Do people already know about the Tennokoe Bank code?

[SamIAm]

I don't have the book in front of me, but I'm pretty sure that the saves are supposed to appear in Bank 4. My guess is that they exist in the ROM rather than being concealed somehow in the RAM during the initial shipment. Based on the fact that the book says that Bank 4 just has to not be used, you could probably copy in an empty internal memory and have it work.

Trying this in an emulator might not go well. It might be hard to have the buttons held at startup, and it also might be impossible for your PC to recognize that many buttons being held simultaneously.

[ccovell]

I'd known about this easter egg for a while, just never bothered to try it.

Luckily, my Tennokoe Bank had an empty slot 4!



After entering the code, it says there's a present for users from Hudson Soft.  At this screen, no button press does anything; you have to reset/turn off the console.  The above save games are in slot 4 to be copied to the user's BRAM.

So, here's a dump of that BRAM!
http://chrismcovell.com/data/hudson-bram.zip

[SignOfZeta]

f*ck, this dude to the rescue again!

[ccovell]

Thank god you put a comma in there.  :]

[SamIAm]

Cool!

Starting with awesome equipment would make Ziria a lot more enticing to play.

Apparently, some of those saves are also before major points in the story, possibly including big animation moments.

Anyway, thanks, ccovell!

[Pokun]

I tried to make this code work long ago in Mednafen but was unsuccessful.

MooZ made a PCE program that uploads these saves to your BRAM.
Scroll down to box4.pce

The data is in the ROM so it can never be lost forever. I think the virgin Ten no Koe BANK just means Box 4 has to be empty, not that it never has been used. But if it really has to be virgin I guess disconnecting the battery should do it.

[SamIAm]

That's a nice twist. Thanks for sharing!

Now we just need to find out if any of these saves happen to be especially cool.

[esteban]

Awesome. There's a fresh mug of coffee in NJ waiting for you on the counter.


For idiots, like me... OK, at first I didn't recognize...

MOTURBO: Momotarou Densetsu Turbo

http://www.pcedaisakusen.net/2/28/158/1/Momotarou-Densetsu-Turbo-jp.htm

(I never played this series...)

MOMODE2: Momotsro Densetsu II

http://www.pcedaisakusen.net/2/28/157/1/Momotaro-Densetsu-II-jp.htm

MOMOKATSU: Momotaro Katsugeki

http://www.pcedaisakusen.net/2/28/159/1/Momotaro-Katsugeki-jp.htm


Is Adventure1 = Dragon's Curse?
Is Mitubati1 = Mitsubachi Gakuen?

http://www.pcedaisakusen.net/2/28/360/1/Mitsubachi-Gakuen-jp.htm

[Johnpv]

That is super freaking awesome!

I don't think mine has Bank 4 free otherwise I'd try it. 

Maybe I will if I ever replace the battery with the thinner one I got.

[Trenton_net]

I think the virgin Ten no Koe BANK just means Box 4 has to be empty, not that it never has been used.

I agree with this. From a product standpoint, there are too many usability issues with having it work any other way. For example, what if the user has save data already on that partition? Do you just overwrite it? Do you prompt the user to back it up first? It sounds like the easiest fix (with the least amount of work) would be to simply check that it's empty before allowing the code to proceed.

[TheClash603]

This is awesome, thanks for posting!

[Necromancer]

I wonder what do the Cobra and Lummy codes do for ya.  They're digi-comics (no gold/exp/items to amass), so maybe just a save near the end?

[Black Tiger]

I wonder what do the Cobra and Lummy codes do for ya.  They're digi-comics (no gold/exp/items to amass), so maybe just a save near the end?

Auto-play mode would be a nice bonus.