Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness - research

Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness - research
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1) Hex-Edit strings
2) Differences between demo and retail
3) Sound test
4) Level select (debug)
5) Script Lines (debug)

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##  1) Hex-Edit strings ##

* there is a DUMMY.DAT file used to fill in space

11C05180:
Thank you for Demoing PacMan!

There is a demo mode for this game, probably used as a game kiosk for E3 or something.

11C051A0:
Program uses too much mem...fell through!...Too many NPCs. Gil should increase max allowed, now is %d...

11C05200:
Too many animated objects, only room for %d.ActiveInitA: Bad Anim pointer...ActiveInitPA: Bad pointer for Name..%s %d Too many actors, %d is not enough.Too many animations, more than %d!..anim data problem...bad anim pntr - hit X to see what ..bad anim pntr %c%c .....bad anim pntr %s

11C054F0:
vscrintf arguements is too many.  %d is max...Press X.

11C057D0:
Can't find programmer piece %d for %s

11C05AF0:
%01d:%02d...Press %s to continue

11C081B0:
EdibleFloorCode

11C085B0:
No ghosts on this level!....Ghost blocker far from maze!

11C095B0:
SOUND TEST..%d   %s  %d %d %d...   NOT LOADED...%d %s %d %d sz %d...Pitch %d R1 plus L1 minus...DPAD to change.." to play...$ to quit...@ for quiet.

The sound test. Before this entry is a list of all the sounds that can be played in said test.

11C0A500:
Shouldn't see this

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##  2) Differences between demo and retail ##


General:
* can only play the 1st Cleopatra stage
* font size (e.g. pause menu, Professor dialogue) is smaller
* you start off with no lives, whereas in the retail  you start off with 2 lives
* the end demo ends roughly 75-80% in the level (just before you get the bananas)
* no end-level status, instead exits demo with splash screens
 - you can access the rest of the level and the end-level status via the level select debug menu

Pause menu:
* no 'return to stage' option

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## 3) Sound test ##

By changing the the cursor location value on the pause screen to 3, you can access the sound test.
http://i.imgur.com/FvLm4gx.png

It works pretty much the same as it does in Pac Man World.

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## 4) Level select (debug) ##

By changing the the cursor location value on the pause screen to 5, you can access the level select menu.
http://i.imgur.com/iJHahkS.png

It works pretty much the same as it does in Pac Man World, allowing you to jump to particular sections of each level.

By changing the the cursor location value on the pause screen to 4, you activate some numbers on the screen, XX YY.
XX = level #
YY = section #


unused rooms/segment:

1 1  = some weird test level, can't move, and there's some odd cloud/puff ball texture/graphic on Ms. Pac-Man

11 14 = an unfinished part of the Cleopatra level, can't move
11 19 = first part of the level but no objects, so no teleporter to the next part
11 20 = score screen, crashes game, can access in demo but same result

13 14 = an unfinished segment of the level. The entrance to it is visible from 13 1

14 11 = a totally unfinished part, no level or collision, so you fall to your death

21 11 = a totally unfinished part, no level or even Ms. Pac-Man.

22 FB = no levels exist, which is why the levels skip from 21 to 23

23 15 = error message  http://i.imgur.com/CloUkaz.png  pressing X loads an incomplete maze, can't move
23 16 = a grid-like untextured floor, but Ms. Pac-Man can't move

24 F3 = 24 11 - 24 19 are replicas of normally playable sections, but can't move and the textures are basic

25 10 = empty level, can't move, background has a giant bubble or moon wriggling about (the background to 26 1)
25 11 = error message then loads no maze, no Ms. Pac-Man
25 12 = test level with two fireworks, can move horizontal to get the fireworks
25 13 = empty level, same as 25 11 but no error message before it
25 14 = empty level, same as 25 12 but no Ms. Pac-Man or fireworks
25 15 = same error message as 25 11 but then loads same background as 25 12 and 25 14
25 16 = same as 25 14
25 17 = same deal as 23 15

26 2 = several error messages, can't progress past the animations error message
26 3 = close up of the some robot thing (a boss?)
26 4 = nothing, just the placeholder background
26 9 = absolute nothing, just black screen
26 10 = game crashes

32 11 = an unfinished segment, has a slope, no animation for walking as you simply warp a bit in the desired direction

