Genesis Regional Lockout Bypass Code File

[Tony H]

I've been making lots of regional lockout bypass Game Genie codes lately and I've organized them all into a file. Instead of listing all the games/codes separately here, I'm just going to post the file. Then if someone adds it to the site, they can decide if they want to add each code to the database, or just add the whole file. Some of the codes are already on GSHI.



Here is a link to the file:

http://codehut.gshi.org/RegionalBypassGG.txt

and here is the file...


Original Sega Genesis Game Genie codes created by:

Tony Hedstrom [email protected]

http://www.angelfire.com/games2/codehut/

http://codehut.gshi.org/ (no ads on this site)



Regional Lockout Bypass Codes

Version 0.5 Oct 31, 2009


What's New ver 0.5: Ecco - Tides of Time, Street Fighter II: SCE, Super Street
Fighter II, Donald Duck In Maui Mallard, Cheese Cat-Astrophe Starring Speedy
Gonzales, Soleil, Tinhead, and added new section on 50/60 hz compatibility
(section 3).

What's new ver 0.4: Aah! Harimanada, Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon, Doraemon,
Lightening Force, Outrun 2019, Pac-Man 2, Sub Terrania, Virtua Racing.



If you have a game/cartridge from a different region and you get a screen that
says something like: "DEVELOPED FOR USE ONLY WITH ....", or some other screen
that won't let you play the game because it's from the wrong region, then the
Game Genie codes below should solve your problem.

Note that if there is a master code for the game, you will probably need to use
it. The master code bypasses the checksum routine.


INDEX:

-Aah! Harimanada (J) #
-Art of Fighting
-Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon (J)
-Castlevania - Bloodlines *
-Castlevania - The New Generation *
-Cheese Cat-Astrophe Starring Speedy Gonzales *
-Daze Before Christmas #
-Donald Duck In Maui Mallard *
-Doraemon (J)
-Dragon Slayer (J)
-Dynamite Headdy
-ECCO - The Tides of Time *
-Jurassic Park *
-Lightening Force
-Megaman the Wily Wars #
-Monster World IV / Wonderboy 6
-Outrun 2019 *
-Pac-Man 2
-Shining Force II
-Shinobi 3
-Soleil
-Sonic 3 #
-Sonic Spinball *
-Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition #
-Streets of Rage 2 (JE)
-Sub Terrania *
-Super Street Fighter II #
-Thunder Force IV
-Tinhead
-Virtua Racing
-Wonderboy 6 (see Monster World IV)


NOTES: Games above with an asterisk "*" are located towards the bottom of this
doc in the "Semi" Universal code section (section 2). Games with a pound sign
"#" are listed in sections 1 and 2 (in this case, either code will work).


Abbreviations used:

(E) = European
(J) = Japanese
(U) = United States

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Section 1: Regional Lockout Bypass Codes...



Aah! Harimanada (J)...

B3CT-AA64
Lets you play the Japanese cartridge on a US Genesis console.

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Art of Fighting...

BB5A-AR2T
Lets you play the US cartridge on a European/PAL Mega Drive.

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Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon (J)...

AJWA-AA7L
Lets you play the Japanese cartridge on a US Genesis console.

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Daze Before Christmas...

AABT-AA3J
Lets you play the (E) PAL cartridge on a US Genesis console.

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Doraemon - Yume Dorobouto 7 Nin No Gozansu (J)...

A35T-AA6W
Lets you play the Japanese cartridge on a US Genesis console.


CV5T-AA84
Master code (must use with code above).

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Dragon Slayer - The Legend of Heroes (J)...

AAJT-CN8E
Lets you play the Japanese cartridge on a US Genesis console.


DJKT-CN3R
Master code (use if you get a blank/red screen).

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Dynamite Headdy...

N2BT-AA5N
Lets you play the Japanese cartridge on a US Genesis console.

This code is actually 2 codes in 1 (a regional bypass and a master code).

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Lightening Force...

