Dragon Ball Z: Buyuu Retsuden

Dragon Ball Z: Buyuu Retsuden
Also known as: Dragon Ball Z: L'Appel du Destin (FR) Developer: TOSE Publishers: Bandai, Ecofilmes (Portugal) Platform: Genesis Released in JP: April 1, 1994 Released in FR: June 1994 Released in ES: June 1994 Released in PT: 1996 This game has unused graphics. This game has debugging material.

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The only game in the Dragon Ball Z series to be released for the Sega Mega Drive.

Debugging Functionality

To do: Document in more detail. Does Near-Chan Z2 really do what is described? What does the turbo do to the gameplay? Why does "Palette Mode" lock the game up after starting a match?

(NOTE: To use patch codes, use 352:4E71 and 354:4E71 {both versions} to bypass the checksum. Optionally, in the Japanese version only, add 37E:4E71 to bypass the region lockout, which is already bypassed in the European version.)

Use 40A:0004 in either version (Gens/GS), then reset the game.

Menu translation:

BG Check
Character Check
Near-Chan Z
Near-Chan Z2
Turbo
Palette Mode

BG Check

Viewer for the stage backgrounds, camera can be moved freely around the map.

Character check

Character sprite test. (Note: some sprites might be cut off at the top of the screen due to their large height)

Hold the A button and press Up or Down to scroll through player 1 characters (use B button for player 2), hold the A or B buttons and use Left and Right to scroll through the frames.

Near-Chan Z

Some sort of hitbox / collision check menu.

Translation:

Body
Damage

Near-Chan Z2

This might be some sort of tool used for knowing where to map sprites out for animations using those 4 digit numbers above.

Palette Mode

Doesn't seem to be a palette editor, game locks up after selecting stage in the game setup.

Unused Graphics

Goku wiping his mouth, could have been used for an idle taunt animation.

Sprites of Recoome doing a pose that was seen in the anime and another one being some sort of grab/throw attack.

Frames of Trunks slapping his fist against his palm as a taunt. Another sprite appears to be some leftover frame for an attack.