Vice: Project Doom

Vice: Project Doom
Also known as: Gun-Dec (JP) Developer: Aicom Publishers: Sammy (JP), American Sammy (US) Platform: NES Released in JP: April 26, 1991 Released in US: November 1991 This game has unused graphics. This game has debugging material. This game has a hidden sound test. This game has a hidden level select. This game has regional differences.

A multi-genre game like The Adventures of Bayou Billy, where the action switches between platforming, racing, and first-person shooting.

Hidden Menus

At any time during a game, hold A on the first controller and press Reset to activate these menus.

Stage Select/Sound Test

Press A on the second controller after a reset for a combination Stage Select/Sound Test (music plays automatically while changing number).

Demo Viewer

Press B on the second controller after a reset for a demo viewer.

(Source: GameFAQs (Ryan Rider))

Unused Graphics

These anime-like faces (caricatures of the game's developers?) can be found in the first CHR bank. It's not known whether these were meant to appear in the game somehow.

Regional Differences

Title

The game was released as Gun-Dec in Japan.

Japan	US

Cutscenes

A couple of the game's cutscenes have changes between each version:

Japan	US

The scene following stage 6 has Reese getting shot in the head in the Japanese version. The US version simply has him getting jarred by an explosion while the background flashes, most likely due to the violence factor.

Japan	US

In the scene after stage 9, the close-up of Hart that follows the boss monster's transformation flashes a different color in each version.