Maniac Pro Wrestling passwords

[ccovell]

Hey, folks.  I tried hacking this wrestling RPG (yeah, I know, I know) to look for a sound test or some kind of debug menu.  I couldn't find anything so far...  But I did find a handful of undocumented passwords.  This game has fantastic music by Hirohiko Takayama (I believe) so I'd love to find some kind of test menu if it exists...

First off, the useful ones:

Lets you view just the cinema scenes (of the whole game??)


Lets you play just the matches (no cinemas.)


"Puffed-up chest"  Dunno the effect, maybe makes you strong in battle?


"I'm a kitty-cat.  Meoooow!"  Dunno the effect, makes you weaker?

The rest of the passwords just give you hidden messages, I think...

"I'm maad!  <fume fume>" -> "Don't get so angry at me!"
"July 3 9 1"  -> "Take care, Suma-kun!"
"AEIOU..."  ->  "Yasuko Yasuko Yasuko..."
"R-Z Satsuru R"  ->  "That's the name of a [motor]bike."
"Sagami Ohno Station street"  ->  "The offices of Arai."
"AAAA..."  ->  "Don't be lame!"
"My head is hard!!!"  ->  "You are PC Genjin."

(Some of the passwords might vary, but the password code treats the 12 or so pages of fonts as the same letter.  Eg:  "MI" = Dash, "A" = "GA" so the stored passwords' actual text is a little ambiguous.)

[esteban]

Hey, folks.  I tried hacking this wrestling RPG (yeah, I know, I know) to look for a sound test or some kind of debug menu.  I couldn't find anything so far...  But I did find a handful of undocumented passwords.  This game has fantastic music by Hirohiko Takayama (I believe) so I'd love to find some kind of test menu if it exists...

Of all the games to spend time with!

Seriously, though, I hope you find even more goodies in this game.

Most importantly, you weren't kidding about the tunes! Fantastic.

There is a strong "Legendary Axe II" vibe (I cherish the bassy synth/organ) to a few tracks. I just wish the compositions were longer and didn't have such short loops.

UNRELATED (forgive me): Do you have a Bloody Wolf .hes that works? Ditto for CyberCore .hes (I love CyberCore's tunes, but it suffers the same flaw as Maniac Pro Wrestling--outrageously short loops).

[ccovell]

Here's my whole HES collection, temporarily:  https://www.chrismcovell.com/data/HES.rar

Tell me when you've downloaded it.  I've added correct song times to some of the playlists, so you might want to compare them to the ones you have & check for differences / updates.