33 13 = unfinished, just has white snowy texture floor, no Ms. Pac-Man
33 14 = exact same as 33 13
33 15 = same floor as 33 13 but has untextured enemies that look like walking blocks of cheese

34 12 = no level at all, just fall to your death
34 13 = unfinished segment, can't move, segment divided into grid of varying gradient green colour
34 14 = black background, can't move to collect the dots, same as previous levels of this kind
34 15 = same deal as 34 13 but another segment
34 16 = same deal as 34 13 but another segment
34 17 = same deal as 34 13 but another segment
34 18 = same deal as 34 13 but another segment

41 10 = animation error message pops up and flashes the level for a few frames before displaying the error message again
41 11 = error message about gargoyle code and then game crashes

51 2 = error message then loads no maze but a check point and a blue background
51 3 = same error message but adds an animation error message which means level doesn't load
51 4= error message then loads blue background with three squares (gold, moving, and unique)
51 5 = same as 51 1 but no background or castle-themed textures
51 6 = error message, then loads this  http://i.imgur.com/YY95jas.png

70 P1 = every level in this list takes very long to load and then gets stuck when fully loaded

71 2 = very rough level, maze isn't textured but collision is there
71 3 = animation error message
71 4 = very unfinished level, some surfaces have been added but no textures, Ms. Pac-Man can't move
71 5 = almost totally empty level, can't move, with something lurking just offscreen (magic carpet?)
71 6 = can't move, don't know what to make of it   http://i.imgur.com/iKN7Gfr.png
71 7 = same as 71 6
71 8 = no collisionso fall to death, rough textures (includes same texture as 1 1)
71 9 = same as 71 6 but now something is moving to the right (same thing as in 71 5?)
71 10 = same as 71 4
71 11 = very rough level, maze isn't textured but collision is there, has a one-sided texture
71 12 = same as 71 11 but without textures on the right-side wall
71 13 = nothing in it, just a blue background the same colour as in the sound test
71 14 = nothing but darkness, Ms. Pac-Man is at the bottom of the screen but can't move

72 JH = no levels in this list

73 2 = very unfinished, can't move,  a switch is almost offscreen to the top of the screen, can't move
73 3 = very unfinished, can't move, a grey square is at the bottom of the screen
73 4 = very unfinished, can't move, there are some... things... on screen
73 5 = nothing, no collision so you fall to your death
73 6 = nothing, can't move
73 7 = mazecommand error message, then appear on a path but can't move
73 8 = same as 73 6
73 9 = nothing, can't move, but there's a small white rectangle under you
73 10 = same as 73 9 but the rectangle is grey and there's some small moving textures about it
73 11 = nothing, can't move, some puffball things bounce offscreen
73 12 = mazecommand error message, then appear on black screen but can't move to get the dots
73 20 = appear inside the podium you stand on at the end of a level

74 1 = same as 73 1 (the chase scene where you're running from that chomping Gobblin) but the path is invisible
74 2 = gargoylecode error message then game crashes
74 3 = dropped onto a dark burgundy maze that has no texture but collision
74 4 = witch error messages and refuses to pass the error messages
74 5 = same as 51 5
74 6 = gargoylecode error message then game crashes
74 7 = same as 73 1 (maybe some differences?)
74 8 = the final race that has the gargoyles (this is used ingame)
74 9 = test level, a green maze with no textures
74 10 = same as 74 3
74 11 = noghosts error message, then a level similar to 34 13
74 12 = test level   http://i.imgur.com/YysaSYF.png
74 14 = noghosts error message, then a level similar to 73 12

75 1 = segment of the witch boss fight, can't move
75 2 = very weird overhead view that glitches up Ms. Pac-Man, can't move but running animation plays
75 3 = same as 75 2 but there's a glowing thing at the bottom of the screen
75 4 = same as 75 1 but zoomed out a bit and different colour floor
75 5 = very unfinished maze, flat grey textures (looks like a Snow level), can't move
75 6 = flat surface with ice texture, can't move, has models of the ghosts in sleds that you race
75 7 = doesn't get past loading
75 8 = an unfinished segment, a curve with hedge maze
75 9 = same as 75 2
75 10 = test level  http://i.imgur.com/m2462hw.png
75 11 = empty level, nothing but a green background and the level exit star, can't move

