DJ Boy/Comparisons

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Versions comparisons

Health system

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Arcade

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Mega Drive

In the Arcade version, the player loses a life after taking 2 hits. In the Mega Drive one, it was changed to a health bar with only one life.

Localisation comparisons

Mega Drive version

Title screen

DJBoy MD JP Title.png

NTSC-J

DJBoy MDTitleScreen.png

NTSC-U

DJBoy MD EU Title.png

PAL

Introduction

DJ Boy MD, Introduction.png

NTSC-J

BlankScreen MD.png

NTSC-U

The Japanese version has an introduction before the first round starts.

Round 1

DJ Boy MD JP, Stage 1-1.png

NTSC-J

DJ Boy MD, Stage 1-1.png

NTSC-U

The background has been changed from a marina in the Japanese version to a downtown street in the Western version.

DJ Boy MD JP, Stage 1-2 Boss.png

NTSC-J

DJ Boy MD, Stage 1-2 Boss.png

NTSC-U

DJ Boy MD JP, Stage 1-2 Boss Attack.png

NTSC-J

DJ Boy MD, Stage 1-2 Boss Attack.png

NTSC-U

The boss of the first round was recolored in the Western releases and has a different special attack (throwing donuts instead of farting).

Round 2

DJ Boy MD JP, Stage 2-1.png

NTSC-J

DJ Boy MD, Stage 2-1.png

NTSC-U

The first part of the second round is partially obscured by a spotlight effect in the Western version but fully visible in the Japanese version.

DJ Boy MD JP, Stage 2-2.png

NTSC-J

DJ Boy MD, Stage 2-2.png

NTSC-U

The graffiti on the train cars is different in the two versions.

Round 3

DJ Boy MD JP, Stage 3.png

NTSC-J

DJ Boy MD, Stage 3.png

NTSC-U

DJ Boy MD JP, Stage 3 Boss.png

NTSC-J

DJ Boy MD, Stage 3 Boss.png

NTSC-U

The third round autoscrolls in the Western version (like all of the other rounds) but not the Japanese version. The background has also been redesigned (with foreground elements added as well).

Round 5

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NTSC-J

DJ Boy MD, Stage 5.png

NTSC-U

DJ Boy MD JP, Stage 5 Boss 1.png

NTSC-J

DJ Boy MD, Stage 5 Boss 1.png

NTSC-U

DJ Boy MD JP, Stage 5 Boss 2.png

NTSC-J

DJ Boy MD, Stage 5 Boss 2.png

NTSC-U

DJ Boy MD JP, Stage 5 Boss 3.png

NTSC-J

DJ Boy MD, Stage 5 Boss 3.png

NTSC-U

DJ Boy MD JP, Stage 5 Boss 4.png

NTSC-J

DJ Boy MD, Stage 5 Boss 4.png

NTSC-U

DJ Boy MD JP, Stage 5 Boss 5.png

NTSC-J

DJ Boy MD, Stage 5 Boss 5.png

NTSC-U

In the Japanese version, the entire round is one long boss rush, with DJ Boy skating to the next boss after defeating one. In the Western version, there is a short sequence where the player fights regular enemies before the boss rush takes place in a boxing ring.

Final boss

DJ Boy MD JP, Final Boss.png

NTSC-J

DJ Boy MD, Final Boss.png

NTSC-U

The skin tone of the final boss has been lightened in the Western version.

Epilogue

DJ Boy MD JP, Epilogue.png

NTSC-J

DJ Boy MD, Epilogue.png

NTSC-U

The epilogue is accompanied by artwork in the Japanese version, but it is displayed as only text in the Western version.

Balloon cat

DJ Boy MD JP, Balloon Cat.png

NTSC-J

BlankScreen MD.png

NTSC-U

The balloon cat (which drops a hamburger when knocked out of the air) appears several times in the Japanese version but only once in the Western version (before the boss rush in the fifth round).

Version comparisons

Title screen

DJBoy ArcadeTitleScreen.png

Arcade

DJBoy MD JP Title.png

Mega Drive

References


DJ Boy

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