AACT-AA4W +
AKRA-AA8N +
AK6A-AA34
Lets you play the US cartridge on a Japanese Mega Drive.


AABT-AA5J
Master code (use to get rid of blank screen on start-up).

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Megaman the Wily Wars...

B32A-CA50
Lets you play the European cartridge on a US Genesis console.


AJBT-AA5J
Master code (use if you get a blank/red screen).

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Monster World IV / Wonderboy 6...

A22T-AA62
Lets you play the Japanese version on a US Genesis console.

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Pac-Man 2 - The New Adventures...

DTLT-JA4T
Lets you play the US cartridge on a European/PAL Mega Drive.

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Shining Force II...

AB9A-AA8Y
Lets you play the PAL (E) version on a US Genesis console.

Note that you will probably not be able to save your game while the Game Genie
is attached.

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Shinobi 3: Return of the Ninja Master...

BL0T-AN7T
Lets you play the US version on a European/PAL Mega Drive.

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Soleil (E)

AABT-AA8A
Lets you play the (E) cartridge on a US Genesis console.


AJBT-AA4T
Master code (probably not needed on real hardware).

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Sonic 3 (E) PAL...

AABT-AN3W
lets you play the PAL (E) version on a USA Genesis console.

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Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition...

J4ST-AA80
Lets you play the (E) cartridge on a US Genesis console (must use master code).


BLAT-AA3R
Master code (must use this code). Works on "E" or "U" cartridges.


NOTE: If you have the US cartridge and you want to play it on an (E) Mega Drive,
use the "Semi" Universal code from below (EAAT-BL1T), together with master code.

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Streets of Rage 2 (JE)...

L3MT-AA7W
Lets you play the "JE" cartridge on a US Genesis console.


AABT-AA4J
Master code. If you get a red/blank screen when you use the code above, using
this code will fix that. You may or may not need to use the master code on a
real console.

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Super Street Fighter II...

JKVT-AA94
Lets you play the (E) cartridge on a US Genesis console (must use master code).


NA7T-AA9G
Master code (must use this code). Only works on (E) cartridge.


NOTE: If you have the US cartridge and you want to play it on an (E) Mega Drive,
use the "Semi" Universal code from below (EAAT-BL1T), together with this master
code:

M27T-AA86
Master code (must use this code). Only works on (U) cartridge.

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Thunder Force IV (updated)...


UPDATE: You'll have to use 4 codes to play the Thunder Force IV (E) or (J)
cartridges on your US Genesis console. One is a master code, one is a regional
lockout bypass code, and two are special codes to prevent the game from freezing
when you beat a boss, or get a "1-up".


AACA-AR86 +
AKMT-AA6W +
AJTA-AA20
Lets you play the PAL (E) version on a US Genesis console. Must also use master
code below. These codes have not been tested on real hardware, although they
did work on a Wii using the Genesis Plus emulator.


NJCT-AA76 +
AKTT-AA44 +
AJSA-AA6Y
Lets you play the "J" (Japanese) version on a US Genesis console. Must also
use master code below. These codes have been tested, and work fine on real
hardware.


AABT-AA5J
Master code (use to get rid of blank screen on start-up).

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Tinhead

BCCT-8A3T
Lets you play the US cartridge on a Japanese Mega Drive console.


ELCA-8A8C
Master code (use to get rid of blank/red screen).

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Virtua Racing...

RYBA-E61G
Lets you play the US cartridge on a Japanese Mega Drive.


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Section 2: "Semi" Universal Regional Lockout Bypass Codes...


If the game that you want regional bypass codes for isn't listed above, try
the codes below.


If you have a game cartridge from a different region and it won't play on your
console, the codes below MIGHT allow you to bypass the regional lockout. The
codes below will *NOT* work in many cases.

All these codes do is change the country ID letter in the Genesis ROM header,
but not all games use that letter to determine the region.



EAAT-BL1T
"USA" (U). This code will make some non USA cartridges work on a USA Genesis
console. Try this code if you have a US Genesis console.


