The Smurfs (Game Boy)

The Smurfs
Developer: Bit Managers Publisher: Infogrames Platforms: Game Boy, Super Game Boy Released in US: 1994 Released in EU: 1993 This game has unused graphics. This game has unused music. This game has unused sounds. This game has a hidden level select. This game has revisional differences. This game has a Data Crystal page

The Smurfs is a Game Boy game based on The Smurfs (what else?).

Practice Mode

By beating the game and pressing Start after the staff roll, you can access a level selection screen. Note that this level select uses Hard difficulty and that the twelfth level is missing. To enable this level select on all versions of the game, edit ROM address 01C3 from 32 to 31. You can also use the Game Genie code 311-C3F-2A2 to achieve this.

Hidden Passwords

Although the game tells the player only two generic passwords throughout the course of the game which access Acts 5 and 10, respectively, there are actually passwords for every single stage, boss and bonus level.

• BXMC – Act 2
• BXMD – Act 3
• BXMF – Act 4
• BXMG – Boss - Snake
• BXMH – Act 5
• BXMJ – Act 6
• BXMK – Act 7
• BXML – Act 8
• BXMM – Act 9
• BXMN – Boss - Dragon
• BXMP – Act 10
• BXMQ – Act 11
• BXMR – Act 12
• BXMS – Final Boss - Gargamel
• BXMT – Ending
• BXMV – Bonus Stage - The Dam
• BXMW – Bonus Stage - The Mushrooms
• BXMX – Bonus Stage - The Bubbles

(Source: CaH4e3 page)

Unused Graphics

Outside of some of them being loaded offscreen as garbage data every now and then, these symbols are unused and cannot be seen in-game.

Unused Music

The music for Act 9 (Inside the Volcano) lasts for approximately 1 minute and 35 seconds before looping, yet the actual level lasts for around 40 seconds. Additionally, the level's main gimmick involves lava that starts rising a few seconds after starting the level, so it isn't possible to prolong the level long enough to hear the full song.

Unused Audio

These IDs are never written to address f942 (which is used for initiating sound effects) and are not used anywhere in the game.

Sound ID: 09

Sound ID: 0C

Sound ID: 13

Revisional Differences

There are two versions: The first version (Rev 0) was released only in Europe. The second version (Rev 1) was released both in Europe and the US.

Super Game Boy

Rev 1 features very basic Super Game Boy support, which basically amounts to a bare bones border and a more Smurf-like color palette for the game.

Intro Credits

Rev 0	Rev 1

Rev 1 updated the year from 1993 to 1994. Rev 0 lists the Smurfs in all four languages which was changed in Rev 1 where only the English name is listed in addition to mentioning the Super Game Boy support.

Language Select

Rev 0	Rev 1

Rev 1 removed the Spanish language for unknown reasons.

Dragon Boss Glitch

In Rev 0, if you pull out many present boxes at once during the Dragon fight, the object/enemy slots would be filled up for the rest of the battle due to a glitch. The Dragon's head doesn't load anymore and the present box is rendered unusable. This was fixed in Rev 1.

Possibly Cut Italian Language

There is a string at ROM address 01E0 in Rev 0 which implies that a fifth language setting, Italian, was planned for the game but got scrapped before release.

DB "SCHWER"    
IF ITALIANO=ON

Oddities

In the second part of Act 6 (The Mountains), when playing on the hardest difficulty, this bee can be seen under the slope at the start of the area. It has no purpose as there is no way to reach it.