Turn over your copy of Mega Man Legends 2. Do you see that? On the very back of the game's case, there's a tiny screenshot of Mega Man Volnutt running through a town that isn't in the game. For twelve years, the mystery of that screenshot has been the center of speculation and hunting among the MML fanbase. Today, however, that mystery is no more: we found the town.
Dubbed 'Betaville', the town in its entirety has been discovered deep inside Legend 2's Japanese demo version: "Rockman DASH 2 Episode 1." Using a series of room modifier codes, Trege of the Mega Man Legends Station was able to salvage the town in a completely playable state.
As you can see, there's a lot of neat stuff to explore. Practically everything you see isn't in the final game. Betaville is also filled to the brim with a number of interactive NPCs. Spoken NPC dialog is entirely in Japanese, but based on a basic translation, their words, too, are also unused. Noteworthy, the dialog is directed at the player, not Volnutt. For example, one NPC is curious if the player finds DASH 2 fun, and another asks if the player "prefers" Roll over Tron and vice versa.
Trege has also uncovered a number of beta and cut areas in not only Legends 2 but Legends 1 as well. There's a lot to cover, so if you're a nut for all things beta, check out this topic here and here. The codes to access Betaville and other areas can be found within the above links. Check 'em out!
Awesome, but the music is bugging me, i know it, i hum along to it but i cant remember what its from! Help, please? :)
ReplyDelete"Turn over your copy of Legends 2"
ReplyDeleteLol, I highly doubt a large majority of the people who frequent this site have $80+ to throw around to be able to actually own Legends 2.
THIS MUSIC IS AWESOME.
ReplyDeleteas a child i always wondered what was up with that screenshot. awesome
ReplyDelete@Amir:
ReplyDeleteor if you're like me, you still own you're original copy from 2000 :)
@Mark: its' from MMZ2 - I think it's called Departure, it's the music that plays in the opening stage.
ReplyDelete@Amir: As jimbo said, there's probably plenty of people that bought it either back when it came out, or when it became a "Greatest Hits" disc, rather than much later on. I know that I rarely ever sell my games, unless it's a really, REALLY crappy game. Any game I like, though, I keep.
ReplyDeleteI love how conveniently when MML3 may actually get greenlit, people suddenly decide to start digging in the other Legends games. This is too much of a coincidence...
ReplyDelete@Amir -
ReplyDeleteHuh? What makes you think a lot of us aren't old enough to have bought it when it came out? I'm 26 and I've owned Legends 2 since its release.
@Last Anon:
ReplyDeletePeople have been digging through Legends 1 and 2's code for years. This is not new or a coincidence.
Did someone found a GameShark code for them yet?
ReplyDeleteYes, Anon, they're in the links in the post.
ReplyDelete@Tom: The codes in the links are for cheat engine, not gameshark.
ReplyDelete@Ash Paulsen
ReplyDeleteYou are very right. I've done stuff like this for years now. It wasn't until recently I covered such in video form.
DASH 2 Episode 1 Game Shark code:
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3006C9AD 00YY