~BSmall SoldiersLevel PasswordGorgon X, X, Triangle, Square, Square, X, Circle, XDimensional Temple Square, X, Triangle, Square, Square, Square, Circle, XFloating Fortress Circle, X, Triangle, Square, Square, Circle, Circle, XSpirit Bog Triangle, X, Triangle, Square, Square, Triangle, Circle, XCanyon Village X, Square, Triangle, Square, Square, X, Triangle, XCreepy Caverns Square, Square, Triangle, Square, Square, Square, Triangle, XSpace Ship Circle, Square, Triangle, Square, Square, Circle, Triangle, XHall Of Patriots Triangle, Square, Triangle, Square, Square, Triangle, Triangle, XGraveyard Of War Machines X, Circle, Triangle, Square, Square, X, X, SquareNuclear Mine Square, Circle, Triangle, Square, Square, Square, X, SquareLaunch Center Circle, Circle, Triangle, Square, Square, Circle, X, Square~GBatman & RobinWenn Du "Supergesundheit" haben willst, suche nach einem gelben Motorrad, wenn Du inder Stadt herumfährst. Folge ihm und es führt Dich dahin.~EBatman & RobinIf want "SUPER-HEALTH", so spy a yellow motorbike when you drive aroundin the city, follow it and it will show you health.~BColony Wars: VengeanceInvincibility:Enter Vampire as a case-sensitive password.All weapons:Enter Tornado as a case-sensitive password.Primary weapons always available:Enter Dark*Angel as a case-sensitive password.Unlimited secondary weapons:Enter Chimera as a case-sensitive password.Unlimited afterburners:Enter Avalanche as a case-sensitive password.Unlimited money:Enter Hydra as a case-sensitive password.All ships:Enter Thunderchild as a case-sensitive password.Mission and FMV select:Enter Demon as a case-sensitive password.Multiple cheats:Enter Blizzard as a case-sensitive password to unlock all missions, all ships,unlimited secondary weapons, and more cheat features.Disable cheat mode:Enter Stormlord as a case-sensitive password to disable all active cheats.~BAssault: RetributionGoodies option:Press Triangle, Square, Circle, Left, Square, Triangle, Square, Circle, Left,Square within three seconds at the "Press Start" screen. An additional selectionwill appear at the end of the options menu that allows level selection, allweapons, unlimited ammunition, and the ability to view the FMV sequences.Stage select:Enable the "Goodies option" code. Then, press Left, Right, X, Triangle, Left, Upwithin three seconds at the "Press Start" screen. A white screen flash, soundeffect, and display of the cheat name will confirm correct code entry. An optionthat will allow selection of an individual stage within a level will becomeavailable. Note: Enabling this code may cause music and graphic problems.Nakomi mode:Press Up(2), Down(2), Left, Right, Left, Right, X, Circle within three secondsat the "Press Start" screen. A white screen flash, sound effect, and display ofthe cheat name will confirm correct code entry. All 3D characters except theBoss will be flattened.Big head player:Press Square, Circle(2), Square, Up, Square, Circle(2), Square, Triangle withinthree seconds at the "Press Start" screen. A white screen flash, sound effect,and display of the cheat name will confirm correct code entry.Big Head aliens:Press Square, Circle(2), Square, Up, Square, Circle(2), Square, X within threeseconds at the "Press Start" screen. A white screen flash, sound effect, anddisplay of the cheat name will confirm correct code entry. Note: This code doesnot affect the Boss.Turbo mode:Press X, Square, Triangle, Circle, X, Square, Triangle, Circle, L2, R2 withinthree seconds at the "Press Start" screen. A white screen flash, sound effect,and display of the cheat name will confirm correct code entry. Press Circleduring game play to run faster. Note: This will also use any item currentlybeing held by your character.Grayscale graphics:Press X(2), Triangle(2), Square(2), Circle(2), Up, Down within three seconds atthe "Press Start" screen. A white screen flash, sound effect, and display of thecheat name will confirm correct code entry.Sepia graphics:Press Left(10) within three seconds at the "Press Start" screen. A white screenflash, sound effect, and display of the cheat name will confirm correct codeentry.~BPandemoniumLevels (No goodies.)1-ADEAMIIE2-EPIJAKCA3-FBIJAKCI4-KOCCCIEE5-NGIAIBJJ6-NIIAJBCB7-KGCACICI8-AHICBAJE9-AIICFAJG10-AIICBAJI11-FBIIAKCK12-FDIIAKDC13-FFIIAKDK14-KACACIBA15-ADMCFAID16-EMIIEKBE17-OEIBIBMJ18-FAAIAKCECodesEVILDEAD = Immortal enemies..They just keep coming back....TWISTEYE = Rock n roll.....Hold L1 & L2 and move the DPAD left orright to rorate the screen..Pull down to center it again...INANDOUT = just visiting..Allows you to quit a game in mid game asnormal but rather than go back to the Main screen you can carry on orrestart another or the same level (must have reached more than onelevel)..If you want to go back to the Main screen repeat the quitprocedure on the level select screen....THETHING = Mutant mania...Hold L2 and press the circle button to cyclethru odd shapes of your body..L2 + X swaps back to normal...HARDBODY = can`t touch this...Invincible.....BODYSWAP = Gender bender..Press Triangle to swap characters in midgame..OTTOFIRE = Permanent weapon..As it says. New Weapon changes as itspicked...VITAMINS = Life of the party...31 lives are all yours...CORONARY = hearts a plenty...Loads of of extra Hearts....******TOMMYBOY = Fult tilt....The Pinball screen....Finish a level andyou get the option to play this....Very Nice too...******CASHDASH = Speed greed...Bonus screen after level isfinished....Choose either TOMMYBOY or CASHDASH as they are bonus levels and cannotbe selected at the same time. If you want to swap between them thenQuit the game and enter the password for the one you want...BORNFREE = the worlds your oyster....Go to any world.....~BPandemonium 231 lives:Enter IMMORTAL as a password.Level select:Enter OCMCKKEJ as a password. Level Passwords 1 Ice Prison EMIAGCAI 2 Zorrscha's Lab OMACCBAI 3 Hot Pants FAIAGCBI 4 Stan's The Man FEKAGCCA 5 Oyster Desoyster LGBFIICE 6 Puzzle Wood LMBBIIEE 7 Temple Of Nori IEBBIIGF 8 Egg! Egg! KNBBIIAI 9 Huevos Libertad! LGBJIICI 10 Pipe Hous LOBJIIEI 11 Hate Tank IGBJIIGJ 12 Fantabulous FFCAGCCC 13 Mr. Schneobelen FHCAGCCK 14 Collide O Scope FJKEGCDC 15 The Zoul Train FLKEGCDK 16 Lick The Toad ADIKBIIB 17 The Bitter End ADMIBIID 18 Rub The Buddha MAECCBEJ~BParappa The RapperBonus level:Compete each level with a "Cool" rating. A bonus level with Sunny Funny and KatyKat dancing on a table will be accessible.Change Parappa's voice:Complete the first two levels with a "Cool" rating. Press X(3), Triangle,Circle, Triangle, Square(2), Right, Left, Square, X and finish the next level asusual. On the level 4, press X, Square, Triangle, Circle, X to allow Parappa'svoice to be changed. Hold R1 and press Circle or Triangle to cycle through thevoices of the other characters in the game.Information in this section was contributed by Bob the Mailman.Play as Sunny or the Ninja:Complete the level 1 with at least 3000 points and a "Cool" rating. Completelevel 2 with a "Good" rating, but with the "Cool" status flashing. This occursif the score is 1025 points. Complete levels 3 and 4 with over 2000 points oneach, and a "Good" rating. Complete level 5 with at least 4000 points and a"Cool" rating. Finally, complete level 6 with at least 2000 points and a "Cool"rating. The choice of playing as Sunny or the Ninja will appear when startingthe next game.Parappa the Gangsta Rappa:Get a "Cool" rating on level 3 (working at the flea market with Master Princefleaswallow, the rastafrog). When you start freestyle rappin', hit the followingsequences to make Parappa create the corresponding sentences. "I got all the skunk!" Left, Circle, Triangle, Right(2) "I got all the money!" Left, Circle, Triangle, Right, Square "I will try the skunk!" Left(3), Right(2) "All you ever need is the skunk!" X(5), Right(2) "I will try to got all you money!" Left(4), Circle, X(2), Square "All you ever need is to be money!" (inspired by Swingers) X(7), SquareAfter that, get freestyle on the Chicken's cooking level and find the sequenceto make Parappa say "M. I. X. the CRACK!"Information in this section was contributed by Tre Zieman.View FMV sequences:Complete levels 1 through 5 with a "Cool" rating. Complete level 6 with the"Awesome" rating by completing each part of the rap perfectly.Beetle Rappa:Complete the first level with a "Cool" rating, the second and third level with a"Good" rating, the fourth and fifth level with a "Cool" rating. Complete thelast level with a "Good" rating. A Beetle Rappa game may now be selected.This code has been reported as inaccurate. Please submit any corrections orverifications.~BPowerboat RacingEnter the following letters as passwords.CUP Championship mode.L.R Slalom modeU.G MINES trackMIN Minno CatamaransIKE Pike CatamaransCUD Barracuda CatamaransType the words in as player names.COMPACT Drive mini-boatsLARGE Large motorsZOOOOOM Gives speed boatsSPEEEED Gives super-speed boatsDEFORMED Big head mode~BPrimal RageBowling: (This trick requires two players)Both players must choose Armadon, but you can play on any stage. Now, eachplayer must execute three Spinning Death moves at the same time. (PressForward, Down-Forward, Down and Square and Circle). If you do thiscorrectly, you can play two frames of bowling. The worshippers are thepins.Volleyball: (Use two players)On Sauron's Cove Stage, draw out a worshipper by doing a combo, then hitthe worshipper into the air toward your opponent. Volley them back andforth about eight times and you'll see a net and a referee appear for thegame.Falling Cows:In a two-player game, you must be on the Ruin's Stage and one player mustbe Chaos. When the timer is just about to run out, have Chaos perform aFart of Fury (Hold Triangle and Circle and then Press Down, Forward, Up,Back). If the green cloud is in the air when the timer reaches zero, cowswill fall instead of fireballs when the match goes into sudden death.At the Character Select Screen, press and hold Circle, Triangle, or Squarewhile choosing your character with X. The buttons will give you three morecolor choices.~B=========================================B R A V E F E N C E R M U S A S H I========================================= Version 5.0Walkthrough by Jerrold Ng <jiyau@yahoo.com>---------------------------------------------------------------------1. Introduction2. Controls / Basic Techniques3. Walkthrough i. Chapter 1 ii. Chapter 2 iii. Chapter 3 iv. Chapter 4 v. Chapter 5 vi. Chapter 64. Hints & Tips5. Combos, Minku and castle folk list6. Acknowledgements---------------------------------------------------------------------1. IntroductionBefore I start the FAQ / Walkthrough, I need to set a few thingsstraight -a) This is quite an update from the previous versions. I may stillbe doing things wrong without realizing it, so please inform me ifI've messed anything up ^_^b) Versions 1.0 & 2.0 were basic walkthroughs, but after version3.0 it really covers a lot of miscellaneous info here and there...so it's pretty detailed now!c) I've translated some stuff here and there from reading newsgroupposts - but I do not own the English version. However, if someonewill send one to me I'd be grateful ^_^OK, enough rambling, lets get on with it...Brave Fencer Musashi is an Action/RPG by my favorite game Company,Squaresoft. It tells a story of a young boy samurai called Musashi(based on a popular Japanese folklore - he's supposed to have neverlost a sword fight before, but he came close to losing when hechallenged his arch rival Kojiro, who's incidently also in thisgame - but they are NOT kids!!!) wielding two swords, living in hisown little world until he's summoned to help a peaceful countryfight a less-peaceful enemy. Well, a basic RPG story, really.This game is a Zelda/Alundra-type Adventure RPG, so don't let thefirst stage fool you (more on that later). You will need a good command of Japanese to play the importversion of this game - I found out the hard way; without help of afew fellow gamers, I would have never gotten passed the first hourof the game. So, I suggest that you should be pick up the US version,which is out now, crappy voice acting and all.New to version 2.0- Added walkthroughs for chapter 4-6 so quit bugging me with e-mails already!! ^_^- Added technique 'counter'- Cleared up some errata- Added more info on the MinkuNew to version 3.0- Added complete list of Minku, also including the Mega Minku!- Added info about Limited Addition Figures and Musicians- Added extra info on skills and sleeping- Monster and Assimilate list for Chapters 5 & 6- Cleared up some more errata- Expanded on bits a lot of people seem to get stuck in- Translated some stuff here and thereNew to version 4.0- Added the complete list of castle folks- Added Combo List- Cleared up some confusing bits in the ice castle, mine, final palace, and some other bits here and there- Cleared up even more errataNew to version 5.0- Some (but not all) English translations are in- Cleared up some stuff here and there (again)What I want to add (much later)- Translation of all the actual names of the castle folk- Anything else of interest---------------------------------------------------------------------2. Controls / Basic TechniquesStart Screen -Two options, first one being to start a new game, second to load asaved game. You knew that, didn't you?Controls -Direction Pad - Moves the Musashi around. Seems obvious.Square Button - Swings his basic weapon, a thin katana blade. Tap this button to rack up a few hits ending with a rolling cut attack.X Button - Jump. You can jump backwards if you hold down R1 while pressing X.Triangle Button - Swings your second weapon, which is the magical blade Lumina. Hits once, but does lots of damage. You don't have this weapon at the beginning of the game. You can upgrade the sword later with magic rune stones at chapters 2,3,4 and 5. Circle Button - Uses your absorbed ability. More on this below. R1 Button - Defends against frontal attacks. Also fills up bar on the bottom-left for various techniques (once again, more on that below) L1 Button - Hold this down for Musashi to walk instead of run (not really sure how useful this is) R2 & L2 Button - Rotates camera if you're in town, in other cases it simply zooms in slightly, and in some other cases, does nothing at all. Select Button - Switches between Fight Mode and Sleep Mode, more on that below. Start Button - Looks at your characters inventory and pauses the game while you're at it.Techniques -Assimilate Technique - One of the main techniques the game uses isthe ability to steal enemy techniques and use them as your own. Eachnormal creature you meet has a technique to steal. To steal anability, hold down the R1 button until you gauge is full, thenpress the Square Button in front of the enemy. If successfully hit,the sword will start glowing green. Tap the Square button untilthe gauge is completely green to absorb the enemy's ability.There are two major types of abilities you can steal - 1) Spells;where you press the circle button to do the attack, which drainsyour BP (Battle Point, I think) and 2) Skills - where you gaincertain abilities (e.g. Pogo hopping, BP drawing, etc..). Theseusually drains a small bit of BP from you when you first absorbthem; they lasts only for a limited time, or stops if you're hit.Force Attack - As above, if you hold down the R1 button till thegauge is full, but press the Triangle Button instead, you let looseyour sword Lumina's Force Attack. Your first ability is a swordswirl; you'll get other Force Attacks later.Counter Blow - Apparently, if you charge your bar (R1), thenpress Triangle just after you've blocked an attack (you shouldalready be in blocking stance at the moment), you can counterattack the enemy for massive damage. Good for really persistentand really hardy enemies.HP & BP - You character has two bars at the bottom leftrepresenting BP and HP. HP is your character's Health Points(or Hit Points, for you RPG fanatics); you're dead if that dropsto zero. BP is your battle point; you need this to use enemyspecial skills that you have stolen. Incidentally, BP goes down onits own as time passes. When it reaches zero, your characterloses the will to fight and will do less damage and walk slower.This is very dangerous if you're in a middle of a dungeon, sograb a green ball as soon as possible!Time - Being a first for an Action/RPG, time is figured into thegame. That's right, there will be night and day in this game, andcertain puzzles will depend on this. A day passes very quickly inthis game, but at certain times, you'll have to wait quite a whilefor the right time to go for a puzzle. More so at the start ofchapter 6 - where it rains only on a specific day... So, Squaresoftputs in the Sleeping Mode into the game.Sleeping - To access this mode, press the Select Button and you'llnotice that the bottom-left icon (in the circle) changes from asword to a moon. In this mode, hold down R1 until the gauge isfull, then release it and Musashi will fall asleep on the spot(Musashi is quite a snoozer... this guy can fall asleep the middleof a marketplace in the day!). Falling asleep sends time racing by(about 10-20 minutes passes in 1 second) and heals you gradually.However, your BP will start going down at a even faster rate, so bewarned! However, later in the game you'll get a magic blanketability than let's you restore both HP & BP. After a nap, be sureto switch back to Attack Mode (press select again). It's not a niceexperience to fall asleep in front of an enemy when what you reallywant is to do a Force Attack on him!Sleepiness - On the bottom right is a circle with a picture ofyour hero Musashi. If that Circle starts to close up, and younotice that Musashi is getting sluggish, this means he's sleepy.Go to a quiet corner or an inn to catch a few Zs. You'll alsosee a percentage number once he's asleep. Keep sleeping and letthe percentage go back down to about 12-15%. Incidentally, 50%is the level you should look out for. Above it Musashi startsto get sleepy, and above 70% he will barely be able to lift hissword!Combos - You get combos from the people you rescue; go talk tothem at the old man's place in the castle. You can check whatcombos you have in you inventory screen, 3rd option. Look atsection 5 for a complete list of combos you can learn.Abilities - Another section on the menu is the ability list.Here, you get to see what abilities you have learned to helpyou on your way! The complete list is as follows -- Mountain Climbing - Let's you climb brown walls - just jump at them at tap Sq and Tri alternately- Double Jump - Let's you jump twice (press X twice)- Identifying - Lets you identify objects without the help of the guy at the pawn shop- Ice Walking - Let's you walk on ice without slipping- Speed Charging - Let's you charge your bar (R1) faster- Quilt Sleeping - Let's you regain both BP and HP while sleeping---------------------------------------------------------------------3. WalkthroughChapter 1 : Getting Lumina--------------------------This chapter begins with you inside the forest. If you playthrough the chapter, you may think that this game is very actionorientated, but looks can be deceiving!Monster Assimilated-------- -----------Green Plant - Protective circle; prevents conditions like sleep but totally useless at this stage.Gun Soldier - Turns our hero's hand into a machine gun. Each shot does 4 points of damage, and drains 1 BP.Sword Soldier - Stuns an enemy with a bash, uses up 4 BP.In the starting area, steal the Gun Soldier's ability when youmeet them. When you reach the three big rocks, just push them,when you reach a statue, just break it with whatever you've got.Once you reach the river too far for you to jump, use the abilityyou've stolen - the machine gun, and fire at the logs on the otherside to make a bridge.Once you reach the tower, it gets even simpler. Break the fourstatues and press the buttons underneath while avoiding the boltsthe statue head fires at you. Do this and the tower rises...Inside the tower, run up the spiral stairs. Avoid the purple bats(are they bats?) that come down at regular intervals while killingoff the soldiers. Keep to your gun ability. Almost to the top,Musashi will comment on the bell structure in the center of thetower. Just climb a little higher until you reach the closeddoor then shoot the bell with your Gun ability (there is a GunSoldier conveniently close by in case you've lost it). Oncethe bell falls, you'll teleport to the top of the tower.At the tower top, steal the ability of the Sword Soldier, thenstand near the pressure pad. Once a Soldier approaches you, andstands on the pad, stun him. Pick up that sword.. Now youhave the powerful magical sword Lumina as your ally!Now the statue starts rolling at you, you run down the towerside (how he does it is anyone's guess). This is purely anaction level, so I can't help you very much; just remember tojump when Musashi tells you to!After crashing through the palace wall, the bad guy you meetwill surround you in flames and captures the princess (its anRPG law, you know). Use your new weapon's Force Attack to getout of the flames, then be prepared to fight a huge boss!Boss : Steam KnightFirst of all, hit the thing's foot (blatantly obvious thanksto those pointing arrows) while avoiding the fumes that spewsout of it. When he starts spinning his ball, start running.Once a leg is down, cut off that cloth and start hacking atthe green globe at his... you know. Repeat that for his otherleg, then once he's down, toss him through the wall. Repeatthe fight again, toss him through the wall again, then finallyyou will end up in town. Hit his green globe every time helands from a jump, and he's history! On to chapter 2.Chapter 2 : Reactor Trouble---------------------------Monsters Assimilated-------- -----------Spear Soldier - Allows you to throw spears for 8BP per shot. this one is actually very powerful.Pink Flowers - Give you the ability to pogo hop. You lose 8BP for this ability, and pressing Circle Button or getting hit cancels the ability.Ghosts - Magic of Shrinking. Uses 10BP per casting, this spell lets you shrink the enemy and then harmlessly walk on them. Splat!Mushrooms - You become extremely sleepy and sluggish. Definitely not a good thing to assimilate!White Blob - Drains BP from your surroundings. Useful. You first lose 4 BP though, and lose the ability once you're hit.First, after waking up from that long rest, you get a briefingby that old guy you met in the castle at the start of the game.After that, you may go around the castle.Options Effects------- -------1 - Old Man Lets you talk to the people you have rescued from the crystals. More on this later.2 - Bishop Just browse through some library stuff. Think of it as an online manual...3 - Room Lets you sleep and regain your HP and BP once you come back to the castle, not usable at the moment.4 - Stats View your stats. This is same as pressing START later.5 - Leave Lets you leave the castle.6 - Gondola You'll only get this after chapter 4, see belowFor the first time, you can't leave until you've talked to thebishop at the library. Then you will take a wild ride out of thecastle (are you sure that's necessary, Musashi?) and begin yourlong adventure. Go explore the village first:Shops Effect----- ------Inn Allows you to rest and save. Actually, don't bother resting here; go back to the castle and rest, it's free there!Item Shop Buys stuff that mostly heals your HP or remove conditions like poisonBakery Buys stuff that mostly heals BPPawnshop Identify unknown items (those items whose description includes brackets with highlighted Japanese characters at the bottom). Also allows you to sell of some junk that you've identified.Bar Lets you talk to people and play some games with one of them.Toy Store Weirdest feature of the game, this shop sells action figures of characters from BFM! You can examine your toy back in your room in the castle; just choose the second option. I've been told there are secret limited addition models in the game... see below.First off, talk to everyone you meet, knock on every door you see.If you talk to the elder (a guy with a red headband) you'll get aquest where you must rescue a dog called Leno in order to get moreinfo on the magic books you'll encounter later. Find that mutt bygoing up to the mountain region; the entrance is where you startedoff in town, where a guy is guarding the way. Once you've entered,there are two paths, one of them leading to a spike pit and boulders.Remember this area and then go the other way. You'll encounter awhite blob blocking you path. No problem; use the Wizard's shrinkability to get him to a more manageable size. Then, once you'vespotted Leno the Dog, pick him up and carefully walk back to town(fall into water and you'll have to go back and get him at hislittle island).Once you've returned Leno, the elder tells you he knows nothingabout the books. Duped again! Anyway, he tells you to talk toJohn, a treasure hunter - who happens to be locked up at thesouth end of the village, and is the owner of the dog. Talk toa few other villagers to find out about his plight, and then talkto him and he'll tell you he's hungry and thirsty. Now go to thewell (where the two women meet during the day; you won't be ableto reach the well because of them, so come back at night)and get some water, and buy some bread in the bakery (it's thecheapest item in the list), then go back to him. Give him thestuff (option 1) and he'll ask you to free him! Problem is, theguy that locked him there is dead already, so you'll have to huntfor his tomb. He'll ask his dog to help you out. Now you musthead to the Haunted Forest.To get there, look for a path by the windmill; this will take youto a spot with some steaming pipes and a person to rescue (breakthe crystal which holds him with your Lumina); go pass the bigpipe to enter the forest. Follow the route to reach the area whereyou see thorny briars on the floor, pass an overhead pipe. Use anearby pink flowers ability to pogo-hop over the briars, thenyou'll get to the Haunted Forest. Follow Leno, kill the fewmonsters you'll meet, and you'll eventually reach the grave.Search the grave the dog indicates and pick up the key. Nowyou'll have to head back to town.Talk to the John again and he'll tell you to come back atmidnight; wait or sleep till then (incidentally, midnight isshown as 0.00 on the clock), after that, talk to him againto free him. He'll tell you to meet him at the mountains, soit's off to the mountains (again)!Pass the spot where you saved the Leno the dog, you'll see twonew lilypads in the water. Follow them, and climb some poles,and you'll reach the mountain area. There's a temporary savehere in the form of a treasure chest. Doesn't save to yourmemory card, but you'll have the option to return there if youdie. However, be warned that you'll lose half your gold if youdo die and return here!Anyway, take the long route up the mountain and eventuallyyou'll meet the John again. He'll ask you to find four logsfor him. If you're observant, you'd probably have found themall already, if not, looking a little harder. (Hint : They'reall in the same area - try finding ways to go down...). Toget a log, go to a dead tree and do the circle cut (the firstLumina Ability) then pick up the log.With the for logs, he'll build you a raft. Now you can takea wild ride down the river in a cool arcade bit; also a goodsource of money if you're broke! The river ride has two exits,one harder to find exit leads you to another person to rescue.The main one leads you to a treasure chest at the top of themountain to the right of where you first entered (with the pitand the big boulders). Get that chest!Go back to the pawnshop in town and ask to identify the itemyou've found; its actually an ability item; and gives youthe ability to climb certain walls (ones that are in a darkershade of brown). Once you've left the pawnshop, you'll noticethat the entire town is filled with smoke. The guy who talksto you tells you that a nearby power plant (at least that'swhat I think it is) has broken down. He also tells you totalk to the man running the plant. You might want to savenow... tough bits are ahead!Go to the area by the entrance to the mountains, and you'llnotice some brown walls.. you know what to do. Talk to theguy running up and down and he'll tell you that the reactorat the plant is gonna blow in 24 hours; and gives youdirections on how to shut it down. Now go to the area withlots of steaming pipes and go all the way to the end. There'ssome brown walls here too.. Once you've reached the plant(ironic way of calling it, eh?) you'll have to figure outhow to open the door. It's very obvious.. there are two barshere, a red one and a blank one. The red bar keeps goingup and down, just stop it at the point saying OKAY! andthe other bar builds up. Each time you stop the red bar atthe OKAY! the blue bar goes up, if you fail the blue bargoes down. Fill up the entire blue bar and you can proceed.The inside bit is pretty tough. You'll need to perform thesimilar operation 8 times (each with increasing difficulty)in the order of the numbers. And, if it's not bad enough,you have a limited time in between two operations! You'llneed to hone your reflexes for this one. After successfullyshutting down the reactor, the plant keeper will be outside;and he'll tell you to go to the mountain.At the mountain, go to the spot down at the base of themountain (pass the save-game treasure chest) and you'llmeet the guy who kidnapped the princess. He'll challenge youto a climbing contest; climb real fast up the mountainand you'll quickly end his existence. Here, you can findthe Earth Rune, that powers up your sword Lumina with theability to create quakes as his force attack. It paralyzesnearby enemies but doesn't injure them.Now go back to the afore-mentioned area with the pit andboulders. Use your newfound power to send down theboulders and create a path onwards. You'll be blockedafter a short walk; there are four pads to be pressedsimultaneously. Now go back to the old man at the castle.If you have explored a little and rescued a lot of people,the old man will send four of them to help you out. Theseare four specific people mind you, so even if you don'thave one of them you cannot proceed! Look for them if theelder refuses to help you. Now go back to town, pick upsome healing herbs, save the game etc.. cause its bosstime! Back to the mountain!Boss : Skullpion (Crystal Guardian No. 1)The fella you meet cannot be harmed thanks to its hardarmor. When your four friends start sending stuff acrossin buckets above you, use the quake ability to send itdown onto the boss. When he gets hit by a large rock,he'll get dizzy. Use Lumina to strike the gem in itsmouth. He'll go berserk now and has a new attack wherehe burrows his hand on the ground and slows you... getthe four guys to drop a herb to remove the condition.After another big rock or bomb on his head, he'll getdizzy again. Give him another blow. Now, he will startattacking the four guys up there. Knock him down usingquake when he tries to climb up. Another big rock,another big slash, and he's history! On to chapter 3.Chapter 3 : Cursed Town-----------------------Monsters Assimilated-------- -----------Zombies - Surrounds you with flies... not sure what this is for.White Blob - Not the ones you see outside but the ones found inside the mine. Surrounds you with white balls, again not sure what that does..Blue Mushroom - Poisons you... not a good idea!Snakes - Gives you the ability to heal yourself of poison. Pretty useful in later chapters! 