76 1 = segment of one of the harbour levels, can't move, same aniamtion and texture glitches as in 75 2
76 2 = same as 76 1 but another segment of a harbour level
76 3 = same as 76 1 but the lack of textures makes the Hall of Mirrors (HoM) effect worse
76 4 = exactly the same as 76 3
76 5 = another harbour segment with the same issues as 76 3
76 6 = same as 76 1 but with same issues as 76 3
76 9 = same as 76 2 but the glitches aren't so bad, no constant running animation

77 1 = flat grey surface, black background, Ms. Pac-Man is in top left corner, can't move
77 2 = flat dark turquoise surface, with placeholder puffball textures, can't move
77 3 = same as 24 19, can't move
77 4 = same level as 77 3 but further to the left, can't move
77 5 = same level as 77 3 but further to the north, can't move
77 6 = another harbour maze, can't move
77 7 = unfinished crystal cavern volcano themed level, flat textures, can't move
77 10 = crystal cavern segment, with complete textures, can't move
77 11 =  crystal cavern segment, with complete textures, can't move
77 12 = crystal cavern volcano segment, unfinished texture, can't move

78 3 = an unused boss fight?
78 6 = blue platform, white background, can't move
78 7 = unfinished segment, on white platform and red grids, can't move

79 1 = firecracker error message, then dark green background, can't move
79 2 = very incomplete level  http://i.imgur.com/1Y0Rbvv.png  the pillar lacks collision so you get stuck after going through it
79 3 = very incomplete level  http://i.imgur.com/G7Sz0ht.png  collision is bugged so you can't leave the area
79 4 = test level for enemies  http://i.imgur.com/DC2xvBw.png  the TNT blowing up causes error messages
79 5 = test level for the haunted house monsters  http://i.imgur.com/KCDAIor.png  TNT doesn't cause error messages
79 6 = Gobblin chase scene but single large platform, lack of textures, can't move so you die of fireballs
79 9 = final boss fight but very dark textures
79 10 = same as 78 3 but the floor switches don't work
79 11= flat grey grid surface, can't move
79 12 = incomplete level  http://i.imgur.com/k9s2Cbr.png  maybe a test level but dunno what its supposed to test

81 1 = error messages, level won't load
81 2 = test maze (that has collision but no textures) that has various hazards, from fire statues to rolling snowballs
81 3 = level load meter gets stuck at the end, so level consequently doesn't load
81 4 = same as 81 3
81 5 = same as 81 3
81 6 = classic-style maze with unfinished textures, lots of pac-dots but can only reach the amount as in the maze
81 8 = no level and collision loaded, so Ms. Pac-Man falls to death
81 11 = test level on a flat surface with coloured grids, indicating where the walls and obstacles were likely gonna be placed
81 12 = same as 81 3
81 13 = same as 81 3
81 14 = same as 81 3

82 1 = level where you race against ghosts in sleds. Is this in the actual game as a legit level?
82 14 = test level with two giant power pellets
82 15 = test level with a winding path and grid texture with alternating colours
82 16 = test level (?) where nothing is loaded and you just fall into a bottomless pit.
82 17 = test level, with a giant fruit and giant power pellet
82 18 = test level, with the geometry coloured differently (probably to test shading and level of detail) and a giant fruit (probably to get a better look at what the spirits/models look like in game)

84 BL = no levels

85 PC = no levels

86 MP = no levels

87 MP = no levels

88 1 = level load meter gets stuck at the end, so level consequently doesn't load
88 2 = flat brown surface, with light grey squares to indicate walls, can't move

89 2 = flat dull brown surface, with light grey squares to indicate walls, can't move

90 2 = flat greyish-blue surface, with black squares to indicate walls, can't move

91 2 = flat blueish-purple surface, with light grey squares to indicate walls, can't move

92 2 = flat green surface, with light grey squares to indicate walls, can't move

93 2 = same as 92 2 but different layout

94 2 = flat purple surface, with light grey squares to indicate walls, can't move

95 2 = complete darkness, can't move

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##  Script Lines (debug)  ##

[for lack of a better term]

By changing the the cursor location value on the pause screen to 8, you can access the script lines setting.
http://i.imgur.com/qicaki3.png

The red blob indicates present position, and green blobs indicate actor positions (enemies, Professor holograms, etc).
The lines indicate paths you can travel, with red lines indicating where you can turn.