Rings of Saturn
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.
This week's main article is about Mobile Suit Gundam for Saturn.
There's a new English translation patch out for this game, the development of which prompted me to check it for hidden secrets.
I found one good one — a cheat menu code that went undiscovered for almost 30 years. It's difficult to enter, though, so I contributed a mod to the English translation patch that makes it easily accessible.
Check out the details in the writeup!
There's also a bonus article this week that covers the Dreamcast game Cosmic Smash.
The game has several well-known cheat codes. A Japanese hacker found references to some additional ones, but wasn't able to get them to work. I figured out the missing piece!
I also created a patch to activate a hidden level select screen. Check out the writeup on Substack!
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.