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Talk:Diddy Kong Racing DS

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Possible Debug Menu & Test Levels

Present in the ROM are a few files with interesting names:

  • ARTUROTESTLEVEL.lev
  • BENTESTLEVEL.lev
  • LEVEL_DEBUG_MENU.lev
  • LEVEL_DWC_TEST.lev
  • LEVEL_MB_TEST.lev
  • LEVEL_TEXT_MENU.lev
  • ROBTESTLEVEL.lev
  • SFXTESTLEVEL.lev
  • TREVTESTLEVEL.lev
  • wish_race_test.lev

I've tried to access these with file replacement and Action Replay codes but had no luck, the game locks up on the loading screen.

Also, .lev files aren't actually level models but rather small 1-2 kB files that tell the game what to load from assets.bin, which is where all of the text, graphics, and models are stored. Unfortunately, assets.bin is compressed in an unknown format, so I can't extract anything from it for now. It's possible that there's some missing files or that the files for these were removed entirely and the .lev files are all that remains. Ferrox (talk) 16:26, 30 August 2017 (EDT)