ICEknight's editor guide
The below work is all done by ICEknight, who has let me use his guide to the editor modes.
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THE SUPER SHINOBI 2 PROTOTYPE
Documented by ICEknight
In game buttons:
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Player 1
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START: Pause (Ninjitsu menu)
A: Ninjitsu
B: Attack
Hold B: Protect
C: Jump
C when player starts falling from a high jump: Double jump
UP/DOWN: Look up/down
LEFT/RIGHT: Walk to the left/right
Tap LEFT/RIGHT once then holding it: Run to the left/right
LEFT,LEFT+DOWN,DOWN,RIGHT+DOWN,RIGHT,LEFT,C?: Retreat
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In Ninjitsu menu:
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(late prototype only)
Hold A/B/C+U/D Select level
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Player 2
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START: Perfect pause
A: Frame advance in perfect pause.
B: Go to next stage
C: Makes player float. POW mode on/off.
CHARACTER EDITOR 3.31
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Hold B+C then press A: Enter CHARACTER EDITOR 3.31
Hold B then press START: Exit
START: Switches between "CHAR", "MEM." and "MAP." modes
CHAR mode
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UP/DOWN/LEFT/RIGHT: Move cursor
C: Put selected color in current position
A: Selected color RGB info
Hold A+UP or DOWN: Select current palette
Hold A+LEFT or RIGHT: Select color from current palette
Hold A+C+UP or DOWN: Select current R, G or B value
Hold A+C+LEFT or RIGHT: Change current R, B or B value
Hold B+directional pad: Select current character from the VRAM
Hold B+C+directional pad: Select subsequent characters in an array
MEM. mode
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LEFT/RIGHT: Move the screen to the left/right (+/- 2 bytes)
UP/DOWN: Move the screen up/down (+/- 8 bytes)
Hold A: See current selected adress digit
Hold A+LEFT/RIGHT: Select digit from the current adress
Hold A+UP/DOWN: Change selected digit from the current adress
Hold B: See current selected byte
Hold B+LEFT/RIGHT: Select previous/next byte
Hold B+UP/DOWN: Change selected byte
Hold C: See current selected byte
Hold C+LEFT/RIGHT: Select previous/next word
Hold C+UP/DOWN: Change selected byte
MAP. mode
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1111 3333
2222 4444
1111: X coordinates
2222: y coordinates
3333: Value of selected tile in map
4444: Value of selected tile in tile list
UP/DOWN/LEFT/RIGHT: Move cursor across the whole map
Hold A+UP/DOWN/LEFT/RIGHT: Move map
C: Put selected tile in current position
Hold B+LEFT/RIGHT: Select previous/next tile
Hold B+UP/DOWN: Select the tile 8 positions before/ahead
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