The Ignition Factor

The Ignition Factor
Also known as: Fire Fighting (JP) Developer: Jaleco Publisher: Jaleco Platform: SNES Released in JP: November 11, 1994 Released in US: January 1995 Released in EU: April 29, 2011 (Wii Virtual Console) This game has debugging material. This game has regional differences.

To do: According to Nintendo documentation, this game apparently has an anti-piracy check. Nothing in the code seems to obviously try to write or read SRAM though, and setting values in the SRAM manually if SRAM is added doesn't seem to do anything.

Sic water onto fire.

Regional Differences

Title Screen

Japan	US

Debug Commands

In the Japanese version, there are a couple of debug commands that were removed in the US version. Hold R on controller 2 to be able to walk through walls. And press Select, also on controller 2, and then press L/R on controller 1 to switch the character sprite for all other character/object sprites. Pressing B/Y animates the sprite.

Error Messages

The below error messages are exclusive to the US version.

Region Error

There is region lockout exclusive to the US version to prevent the game from being played on European consoles. The Japanese version does not contain this lockout and will play on European consoles.

Multitap Error

For some reason, the game actually has Multitap support on the US version! Actually, just the capability to detect the adapter. If you try to connect a Multitap adapter to controller port 1 in the US version, the game immediately jumpscares you with the above screen until it is removed, pausing gameplay in the process. The Japanese version lacks this error screen, probably because the game has absolutely no multiplayer support in either version. Nonetheless, some of the Multitap BIOS text is still in the Japanese version, making its functionality unused in that version. The reason for the inclusion of this baffling adapter support remains unknown.