Kirby's Dream Course: Kirby Bowl debug patch

The Kirby Bowl debug patch is a modification for the Japanese version of Kirby's Dream Course for Super Nintendo. Released by Revenant on December 27, 2012, this patch restores a debug mode and stage select feature removed from international versions. Players can activate the debug menu by pausing and pressing X, allowing access to a stage select screen and unused test maps, enhancing the game's exploration capabilities.

This patch for the Japanese version of Kirby's Dream Course re-enables a debug mode and stage select which were completely removed from international versions of the game.

Kirby Bowl debug patch
by Revenant
December 27, 2012
Use with headerless Japanese ROM

This patch for the Japanese version of Kirby's Dream Course re-enables
a debug mode and stage select which were completely removed from
international versions of the game.

After applying the patch, pause the game and press X to open the debug
menu. There are 3 pages in total; L/R cycle between them and Start exits.

Most of the flags on pages 1 and 2 are no longer used. MAPSELECT has been
fixed by this patch and replaces the normal course select screen with a
stage select/sound test menu which can also be used to access some unused
test maps.

What the values on page 3 do:
FULLSHOTLEVEL - probably meant for the (unused) FULLSHOT flag
STOCK UPDOWN - adjusts lives counter (1P mode)
SHOT UPDOWN - adjusts number of shots taken on the current hole
VITAL UPDOWN - adjusts number of tomatoes (can go over the usual max of 4)
TM SELECT - changes which graphic layers are visible on screen ($212c)

This is based on a hack I did way back in January for http://tcrf.net
which consisted of several Action Replay codes, but it was a little bit
cumbersome/buggy and it didn't account for the map select screen.

Enjoy!

Thanks to BMF54123 for finding the map select code and mbkeller for documenting
the page 3 options (http://tcrf.net/Talk:Kirby's_Dream_Course)

Send comments to [email protected] or http://tcrf.net/User_talk:Devin

Kirby Bowl (J) [!].sfc (GoodSNES v0.999.5)
Kirby Bowl (Japan).sfc (No-Intro 2011-12-24)
Country Japan
Internal CRC FF0C
CRC32 2A24FC9B
MD5 B14696CDC0569A05647F2A3F2756AC07
SHA-1 147A113711758D4D42618D4BED809BED69B85D34
SHA-256 6C59767463E3D210DC24B5B341CC13B4972B07CEC6BA70863B9A5C0AF3B3B40A
ROM Speed 120ns (FastROM)
ROM Size 10 Mb
ROM Bank LoROM
ROM Type Normal + Battery
SRAM Size 64 Kb
Internal Title Kirby Bowl

SNES Cores

Time to Beat

Main Story 3h 10m

Main + Extras 4h 46m

Release Date

Dec 27, 2012

12 years ago

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