The Great Circus Mystery Starring Mickey & Minnie (SNES)

The Great Circus Mystery Starring Mickey & Minnie
Also known as: Great Circus Mystery - Mickey to Minnie: Magical Adventure 2 (JP) Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Platform: SNES Released in JP: November 11, 1994 Released in US: October 1994 Released in EU: February 1995 This game has a hidden developer message. This game has hidden developer credits. This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused graphics. This game has regional differences.

Mickey and Minnie investigate a circus mystery. Well, to be clear, only one of the six stages takes place in a circus. And there isn't really much of a mystery. Mickey and Minnie, though? They're definitely in the game.

Developer Graphics

Identifying numbers for three tilesets. G22-02 is used for the trees in The Jungle, and both of the G24 sets are used for The Jungle's boss area.

A heart is hidden in the first tileset of The Jungle.

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Unused Text

Sample Version

Use Pro Action Replay code C1B87837 to view text from an older title screen with SAMPLE and build date.

Debug Text

Text for a possible debug menu. Starts at 0x00DC26.

STAGE
AREA

ATARI
TSUKAMI

Filler Text

This text is used as filler in the ROM. The text is the same in all regional versions of the game. Similar text can also be found in Goof Troop.

  Walt Disney   
 Mickey & Minnie
  1994 CAPCOM   
 Nintendo dashi 
  1994/06/24    
 Programed by   
  Masatsugu     
    Shinohara   

Developer Text

This text only appears once, at 0x008020. The region tags are different between regions, of course. This same text also appears in the Genesis version.

US	Japan	Europe
WALT DISNEY Mickey & Minnie 1994 CAPCOM U.S.A Programed by Masatsugu Shinohara Birth Day 1967 3 26 S63.12.04 Rita Hitsu H02.06.14 Burotsusum Ai	WALT DISNEY Mickey & Minnie 1994 CAPCOM JAPAN Programed by Masatsugu Shinohara Birth Day 1967 3 26 S63.12.04 Rita Hitsu H02.06.14 Burotsusum Ai	WALT DISNEY Mickey & Minnie 1994 CAPCOM EXPORT Programed by Masatsugu Shinohara Birth Day 1967 3 26 S63.12.04 Rita Hitsu H02.06.14 Burotsusum Ai

Build Dates

A build date can be found at 0x07FFC0. This differs between versions. It's possible that these build dates were never updated properly for the final ROMs.

US	Japan	Europe
MASTER ROM USA NOA dashi 1994/07/28	MASTER ROM JAPAN Nintendo dashi 1994/07/28	SAMPLE ROM EXP Nintendo dashi 1994/09/14

(Rabidabid: Original TCRF research)

Regional Differences

Copyright Screen

Japan	North America	Europe/Australia

• The copyright screen is different in each version with the Japanese version lacking the "Licensed by Nintendo" text.

Title Screen

International	Japan

• The Japanese title screen has the International title pinned in the corner of the screen as a subtitle.
• The International title screen has no copyright info.

Stage Start

Japan	International

• The Japanese version maintains the same odd "X Stage" terminology as the previous game. The text also has more color variety.