X the Ball

X the Ball
Developer: Rare Publisher: Capcom Platform: Arcade (A.C.E.S. 2) Released internationally: 1992 This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused text. This game has debugging material.

X the Ball is easily Rare's most obscure game.

The game shows you a picture of a soccer game, but without the soccer ball on-screen, and the goal is to put an "X" where you think the ball is supposed to appear on-screen.

Error Screen

If the game ever crashes, it'll display this error.

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Unused Text

Present at 0x4 in the main CPU is part of an unused copyright.

RIGHT 1991 RARE LTD

Present at 0xFFF80000 in the main CPU is some unused text along with a build date.

THIS PROGRAM IS LICENSED BY RARE LTD. FOR USE ON THE A.C.E.S. 1 HARDWARE.
A.C.E.S. TEST RIG
COPYRIGHT 1991 RARE LTD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
26TH JUNE 1992