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Exception handler

If the game ever crashes, it'll display this exception handler.^[1]

Unused content

Debug menus

Pro Action Replay code FF0552:0004 in the US version enables two new selections on the main menu. Note that the menu selection for the stage editor (beneath animation mode) is invisible, but still selectable.^[1]

Animation mode

A 3D animation viewer. The top-right number signifies which object is being selected, while the bottom-right number is the current animation frame. The bottom-left number doesn't appear to do anything.^[1]

The D-Pad moves objects around the screen. Holding A and a direction will rotate/turn the object in that direction.
Holding B while pressing Up or Down zoom in and out of objects.
Holding B while pressing Left or Right rotates objects along the object's center.
Holding C while pressing Up or Down changes the type of object viewed; changes between main game models, Wireframe versions of those models, Sprites, and additional models.
Holding C while pressing Left or Right, changes what object is currently on the screen.
Holding X while pressing Up or Down, stretches objects.
Holding Y pauses the animation and allows the player to press Z to progress frame-by-frame.
Pressing Start returns the player back to the main menu.

Stage editor

The second debugging option is invisible, making it a little hard to access it, and there doesn't seem to be a way out of this mode. Pressing A, B, or C will load the level's layout from the ROM, while Start loads the previous edit session's data. Left / Right change the level, but it seems to take a while for the game to recognize the button presses.^[1]

The HUD will be changed to display the following info:

Top Row, First Column: The object chosen.
Top Row, Second Column: The object chosen.
Top Row, Fourth Column: Speed of the "cursor" while moving.
Top Row, Fourth Column: Speed of the "cursor".
Bottom Row, First Column: The object chosen.

The controls for this mode are somewhat buggy.

A and C change between objects.
B places the object on the screen.
X changes the speed the player moves forward.
Y removes the object selected.
Holding Z moves forward in the level.
Pressing Mode makes moving forward in the level go faster.
Pressing Start goes back to the Stage Select menu.

Credit strings

Several strings are hidden in the Japanese/US ROM at the hex addresses listed below. They reference programmer Toru Kujirai.^[1]

000F0470:

3D Draw Driver Ver.1.00 for Super32X
Copyright(C)1994,1995 CRI
CSK Research Institute Coporation
Programmed by T.Kujirai

000F8480:

OMAKE for PARASQUAD(MotherBase) Ver.1.00
Copyright(C)1994,1995 CRI
CSK Research Institute Coporation
Programmed by T.Kujirai

000FCBD8:

S32X Initializer Ver.1.00 
Copyright(C)1994,1995 CRI 
CSK Research Institute Coporation
Programmed by T.Kujirai

00100460:

Super32X Program Switcher(for Master SH2) Ver.1.00 
Copyright(C)1994,1995 CRI 
CSK Research Institute Coporation
Programmed by T.Kujirai

00100C24:

Super32X Program Switcher(for Slave SH2) Ver.1.00
Copyright(C)1994,1995 CRI 
CSK Research Institute Coporation
Programmed by T.Kujirai

0010D4B8:

3D DRAW DRIVER for PARASQUAD(MotherBase) Ver.1.00
Copyright(C)1994,1995 CRI 
CSK Research Institute Coporation
Programmed by T.Kujirai

References

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