Disney's Aladdin in Nasira's Revenge (PlayStation)

Disney's Aladdin in Nasira's Revenge
Also known as: Disneyn Aladdin Nasiran Kosto (FI) Developer: Argonaut Games Publishers: SCEA (US), SCEE (EU) Platform: PlayStation Released in US: March 15, 2001 Released in EU: December 1, 2000 This game has unused areas. This game has a hidden developer message. This game has hidden development-related text. This game has debugging material. This game has a hidden level select. This game has unusual dummy files.

To do: Regional differences - according to a FAQ there's no 53rd coin in Ancient Ruins Level 3 but in me Finnish version it very much exists.

Level Select

At the main menu, hold L1 + R1 and press Triangle, Square, Circle, Square, Circle, Left, Right, Up. Press L2 + R2 during gameplay to bring up a level select menu.

Debug Display

At the main menu, hold L1 + R1 and press Triangle, Square, Circle, Square, Circle, Left, Right, Right. Press X on controller 2 to display some debug information.

Demo World

If you go to the level select during the slot machine mini-game, you can warp to demo worlds. Selecting option 1 warps you in this very small level. It is a small room which looks identical on both sides and has no exit.

Cheats

Like the above cheats, hold L1 + R1 and press the following while at the main menu.

Inputs	Internal Cheat Name	Notes
Triangle, Square, Circle, Square, Circle, Left, Right, Down	Infinite Lives	Grants unlimited lives.
Triangle, Square, Circle, Square, Circle, Left, Right, Left	Infinite Ammo	Grants unlimited ammo.
Triangle, Square, Circle, Square, Circle, Left, Right, Triangle	Play All Movies	Plays all movies.
Triangle, Square, Circle, Square, Circle, Left, Right, Circle	Blurry Mode	Enables a blur filter.
Triangle, Square, Circle, Square, Circle, Left, Right, R1	Credits Cheat	NOTE: Only hold L1 while entering this cheat.
Triangle, Square, Circle, Square, Circle, Left, Right, Square	Ickle Al Cheat	Makes Aladdin small.

(Source: Punk7890)

Development Related Text

Starting at 0x6F1AC:

Cheat Menu
Position Bar
Infinite Lives
Infinite Ammo
Play All Movies
Blurry Mode
Credits Cheat
Ickle Al Cheat
 Activated
 Deactivated
Running version %s\%s[%s]
Feb  1 2001
18:05:14
Dazza
NTSC Version [
American]
Using 32-bit level flags
srnd(%d)
LOAD_00.IMG
BOSS0.IMG
BONUS000.IMG
SAVES.IMG
TALLY.IMG
INTROS\%i\T%iI%iM%.3i.STR
GAMEOVER.IMG
WINBLUE.IMG
CREDITS.STR
Running demo %ld-%ld-%ld

Which is followed by a small message from the developers.

Welcome to Aladdin PSX created by Dazza, Dave, Tommy, Tom, Paul and the mighty Aaron
Don't even bother profiling this my friend

0x6F85C

Demo World

0x70AC4

Aladdin Level Select
World %d
Level %d
Boss %d
Secret %d
Intro %d
Map %d
Return
Blank
%s %i %s
%s %i %.8s
Select Level
Level %d
Cheat Mode
Return
Zone : %ld ,WL : %s, %s %s
Feb  1 2001
18:06:35

ZZDUMMY.DAT

Left in the main directory of the game is a large bitmapped image of what appears to be the developers. Just change the X at the beginning of the file with a B in a hex editor and rename the file extension to .BMP

Possible developers of the game positioned on a brick wall with a smiley face crudely drawn to the left