Uploaded May 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
A tour around the unused MAP0 area which contains a rough representation of the entirety of Aberdeen.
While the representation is indeed rough with its very simple models and textures and no NPCs in sight it is still a bit of a marvel because this map is huge! It has all of Worker's Pier, Fortune's Pier, Queen's Street and Beverly Hills Wharf, all in one piece without the need to load.
There are cubes placed around the map which clearly mark the eventual borders of the areas in the final game. It is remarkable how recognizable everything is compared to the final, even with the crude details. The signs show that most stores went where they were planed to go aswell and some even already have their final name. There are some interesting differences here and there however.
I got here by loading the map with the debug menu in the Dreamcast Shenmue II Beta and then hex edited the save file to work with I & II. This map doesn't have any music associated with it. So I put the matching music from the final game over the muted endless footsteps.
The translation of the signs was originally done by Switch in 2018, when I showed this map on the Dreamcast. I had to add to that myself because I missed two signs in BHW back then.
A tour around the unused MAP0 area which contains a rough representation of the entirety of Aberdeen.
While the representation is indeed rough with its very simple models and textures and no NPCs in sight it is still a bit of a marvel because this map is huge! It has all of Worker's Pier, Fortune's Pier, Queen's Street and Beverly Hills Wharf, all in one piece without the need to load.
There are cubes placed around the map which clearly mark the eventual borders of the areas in the final game. It is remarkable how recognizable everything is compared to the final, even with the crude details. The signs show that most stores went where they were planed to go aswell and some even already have their final name. There are some interesting differences here and there however.
I got here by loading the map with the debug menu in the Dreamcast Shenmue II Beta and then hex edited the save file to work with I & II. This map doesn't have any music associated with it. So I put the matching music from the final game over the muted endless footsteps.
The translation of the signs was originally done by Switch in 2018, when I showed this map on the Dreamcast. I had to add to that myself because I missed two signs in BHW back then.
