Tinhead (Genesis)

Tinhead
Developer: MicroProse Publishers: Ballistic, Spectrum HoloByte Platform: Genesis Released in US: 1993 This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused sounds. This game has unused text.

Unused Logo and Title Screen

Early	Final

Early	Final

At the very end of the ROM is programming for an early title screen which has a different logo, text font and missing the password option. A boot screen with the same logo also exists. To access it, use the following game enhancer codes:

Pro Action Replay	Game Genie
0F84E4:4E71	RGCA-861E
0F86BA:000F	B8DA-8AF4
0F86BC:7F04	AWDA-9876
0F86CE:0058	MCDA-8AGR

The first code is a checksum bypass code and might not be required. Wait until the game finishes the first demo, and then it will jump to the early screens (instead of the High Score screen).

Default	Visible Text

The boot screen has text on bottom which isn't visible by default (it's unknown if this is a limitation of the codes, or the palette entry was intentionally or accidentally set to black. To view it, add this code:

Pro Action Replay	Game Genie
001AFC:0EEE	72PA-A6H6

The white text palette is a best guess (assumes it uses the same palette as the Start Game/Options text on the title screen).

Options

Proto	Final

The early Options menu is missing a difficulty select, music on/off toggle, and the controls setup uses a different name for the weapon mode.

Proto	Final

Finally, the sound test isn't on a separate page. The music names are changed as follows:

Proto	Final
LEVEL 1 TUNE	LEVEL 1
LEVEL 1 BOSS TUNE	LEVEL 1 BOSS
LEVEL 2 TUNE	LEVEL 2
LEVEL 2 BOSS TUNE	LEVEL 2 BOSS
LEVEL 3 TUNE	LEVEL 3
LEVEL 3 BOSS TUNE	LEVEL 3 BOSS
LEVEL 4 TUNE	LEVEL 4
LEVEL 4 BOSS TUNE	LEVEL 4 BOSS
INTRO TUNE	TITLE THEME
WIN GAME TUNE	WIN GAME
LEVEL INTRO TUNE	LEVEL INTRO
LOSE LIFE TUNE	LOSE A LIFE
GOAL REACHED TUNE	GOAL REACHED
GAME OVER TUNE	GAME OVER
LEVEL OUTRO TUNE	LEVEL OUTRO
SEGA JINGLE	SEGA LOGO
MICROPROSE JINGLE	STARTING LOGO

The Stop Music entry doesn't function.

The sound effects test also has different names, and is very unfinished . Only a handful of sound effects are listed, some of which aren't in the final sound test and may be unused in normal gameplay:

Proto	Final
YAHOO	GYRO RISE
YAHOO #2	GANTRY EXTEND
DECOY RELEASED	(?)
ENEMY MISSILE	(?)
STOP SOUND	COLLECT BULLET #1

(Source: JLukas (codes))

Build Date

• Offset 0DBDCC

VERSION 0.00
ASSEMBLED ON 20/04/94, AT 10:09