EAAT-AL1T
"Europe" (E). This code will make some non European cartridges work on a
European Mega Drive console. Try this code if you have a European Mega Drive.


EAAT-AY1T
"Japan" (J). This code will make some non Japanese cartridges work on a
Japanese Mega Drive console. Try this code if you have a Japanese Mega Drive.
Note that on some games, this code will only work on Japan "NTSC" systems, and
not Japan/Hong Kong "PAL/50hz" systems.


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Here's a partial list of games that the codes above will work on...


-Aah! Harimanada (J) (tested on an emulator)
-Castlevania - Bloodlines (tested on real hardware)
-Castlevania - The New Generation (tested on an emulator)
-Cheese Cat-Astrophe Starring Speedy Gonzales
-Daze Before Christmas (tested on real hardware)
-Donald Duck In Maui Mallard
-ECCO - The Tides of Time (tested on real hardware)
-Jurassic Park (tested on an emulator)
-Megaman the Wily Wars (use with master code / see section 1)
-Outrun 2019 (tested on real hardware)
-Sonic 3 (tested on real hardware)
-Sonic Spinball (tested on real hardware)
-Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition (use with master code / section 1)
-Sub Terrania (tested on real hardware)
-Super Street Fighter II (use with master code / see section 1)


If you find any other games that the codes work on, let me know.


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Section 3: 50/60 hz compatibility...


Here's a partial list of European/PAL 50 hz cartridges that WON'T run properly
on a US NTSC 60 hz system (Genesis), even if you use regional bypass codes...

-Story of Thor (E)
-Toejam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron (E)

These games will have music that plays at the wrong speed and/or the screen
will keep rolling. Not very playable.

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Here's a partial list of European/PAL 50 hz cartridges that WILL run properly
on a US NTSC 60 hz system (Genesis), if you use regional bypass codes...

-ECCO - The Tides of Time (E)
-Soleil (E)
-Sonic 3 (E)
-Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition (E)
-Streets of Rage 2 (JE)
-Super Street Fighter II (E)

I would assume that the NTSC/60hz versions of these games (above) would run
properly on a 50 hz system (with a regional bypass code).

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Here's a list of cartridges that I *THINK* will run properly on either a 50 hz
or 60 hz system if you use regional bypass codes (but I'm not 100% sure)...

-Art of Fighting (U) should run on 50hz system (if you use bypass codes)
-Daze Before Christmas (E) Should run on 60hz system (if you use bypass codes)
-Megaman the Wily Wars (E) Should run on 60hz system (if you use bypass codes)
-Pac-Man 2 (U) should run on 50hz system (if you use bypass codes)
-Shining Force II (E) Should run on 60hz system (if you use bypass codes)
-Shinobi 3 (U) should run on 50hz system (if you use bypass codes)

When I say that I'm not 100% sure that these games will work in different
regions, all I mean is that I made the codes for someone else and I know the
regional bypass codes worked, but I can't remember for sure if they said that
the game ran correctly (ie. sometimes when you play a 50hz game on a 60hz
system, you'll have slow music and/or a rolling screen).

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If you can add to these lists (or if there's any mistakes), please email me.

[Mezmorize]

Region Free

Tony, here are more games you can add to the list.
These games released in America are bootable in all regions thanks to your codes.
None of these require master codes as far as I know.

