Totally Rad

Totally Rad
Also known as: Magic John (JP) Developers: Aicom, C-Lab Publisher: Jaleco Platform: NES Released in JP: September 1990 Released in US: March 1991 Released in EU: 1990 This game has hidden developer credits. This game has unused graphics. This game has a hidden sound test. This game has a hidden level select. This game has regional differences.

Totally Rad is an NES action game by Jale-- AICOM! Far out.

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Regional Differences MOST EXCELLENT, DUDE!

Hidden Cheats

There are two hidden codes. One activates a level select/sound test, while the other shows the game's credits.

Level Select

On the title screen, press Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Left, Right, Right, Start. A menu will appear allowing you to skip stages, view cutscenes, and listen to music and sound effects.

Credits

On the title screen, press Right, Left, Left, Right, Up, Down, Down, Up on Controller 2, and then press Start on Controller 1.

Judging by the way the scrolling credits mess up the bottom of the title logo and that the last credit is "PRESENTED BY AICOM", it's likely that Jaleco USA was completely oblivious to this code's existence.

(The game was originally released in Japan as Magic John with different graphics and Japanese text; the credits look fine there because the logo is smaller and positioned higher on the screen.)

Unused Graphics

Magic John	Totally Rad

Both Magic John and Totally Rad contain graphics of the player character in a "Raise the roof" pose for both kneeling and standing on one foot, but this is never used. The spellcasting animation does use a "squashed" version of the pose as an in-between frame, but the rest of the animation sees John/Jake pointing with fingers rather than raising palms.