Tetris & Dr. Mario

Tetris & Dr. Mario
Also known as: Dr. Mario & Tetris Developers: Nintendo, TOSE Publisher: Nintendo Platforms: SNES, Satellaview (Dr. Mario only) Released in JP: March 30, 1997 (Satellaview; Dr. Mario only), June 1, 1998 (Nintendo Power; Dr. Mario only) Released in US: December 1994 Released in EU: July 27, 1995 This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused music. This game has unused sounds. This game has debugging material. This game has a hidden sound test. This game has revisional differences. This game has anti-piracy features.

Tetris & Dr. Mario is Tetris and Dr. Mario for the SNES with a twist, offering players the ability to compete in both games simultaneously for the first time with the inclusion of Mixed Match. Think of it as almost like Puyo Puyo Tetris.

Bizarrely, the (full) game was never released in Japan, except through Nintendo Power and the Satellaview.

Leftover BIOS Compile Info

Present starting from 0x2B2:

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Unused Audio

A test jingle present in the Dr. Mario bank. Game Genie code DC8C-1D6F or ROM address 80B5A20A will play it at the title screen. Sound Test music track 0A is also the test jingle and can be accessed by using Game Genie code DCC0-3467 or ROM address 80AF4A0A and pressing Left on BGM 00.

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SE Tracks 8 and 23 in the Mixed Match sound test are unused. They sound similar to each other, and may be identical.

Sound Test Number: 08

Sound Test Number: 23

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Options Menus

Each game has a fully working options menu that was disabled in the final build. Features included are input configuration, a sound test, and computer difficulty configuration. Nintendo also did not localize the controller button scheme for the US version.

Tetris

Enter Pro Action Replay (PAR) code 7E1E1B03, ROM address 80B3F803, or Game Genie code D78E-34DD.

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Dr. Mario

Enter Pro Action Replay (PAR) code 7E1E7203, ROM address 80B62E03, or Game Genie code D784-C76F.

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Mixed-Match

Enter Pro Action Replay (PAR) code 80B8CC0C or Game Genie code DA8A-47D4.

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Debug Menus

Tetris and Dr. Mario both have a fully functional debug menu, and each can be entered with ROM address 809B8000 or Game Genie code DDB6-3DD4. Just press A on the Tetris & Dr. Mario title screen, and you will be taken to the currently selected game's debug menu.

Mixed Match does not have a debug menu in itself, but the configuration settings from the two debug menus will take effect on Mixed Match and will affect both players.

Tetris

• Start Plus - Sets the starting hang-time determining when the block will fall in frames. Value 00 will cause blocks to descend instantly, while 99 gives 99 frames before falling.
• Yoko Kaime 1 and 2 - These affect the speed of side-to-side movement of blocks. Yoko Kaime 1 affects the autorepeat delay, while Yoko Kaime 2 controls autorepeat rate.
• Sita Kaime 1 and 2 - These affect the speed of soft drop when holding Down; setting higher numbers leads to slower speeds. Sita Kaime 1 controls how many frames the direction must be held before dropping, while changing the value of Sita Kaime 2 manipulates the rate at which the piece falls thereafter.
• Sokoage - Translates to "raising". In Vs. play, determines how many rows of garbage must be sent before the hole position changes. The default of 10 gives very clean attacks, while 1 gives very messy (100% change rate) garbage.
• B-Type Line - Determines the number of starting Lines in a B-TYPE game.
• Kotei-next - Sets the entry delay, the time in frames before the next piece appears. Value 00 will result in no entry delay, while 99 gives 99 frames between pieces.
• Down Trig - Has two values, 0 (default) and 1. Setting 0 keeps the forced descend rate held over between pieces, value 1 will reset requiring you to press Down manually after each block to make it fall.

Dr. Mario

• Start Plus - Sets the starting hang-time determining when the pills fall in frames. Value 00 will cause the pills to descend instantly, while 99 gives 99 frames before falling.
• Yoko Kaime 1 and 2 - These affect the side-to-side movement of pills. Yoko Kaime 1 affects the autorepeat delay, while Yoko Kaime 2 controls autorepeat rate.
• Sita Kaime 1 and 2 - These affect the drop speed when holding Down; setting higher numbers leads to slower speeds. Sita Kaime 1 controls how many frames the direction must be held before dropping, while changing the value of Sita Kaime 2 manipulates the rate at which the pill falls thereafter.
• Zurasi - Determines the speed pills will fall after clearing a set, if any pills are on top of a currently in-progress set that is clearing. Value 00 causes pill piles to fall instantly, while value 99 gives 99 frames of fall time.
• 4-Color - Sets the actual time it takes for a set of pills to clear. Value 00 causes a set of pills to clear instantly, while value 99 allows 99 frames for them to clear.
• Maru - The time setting it takes for the cleared pill animation to pass upon clearing a set of pills. Value 00 causes the animation to dissipate nearly instantly, while value 99 will give 99 frames before the animation tapers off.
• Kotei-next – sets the delay before the next pill appears. Value 00 will result in no entry delay, while 99 gives 99 frames between pills.
• Reigai 1, Reigai 2, and Reigai 3 - All three of these have a setting of 0 or 1, though it's not known what effect any of these have on the game. "Reigai" translates to "exception".
• Ransu 9 or 12 - Setting 0 or 1, effect on game unknown. It can translate to "random number".
• Naname Ido - Translates to "diagonal movement". When set to the default 0, pressing Left or Right takes priority over pressing Down. When set to 1, pills can moved left/right and dropped with Down at the same time. (In Tetris, diagonal movement is always enabled.)

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Warning Messages

There are three warning messages.

Anti-Piracy

At bootup, the game will attempt to write to SRAM and if any SRAM is present, the game will display this message. An official cartridge contains no SRAM, so this write will do nothing but cartridge copiers always have SRAM present. Can be accessed with ROM address 80802D19 or Game Genie code FB64-470D. Note that "Resume" is spelled incorrectly.

Incompatible Accessory

If an incompatible accessory is plugged into either port, this message will replace the next screen. This message can be accessed with Pro Action Replay (PAR) codes 80802D19 7E0B4401.

Region Error

Attempting to play a copy of Tetris & Dr. Mario in an SNES/Super Famicom console it was not designed for (e.g. European game in North American console) will result in this message appearing when the game is powered on. This message can also be accessed with the Pro Action Replay (PAR) codes 80802D19 7E0B4402. Use ROM address 80BD9F3F or Game Genie code 7E8B-17A7 to disable the region incompatibility message for North American and Japanese versions of the game, allowing the game to play on any SNES/Super Famicom. European importers can use Pro Action Replay (PAR) code 80BD9439 or Game Genie code 7B8B-1FD7 to unlock the game.

Note that the text isn't using the trademarked romanization of "Super Famicom". The Japanese letter "ン" can be romanized as "n" or "m", though Nintendo chose to trademark it as Famicom due to being short for "Family Computer".

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Satellaview and Nintendo Power Versions

To do: There's an (undumped) Lodgenet version of Dr. Mario which was reported to be the same version on Tetris & Dr. Mario.

Nintendo released this game's version of Dr. Mario in Japan via Satellaview in 1997 and through the Nintendo Power service in 1998.

Notably, the former is actually the full Tetris & Dr. Mario game (including the hidden options and debug menus), just with the ability to exit Dr. Mario by pressing B removed. To start at the Tetris & Dr. Mario copyright screen in this version, use Pro Action Replay (PAR) code 80802D01.

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