Aladdin (U) [Europe EAAT-AL1T] [Japan EAAT-AY1T]
Beauty and the Beast - Belle's Quest (U) [Europe EAAT-AL1T] [Japan EAAT-AY1T]
Beauty and the Beast - Roar of the Beast (U) [Europe EAAT-AL1T] [Japan EAAT-AY1T]
Brutal - Paws of Fury (U) [Europe EAAT-AL1T] [Japan EAAT-AY1T]
Bubble and Squeak (U) [Europe EAAT-AL1T] [Japan EAAT-AY1T]
Clay Fighter (U) [Europe EAAT-AL1T] [Japan EAAT-AY1T]
Crystal's Pony Tale (U) [Europe EAAT-AL1T] [Japan EAAT-AY1T]
Double Dragon V - The Shadow Falls (U) [Europe EAAT-AL1T] [Japan EAAT-AY1T]
ESPN SpeedWorld (U) [Europe EAAT-AL1T] [Japan EAAT-AY1T]
ESPN Sunday Night NFL (U) [Europe EAAT-AL1T] [Japan EAAT-AY1T]
Eternal Champions (U) [Europe EAAT-AL1T] [Japan EAAT-AY1T]
Fun-N-Games (U) [Europe EAAT-AL1T] [Japan EAAT-AY1T]
Gargoyles (U) [Europe EAAT-AL1T] [Japan EAAT-AY1T]
Greatest Heavyweights of the Ring (U) [Europe EAAT-AL1T] [Japan EAAT-AY1T]
Home Alone 2 - Lost in New York (U) [Europe EAAT-AL1T] [Japan EAAT-AY1T]
Jammit (U) [Europe EAAT-AL1T] [Japan EAAT-AY1T]
Lemmings 2 - The Tribes (U) [Europe EAAT-AL1T] [Japan EAAT-AY1T]
Marko's Magic Football (U) [Europe EAAT-AL1T] [Japan EAAT-AY1T]
NBA Action (U) [Europe EAAT-AL1T] [Japan EAAT-AY1T]
NCAA College Football (U) [Europe EAAT-AL1T] [Japan EAAT-AY1T]
NHL All-Star Hockey '95 (U) [Europe EAAT-AL1T] [Japan EAAT-AY1T]
Pitfall - The Mayan Adventure (U) [Europe EAAT-AL1T] [Japan EAAT-AY1T]
Prince of Persia (U) [Europe EAAT-AL1T] [Japan EAAT-AY1T]
Radical Rex (U) [Europe EAAT-AL1T] [Japan EAAT-AY1T]
Richard Scarry's Busytown (U) [Europe EAAT-AL1T]
Star Trek - Deep Space 9 - Crossroads of Time (U) [Europe EAAT-AL1T] [Japan EAAT-AY1T]
Tecmo Super Hockey (U) [Europe EAAT-AL1T] [Japan EAAT-AY1T]
Troy Aikman NFL Football (U) [Europe EAAT-AL1T] [Japan EAAT-AY1T]
We're Back! - A Dinosaur's Tale (U) [Europe EAAT-AL1T] [Japan EAAT-AY1T]
World Series Baseball (U) [Europe EAAT-AL1T] [Japan EAAT-AY1T]

[Mezmorize]

Here's more USA released games that will play on other regions using your codes, it only needed a master code to work:

NBA Showdown 94 (UE) [Japan EAAT-AY1T] [Master Code R0MV-86VR]
Bill Walsh College Football '95 (U) [Europe EAAT-AL1T] [Japan EAAT-AY1T] [Master Code RZWB-66VG]
Coach K College Basketball (U) [Europe EAAT-AL1T] [Japan EAAT-AY1T] [Master Code R1TB-86TW]

[Mezmorize]

Region Checked, Region Free Games...

And finally, here is a list of USA released games that have the region check, even though they will play in any region.
These games could boot faster with a master code, or region bypass code.
Some of them I fixed already with master codes in another post.

