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Pirate Discussion => Famicom/NES => 1993-1999 => Topic started by: KingPepe on August 08, 2010, 07:11:16 PM

Title: Unused levels in Panda Prince
Post by: KingPepe on August 08, 2010, 07:11:16 PM
Panda Prince is a crappy game but there's some strange things behind it... I was looking around on CaH4e3's cheat list until I noticed Panda Prince. There's a level selection if you press Start. Ok cool but wait...

(http://a.imageshack.us/img64/3856/pandaprincetheshinshinu.png)
(http://a.imageshack.us/img94/3856/pandaprincetheshinshinu.png)
(http://a.imageshack.us/img836/3856/pandaprincetheshinshinu.png)

Do those levels look familiar to you? They are the same ones in Super Lion King 2. (Although Super Lion King 2 still comes last)

Another level doesn't appear in both games!:
(http://a.imageshack.us/img42/3856/pandaprincetheshinshinu.png)
Underwater level with a different palette and design but uses the same enemies. The music is sped up though.

Oh, who remembers that wasp at that intro? Who was kinda upset that you fought a bird with a mustache instead? Look what I found:
(http://a.imageshack.us/img687/3856/pandaprincetheshinshinu.png)
Yes, there's barrels that spawn in the middle you can throw. (You can't jump on him). Beating him though takes you to a glitched title screen where you can't even move though and the music stops shortly. In SLK2, the wasp's invincibility time lasts forever though after the first hit.

This was something interesting that I just happened to find really. I wonder why the levels never made it though seeing they all work fine. (with the exception of beating the wasp but it's probably just an invalid pointer) In order to do it, you have to go in the hidden bonus room. (3 crates, not the ostrich/frog part) Press Start and use Up or Down to select the levels (Start to enter the level). Press Select to get to the bonus (ostrich/frog) or bosses but you have to use A or B to choose.
Title: Unused levels in Panda Prince
Post by: taizou on August 08, 2010, 10:32:07 PM
ooh. I wonder if the Lion King 2 levels were originally intended for "Panda Prince 2" (the alternate title in the rom). maybe LK2 was originally supposed to be PP2 but they turned it into a Lion King game at the last minute.

oh and the wasp boss actually appears in the "Jungle Adventure" hack (on the Vangard GameCore/D-Cat 8 handheld).. I was wondering where the hackers got that from. I havent beaten it though, because it's glitchy as hell and I've only managed to reach the wasp once without it crashing.
Title: Unused levels in Panda Prince
Post by: KingPepe on August 09, 2010, 11:03:37 AM
That could be, Super Lion King 2 does use the "2" from Panda Prince 2 and they probably figured it would sell more if it was a Lion King game.
Title: Unused levels in Panda Prince
Post by: MLX on August 15, 2010, 03:14:15 PM
Some passwords:
FL3B
H6IK
Y27H

When you beat the boss, the game switch to chinese mode.
Title: Unused levels in Panda Prince
Post by: Awesome Panda on August 15, 2010, 04:17:46 PM
Is there another version of this game that was in Chinese?
Title: Unused levels in Panda Prince
Post by: KingPepe on August 15, 2010, 04:25:43 PM
I know there's a Game Genie code that changes the story into Chinese and changes the title screen.

Code was: AANGAIPA
Title: Unused levels in Panda Prince
Post by: Awesome Panda on August 15, 2010, 04:42:32 PM
At the risk of sounding like an idiot, how did you get that?
Title: Unused levels in Panda Prince
Post by: KingPepe on August 15, 2010, 04:46:29 PM
It was on CaH4e3's cheat list.  :P
Title: Unused levels in Panda Prince
Post by: MLX on August 15, 2010, 04:46:30 PM
It only happens with Y27H... Maybe it was for some testing. Also did anyone notice the 2 chines characters on the password screen when you beat an hidden level ?
Title: Unused levels in Panda Prince
Post by: KingPepe on August 15, 2010, 04:52:35 PM
Yeah, I noticed it. What is up with that? Does it simply stand for "PASSWORD" or something?
Title: Unused levels in Panda Prince
Post by: MLX on August 15, 2010, 05:07:51 PM
I don't know. Is it present on LK2 ? (I'm not able to get it running and I don't have a PC to run FCEUMM)
Title: Unused levels in Panda Prince
Post by: taizou on August 15, 2010, 05:22:52 PM
they don't seem to appear for me. is there any hidden level in particular it works on?
Title: Unused levels in Panda Prince
Post by: KingPepe on August 15, 2010, 05:28:37 PM
Eh, you need the cheat code for the Chinese version on to see. (And it's not just the hidden levels with it on)
Title: Unused levels in Panda Prince
Post by: taizou on August 15, 2010, 05:33:27 PM
ah yeah, that does just say "password".
Title: Unused levels in Panda Prince
Post by: codeman38 on August 19, 2010, 02:41:24 PM
KingPepe
Aug 15 2010, 04:25:43 PM
I know there's a Game Genie code that changes the story into Chinese and changes the title screen.

