Road Spirits dissection (soon to be ARC Company review)

[ccovell]

Hi, folks.  My interest in a couple of Arc Co. Ltd's games for the PCE boiled over, so I'm going to take screenshots of these lesser-known games and even do a review or something.

The first game:  Road Spirits   http://www.chrismcovell.com/games_illustrated/arc-road_spirits.html
The 2nd game: Chris' Adventure   http://www.chrismcovell.com/games_illustrated/arc-hihou_densetsu.html
The 3rd game: Minesweeper http://www.chrismcovell.com/games_illustrated/arc-minesweeper.html

[SuperPlay]

Thanks Chris :-)

[sunteam_paul]

Nice!

[shubibiman]

Hackers can set RAM location $2010 to 4 or 5 on the selection screen to drive these forbidden cars.

Wow! It's high time I get into hacking myself just to be able to drive french cars in a PCE game!

[nat]

Too bad there's no way to hack the game itself to make these cars accessible on a real console. I had no idea this game actually featured (yellow, no less!) a 2CV, hidden or not. My family owned a yellow 2CV with the "peel-back" roof when I was a kid in the 80s and even into the early 90s, so this certainly sparks some nostalgia for me.

Road Spirits just shot to the #1 spot on my list of games to buy. If someone could figure out a way to hack the actual game itself so that I could burn an ISO and be able to select the 2CV for play, they would certainly shoot to the #1 spot on my list of insanely awesome people.

[Bonknuts]

Hi, folks.  My interest in a couple of Arc Co. Ltd's games for the PCE boiled over, so I'm going to take screenshots of these lesser-known games and even do a review or something.

The first game:  Road Spirits   http://www.chrismcovell.com/games_illustrated/arc-road_spirits.html

 Nice write up! Keep 'em coming

[Keranu]

I've been wanting to play Road Spirits for so many years.

[ccovell]

Too bad there's no way to hack the game itself to make these cars accessible on a real console.

Well, as I just discovered, a hack isn't needed.  The game has a few debug codes.  At the title screen, after the title music just starts up (you can't enter the code when the wind is howling or when START/CONTINUE is on screen), press the following buttons the specified number of times, then press RUN to choose start or continue.

Ux5, Dx9, Lx6, Rx0-5.  Watch the Ending using the car specified by R button presses.  0=Citroen, 1=Ferrari, 2=Lambo, 3=Porsche, 4=Acura, 5=Renault.

Ux7, Dx7, Lx7.  Watch the Credits!

Ux3, Dx8, Lx4, Rx0-16.  Stage Select.

Ux9, Dx6, Lx8, Rx0-5.  Car Select!  As in the main game, 4 and 5 button presses get you the Citroen and Renault.

Ux10, Dx0, Lx9...    ?
Ux4, Dx2, Lx10...    ?

[nat]

Fan-f*cking-tastic. Best news I've heard all week.

[csgx1]

Great info!  I never really heard of this game.  I got to play it just because it features an NSX. 

[SuperPlay]

Looks like I will be digging out my copy of Road Spirits this afternoon. 

Thanks again for the info Chris

[Tatsujin]

Thx, so many details for such a simple game.

[SignOfZeta]

I support this fully.

[Tatsujin]

Looks like I will be digging out my copy of Road Spirits this afternoon. 

Thanks again for the info Chris

QFT!

[m1savage]

Add any sort of challenge and this game could have been great. So frustrating to play because you keep waiting for it to get harder and it never does.