6BP.Bowler Plants - Let's you do some bowling! Press Circle Button twice to hurl a ball.Ghosts - Lets your spirit leave your body and wander about.You return to town after your victory and find out thetown is in trouble again! (Sigh...) Anyway, to findout about the problem, talk to the village elder andthat other guy in the center of town. They will tell youthat blue zombies have started to prowl the town atmidnight. Take a look if you want; they start appearingfrom the bar.You have to look for a few treasures to solve this littleproblem... namely the ....The Flower - Go to the guy at the windmill at midnightand he'll give you the key to the mine in the town.He'll also tell you the flower only blooms from 3am-7am.Enter the mine. At the junction, go right. There's apoison-spewing mushroom here, avoid it if you want. Climbup the pole. In the next scene, you'll have to practiceyour jumping skills a lot, can't help you here. You'lleventually reach a big fan. Wait until it stops, then jumpdown. At the bottom is a temporary save chest again, useit if you want, then go left. More jumping involved, andthen you'll reach a pool with some rotating platforms.Jump carefully to reach the flower, then wait till thetime reaches 3am-7am, then pick up the flower. Now,get out of the mine by climbing the wall below the fanand go right...The Holy Water - Go up to the mountains. On your way upyou'll meet that guy you talked to earlier; he's injuredand dying. To save him, run / climb up to the top of themountain and get that water before 12 hours pass (morelike 12 minutes to you), then give it to him. Note :A rock is usually blocking your way at the point whereJohn built a raft for you - just quake it down! In returnyou get to buy oranges, which help you learn a skill fromthe castle clown and a soldier.After this, go back to the tavern and wait till midnight.The barkeeper will tell you about the problem, and tellsyou to leave. You'll get a hint that some of the peoplein the bar is now residing in the inn. Go talk to them(go to the inn, choose the 1st option, then in thesub-menu choose 3rd option, then examine the rooms withno price tags on them) and the barmaid will tell you thelocation of the secret entrance. So, wait for the bluezombies to start coming out (at about midnight) and thensneak into the bar. You'll enter the secret temple (chooseoption one).In the secret temple, you'll find out that you need tolight up the four eyes on the wall to progress further.You can try each of the four doors in whatever order youwant. They're not difficult, but you really need to testyour jumping skill...Door1 - The one with the moving platforms forming abridge. No tricks here, except maybe you'll need tothrow some zombies around to get anywhere. Once you'vereached the teleporter and dark areas, take theteleporters in this order - Right, Left, Left.Door2 - The ones with the bowling ball plants. Note thatin this temple, use your bowling ability on any crackedwalls to break them down. There are some secret roomsaround here... Once you reach the flame-spewing totempole, the trick is not to make eye contact with it.Using your basic Lumina, turn around, hold block, andwalk towards it (with your back turned), then use yourForce attack once you're close. Some crushing walls bit,some more bowling bits, and you're outta here!Door3 - Lots of floating teleporters. Easy! There aresome dark areas here, which you can sort out if youassimilate the ability of a ghost.. you'll become one andfloat about, so you can examine the darkened areabefore stepping in.Door4 - Some difficult jumping here with the rotatingfloor blocks. Also, you'll meet swinging blades andfireballs later. Practice and you'll get through in notime.You'll need to hit the crystal at the end of every roomto light up the eyes. Be sure to go back to the barkeeperto heal yourself. Also, be on the lookout for castle folks- there's at least 2 folks to rescue in each room (exceptfor Door 1 which only has a singly lonely castle dweller).Also, with the bowling ability, use it on the big crack atthe main area of the temple to get L-Cloth - it's going tobe useful (see castle folk no.19 in section 5 for more info)!After opening the door with the four eyes, you'll meetwith the barkeeper again, and pick up the double jumpability (go back to the pawnshop to get it). Now youcan go into the compound of the church. Talk to the priestand he'll tell you that there are strange sounds comingfrom the church at night, every 2am in the morning. So comeback at this time and he'll get you into the church.Midboss? - Red Zombies - After a long chat with Brandy,a cute little zombie-summoning gal you'll meet,you'll have to fight with 5 red zombies. Just keephitting them. They start coming out one at the time,then two, then three, while others will be hurlingparalyzing balls at you. Move around and keep hittingthem - don't let them grab you! It's instant death ifthey do! Once the clock hits 7 (whoa, you've just foughtfor five hours, how time flies when you're having fun)sunlight will enter the room and kill them all.Now, the priest asks you to retrieve the bell for him;you'll get a rope. The bell is down in the well, usethe rope to get down. Here, you'll get the Water Rune!The Special Ability of the rune helps you to walk onwater and sprays water bubbles at enemies (does no damageto most enemies though). You can now get to the bell.It's impossible to get up using the rope, so you'll haveto bring the bell out through the mines area. Just tossit around... Once you leave the mines, the priest willgive you a little statuette that is actually the key tothe locked door at the underground shrine!Make sure you save the game first. Bring plenty of healingagents. Now go in to the shrine under the bar, use thedouble jump to get to the door, and then be prepared for along and difficult jumping exercise. You'll eventuallyreach the boss room and challenge the next crystalguardian!Boss - Fire Totem (Crystal Guardian No. 2)This one really takes a very long time to beat. First,you'll have to fight with a shape-changing ball of fire.Use your sword's new ability to fire water bubbles at it.Note that you will not be injured if you get hit by himwhile you are in a bubble, the bubble just bursts. Aftera very long battle, he'll be extinguished. Hit the crystal,and the ball of fire appears again. You have to repeatthis another two times before the guardian is defeated!Then, it's on to chapter 4...Chapter 4 - Ice Palace and another Musashi?-------------------------------------------In the intro, the princess opens the gate to thehome world of Musashi again, hoping for another hero,and ends up with Kojiro, Musashi's archrival! Thisflame-haired Samurai looks like an equal match toMusashi... now things get interesting.Monsters Assimilated-------- -----------Penguin Dudes - Can't absorb anything from this guyLeapers - Gives you a nice map of your area, costs 8BPMecha-Musashi - Drops a decoy (press Cir) which can be detonated (press it again) - 25BP, and you only get one, so it's more useful in solving puzzles than in killing bad guysIce Plant - Protective orb that prevents poison and sleeping... Same as the non-frozen versions, drains 8BP from the startKarateWolf - A jumpkick, basically. Does good damage though, and uses 4BPIce Gorilla - Lets you throw things real far? Dunno, never got to use itIron Golem - Protective armor, drains 25BP when used, but you'll be immune to just about anythingAfter your successful battle with the guardian, go downthe well again and use your new water magic on the symbolon the ground. After some rumbling, and water leveladjusting, you'll meet up with two strange-looking fellows,Ben and Ed of the Leaders Force. You'll meet them again muchlater. After a long chat, you're free to pick up the myriadof treasure chest around the area. You can also use the waterspell in the pool near the south of town. In the treasure chestyou find, you get a pair of red shades (go identify them at thepawnshop). These allow you to identify items as you pick themup. At least you'll be visiting the pawnshop a little lessoften now!Now, talk to the elder's wife and pick option two then one andyou'll learn about the magic gondola, how it's broken, and whatneeds to be done to fix it. Go talk to the guy living in thewindmill (in the day he's standing in a farm plot with anotherold guy). Go back to the castle and talk to the old man, thenback to town and talk to the elder's wife. Now, go back to themine, drop down the huge fan, then go right. After a longjourney, you'll reach a small room with a few gears. If youdon't know which gear to pick up, go back to the old manin the castle and talk to a few people you've rescued. Turnsout some of them worked at the mine, and will give you somehints for which gear to pick up. It's the one with the holeon the middle, gold in color, and has 3 holes surrounding it.Go back to the mine again, pick up the third gear from theleft. (if you pick the wrong gear, the old man will tell youto return and pick up the correct one) and give it to theold man. He'll fix the gondola. Now you'll automaticallygo to sleep, and when you wake up -City On Fire - A massive fire breaks out in town, andyou've got to use your water rune to control the fire.It's not too hard; just spray water at all 8 burning huts!After your heroic rescue of the town (again) the eldergives you something an item to shrink a certain snail...Now go off to the area in the forest leading tothe haunted woods, then go south. You'll get to a pathblocked by a giant snail (I always thought it was therear end of a huge walrus, but then...). Using the item(2nd option) allows you to shrink the snail. From here, gofurther down the path until you reach the watery area, thenuse your water spell on the symbol to drain it. You'll reacha familiar structure, bash it with your sword to gain thefire rune!Note : Nearby this spot is a normal-looking trapped castlefolk; rescue him, then go back to the castle to talk tohim and he'll upgrade your normal little sword (the silverblade) into a much more powerful one (golden sword). Very,very helpful.Midboss - Kojiro - Not as difficult as one might think.Run around to avoid anything he throws at you; then hithim hard. No problem, right?Once you've defeated the bad guy, the captive princesswill join you (and whine a little); take her back to thecastle. Now go to the old man and talk to him and a fewother people you rescued (not sure which ones) andeventually you'll get a new quest in the Haunted Woods.Go back there, and follow this path - left, up, up, right,up, up, right, up, up, left, up, up, up, up... welcometo the ice castle!The castle is very big, and completely exploring itis a must. Close to the entrance is a save-box; use it!The puzzles here aren't too hard.... just remember tokill everything you see. You are looking for gems toopen up more and more of the palace.Gem1 - Red - Top right door - jump on the sliding blocks, thenjump off to get across the pit, then go through the right doorfor a person to rescue, then back and up to the area with lots ofpenguins. Kill them all and look at the treasure chest. Thisgem opens the first left door in the main hallway.Gem2 - Blue - This opens into another area with an ice gorilla; lureone onto the open balcony area and let him propel you up to a higherfloor. You'll end up in a rather simple maze, watch out for thingscoming down from the ceiling! The lower right door seems to be a deadend, but hint: absorbing a certain power from the previous room cancan help... Go through the door on the left. In the room of the clones,just kill off all four clone Musashi's with you flame magic, and don'tget hit! Grab that blue gem, which opens the other closed door in thetop left door in the main hall.Gem3 - Green - Save the guy you see, then jump up to the higher area.You'll be in the upper area of the previous room; follow it and grabthe chest. This is the spike boots, which allows you to walk upfrozen ice floors! Now drop back down and go to the lower right door,go up the iced floor by climbing the pole and travel ahead to anotherice blocks room. You'll see some MechaMusashis. Steal their ability,then launch it at the ice-gorilla in the next room. The gem you getopens the next door in the ice cubes room, find a way to climb up,and drop down the an unreachable spot in the southern part of the maze.Once you've returned to the hall, melt the frozen gate with yourfire magic. Go up the staircase after grabbing the treasure chest.Light the two torches you then see (with the fire magic, naturally),save and get ready for...Boss - Frost Dragon (Crystal Guardian No.3)First hit him once or twice and he will eventually break a spot foryou to jump and then the guy starts breaking floors behind you. Afterthe run, he start spitting stuff at you, smashing his head down at youand breathing a massive blast of frost energy. After the blast, hegets tired; use your fire magic! Eventually he'll expose the undersideof his head and the gem, so hit it - repeat three times.Chapter 5 - Gondola Problems----------------------------Monsters Assimilated-------- -----------Blue Ant - Only a handful in the game, these ants give you the ability to launch an acid ball that kills the usually un-killable red ants. Uses up 8BP.After some long conversations with the elder, old man and theinnkeeper, and back to the elder again, back to the old man,you go for a ride on your gondola. You can now get back to thecastle at any time through the gondola.Now go back to the plant. Looks like there's problems again.Talk to the injured plant-keeper and he'll give you a loosevalve ... now go into the plant. You'll have to playturn-the-valve again.... but this time some of the valvesare missing. And you though the previous game was hard!Afterwards the elder thanks you. Go talk to him again inthe village, then talk to the old man again, then go back tothe area below the well and take the passage which endswith a symbol of fire on the floor. Use your fire magic toshatter the ceiling above you and climb up; you're nextrune, the wind rune, awaits you. Use your newly found abilityto get out of the area.You'll meet the Ms. Zombie summoner Brandy again with anothergirl Topo (which you will learn to hate later). After a longconversation you end up iced again! Press Triangle to breakloose, and pick up 50BP for rescuing... yourself? Now, go backto town and talk to the guy there. Then head up the mountain pathand witness a huge ant destroying your precious gondola! Go backto the castle and use the gondola... SPLAT. Now go back and watchthe ant scurry into the hole which was once a fan. To the left isthe rather dead ant; go right and use your wind magic to spinthrough the poison gas. Grab that chest and rescue the trappedcastle folk, then switch to the earth rune and use it on thesymbol.In the next bit, go up through the upper right path and you'llfind yourself in way of a blowing wind; use your wind magic toget pass. Use the pink flower's hop ability to get pass the spikes,then go up the hill with your double jump (tricky bit here, tossyour small sword, then double jump over, then absorb his ability).Climb the wall, hit the switch, slaughter some ants... When youreach an area with a crack on the floor, use you wind magic to digdown. Now go to the bottom right path. It's railway-riding time!This little Indiana Jones-inspired arcade section isn't toohard; just dodge the obstacles using left and right. Requires somedecent hand-eye coordination. Save, then dig again after this bit!The next crystal guardian awaits... Fast chapter, isn't it?Boss - Ant Hill Queen (Crystal Guardian No. 4)The big mama of them all. Slaughter all those worms she tossesat you and keep moving. She's not too tough. Under some gas,you'll find the stone; strike it hard with your wind attack,and she'll be history soon enough. Now, off to the finalchapter!!!Chapter 6 - The end is nigh...------------------------------Monsters Assimilated-------- -----------Brown soldier - Let's you launch missiles! Get this - it does massive damage and homes in on your enemy! 10 BP per shot.Blue soldier - Gives you a gun that fires three spread shots, very useful since it's like a souped-up version of the machine gun you got early in the game - 4BP per shotGreen Soldier - The most powerful ability in the game - drops bombs that does close to 1000 pts of damage. It's sure to kill anything, yes, but the downside is that it uses 50BP, which seems rather costly to kill anyone or anything with!Pink Soldier - Wields a sword and a shield. Their ability lets you do a large sword slash costing 8BP.After a much-deserved rest, talk to your raft-building friendJohn and then go up to the plant-keeper at 6.00am. Now go talk toeveryone in the village again, particularly the three farmers -one of them will give you the Kojiro doll...(don't ask me why),and the other two tells you how to get to the final lair in thesky... Go back to the area with all those once steamy pipes, goall the way to the end and climb the other wall (on the left).Wait until it starts to rain if it hasn't already. It only rainson the morning of a certain day, so if you've missed it, go backto the castle and sleep - the day it rains is colored blue in thedate indicator, and the day before that is colored green. Not sureif this is applicable in the US version, however. So, wait untilthat day, then go in the morning (just past 7.00 and before 12.00)!Once you reach the rune, use your wind magic on the symbol there.You're now in the bad guy's outer base.First, use your earth magic on the four symbols (you'll need tohammer them twice each) to open the door; then use the watermagic on the waterfall. Now use your fire rune on all threesymbols to get to the top of the fortress, and get the Master Rune.You'll chat with a familiar baddie and get to see the sky castle.In the next area you can use the save box, then use your newability to get pass. For some reason, you can't sleep here, soguard your life carefully. Be careful of the walls... You'llmeet a big-ole Ben from Leaders Force again and this time youfight him.Midboss - Ben the Bomber - This guy throws bombs extensively.Look for a free area to avoid the bombs - it's somewhere near thebottom of the screen. Use your hardest hitting combos (the peopleat the castle should have taught you an extensive amount of themby now!) and he's done for.In the area after the boss, you can save the game. In the mazesection, take the earth door, stomp the yellow buttons, When youreach a large blocks, pound them with your quake magic a few timesto reveal passageways. Now, use you master magic extensively tofloat over the spikes. Go all the way right, hover over the spikes,and the floor will open up into another door. Then, in the next roomsling yourself to the upper right and enter the door.Light the torches you see in the next room (you should know how todo that by now, right?) and you'll see a crushing block. Pass it andthen jump on it and go left. Then, in the next area, put out the fourtorches, then drop down and quickly go right before your water magicruns out. In the next room use your wind magic to counter the fan.Go left! Now comes a tricky part - you have to use your master magicto float into the lower right pathway. Not easy! Activate the magic atthe very end of the ledge, then drop down, hold X button straight away.Practice makes perfect, you know. Repeat that (a little harder thistime). Enter the unmarked room, and you'll meet the other half ofLeader's Force, the little guy Ed.Midboss #2 - Ed the Flamer - This guy has a few attacks that area pain to dodge, but it can be done. Use your sword combos oncehe's charging up, then run off once he attacks. It takes a while,but it works!Now you've reached the sky castle grounds! This bit is difficultsince there are lots of tought machines and very little hearts (foundby breaking statues). Not much I can help you here. Fight your waythrough and you'll reach a small maze - trial and error will get youpass here. Fight your way through again and you'll encounter aclimbable wall(so climb it!!). Kill the plants, break the fountain,continue, break the second fountain, kill the flame-throwing botsthat come out of it, then use the platform to get down.Break your way through here too (destructive fella, this Musashi)and then, when you reach the big spinning machine, break it with yourflame magic. You'll meet that other girl Topo again, and play a weirdgame. Just use your head! Follow the patterns she'll throw at youonce you see lasers, then follow her moves, and you're through.In the third game you have to follow her moves and rhythm, so I hopeyou played your Parrappa... After this, save the game! You're almostdone...Midboss #3 - Machine Tower (Final Crystal Guardian)This huge.. err.. machine tower is a difficult boss indeed. Useyour master magic to fly around, avoiding the walls, and when yousee a blue crystal eye, strike it. It first fires electricity andthen energy beams, and, after injuring a lot, it starts combiningthem both, while having the eye open and close, and also shootinglarge red auras that confuse and paralyze you. To avoid the red eyes,just float around until you see eyes that aren't opening, thenstay there. Darn! Stay cool, and after a while (quite a while)you'll finish it off.Now you meet the boss and discover an interesting plot twist,and after you friend gets shot, and the big guy appears, jump yourway outside and you'll meet Kojiro again. Now, you have to jumplike hell upwards, and then you'll battle him and the final bossat the top of the tower. Get ready...Final Boss - Kojiro Dark Lumina 1This huge bugger is hard as hell to beat. Run in from the right,double jump and hit his nose; and avoid that hand! Once he grabs you,he'll slam you to the ground and chances are send you tumbling off theedge. He also swings his tail - only way to avoid that is to use themaster magic and float overhead. Also, when he jumps up, use mastermagic as he will send a huge shockwave across the ground. Then quicklystrike his red nose - that's the only time you can injure him. Hesometimes also raises his head and breath fire downwards - it'srelatively easy to avoid, hit his nose again after he's done.Final Boss - Dark Lumina 2Suprisingly, this form is easier to beat - if you know the technique.He'll turn into a small white guy and in this form his attacks allcost an unholy amount of damage; avoid all of them if possible. Hefires out elemental attacks at you; avoid them, then, once he palesdown (immediately after an attack) use your assimilate ability toshrink him down then slash the big eye that remains. Repeat. Aftera long battle, your archrival finally falls.Now sit back and watch the ending, you've earned it!---------------------------------------------------------------------4. Hints & Tips- Rescue as many people from crystals as possible! Some of them are vital for your quest, and besides, for each rescue your max BP goes up by 5. There is a total of 40 characters to rescue and you'll have 5 rescued already after Chapter 1... Check section 5 for all their locations.- Go check back on the people you rescued back at the castle. Some of them give you vital clues, others, like the soldiers, teach you combo attacks. Also, some of them require another person (or people) to rescue before they can teach you or tell you anything. Some of them also want some junk that you usually sell at the pawnshop before they can help you out.- Did you know that with each musician you rescue, his particular instrument is added to the background music of the castle? Once you've rescued them all, the music turns into a full-scale orchestra score - useless to the game, but a nice addition nevertheless!- There is a strange creature wandering about at night that looks like a cross between a rabbit and a panda (I'm not kidding) called the Minku. They wander about at specific spots. If you find a spot that has a small red fruit on the ground, go back there at night! Pick them up and throw 'em if you see them; they drop fruits that increase your Max HP by 25. Incidentally, there's thirteen of them. See section 5 for the entire list of locations.- At chapter 6, when it starts to rain, before going up sky palace, go back to the castle and talk to the guy you've rescued who takes care of your Minkus (you do have him, don't you?) and, if you have all 13 Minkus, he'll tell you about the Mega Minku. Now, wander into the haunted woods at night and, at the spot where the sign to the ice palace used to be (at the beginning), you'll battle a mega-sized Minku! He won't attack you until you've injured him considerably, then he becomes angry and tries to run you over - and that does massive damage! (usually about 26 to 25 HP). After a while he'll start stomping - there's no way to avoid those, just whack him after he lands on you! Hope you have a good supply of herbs! Keep attacking him and he'll eventually shrivel up and drop tons of stuff while he's at it. Nice little surprise, Squaresoft.