Densetsu no Starfy 3/Unused content

This article lists unused content that can be found in Densetsu no Starfy 3.

Alternate Undersea Ruins bubble

The bubble

There appears to be an unused variation of the bubbles used to transform Wario into Bubble Wario in Densetsu no Starfy 3. This variation has reflection marks on the bubble unlike the used empty bubble that is plain. In the final game,

Development text

Densetsu no Starfy 3 has numerous strings of development text that can be viewed from the ROM in ANSI encoding.

Compile dates

There are nine "OptRls" messages (possibly meaning "Optimal Release") in the ROM that appear to dates from when the game was compiled. Seven of them are unique.

Similar messages appear in Densetsu no Starfy 2 and Shrek: Hassle at the Castle (which is believed to have been developed by Tose).

The messages are as follows:

ROM Offset Message 1856E0 OptRls.2004/07/11 16:24:04 32BDD4 & 35458C OptRls.2004/07/07 22:00:03 380480 & 3D0D20 OptRls.2004/07/07 22:01:02 3A7604 OptRls.2004/07/07 22:01:32 3EC980 OptR.ls.2004/ 07.. 22:0.0:15 3F4734 Opt.Rls.2004./07.. 22:.00:45 40C7DD Opt.Rls.2004./07.. 22:.02:14

Other text

There is some development text nearby the previously mentioned compile dates. They are as follows.

ROM Offset Message 18578A MULTI LOAD SAMPLE 32BDF0, 3545A8, 38049C, 3D0D3C, 3A7620 MultiSioSync4Sio32Load020820 32BE10, 3545C8, 3804BC, 3D0D5C, 3A7640 Sio32MultiLoad010214 3EC9CD MultiSio Sync4 32 Load0208