Blades of Vengeance (UE) Fixed [http://gamehacking.org/?game=14826]
Bonkers (UE)
Combat Cars (UE)
ECCO Jr. (U)
F-117 Night Storm (UE) Needs Improved MC [http://gamehacking.org/?game=15093]
FIFA International Soccer (UE) Needs Improved MC [http://gamehacking.org/?game=15126]
FIFA Soccer 95 (UE) Fixed [MC R1YV-86ZR]
IMG International Tour Tennis (UE) Fixed [MC R19B-8604]
Incredible Crash Dummies, The (UE)
Lotus II RECS (UE) Needs Improved MC [http://gamehacking.org/?game=15407]
Madden NFL 95 (UE) Fixed [http://gamehacking.org/?game=15413]
Mario Andretti Racing (UE) [MC 1FFCD2:4E75] [Boot Faster]
MLBPA Baseball (U) [MC 1F400E:4E75] [Boot Faster]
Mutant League Hockey (UE) Fixed [http://gamehacking.org/?game=15528]
NBA Action '95 (UE)
NBA Live 95 (UE) [MC 1F927E:4E75] [Boot Faster]
Newman-Haas IndyCar Racing (W)
NHL 95 (UE) [MC 1A72CE:4E75] [Boot Faster]
Normy's Beach Babe-O-Rama (UE) Fixed [http://gamehacking.org/?game=15593]
PGA European Tour (UE) [MC 0F8676:4E75] [Boot Faster]
PGA Tour Golf III (UE) [MC 1F2016:4E75] [Boot Faster]
Road Rash 3 (UE) Fixed [http://gamehacking.org/?game=15771]
Rugby World Cup 1995 (UE) [MC 1FAAFA:4E75] [Boot Faster]
Scooby Doo Mystery (U)
Sesame Street Counting Cafe (U) Fixed [http://gamehacking.org/?game=15829]
Skitchin' (UE) Fixed [http://gamehacking.org/?game=15874]
Spider-Man and Venom - Maximum Carnage (W) [MC 18D5B0:4E75] [Boot Faster]
Syndicate (UE) [MC 1FC4BE:4E75] [Boot Faster]
Terminator 2 - Judgment Day (UE)
Tony La Russa Baseball 95 (U) Fixed [MC R03V-86XW]
Toughman Contest (UE) [MC 3FFC72:4E75] [Boot Faster]
Urban Strike (UE) Fixed [http://gamehacking.org/?game=16162]
Virtual Pinball (UE) Needs Improved MC [http://gamehacking.org/?game=16183]
Zero Tolerance (UE)

You can use the following Game Genie code to boot any of these into it's supported regions screen.
REBT-A6VJ

[Tony H]

Tony, here are more games you can add to the list.

Thanks Mez.

[Mezmorize]

Made my first Region Lockout Bypass codes.
I should have tested your universal codes first, as only one of the 3 games needed it's own cheat.

Chou Yakyuu Miracle Nine (J) [Region Bypass 000328:6006] [Checksum Bypass 00038A:6004]

Eternal Champions (J) [Region Bypass 000330:6000]
Tony's Universal codes will also work with this game.

Greatest Heavyweights of the Ring (J) [Region Bypass 000328:6000]
Tony's Universal codes will also work with this game.

You can add these 3 games to your .txt file if you would like.

[Mezmorize]

Few more notes:
Doraemon - Yume Dorobouto 7 Nin No Gozansu (J)
Your .txt file mentions that this code A35T-AA6W will allow you to play on a USA Genesis, it also works for the Europe region.

Rockman Megaworld (J)
gedowski hacked a Master Code/USA Region Lockout Bypass code all in one.
I edited the title of his code, and changed one line to include your Universal code to allow it to work for the Europe region.

Mickey Mouse - Minnie's Magical Adventure 2 (J)
Your universal codes work for this game. [Europe EAAT-AL1T] [USA EAAT-BL1T]
Master Code = 008164:4E71

Light Crusader (J)
Your Universal code works for this game also. [USA EAAT-BL1T]
Master Code = 0003AC:6002

[Mezmorize]

New Region Bypass Codes...

The following Japanese games all require a Master Code, and Tony's universal codes would not work.

