Sonic the Fighters - Activate Debug Proper [Hardware Verified]

biggestsonicfan · Dec 7, 2019

So, Debug Mode was found back in late March of last year by @SteveBlockhead here. A year ago, @RyogaMasaki found the proper flags for activating debug.

Today, we have found the proper inputs for enabling debug mode, and I have verified this on my arcade hardware. Crossposting instructions I made from tcrf.

To activate debug mode, a series of inputs are required. Hold down "Service SW" (Service Coin) and using P1 controls press RIGHT, RIGHT, PUNCH, LEFT, RIGHT, PUNCH, KICK, RIGHT, RIGHT, UP, PUNCH. There will be no confirmation the code has been entered correctly, but this enables debug functions. To enable the debug menu itself after this code is entered, hold P2's BARRIER button and press P2 START. The menu can be navigated by holding P2 START and P1's directional controls. To access a debug menu's submenu, press P1 START over the option you wish to select.
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This can be performed on both MAME and ElSemi's emulator.

Enjoy!

Hydr0city · Dec 7, 2019

Oh wow! Great find, love when stuff like this gets uncovered. Hopefully people might dig a little deeper into this game with this, or something. Thanks a ton!

biggestsonicfan · Dec 8, 2019

I'm gonna drop some of the more interesting findings here from my hardware that we can't currently see on an emulator:

biggestsonicfan · Dec 9, 2019

Holy shit!

RyogaMasaki · Dec 9, 2019

I'm working on the next article for this now, including the Virtua Fighter 2 and Fighting Vipers aspects.

Here's some of the shots I posted in the other thread:

(kanji says 仮 temporary)

RyogaMasaki · Dec 11, 2019

The article is finished:
http://sudden-desu.net/entry/debug-...fighting-vipers-and-sonic-the-fighters-part-2

Enjoy the debug tools. I'm mostly moving on to other projects, but I think @biggestsonicfan is gonna find and post more fun discoveries.

Crontratias · Dec 17, 2019

This is a really cool find! I assume the codes wouldn't work on any of the ports, if for no other reason than there not being a Service SW input?

biggestsonicfan · Dec 20, 2019

Crontratias said:

This is a really cool find! I assume the codes wouldn't work on any of the ports, if for no other reason than there not being a Service SW input?
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Correct. I have not verified XBL/PSN, but Gems Collection debug mode isn't possible as P2 START isn't mapped to activate the menu.

Sonic the Fighters - Activate Debug Proper [Hardware Verified]

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