- Limited Edition Toys? - These aren't normally available in the toy store. This is by no means a complete list, but.... - To get the John and Leno Toy, find all 40 of the castle folks - To get the two forms of the last boss, win the game, save and restart (you'll be back at the start of chapter 6). Now finish chapter 6 five times and finish it once without continuing - To get the Kojiro Doll, just talk to one of the farmers in his house during Chapter 6 - he'll just give it to you - To get the Mega Minku Doll, just whack the Mega Minku itself (see above)---------------------------------------------------------------------5. Combo, Minku & Castle folks ListCastle folks1) Old man - Rescued at starting, you're talking to him!2) Mr. Eyeglass - Rescued at starting3) Clown - Rescued at starting - Combo 2 if you have rescued guy no.23 and have some oranges handy4) Bishop - Rescued at starting, he's the guy in the library5) Lute Musician -Rescued at starting6) Gate Guard - West of swirling lake - allows entry to mountain at any time7) Cute Witch - In forest area, hop up the steep slope8) Red Woodsman - Southeast exit of town9) Maid with broom - After solving the steam plant, east of swirling lake - Teaches you your first combo, Combo 110) Flute player - In steam pipe area, near wind rune11) Black Soldier - Edge of river, towards mountain (x)12) Happy Monk - End of riverside walkway in the mountains, pass poles in water (x) (*)13) Blond Guy - Mountains, past swinging platforms, down the pole (x)14) Yellow-Black Capped Guy - Mountains, past dino fossil, down the pole - teaches you Combo 3 after chapter 2 (x)15) Minku Keeper - Mountains, under the bridge - keeps track of how many Minku you have, also tells you about Mega Minku16) Bald monk - Hidden Temple, Door 1, go right, climb the poles17) Cup-carrying guy - Hidden Temple, final door, the sinking blocks in lava bit18) Green vest guy - Hidden Temple, Door 4, in the second ghost-vision room19) The Weaver Woman - Mountains, double jump right from the pole near the 3rd tree stump - give her L-Cloth to get either Gloves (increase Critical Hit %) or Quilt (you get the Quilt Sleeping Ability)20) Mustached Crossbow guy - Hidden Temple, Door 3, on the wooden lava walkways21) Yellow Grey Soldier - On the way to the holy flower, conveyer leading down - teaches you Combo 422) Maid with a jug - In the room with the holy flower, ride the innermost platform23) White-Red Cap - In steam pipe area, upper right - teaches you Combo 2 with a little help from the clown (no. 3)24) Capped Girl - Hidden Temple, Door 2, past second bowling section (*)25) Guy with hammer - Ice castle, past the blue door26) Hammer Smith - Just after shrinking the slug - upgrades your small silver sword into a more powerful golden one27) Casket Carrying guy - On the way to the holy flower, conveyer leading up28) Drummer - Ice castle - second ice block maze, above an ice block29) Black White Maid - Past the first spiked pit and boulders30) Cook 1 - Past the sliding blocks jump in the ice castle, right path31) Red-caped boy - Hidden Temple, Door 2, past the first bowling section (*)32) Cowled Guy - In the room with the holy flower, ride the outermost platform33) Cook 2 - After dead ant, right room, past the poison gas34) Violinist - After you activated the fan in chapter 535) Cook 3 - Ice castle, in the first ice maze, absorb the iron golem's power and walk through the spikes found in the lower right doorway36) Fat Soldier - Hidden Temple, Door 4, in 4th ghost-vision room, jump down to the secret lower path - teaches you Combo 537) Doctor - Take the left hidden fork in the river ride - Heals you completely38) Knight - Just after you've saved the violinist, next room - teaches you Combo 639) Bearded guy from intro - Ice castle, in the first ice block maze - gives you 10BP, wow.40) Graduate Girl - Hidden Temple, Door 3, in second rotating-block room(x) - Required for the battle with the first stone guardian(*) - Required for the haunted forest maze in chapter 4Combo ListCombo 1 - Rushing Stab - Run, then SqCombo 2 - Skewer - Catch an enemy and press Tri, Sq when he comes downCombo 3 - Cross Cutter - Sq, TriCombo 4 - Leaping Blade Combination - Sq, Sq, TriCombo 5 - Flying Blades Combination - Sq, Tri, Sq, TriCombo 6 - Blade Dive - Double jump, then Tri at top of jumpMinkus1)Near to upper exit, hill on left side, just below plant keeper's house2)To the left of where Musashi challenged the masked man to a climbing contest, up the slope3)Also near the spot where you went for a climbing contest use your water magic to walk south and you'll eventually reach a clearing and that's where the Minku is4)Back to where the first crystal guardian was fought, in the stone ring5)Above the gondola, near the place where the ant broke into6)Area below the well - in the northern wall, jump to it using platforms after the area is drained and filled7)Room with the holy flower, ride the outermost platform till you reach a few small ledges - it's on one of them8)Forest - in the area just before crossing the bridge that leads to two sleepy mushrooms, look around the west side trees - there's a cleverly hidden path here leading to a Minku9)Also in the forest- use water walk magic and run along the river - it's on the bank at the furthest end of the river10)Just before getting the wind rune, you can see one running about in the immediate area (at night, that is)11)After following the ant into the mine, go down the left passage at night12)In chapter 5, where you climb up to activate the fan and rail after killing a pair of snakes13)Near the wind rune sign which leads to the sky palace, use the earth rune and mountain climbing ability to get there---------------------------------------------------------------------6. Acknowledgements- Myself <jiyau@yahoo.com> - for having slogged through the entire game knowing very well that I'm probably not going to get anywhere without any knowledge of Japanese... but finished it anyway!- Ken Jones <trunkten@earthlink.net> - Without his help, I'd probably won't even get pass the 2nd chapter. Most of this material comes from his helpful e-mails. Thanks man.- Ivan S Chang <ivan_sz@yahoo.com> - gave me a whole lot of errata and translations. Also gave info on limited edition figures, musicians and some other info here and there.- Ponlayuk Meemeskul <pmes@hotmail.com> For the helpful list of 12 of the 13 Minkus of the game.- Richardo <ricardo_aguilera@juno.com> - Gave info on the assimilate abilities of new monsters in chapters 5 & 6. Also gave info on the Mega Minku in chapter 6!- Darren <eadxj02@osmf.bt.co.uk> - Pointed out a little directional error in the mine in chapter 2. What can I say but... oops?- Ignacio de Lucas <de_lucas@yahoo.com> pointed out that the counter move can be used at the BEGINNING of the game. Heh heh, oops again.- Casey Tong <caseytong@hotmail.com> reminded me about the rain bit I missed at the beginning of chapter 6 - yeah yeah, oops again. Gave me some other bits of info too that I can't quite remember - sorry!- Bran Tlintarn <_ravensong_@yahoo.com> clarified some info concerning the Mega Minku and it's limited edition figure, as well as info here and there concerning the other limited edition toys.- Someone <something> told me about the Musashi-Kojiro story, but I lost his e-mail - sorry, whoever you are!---------------------------------------------------------------------Brave Fencer Musashi is a copyright of Squaresoft.---------------------------------------------------------------------~BDESTREGA System: Sony PlayStation Developer/Publisher: KOEI/Omega-Force (1998) FAQ written by Kelvin Koh (2nd October '98) Updates: 4th October '98 - Combos 7th October '98 - Charge Dash, Hints 10th October '98 - Hints Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Controls 3. Magic Attacks 4. Close Combat 5. Characters 6. Hints 7. Secrets=====================================================================1. INTRODUCTION===================================================================== Destrega is an action/fighting game that is very different from thetypical 3D fighter. The characters mainly fight using magic spells,instead of the usual assortment of punches, kicks and specials.Different spells can performed via various button combinations, andthere is a total of 34 spell combinations per character. The backgrounds in the game are huge. Since your character hascomplete freedom of movement, you can practically explore every cornerof the arena. Each arena also has many distinctive features (such asdifferent heights, background objects, and obstacles),and there are many to choose from. In addition to the game modes found in most recent 3D fighters,Destrega even includes a Story Mode. In the Story Mode, players get towatch real-time cinemas that explain the story of the world ofDestrega. You also get to fight using different characters at variouspoints in the story, depending on the situation. (You can also saveyour progress after every battle.) I feel that Destrega is a fun and original game which is easy topick up by players of all skill levels. There are not many games likeit, so you may want to give it a try. ^_^=====================================================================2. CONTROLS=====================================================================--------------------------------------------------------------------- BASIC---------------------------------------------------------------------[D-PAD] - Used to control your character's movement in 3D.[SQUARE Button]- "Speed" Magic (when far from opponent)- Weak Attack (when close to opponent)[TRIANGLE Button]- "Power" Magic (when far from opponent)- Strong Attack (when close to opponent)[CIRCLE Button]- "Scatter" Magic (when far from opponent)- Side-step Attack (when close to opponent)[X Button]- Jump[L1 Button]- Guard (Complete protection against close-range attacks; Reduces the damage caused by Magic Attacks)- Press repeatedly to recover from a fall when you get knocked intothe air by an attack.[R1 Button]- Dash (Your character will dash in the direction he was last facing.)--------------------------------------------------------------------- ADVANCED---------------------------------------------------------------------{CHARGE JUMP} Press any MAGIC Button, followed quickly by JUMP.*Uses Charge Gauge. Your character will jump into the air, and remain floating for ashort while. (The jump height is the same as that of the normal jump.) During the time when you are floating, you can use Magic Attacks onyour opponent.*REPEATED MAGIC USE* Once you perform the Charge Jump, quickly input up to a maximum of 3spells (each input must be different!) before you reach the peak ofyour jump. Your character will perform level 1 versions of each spellone after another when he reaches the top of his jump. (This willonly consume a little bit of your Charge Gauge.){CHARGE DASH} Press any MAGIC Button, followed quickly by DASH.*Uses Charge Gauge. Your character will charge towards your opponent (no matter whichdirection he was previous facing) with a barrier in front of him.This barrier can inflict damage on your opponent, and will stun himtemporarily. This can be used to set up combos. Besides this, the barrier can be used to defend against certain MagicAttacks. You can also power up your Charge Dash by pressing any Magic Button2 or 3 times before you press DASH. This will result in a more powerfulbarrier (with a slightly different appearance) which is able to deflectthe stronger Magic Attacks. A Level 1 Dash can deflect a Level 1 Magic Attack. A Level 2 Dash can deflect a Level 1 or 2 Magic Attack. A Level 3 Dash can deflect a Level 1, 2, or 3 Magic Attack, but NOT your opponent's Special Magic Attack.{CHARGE GUARD} Press any MAGIC Button, followed quickly by GUARD. Your character will be surrounded by a barrier, which will protecthim against all Magic Attacks. The barrier will be on as long as youkeep the GUARD Button held down. *Your Charge Gauge will decrease so a long as the barrier is on.{DEFLECT} Press GUARD just before a magic projectile hits you. This will deflect one projectile away if timed right, and you won'treceive any damage. This does not work for all projectiles, though.=====================================================================3. MAGIC ATTACKS===================================================================== In Destrega, each character has 3 primary Magic attacks. They areSpeed ("Till"), Power ("Asu"), and Scatter ("Fou"). Pressing one of the 3 attack buttons from afar will perform yourcharacter's magic spell. Your spells come in 3 Levels, and each levelconsumes a different amount of power, as seen on your Charge Gaugebelow your life bar. Your Charge Gauge will regenerate by itself afteryou use a Magic attack. Also, the color of your Charge Gauge changes at different levels, asan indicator of what spells you can perform.100%(Blue & Flashing)- Can perform Level 1, 2, 3 Spells, and also your Special Magic.50% to 99% (Green)- Can perform Level 1 and 2 Spells.33% to 49% (Yellow)- Can perform Level 1 Spells.Below 33% (Red)- Cannot perform any spells.*Note: Your Charge Gauge will also turn Red when you enter "CloseCombat" mode.--------------------------------------------------------------------- LEVEL 1 PRIMARY MAGIC ATTACKS--------------------------------------------------------------------- Your level 1 Magic Attacks are merely your 3 primary magic spells.Simply press any magic button to use them respectively. A Level 1 attack uses about 33% of your Charge Gauge.[Speed]- "Speed" is the fastest level 1 magic attack. However, it is also the weakest.- The projectile is usually small and fine, so you have to make sure it scores a direct hit on your opponent.[Power]- "Power" is the strongest level 1 magic attack, but is also the slowest.- To make up for its slow speed, the projectile is usually large and wide, such that is covers a bigger target area.[Scatter]- The strength of "Scatter" is only average, but since many projectiles are fired at once, it has a higher chance of hitting its target.- Its speed is faster than that of "Power", but still slower than that of "Speed".--------------------------------------------------------------------- LEVEL 2 COMBINATION MAGIC--------------------------------------------------------------------- Level 2 Magic Attacks are performed by inputting 2 different spellsat one go. This means tapping 1 of the magic buttons, then followed bya second magic button. A Level 2 attack uses about 66% of your Charge Gauge. There are 9 different button combinations for Level 2 spells.* If you input the same magic spell twice (e.g. [Speed-Speed],[Power-Power], etc), you will get the Level 2 version of the primary level 1 spell.---------------------------------------------------------------------Level 2 Magic: Table 1---------------------------------------------------------------------[Speed-Speed]- Level 2 "Speed" Spell.[Power-Power]- Level 2 "Power" Spell.[Scatter-Scatter]- Level 2 "Scatter" Spell----------------------------------------------------------------------** If you input 2 different spells (e.g. [Speed-Power], [PowerScatter], etc), you will combine both spells together. As a result, you will fire the Level 1 version of the first spellyou inputted, with an additional increase in its characteristic, whichis determined by the second spell you inputted.---------------------------------------------------------------------Level 2 Magic: Table 2----------------------------------------------------------------------[Speed-Power]- Level 1 "Speed" Spell with a slight increase in power.[Speed-Scatter]- Level 1 "Speed" Spell that is scattered.[Power-Speed]- Level 1 "Power" spell with a slight increase in speed.[Power-Scatter]- Level 1 "Power" spell with that is scattered.[Scatter-Speed]- Level 1 "Scatter" with a slight increase in speed.[Scatter-Power]- Level 1 "Scatter" with a slight increase in power.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEVEL 3 COMBINATION MAGIC--------------------------------------------------------------------- Level 3 Magic Attacks are performed by inputting 3 commands at onego, but only 2 different kinds of Magic are used. This involvesinputting 1 of the primary magic spells, followed by a second, and athird magic spell. A Level 3 spell uses up all of the energy on your Charge Gauge. There are 21 different button combinations for Level 2 spells.* If you tap the same button thrice (e.g. [Speed-Speed-Speed], etc), you will get the Level 3 version for that primary spell.---------------------------------------------------------------------Level 3 Magic: Table 1---------------------------------------------------------------------[Speed-Speed-Speed]- Level 3 "Speed" Spell.[Power-Power-Power]- Level 3 "Power" Spell.[Scatter-Scatter-Scatter]- Level 3 "Scatter" Spell---------------------------------------------------------------------** If you input 2 similar spells, followed by 1 different spell(e.g. [Speed-Speed-Power], [Power-Power-Scatter], etc), you will firethe Level 2 version of the projectile that you inputted for the first 2commands, with an additional increase the characteristic determined bythe third spell you inputted.---------------------------------------------------------------------Level 3 Magic: Table 2----------------------------------------------------------------------[Speed-Speed-Power]- Level 2 "Speed" Spell with a slight increase in power.[Speed-Speed-Scatter]- Level 2 "Speed" Spell that is scattered.[Power-Power-Speed]- Level 2 "Power" Spell with a slight increase in speed.[Power-Power-Scatter]- Level 2 "Power" Spell that is scattered.[Scatter-Scatter-Speed]- Level 2 "Scatter" Spell with a slight increase in speed.[Scatter-Scatter-Power]- Level 2 "Scatter" Spell with a slight increase in power.----------------------------------------------------------------------*** If you input 1 spell, followed by 1 different spell, then by thefirst one again (e.g. [Speed-Power-Speed], [Power-Scatter-Power], etc),you will fire the Level 1 version of the first spell you inputted, withadditional characteristics determined by the second and third spell youinputted.---------------------------------------------------------------------Level 3 Magic: Table 3---------------------------------------------------------------------[Speed-Power-Speed]- Level 1 "Speed" Spell with a slight increase in both power & speed.[Speed-Scatter-Speed]- Level 1 "Speed" Spell with a slight increase in both scattering ability & speed.[Power-Speed-Power]- Level 1 "Power" Spell with a slight increase in both speed & power.[Power-Scatter-Power]- Level 1 "Power" Spell with a slight increase in both scattering ability & power.[Scatter-Speed-Scatter]- Level 1 "Scatter" Spell with a slight increase in both speed & scattering ability.[Scatter-Power-Scatter]- Level 1 "Scatter" Spell with a slight increase in both power & scattering ability.---------------------------------------------------------------------**** If you input 1 spell, followed by 2 more similar spells, (e.g.[Speed-Power-Power], [Power-Scatter-Scatter], etc), you will fire theLevel 1 version of the first spell you inputted, with a greatimprovement in the characteristic determined by the last two spells youinputted.---------------------------------------------------------------------Level 3 Magic: Table 4---------------------------------------------------------------------[Speed-Power-Power]- Level 1 "Speed" Spell with increased power.[Speed-Scatter-Scatter]- Level 1 "Speed" Spell with increased scattering ability.[Power-Speed-Speed]- Level 1 "Power" Spell with increased speed.[Power-Scatter-Scatter]- Level 1 "Power" Spell with increased scattering ability.[Scatter-Speed-Speed]- Level 1 "Scatter" Spell with increased speed.[Scatter-Power-Power]- Level 1 "Scatter" Spell with increased power.--------------------------------------------------------------------- LEVEL 3 SPECIAL MAGIC--------------------------------------------------------------------- Each character has one Level 3 Special Magic attack. It is hisstrongest spell, and uses up all of the energy on your Charge Gauge. To do it, simply input ALL your 3 DIFFERENT magic spells in ANYorder. Examples:[Speed-Power-Scatter], [Power-Scatter-Speed], [Scatter-Speed-Power], etc...=====================================================================4. CLOSE COMBAT===================================================================== When you move close to your opponent, your Charge Gauge will turnred in color, meaning that you are now in 'close combat', and cannotuse any of your Magic attacks. Your magic attacks will be replaced by aLight, Strong, and Side-step Attack. Weak Attacks are quick, and can be chained into a simple combo bysimply pressing it several times. Strong Attacks are slow, but can knock down your opponent with onehit. It is possible to attack your opponent using your magic spellswhen they are down. When you use a Side-step Attack, your character will quickly circlearound to your opponent's back and deliver a strong attack that knockshim down.Key:[Weak]- Weak Attack[Strong]- Strong Attack[Magic]- any Magic Attack (must be one that is fast)---[COMBOS]--------------------------------------------------------- [Weak-Weak-Weak-Weak] The basic 4-hit combo. [Weak-Strong-Magic] A good 3-hit combo that ends with a magic attack. [Weak-Weak-Strong-Magic] A strong 4-hit combo that ends with a magic attack. The last Strong Attack in this combo is quite slow, and can be blocked. However, if this combo is performed BEHIND your opponent, he will receive the full number of hits for maximum damage. [Weak-Weak-Weak-Strong-Magic] A very powerful 5-hit combo. As mentioned above, perform this combo behind your opponent for the full number of hits.Note:* You may want to try out these combos in the Practice Mode. The combo-counter will tell you if you are doing it right.* In the above combos, the animation for the Strong Attack for each combo set is different! This affects how each character delivers the Strong Attack, and how well the last Magic Attack will score a direct hit on your opponent.=====================================================================5. CHARACTERS===================================================================== Although the button combinations for the various magic spells arethe same for all the characters, each of the 12 characters has adifferent look to his spells, and some of the projectiles even havedistinctive properties and characteristics. Each character also has different abilities, and are rated in 6categories:(Ratings are based on a scale of 1 to 10.)MAGIC SKILLSPower - the strength of a character's magic spellsSpeed - the speed of a character's magic spellsHoming - the homing ability of a character's magic spellsSTATUSRun - the walking speed of a characterDash - the dashing speed of a characterJump - determines how high a character can jump*Note: The following character's ratings are read from a diagram, and may beinaccurate. The descriptions for the some of the characters are very insufficientand may also contain mistakes. Some help in translating their storieswould be greatly appreciated. (To learn more about the story, try the Story Mode.^_^)--------------------------------------------------------------------- GRAD---------------------------------------------------------------------[STORY] Grad comes from a village which is built on the side of a mountain, known as the Coran Mines. One day, when Grad was away, soldiers from the Ipsen Empire came and destroyed the village, killing its villagers. After Grad's mother was killed, he sets off on a journey to defeat Zauber. Grad's father was one of the great "SouSha"s (Sage?), which probably explains why a 'commoner' like him have magic powers.[MAGIC TYPE] Spark[Magic Skills] Power: 9 Speed: 7Homing: 7[Status] Run: 7 Dash: 7 Jump: 7--------------------------------------------------------------------- SEREA---------------------------------------------------------------------[STORY] When she was young, Serea left her hometown because of riots and civil unrest. After that, she was raised on a farm. She later met Rosen, and got to know that her father was also a "SouSha".[MAGIC TYPE] Wind[Magic Skills] Power: 6 Speed: 8Homing: 9[Status] Run: 8 Dash: 8 Jump: 9--------------------------------------------------------------------- ROSEN---------------------------------------------------------------------[STORY] Rosen is a "SouSha" himself, and is looking for the descendents of the late "SouSha"s.[MAGIC TYPE] Lightning[Magic Skills] Power: 8 Speed: 6 Homing: 10[Status] Run: 7 Dash: 5 Jump: 9--------------------------------------------------------------------- ZAUBER---------------------------------------------------------------------[DESCRIPTION] Zauber is the evil leader of the Ipsen Empire. He appears to belooking for some ancient relic.[MAGIC TYPE] Gravity[Magic Skills] Power: 9 Speed: 8 Homing: 9[Status] Run: 8 Dash: 8 Jump: 8--------------------------------------------------------------------- LAON---------------------------------------------------------------------[STORY] Laon is one of Zauber's faithful assistants.[MAGIC TYPE] Ray[Magic Skills] Power: 10 Speed: 8 Homing: 4[Status] Run: 6 Dash: 8 Jump: 4--------------------------------------------------------------------- FALMA---------------------------------------------------------------------[STORY] Falma is Zauber's right-hand man.[MAGIC TYPE] Light[Magic Skills] Power: 8 Speed: 9 Homing: 8[Status] Run: 8 Dash: 9 Jump: 8--------------------------------------------------------------------- TEEM---------------------------------------------------------------------[STORY] Teem is the leader of a resistance group that is set up to opposethe Ipsen Empire.[MAGIC TYPE] Aura Blade[Magic Skills] Power: 8 Speed: 7 Homing: 8[Status] Run: 6 Dash: 7 Jump: 7--------------------------------------------------------------------- KUGA---------------------------------------------------------------------[STORY] Kuga is a member of the resistance forces. He is a ninja of unknownorigin, and no one knows his true identity.[MAGIC TYPE] Blade Weapons[Magic Skills] Power: 5 Speed: 10 Homing: 5[Status] Run: 8 Dash: 10 Jump: 10--------------------------------------------------------------------- MILENA---------------------------------------------------------------------[STORY] Milena is the daughter of the ruler of the southern empire,Parmaweyra. However, when her father was assassinated, she wasdetermined to find the murderer, and she left the castle on her own.[MAGIC TYPE] Ice[Magic Skills] Power: 7 Speed: 9 Homing: 7[Status] Run: 10 Dash: 8 Jump: 7--------------------------------------------------------------------- ANZEAL---------------------------------------------------------------------[STORY] Anzeal is the younger sister of Milena, and the only remaining heirto the throne of the Parmaweyra Empire. The source of her magical powers appears to be from the littlecreature by her side.[MAGIC TYPE] PlayStation Control Pad Button Symbols (?)[Magic Skills] Power: 5 Speed: 8 Homing: 8[Status] Run: 8 Dash: 8 Jump: 9--------------------------------------------------------------------- DOIL---------------------------------------------------------------------[STORY] Doil is a former soldier of the Ipsen Empire. He left the empirebecause he wanted to lead a normal life with his son. However, the Empire later kidnaps his son, and threatens Doil to dotheir bidding.[MAGIC TYPE] Fire[Magic Skills] Power: 10 Speed: 5 Homing: 7[Status] Run: 7 Dash: 6 Jump: 6--------------------------------------------------------------------- REUS---------------------------------------------------------------------[STORY] Reus is Doil's son. He was later kidnapped by the Ipsen Empire, andhis magical potential was unlocked by Falma.