Pastel Muses (PlayStation)

Pastel Muses
Also known as: SIMPLE 1500 series Vol.20: The Puzzle (rerelease) Developer: Soft Office Publishers: Soft Office (original), D3 Publisher (rerelease) Platform: PlayStation Released in JP: August 21, 1997 (original), November 18, 1999 (rerelease) This game has unused graphics. This game has debugging material. This game has a hidden level select. This game has revisional differences.

A puzzler which involves cute animals, musical instruments, launching spheres, and ungodly RNG-based luck.

Unused Graphics

This needs some investigation. Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page. Specifically: FILE/END03 should have plenty of potentially unused graphics.

Note: All files have their extension changed to .TIP in the Simple 1500 revision. While the new files seem to be compressed, it is presumed what they contain did not change.

Unused Portrait

CHARA/FACE02.TIM contains an early portrait picture set for the character Puchamaru. Notable differences include a nearly completely different set for the lose portraits.

Demo Leftovers

Assets BAK10.TIM to BAK13.TIM in folder HAIKEI are leftovers from a demo of some sort.

BAK010.TIM

Japanese	Translation
購入者にステキなプレゼントが当っちゃう。 ぱすてるみゅーずキャンペーン実施中! (9月末日まで) 詳しくは製品版に同封されたキャンパーンハガキをごらん下さい	We've got a wonderful gift for buyers. The Pastel Muse campaign is now running! (Until September) For more details, please see the campaign postcard enclosed in the retail version.

BAK011.TIM

Japanese	Translation
つづきは製品版で楽しんでね❤	Enjoy the rest in the retail version❤

BAK012.TIM

Japanese	Translation
この体験版は現在開発中の為、 正常に作動しないなど予期できない不備が 発見される可能性がおります。 あらかじめご了承下さい。	Because this demo version is currently under development, there is a possibility that unexpected flaws, such as malfunctioning, may be found. Please be aware of this in advance.

BAK013.TIM

Placeholder Graphic?

The file LBAK.TIM in folder FILE/HAIKEI is a placeholder graphic featuring a stick figure in a book page.

Placeholder Icons?

The file SSEL.TIM in folder FILE is an assorted set of crudely-drawn icons.

Placeholder Character Sprites

Several placeholder sprites for the game's characters can be found in the folders TEKIH and TEKIL.

TEKIH

EN10C.TIM	EN11C.TIM	EN12C.TIM	EN13C.TIM

TEKIL

EN001C.TIM	EN002B.TIM	EN002C.TIM	EN003B.TIM
EN003C.TIM	EN004C.TIM	EN006C.TIM	EN007C.TIM
EN008C.TIM	EN009C.TIM

(Source: tikal.)

Debug Features

Note: None of these codes work in the Simple 1500 revision, though whether the features can still be loaded is unknown.

Level Select

Press Up, Down, Left, Right, X on the title screen, then enter the "Hitori de Muses" mode.

Left and Right change the ID, which varies from 01 to 14, and Circle selects it.

(Source: PSX Datacenter)

Animation Viewer

In the main menu, highlight "Hitori de Muses" mode, hold Select, press Circle, and don't let go of the buttons. The player will then be redirected to an animation viewer.

Press Up and Down to navigate through the options, and Left and Right to switch through them. Pressing Circle applies the changes.

The options are as follows:

STAGE	Unselectable. Displays the ID of the character determined by the LOAD option (see below).
TYPE	Changes the animation displayed in the bottom right. Available options are as follows: NOMAL SOWA ATC MOV IKARI DM1 DM2 DM3
LOAD	Changes the character. IDs range from 01 to 14 in decimal.
BACK	Changes the background. IDs ranges from 01 to 09 in decimal.
MINPLAY	Once applies, the animation only plays if Circle is being held.
STEPPLAY	Plays the animation, but stops when reaching a new frame.
EXIT	Goes back to the intro sequence.

The parameters on the right are as follows:

FILE	Unknown.
FRAME	The ID of the graphic/graphics displayed.
CNT	A tick counter. Resets when a new NO is reached.
LOOP	Unknown.
NO	The number of the animation frame for each graphic.

(Source: tikal.)

Revisional Differences

The game's rerelease as part of D3 Publisher's Simple series made a few changes.

Title Screen

• The title screen was completely redesigned in order to fit the Simple series' aesthetic:

Original	Simple series

• No music plays in the Simple revision.

Loading Screen

• In the original release, the loading screen was animated, featuring many falling stars which unite then burst when it is finished. In the Simple revision, the stars do not move.

Original	Simple series

Options Menu

• There are far less options displayed in the Simple release. Removed functions include those of saving/loading and of the default guide line behavior.

Original	Simple series

Character Select

• In the original release, in the Hitori de Muses mode, each of the game's two characters were associated with a difficulty: Puchamaru to Normal and Panako to Easy. In the Simple release, both characters and difficulties were made separate and a third harder difficulty was also added.

Original	Simple series

Gameplay

• In the original release, in normal circumstances, the guide line, which displays the trajectory of the launching orbs, only appears in the Hitori de Muses mode in the first round or after getting a Game Over. While this can be changed in the options menu so that it always displays, in the Simple release it cannot be disabled by any form.

Continue?

• In the Simple release, it is now possible to switch characters after getting a Game Over in the Hitori de Muses mode.

Original	Simple series

You Win!

• When completing the Hitori de Muses mode in the original release, a video plays, along with the game's staff roll. In the Simple revision, however, only a congratulatory screen appears.