Famista '93

Famista '93
Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco Platform: NES Released in JP: December 22, 1992 This game has hidden developer credits. This game has hidden development-related text. This game has debugging material. This game has a hidden sound test.

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Famista '93 introduces baseball card themed player data, a quiz mode, and settings which includes automatic fielding. It's still Famista at the end of the day.

Test Menu

At the first title screen, before "PUSH START BUTTON" appears, press Left nine times and Right three times on Controller 1 (in any order), then press Start.

There was a simple cheat combination to enter this test menu, but disabled in the final release. Use Game Genie code PEUNVTAA, then hold A + B at the title screen and press Start.

SOUND/VOICE - Sound Test, allowing you to listen to the game's music and voices.

TEAM DATA - team data tables.

CHRGEN - allows you to view all CHR ROM data.

STADIUM - allows you to view any of the game's stadiums. You can scroll the screen in any direction to view complete stadium layout.

PICTURE - view the game's various graphic screens and animations.

WATCH - can be switched "ON" and "OFF". This option forces exhibition mode in any game's modes.

MONITOR - can be switched "ON" and "OFF", and allows you to watch the value of selected single RAM byte during whole game.

PAUSE - can be switched "ON" and "OFF". When enabled, you can pause the game by pressing Select.

STAFF - displays game staff in funny way. The credits translate to:

Famista'93 Staff
Leader, Program: Kissie
Game Design: Shimashima
Artwork: Shimashima, Crystal.K, Katoh
Music: Sayasaya
Voice: Zun-chan
Team Data: Kissie
Production: Piccari Pro

Kissie is Yoshihiro Kishimoto, who worked on the other Family Stadium/Famista games as well. Shimashima is Masahiro Shimamoto, Saya-saya is Hiromi Shibano, and Zun-chan is Junko Ozawa, who composed a great deal of games for Namco.

Hidden Text

Appears in the ROM at 7810.

COPYRIGHT 1986 1992 NAMCO LTD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1992.09.18 KISSIE