Code was: AANGAIPA[/quote]Oh, that's interesting. The altered title screen has the NT logo instead of the K one.

Edit: Not that this was big news or anything, since one of the hidden copyright screens also had NT's logo. Still curious that the two versions are credited to different companies, though!
Title: Unused levels in Panda Prince
Post by: MWK on December 08, 2013, 06:15:26 PM
I'm sorry for diggin this up, but I wasn't exactly sure where it'd be the most suitable to ask while not creating a separate thread.

I've recently picked up 2 (two) "Panda Prince" cartridges with identical PCB's (NT-858/A9712) and unfortunately I can't get them to work on ANY kind of hardware I have (Twin Famicom, Pegasus famiclone, Ken-Kid Famiclone, Entertainment Computer System NESclone, First Austria NOAC and a shitty PolyStation NOAC famiclone). All I got is a blank screen... Believe me, I've tried EVERYTHING. PCB's looks intact, pins have been cleaned, all lines are fine, what is going on then? Do you have any ideas?

Spoiler: click to toggle


Is it possible that they both are dead? Isn't that just too much of a coincidently bad karma?  :'(
Title: Unused levels in Panda Prince
Post by: ProBoTector23 on April 19, 2015, 02:45:46 PM
Now I want to go back a little for the Chinese version of The Panda Prince. Maybe yet he released this version? :O I've found this to rom a GoodNES v3.23b collection.

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Title: Unused levels in Panda Prince
Post by: TALUIGI on April 19, 2015, 06:16:20 PM
piratenesgames
Apr 19 2015, 02:45:46 PM
Now I want to go back a little for the Chinese version of The Panda Prince. Maybe yet he released this version? :O I've found this to rom a GoodNES v3.23b collection.[/quote]So, That means that somehow, in this World, There's a alternative version selled for Chineses ?  =O
Title: Unused levels in Panda Prince
Post by: KingPepe on April 20, 2015, 12:23:07 PM
@TALUIGI: Possibly, seeing how there's an actual Chinese version dumped in that post. :P
Title: Unused levels in Panda Prince
Post by: TALUIGI on April 20, 2015, 12:32:32 PM
KingPepe
Apr 20 2015, 12:23:07 PM
@TALUIGI: Possibly, seeing how there's an actual Chinese version dumped in that post. :P[/quote]...Waiting for the physical copy.  :whistle:
Title: Unused levels in Panda Prince
Post by: NintariousFamicreep on April 20, 2015, 01:06:22 PM
TALUIGI
Apr 20 2015, 12:32:32 PM
KingPepe
Apr 20 2015, 12:23:07 PM
@TALUIGI: Possibly, seeing how there's an actual Chinese version dumped in that post. :P[/quote]...Waiting for the physical copy.  :whistle:[/quote]I saw a copy of the English version on eBay, But it ended.  :pandamad:
Title: Unused levels in Panda Prince
Post by: TALUIGI on April 20, 2015, 01:13:42 PM
TheTetrisman
Apr 20 2015, 01:06:22 PM
TALUIGI
Apr 20 2015, 12:32:32 PM
KingPepe
Apr 20 2015, 12:23:07 PM
@TALUIGI: Possibly, seeing how there's an actual Chinese version dumped in that post. :P[/quote]...Waiting for the physical copy.  :whistle:[/quote]I saw a copy of the English version on eBay, But it ended.  :pandamad: [/quote]...Of the Chinese version!  :)
Title: Unused levels in Panda Prince
Post by: taizou on April 21, 2015, 04:42:52 PM
I'm not sure if the currently available Chinese ROM was even dumped from a Chinese cart - the Chinese version is already present inside the English ROM, you only need to change one byte to enable it, so it might just have been hacked from that..
Title: Unused levels in Panda Prince
Post by: TALUIGI on April 21, 2015, 05:24:14 PM
Or the creators just made Panda Prince in Chinese, so they can before, translate to english, and after that, enable the chinese mode, so they can resell the same game to china.
That's my theory.
Title: Unused levels in Panda Prince
Post by: g0me3 on May 17, 2015, 01:31:20 PM
taizou
Apr 21 2015, 04:42:52 PM
I'm not sure if the currently available Chinese ROM was even dumped from a Chinese cart - the Chinese version is already present inside the English ROM, you only need to change one byte to enable it, so it might just have been hacked from that..[/quote]exactly, difference is in one byte, the same that changed with the gg code