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If you're following me on X / Twitter (@memory_fallen) for my posts about reverse engineering retro games, check out RINGS OF SATURN, my Substack blog. Each week I take apart a different game and report my findings.
I was excited to finally find something interesting in Radiant Silvergun, the well-regarded shoot-em-up from Treasure.
This game has a previously-undocumented Easter egg that requires you to (1) get the 77th-highest score in Arcade mode, and (2) to enter a developer's initials.
The game also has some cheat codes to enable extra options menu items that have stayed secret for 26 years.
Details are in the article!
For the weekend bonus article, I looked at Grandia II for Dreamcast - one of my favorites from the year 2000.
This game has a hidden debug mode with lots of cool features. It lets you warp to any location, speed through the overworld, alter display parameters, and more.
I made a patch to enable it and wrote up notes on how to use it:
Get the patch from SegaXtreme
Get the usage notes from my Substack article
There are lots more reverse engineering articles in the archive. What games should I be looking at? Tell me, and I might add them to my list.
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