Samurai-Ghost

Samurai-Ghost
Also known as: Genpei Tōma Den: Kan no Ni (JP) Developer: Now Production Publisher: Namco Platform: TurboGrafx-16 Released in JP: April 7, 1992 Released in US: 1992 Released in EU: November 2, 2007 (Wii Virtual Console) Released in AU: November 2, 2007 (Wii Virtual Console) This game has a hidden sound test. This game has a hidden level select. This game has regional differences.

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To quote the game's game over screen: "BE CAUTION!"

Cheat Menu

At the title screen, press Up, Left, Down, Right, II, I to enter a cheat menu containing a difficulty toggle, lives toggle, level select, and sound test.

Regional Differences

Staff Roll

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The Japanese version's staff roll is completely in Japanese text, reading from right to left. The US version is in English text and reads up to down. Since kanji is used in the Japanese staff roll, all the text is twice the size of the English text.

Below is a translation:

US	Japan	Translation
PRODUCER JJ PAYAPAYA GAME DESIGN CHAPPY HAL PROGRAM 16I SIRUNETA CHARACTER DESIGN RAIRU GRAPHICS DAIYA SOUND HONCHIN OKUYABA HIRYON SPECIAL THANKS MK2 TAKE	監督 じぇいじぇい ぱやぱや 脚本 ちゃっぴーおはる 制作 一六愛 しるねた 美術 もーりーらいる よっしーいち 音楽 がっぴー おっくん ひろよん ありがと まーくつー ぼんばーたけ	Director JJ Payapaya Scenario Chappy Oharu Production 16 Love Shiruneta Artwork Morley Lyle Yoshi-ichi Music Guppy Okkun Hiroyon Thanks Mark Two Bomber Take

• Chappy Oharu was renamed to Chappy Hal. Hal is a common alias for Japanese developers with "Haru" in their name, as it can be interpreted as the Japanese translation for "Hal".
• Ichiroku Ai was renamed to 16I. "Ichiroku" is Japanese for "Sixteen" (Ichi = One and Roku = Six). "Ai" is Japanese for "Love" (based on the kanji character used). It is pronounced "Ah-ee", similar to the letter "I", which would explain the letter in the US version.
• Shiruneta is missing the H in the US version.
• The Artwork credit in the Japanese version was changed to two separate staff roles; Character Design and Graphics.
• Morley Lyle was changed to Rairu in the US version. Rairu is what the original Japanese text says, but it can translate to Lyle, similar to Haru being Hal, as previously mentioned.
• Yoshi-ichi was renamed to Daiya, short for "Diamond".
• Guppy was renamed to Honchin.
• Miyoshi Okuyama's alias, Okkun was renamed to Okuyaba.
• Mark Two was shortened to simply MK2.
• Bomber Take was renamed to just Take.