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Like the subject says: is there a list of SMS games that use the Pause button for something other than pausing, i.e. for a gameplay function? Off the top of my head I know of a few, like Streets of Rage. But a list would be useful, and I wasn't able to find one.

I know Zillion does, it allows you to switch characters, view your character stats and how many ID cards you have.

Yeah, right now the rough list I have includes:

Alex Kidd in Miracle World
Golvellius
Psycho Fox
Streets of Rage
Wonder Boy III
Wonder Boy in Monster Land
Zillion

I haven't verified most of these myself, though.

James Bond 007: The duel uses Pause to show stats and change weapons.

Desert Strike is unplayable without browsing the (quite extensive) information hidden behind the Pause button. If you get stuck in Krusty's Fun House, you have to pause and press [2] to exit - but it's not required to actually play the game. Lemmings is a lot easier if you abuse Pause.

On Lemmings, you can select skills for the rodents while the game is paused, and I think you can even order them to start a task [however, they won't begin doing it until you press Pause button again]. It's very useful, in certain levels you have to act quickly.

Notice that there are also some games in which the Pause button doesn't do anything at all; not even pauses the game. For example, Sega World Tournament Golf.

Jurassic Park uses it for the level select/sound test cheat

Thanks to all. So far I've got:

Alex Kidd in Miracle World
Desert Strike
Golvellius
James Bond 007: The Duel
Jurassic Park*
Krusty's Fun House*
Lemmings*
Psycho Fox
Streets of Rage
Wonder Boy III
Wonder Boy in Monster Land
Zillion

Games with an asterisk use the Pause button mainly to pause the game, but also have non-obvious functionality (cheat codes, etc.) that's available while paused.

Any others?

It'd be interesting to have a "Pause button does nothing" list too. Both of these might be worth a wiki tag, actually...

Go for it!

http://www.smspower.org/?action=search&q=pause+-gg&group=Cheats
I put "pause" into the site search engine for a quick list of games that use the Pause button for cheats in some way.

A few more I can think of include:

Addams Family (inventory, to use Thing)
Danan: The Jungle Fighter (inventory, use animal)
FIFA International Soccer (options menu)
Lord of the Sword (map)
Star Wars

-On World Cup USA 94, the Pause is used to make changes in the team and the strategie. This can be done also on Ultimate Soccer.
-On Great Golf (the Japanese version), you can peek the current course while the pause is activated.
-On Bubble Bobble, you can view all the items you have
-On Robocops Vs. The Terminator, you can see your score and number of lives.
-On Out Run 3D, the Pause can be used to change between 3D and 2D Mode (only on Title Screen)

-On Monopoly, by pressing the Pause, the game goes weird =S ...

On the other hand, these games are not affected by the Pause (not sure if there are some more):

-Golfamania
-PGA Tour Golf
-Putt & Putter
-Sega World Tournament Golf
-Shanghai (although there is a cheat for activating a new game that requires the Pause)
-Tecmo World Cup '93
-World Class LeaderBoard

I think these sorts of things aren't worth documenting as tags, as there's little chance you'd want to use this feature as a way to browse other games with the same odd functionality. However, there's no reason not to make a list. Here's a starting point...

http://www.smspower.org/Lists/SMSGamesWithSpecialPauseButtonBehaviour

Edit away!

Great, thanks so much, Maxim. I agree that a list is the perfect way to do this. Among other things, it's useful to emulator authors -- and to people telling Krikzz to keep the pause button on the Everdrive MD. :D (Not that that's an issue anymore, mind.)

Baku Baku Animal, being a lazy Game Gear port, requires you to press Pause to start the game (the game comes with a little piece of paper - very easy to lose - explaining this).

mateusbond wrote

Baku Baku Animal, being a lazy Game Gear port, requires you to press Pause to start the game (the game comes with a little piece of paper - very easy to lose - explaining this).

lol

Ghouls and Ghosts?

