Izzy's Quest for the Olympic Rings (Genesis)

Izzy's Quest for the Olympic Rings
Developer: Alexandria Publisher: U.S. Gold Platform: Genesis Released in US: 1995 Released in EU: 1995 This game has unused graphics. This game has debugging material. This game has a hidden level select.

Izzy's Quest for the Olympic Rings is an unfortunate licensed platformer based on Izzy the Whatizit, the mascot of the Olympic Games Atlanta 1996. In this game he must find the Olympic Rings in order to rekindle the Eternal Flame prior to the Summer Olympics before Torch World is erased and possibly our world too.

Level Select Menu

When the title screen has finished loading, press B, Down, Down, C, A, B, B.

(Source: GSHI thread)

Options Level Select

After the second checkpoint in the first stage, you will reach this stone platform:

Stand on the left edge and press Down + C to do a long jump, and aim for the top of the vine. As you reach the height of your jump, hold A + C, and continue to hold those buttons as you rocket through the hidden shortcut:

After the shortcut, release the buttons and proceed to lose all your lives for a game over. Return to the title screen, enter options, and the level select has been added:

(Source: GSHI thread)

Free Movement

A handy debugging tool hidden as an animation(?). To enable it, press A, A, B, B, C, C, A, C while paused. Its' functions:

• Up, Left, Down, Right: Navigate Izzy.
• A, B, C: Display his X, and Z coordinates in the top left corner of the screen. Holding A, B, or C while navigating Izzy will allow you to see his coordinates updated in real-time.

Despite being able to collect items, you can't touch the level flags/rings. To disable this mode, poke the address again with the value zero.

Disabled Death Animation

Disabled on the list of animations found in the Izzy Test is the Death animation seen in-game. To view it, poke memory address FFFE7F with the value 17. Make sure to disable the code before leaving this screen, or else the game will crash.

Unused Sound

To do: Record sound and add code.

Disabled on the list of sounds found in the Sound Test is a strange warp sound.