[MAGIC TYPE] Blue Flame[Magic Skills] Power: 5 Speed: 8 Homing: 9[Status] Run: 9 Dash: 9 Jump: 8=====================================================================6. HINTS=====================================================================(1) PROJECTILE WARS When it comes to projectiles, each of the primary spells can be usedto overcome another. They are:"Speed" projectiles can overcome "Power" projectiles,"Power" projectiles can overcome "Scatter" projectiles, and"Scatter" projectiles can overcome "Speed" projectiles. Keep this in mind during projectile battles!(2) AUDIO CUES When a character performs a spell, he/she will shout the name of thespell just before he/she releases the projectile. To recap, the names are as follows:"Speed" - Character says "Till!""Power" - Character says "Asu!""Scatter" - Character says "Fou!" Use this to identify the spell that your opponent is going to use,and be prepared to counter it. Usually, when your opponent uses "Speed", you can try using Dash toavoid it. As for "Scatter", you can try jumping.(3) AUTO TARGETTING No matter which direction your character is facing, your spellswill always be directed towards your opponents. Most of them alsohave homing abilities. Therefore, you do not have to manually aim your spells at youropponents, and can concentrate more on fighting.(4) DIFFERENT SPELL EFFECTS Performing certain spells when you are jumping or dashing can changethe effect of some spells. For example, some characters may fire 2 projectiles instead of 1 whenthey are jumping/dashing, and not just standing.(5) USE YOUR SURROUNDINGS Since each fighting arena is huge, it is always a good idea to beon the move. You may also want to make use of the different backgroundobstacles and uneven height-levels to help in your offense and defense. This makes for an interesting fight. ^_^(6) SNEAK FROM BEHIND When you attack someone from his side or his back, the damageinflicted is higher than that when you hit him in front. Hence, it isnot a good idea to leave your back turned towards your opponent. Use this to your knowledge, and perform a painful combo on your opponentwhen he is facing the other way. In addition, when you attack your opponent when he is down, the damageinflicted will be quite insignificant, so save your energy unless he isclose to dying.=====================================================================7. SECRETS=====================================================================[COSTUME CHANGES] Finish the 1P BATTLE using any character (on any difficulty), andyou will get the alternate costume for that character. On the character select screen, simply choose your character withthe START Button. KOEI fans will recognize the costumes to be that of the charactersfrom their PS game "SanGoku MuSou"!============================[THE END]================================= To find out more about the game engine, story, and characters, youmay want to check out KOEI's Japanese Destrega web page for lots ofinteresting information and pictures. http://www.koei.co.jp/products/ee/new/dest/dest_01.htmThanks for reading! ^_^ If anyone has any questions, comments, information, or if you havefound a mistake, please feel free to e-mail me. Also, if you intend to use this FAQ on your site, please inform me first.Credits: Thanks to - anders0n (anders0n@geocities.com) for informing me about being able to power up your character's Charge Dashes. This FAQ was created by Kelvin Koh. E-mail: kelkwl@mbox4.singnet.com.sg Web-Page: http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Battlefield/2517/ FAQ Copyright 1998 by Kelvin Koh. All rights reserved.~BEinhanderGallery ModeTo unlock Gallery Mode, beat the game at any difficulty.Extra ShipsIf you beat the game on easy without continuing, you'll get a new ship toselect. It looks like one of the flying cars in the first area. If you beat thegame on hard without continuing, you'll get ship that has 9,999 for the gunpodsit finds or has equipped.Hidden WeaponsJuno Has the rate of fire of a Vulcan, and the power of approximately a normalgunshot, per bullet.Stage 1 - Gain all three skill bonuses (destroy all gun carriers until neonsigns, then destroy red carrier after signs; destroy all neon signs; destroyonly bottom saucer section of mid-boss.). When you reach the boss, do not attackhim as normal. Instead, wait for him to move toward you (with the side-scrollingview). One of his attacks is a gun pod from his back. Once in every 10 or sotime, this weapon is the Juno.Stage 4 - A large boat will pop out of the water. Destroy the body only. Thetower will fly off. Dodge and kill this tower before it leaves the screen. Itwill drop the Juno and give you a skill bonus. Flash Similar to the Cannon, cankill any non-boss enemy in fewer than 3 shots.Stage 3 - After spider mid-boss, destroy the large pylon at the top of thescreen, and then destroy every item that falls from it. Use a Juno or Vulcan forgreater success. This will award a skill bonus and the Flash.Stage 5 - Take apart the mid-boss piece by piece before killing him. This earnsthe Flash and a skill bonus. Mosquito Similar to the Wasp, fires missles whichare guided by the control pad. A little stronger than the Wasp's missles.Stage 4 - At the small maze-like section, move as quickly as possible down thetunnels, and pick up the Spreader on the way. Switch the Spreader to your topslot. A couple of floors straight down will be an enemy and a set of barrelsdirectly behind you. Destroy the barrels to obtain the Mosquito. Python Powerfulmines, similar to Hedgehog. Very hard to use.Stage 5 - Destroy large vehicle in the background of the first part of thestage. Must use Wasp.~B**************************************************************************** Einhander FAQ - Version Acht ** von Zach Keene (zjkeene@bellsouth.net) ** Last Updated: 27. September 1998 **************************************************************************** Table of Contents . . . . . . 71) Willkommen! . . . . . . . 242) Was ist Einhander? . . . . . . 783) Fighters . . . . . . . 924) Gunpods . . . . . . . 1375) Die Schabe . . . . . . . 2396) Know Thine Enemy . . . . . . 3297) Secret Bonus . . . . . . . 4838) Boss Tactics . . . . . . . 6129) Gallery Checklist . . . . . . 81210) Scoring . . . . . . . 96811) Miscellaneous Junk . . . . . . 108812) Revision History . . . . . . 116313) Danke schoen! . . . . . . 120614) Legal Crap . . . . . . . 125415) Auf Wiedersehen! . . . . . . 1270=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=::: Willkommen! :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Well, originally this was where I rambled on about why I was writing aFAQ about Einhander when I'd already promised a CSOTN FAQ. Since I'vewritten the CSOTN FAQ, I guess I need to change the intro. Because a) noone is probably reading this, and b) I can't think of anything to say here,consider the intro changed. :) If you've read my FF1 FAQ, you know most of the crap that I'm about tospew here, so just skip to the next section. And be warned: the same sortof bad jokes that accompanied the last FAQ may turn up here from time totime. This FAQ was written in the all-powerful MS-DOS editor. For best results,view with a monospace font, 75 characters to a line, 8 characters per tab. You may send comments, corrections, additions, subtractions, und soweite, to zjkeene@bellsouth.net.Where to get the latest version of this FAQ:-------------------------------------------- There are several ways to make sure you have the latest version of thisFAQ.By FTP/WWW:ftp://members.aol.com/fnlfanatic/arcanelore/einfaqxx.txt(where xx is the version number. Also, you can http to the same address. This version is always current.)[The following two sites may take a day or so to update the FAQ when a new version is released.]http://www.gamefaqs.com/http://www.byz.net/david/einhander/(The unofficial Einhander website. David also does an HTTP version of my FAQ, which is on his site.)http://www.geocities.com/timessquare/chasm/7380/(PlayStation Haven)By Newsgroup: I always post updates to the FAQ in the following newsgroups, since noone has objected to it thus far:rec.games.video.sonyalt.games.video.sony-playstation Anyway, like my FF1 FAQ, a Win95 Help version will probably be on itsway at some point. Probably like after the text version gets somewhatdecent. I told you to skip to the next section, didn't I?=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=::: Was ist Einhander? (What is Einhander?)::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Just for those of you who were under a particular rock known as "GranTurismo" back in May (and that included me, as well), Einhander is a 2Dshooter, in the style of R-Type or Salamander, made by Square. Square, aseverbody well knows, is famous for their RPGs. So what qualifies them tomake a shooter? Got me, but it worked out pretty well, I'd say. Basically, the plot is that at some point in the future, the Earth andthe moon colony Selene are constantly at war. Anyway, Selene has beensending fighters on suicide runs against the Earth. This operation is codenamed "Einhander".=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=::: Fighters ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Einhander has five different fighters to use. Three of them are availablefrom the start; the other two have to be earned. Here they are:1) Astraea FGA Mk. I: This ship can equip two Gunpods at the same time, which can be used alone, or fired simultaneously. If you run out of ammo, it comes with an unlimited ammo single machine gun.2) Endymion FRS Mk. II: This ship can load 3 different Gunpods, but only one can be used at a time. Also note that Gunpods aquired with this fighter only give roughly two-thirds of the ammo that other fighters get. It is also equipped with an unlimited ammo single machine gun.3) Endymion FRS Mk. III: This ship can only use one Gunpod at a time, but is equipped with an unlimited ammo double machine gun.4) Unknown Fighter Type I (hereafter referred to as Die Schabe): This is one of the secret fighters. I have devoted an entire section of the FAQ to it. That's because it's quite a bit different than the other four; this has nothing to do with the fact that its my personal favourite fighter. The "Die Schabe" section lists how to get this in detail, but the short version is (so far): get 15 secret bonuses with the Endymion Mk. III on any difficulty. I can guarantee that this works, but you might want to check on the Die Schabe section for other possibilites...5) Unknown Fighter Type II (hereafter referred to as the Selene): Since I have not obtained this myself, I don't know much about this craft. From what I've read, this is one of the moon fighters from the final level of the game. Supposedly, it is similar to the Astrea, but when you equip a Gunpod it comes with 9999 ammo. Obviously, this is one sick bastard. It has been confirmed that to get this, you have to beat the game on Hard without continuing. However, it has been said that you can use one continue and still get this. Its official name is EOS UFG Mk.IX, but I like "Selene" better. Other Selene Rumours: Another theory that's been circulating of late is that you can get it by collecting 15 Secret Bonuses on Hard. I've not confirmed that, though. Also, it seems you might be able to use up to three continues and still get the Selene.=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=::: Gunpods :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= When you choose your fighter for the very first time, all you start thegame with is your machine gun. However, than soon changes. When you defeatcertain enemies or shoot certain objects, Gunpods can be obtained. Afteryou obtain a certain Gunpod, you can then choose to start the game withthat Gunpod. Gunpods serve two purposes: first, they allow your ship to fire morepowerful weapons than your pea-shooter machine gun. Second, they can beused as shields against enemy fire. However, they can only take so manyhits before being destroyed. Collecting a Gunpod of the same type as theone you currently have will repair the damage, as well as replenish yourammo supply. There are 12 types of Gunpods available in the game. The eight listed inthe manual are fairly common, and I'll list them here, with some notes. [Note: If you are using the Schabe fighter, the Gunpods affect your craft in a different manner. See the "Die Schabe" section for more details.]1) Blade: This equips your ship with a lightsaber like weapon. Fairly powerful, but short ranged. Unless, of course, you do a fireball-type motion (Down, Down-Towards, Towards) which extends this weapon clear across the screen. This, however, uses up ammo at a faster rate. Switching the position of the Gunpod while firing makes it slash at the enemies. Note that the Astrea can't slash the Blade in this manner. (600 Rounds)2) Cannon: Fires a powerful blast either straight ahead or at a roughly 30 degree angle, depending on the Gunpod's position. On the Astrea, Cannons always aim forward. Low ammo, but quite powerful. Also, its length makes it a good shield. (25 Rounds)3) Grenade: Launches grenades. If equipped on top, fires them in an arc. If equipped on bottom, drops them backwards. This Gunpod is incredibly powerful, probably more so than the Flash. (45 Rounds)4) Hedgehog: Fires small explosive bombs either straight up or straight down, depending on its location. Low range. (75 Rounds)5) Riot: Fires an electrical charge at a bit of an angle. The power of this can be increased by holding down the fire button. However, the more powerful the blast, the more ammo this takes up. (120 Rounds)6) Spreader: Fires five shots either behind or in front, depending on where you position the Gunpod. (90 Rounds)7) Vulcan: Fires machine gun rounds at extreme speed. Low power, but high in ammo. Notice that the angle at which it fires can be affected by the motion of your ship. However, if a Vulcan is in the top location of the Astrea, it cannot be affected in this manner. (750 Rounds)8) Wasp: Fires missiles straight ahead if equipped on bottom, homing missles if equipped on top. Decent power. (45 Rounds) And here are the "secret" Gunpods, and some places to find them. Note that the places I list are not necessarily the only places to get them.9) Flash: Similar to the Cannon Gunpod, but fires a laser straight ahead if on top, angled downward if on bottom. Extremely powerful. (45 Rounds) The third Secret Bonus of level 3 rewards you with a Flash; see the Secret Bonus section for more details. Also, the second Secret Bonus of level 5 will drop a red box containing a Flash.10) Juno: Identical to the Vulcan Cannon, but more powerful. (450 Rounds). If you get the third Secret Bonus of level 1, the boss of that level will sometimes fire at you with the Juno. Therefore, you can help yourself to it. The first Secret Bonus of level 4 will reward you with the Juno, and is a little easier to get it this way. The last red enemy on level 7 also carries a Juno.11) Mosquito: Not unlike the Wasp, but the missiles can be controlled. However, to move the missile, you have to move your ship, so be careful not to crash in to anything while firing these. (45 Rounds) When you get to the second part of Level 4, equip yourself with a rear-firing weapon (Spreader for most ships; Spreader, Grenade, or Wasp for Schabe.) Immediately take the lowest route possible ASAP. You should drop just in front of a barrel that contains the Mosquito. Later in the level, when you encounter the Parzival to get Secret Bonus 2, if you can _completely_ and _quickly_ destroy it, you'll earn another Mosquito. [Note: I'm not really sure what triggers this thing giving you a Mosquito. I've done it, and I've read about it, but it happens incredibly rarely.]12) Python: Launches five mines-on-a-string. Pretty neat actually. (45 Rounds) On level 5, just before you fly over a wall towards the mini-boss, keep an eye out for a vehicle in the background that resembles a Jawa Transport. (If you don't know what a Jawa Transport looks like, then put down the controller and view the Star Wars Trilogy _NOW_! :) Anyway, blast it with a Wasp to get this. [Notice that when the Gunpod appears on screen, it's labeled "Ptyhon". Heh.] And now, for the super secret Gunpod! :)13) Manipulator: Sorry, I couldn't resist. This isn't really a Gunpod, but if you've just started your first game, or your current Gunpod(s) are destroyed or run out of ammo, this is all you have. It can be used as a weapon or a shield, but its extremely short range makes it weak in both respects. Grab another Gunpod quickly!=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=::: Die Schabe (The cockroach) ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= And now, the section you've all been waiting for: the section devoted tothat almighty yellow and green Schabe fighter. Yes, it is the same littleship that you shoot down in droves during Level 1. However, when you takethe controls, this ship is quite capable of causing some damage. In fact,it is the first ship I beat the game with. To get this ship, use the Endy Mk. III ship, get at least 15 SecretBonuses in one game, and voila. You can continue as much as you like, andalthough you can do this on any difficulty, it's easiest to do on, well,Easy. You don't have to beat the game, either. (But don't quit from thepause menu, or else you'll have just wasted your time.) That said, I've received an e-mail that said you couldn't get it with theAstrea, and I've received a news posting that said you couldn't get itwith the Endy Mk. II. While I haven't tried with the Endy Mk. II, it isdefinately possible to get it with the Astrea. Also, it seems that you may be able to get the Schabe with as few as 12Secret Bonuses. I've not looked into that claim yet, however. Originally, I had nicknamed this ship "Die Polizei", which means "thepolice." However, once I found out its real name, I decided I liked Schabe(which means "cockroach") better.* Primary Weapon * Your main weapon is the machine gun, which is the same as the machine gunthat the other fighters are equipped with. However, unlike the others, theSchabe's machine gun can be powered up. Above the multiplier bar, you'llnotice "Lv. 1". Each time you collect a Gunpod, this increases, up to 20.At level 6, your single-shot machine gun upgrades to a double-shot. Atlevel 11, it upgrades again to a triple-shot. Finally, you get a quad-shotmachine gun at level 16.* Secondary Weapon * As soon as you obtain a Gunpod, your ship is equipped with two cannons ontop and bottom. The frequency of which they fire increases with your weaponlevel. However, when you get to a level which upgrades your machine gun,the frequency of the secondary weapons drops to its lowest, and builds upagain. The following chart shows this in action:Least Frequent - - - Most Frequent(No secondary at Lv. 1)Lv. 2 Lv. 3 Lv. 4 Lv. 5 Lv. 6 Lv. 7 Lv. 8 Lv. 9 Lv. 10 Lv. 11 Lv. 12 Lv. 13 Lv. 14 Lv. 15 Lv. 16 Lv. 17 Lv. 18 Lv. 19 Lv. 20 Where these secondary cannons aim is determined by the last Gunpodequipped. Note also that the secondary weapon has unlimited ammo.1) Blade, Cannon, Flash: Fires at about an 15 degree angle above and below your machine gun fire.2) Grenade: Fires like the Cannon et al, but behind your fighter.3) Hedgehog: Fires directly above and below your ship.4) Juno, Riot, Vulcan, Python: Fires about 45 degrees above and below your machine gun fire.5) Mosquito, Wasp: Fires homing shots. You really should try to keep this equipped as much as possible.6) Spreader: Fires like the Vulcan and Juno, except it fires behind your craft.* Lights * Of course, this fighter is equipped with searchlights. Press X toactivate them. They are only there to look cool; they cause no damage.* Advantages of using the Schabe * Well, the biggest one is unlimited ammo. When you are fully loaded with aLv. 20 Wasp, you are (almost) unstoppable. Another is the fact that sinceGunpods are not mounted externally, you cannot lose your secondary weapon.* Disadvantages of using the Schabe * Since you have no Gunpods to lose, you have no Gunpods to take shots foryou. Another thing is that although at level 20 it is quite capable ofdefending itself, you won't be getting anything spectacular, like say anAstrea with two Flashes. Also, the game won't display some of the FMVsequences you get by using the other ships, and you can't win Gallerypictures with this ship. Overall, using the Schabe generally makes the actual levels easier, butmakes the bosses harder. IMHO, of course, your mileage may vary.=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=::: Know Thine Enemy ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= And now, for your reading pleasure, is a (currently incomplete) list ofthe enemy forces you'll be up against. For more information about thebosses, see the "Boss Tactics" section. I've attempted to put the regularenemies more or less in order of appearence. The word(s) in paranthesis after the name is my attempt at an Englishtranslation. If I've got the translation wrong, blame this crappy paperbackLangenscheidt German-English dictionary I've got over here. Anyway, all this info comes from the Gallery pictures, and unfortunatlythere are either a few enemies not pictured, or I overlooked them somehow.So if an enemy is missing (like the Level 6 swarmers), that's why.* Level 1 *Mini-boss: SPJ-15 "Greif" (Griffin)Boss: SPKB-03 "Drache" (Dragon) [Note: The instruction manual refers to this boss as "The Brute".]1) PW-104b "Schabe" (Cockroach) - The yellow and green police ships that show up in droves. See the "Die Schabe" section for details on how to play as this ship2) PT-08 "Uhu" (Eagle Owl) - The first of many Gunpod carrying ships in this level. It has no front armour, and is easy to destroy.3) PT-08s "Uhu" (Eagle Owl) - Same as above, but with front armour. (Notice that the instruction manual calls these "Enforcers".)4) PT-08rs "Fledermaus" (Bat) - If you don't get Secret Bonus 1, you'll run into one of these. It's identical to the PT-08s, except it has a saucer on top instead of a Gunpod.5) PA-09 Angler - If you do get Secret Bonus 1, the secret path will be full of these. They carry Gunpods, but it's difficult to collect them.* Level 2 *Mini-boss: SKP-04 "Garnele" (Shrimp)Boss: PGZ/L-03 "Spinne" (Spider)1) KP-05g "Schnecke" (Snail) - The Gunpod-carrying hovercraft-looking things.2) KH-09 "Drohne" (Drone) - The small cylindrical pea-shooters.3) PGZ/G-12 "Trilobit" (Trilobite?) - The train cars that you fly over for most of the level.4) PKB-07a "Star" (Starling) - The Gunpod-carring walkers.5) PGZ/A-03 "Kaefer" (Beetle) - The train cars after the mini-boss with the radar and control towers.6) PA-11b "Libelle" (Dragonfly) - If you play on Hard, Spinne will launch these at you if you destroy a set of weapon arms.* Level 3 *Mini-boss: SPKB-08 "Gecko"Boss: PR-01 "Gustav"1) SP-01 "Sacktraeger" (Sack carrier?) - The ships that drop down from above with the searchlights and Wasp Gunpod2) KP-02b "Dackel" (Dachshund) - The smaller Gunpod carriers that come in trios.3) KH-18 "Muschel2" (Mussel) - The heavily armoured saucer shaped Gunpod carriers.4) KA-04 "Natter" (Viper) - Wall mounted claws during the second half of the level.5) KH-16 "Floh" (Flea) - The enemies that are launched from the big huge hovering thing after the mini-boss fight.* Level 4 *Mini-boss: EU-46 "Salamander"Boss: SPKB-04 "Sturmvogel" (Stormbird)1) KH-17 "Schwalbe" (Swallow) - The little yellow ships that swarm the beginning of the level.2) KB-02 "Qualle" (Jellyfish) - The Gunpod-carrying buoys.3) PT-06 "Kolibri" (Hummingbird) - The larger green ships that first appear just before Salamander. Sometimes they carry Gunpods.4) KH-13 "Loewe" (Lion) - The red ships from the second half.5) PKB-11d "Parzival" (?) - The humanoid mech that slides down the ramp. Destroy it for Secret Bonus 2.6) VP-16d "Vampir" (Vampire) - The hoverbikes that attack when Sturmvogel leaves the screen.* Level 5 *Mini-boss: SPKB-06 "Ausf A Gestell" (?)Boss: SPKB-07 "Ausf D Duerer" (?)1) KH-14 "Zikade" (Cicada) - The small enemies that swarm this level.2) PT-09 "Storch" (Stork) - The larger ships that launch missiles, and sometimes launch a Gunpod-carrying doodad at you.3) PKB-07e "Jagdstar" (Apparently a Shooting Starling, as opposed to the regular Starlings from Level 2.) - The dual-cannon walkers from the beginning of the level.4) PKB-07c "Panzerstar" (Armoured Starling) - The Gunpod-carrying walkers from the second half of the level.5) KP-07a "Alligator" - The huge-laser firing ships.6) KP-07a "Alligator2" - Same as above, although red. Shoot for Secret Bonus 3.* Level 6 *Boss: SS-01 "Schwarzgeist" (Black Ghost)* Level 7 *Boss: HYPERION UCS Mk.X II1) EOS UFG Mk.IX - These ships are Astrea clones, except they have a laser instead of a normal machine gun, and can use it whether or not they have Gunpods attached. They come equipped with a variety of Gunpods, but except for the Juno all are rather common. Want to play as one? Check out the "Fighters" section.=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=::: Secret Bonus ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Performing certain tasks in this game will net you Secret Bonuses. Thereare three to be had in each level. Earning them earns you extra points,improves your Secrets rating. They are also instrumental in getting theSchabe ship. In the Japanese version of Einhander, there is a "Free" difficultysetting. If you get all three Secret Bonuses in one level, you will be ableto stage select that level in the Free setting. However, this mode hasapparently been removed from the US version, or the method of accessing ithas changed. (See "Miscellaneous Junk" for more details). Anyway, here are the requirements for getting these secret bonuses.* Level 1 *1) Quite simple: when you first enter the commercial district, shoot down all the neon signs.2) Shoot down all the grey Uhus (the ships that carry Gunpods) at the beginning of the level. You have to nail them as quickly as possible. If you don't see a red Uhu with a wasp fly by as you pass the "Leben? Fallen?" sign, you've messed up this bonus. After getting Bonus 1, you should be attacked by two more red ones: one carrying a Riot and the other carrying a Wasp. Shoot them both down.3) When you reach the huge blue robot Mini-boss, beat him by destroying his lower portion.* Level 2 *1) At the beginning of the level, destroy all the Gunpod-carrying ships. A red one should appear; blast it.2 + 3) At two points during this level, you the screen will stop scrolling while you're attacked by Gunpods that rise from the train. Keep shooting the Gunpods. Do _NOT_ shoot the control tower thingy with the radar dish. Keep blasting at the Gunpods until you get the bonus. (Takes about 8 or 9, IIRC)* Level 3 *1) Before the mini-boss, destroy all of the saucer-shaped weapon carriers. A red one will then appear. Destroy it for the bonus.2) During the mini-boss fight, green Gunpod carriers and red Reflector trucks will show up. Destroy these until you get the bonus. (Requires a combined total of around 8, I think.)3) Just after the mini-boss, some big huge thing will show up at the top of the screen. Destroy it, then quickly destroy all the garbage it spews. The Blade works wonders here, and it just so happens that a few of the Nattern here carry them. A Vulcan or Juno can help as well. Unless you have the Schabe, where almost anything that fires foward works (especially the Wasp :). A Flash will also be awarded.* Level 4 *1) When the submarine shows up, destroy the hull (not the controlling tower). The tower will then launch. Destroy it (and quickly, before it starts spewing shots all over the place). A Juno will be awarded.2) When you get to the second section, take the lowest route possible until you reach the elevator. After the elevator, keep going on the path you are on. You should reach a PKB-11d Parzival (humanoid-type mech) sliding down the ramp on its bum; blast it for the bonus.3) Just before the end, destroy the girders on the ground for the bonus. If you got the bonus above, there will be an enemy at this point. Don't destroy it entirely, but disable it so it crashes into the girders. Easiest 100000 points in the game, probably, unless you have to do it the hard way. If so, nail it with a Juno or Hedgehog set to bottom, or a top mounted Grenade.