User:Freem/Debug menus

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Many Neo-Geo games have debug menus and development tools lurking in their code, waiting to be discovered. Some are as easy as messing with the Debug DIPs, while others require more work.

Twinkle Star Sprites

If ROM address 0x0000FF (0x1000FE in an un-byteswapped "224-p1.p1") is set to 0xDB, debugging features will be available.

Program Menu

Main debug menu, accessed by holding Player 2's A,B,C, and D buttons on boot

The main debug menu, "--- PROGRAM MENU ---", is accessed by holding down Player 2's A, B, C, and D buttons on boot.

Select Button Menu

Another debug menu, accessed by pressing Player 1 Select

Another debug menu is available by pressing Player 1 Select at any time.

The Last Blade

The Last Blade has a tool menu; more research is needed. (This was discovered on 2ch. Is this the same menu that you get with debug dip 2-4?)

In "234-p1.bin" (un-byteswapped?) make these changes:

  • 0x5F5F4: 0xAA → 0x40
  • 0x5F5F5: 0xF3 → 0xAF
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