The following SMS ROMs (plus some homebrew software and BIOSes) have a retn instruction at address $66 - they therefore completely ignore presses of the Pause button:

94 Super World Cup Soccer (KR).sms
Castle of Illusion - Starring Mickey Mouse [Demo].sms
Cyborg Z (KR).sms
Dodgeball King (KR).sms
Ecco - The Tides of Time (BR).sms
Haja no Fuuin (JP).sms
Jang Pung 3 (KR).sms
Loretta no Shouzou (JP).sms
Miracle Warriors - Seal of The Dark Lord [Proto].sms
Miracle Warriors - Seal of the Dark Lord.sms
Mortal Kombat 3 (BR).sms
Puznic (KR).sms
Sangokushi 3 (KR).sms
Sitio do Picapau Amarelo (BR).sms
Super Bioman I (KR).sms
Super Boy 3 (KR).sms
Super Boy 4 (KR).sms
Super Tetris (KR).sms

Ron_Stard wrote

On the other hand, these games are not affected by the Pause:
-Tecmo World Cup '93

Although this is true of the prototype version of the game, it seems to me that the final version does have a pause feature?

I know this is a 2 years old thread here, but I stumbled on it today and noticed a game missing...

Moonwalker has pause functionality. It shows the number of lives left, and the number of kids left to rescue in that round.

Wonder Boy in Monster World uses Pause for inventory access, same as the previous ones.

Damn, I always found these games annoying.

Jurassic Park uses the pause button to select weapons and health kits.

The last boss requires a lot of health kits and so I usually play it in a crouched position, poised over the pause button in readiness for when I need a health kit.

I dug up this thread some time ago. After a little work I added a few games to the list.
For the record, Streets of Rage is listed, but i think there's nothing special.
Also, this allowed me to add tags to some games

Multi-Language
- Trivial Puirsuit
- World Cup USA 94

Password
- (Disney's) Aladdin
- Buggy Run
- Cosmic Spacehead
- The Smurfs
- Loretta no Shouzou
- Road Rash
- Tecmo World Cup '93

Menu/Others
- Action Fighter (Status/Score)
- Ariel - The Little Mermaid (Status/Maps)
- Bonanza Bros. (map)
- Championship Hockey (Stats)
- Daffy Duck in Hollywood (Status)
- Dracula (Score/Pause)
- Férias Frustradas do Pica Pau (Status)
- Gaegujangi Kkachi (Inventory)
- Mônica no Castelo do Dragão (Status)
- Moonwalker (Status)
- Populous (Scroll the screen)
- Rastan (Status)
- Sapo Xulé Vs Os Invasores do Brejo (use items)
- SpellCaster (Spell Selection)
- Submarine Attack (Status/Score)
- Super Racing (Settings/options)
- Taz in Escape from Mars (Score/Pause)
- The Jungle Book (Score/Pause)
- Turma da Mônica em: O Resgate (status, use items)
- Wimbledon (Score/Pause)
- Wimbledon II (Score/Pause)
- X-Men: Mojo World (Score/Pause)[/u][/b]

No pause functionality
- 4 PAK All Action
- Alibaba and 40 Thieves
- C_So! [MSX]
- Color & Switch Test
- Dragon Crystal
- Eagles 5
- Flashpoint
- Galaxian
- Gangcheol RoboCop
- Great Volleyball
- Gun.Smoke
- Hong Kil Dong
- Jang Pung II
- Janggun-ui Adeul
- New Boggle Boggle 2
- Suho Jeonsa
- Super Bubble Bobble
- Super Columns
- The Three Dragon Story
- Toto World 3
- Virtua Fighter Animation
- Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
- Xyzolog

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goldenband Joined: 24 May 2010 Posts: 127 Location: New York	SMS games that use the Pause button for gameplay Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 2:54 am
	Like the subject says: is there a list of SMS games that use the Pause button for something other than pausing, i.e. for a gameplay function? Off the top of my head I know of a few, like Streets of Rage. But a list would be useful, and I wasn't able to find one.

ApolloBoy Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 315 Location: San Jose, CA	Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 3:36 am
	I know Zillion does, it allows you to switch characters, view your character stats and how many ID cards you have.

goldenband Joined: 24 May 2010 Posts: 127 Location: New York	Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 3:46 am
	Yeah, right now the rough list I have includes: Alex Kidd in Miracle World Golvellius Psycho Fox Streets of Rage Wonder Boy III Wonder Boy in Monster Land Zillion I haven't verified most of these myself, though.

TmEE Joined: 31 Oct 2007 Posts: 853 Location: Estonia, Rapla city	Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 8:35 am
	James Bond 007: The duel uses Pause to show stats and change weapons.

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 14745 Location: London	Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:59 am
	Desert Strike is unplayable without browsing the (quite extensive) information hidden behind the Pause button. If you get stuck in Krusty's Fun House, you have to pause and press [2] to exit - but it's not required to actually play the game. Lemmings is a lot easier if you abuse Pause.

