superstar dance club request

[Hybrid]

Well I bought this game on a whim

I found text referring to a test menu
I only have a gspro to hack with
So I need some help accessing the menu

There is "welcome to test menu"
And then a list of various menus it would lead to

Any ideas on how to get to it?

[dlevere]

Hacking for a Debug Menu and Debug Room by Hipluscious (PSX/N64)

CHAPTER I:
What is a debug?

A debug is what the programmers use to get to different points in the game quickly ant test parts of the game. The programmers don't want to play through the entire game to get to a part near the end so they use a debug mode to take them to that point. The programmers don't want to fight in X many battles to see what happens at level 50 so they just change a value through the debug option.

CHAPTER II:
Does my game have a debug?

Probably. All Squaresoft games do. Most RPG's leave them in. for other games it's hit or miss. If you want to check go to the memory editor and look for text that doesn't appear in the game. Example: In Final Fantasy Tactics the text "debug" can be found. This indicates there is a debug mode.

CHAPTER III:
Finding Debug Rooms

First you need to find a room modifier. A room modifier is a line of code in where the value of the current room your in. To find this go into a room and do an unknown value search, take a few steps with in the same room and do an equal to last. Next, leave and go to a different room and do a different to last search, take a few steps and do an Equal to last. Repeat this process until the results aren't getting any lower. Copy one code at a time into the active code window. Leave the room, if you reappear in the room you just left you have found the room modifier. Play with different numbers in it's value, leave the room and see where you reappear. You'll go to a lot of rooms until you find the Debug room.

Remember: Room Modifiers can be in any part of the memory, so don't get discouraged if it's not in the first or second. NOTE: The value for the debug room will normally be low because they are designed early on.

CHAPTER IV:
Finding Debug Menus

Finding Debug menus can be very simple or very hard. The easy way to do them: go to a menu (Most games have multiple menus and it could be on any of them) Put your cursor in the first position and do an Known Value Search for 0000. Move your cursor to the second position, do Equal to 0001. Move your cursor to the third position, do an Equal to 0002. Repeat this process until you find where the cursor's position is stored. Once you have found the line, set the value to the number of options +2 and see if you're cursor is positioned in a blank space after the last choice, If it is you've probably just found a hidden menu. Treat it like a normal option on the menu, press enter and see what options come up.

CHAPTER V
Finding Debug Menus Part II
If the option modifier in CHAPTER IV doesn't work, there is also a menu modifier. First pop up a menu, start an unknown search. Now keep doing different to last in every menu you find. On one of them, move the cursor and it should be equal to last. Try as little as 1-5. Try to exit or go to another option. If you can't change menus then that's your code.

Tip: Remember that the digits will always be low.

CHAPTER VI
In some RPG's you can also get in by certain dialogues and phrases (In FFVIII, you see dialogues when you enter debug rooms and the only way you select what you want is by dialogues popping up first). This may be the hardest way because you could end up in a debug room and not the main room and RPG's has over thousands of dialogues to cover. To hack this, just use a simple dialogue modifier using a modifier method. This is also the surest way to find one.

Final Fantasy VII Debug Room Faq

Hacking for a debug room/room modifier by Ace