from dark yellow to dark red.

Ending

Japan US
Donald Duck (Japan) end-1.png Snoopy's Silly Sports Spectacular! (USA) end-1.png
Donald Duck (Japan) end-2.png Snoopy's Silly Sports Spectacular! (USA) end-2.png
Donald Duck (Japan) end-3.png Snoopy's Silly Sports Spectacular! (USA) end-3.png

A bit of extra shine was added to the medal in Snoopy.