Ron_Stard Joined: 01 Apr 2008 Posts: 197 Location: Spain	Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 10:05 am
Ron_Stard Joined: 01 Apr 2008 Posts: 197 Location: Spain	On Lemmings, you can select skills for the rodents while the game is paused, and I think you can even order them to start a task [however, they won't begin doing it until you press Pause button again]. It's very useful, in certain levels you have to act quickly. Notice that there are also some games in which the Pause button doesn't do anything at all; not even pauses the game. For example, Sega World Tournament Golf.

unfnknblvbl Joined: 12 Jul 1999 Posts: 891	Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 10:56 am
unfnknblvbl Joined: 12 Jul 1999 Posts: 891	Jurassic Park uses it for the level select/sound test cheat

goldenband Joined: 24 May 2010 Posts: 127 Location: New York	Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 3:31 pm
	Thanks to all. So far I've got: Alex Kidd in Miracle World Desert Strike Golvellius James Bond 007: The Duel Jurassic Park* Krusty's Fun House* Lemmings* Psycho Fox Streets of Rage Wonder Boy III Wonder Boy in Monster Land Zillion Games with an asterisk use the Pause button mainly to pause the game, but also have non-obvious functionality (cheat codes, etc.) that's available while paused. Any others? It'd be interesting to have a "Pause button does nothing" list too. Both of these might be worth a wiki tag, actually...

Maraakate Joined: 05 Jun 2010 Posts: 757 Location: Pennsylvania, USA	Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:52 pm
	Go for it!

ian Joined: 01 Mar 2006 Posts: 85 Location: Essex, UK	Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:34 pm
ian Joined: 01 Mar 2006 Posts: 85 Location: Essex, UK	http://www.smspower.org/?action=search&q=pause+-gg&group=Cheats I put "pause" into the site search engine for a quick list of games that use the Pause button for cheats in some way. A few more I can think of include: Addams Family (inventory, to use Thing) Danan: The Jungle Fighter (inventory, use animal) FIFA International Soccer (options menu) Lord of the Sword (map) Star Wars

Ron_Stard Joined: 01 Apr 2008 Posts: 197 Location: Spain	Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:59 pm Last edited by Ron_Stard on Wed Feb 01, 2012 8:29 pm; edited 1 time in total
Ron_Stard Joined: 01 Apr 2008 Posts: 197 Location: Spain	-On World Cup USA 94, the Pause is used to make changes in the team and the strategie. This can be done also on Ultimate Soccer. -On Great Golf (the Japanese version), you can peek the current course while the pause is activated. -On Bubble Bobble, you can view all the items you have -On Robocops Vs. The Terminator, you can see your score and number of lives. -On Out Run 3D, the Pause can be used to change between 3D and 2D Mode (only on Title Screen) -On Monopoly, by pressing the Pause, the game goes weird =S ... On the other hand, these games are not affected by the Pause (not sure if there are some more): -Golfamania -PGA Tour Golf -Putt & Putter -Sega World Tournament Golf -Shanghai (although there is a cheat for activating a new game that requires the Pause) -Tecmo World Cup '93 -World Class LeaderBoard

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 14745 Location: London	Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 12:04 pm
	I think these sorts of things aren't worth documenting as tags, as there's little chance you'd want to use this feature as a way to browse other games with the same odd functionality. However, there's no reason not to make a list. Here's a starting point... http://www.smspower.org/Lists/SMSGamesWithSpecialPauseButtonBehaviour Edit away!

goldenband Joined: 24 May 2010 Posts: 127 Location: New York	Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 7:44 pm
	Great, thanks so much, Maxim. I agree that a list is the perfect way to do this. Among other things, it's useful to emulator authors -- and to people telling Krikzz to keep the pause button on the Everdrive MD. :D (Not that that's an issue anymore, mind.)

mateusbond Joined: 19 Aug 2006 Posts: 102 Location: Brazil	Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 10:27 pm
	Baku Baku Animal, being a lazy Game Gear port, requires you to press Pause to start the game (the game comes with a little piece of paper - very easy to lose - explaining this).

Maraakate Joined: 05 Jun 2010 Posts: 757 Location: Pennsylvania, USA	Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 4:47 am
	mateusbond wrote Baku Baku Animal, being a lazy Game Gear port, requires you to press Pause to start the game (the game comes with a little piece of paper - very easy to lose - explaining this). lol

omp Joined: 13 Nov 2007 Posts: 219	Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 9:01 pm
omp Joined: 13 Nov 2007 Posts: 219	Ghouls and Ghosts?

