Ningen Heiki: Dead Fox

By BlackPaladin

Posted by BlackPaladin Oct 04, 2025

Game Name Code Name - Viper

Platform Nintendo Entertainment System

Genre Action

Language English

Status Complete

Version v1.0

Release Date 2025-10-04

Downloads 243

Description

"The Human Weapon: Dead Fox" is a run n' gun game released by Capcom, a blatant knockoff of "Rolling Thunder".

In the year 199X, America is overrun by narcotics, and it's up to the special agent, Jones, to infiltrate seven narcotic dens in South America to free members of the bomb squad and to destroy the syndicate responsible for flooding America with illegal drugs.

This was released in the United States as "Code Name: Viper", but the patch changed the game how it original was meant to be played. Patches were made for both the Japanese ROM as well as for the USA release. (Remember to use the right patch with the right ROM.)

Hashes

Filename: Dead Fox (Japan).nes
CRC32: 95a79de2
SHA-1: 4469cb270017d6f6319385e0a1fc5abcad2c69d1
Verified: Nintendo - Nintendo Entertainment System (Headered) v.20260617-064757 (No-Intro)
Filename: Code Name - Viper (USA).nes
CRC32: 5988da29
SHA-1: 4c86ae577454b6de9a3fe48acbb7f095c8b82d3b
Verified: Nintendo - Nintendo Entertainment System (Headered) v.20260617-064757 (No-Intro)

Staff Credits

BlackPaladin: Font Replacement, ROM Hacking
giblet92: Japanese to English translation
FCAndChill: Title Screen Design & ROM Hacking

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Relevant Link

https://github.com/BlackPaladin2022/Translation-Patches/tree/main/(NES)%20The%20Human%20Weapon%20-%20Dead%20Fox

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Last comments

BlackPaladin 2025-10-08

The game does have a completely different script from the localized version of the game as well as, of course, the title screen. As for combining my patch with Big Hairy Marty's patch, I haven't tested combing his patch with mine. I'll have to put that on my "to do" list. :P I would've asked if I could incorporate his patch with mine, but he appears to have gone inactive for about 18 months at this time.

Zoki 2025-10-05

Hi [USER=180]@BlackPaladin[/USER] could you share more details about the gameplay regional changes and what is this patch restoring? The only regional change mentioned on TCRF is the title screen. [URL unfurl="true"]https://tcrf.net/Code_Name:_Viper#Regional_Differences[/URL] I also wanted to ask if your translation patch is compatible with the romhack changing the colours of clothes "Code Name: Viper - Fully Clothed" by Big Hairy Marty. Thanks.