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== Ark's Room, ID: 0xF ==
== Ark's Room, ID: 0xF ==
Directly in the first room of the game there is an exist that would lead you directly before the final boss of the final tower (ID: 0x122).
Directly in the first room of the game there is an exit that would lead you directly before the final boss of the final tower (ID: 0x122).
   
   
[[File:Ark_exit.png]]
[[File:Ark_exit.png]]

Revision as of 17:55, 3 August 2015

Unused Maps

The game has space for 1104 map IDs, yet 214 of those are empty (which are almost 20%). This might imply that parts were removed or not implemented at all.

The unused maps that are left in the game are one test level and 6 rooms.

Collision Test Level, ID: 6

This level features collisions tiles seemingly placed randomly and the final boss of the game with an incorrect AI script (scripts have hardcoded addresses) and will thus behave broken. Terranigma map 6.png

Tower rooms, ID: 0xBA, 0xBB, 0xBC

Though all three maps are connect there is no exit that leads to the first part (left).

The exit of the left room (0xBA) leads to 0xB3 which only has one exit leading to 0xB7, the tower that leads to a single chest

None of the chest contain anything, they can't be opened as there is no chest information for this level ID.

Tower 1.pngTower 2.pngTower 3.png

Unknown Shop, ID: 0x3F1, 0x3FF

Though these rooms have working entrances and exists which can be enabled by setting certain event flags they normally can't be accessed and no NPC are implemented for these rooms either.

Shop unk 1.pngShop unk 2.png

The outside has something that looks like a boot kicking a hat over a blinking orb.

Shop unk out 1.pngShop unk out 2.png

Unused Items

The game has space for 255 different Items.

41 Entries are empty

20 Entries are called "Item" and do nothing.

13 Entries are unused and listed below:

ID Icon Name Description
48 Item 48.png Aloe Leaves "Leaves from an aloe plant."
49 Item 49.png Carrot "A carrot."
65 Item 65.png Heaven Statue "Used to summon rainfall."
66 Item 66.png Grass whistle "Made of woven grass."
68 Item 68.png Airplane Parts "No description."
69 Item 69.png Grenade "No description."
70 Item 70.png Beeper "No description."
77 N/A Powered Gear "Enables lifting of heavy objects."
127 N/A Hex Rod "Nothing here."
192 N/A STR Drink "No description."
193 N/A DEF Drink "No description."
194 N/A Life Drink "No description."
195 N/A Luck Drink "No description."

Unused/Unreachable Exists

These exist are usually not accessible via normal means, there are few in the game.

Ark's Room, ID: 0xF

Directly in the first room of the game there is an exit that would lead you directly before the final boss of the final tower (ID: 0x122).

Ark exit.png

5th Tower Entrance, ID: 0x11C

This map has two exits in the top left area of the map, one leading to map ID 0x11E (2nd Floor of the 5th Tower), the other to the same map ID 0x11C at 256.896.

Castle, ID 0x0426

This leads to the chest room mentioned below.

Castle exit 1.png

Castle, ID 0x421

This exit is behind a chest and is also within a wall, it leads to map ID 0x424. (Usually you get to map ID 0x424 from the exit in 0x429)

Castle exit 2.png

Debug Functions

There are a few debug functions left in the game that normally can't be access by any means.

Debug

The script offers you three options:

  1. Port to plane map ID
  2. Jump to ending
  3. Gain XP and more (check)

Debug Port - 1

This script can port you directly to three different locations:

  1. "French Village"
  2. "Amazon Cave"
  3. "French City" (the script automatically sets the event flags)

Debug Port - 2

This script can port you directly to four different locations:

  1. "Dev. Rm" (0x32B)
  2. "Mole" (0x57)
  3. "Chicken" (0x32F)
  4. "Eating" (0xBD)

Debug Port - 3

This script can port you directly to four different locations:

  1. "Sqrl Vil" (0x38E)
  2. "Sqrl C" (0x399)
  3. "NY Town" (0x356)
  4. "NY City" (0x36F)

Event Flags

This script allows you to set event flags counted as bits.

Sound Test

This allows you to play and sound effect or music track from the game.

This only works in the Japanese version as in the other versions the titles have been stubbed and cause a crash.

Secrets and other oddities

Talking Plant, ID: 0x328

It is actually possible to "talk" to the plant, which says something different in the German version.

Enix plant jap.png"Haha haha haha haha. I am the mysterious assistant programmer. But my true identity is a secret so that's why I took this form"

Enix plant ger.png "Hello (slang)! I am the [script] writer of the German game."

Enix plant eng.png

Enix plant spa.png

Talking Zombies, ID: 0x1CD

When you crawl under the table in this room the following sequence is triggered, as there is point in doing that many people might have never found this.

Zombie talk.png

Hidden Debug Message

These are loaded into VRAM at some points.

? - 1

This is loaded into VRAM as soon as the game is started and never loaded again.

Jap msg.png

? - 2

This is loaded when you enter the Mosque area.

Jap msg 2.png

Unusable Chests

A few maps have chests that can't be opened.

Secret Areas, ID: 0x2C7, 0x2D2

Chest nouse.png

Castle Hidden Room, ID 0x432

This room normally can't be accessed, though has a working exit and also an exit leading to this room (ID: 0x426), but the exit is within a wall.

Chest nouse 2.png

Pre-release Versions

As recently discovered (27th July 2015) [1] some kind of beta version seems to exist.

This versions has a lot of differences between the final version of the game.

  • Different chest graphic
  • Elder's room has vase and something else lying on the ground
  • Green decoration around the UI
  • Ring menu is an overlay UI selection
  • A very different intro, showing an hatching egg
  • Different sound effects
  • Tower has not yet the climbing chains but you can climb it
  • Recreation room doesn't exist yet, a different animation is shown

Further proof for this is some French magazine which previewed Terranigma had three screenshots from the same or similar version.

No pre-release/beta dumps for Terranigma seem to exist.