Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: DragonStrike (NES)

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: DragonStrike
Developer: Westwood Associates Publisher: FCI Platform: NES Released in US: July 1992 This game has a hidden sound test.

DragonStrike was developed by Westwood, who also developed the original for Amiga, Commodore 64, and DOS. However, because those games were 3D-rendered first-person flying simulators, something that was much too powerful for the NES, Westwood changed the game to a free-roaming vertical shooter. You can select the type of dragon, and save your progress with a short password. The game also features new bosses and music by the Command & Conquer guy, Frank Klepacki. Fun fact: DragonStrike was actually his first game.

Sound Test

Press Up, Down, Left, Right at the title screen.

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Japanese Mode

Press Up, Right, Down, Left, Up, Up, Down, Down, Up, Down, Left, Right at the copyright screen. After inputting the code, the game will reset. Afterwards, the text will be in Japanese. A Japanese release may have been planned, but for unknown reasons didn't make it outside of the US. Presumably, this could have been because of the Super Famicom already being released in Japan a couple years prior to this game's release, making it redundant.

Main Menu

English	Japanese

Mission Screen

English	Japanese

Notice the Japanese version's plain white text, as well as using extra spacing for the dakuten and handakuten symbols.

(Source: CaH4e3)