Rugrats: Scavenger Hunt

Rugrats: Scavenger Hunt
Also known as: Rugrats: Treasure Hunt (EU) Developer: Realtime Associates Publisher: THQ Platform: Nintendo 64 Released in US: June 29, 1999 Released in EU: August 10, 1999 This game has unused playable characters. This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused music. This game has unused sounds. This game has unused text. This game has a hidden sound test. This game has regional differences. This game has a prototype article This game has a notes page

Rugrats: Scavenger Hunt is an average board game.

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Prototype Info

Notes

Unused Characters

Normal Babies

Because the babies are in different costumes depending on the mode, unused playable variants in their usual attire exist in Angelica's Temple of Doom's character selection, though they are very prone to crashing the game.

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The following code works on the NA version.

80052F27 00XX

07 = Tommy
08 = Chuckie
09 = Lil
0A = Phil

Unused Music

Theme Cue

A short version of the show's theme song.

Title Card

The show's title card theme.

Fanfare

A long, triumphant fanfare.

Ominous Theme

An ominous theme with no clear purpose.

Destructive Theme

A track from Rugrats: Search for Reptar.

Unused Sounds

Voices

Audio	Subtitle	Usage
	Grandpa: Sorry scout, there are no saved games here!	Remnant of a cut save feature.
	Grandpa: Which game do you want to continue?	Another remnant of a cut save feature.
	Lil: Yaaaay! *giggling*	Meant for the ending of Angelica's Temple of Gloom, but for some reason it plays Chuckie saying the line instead.

Instruments

• The Fairlight CMI "Swannee" instrument sample used in the show's intro isn't heard in any of the game's music tracks.

Sound Test Menu

Applying the below code then starting a board game will enable this menu. Press A to initiate it.

US	EU	France	Germany
800239AF 001D	8002618F 001D	800266FF 001D	8002651F 001D

Press A to start a sound effect and B to stop. D-Pad cycles through the possible sound effect numbers.

(Source: Punk7890)

Unused Text

Unused Squares

At 0x2570 are the names of each square, several unused.

Tommy World
Chuckie World
Lil World
Phil World
Jibomizer Lever
Not Implemented

Source Code

At 0x4324 are some source code filenames.

env.c
reverb.c
save.c
synthesizer.c
sirawread.c
sirawwrite.c
ACTSTATE_AEX
sirawdma.c
pirawread.c
epirawread.c
20fake
ACTOREX
sched.c
sprawdma.c

Error Messages

At 0x1ED8 are some error messages.

BRAINCOR(RTA_mailSend): Tried to send mail to an actor with no mail handler
(RTA_mailSend): Mail Sack is full
(RTA_mailDelete): Actor has no messages to delete

Rumble Pak and Controller Pak

At 0x2228 in the European version are references to the Rumble Pak and Controller Pak.

Rumble Pak supported.
Insert a Rumble Pak now.
Controller Pak is damaged, may be improperly inserted, or a Rumble Pak may be inserted.  Please reinsert Controller Pak.
No Controller Pak found.  Game cannot be saved.  If you would like to use a Controller Pak insert it now.
Note is damaged. Delete?
Damaged
Delete
Empty
No Saved Games
Select Game Type
Toggle Load/Delete

Build Dates

Seen at the end of the data, this would have shown upon booting the game.

US (0xF3D841)	Europe (0xF6E870)	Germany (0xF882D0)	France (0xF6A030)
05.04.99 11.13	08.18.99 20.01	08.18.99 20.20	09.02.99 15.22

Placeholder Credits

0x2085 in the US version contains some placeholder credits, using programmer Tom Powers to fill in the positions. Below is how it would have looked.

      -Credits-
Producer        T. L. P.
Designer        Tom P.
Programmer      Mr. Powers
Artist          Tom Powers
Testing         Thomas Powers
Marketing       T. L. Powers
Full of Himself T. Powers

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Regional Differences

Main Menu

US	Europe

The titles of each mode are different in the European version.

Pause Screen

US	Europe

The pause menu in the European version has visible options.