Zero4 Champ DooZy-J Type-R
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| Zero4 Champ DooZy-J Type-R | ||||||||||
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| System(s): Sega Saturn | ||||||||||
| Publisher: Media Rings | ||||||||||
| Developer: Media Rings | ||||||||||
| Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (16 tracks) | ||||||||||
| Genre: Racing | ||||||||||
| Number of players: 1-2 | ||||||||||
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Zero4 Champ DooZy-J Type-R (ゼロヨンチャンプ Doozy-J TypeR) is a 1997 touge racing game for the Sega Saturn. It was released by Media Rings exclusively in Japan as part of their Zero4 Champ series. It was released on the same day as the PlayStation game, Zero4 Champ DooZy-J - it is not currently known what makes Type-R different.
Contents
Gameplay
While the cover and name of the game suggest a racing title such as Sega Rally and Daytona USA, it is actually made of a mix of genres: racing, dating sim, sound novel and RPG among others. The objective of the game is to guide the hero (Shinjo Kakeru if the default name is used) from San Francisco to New York, where he will be competing for the title of the "Zero4 World Champion". Along the road, many events will take place (some mandatory, others hidden) in the form of the aforementioned genres.
Progressing
To progress through the game, you will be travelling from one city to another. The requirement for completing each city varies: on some cities, you will need to win the ranked race (you start at rank E and work your way up to rank A), on others, you will have to beat a certain driver on a non-ranked race, and on some other cities, you will be playing a mini-game.
Tips and codes
- Slots jackpot:
- After inserting tokens into the slot machine and pulling the lever, pause the game and then press and hold
, 
, 
and 
. All of the symbols in the slot drums will change to 7.
- Show partner's 3 sizes:
- Access your partner's parameters list and press and hold
, 
and .
- Play the sound novel mini-game:
- Start a new game and enter your name as "Sound!" and "Novel" (without quotes).
- Start with items:
- Start a new game and enter your name as "サンキューー" without quotes. The cheat gives you present items (to give to your partner) and car parts.
- Super boost:
- Start a new game and enter your name as "うっひょぉ！" without quotes. During a race, press START to gain instant boost.
- Partner maximum affection:
- Start a new game and enter your name as "クルクルッ！" without quotes. Your partner's affection towards you will be at max (check this at your partner's parameter screen. A smiling blue face represents the max level)
- Show credits:
- At the title screen, press and hold , , and .
- Access the special partner:
- To access the hidden partner, Eremy, you need to choose the LOOK option 3 times after each ranked race in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Indianapolis and Chicago. The first 3 times, Eremy will show, talk to you and leave. The fourth time, in Chicago, she will offer you to be you partner. What makes Eremy so special is the fact that she can upgrade all of you car specs up to level 8 (the max)
- Hidden shop menu at Grand Canyon:
- When you reach the Grand Canyon, you will have to play an RPG mini-game and you can go to the village to buy items. After you choose the "buy" option (買う), you can press
or 
to access a special menu with premium items. has mostly weapons and armor while has accesories and consumables.
- Skip puzzle at Level 4 in RPG mini-game at Grand Canyon:
- Right at the beggining of Level 4, there's a puzzle. The objective is to open all boxes. Changing one will change the state of the adjacent boxes as well. If you change a box and try to open the purple door in the north without having all of the boxes open, you will fail and the puzzle will reset. Do this 3 times and your RPG-only partner, John, will solve the puzzle for you.
Magazine articles
- Main article: Zero4 Champ DooZy-J Type-R/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
Physical scans
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References
- ↑ File:SSM_JP_19970627_1997-21.pdf, page 157
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Saturn no Game wa Sekai Ichi~i~i~i!: Satamaga Dokusha Race Zen Kiroku, SoftBank Publishing, page 14 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name ":File:SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf_p14" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Ação Games, "Setembro 1997" (BR; 1997-xx-xx), page 10
- ↑ Famitsu, "1997-06-27" (JP; 1997-06-13), page 1
- ↑ Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 12" (JP; 1997-06-xx), page 183
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1997-21 (1997-06-27)" (JP; 1997-06-13), page 157
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