* Level 5 *1) When you fly over the wall, just before the "mini"-boss, there will be a series of bars that rise and fall. Destroy them for the bonus.2) If you're playing as something other than the Schabe, grab the Grenade before you face the Mini-boss, because it will make this a lot easier. To get the bonus, you must knock down the boss four times. To accomplish this, you have to destroy one of its "weak points". Here is a partial list of parts that cause an instant knock down: a) Arm Armour: When this boss fires the screen-filling shots, you can hit one of its arms (left or right). If you can destroy the armour protecting either arm, the boss will fall over, and lob a box at you. b) Arms: After blowing off the armour, destroying the arms themselves will also result in a knockdown. c) Hands: These are incredibly easy to destroy. When the boss jumps into the background, avoid plasma shots and such, and try to end up on the right side of the screen before it jumps at you and tries to swat you. Back up a bit to get out of the way, and when it lands, you can fly right up to the hand and blast it off. And if you blow one off, the boss sometimes jumps back into the background again (after lobbing a box) and does this again. Blow off the other hand for another KO! d) Head: There are two sections to the head armour, and blowing off either results in a knockdown. Knocking off the head, however, kills the boss and you don't get the Bonus. :)3) Towards the end of the level, 3 laser ships will appear in the background. One of them is red. If you have a Wasp, you can nail it now. If you don't have one, fear not. The formation will attack later on, so blast it then.* Level 6 *1) After you have eliminated one of the thrusters, little pods will show up from time to time. Every now and then they'll release an enemy; every now and then the enemy will be red. Shoot it.2) Blast three of the above mentioned pods.3) When you get to the boss, every so often a section will raise up from the top. Destroy it. Then, after defeating the boss, a jellyfish-like thing will attack you. Destroy it for the bonus.* Level 7 *All) Three red fighters will show up at various times during this level. Nail them.=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=::: Boss Tactics ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Here are some descriptions of the bosses and mini-bosses in the game, andsome tips on how to beat them. And, if all else fails, there's always theSolarstriker method: just survive and the boss will leave/die. You'll geta "Timeout" for your boss repulse time, and receive no bonus points.M = Mini-boss B = Main Boss* Level 1 *M) SPJ-15 "Greif": If you're looking for a quick kill, aim for the head. Simple but effective. Blasting its lower section for the Secret Bonus is a bit more difficult, since it takes more hits than the head. Having an downward-angled weapon such as the Flash helps immensly. Otherwise, stay still until it stops jumping around and fires at you. Move to avoid the shots and blast at the bottom section. The instant it moves, stop firing, or else you'll hit the head. Also, if you are playing on Hard, watch out, because it will mosey on over to the left side of the screen from time to time.B) SPKB-03 "Drache": Aim for the body section where the arm/head thing joins the rest of it and blast with everything you've got. After you have destroyed that section, seperating the head, aim for the red area. If you do not succeed in destroying it, and it grows the head that shoots the purple laser, aim for the head to completely destroy it. Zach's Normal Mode Record: 0'07"* Level 2 *M) SKP-04 "Garnele": Keep destroying parts of it until is completely destroyed. The weak point is in the front, just above the claws. If it starts spazzing out, head up; it's about to charge. If it stiffens up, it's about to do a jumping attack. In either case, just stay in the upper left corner. Watch out for the shooting claws; destroy them if you can.B) PGZ/L03 "Spinne": Blast at the "head" in the middle section. If you cannot destroy the boss before it starts attacking, then take out the huge weapon arms. Then start blasting the "head" again. On Hard, watch out for the fleet of fighters that it will launch after you destroy a set of weapon arms. Also on Hard, after you destroy the second set of weapon arms, the second set like to launch missiles and stuff at you, while you're dodging fighters from behind and blue "donuts" from the front. You can fly through the center of the "donuts" without damage. Zach's Normal Mode Record: 0'07"* Level 3 *M) SPKB-08 "Gecko": When you first get to this boss, just aim for the center lasers. Destroy them quickly, or it will fire a criss-crossing laser not unlike the red/blue R-Type laser. If you see the yellow trucks, watch out for this. Try to get it to aim high or low, then get out of the way. Then, when it changes attack patterns, try not to cause too much damage until you have gotten the Secret Bonus. After that, or if you do not care about the Bonus, aim low. Its weak point is the green area that is protected by its legs. This is easily accomplished with the Blade Gunpod, if you use the fireball-motion to extend it (see Gunpod section for more details). Also, always destroy the red Reflector trucks ASAP, or the mini-boss will fire a laser attack that severly limits your room to move, while continuing its green laser attacks. If you have to deal with this laser, head for the opposite side of the screen (vertically speaking) from the truck, and move toward the truck as the laser fires.B) PR-01 "Gustav": Aim for the head; watch out for the fists. If you have a powerful weapon (even a Schabe with a Lv. 3 Cannon qualifies, if you are on Easy), do not worry much about the "yo-yos" that it will launch; just blast them back or destroy them altogther. Unless you're pinned on one side of the screen, in which case you avoid them altogether. Watch out for the rush it sometimes makes at you. Also, a hatch may open on its back which will launch homing missiles. If you see it coming, fly behind the boss. The missiles will hit the boss, doing some damage for you.* Level 4 *M) EU-46 "Salamander": As this boss swims, watch out for the mines it launches in the air. When they land in the water, head up. The mines will explode in the water, which can take you down. Your targets are the head and the black thingy. Try to blast off the head ASAP, so you can cause critical damage to it while it's still swimming, which is a lot easier. When it jumps out of the water and hangs on to the pipe, it will try three attacks: whipping you with its tail or knocking you out of the sky with one arm. It will swing one arm around twice, then aim for you on the third swing. Watch out also for the homing missiles and the blue plasma blast. If you have a normal ship, try to get the Juno (Secret Bonus 1) before this battle.B) SPKB-04 "Sturmvogel": After you destroy this boss's shield, it will get armor installed from somewhere. When that happens, just aim for the top/front of it. From time to time this boss will leave and some hover-bike type things with Gunpods will arrive. Take them if you need them. Most of this boss's attacks are easily avoided, such as the small missiles and the arcing thingies, but if it starts launching those large homing missiles, watch out! The only consistent method I've found to avoid that attack is to destroy the Sturmvogel before it can launch it. Zach's Normal Mode Record: 0'18"* Level 5 *M) SPKB-06 "Ausf A Gestell": This "Mini"-boss is a true bastard. His weak point is his head, but you're not always in a position to hit it there. Aim for whatever you can. The first two green boxes contain Wasps; get them if you can. When he jumps into the background, avoid his plasma shots by flying in a circular pattern. Watch out for the spinning disks on the ground. When they explode, they send up a large geyser of flame. When he jumps and swats at you from the background, you're in a good position to blast off his hands, provided you avoid the swat. Good luck! You'll need it. (See the "Secret Bonus" section for more tips on fighting this boss.)B) SPKB-07 "Ausf D Duerer": This boss can be a bugger too. The head, as usual, is your main target. If you can, destroy his Cannon and Vulcan weapons. When his head glows blue, watch out for the triangles that appear. They will fire shots at you. When he turns around, he'll launch missiles out of his backside that will come raining down on you. And be careful for the screen-filling yellow laser. Try to remember a safe spot on the screen to head to when he fires it. Or if you are caught off-guard, remember you have until the yellow lines widen before they actually cause damage. Finally, he too has a rush attack, so head for the other side of the screen when he tries it.* Level 6 *M) This stage has no mini-boss, but I'll use this space to describe your objective. Your mission, should you chose to accept it, is to knock out two launching thrusters from a gigantic spacecraft. Your target is a little above where the thruster is attached to the craft itself. You have about two mintues and 30 seconds to knock them both out. All the while, pesky little enemies will be on your butt the whole time. Timeout: You get the "second ending".B1) SS-01 "Schwarzgeist": This orbital platform can be a pain, but really is not too bad. First off, you want to destroy the spinning disks before they start shooting lasers at you. Your main target, I believe, is the part between the top saucer and bottom section. If you see a little saucer raise from the larger one, blast it, so you can get the Secret Bonus later on. When you see a yellow glow, head for the bottom right part of the screen. This yellow glow preceeds the same screen-filling laser than the level 5 boss had. While you are down here, you can cause some damage to the bottom section. In fact, I recommend this, since the 4 bottom sections fire a stream of homing missiles at you. Also the top section fires a bluish-green shot at you, which itself fires shots perpendicular to its path. Also watch for the boss to fly into the distance and shoot homing lasers at you. (The music during this battle is the best in the game, IMHO.)B2) If you knock off the top mini-saucer during the main boss fight, the Jellyfish-like thing will attack you. It will fire either a Spread-like or Vulcan-like shots at you, then pull off a rush attack. It does not take many hits though, so try to blast it ASAP. I nailed quickly with what was left over from my Vulcan cannon from the main boss fight. Beware: if you lose to the Jellyfish, when your next ship arrives you have to start with the main boss again, and it's up to you whether or not you want to try the Jellyfish again. Timeout: Wilson Tam reports that if you timeout during the Jellyfish battle, lasers will come from above and destroy it.* Level 7 *M) No mini-boss here either. But this level doesn't need one... Anyway, if you're pretty well armed and want to be a complete wuss, just set your speed to max and fly in one direction vertically for the whole level. The EOS ships won't get to you, but this is a rather boring way to get to the boss. (However, if you're playing on Hard and have no continues and one life left, you might not want to take chances.)B) HYPERION UCS Mk.XII: The final boss is one big-ass mech. First off, I wholly recommend increasing the speed of your fighter to max right off the bat. It'll start off by launching little green things which fly around rapidly. Blast them all before they start firing lasers at you. After you nail them, head downward _immediately_, because the boss might return fire with one _huge_ blast. Finally, he'll come see to you personally. Your target is the area above the cannon looking thing he has. But, watch out. It will fire two kinds of fireballs at you: The blue ones are slower, but follow you around the screen. However, you can outrun them if you have full speed. The red ones will head out a bit, flash, then book to your current location. They're a pain when the boss fires one or the other, but when it fires both, have fun. Sometimes, it will jettison its midsection at you, so watch out. After that, it will head to the left side of the screen, and fly either straight up or down. You can get a few free hits on its approach, but you want to be on the right side when it takes off. And then it will repeat with the green things and the megablast again. Keep an eye out for the EOS UFG Mk. IX if you run out of ammo. (Or use the Schabe :) Oddly enough, you won't receive a message from Hyperion after this battle. I wonder why.. :) Timeout: Wilson Tam reports that if you timeout during this battle, you're the one who gets blasted. Zach's Normal Mode Record: 0'38"=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=::: Gallery Checklist :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=* How to get all 100 pictures * At the end of this section you'll find a complete and uncut listing ofall the Gallery picture titles in the game. But first, you're going tohave to endure my detailing how to obtain each and every one of thesepictures. So if you're missing a few, listen up. To get all 100 pictures, you have to perform the following 7 Tasks.Notice that contrary to popular belief, ratings have nothing to do with thepictures you get. (At least, they didn't for me.) Also, you get nothing forgetting all 100 pictures, except getting all 100 pictures. :)1) Obtain all 12 Gunpods. For every Gunpod you obtain, you will earn a picture of it in the gallery. Also, you'll earn the "Illustrations" picture. It may be possible to get this picture another way, but isn't earning a Gunpod the easiest of these tasks? Pictures Awarded:00-Illustrations 24-Gunpod-Vulcan25-Gunpod-Cannon 26-Gunpod-WASP27-Gunpod-Spreader 28-Gunpod-Grenade29-Gunpod-Hedgehog 30-Gunpod-Juno31-Gunpod-Blade 32-Gunpod-Riot33-Gunpod-Flash 34-Gunpod-Mosquito35-Gunpod-Python 41-W.A.S.P.2) Beat the gameon Easy with the Astrea FGA Mk. I Pictures Awarded:11-ASTRAEA FGA Mk.I 39-ASTRAEA FGA Mk.I3) Beat the game on Easy with the Endymion FRS Mk.II Pictures Awarded:09-ENDYMION FRS Mk.II 37-ENDYMION FRS Mk.II58-ENDYMION-cockpit4) You guessed it. Beat the game on Easy with the Endymion FRS Mk. III Pictures Awarded:10-ENDYMION FRS Mk.III 38-ENDYMION FRS Mk.III5) Beat the game on Easy with any ship but the Schabe. Pictures Awarded:01-Start it up 02-The Capital Raider04-The night attack 05-Behemoth12-SPJ-15 Greif 13-SPKB-03 Drache14-SKP-04 Garnele 15-PGZ/L-03 Spinne36-Blue ace 40-PT-08s Uhu42-PT08 Uhu 43-PT-08s Uhu44-PW-104b Schabe 45-PA-09 Angler49-KH-09 Drohne 50-PGZ/G-12 Trilobit51-PGZ/A-03 Kaefer 52-KP-05g Schnecke59-DRACHE-assault mode 60-DRACHE-walking mode61-Hangar 63-Lunatic attacker67-The armored troops 68-Demon halo69-The desert trap 71-Found target!85-PT-08s Uhu 86-PA-09 Angler87-PA-11b Libelle 88-PKB-07a Star94-KH-09 Drohne 95-PT-08 Uhu96-PT-08rs Fledermaus 97-KP-05g Schnecke99-SRF/Pilot Suit6) Beat the game on Normal with any ship but the Schabe. Pictures Awarded:06-Predator's eyes 08-Machine's Lair16-SPKB-08 Gecko 17-PR-01 Gustav18-EU-46 Salamander 19-SPKB-04 Sturmvogel46-KH-16 Floh 47-KA-04 Natter64-Edge of destiny 65-Hand of Lorelei66-Steel sentinel 72-Heavy metal74-KH-17 Schwalbe 75-KB-02 Qualle76-KH-13 Loewe 77-PT-06 Kolibri78-PKB-11d Parzival 79-VP-16d Vampir89-KH-16 Floh 90-KH-18 Muschel291-SP-01 Sacktrager 92-KP-02b Dackel7) Beat the game on Hard with any ship but the Schabe. Pictures Awarded:03-The front line 07-Hunting games20-SPKB-06 Ausf A Gestell 21-SPKB-07 Ausf D Duerer22-SS-01 Schwarzgeist 23-HYPERION UCS Mk.X II48-"SPKB-07 Ausf D Duerer" 53-AD2246 Repair order54-AD2250 Worthless machine 55-AD2253 Children's hideout56-AD2269 Steel Fossil 57-AD2301 Second Moon62-"The Duel" 70-The false angel73-Rising Monster 80-KH-14 Zikade81-PT-09 Storch 82-PKB-07e Jagdstar83-PKB-07c Panzerstar 84-KP-07a Alligator93-KP-07a Alligator2 98-EOS UFG Mk.IX* The Complete Listing * Thanks go to Robert Little, who sent me most of these before I figuredout how to get them for myself. since I was using that darn Schabe all thetime. :)00-Illustrations 01-Start it up02-The Capital Raider 03-The front line04-The night attack 05-Behemoth06-Predator's eyes 07-Hunting games08-Machine's lair 09-ENDYMION FRS Mk.II10-ENDYMION FRS Mk.III 11-ASTRAEA FGA Mk.I12-SPJ-15 Greif 13-SPKB-03 Drache14-SKP-04 Garnele 15-PGZ/L-03 Spinne16-SPKB-08 Gecko 17-PR-01 Gustav18-EU-46 Salamander 19-SPKB-04 Sturmvogel20-SPKB-06 Ausf A Gestell 21-SPKB-07 Ausf D Duerer22-SS-01 Schwarzgeist 23-HYPERION UCS Mk.X II24-Gunpod-Vulcan 25-Gunpod-Cannon26-Gunpod-WASP 27-Gunpod-Spreader28-Gunpod-Grenade 29-Gunpod-Hedgehog30-Gunpod-Juno 31-Gunpod-Blade32-Gunpod-Riot 33-Gunpod-Flash34-Gunpod-Mosquito 35-Gunpod-Python36-Blue ace 37-ENDYMION FRS Mk.II38-ENDYMION FRS Mk.III 39-ASTRAEA FGA Mk.I40-PT-08s Uhu 41-W.A.S.P.42-PT08 Uhu 43-PT-08s Uhu44-PW-104b Schabe 45-PA-09 Angler46-KH-16 Floh 47-KA-04 Natter48-"SPKB-07 Ausf D Duerer" 49-KH-09 Drohne50-PGZ/G-12 Trilobit 51-PGZ/A-03 Kaefer52-KP-05g Schnecke 53-AD2246 Repair order54-AD2250 Worthless machine 55-AD2253 Children's hideout56-AD2269 Steel Fossil 57-AD2301 Second moon58-ENDYMION-cockpit 59-DRACHE-assault mode60-DRACHE-walking mode 61-Hangar62-"The Duel" 63-Lunatic attacker64-Edge of destiny 65-Hand of Lorelei66-Steel sentinel 67-The armored troops68-Demon halo 69-The desert trap70-The false angel 71-Found target!72-Heavy metal 73-Rising Monster74-KH-17 Schwalbe 75-KB-02 Qualle76-KH-13 Loewe 77-PT-06 Kolibri78-PKB-11d Parzival 79-VP-16d Vampir80-KH-14 Zikade 81-PT-09 Storch82-PKB-07e Jagdstar 83-PKB-07c Panzerstar84-KP-07a Alligator 85-PT-08s Uhu86-PA-09 Angler 87-PA-11b Libelle88-PKB-07a Star 89-KH-16 Floh90-KH-18 Muschel2 91-SP-01 Sacktraeger92-KP-02b Dackel 93-KP-07a Alligator294-KH-09 Drohne 95-PT-08 Uhu96-PT-08rs Fledermaus 97-KP-05g Schnecke98-EOS UFG Mk.IX 99-SRF/Pilot Suit=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=::: Scoring :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= It seems pretty obvious that to get points in Einhander, you have toshoot stuff. So what is this section for? Basically, to describe variousscore-related stuff about this game in more detail than the manual.* Multiplier Bar * At the bottom right-hand corner of the screen, you'll see a bar thatlooks like this: x1 >>>>>>>>>>. As you shoot stuff, the bar will fill up,and the multiplier will increase. As the multiplier increases, the numberof points you recieve from shooting down enemies will be multiplied byyour multiplier. However, your bar is always losing its charge. Therefore, to keep yourmultiplier high, you must continue to destroy enemies. Destroying enemies with a Gunpod shot charges your multiplier twice asquickly as your machine-gun. Also, hitting many enemies with one shot(easily done with the Cannon, Flash, or Python) also charges up your meterquickly. If you can get your multiplier up to x16, then charge up your meter towhere it should go up to x17, it will flash red and give you lots of bonuspoints. (OK, all that _was_ in the manual. Oh well.)* End of Level Bonus Screens * After you beat the boss of the level, you recieve two bonus screens. Thefirst one tallies up your bonus points for the level, as follows:1) Shot down: Enemies shot down in the current level times 500 points. Notice that if you have died in the level, only fighters shot down with your current life are counted.2) Gunpods Gained: Number of Gunpods acquired times 500 points. Again, only Gunpods collected with your current life are counted.3) Boss Repulse Time: 300000 minus 3000 points for every second over 30 it took you to defeat the boss of the level. If it takes longer than 2'10" to beat the boss, you don't get jack.4) Fighters remaining: For every ship you have left, score 10000 points.5) Total: Your total bonus. Notice that at the end of the game, these bonuses are worth more. I'm notsure how much more, however. Also, if you see the "Extended Play" message on this screen, you'veearned an extra life. This happens about every 2000000 points, I think. Youget the life at the end of the level that you score the 2 million, not whenyou score it. The second screen compares your current game to your past games with theship type you're currently using.1) Score for this level: pretty self-explanatory. The number of points you scored in this level.2) Best Score: The highest number of points you've ever scored in this level. [NOTE: Your high score for the level only "counts" if you hadn't continued when you got there and beat the level without continuing.]3) Difference: Did you do better or worse than your best? Green is good!4) Subtotal: Your current score.5) Highest Score: This is a bit complicated. I recieved a few E-mails about this, but I think Wilson Tam explains it best: "In your FAQ you mention how the highest score for level 1 doesn'talways match the highest subtotal. I'm not sure but maybe it looks at thelevel 1 subtotal for the highest scorer overall. Here's an example (usingfairly even numbers to make things easier). 1st play... 1000000 points in the first level 2500000 points total when dying on level 3 2nd play... 500000 points in the first level 000000 points total when dying on level 7 3rd play... 1250000 points in the first level 1500000 points total when dying on level 2 Since the highest total score occurs in the 2nd play, maybe it takes thesubtotals in that game. Just a thought. I hope I've explained my theoryin a clear enough way. (Hopefully the theory is correct too! :)"6) Difference: How you did compared to what the game claims your best Subtotal is.* Rating screens * After you beat the game, run out of continues, or elect not to continue,you will get to the Rating screens. These show various statisics about yourperformance in the game. [NOTE: These rating screens are based on yourperformance _before_ you continued. Any points you score, Secret Bonusesyou find, x16 bonuses, usw., after you continue do not count for the ratingscreens. However, Secret Bonuses found after continuing do count towardsunlocking the Schabe.] The highest grade you can get in any area is an "S". The first graph gives you a grade in the following 6 areas:1) Shot Down: Self explanatory - how many enemies you annihilated.2) Score: I'm not quite sure about this one. It may have to do with the number of points you have, but I need to do more research here. :)3) Boss Bonus: Your average Boss Bonus for this game. 300000 is perfect.4) Highest %: The manual explanation for this is incorrect. This stat tracks not the higest multiplier you've gotten, but the number of times you've surpassed 16x. (You know, when your mutliplier bar flashes red and you get a bunch of points).5) Tech Points: Want an S? Don't die. (Try _that_ on Hard. :)6) S Bonus: The number of Secret Bonuses achieved. Perfect would be 21. Push down to get the Field Evaluation graph. This centers on one of theabove 6 areas, and tells you your exact score, exact number of SecretBonuses obtained, und so weite. It also gives your top score in the areas.Push left or right to change what you're looking at. If you want to know how you've been doing in a particular area over yourlast few games, pick the area you want to look at in the Field Evaluationgraph and push down. The Fight Evaluation graph shows what you've scored inan area over your last 10 or so games, and tells you your overall average.The letters and numbers at the bottom tell you the difficulty (E, N, or H)and the highest level reached before continuing.=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=::: Miscellaneous Junk ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=* Second Ending? * If you let time run out on level 6 instead of destroying the hugespacecraft, instead of getting the usual "Game Over" screen, you will get asort of an ending. However, you have not beat the game yet...* Why can't I save my game? * Oddly enough, this is the most frequently asked question about Einhander.Einhander does not save what level you last got to, and you cannot restartat any level except the first. (The Japanese version is an exception.Although I don't believe you can save your game, the Free mode does allow astage select, but only if you've aquired all the Secret Bonuses in thelevel.) What makes this an odd question (to me, at least) is the fact thatshooters that allow level saves are very rare, and tend to make said gamestoo easy.* Wie sagt man "Einhaender?" (and other fun facts about the game's title) * First off, I'd like to clarify that I've purposely misspelled"Einhaender" throughout this FAQ. Originally, I had it spelled correctly,"a" umlaut and all. But that caused a lot of problems, since nothing butthe MS-DOS editor wanted to display it correctly. A common alternative toumlauts is to put an "e" after the vowel (notice the "oe" in the Dankeschoen section). I elected not to spell Einhander this way throughout mostof the FAQ for the sake of search engines, because I'd imagine most peoplewho have little or no knowledge of German aren't going to enter"Einhaender" into a search engine. That said, the narrator of the intro FMV mispronounces the name of thegame. He says it as if it truly were spelled "Einhander." However, thoselittle dots are there for a reason, and in this case they change the "ah"sound (think British "can't") to a short e sound (like in "hen"). In otherwords, it should be pronounced "Ine-hend-er". So, what exactly does "Einhaender" mean? There was some discussion aboutthis a few months ago on rec.games.video.sony, and basically the wordrefers to a type of sword held with (get this) one hand. That would beopposed to a zweihaender (think Siegfried from Soul Blade), which is asword held with (you'll never guess) two hands. Note that most of the above info is coming from some American wieldinga crappy German dictionary and repeating what he's read on the Internet, soif any of the above is inaccurate, well, you're getting what you paid for.* The search for Free Mode... * As I mentioned in the Secret Bonus section, the original Japanese versionof Einhander contained a fourth difficulty option, called "Free". I'm notsure what other differences the Free difficulty have from the others, butwhat sets Free apart is the ability to stage select a level, if you havegotten all three Secret Bonuses in that level. However, this option is not available in the US version, or either youhave to do something in order to access it. (In the Japanese version, itwas available from the start.) Oddly enough though, it appears to have been disabled, not completelyremoved, from the US version. If you put the Einhander CD in a CD-ROM driveand look through some of the files (namely the BINPACK0.BIN file), you'llfind that references still exist to Free mode and the Stage Select option.* Pointless uses of the Select button * Here are a few uses of the Select button that may or may not have beenmentioned in the manual, but are pretty useless anyway.1) Don't like the multiplier bar? Don't wanna know your score? Just press select and it will all go away.2) At the end of each level, a screen will pop up with your bonuses for that level. Pressing any button will make your bonuses tally faster, while hitting select will make the screen disappear altogether. You can sometimes also cut of the message from Hyperion with the Select button.3) Use it to skip the credits when you beat the game.=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=::: Revision History ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=Version Fuenf (12 July 1998) - Corrected many typos and other bloopers - Added pictures to the Gallery Checklist - Added some useless stuff to the Miscellaneous Junk section - Added notes to the Gunpod section about how the Astrea uses them - Added the location of a second Mosquito to the Gunpod section - More notes in the Secret Bonus section - More notes and boss names added to the Boss Tactics sectionVersion Sechs (15 July 1998) - Added "Know Thine Enemy" section - Rewrote how to get Level 5 Secret Bonus 2 (Mr. Grenade is our friend :) - Filled in the Gallery Checklist and the last missing boss names - Changed most references to "Die Polizei" to "Die Schabe" - Added in a few new notes here and there. - Fixed a few more of those tipos and inkorect gramer that keep popping up.Version Sieben (28 July 1998) - Detailed how every picture is acquired in the "Gallery Checklist" section. - Added the "Scoring" section and moved the Rating screen info from "Miscellaneous Junk" to the "Scoring" section. - Addressed the most frequently asked question about this game in the "Miscellaneous Junk" section. No, you can't save your game. - Minor corrections and notes added throughout. - Removed some of the "Revision History", since it's too long and has nothing to do with the game itself.Version Acht (27 September 1998) - Rewrote intro, since the CSOTN FAQ has, in fact, been written and released. - Added a few more translations (hopefully, correct ones) to the Know Thine Enemies section. - Added info about boss timeouts to the Boss Tactics section. - Just when we thought we knew how to get the Schabe... - The usual assortment of added notes and minor corrections.