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RahanAkero

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Posted on 05-21-10 02:09:22 PM Link | Quote
I was randomly diving through various NES games with Djinn Tile Mapper, and what do I see buried within The Addams Family?



...the story of bubble bobble 2. Hn. Where have I seen that before?



Ah. Rainbow Islands. The key difference being that Rainbow Islands plays remotely like a half-decent Taito game from the early 90's. Addams Family plays like... well, any given Ocean game from the 90's, which is not half-decent nor Taito-like. So, it isn't likely that they were handled by the same team. Which brings us the question...

...why are there Bubble Bobble 2 graphics in Addams Family?

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Posted on 05-21-10 03:13:59 PM Link | Quote
That manages to be even more messed-up than this.
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Posted on 05-21-10 04:29:11 PM (last edited by Xkeeper at 05-21-10 01:29 PM) Link | Quote
Not even the graphics match...

I think the most damning thing is this:


Rainbow Islands (U) version...


... and Addams Family (U).


The palette index changed (from 2 in RI to 3 in Addams), including a lot of graphic edits and some other little tweaks.


I wonder if the (J) or (E) version of Rainbow Islands has this updated text.

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Posted on 05-21-10 04:32:08 PM Link | Quote
Okay, so I opened up Rainbow Islands - The Story of Bubble Bobble 2 (E) [!].nes and the first thing I see?

Ocean logo and the changed text. (Interesting note: the game went from CHR-RAM based in U and J to CHR-ROM in E.)



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Posted on 05-21-10 05:02:25 PM Link | Quote
Yeah, oddly enough, the NTSC and PAL versions were by different developers (Disco for NTSC, Ocean for PAL). Looks like Ocean wanted to reuse the font in The Addams Family and just copied over the whole title screen bank.

However, there's clearly a different logo hiding in there--I see "THE", the letter S, and a spider web or two. Is this an old title screen or something?

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Posted on 05-21-10 11:41:37 PM Link | Quote
Probably. I couldn't find a title screen with DTM, though, even though several other screens seem to be stored uncompressed.

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