Metal Slader Glory

Metal Slader Glory
Developer: HAL Laboratory Publisher: HAL Laboratory Platform: NES Released in JP: August 30, 1991 This game has debugging material. This game has a notes page This game has a bugs page This game has a prerelease article

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Metal Slader Glory is an adventure game with some great artwork by the manga artist Yoshimiru Hoshi.

Debug Mode

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Enter でばっぐ やろう★ on the password screen. Appropriately, the password translates to "let's debug".

(Source: Pennywise)

Functions

1. STAGE JUMP: Go to "stages" or chapters inside the game. There are 7 stages, subdivided in scenes. It is set to 1 by default.
2. コンティニュモード (continue mode): Set "continue" flag to ON and OFF.
3. NEW GAME: Start game from the chapter that was previously selected in STAGE JUMP.
4. DEBUG: Allows scene selection after setting a Stage. It is not always present (e.g. selecting Stage 4).

Custom Option of Each Stage

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Stage 1

Default options.

Stage 2

No continue flag.

Stage 3

1. GAME OVER: Continue screen when you die.
2. DEBUG MODE: Not the same as DEBUG. Set "debug mode" flag to ON and OFF.
3. PASSWORD: Shows scene when Erina brings a password for access to the current chapter.

Stage 4

Lots of specific scene choices.

Stage 5

GAME and しぼうパターン (Pattern of death) go to specific points in the game.

Stage 6

Similar to 4. Only STAGE JUMP and Continue Mode stayed from original options.

Stage 7

Ending and credit shortcuts and the like.

(Source: Saki)