Normally Only Works on Japanese Systems:

Janou Touryumon (J) [!].bin 
[Region Bypass 02A2B4:603E] [Master Code 00040A:6016]

Ristar - The Shooting Star (J) [!].bin (The code I made does not seem to work for a Europe system.)
*[Region Bypass 00033C:6002 USA] [Master Code 00037A:6004]

Slam Dunk - Shikyou Gekitotsu! (J) [!].bin
[Region Bypass 000C0C:6002] [Master Code 0004A0:4E75]

Normally Wont Play on Europe Systems:

Dragon Ball Z - Buyuu Retsuden (J) [!].bin (Was Already Hacked, but these could be alternative codes)
[Region Bypass 00037E:6002] [Master Code 000352:6002]

Normally Wont Play on USA Systems:

*Alien Soldier (J) [!].bin [Master Code 00036C:6002]

Bare Knuckle III (J) [!].bin (Was Already Hacked)

Columns III - Taiketsu! Columns World (J) [!].bin 
[Region Bypass 000FAE:6002] [Master Code 000DDE:6000]

*Dragon Slayer II - The Legend of Heroes (J) [!].bin [Master Code 013380:4E75]

Gunstar Heroes (J) [!].bin
[Region Bypass 000498:6002] [Master Code 00036E:6002]

Hybrid Front, The (J) [!].bin
[Region Bypass 03A6F6:6002] [Master Code 000372:6004]

Lord Monarch (J) [!].bin
[Region Bypass 006E1E:4E75] [Master Code 006B5C:6002]

Mega Q - The Party Quiz Game (J) [!].bin
[Region Bypass 001216:6002] [Master Code 0010AC:6014]

Ragnacenty (J) [!].bin
[Region Bypass 0003B8:6000] [Master Code 000350:6002]

Tanto R (J) [!].bin (Was Already Hacked)

I gave up on these 2 games, hopefully someone else could tackle these:
Alien Soldier
Dragon Slayer II - The Legend of Heroes

[Tony H]

I gave up on these 2 games, hopefully someone else could tackle these:
Alien Soldier
Dragon Slayer II - The Legend of Heroes

Alien Soldier (J)

A2CA-AA8J
Regional lockout bypass code. Lets you play the Japanese cart on a US Genesis console.

P.S. Mez, thanks for all the regional code info. I'll update that file soon.

[Tony H]

Dragon Slayer II - The Legend of Heroes (AKA Dragon Slayer - Eiyuu Densetsu II)


RY3A-C6TR
Regional bypass. Lets you play the Japanese cart on a US Genesis console.

[Mezmorize]

Awesome, were those 2 games harder than usual, or am I just too sleepy?

Here's more info for your .txt document:
These Japanese games only work on a Japanese Megadive without your codes, but thanks to you they are now region free:
Comix Zone (J) [USA EAAT-BL1T] [Europe EAAT-AL1T]
Eternal Champions (J) [USA EAAT-BL1T] [Europe EAAT-AL1T]
Greatest Heavyweights of the Ring (J) [USA EAAT-BL1T] [Europe EAAT-AL1T]
NBA Jam (J) [USA EAAT-BL1T] [Europe EAAT-AL1T]
NFL Football '94 Starring Joe Montana (J) [USA EAAT-BL1T] [Europe EAAT-AL1T]
Shadowrun (J) [USA EAAT-BL1T] [Europe EAAT-AL1T]
Toejam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron (J) [USA EAAT-BL1T] [Europe EAAT-AL1T]
World Heroes (J) [USA EAAT-BL1T] [Europe EAAT-AL1T]

[Tony H]

Alien Soldier (J) was harder... my first attempt failed.

[47iscool]

How about finding the address that checks the game's region & nop it, I was able to not only make a region bypass, but region free for
Sonic Spinball & Sonic 3 using this method, so what do think, Mr. Hedstrom? Anyway, how do you make(your method) those codes anyway, I kind of interested in your method , because the Genesis always has been & always will be my favorite console of all time.
I even use to have a European copy of "Batman", now I know why it has ridges around it, instead of being more smooth, my dad even had to cut the around the cartridge port to get it to fit in, but it didn't have any lockout, & my 32x blew out in no time.

[Tony H]

I think it was Pugsy (or ugetab?) that told me about this method... You make one assembly trace log of the game loading normally, then make another assembly log of the game not loading because of the regional lockout. Now just compare the two files to find out where they take different branches and make a code so that it always follows the right branch.

[47iscool]

Thanks, I'll give it a shot.