=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=::: Danke schoen! :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Thanks go out to the following people/places (in alphabetical order): Eric Bickle (psx0001@aol.com) - Eric's FAQ taught me where the Secret Bonuses and secret Gunpods are, among a few other things. Chris Cates - More insight on acquiring Die Schabe Firestarter - Some German info. Gamewinners (http://www.gamewinners.com/) - Where I found the "15 Secret Bonus to get Schabe" theory, and the Level 3 Boss Homing Missile trick (see Boss Tactics). Robert Little - Gave me a more complete list of Gallery pictures and some more boss names. Mark Maestas - Info about Free mode in the Japanese version. Nick (kzc7@maristb.marist.edu) - Info about the Subtotal "bug". Fred M. Sloniker - For information on the Astrea and many nits picked. :) Squaresoft (http://www.squaresoft.com) - Some of the boss names. - I understand that they (or their parent company in Japan) may have had a role in the production of this game. :) Wilson Tam - Info about the Subtotal "bug" and Boss Timeout info. Richard Uyeyama - Various strategies for getting Secret Bonuses. Nick Zitzmann - Reported that you can, in fact, get the Schabe with the Astrea. He also pointed out a misspelling.=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=::: Legal Crap ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= This Einhander FAQ is (C) 1998 Zach Keene. As Grand Poo-bah ofCopyrightedness, I grant upon thee the following rights:1) Thou mayst give this FAQ to whomever you so choose. The key word here is "give". If anybody gets paid for this, it darn well better be me. :)2) Thou mayst put this FAQ up on thine website, so long as it remains completely intact. And I do mean completely. Einhander is a trademark of Square Co., Ltd. (C) 1997, 1998 Square Co.,Ltd.=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=::: Auf Wiedersehen! ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= This version, I leave you with the ultimate secret of Einhander, assomebody posted to alt.games.final-fantasy: 1) Shoot everything that moves. 2) Don't get hit. Heh.Zach Keene27 September 1998-----------------------------------------------------------------------Author of the Final Fantasy Walkthrough, Einhander FAQ, theCastlevania: Symphony of the night Walkthrough/FAQ, and the MortalKombat II Forgotten FAQftp://members.aol.com/fnlfanatic/arcanelore/~BPitballHere are a couple of Pitball Codes:1) To view all the FMVs without completing the game with each characters,simply go to FMV Test under options and press Left, Right, Square, Circle.2) In order to play a hidden game, go into the FMV test where the list ofendings are and, on any FMV, press Square + Circle together. The team youpress this on determines what kind of ship you'll be flying. If you pressSquare + Circle on the screen while there are no endings available, then youwon't see your ship and it will instead be in the first person view.~BR4: Ridge Racer Type 4General FAQ Version 0.1Last changed: 12/12/98Platform: PlaystationAuthor: Jacel OngEmail: starnight@animefan.orgThis FAQ should not published without the author's permission,and should not be used for commercial purposes (i.e., magazines).This FAQ may be redistributed, provided it stays unaltered.Please email me, just to let me know. Also give credit where it'sdue.Ridge Racer and R4 are trademarks of Namco.FAQ copyrighted work of Jacel Ong 1998.This FAQ is written according to the Japanese version of R4.===================================================================Contents=================================================================== 1 - The Grand Prix 2 - The Tracks 3 - The Teams and Makers 4 - The Garage System 5 - Cornering Tactics 6 - VS Battle 7 - The Extra Trial 8 - Tips 9 - Ending=================================================================== 1 - The Grand Prix===================================================================The Grand Prix consists of 8 races.Heat 1-Stage 01 1 - Helter Skelter (Japan) 2 - Wonderhill (Japan)Heat 2-Stage 02 3 - Edge of the earth (USA) 4 - Out of the blue (Japan)Final GP-Stage 03 5 - Phantomile (Japan) 6 - Brightest nite (USA) 7 - Heaven and hell (Japan)-Stage 04 8 - Shooting Hoops (USA)The stages indicates the types of cars used. They'll ship a newand faster car at the beginning of next stage.=================================================================== 2 - The Tracks===================================================================Normally, only four tracks are playable. Complete the Grand Prixonce and all 8 tracks will be playable. In addition, reversetracks are available in Time Attack mode. You can identifybetween Normal and Reverse tracks by the N and R symbols besidethe logo of the track.=================================================================== 3 - The Teams and Makers===================================================================In Grand Rix mode, there are four teams, each with a differentdifficulty.Easy - R.C. Micro Mouse Mappy / M.M.M (France)Normal - Pac Racing Club (Japan)Hard - Racing Team Solvalou (Italy)Expert - Dig Racing Team (USA)You're advised to start with Mappy, since it is the easiest. Hey,I'm no expert, so I started with that too.After choosing your team, select a car maker.Drift Types - Assoluto (Italy) - Lizard (USA)Grip Types - Terrazi (Japan) - Age Solo (France)Drift cars are generally harder to control, since it has arelatively smaller turning angle than grip cars. More on thisbelow.=================================================================== 4 - The Garage System===================================================================In this game, there are two sets of cars available: Garage andPreset. Each time you complete the Grand Prix, 4 cars will beadded to your list. In your garage, you're allowed to have 8usable cars at a time. So each time you want to change your cars,go to the garage, select an unwanted car and hit the 'change'option. Up to 320 cars can be added to your list.The option 'save' in the garages saves your name.In the garage, you're also able to customise the stickers on yourcars. There are 16 colors and 16 stickers to choose from. You canalso draw your own sticker in the Sticker edit section if you like.=================================================================== 5 - Cornering Tactics===================================================================If you haven't played the previous versions of Ridge Racers, youshould read this.As mentioned, drift cars have a smaller turning angle than gripcars. This isn't very obvious, since drift cars now share nearlythe same turning angle as grip cars.To perform a perfect sharp cornering, you have to have your car todo some skidding. Both types of cars have different ways of doingthis, and they sound different too. By doing skidding, you'lldefinately have a loss of speed, but it is far better off thanknocking into the wall and having to catch up later.In order to make a sharp cornering using drift cars, releasethe accelerator button just before the corner. Turn to thespecified angle and step on the accelerator again. At this time,the cars will then to lose control, so just keep tapping leftand right to get it into its correct direction.As for grip cars, keep tapping or hold the brake button whiledoing the corner.Tough? Well, practice makes perfect.=================================================================== 6 - VS Battle===================================================================This game assumes that both players have the Playstation. So bothplayers are supposed to earn their own cars and battle it out.By default the second player has to put his / her memory card intothe second slot and load the cars that he / she can use for thebattle (i.e. the cars that he / she has set ready in the garage).A solution to battle with non-R4 gamers is to copy the memoryin slot 1 into the card in slot 2, then get the 2nd player toload from the card. If you don't have two memory cards, tryswitching the card btween slots. However, please take care becausethere is a risk of data loss of removing the memory card while thePS is still in operation. (I'm not sure, but just a precaution)=================================================================== 7 - The Extra Trial===================================================================You can use the cars you've earned in the Grand Prix here. Secretcars are earned in this mode. In order to earn the cars, you'llhave to win them. Doesn't sound that easy yet, but please try touse Mappy (M.M.M) cars first, since it is the easiest team to playwith. Besides that, use stage 04 cars, because the speed of thesecret com cars are constant. (Don't forget to change your cars inthe garage)=================================================================== 8 - Tips===================================================================Try to remain calm throughout the whole race. Don't get tooexcited whatsoever. ("I'm first! I'm first!" Then someone overtakesyou after you knock into the wall) This may be a dumb tip, butworks all the time to me.Try to master Manual Transmission. MT has a higher accelerationpoint than Auto Transmission (AT) cars. MT allows you to have afaster start-off than AT.=================================================================== 9 - Ending===================================================================Credits--------Namco for making this great racing game.Version History----------------Version 0.1 - 12/12/98 Started this FAQMiscellaneous--------------My email addy is <starnight@animefan.org>. Feel free to correctany mistakes I've made or contribute to this FAQ. Do not ask meany Gameshark codes. Go to http://www.gameshark.com/ to get thecodes.This FAQ can be found at:GameFAQs http://www.gamefaqs.com~BRIDGE RACEREXTRA CARSTo obtain more cars, destroy all of the aliens in the space invaders game beforeit loads. Then go to the car selection screen. You will then be able to pick awider variety of cars to race with.MIRROR TRACKSYou can operate this trick on all tracks. Just run into the wall which is behindthe starting line at a minimum of 100km/h. If you have done it right, the trackshould now be completely mirrored. Make sure though that you don't go over theoverhead sign before turning around. If you do, the door will disappear and thecheat wont be activated.THE BLACK CARTo get the black Diablo, you have to come first in every single track (including the Time Trial), as well as the four backwards tracks. Upon reachingthe final Time Trial, you'll see a black Diablo in the race with you. It'simpossible to catch him, but upon the second lap he'll be parked. You must usethis to your advantage, and try to stay ahead. Stick to the correct racing linewithout crashing at all, and he will not be able to pass you. After the threelaps, if you win, you will have the Diablo yourself.FLAG TRICKSThis trick is for all of us who like stupid little gadgets to play around with.At the start up screen where the checkered flag is waving, hold down your L2+R2buttons. Now with the directional pad and other buttons, you can manipulate theflag to rotate and zoom in or out as you please. You must continue to hold downthe L2+R2 buttons. You can even look at the flag from behind. That's all itdoes, no special access to anything, just something diffrent for us to playaround with.Another silly tip: Pressing L2+R2+start on the flag screen makes it gotransparent.CARS/TRACKS TRICKAnother non cheat, but another pointless gadget to play with. On the car selector track select screens, press the L1 or R1 Buttons to rotate the cars or thetracks in the left or right direction, the longer pressed the faster theyspin!!.~BRIDGE RACER REVOLUTIONLAZER-MODETo get a homing-laser hold down L1, R1, SELECT and DOWN during Galaga '88. PressTRIANGLE to fire.EXTRA-CARSShoot down all ships on Galaga '88. You may use the LAZER-MODE cheat.RALLY-X-MODEShoot down all ships on Galaga using the LAZER-MODE cheat.DRIFT-CONTEST-MODEChoose Time-Trial on any course. Position the cursor on the start button andpress gas and brake simultaneously. During the game the message 'Spinning-Zone'appears on the screen. Try to do some nice 360s, 540s or even 720s. But alwaysrememeber: STYLE is important. Your score will be shown in the Replay. Too badthat the DRIFT-CONTEST high-scores can't be saved. By the way - you can'tcombine the DRIFT-CONTEST-MODE and the RALLY-X-MODE. Sad but true.TOGGLE REAR-VIEW MIRROR ON / OFFPress START to pause the game. Hold down TRIANGLE and press L1 or R1 to togglethe mirror on or off.ZOOM CAR IN / OUT (EXTERNAL VIEW ONLY)Press START to pause the game. Hold down TRIANGLE and press L1 or R1 to zoom inor out. Pressing L1 and R1 together resets to default.12 DIFFERENT ENDINGSThere are 12 different endings for Ridge Racer Revolution. The ending depends onthe combination in which you have played the tracks. For example Advanced,Expert, Novice has a different ending than Novice, Expert ,Advanced.CHANGE SIZE / MOVE SPOTLIGHT ON TITLE SCREENUse the L and R (shoulder) buttons to change the size of the spotlight / to moveit on the title screen.2-PLAYER-LINKUP WITH ONE CDLoad Ridge Racer Revolution on the first Playstation. Open the lid and replacethe CD with a music CD. Load the game on the second Playstation. It should nowdisplay 2P-Link Option. Due to the fact that the game loads the first track intomemory you can now have a linked game on the first track. The first PSX willplay BGM from the music CD (The music CD isn't necessary. If you don't put amusic CD into the drive you will hear only the sound-effects.). To play anyother track you have to select *and load* (start a race, wait until the track isloaded, abort the race) the track on the first PSX before starting the game onthe second PSX. I know that this isn't too comfortable but at least it works...~BDARKSTALKERS 3: EX EDITION (SONY PLAYSTATION) - Full Moves List / Short Combo / Explanation FAQ V1.4------------------------------------------------------------------------------------WARNING:Copyright(C) 1998 by Gouki of Gouki's Page Of Whatever.This FAQ is not for any profit-making purposes.Please ask for permission for distribution to anywhere.This FAQ may NOT be published in any other form like magazines andother form or articles without approval of the author.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------This is just a short guide to what you can do with the game (in theTraining and Original Character Modes), the differences between themodes and also acts as a full moves list. Please note that this is basedon the Japanese version of the game, and certain features might not beavailable in the US version.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------>> ADDITIONS <<V1.1: More descriptions of the Original Character Mode and Options. Corrections to General Moves.V1.2: Correction to Damage Gauge in Regular Options.V1.3: Corrections to Anakaris and Q-Bee's Moves List.V1.4: Added in extra moves for Oboro, corrections for Anakaris, Pyron and Huitzil, and better explanations for obtaining endings.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------>> MAIN MENU <<The Main Menu allows you to choose from Arcade, Versus, Training, OriginalCharacter, Collection and Option.- ARCADE & VERSUSI don't think anyone doesn't know what these are. Versus mode will loadthe character select screen all the time unless you turn short-cut on.- TRAININGIn the training, you pick a character, and an opponent and you can trainyour moves. Several options are available here.- ORIGINAL CHARACTERThis is actually the Edit Character mode, where you can name, color and playas your "pet" character. Can come up with some insanely powerful characters,if you're good at it.- COLLECTION MODEUse this to view all 32 artworks of the game (or you can just pop the CD intothe CD-ROM of your PC and load the pics up). At the start, you can only accessPage 1 out of 4. To get the other 3, you have to play the Original CharacterMode.- OPTIONSThe options screen. At first you can only access the default Options Screen.After completing the requirements in the Original Character Mode, you can accessthe DX Options and EX Options by pressing either L1 or R1.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------->> TRAINING MODE <<In the training mode, you can train all your combos and moves in here. By pressingSTART to pause the game, and then pressing Select, you will be brought to an optionscreen. Select Training Options, and you will be given a further choice of options.Select Normal Mode and you will be given the following attributes to change. ACTION: What the opponent does. Can be set to Stand, Crouch, Jump, CPU or Human. SS GAUGE: Either normal or infinity. SPEED: Either normal or turbo. CPU GUARD: On or Off. Determines if the CPU opponent blocks after being hit (like most other CAPCOM training modes) SIGNAL: Either AD Guard, Guard Cancel, Chain Combo or Off. If set, your character will blink red if he/she is doing that particular move (i.e. when doing chain combo). ATTACK DATA: On or off. The listing of hits and damage on the top right hand corner of the screen. HEX: Either HEX8, HEX16, HEX32 or Off. If on, this will produce a grid over the fighting area. The bigger the number, the bigger the squares. Not sure what this is used for. COCKPIT: On or Off. Displays the life bar and Super Meter. INPUT CHECK: On or Off. Displays the commands being input (i.e. UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, etc.) PUPPET SHOW: Only available when using Lilith. Can be set to Off, or No.1 to No.6. Each one represents a certain sequence of buttons to be pressed during her Puppet Show EX Special.Recording Mode will allow you to record your training session, and then replayedusing the Replay function. Change Character brings you back to the characterselect screen and you can choose someone else to use.>> ORIGINAL CHARACTER MODE <<Another attempt by CAPCOM to provide players to "make" their own characters.This one is generally better than the one found in Super Gem Fighter [PocketFighter], as you get to control the "pet" character, instead of just watchingthe computer play. Here's how the thing works.You pick your character to use from the list given. Oboro needs you to holdSELECT over Bishamon to be accessed, Shadow requires you to press SELECT5 times at Random, and Marionette needs 7 SELECTS at Random. Once you'vechosen your character, you will then be given the choice of DF Change orDF Power. Select well, as you can't change this after your character'screated.Next you will have to name your character in 10 letters. After that, you willbe given the chance to color your character. The character in the middleshows the current color conditions of your character. The shadow on the rightwill have brighter dots, showing which pixel is currently associated withthe color you're dealing with at the moment. Move UP or DOWN to select whichcolor of the pallete to edit. Then hold the corresponding buttons shown atthe bottom and move LEFT or RIGHT to alter the color. You can press L1 or R1to change to the next pre-determined color. However, one press of it, andyour own color combination will be erased. Pressing L2 and R2 will alterthe base color of the shadow.Each character is given 3 characteristics: POWER: This determines the damage you character inflicts for his/her moves. Starts at 1. LIFE: The number of lifes (or rounds) that your character has. Starts at 1. SS GAUGE: The level on your Super Meter that your character starts with for each battle. Starts at 0.Your edited character is born after you approved of it, and then it will beknown as the Guest character. Select 1P Battle, and then select Guest to useyour edited character.Here's how it goes. You will actually play the arcade version with your Guestcharacter. Meaning, you will fight the boss (and mid-boss, if you can get it)at the very end (7 stages, like the arcade). But then, no matter what yourcurrent characteristics are, your opponent will ALWAYS have a set number of livesand start with 0 Levels on the Super Meter. You can continue as many timesas possible. Each characteristic of your character has their own ExperiencePoints. The more battles you won, the more you gain. How much you gain isalso determined on the difficulty level you play on, with higher levels givingyou more experience points at one go.For each characteristic, there will be a certain Experience Point that willbring that characteristic to the next level. Once you hit this point, thatcharacteristic upgrade (i.e. getting 2 lives instead of 1). However, themore you level up, the more Experience Points you need to reach the nextlevel. Also, there is a limit to how much your character can gain up to.When a particular characteristic can no longer be improved, it will bewritten "MAX". How many of each characteristic you can get before hittingMAX depends on how you play the game. Certain criteria like using EX Specials,or not using EX Specials, how fast you win, how many times you lost, etc.will effect the amount of Experience Points gained, and also how muchyou can gain up to. So, a proper balance and skill would be needed if you wanta incredibly powerful character.Apart from this 3 characteristics, there is another that is not really labelled.It is shown by a brooch-like icon. This will tell the "general" level yourcharacter is in. By gaining a certain total of Experience Points, your "general"level will level up. The first time you're playing this, each level up willopen up a certain part of the game. 1st LEVEL-UP: Collection Mode Page 2 2nd LEVEL-UP: EX Option Mode 3rd LEVEL-UP: Collection Mode Page 3 4th LEVEL-UP: Collection Mode Page 4 5th LEVEL-UP: DX Option ModeYou can also fight against another Original Character by loading intothe 2P's Guest Entry. With this, you can fight it out with a friend andsee who's "pet" is better. You can store up to 3 different charactersat a time in each Memory Card.>> REGULAR OPTIONS <<The usual settings of the options. DIFFICULTY : Set from 1 to 8. TIME LIMIT : On or off. DAMAGE : Set from 1 to 4. This determines the number of lives (rounds) you have. TURBO SPEED : Set from 1 to 8. Only activated when you select Turbo after choosing your character. KEY CONFIG : Press CIRCLE to access. SHORT CUT : On or off. VIBRATION : Choose from 1P OFF 2P OFF, 1P ON 2P OFF, 1P OFF 2P ON or 1P ON 2P ON. The Dual Shock will shake if it is activated. SOUND MODE : Stereo or Mono. BGM TEST : There's 2 choices. The first choice is to choose the group of songs to play from. The second choice is the particular song to be played. Press CIRCLE to start, 'X' to stop. SCREEN ADJUST: Adjusts the screen location. MEMORY CARD : Allows you to save and load data.>> EX OPTIONS <<Press R1 at the Regular Options after obtaining it from the Original Character Mode. 1P (VS ONLY) : Sets whether 1P is human or computer controlled in VS Mode. 2P (VS ONLY) : Sets whether 2P is human or computer controlled in VS Mode. 1P SS GAUGE : Sets the starting level on the Super Meter for 1P. 2P SS GAUGE : Sets the starting level on the Super Meter for 2P. COCKPIT : Select from Default, Below or None. Default is the usual setup of the life bar and Super Meter. Below has the life bar slightly lower, while None does not show any life bar or Super Meter during battles. SYSTEM : Selects from Vampire Savior, Vampire Savior 2 or Vampire Hunter 2. Each system comes with different color schemes for the screen layout. MUSIC TYPE : Sets from Default, Vampire Savior, Vampire Hunter 2 or Vampire. Default will play the songs according to the system. When you set to the others, it will play the character's theme when you fight them. If the character you fight don't have their own theme (i.e. Jedah, Q-Bee, Lilith, B.B.Hood), they will start playing the tunes from Vampire Savior. When set to Vampire, Hsien Ko and Donovan will have their theme from Vampire Hunter 2 played. ENDING : The collection of endings. You need to win with them first before they are accessible. B.B.HOOD to OBORO: Win with those characters in Vampire Savior system. ANITA: Win the secret last boss, Oboro in arcade mode in any system. To fight him, you would have to win 2 opponents with a predetermined EX Special Move for each character, and not lose a round. Oboro will challenge you after your last boss. VAMPIRE SAVIOR 2: Win with any character other than Jedah in Vampire Savior 2 system. VAMPIRE SAVIOR 2 (JEDAH): Win with Jedah in Vampire Savior 2 system. VAMPIRE HUNTER 2: Win with any character other than Pyron in Vampire Hunter 2 system. VAMPIRE HUNTER 2 (PYRON): Win with Pyron in Vampire Hunter 2 system. VS/VS2/VH2 STAFF: Win in respective systems. VS/VS2/VH2 SHADOW MARIONETTE: Win with either Shadow or Marionette in respective systems.>> DX OPTIONS <<Press L1 at the Regular Options after obtaining it from the Original Character Mode. 1P DX CANCEL : Sets DX Cancel active for 1P. DX Cancel allows you to cancel into Special / EX Special Moves after certain moves that are not normally able to (i.e. D + HK for most characters). 2P DX CANCEL : Sets DX Cancel active for 2P. 1P SECOND JUMP: Enables 1P to jump twice in the air. 2P SECOND JUMP: Enables 2P to jump twice in the air.------------------------------------------------------------------------------->> NEW MODES OF PLAY <<After selecting a character, you will be given the choice of Normal, Turbo, Autoor Auto & Turbo. After choosing that, you will be given the choice (except forImage Talbain and Marionette) of either DF Change or DF Power. Each DF modehave their own effects.- DF Change Basically, the same as the arcade version. All moves in the arcade are usable in this mode. Nothing more, nothing less. Activating your Dark Force will make your character gain a special ability and it takes 1 Level to be executed.- DF Power The new mode to play with. The main difference in DF Power is your character's Dark Force. Every character has the same Dark Force, and it requires 2 Levels to be started. What it does is that, during the time period of your Dark Force being active, all your attacks will do permanent damage (red bar). Also, if you use attacks that require the use of the Super Level, it will cause greater damage. Another bonus is that, most characters can upgrade one of their EX Special to have more features, apart from having more damage. ESpecial Moves will have the character blinking red instead of the normal blue. However, most characters still have their DF Change Dark Force by using a certain motion. But then, unlike in DF Change, the character will lose the ability once they get hit, or the time expires. But it does last longer than the ones in DF Change.