Valis III (TurboGrafx-CD)

Valis III
Developer: Laser Soft Publishers: Telenet Japan (JP), Turbo Technologies (US) Platform: TurboGrafx-CD Released in JP: 1990 Released in US: 1992 This game has debugging material. This game has a hidden sound test. This game has regional differences.

Valis III is, you guessed it, the third game in the Valis series and once again features the series' main protagonist Yuko as the lead character. The English release is infamous for its hilariously bad voice acting.

Debug Menu

For the North American version, press II, II, Left, Right, Down, Up, and Run at the title screen.
For the Japanese version, at the game menu, choose "Start". Press Run at the intro and you'll get the title screen. In this screen, press I, I, Up, Down, Right, Left, and Run.

Within the menu, press II to switch between the cutscene viewer and sound/message tests.

Regional Differences

In the Japanese version there is a code to see a comical version of the recap of Valis I and II. This code does not work in the North American version. At the game menu, select "Start" and the intro will begin. Now, press I, I, I, I, Up, Up, Down, Down, Right, Right, Left, Left, I, I, I, I, Up, Up, Down, Down, Right, Right, Left, Left and press Run. Alternatively, you can let the intro run and when Glames (the bad guy) is holding a sword, press Up + Run to access the same hidden scenes.