Explosive Breaker

Explosive Breaker
Also known as: Bakuretsu Breaker (JP) Developer: Kaneko Publisher: Kaneko Platform: Arcade (Kaneko 16-bit hardware) Released in JP: December 1992 Released in US: October 1992 Released in KR: 1992 This game has unused code. This game has hidden developer credits. This game has debugging material. This game has regional differences.

Explosive Breaker is a vertical shooter by Kaneko.

Disabled Test Mode Options

• 

  The test mode menu with all options enabled.

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  Character Check.

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  BG Check.

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  Sound Check.

The test mode has three disabled options: Character Check, BG Check, Sound Check. They can be re-enabled with this MAME cheat:

 <cheat desc="Enable removed test mode options">
   <comment>The list will reset to three options every time the menu reloads; manually scroll beyond what is displayed and the other options will appear</comment>
   <script state="on">
     <action>temp0=maincpu.mb@1bbad</action>
     <action>temp1=maincpu.mb@1bbfb</action>
     <action>maincpu.mb@1bbad=5</action>
     <action>maincpu.mb@1bbfb=5</action>
   </script>
   <script state="off">
     <action>maincpu.mb@1bbad=temp0</action>
     <action>maincpu.mb@1bbfb=temp1</action>
   </script>
 </cheat>

(Source: sudden-desu)

Regional Differences

Title Screen

Japan	World	Korea

Just like in some of Kaneko's other titles, the Korean version has a unique variant of the Kaneko logo where the "neko" part is replaced with a cute picture of a cat.