The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (NES)

The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
Developer: Radical Entertainment Publisher: T·HQ Platform: NES Released in US: December 1992 This game has unused graphics. This game has debugging material. This game has a hidden level select.

Slippery controls, MS Paint graphics, and ear-demolishing music

OR

Cheap deaths, bombs, and poor level design!

The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle somehow manages to do both, which is especially bad given it's a late-1992 release on the NES.

Unused Graphics

A stick of dynamite.

A barrel very similar to the ones in Stage 3, the boat.

A realistic red heart with no outlines.

A weird portrait of Bullwinkle with no feet and a blank eye.

A smaller version of the cloud seen in most levels.

An unused variant of Rocky sliding. The used sliding sprite has smoke and his legs aren't out as far.

Hidden Details

To do: Add comparisons of the in-game and fixed versions

Many palettes in the game repeat the same color, therefore painting the graphics they're applied on with one missing since they blend together, hiding details.

The THQ logo and the text below it were supposed to have outlines.

Proper coloring of Rocky on the title screen...

The ending screen...

And his in-game sprites.

Debug Mode

During gameplay, press B, A, A, Start, A, B, B, A on Controller 2. A sound will confirm correct code entry. You can now use the D-Pad to move Rocky/Bullwinkle around. On Controller 2, press B to skip to the next level or Start to disable debug mode.

(Source: CaH4e3)