------------------------------------------------------------------------------>> TERMS USED WITHIN <<Special Moves = Moves done using a certain motion.ESpecial Moves = Upgraded Special Moves (done by pressing more than 1 button) Character will be glowing blue (or red in DF Power) when executing this. Will be referred to as ES (name of Special Move) in the following sections. Most Special Moves can be ESpecial-able but not all.EX Special Move = Moves done with a certain command. Character will be changing multiple colors when executing this. Will have the letters EX followed by the number of levels needed to execute (i.e. EX1 would require 1 level to be executed).Guard Reversal = Reversal move that cancels the block animation frame into a Special Move. Done by instantly doing F, D, DF + P (OR) K (depends on character) after a block. Moves labelled with GR in the moves list will mean it can be used as a Guard Reversal. (GR ONLY) means the move can ONLY be done as a Guard Reversal. (GR) means the move can be done anytime.DF Power = Certain moves are usable only in DF Power. These are marked with (DFP). Also, in DF Power certain EX Specials are upgradable when used during the Dark Force. These are marked as (DFP-X)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------->> MOVES LIST <<LAYOUT DESCRIPTION:The following is an example of what the layout used below means:NAME OF CHARACTEREX1 A/G Special/Super Move Name COMMAND (WHERE [ ] MEANS CHARGE)(LEVEL (AIR OR GROUND)NEEDED)LEGEND: (GR) : Guard Reversal move. Available also anytime. (GR ONLY): Move available only as Guard Reversal. (DFP) : Move only available in DF Power. (DFP-X) : Move upgradable when using Dark Force in DF Power.------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GENERAL MOVES - G Dash B, B (OR) F, F A/G Dash (for certain characters) B, B (OR) F, F G Ground move HOLD B (OR) F WHEN FALLING TO GROUND G Pursuit Attack U + ANY BUTTON WHEN OPPONENT LYING ON FLOOR G Taunt START (SELECT for PSX) G Tech Hit (B + ANY BUTTON) EXACTLY WHEN ATTACK HITSEX1 G Dark Force (P + K), (P + K) AGAIN TO STOP - Certain characters have different Dark Forces in DF Change depending on the strength of the buttonsEX2 G Dark Force (DFP) (P + K)- ANAKARIS - A/G Coffin Slam D, D + P (OR) K A Mummy's Curse D, DF, F + P A/G Projectile Catch D, DB, B + K A/G Retribution AFTER 1 PROJECTILE CATCH, D, DF, F + K G Cobra Strike B, F + P G Grand Wrap D, DF, F + P G Dancing Taunt HOLD 3P, START G Pit of Blame WHEN ON THE FLOOR, F, D, DF + KEX1 G Word Of Truth (GR ONLY) F, D, DF + 2PEX1 G Hellhole (DFP-X) B, DB, D, DF, F + 2KEX1 A/G Judgment Stand MK, LP, D, LK, MPEX2 A/G Judgment Stand 2 HK, MP, D, MK, HPEX3 A/G Judgment Stand 3 HK, MP, LK, D, LP, MK, HPEX1 A/G Anakaris Split (DFP) LP, LP, D, MK, HKDARK FORCE: Anakaris Split (splits into two).- B.B. HOOD [BULLETA] - G Smile & Missile (High) [B], F + P G Smile & Missile (Low) [B], F + K G Happy & Missile (Air) [D], U + P G Cheer & Fire F, D, DF + P G Shyness & Strike D, DB, B + HOLD PUNCH, RELEASE PUNCH G Jealousy & Fake (GR ONLY) F, D, DF + K G Merry Go Round F, DF, D, DB, B + P G Stalking D + 3KEX1 G Cool Hunting B, DB, D, DF, F + 2PEX1 G Grandma Memory B, DB, D, DF, F + 2KEX1 G Apple Grenade (DFP-X) F, DF, D, DB, B + 2KEX1 G Walking Time Bomb (DFP) B, D, DB + 2KDARK FORCE: All punches launches missile.DF POWER NOTES: - Grandma Memory has longer start-up time.- BISHAMON - A/G Spirit Hold B, DB, D, DF, F + P G Divider AFTER SPIRIT HOLD, D, DF, F + P G Retriever AFTER SPIRIT HOLD, B + P G Sword Slash (GR) AFTER RETRIEVER (OR) AFTER LANDING FROM JUMP (OR) AFTER WAKING FROM FLOOR, F, D, DF + P G Iai Giri (High) [B], F + P G Iai Giri (Low) [B], F + K G Torture Slash 360 (OR) F, D, U + PEX1 G Spirit Crusher F, DF, D, DB, B + 2PEX1 G Enma Seki B, DB, D, DF, F + 2KEX1 G Slicing Chop (DFP-X) WHEN OPPONENT ON FLOOR, D, D + 2PDARK FORCE: Bishamon gains super armor.- DEMITRI - A/G Chaos Fire D, DF, F + P G Demon Cradle (GR) F, D, DF + P G Angled Demon Cradle DURING DASH, F, D, DF + P A/G Fallen Angel D, DB, B + K G Stake Crush 360 (OR) F, D, U + PEX1 G Midnight Bliss D, F, DF + 2PEX1 G Demon Pillion (DFP-X) D, F, DF + 2KEX2 G Midnight Pleasure LP, MP, F, MK, MKEX1 G Bat Helpers (DFP) B, D, DB + 2KDARK FORCE: Demitri calls two bats for help.- DONOVAN - G Sword Impale D, DB, B + K G Sword Release AFTER SWORD IMPALE, D, DB, B + K G Thunder Sword AFTER SWORD IMPLAE, D, DB, B + P G Ice Sword D, DF, F + P G Flame Sword (GR) F, D, DF + P G Lightning Sword B, D, DB + P, TAP PUNCH G Swinging Sword F, DF, D, DB, B + PEX1 G Crushing Stomp (DFP-X) B, DB, D, DF, F + KEX1 G Inner Demon MP, LP, B, LK, MKEX1 G Spinning Dhylec (DFP) B, D, DB + 2KDARK FORCE: Dhylec spins around and attacks when Donovan does.- FELICIA - G Rolling Buckler D, DF, F + P, THEN PUNCH G Ball Catch F, D, DF + P G Delta Kick (GR) F, D, DF + K G Scratching Post F, DF, D, DB, B + K G Ground Poke WHEN OPPONENT ON FLOOR, D, D + P G Meter Charge D, D + HOLD 2K A Head Sit JUMP ONTO OPPONENT'S HEAD A Wall Grab HOLD DIRECTION TOWARDS WALLEX1 G Rolling Fury (DFP-X) B, DB, D, DF, F + 2PEX1 G Cat Call B, DB, D, DF, F + 2KEX1 G Cat Helper (DFP) B, D, DB + 2KDARK FORCE: Felicia has a helper that attacks with her.- HSIEN-KO [LEI-LEI] - G Dark Artillery D, DF, F + P A/G Reversal Gong D, DB, B + P A/G Cyclone Blade (GR) F, D, DF + P G Spectral Slicer F, DF, D, DB, B + PEX1 G Tombstone Blades B, DB, D, DF, F + 2KEX1 G Iron Rain LK, HK, MP, MP, UEX1 G Time Bomb (DFP-X) B, DB, D, DF, F + 2PDARK FORCE: Hsien-Ko gains super armor and dashes instead of walking.- HUITZIL [PHOBOS] - G Ice Beam (High) D, DF, F + P G Ice Beam (Low) D, DF, F + P A/G Missile Launch D, DB, B + P A Electric Mine D, DB, B + K G Circuit Breaker F, DF, D, DB, B + P G Genocide Falcon B, D, DB + P G Tech Shield (GR ONLY) F, D, DF + PEX1 G Gatling Assault (DFP-X) F, D, DF + 2KEX1 G Taser Field B, D, DB + 2KEX1 G Ray of Doom (DFP) D, F, DF + 2PDARK FORCE: Huitzil calls for 2 robot helpers who fires beams when he attacks.- JEDAH - A/G Saw Blade D, DF, F + P G Imprisoning Claw D, DB, B + P A Falling Impaler F, DF, D, DB, B + K A Falling Saw Spin F, DF, D, DB, B + K, THEN PUNCH G Decapitation (GR ONLY) F, D, DF + P G Exploding Pump F, DF, D, DB, B + KEX1 G The Contract (DFP-X) B, DB, D, DF, F + 2K, THEN KEX1 G Underworld D, D + 2PEX1 G Flight (DFP) B, D, DB + 2KDARK FORCE: Jedah gains the ability to fly.DF POWER NOTES: - Decapitation can be done anytime.- J.TALBAIN / IMAGE TALBAIN [GALLON] - A/G Luna's Hammer (Forward) D, DF, F + P, THEN DIRECTION + P G Luna's Hammer (Upwards) (GR) F, D, DF + P, THEN DIRECTION + P G Climb Laser D, U + K G Nunchaku Flail D, DB, B + P, TAP PUNCH G Eclipse Roll F, DF, D, DB, B + K G Short Hop D + 3KEX1 G Dragon Cannon B, DB, D, DF, F + 2KEX1 G Moment Slice (DFP-X) LP, MP, F, LK, MKEX1 G Dragon Cannon (DFP) B, DB, D, DF, F + 2PEX1 G Multiple Images (DFP) B, DB, D, DF, F + 2KDARK FORCE: Talbain has multiple images for extra hits.- LILITH - G Soul Flash D, DF, F + P G Shining Blade (GR) F, D, DF + P G Merry Turn D, DB, B + K G Bow & Arrow F, DF, D, DB, B + P G High Jump D, UEX1 G Splendor Love (DFP-X) F, D, DF + 2KEX1 G Luminous Illusion LP, LP, F, LK, HPEX2 G Gloomy Puppet Show B, DB, D, DF, F + 2KEX1 G Double Illusion (DFP) LP, LP, F, MP, HPDARK FORCE 1: Lilith makes an image that follows behind her.DARK FORCE 2: Lilith makes the image behind the opponent.- LORD RAPTOR [ZABEL] - A/G Spinning Copter D, DB, B + K A/G Death Dance D, U, + K G Death Phase (GR ONLY) F, D, DF + K G Hell's Gate B, DB, D, DF, F + K G Coffin Maker F, DF, D, DB, B + PEX1 G Evil Slash (DFP-X) F, B + 2PEX1 G Death Voltage F, DF, D, DB, B + 2KEX1 G Hell Dunk F, D, DF + 2PEX1 G Le Malta Saw (DFP) B, D, DB + 2KDARK FORCE: Raptor turns Le Malta into a saw and attacks.- MORRIGAN - A/G Soul Fist D, DF, F + P G Thrust Blade (GR) F, D, DF + P G Vertical Dash D, U (OR) DASH, THEN HOLD UP G Hell Ride F, DF, D, DB, B + PEX1 A/G Valkyrie Drill F, DF, D, DB, B + K, THEN KICKEX1 A/G Darkness Illusion (DFP-X) LP, LP, F, LK, HPEX1 G Missile Launcher MP, LK, B, LK, MKEX1 G Needle Impaler F, HP, MP, LP, FEX1 G Double Illusion (DFP) LP, LP, F, MP, HPDARK FORCE: Morrigan conjures an image of herself behind the opponent.- OBORO - G Iai Giri (High) [B], F + P G Iai Giri (Low) [B], F + K G Rushing Slash B, DB, D, DF, F + P G Sword Slash (GR) F, D, DF + P G Rushing Poke F, D, DF + K G Leaping Torture Slash D, DF, F, UF + P G Leaping Slash D, DF, F, UF + P, THEN ANY BUTTON G Torture Slash 360 (OR) F, D, U + PEX1 G Spirit Crusher F, DF, D, DB, B + 2PEX1 G Enma Seki B, DB, D, DF, F + 2KEX1 G Slicing Chop (DFP-X) WHEN OPPONENT ON FLOOR, D, D + 2PEX1 G Spirit Punch (DFP) B, D, DB + 2PDARK FORCE: Oboro gains super armor.- PYRON - A/G Flaming Rock D, DF, F + P G Zodiac Fire (GR) F, D, DF + P A Orbital Blaze D, DB, B + K G Burning Planet F, DF, D, DB, B + P G Teleport B, D, DB + P (OR) KEX1 G Cosmic Disruptor (DFP-X) B, DB, D, DF, F + HOLD 2P (OR) 2K, RELEASE 2P (OR) 2KEX1 A Cosmic Destroyer F, D, DF + 2KEX1 G Image Helper (DFP) D, F, DF + 2PDARK FORCE: Pyron make an image of himself that attacks when he does.- Q-BEE - A/G C->R (Rushing Grab) B, DB, D, DF, F + P A/G Delta A (Flying Sting) F, DF, D, DB, B + K A/G SxP (Rapid Sting) TAP KICK RAPIDLY G R.M. (GR ONLY) F, D, DF + K G C.M. (Giant Sting) F, DF, D, DB, B + PEX1 A/G Qj (Royal Jelly) F, D, DF + 2PEX1 A/G +B (Bee Swarm) B, DB, D, DF, F + 2KEX1 G Flight (DFP) B, D, DB + 2KDARK FORCE: Q-Bee gets flying abilities.- RIKUO [AULBATH] - G Sonic Wave [B], F + P G Swamp Gas [B], F + K G Trick Fish BACK DASH, THEN KICK G Trick Fish (GR ONLY) F, D, DF + K G Frenzy Rage F, DF, D, DB, B + P G Oyster Pearls F, DF, D, DB, B + KEX1 G Rage of the Sea B, DB, D, DF, F + 2PEX1 G Water Jail F, D, DF + 2PEX1 G Aqua Spread (DFP-X) F, DF, D, DB, B + HOLD 2P (OR) 2K, RELEASE 2P (OR) 2KEX3 G Scissor Smash D, D + 2P (ONLY ORIGINAL COLOR)DARK FORCE: Water rises while Rikuo rides on the sea shell.DF POWER NOTES: - Trick Fish (F, D, DF + K) can be done anytime.- SASQUATCH - G Ice Breath D, DF, F + P G Wind-Up Punch F, D, DF + HOLD PUNCH, RELEASE PUNCH G Typhoon Kick (GR) F, D, DF + K G Ice Fortress D, D + P G Deep Freezer F, DF, D, DB, B + P G Big Swing 360 (OR) F, D, U + KEX1 G Big Freeze B, DB, D, DF, F + 2PEX1 G Thin Ice (DFP-X) B, DB, D, DF, F + 2KEX1 G Sleigh Ride 720 + 2KEX1 G Banana Peel B, DB, D, DF, F + STARTEX1 G Penguin Bombs (DFP) B, D, DB + 2KDARK FORCE 1: Sasquatch gains super armor.DARK FORCE 2: Sasquatch calls some penguins that acts like bombs.- VICTOR - G Giga Fist [D], U + P G Giga Smash [B], F + P G Giga Knee (GR) F, D, DF + P G Giga Shock D, DB, B + P G Mega Shock D, DF, F + K G Power Bolt Throw 360 (OR) F, D, U + P G Short Hop D + 3KEX1 G Thunderstrike [D], U + 2KEX1 G Gerdenheim 720 + 2KEX1 G Rushing Punches (DFP) F, D, DF + 2PEX1 G Great Gerdenheim (DFP) (DFP-X) B, DB, D, DF, F + 2P, THEN GRABDARK FORCE 1: Victor starts the Great Gerdenheim.DARK FORCE 2: All attacks are electrified.- SHADOW / MARIONETTE -Shadow and Marionette are not normal characters. They will use theother characters to fight. Shadow will take the form of the characterthat you last defeated (except the first). Marionette will always usethe same character as your opponent.---------------------------------------------------------------------->> A FEW COMBOS <<Well, actually, the game's combo system is rather easy, and mostly everyoneshould be able to come up with their own combos. The general combos thateveryone can do are the chain combos done with LP -> LK -> MP -> MK -> HP -> HKAll characters can do the chain combo above, but how effective arethey depends on the character. You can start the chain combo from anybutton and als skip any move in the middle (i.e. MP -> MK -> HK). So,with this, you can find which combination your character does best.The moves will surely chain (i.e. your character will execute them),but whether it's in range to hit is another question.Once you started a chain combo into the MP or MK region, you cannotcancel them into a Special or EX Special Move (unless you set DX Cancelon), unless they are part of a button combination EX Special. Therefore,Special Move combos are done with the following LP -> LK -> Special MoveAgain, you can skip start with any part and skip the middle parts. Thisalso applies to the following combos below. The good thing about CAPCOMstart anywhere within the combo. A -> B -> C -> DThe above example can be done either from A to D, or B to D, or justC and D. Use this method to find and create your own combos. That wouldbe the main fun in playing the game anyway.But if you need any combos, here are just some that I found, that requiressome practice to pull it off. If you can do these flawlessly, congratulations.I'll try to add more combos if I find anything else interesting. But,seriously, the most fun you get out of the game would be to find yourown ways of attacking.JEDAH:ES Saw Blade (D, DF, F + P), move forward a little, LP, ES Imprisoning Claw(D, DB, B + P), ES Pursuit Attack - Rather simple. However, the hit counter won't show it's a combo because of the delay of the ES Imprisoning ClawES Saw Blade (D, DF, F + P), The Contract (B, DB, D, DF, F + 2K, K) - The Contract has to be done VERY fast, or else the opponent might be able to escape.ES Saw Blade (D, DF, F + P), Underworld (D, D + 2P), ES Pursuit - Like the above, it has to be done VERY fast.DEMITRI:ES Fallen Angel (D, DB, B + K), MK, ES Chaos Fire (D, DF, F + P), Dashforward, ES Demon Cradle (F, D, DF + P), ES Pursuit - The MK must be pressed exactly when Demitri touches the floor. Timing is very crucial.ES Fallen Angel (D, DB, B + K), ES Demon Cradle (F, D, DF + P), ES Pursuit - Shorter version of the above combo. The ES Demon Cradle has to be done exactly when you touch the floor.ES Fallen Angel (D, DB, B + K), MK, ES Chaos Fire (D, DF, F + P),Midnight Bliss (D, F, DF + 2P) - It's not really a combo, it's very hard to escape this trick. Furthermore, the Midnight Bliss in unblockable.ES Fallen Angel (D, DB, B + K), Midnight Bliss (D, F, DF + 2P) - Easier...Jump in, HK, land, Midnight Bliss (D, F, DF + 2P) - Even easier...Jump in, HK, land, LP, MP, (F, MK, MK) - Do the bracket moves quickly and you'll surprise your opponent with the Midnight Pleasure.JON TALBAIN:Multiple Images, Jump in, HP, land, LP, ES Nunchaku Flail (D, DB, B + P) - An easy 27 hit combo, if you get most of the hits.Jump in, HP, land, LP, MP, (F, LK, MK) - The best way to hit with the Moment Slice. The LP, MP will be a combo, stunning the opponent, and if you do the moves in parenthesis quickly, he'll connect into the Moment Slice.MORRIGAN:Missile Launcher (MP, LP, B, LK, MK), Darkness Illusion (LP, LP, F, LK, HP),ES Pursuit - This only works if the opponent gets hit by the Missile Launcher very close to you (not more than 1 character distance) Start the Darkness Illusion near the end of the Missile Launcher and Morrigan will go straight into the move.Missile Launcher (MP, LP, B, LK, MK), Needle Impaler (F, HP, MP, LP, F) - If you hit the opponents from across the screen with the Missile Launcher, do this instead. It'll hit if you time it right. However, the opponent must first be hit by the Missile Launcher while standing on the floor.Valkyrie Drill (F, DF, D, DB, B + K, THEN KICK), Darkness Illusion (LP, LP, F, LK, HP),ES Pursuit - The best move for Morrigan. Works best when your opponent's in the corner, especially when they're stun doing some move. You have to time the Darkness Illusion like the Missile Launcher combos, and both moves will connect.Jump in, HP, land, LP, LP, F, LK, HP - Very easy move to connect the Darkness Illusion.Jump in, LP, LP, F, LK, HP (all in the air) - Even easier...HSIEN KO:Jump in, HP, land, LP, LK, HK (MP, MP, U), ES Knockdown - Rather hard combo. The MP, MP, U has to be done FAST or else the opponent could recover and block. Also, it depends on the distance between you and your opponent as well. If it's too far, the spiked balls would not hit the opponent.LILITH:ES Bow & Arrow (F, DF, D, DB, B + P), Luminous Illusion (LP, LP, F, LK, HP) - Very easy combo. It'll hit while in the air.ES Soul Flash (D, DF, F + P), Luminous Illusion (LP, LP, F, LK, HP) - Can only be done in the corner, and you must be VERY close to the opponent. And you have to start the Luminous Illusion instantly after your Soul Flash's stun frame finishes.ES Bow & Arrow (F, DF, D, DB, B + P), Gloomy Puppet Show (B, DB, D, DF, F + 2K) - Very much like the first combo.ES Bow & Arrow (F, DF, D, DB, B + P), Splendour Love (F, D, DF + 2K) - Not as good as the previous ones, as it hits very little.RIKUO:Not much of a combo, but strategy. Since the Water Jail (F, D, DF + 2P)only allows one extra hit when hit, it would be best to use the AquaSpread (F, DF, D, DB, B + 2P (OR) 2K) right after that. This would giveyou more time to move around before the opponent can move. If you havemore Super Levels, time it right so that, when you release anotherWater Jail, it would be very hard for them to escape. A trick is torelease a Water Jail very close to them, and if it appears behind theopponent, hit them to push them into the Water Jail.Q-BEE:Again, not a combo but tip. When using the Flying Ability, have Q-Beefloat slightly above the floor (tap UP lightly). Then, keep holding forwardand tap LP, LK, MP, MK, HK, and repeat. This won't do much good if theopponent blocks, but it kinda pressures them a little. You can couldthem but come back to the ground and grab them once they are confused.By holding forward all the time, you will be sticking to the opponent,and would not distance yourself from him/her when attacking like usual.Also, DO NOT press HP while flying, as it will automatically bring youup higher.------------------------------------------------------------------------->> CREDITS <<Milo D. Cooper, milo@milos-chalkboard.net - for pointing out the errors in Anakaris and Q-Bee's moves list.Ed Derus, Cderus@worldnet.att.net - for the extra moves for Oboro and pointing out a few errors.------------------------------------------------------------------------Those are the short combos and the information I can gather from thegame so far from the time I've played. If anyone has any extra informationor correction, please inform me about it. 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The most recent version of this FAQ is available at Cosmo Canyon: http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Battlefield/8060-----------------------------------------------------------------------%%%%TABLE OF CONTENTS%%%%I. Revision HistoryII. Frequently Asked QuestionsIII. Walkthrough: Childhood Awakening Cedar Woods Springtime Balio and Sunder The Inventor Veggie Tales Wyndian Gladiators Rhapala The Volcano Angel TowerIV. Walkthrough: Adulthood Dauna Mine Syn City 2000 Veggie Tales: The Sequel The Journey East Steel Beach Shisu The Black Ship A New World Dragnier Just Deserts Caer Xhan Reunion Final BattleV. Skills Magic Skills Dragon Powers Fusions FormationsVI. Items and Equipment Weapons Armor Shields Helmets Accessories Items Fishing Gear Vital ItemsVII. Charts and Info Character Evaluations Stolen Items Enemy Skills Dragon Genes Masters BOF Series NamesVIII. Playing the Game EX Turns Camping Maximum HP Loss Masters SkillsIX. Fishing Fishing Spots Fish Types Ranks Strategy Manillo's ShopsX. Faerie Village Strategies Jobs Building List Town Map StoresXI. Credits / Disclaimer*******************************************************I. REVISION HISTORY*******************************************************Version 1.0 (6/4/98): - Walkthrough completed - Faerie Village section added - Fusion and Formations list added - Character Evaluations added - Manillo's shops now have a separate list in the fishing section because they were taking up too much room. - I know I'm missing a bunch of secret stuff; that will be taken care of soon. I just wanted to get the full walkthrough up. - Also, since I've finished the game, I'll be more than happy to take all contributions now. Send 'em in!Version 0.5 (5/22/98): - Less-than-first version. - I just have the walkthrough for the first half of the game (childhood) done; look for the second half soon. - Note: I know I'm missing a lot of information here, but please DON'T send me any contributions yet. As I'm not yet done with the game, I don't want anything spoiled. Thank you.*******************************************************II. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS*******************************************************Q. What is Square's connection to the Breath of Fire series?A. Very little. All three Breath of Fire were developed by Capcom of Japan, and published in Japan by Capcom as well. Breath of Fire I was translated and published in the U.S. by Square, but both Breath of Fire II and Breath of Fire III were translated and published by Capcom USA. So all Square did was translate one of the games into English.Q. How come you say certain characters were in BOF1 when they weren't?A. This is because many names were changed in the U.S. version of BOF1. BOF2 and BOF3 both use the correct names, so there are some discrepancies. Specifically, Gobi is really named Maniro, Bo is really Gary, and Agni is Anfini.Q. Is there any fishing pole better than the Bamboo Rod?A. Yup, there are two, but they're both difficult to find. Deluxe Rod -- Once you get Rei back, have him unlock the locked door in the building at the Northern Checkpoint. Inside is a chest with the Deluxe Rod. Angler Rod -- Sold in the Handyman shop in Faerie Village. It's about the fifth or sixth item they get. This is the best fishing pole you can get.Q. How do I get through McNeil Manor?A. See the "Springtime" section of the walkthrough.Q. Is Peco worth building up? He seems like a wimp.A. Appearances can be deceiving. Peco is the best fighter in the game, and essential later in the game. Be sure to catch him up when you get him.Q. How do I get through the desert?A. First, get the water from the jug at Horis's tent. Then, in the desert, walk towards the North Star (red) until the Evening Star (blue) is due west (four turns to the left). Once it is, go east (four tuns right) and continue that way until you can't see the Evening Star behind you anymore. Then turn back north and keep going until you get to the oasis. For more info, see the Just Deserts section of the walkthrough.*******************************************************III. WALKTHROUGH: CHILDHOOD*******************************************************%%%AWAKENING%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Mogu and Gary (Bo in the U.S. version of BOF1) fromBreath of Fire I approach a large crystal in which adragon rests. That's you, Ryu. They blow open the crystalwith some explosives, freeing Ryu. You then have to fightthem (too bad, I didn't want to hurt Mogu). All you haveto do is use the Whelp Breath attack to take them out inone hit. Ryu will then escape. Just run out of the mine;you'll fight a few miners on the way. They are all easilydefeated by Whelp Breath. Eventually, you come acrossanother BOF1 character, Ox. You'll have to fight him.When you try to use Whelp Breath, a voice tells you notto. Ryu then gets bonked on the head by a crane andknocked unconscious. When Ryu regains consciousness, you're on a train.Just push the direction pad in any direction repeatedlyto bust out of the cage and hop out.%%%CEDAR WOODS%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% While out hunting in the woods, Rei discovers Ryu, nowin human form. He takes you back to the cabin he shareswith another orphan kid, Teepo. They put Ryu to sleepin Teepo's bed. There will be a brief dream sequenceand then you will get to control Ryu. Go downstairs and search the cabinets for a Vitamin(restores HP) and a Worm (used for fishing). Then leavethe house and go down the spiral path into the forest.Head southeast, picking up items on the way (be sure toget the Skill Ink and Ammonia on the first screen). Usethe R1 button to rotate the camera and look for itemshidden behind trees. Eventually you'll come out on theworld map. Head south to the village of McNeil. You'll run intoRei and Teepo again, who are being chased out of a houseafter being caught breaking in. They lament how they areknown everywhere, then one of them gets the idea to useRyu. But first, they need to get you some equipment.You'll automatically break into the weapon store and stealRyu some gear. While Rei is grabbing the loot, Teepo talksto Ryu and calls him "Ryu" even though he never said hisname. A bit mysterious... Rei and Teepo then join the party. Now that you havethem, and Ryu isn't running around in his pajamas, youwill encounter enemies in the forest. Use Rei's Pilferspell (it costs no AP) to steal items from the enemies.Teepo can attack or use his magic, and Ryu fights well,but also has a heal spell. I recommend using the Attackformation and putting Rei in the lead. Contine south in the area you're in to the road. Whenyou get here, Rei and Teepo will decide to mug somebodyto get food. Go behind the tree the finger points to andBunyan will show up. Teepo will throw Ryu at him. Bunyanchews Ryu out, then leaves. Rei and Teepo decide tobreak into Bunyan's house and steal food. Get the itemin the bag near you, then leave the area (the exit is tothe north). Back on the world map, go back up to the Cedar Woodsand enter. Return to the first screen (outside Rei andTeepo's house). Here you can chat with the Goblin andEye Ooze to learn about some of the game's more complicatedfunctions. Then go to Bunyan's house. Use L1 to putRei in the lead and have him pick the lock of the house(just examine it). Go inside. Ryu catches a platedropping off the table, then you are free to walk around. Go down the stairs in the back (you might have to rotatethe camera to see them) and search the cabinet for someBeef Jerky. Teepo and Rei will come down, but then Bunyanreturns home. Rei and Teepo go upstairs to deal with him,and there are sounds of fighting. Go upstairs and leavethe house. As soon as you walk outside, Bunyan will whackyou and knock you unconscious. Ryu wakes up tied to the fence with Rei and Teepo.Bunyan will free you on the condition that you help him.He sends Rei off to Mt. Glaus, and then tells Rei and Teepoto help him cut wood. This is the first bonus game. Youhave to cut as much wood as possible in the time limit,being careful not to hit Teepo. Whacking Teepo loses you alot of time, so it's better to be a bit slow hitting thewood than to hit Teepo. Hit the Triangle button just asthe wood tips forward out of Teepo's hands. I'm not surewhether you get anything if you chop enough pieces; Ichopped 17 and didn't get anything. After you finish chopping the wood, work your way backout of the woods, but first change your formation to Normal.On the map, go down to McNeil again. Head to the shops andpurchase some new equipment and stock up on items. There'salso a hidden bag in the lower-left corner of town with(I think) a Vitamin. Don't forget to equip your new stuff! Go up to the upper-right corner of the explorable areaof map. You will reach a place labeled "?". Enter hereand cross the bridge. Go down and right to a big rock.Put Teepo in the lead and use his kick (press Triangle) tokick the rock down into the water, damming the river. Youcan now walk down in the ditch. There are two exits fromthere; both lead to items -- one the Weather Vane, and theother something else (I forget what). After getting theitems, go north on this screen until you come back out onthe map. Step away from the forest pass and press Start to camp.Go inside the tent, rest, and save your game. Then go backto the map and head up to the mountain. Cross the bridge and go straight ahead. You'll find asteep white slope. Go up the ramp on the left and you canslide down onto the ledges with bags. The middle ledge hasa Heavy Caro (fishing item) and the one on the right has aCloth Shield. After getting both items, go up the rampagain, but this time head along the ridge, past the ramp,to a bridge. As you cross the bridge, Teepo will note thatit's getting dark. You head to the nearby cabin to spendthe night, where you find Rei. Rei says he thinks Bunyansent him to kill the monster on the mountain, then rejoinsthe party. The next morning, you are awakened by the monster'scries. Change your formation back to Attack and put Rei inthe lead again. When you leave the cabin, you'll have tofight the Nue. Just use regular attacks and Teepo's magic,healing with Ryu's magic when necessary. If it poisons you,use Ryu's Purify spell to cure the poison. The Nue will runoff after you do enough damage. Examine the Dragon God statueand you can save your game. Then continue up the mountain.Skip the cave and ascend to the peak, where there is a bagwith Vitamins. Note that "Vitamins" are different from theitem "Vitamin" -- Vitamins are a Vitamin that affects thewhole party. Return to the cave and enter. Follow the trail of bloodto a room with a river. At the end of the trail of blood,some dialogue will be triggered. Leave that room and Teepowill say that the Nue must have jumped in the water. Explorethe main room of the cave and search both skeletons forgood items. Then go to the upper-left corner and enter theroom there. Jump in the water and you'll automaticallybe taken down a waterfall into the Nue's lair. Walk forward. When you come up in front of the cave,the Nue will come out and you'll have to fight it again.On the first round, have Ryu cast his Protect spell(assuming he has it) on Rei. Then use the same strategyyou did before -- Ryu attack, Rei attack, and Teepo usehis best spell (preferably Simoon). Use Ryu's Heal magicto heal, and Purify to cure poison. Once Teepo runs outof AP, have him use regular attacks. After you do enoughdamage, the Nue will unleash its powerful Jolt attack onall three characters, but it can only do this once. When the Nue is defeated for good, go up to its bodyand press X to enter the Nue's nest. Examine the deadNue cubs, then go back to the waterfall room. You'll beswept back down the mountain, where you'll run intoBunyan. Bunyan congratulates you on your victory, thenyou automatically return to the cabin.