As far as I know, Winter, Christmas, New Year and normal are the only main themes, though as tabitha said there's definitely other time-related stuff in there too. I know that if you play at specific times of day, you get other stuff falling from the sky instead of snow:
09:00 am = Moons12:00 pm = Crystals03:00 pm = Sweets06:00 pm = Sparkles09:00 pm = Stars12:00 am = Hearts
...and if you play on April 1st (April Fool's Day) NiGHTS is replaced with Reala, though that seems to be fairly well-known...
tabitha wrote:14th of february give you hearts insead of snow and I think december 31 2099 gives you purple snow or something. Not sure of the top of my head.
Funny you should mention those, because they're both listed in the Saturn magazine I just pulled out to check this stuff, and bizarrely, neither of those dates seem to have any effect; ditto for Halloween, which is also listed. It's the official UK Saturn mag, but I have no idea where they got that info from... I remember those things not working when I tried them years ago, too...
It's the official UK Saturn mag, but I have no idea where they got that info from... I remember those things not working when I tried them years ago, too...
Are you referring to the special cheats feature printed in the last two issues of Sega Saturn Magazine? I remember they also printed the debug code for NiGHTS, which didn't work. I vaguely recall reading somewhere that it worked on pre-release review code, though.
Nick R wrote:Are you referring to the special cheats feature printed in the last two issues of Sega Saturn Magazine?
The very same. About that debug code, I seemed to remember that SSM printed in an earlier issue (after they originally printed the cheat) the explanation for why it didn't work, which would mean they only reprinted the cheat again by accident; though I've just had a quick flick through the older issues and couldn't find another mention of it, so perhaps my memory's not correct on that. But yeah, I've read what you said somewhere, at least: that the cheat worked in the review copy but not in the finished game. I'm slightly surprised that one of those review discs hasn't surfaced and gone public by now though, because in the scheme of things they're not that hard to come by... but in this case it might be that collectors actually know there's a difference between the review disc and the game, and are hoarding those discs away accordingly.
The themes in order are-
Newyears, Valentines (or spring), regular, (aparently Halloween but nothing changes except the title screen)(which is an excellent picture none the less), winter, Christmas.
My fave would be Newyears for the sheer fact that Elliots outfit is hideous beyond all belief XD