Super Famista 4

Super Famista 4
Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco Platform: SNES Released in JP: March 3, 1995 This game has debugging material. This game has a hidden sound test.

Debug mode

When Pro Action Replay code 80800801 or Game Genie code DF6D-44DD is active on bootup, debug mode is enabled. The string PS will appear in the lower right corner of the Namco screen.

General instructions:

• Hold Select and press Start to perform a soft reset that also quickly bypasses the Namco screen.
• Press Select on controller 1 or 2 to freeze frame. Then press X on controller 1 or 2 to advance frame-by-frame. Press Select again to resume.
• In pitcher/batter view, hold R shoulder button and press A to end the half-inning.
• In field view, hold R shoulder button and press A to end the game.
• In field view, hold R shoulder button and move the D-Pad to control a baseball in play. For easy home runs, simply put the ball in the seats.

Hold one of the following buttons during bootup:

• R - default? unused?
• A - add debug display to the top of the screen. This is saved to SRAM, and will be in effect even after a reboot.
• B - remove debug display.
• Y - unknown management screen.
• X - enter TEST MODE.

TEST MODE

STADIUM TEST

This displays the map for each stadium. Use the D-Pad to scroll the screen, A button to toggle pitcher/batter view, and L and R shoulder buttons to cycle through stadiums. Press Start to exit.

CHR TEST

TEAMDATA DISP

This displays team stats. Use the D-Pad to scroll the screen, A button to switch pages, and L and R shoulder buttons to cycle through teams. Press Start to exit.

SOUND TEST

Error messages

When debug mode is active, if the below memory addresses contain a non-zero value, error messages appear on the Namco screen.

• 7E07A8 - LEAGUE DAT ERROR
• 7E07AA - ORIPL DAT ERROR
• 7E07AC - OPTION DAT ERROR

Unknown debug mode check

The programming at SNES address $8085DE-8085E3 checks if the debug mode is active, but the following branch has a distance of zero, suggesting that the programming for this particular debug function was deleted.

Build date

When Pro Action Replay code 80800A01 or Game Genie code DF6D-446D is active on bootup, the build date December 20, 1994 appears on the Namco screen:

Version differences

A grand total of four bytes were changed between the version 1.0 and 1.1 releases, three of which are just updates to the internal header. Only a single byte in the actual gameplay was changed.

hex offset/version 1.0/version 1.1

007FDB: 00 01 //internal header, version
007FDC: CC CA //internal header, checksum
007FDE: 33 35 //internal header, checksum
021CD9: 0D 0E //unknown

The SNES address for the last difference is $849CD9. It's likely a bug fix related to progression in season mode.

To do: find where this byte is used