%%%SPRINGTIME%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Several months later, spring returns to the YraallRegion. Teepo wants to go down to the village and seewhat the people think of them now that they beat the Nue.Leave the forest (after checking out the cool springtimegraphics). There's a whole lot of things available to do now,including fishing and getting your first Master. First,go to McNeil. Upon arriving, you'll be cornered bytownspeople... only to find that they are there tocongratulate you. After that sequence ends, talk to the guy in thecloak -- Loki. He'll ask you for your help; agree andhe says to meet him at the house in the fields. Nowtake a look around town. Upgrade your equipment, thenspend the rest of your money purchasing items andfishing gear. Go ahead and splurge -- just keep atleast 1 zenny remaining. You'll see why shortly. Leave McNeil and go northwest on the world map. Inthe lower-left corner of the woods is a small clearing.Walk up to and a ? appears over Ryu's head. If youpress Triangle to get the "Guide" option, you'll learnthat the Yggdrasil tree has been cut down. Hit X toenter the clearing and talk to the wizard, Mygas. He'sthe game's first Master, and he'll let you be hisapprentice if you pay him all your money. Since youalready spent almost all your money, say yes. You thenobtain your first Master and can choose a character toapprentice to him. Choose Ryu. For more informationon how Masters work, look under Masters in the Playingthe Game section. Now go fishing! There's two spots where you can gofishing, one near the Yggdrasil clearing and one nearthe Farm. The game provides a pretty good fishingtutorial, or you can go to the Fishing section for moredetails on fishing. I recommend you try to catch someRainbow Trout; they restore your AP and you don't haveany other items that do that at this point. When you're ready to progress in the game, go to theFarms south of McNeil. Talk to the people if you wish,then go to the house on the road. You'll meet up withLoki again here, and he'll explain his plan to overthrowMayor McNeil. You'll then wait until nighttime toinvade McNeil's manor. At the manor, you can pop in the cabin (where Lokiis) to rest. Head northwest to the patched up part ofthe wall and examine it. Rei and Teepo will come over,and Rei will accidentally break down the wall down. Gothrough to enter the hedge maze. Head southwest around the first hedge and talk to theguy there (you'll have to rotate the camera to see him).He'll give you 50 zenny. Then give that 50 zenny to thefirst guard to make him move. Go up the steps and talkto the guard up there. Head left and search the area tofind the guard's wallet. Give to the guard and he'llmove. Descend the stairs. Do not step in the light from any of the guards'lanterns or you will be caught and kicked out of themanor (if this happens, raise 50 zenny by fighting themonsters on the grounds and then go back in through theweak wall). Instead, go southeast to the platform withthe bell on it. Climb up the ladder and whack the bellwith Ryu's sword. One of the guards will leave. Gothrough the path he was guarding to reach the centralplaza. The guard here (the smoking one) won't let youby unless you kill the guard dog and thus remove theblame from him. Head south and you'll encounter thedog. The dog is not that difficult an opponent. First,have one of your characters (it doesn't matter who)select the Examine option. Then, when the Pooch usesits Snap attack, the character Examining will learn it,your first Skill (for more info on Skills -- the manualdoes a poor job of explaining them -- see the Playing theGame section). Then attack the Pooch with weapons andSnap. After defeating it, go back up to the guard andhe'll let you by. In the east section of the hedge maze, go up the stepsand follow the path around to get a Firecracker. Then goback down and talk to all the people. After you'vetalken to Mina, go back and talk to the guard guarding thechicken coop. He'll run off. Go inside the chicken coopand Teepo will attempt to steal some eggs, triggering anattack by a giant chicken, Rocky. Like the last time, start by having someone (preferablyRyu this time) Examine the chicken until you learn theJump skill. Meanwhile, Rei should attack and Teepo shouldcast Simoon. Once Ryu learns Jump, have him start attackingwith that. Once Rocky goes down, the other chickens willgo berserk and run out of the hen house. The guards willleave their posts to round them up. Go back to the stairs that were being blocked by guard.Go up them and head right to the main doors of the manor.Rei will distract the guards while Ryu and Teepo runinside. As soon as you get in, switch back to Normalformation. Go through the door on the right. Here you'llfind a bed where you can rest and save your game. Also,on the desk in the corridor behind the bed is somezenny. Search the dressers by the stairs, then go up the stairsand search the cabinets for a Magic Shard, which permanentlyraises your max AP by 1. Use it on Ryu. BTW, if you didn'tlearn the Jump skill from Rocky, you can get it from theRoaches in the manor. Then go up the stairs again and searchall the crates for goodies. Return to the entrance room and try to go up the stairs.You'll encounter a boss. Have Ryu cast Protect on both himselfand Teepo, then attack it with Jump and Teepo's magic. It willput you to sleep; just have the other character keep fightingas the sleeping one will wake up shortly. After you defeatit, go back to the bed to get healed up. Ascend all the the stairs and head left. Search all thecabinets on the way to pick up some Gems. When you get tothe upper-left room, you'll encounter another McNeilghost. This one is really easy; just hit him with Jumpand Simoon and he'll go down in a few turns. Afterdefeating him, go right into the next room. Search thisroom for a Panacea, then try to go down the stairs. Athird ghost will appear and it's fight time. This ghostwill lower your stats with his magic, but just keep hittinghim with the Jump and Simoon combo and you shouldn't havemuch trouble. Go down the stairs and follow the long pathway untilyou come to the fourth ghost. This one can cast Flare andis pretty tough. Don't use magic on him, as it doesn'tdo a lot of damage. Stick to regular attacks and Jump.After you defeat him, you'll witness a spooky cutscene.Then go up the stairs behind you and search the room fora huge stash of zenny. Return to the room where youfought the ghost and go through the door he came through.Push the button on the wall next to the elevator toactivate it. Ride the elevator up and take the stairsup to a room with a bed and a diary. Rest, save your game,then continue up to the roof. Don't step on any of the moss or you'll slide down.Go left along the top of the roof as far as you can go.Then walk carefully down the roof onto the farthest-leftledge. Jump down from the edge of the ledge and pick upthe grappling hook there. After you get the grapplinghook, Rei will return and use it to get to the other sideof the roof. Now that you have Rei back, return to Attack formationand put the Reister in the lead. Go to the lower-leftcorner of the roof and pick up the bag for a Sparrow Eye.Then climb back up to the top of the roof and look forthe stairs leading down into the manor (there's only one).This will take you to McNeil's room. Teepo will confrontMcNeil, but then the ghosts appear and merge into onehuge (and cool-looking) boss. Begin the battle by having Rei Pilfer from the ghostuntil you get a Magic Shard, while Ryu casts Protect oneach member of the party. Magic attacks do little damageto the ghost, so attack with regular attacks and Jump.The Amalgam can do a lot of damage, but it doesn't havethat much HP. It disappears in a cool way after youdefeat it. Teepo will demand that the panicking McNeil showhim the money. McNeil reluctantly hands it over, andyou spend the rest of the night distributing it to thepeople of the village. Mayor McNeil, however, vows toget the last laugh. The next day, you're back in your cabin. You'realready healed up, but be sure to save your game withthe diary in the upper room. Leave the woods and goto town. It becomes obvious that things didn't go asyou planned -- everybody has returned the money tothe mayor, and they're not too thrilled with the stuntyou played. Go to the farm and confront Loki. He'lltell you to meet him in the hut, so go there. Lokidoesn't show, but Bunyan does. Bunyan tells you thatthe whole plan was a scheme by Loki to steal the moneyfor himself, and that you were being used. He alsoinforms you that McNeil belongs to a large crimesyndicate, and suggests you hurry back to your house. Leave McNeil and go back to the Cedar Woods.Before you enter the screen with your house, de-equipRei and Teepo and return any of their Skills toskill notes. Then go up to your house. The house hasbeen burned down by McNeil's goons. Suddenly, twounicorn guys show up and you have to fight. You can'tbeat these guys, so don't even try. Just let themkill you. You'll wake up in Bunyan's house, alone. Gooutside and talk to Bunyan. He believes that Rei andTeepo were killed by McNeil. Ryu decides to go toWyndia. Leave the woods. If you need supplies, stopby McNeil (buying some Molotovs would be a good idea),then go to the Yggdrasil clearing and talk with Mygas.He should teach Ryu the Frost spell, which will come inhandy. Then head south. You can now pass through theYraall Road, so continue up to the mountain pass toWyndia.%%%BALIO AND SUNDER%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Make your way through the mountain. The only wayto kill the Tarmen is with frost attacks, so hopefullyyou got the Frost spell from Mygas. If not, just runaway. As for the Nut Troops and Nut Mages, you caneither use Molotovs on them or just use regular attacks.One hit will kill them either way, but attacks are abit inaccuracte on them. Take out the Mages first;they can cast Flare. Explore the mountains and pick up any loot youfind. Make sure to get the Bat Amulet hidden in a cheston the right side; you need to rotate the camera tosee it. Once you reach the top of the mountain, you'llencounter the horse guys again. One of them runs youthrough with his sword, causing Ryu to turn into adragon. They capture you and take you to WyndiaCastle. At Wyndia, Balio and Sunder will present Ryu tothe king, only to discover that he's turned back intoa kid again (I love this scene). All three of you getthrown in jail. Princess Nina will come and let thetwo horse guys out, but then they beat her up and runoff with Nina captive. Examine the door of your celland ram it twice to get out. Stop in the horses' cellto grab the bag (Skill Ink) and save your game, thenfollow them down the stairs. (You can't get into theother cell, which houses Jean the frog from BOF2). You'll have to fight Balio and Sunder again. You cannow finally use Ryu's Accession spell to turn into adragon -- but don't bother, because once again, there'sno way to beat these guys. Just let yourself getkilled and Nina will revive you after Balio and Sunderleave. She then joins your party. Go down the stairs into the caves. This is a prettytough dungeon, because Nina starts off really wimpy andyou only have two people. Don't use Nina's magic, it'snot that effective (except for Simoon, which is great onzombies, once you learn it). Instead, have her Examinea Nut Troop and learn its Double Blow attack. Thedeadliest enemies in here are the Volts and Thunders,if you encounter a pair of these, use Accession and turninto a dragon (you only have one gene available, theFlame Gene, so just select that and hit okay), thenuse Ryu's physical attacks (*not* the Breath attacks). Go to each of the seven tombstone and press thewords in green. Then go to the tombstone on the rampin the far left and press the number 7. You'll dropdown into another cave. Open the chest for the LightBangle. Equip it on Nina, then follow the passagewayto the ladder. Climb up and take the Glass Domino fromthe chest there (strangely, it's a helmet, but a goodone -- give it to Nina to boost her meager defense).Jump off the ledge, then head to the lower-right cornerand examine the tombstone that doesn't have the colorwords on it. Instead, you're giving a choice betweenthree words in white. Choose "red", "climbing", "I","is", "look", "beneath", and "this" (these are the wordsin red on the other tombstones). You'll drop downthrough a pit. Walk onto the dark part of the groundto fall through *another* pit into the Wyndia FamilyCrypt. Head southwest out of the tomb and into LowerWyndia. Explore the town and loot the houses (heh).Be sure to stay at the inn, especially if any of yourcharacters were killed in the caves -- staying at theinn restores their max HP to the normal level. Upgradeyour weapons, then buy any armor you can afford (notethat doing so will lower your speed, so don't bulk uptoo much). If you need money, you can sell off Reiand Teepo's gear. There's also a clinic where you gettemporary immunizations against various elements. Theseshots are pretty much useless; don't waste your money. Go to the lower-right corner of town and talk tothe kids there. They'll want to play hide-and-seek,so you have to find them all. One is in the lower-rightcorner of town (near where you start the game), twoare the sides of the weapon shop, and one is behind atree in the outdoors cafe. You'll have to rotate thecamera to see any of them. Once you've found all fourkids, you'll automatically return to where you startedthe game, and the kids will give you a lead on where tofind Teepo. Before you leave, head up to Upper Wyndia. There'snot much to do here but check out the bread shops,although one of the shops has a Moxa hidden in acabinet. Leave Wyndia, but don't go down the road. Instead,head west and take the forest path up to the side ofthe castle. A ? mark will pop up, enter the locationand you'll find a hidden chest (rotate the camera) withsomething in it (I forgot what). Leave this area andfollow the path between the outer and inner city wallsof Wyndia. There's another ? location at the very end.This one contains a small hut in which lives Durandal,another Master. Apprentice either character to him.Downstairs is a machine that you can't do anything withyet. Now go to the road south of Wyndia. Nina will suggestyou go to the hut on the road. As you enter, you heara scream from outside. Go back out. Balio and Sunderhave shown up again and taken Nina captive. They'llknock Ryu out again (Ryu really takes it in the shortsin this game, doesn't he?) and take you both to a deserttown. After Balio and Sunder leave, Ryu will chew throughthe ropes holding you and you escape. You can now walkaround town and look for all the characters from previousBOF games (the Manillo look-alikes running the item shop,Bow and Sten from BOF2 arguing at the gate, Ox outside thearena, and Fahl looks like Rand). Other than that, there'snot much to do here besides buy items from the overpricedfish merchants. BTW, you should never stay at inn unlessyou have a lowered (yellow) HP max -- camping will fillup your HP for free. While you're camping, you can usethe Skill Ink to transfer a Skill Rei or Teepo might havelearned to one of your present members. Back on the world map, there's another fishing spotway to the west, should you feel like doing some fishing.Otherwise, your next goal is the mountain to the northeast.Head up the mountain and collect the chest and bag onside paths (you have to rotate the camera to see the bag).Now that you have Nina, you can easily defeat the TarMen with her Frost spell. When you get to the top, don'ttalk to the two guys. Instead, jump down the chute, andthen make another jump down to a chest with a Buckler.Give it to Ryu. Now go back up to the guys and talk tothem. The mason will offer to let you spend the night atthe cabin. The next morning, you'll awake to find that you'relocked in the room. As you'd expect, the mason hasturned you over to Balio and Sunder. Take the rearexit to the lift and examine the control panel. Ninauses her magic to start the lift and you hop on justas Sunder arrives. After the lift stops, you'll be on a differentmountain. Leave the lift building and look around foranother item bag. Then go up to the top of themountain, where you'll be cornered by Sunder. Ryu andNina jump off the mountain. Ryu turns into a dragonto cushion Nina's fall, and you get the Defender DragonGene. Leave the mountain and head south. There's another? area in the corner of the mountains. Enter and followthe trail to find the Reverse Gene. After getting it,go northeast on the world map, past the fishing spot(stop here if you want), to the Tower.%%%THE INVENTOR%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% At the Tower, you'll find Manillo (aka Gobi) sellingitems. If Nina doesn't have the Mage's Robes, buy themfor her, and then get a Glass Domino for Ryu (Ninashould already have one). Skip the Cuirass; it lowersyour agility too much. Then stock up on Healing Herbs-- don't be fooled by the happy music, this is thetoughest dungeon yet. First, enter the lowest door on the left. Inside,you'll fight ArmorBots and ProtoBots; use Nina's Joltspell on these (particularly the Protos). Walk upto the crystal and use Nina's magic wand on it (hitTriangle). A timer will appear. Quickly follow therear path back outside and run to the fountain. Usethe wand on each of the four crystals. If you do itwithin the time limit, the pond will drain. Go backin the left door, descend the stairs into the ex-pond,and go outside. Open the chest. Back inside, work your upwards until you come toa door. Go inside to a library-type room with a savediary. Save, read the books, then go outside. Go upthe next set of stairs to a hallway. As you walk intothe hallway, you'll see an explosion. Go in the firstdoor and you'll meet Momo, the mole scientist. Aftersome dialogue, she agrees to help you get back toWindia, but then Balio and Sunder's goons show up.Momo joins the party. Momo is one of the best characters in the game; shehas a very strong attack and useful (healing) spells.On the other hand, she gets killed easily, and herattacks are very inaccurate. The best strategy withMomo is to have her attack a different enemy from theothers -- if she hits it, she'll kill it, so there'sno use whittling down its HP. Also, use Momo's healingmagic instead of Ryu's, so you can save Ryu's fordragon transformations. I would also recommendswitching to Attack formation and putting Ryu in thefront. Head into the next door beyond Momo's to yourclassic light-all-the tiles puzzle. Number the tileslike this:1 2 3 45 6 7 89 10 11 1213 14 15 16 Then step on (in order) tiles 15, 11, 10, 14,13, 9, 10, 6, 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 12, 16, 15. Gothrough the open door and open the three chests foran always-needed Skill Ink and Flame and IceChrysms (weapons for Momo). Since a number ofenemies in here are weak against fire, equip theFlame Chrysm. Go up the stairs behind the two doors. Up here,you'll fight HyperBots, which are extremely powerful-- they use a Blitz attack that takes off about 30-40HP on all your characters, every single turn. Killthem right away. Oh, and don't use Jolt on them --it won't hurt them, and will raise their defensegreatly. Circle around the path to the next puzzle room.This puzzle is pretty cool; you have to flick theswitches on the cube that are identical to the onein the back. So hit the second and fourth onesfrom the left to disarm the pit trap (don't stepbeyond the cubes before you do or you'll fall down).Then continue along to the next puzzle room. Flick the blue switch first. Cross the firstgap. The door to the right just leads to a chestwith 300 zenny; don't bother with it as you'll havea number of fights trying to get it. Instead, crossto the second set of levers and flick the red one.Head left and go up the stairs. Open the chest forsome very valuable Moon Tears, then go back downand head up the stairs. In the next puzzle room (the one with a big pit),ride the first gray platform and circle up to theEldritch Floater. You have to power this lift byhitting it repeatedly with Nina's wand. First, shootthe crystal twice, then ride the platform to achest with a Breasplate. Euip it on Ryu for a hugedefense boost, then jump down and return to the lift.Shoot the crystal six times this trip to get to thesecond chest, which contains Ivory Dice. Return tothe lift once more and shoot it eleven times. Rideto the stairs. Go up the next set of stairs beyond that and you'llreach a door. Inside is a chest with the BambooRod, a better fishing pole. Then go up the nextset of stairs to a room with a red infrared beam anda crystal. Shoot the crystal from a distance tomove the beam. Walk behind the crystal, making surethat *all* your characters are behind it (otherwisethey will take massive damage) -- the easiest way todo this is to walk sideways. Once everybody's safelybehind the crystal, blast it with the wand to switchthe beam again. Move up to the next beam, walksideways to get everybody behind the second pair ofstatues in the wall, and shoot it again (you may haveto creep forward slightly to reach it). You're nowfree to walk to the door that leads to the exit fromthis torturous dungeon. I don't know about you, but Iwas on fumes by the time I got out of here. Search the three cupboards in the back corner,then examine the desk. You'll find a switch, that,when pushed, will reveal an escape rocket. Momo startsthe rocket and you hop on. The rocket smashes throughthe roof of the ruins and lands in a field. Freshair at last! Before you leave the crash site, go up and righta little and you'll find the Thorn Dragon Gene. Thenget the heck out of here and CAMP! Finally you canheal up and save your game. Take a break; you'veearned it. Oh, and you might want to switch Momo backto the Ammo from the Flame Chrysm. After you've recovered enough to continueplaying, go to the Coffee Shop northwest of the crashsite. Here you'll run into an acquitance of Momo,who asks you to go to the plant to the southwest andinvestigate the malfunctioning equipment. You haveno choice but to agree. Before you leave the shop,go inside and stock up on items. Don't stay at theinn, however -- there's a cheaper one nearby. Also,on the hill behind the Coffee Shop is another Master,D'lonzo, but she won't take any apprentices unless youhave at least 16 weapons in your inventory. It's highlyunlikely that you will, even if you never soldanything, so just skip this for now. Leave the Coffee Shop and return to the theworld map. The plant is to the southwest, but there'sa number of other stops you should make.- Checkpoint. The building north of the Coffee Shop. There's a few items in cupboards, but that's about it. Don't stay at the inn here.- Fairy Woods. This is the identation in the woods west of the Checkpoint. In here, you'll find a bag with some money, and in the far back, a chest with the Scramasax sword. This is a really good sword; it's light and hits hard. You can also cut through the bushes blocking one path with Ryu's sword to get to a bag with Protein.- Fishing Spot. There's a fishing spot as far west as you can go, just before you get to the bridge. Since you have a new fishing pole, you should have a little easier time here.- The Plant. The inn here (on the right) is 170 zenny cheaper than the one at the Coffee Shop, so stay here.- Yggdrasil Tree. The big tree located east of the Plant. This place has really cool graphics and I love the music, but there's nothing you can do here right now. It's still worth checking out for the audio / visual aspects, though.%%%VEGGIE TALES%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Now go to the Plant. You have to work your way tothe central valley, where the main plant is. You do thisby flicking switches to change the conveyors -- the blueones reverse all the gray conveyors and the red leversreverse all the brown conveyors. It's kind of confusing,but there's no fights here. Eventually what you want todo is go from the upper-right corner around the topto the middle left, where there's a conveyor down intothe center. Once you get there, talk to the scientists.They'll send you to the Dump west of the plant. Go intothe building and loot the shelves, then hop down to theentrance and leave. The Dump is the cave west of the Plant. Inside,you'll fight a variety of chrysm-mutated creatures. Thetwo types of Weeds are the toughest -- they hit hard,have a high defense, and are immune to magic. The easiestway to beat them is to have Ryu use a Dragon-classtransformation (i.e., one that's not a Whelp -- Flame/Defenderworks best) and use Dragon Breath. This should wipe outboth, or at least damage them severly. Start by heading south. Loop around to the centerand flick the blue switch twice. Cross the conveyor beltand open the chest. Now loop back around to the entranceand go north, up onto the higher plateau. Walk across thecrates at the middle "prong" of the ledge to a chest withHigh Boots. Give them to Momo. Now go back to the entranceagain and go south. Hug the outer wall until you come tothe door to the next room. Just head down and right for now to the vine-covereddoor. Go through and you'll face the first boss in a quitea while (since the Amalgam, to be exact), the Mutant. Ryushould attack with Jump. Nina, being the fastest, is yourhealer -- have her use Healing Herbs or Vitamins to cureyour party, and Antidotes if you get poisoned. If nobodyneeds healing, attack with Simoon. Momo should just usephysical attacks. The Mutant will regenerate its HP aftereach round, but it stops after a few rounds and then youcan beat it. It's not that difficult a boss. The Mutant forces the party to destroy it so that nomore of its kind will be made. Throw the red lever to dropthe Mutant into the lava (you can try the blue one for alaugh). The Mutant is destroyed, but then its offspringPeco, the lovable onion, hopes out of the lava. Aftersome cute squeaking, he joins your party. Since he startsout at level 1, just stick with Ryu, Nina, and Momo fornow. There's no fights in this room now that you've killedthe Mutant, so go to the lower-left corner and open thechest. Then use the pair of levers to move the cratesuntil there is a crate whose upper-right corner is evenwith the upper-left of the ledge on the right. That waskind of conusing, so here's an drawing.--\--/**/---- **\---- The *s are where you want the crate to be. Then gonorth a ways and ascend the stairs. Follow the path southover two crates (if you can't, you'll need to adjust thecrates with the levers) to a chest with Artemis' Cap,which raises your hit rate. It doesn't take a genius tofigure out you'll want to give this to Momo. You've got everything in the Dump, so now just walkback out. There *are* fights in the first room, so makesure you're healthy. