Debugging features within Pokémon Gold/Silver/Crystal

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Several unused features have been found within the coding of the final build of Pokémon Gold/Silver/Crystal which are suggestible of debugging features which may have been used within earlier builds when Pokémon Gold and Silver were in their early stages of development.

An unused dialogue string "Now on DEBUG..." for a possible debug menu in Pokémon Gold and Silver, although such functions do not exist in the final game, which perhaps suggests that such a feature existed in an earlier Beta version.

MR. CHRONO RTC/DF display

It is notable that dialogue strings corresponding to a non existent NPC named 'MR. CHRONO' exist within the game's coding. If the game is forced to start event data for 'MR. CHRONO' he will display the following strings of dialogue; "I'm MR CHRONO", "Now on DEBUG." Prior to the "Now on DEBUG" message, an interface is displayed which shows the current time according to the 'Real-Time Clock' and the DF (i.e. the time offset set by the player). Next to the time offset; either 'ON' or 'OFF' is displayed. 'ON' denotes that the player is using Daylight-Saving time.