Growlanser III: The Dual Darkness

Growlanser III: The Dual Darkness
Developer: Career Soft Publishers: Atlus (JP), Working Designs (US) Platform: PlayStation 2 Released in JP: December 6, 2001 (original), December 18, 2003 (Atlus Best Collection) Released in US: December 7, 2004 Released in KR: 2004 This game has unused graphics. This game has debugging material. This game has a hidden sound test. This game has a hidden level select.

Along with its prequel (as part of the package Growlanser Generations), Growlanser III: The Dual Darkness would be the last game localized by Working Designs before their closure in December 2005.

To do: Document more of the second debug menu found in the Debug Menu section.

Main Debug Menu

A large debug menu can be accessed with the below code. This menu allows you to do a lot of neat things. It contains sound tests, party member options, graphic viewers, level select, and many more. With the code below active, press L3 at any time to enable it.

SLPM-62108 / SLPM-62107 codes:

Master Code (Only needed for cheat devices)
9010BFD8 0C042F9E

Enable Debug Menu
204067EC 00000001

USA codes (Growlanser Generations):

Master Code (Only needed for cheat devices)
9010BE38 0C042F36

Enable Debug Menu
0037BAFC 00000001

The debug information displays have been removed in the US version of the game. The second debug menu, found in the Debug Menu section on this page, was mostly removed. The game will take a few seconds to load when using the US version of it. Do not select anything from that menu as it will result in a crash.

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Text	Translation
セントウ	Battle
エンカウント	Encounter
エンカウント フイウチ	Encounter: Surprise attack
ユニット	Unit
カーソル	Cursor
スケール	Scale
スポット Test	Spot Test
キリ	Fog
アトリビュート	Attribute

Sound Test

This menu allows you to listen to various types of sounds and music from different categories.

Movie Test

This menu allows you to view all of the pre-rendered movies in the game.

UNIT

This sub-menu allows you to toggle various unit related debug information on-screen.

Text	Translation
マップトウカ	Map Transparency
キャラ	Character
クラス	Class
タイキ	Wait
ピヨ	Piyo
コウチョク	Stun
ジュンビ	Prepare
ユウコウ	Available
ハンヨウ	General

SCALE

This menu allows you to change the scale settings of the map and characters.

Text	Translation
スケール	Scale
マップスケール	Map Scale
ユニットスケール	Unit Scale
Key ソウサ	Key Control

SPOT Test

This menu allows you to change screen effects and their color.

EVENT

This sub-menu allows you to also toggle various debug information on-screen. It also allows you to toggle game related flags, and obtain items and money.

Common Flag

This presumably sets game related flags on or off.

SYSTEM

This menu allows you to change the color of the debug menu as well as set various debug information on-screen.

Text	Translation
DebugFontColor	Debug font color
DebugFont	Debug font
ザヒョウ　ヒョウジ	Show coordinate
マホウ　ヒョウジ	Show magic
エイショウ　コウソク	Fast Cast
スクロール　キンシ	Prohibit scroll
スクロール　キョウセイ	Force scroll
パフォーマンスメータ	Performance Meter

Debug Menu

This menu appears on-screen when selecting a level from the main debug menu. This menu will not work in the US version.

Text	Translation
導入マクロ実行(顔やエフェクトチェック)	Execute Intro Macro (Face And Effect Check)
メニュー関係チェック用	Menu-relative check
デバッグ設定	Debug setting
汎用ダンジョンチェック	Normal dungeon check
音声＆顔グラチェック	Sound & Face graphic check
ユニットチェック	Unit check
単純街チェック	Simple-City check
高田チェック	Takada check
戦闘デバッグチェック	BattleDebug check
肥田チェック	Hida check
松田チェック	Matsuda check

Unused Image

An unused image can be viewed in the "Sound & Face graphic check" debug option. The text here reads "Dummy".