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Super 3D Noah's Ark (SNES)

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Title Screen

Super 3D Noah's Ark

Also known as: Super Noah's Ark 3D
Based on: Wolfenstein 3D
Developer: Wisdom Tree
Publisher: Wisdom Tree
Platform: Unlicensed SNES
Released in US: 1994


DebugIcon.png This game has debugging material.
SoundtestIcon.png This game has a hidden sound test.
LevelSelectIcon.png This game has a hidden level select.


Since time immemorial, historians have pondered what World War II could have been if the Nazis were baby goats instead. Super 3D Noah's Ark was created to put their minds at ease once and for all.

It is also notable for being the only unlicensed western contemporary SNES game to be released in retail.

A rumor had went around saying this game was made because id Software was angry that Nintendo made them censor the SNES version of Wolfenstein 3D, so they lent Wisdom Tree the source code to the engine to "get back" at Nintendo. However, this was not true. Color Dreams (Wisdom Tree's real name) originally set out to develop a 3D first-person-shooter on the Wolfenstein 3D engine for the NES based on the movie Hellraiser. However, the equipment used to make the game proved too expensive to put into NES cartridges, and the project was ultimately cancelled. But, Wisdom Tree still had the license for the Wolfenstein engine, and so they decided to make this.

Debug Stuff

Hmmm...
To do:
Find the proper way of accessing these. Everything's still intact in the code as far as I can see, but I can't be bothered to give this game any more effort.

Being a thinly veiled modification of the SNES Wolfenstein 3D, most of Wolf's debug/testing features are still intact. The button codes needed to access them aren't the same, but Pro Action Replay codes can be used to access them in a marginally more hackish fashion.

Code Screen
C01CDBE9

C01CDC3C

Level select
C01CDBAD

C01CDC3C

Sound test
C01CDBCD

C01CDC3C

Music test
(Source: Original TCRF research)

Noahsark-levelselect.pngNoahsark-soundtest.pngNoahsark-musictest.png

As expected, these work exactly like their Wolfenstein 3D counterparts.