RetroSpark Joined: 08 Dec 2005 Posts: 488 Location: Melbourne, Australia	Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 8:06 am
	The following SMS ROMs (plus some homebrew software and BIOSes) have a retn instruction at address $66 - they therefore completely ignore presses of the Pause button: 94 Super World Cup Soccer (KR).sms Castle of Illusion - Starring Mickey Mouse [Demo].sms Cyborg Z (KR).sms Dodgeball King (KR).sms Ecco - The Tides of Time (BR).sms Haja no Fuuin (JP).sms Jang Pung 3 (KR).sms Loretta no Shouzou (JP).sms Miracle Warriors - Seal of The Dark Lord [Proto].sms Miracle Warriors - Seal of the Dark Lord.sms Mortal Kombat 3 (BR).sms Puznic (KR).sms Sangokushi 3 (KR).sms Sitio do Picapau Amarelo (BR).sms Super Bioman I (KR).sms Super Boy 3 (KR).sms Super Boy 4 (KR).sms Super Tetris (KR).sms Ron_Stard wrote On the other hand, these games are not affected by the Pause: -Tecmo World Cup '93 Although this is true of the prototype version of the game, it seems to me that the final version does have a pause feature?

munnlete Joined: 06 Jun 2012 Posts: 16 Location: USA	Posted: Fri May 16, 2014 1:08 am
munnlete Joined: 06 Jun 2012 Posts: 16 Location: USA	I know this is a 2 years old thread here, but I stumbled on it today and noticed a game missing... Moonwalker has pause functionality. It shows the number of lives left, and the number of kids left to rescue in that round.

Wesker Joined: 14 Jul 2008 Posts: 158	Posted: Fri May 16, 2014 1:21 pm
Wesker Joined: 14 Jul 2008 Posts: 158	Wonder Boy in Monster World uses Pause for inventory access, same as the previous ones.

edwithmj Joined: 30 Aug 2012 Posts: 33	Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 12:13 am
edwithmj Joined: 30 Aug 2012 Posts: 33	Damn, I always found these games annoying. Jurassic Park uses the pause button to select weapons and health kits. The last boss requires a lot of health kits and so I usually play it in a crouched position, poised over the pause button in readiness for when I need a health kit.

balkry Joined: 22 Feb 2005 Posts: 173 Location: Caen, France	Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 8:49 pm
	I dug up this thread some time ago. After a little work I added a few games to the list. For the record, Streets of Rage is listed, but i think there's nothing special. Also, this allowed me to add tags to some games Multi-Language - Trivial Puirsuit - World Cup USA 94 Password - (Disney's) Aladdin - Buggy Run - Cosmic Spacehead - The Smurfs - Loretta no Shouzou - Road Rash - Tecmo World Cup '93 Menu/Others - Action Fighter (Status/Score) - Ariel - The Little Mermaid (Status/Maps) - Bonanza Bros. (map) - Championship Hockey (Stats) - Daffy Duck in Hollywood (Status) - Dracula (Score/Pause) - Férias Frustradas do Pica Pau (Status) - Gaegujangi Kkachi (Inventory) - Mônica no Castelo do Dragão (Status) - Moonwalker (Status) - Populous (Scroll the screen) - Rastan (Status) - Sapo Xulé Vs Os Invasores do Brejo (use items) - SpellCaster (Spell Selection) - Submarine Attack (Status/Score) - Super Racing (Settings/options) - Taz in Escape from Mars (Score/Pause) - The Jungle Book (Score/Pause) - Turma da Mônica em: O Resgate (status, use items) - Wimbledon (Score/Pause) - Wimbledon II (Score/Pause) - X-Men: Mojo World (Score/Pause)[/u][/b] No pause functionality - 4 PAK All Action - Alibaba and 40 Thieves - C_So! [MSX] - Color & Switch Test - Dragon Crystal - Eagles 5 - Flashpoint - Galaxian - Gangcheol RoboCop - Great Volleyball - Gun.Smoke - Hong Kil Dong - Jang Pung II - Janggun-ui Adeul - New Boggle Boggle 2 - Suho Jeonsa - Super Bubble Bobble - Super Columns - The Three Dragon Story - Toto World 3 - Virtua Fighter Animation - Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? - Xyzolog

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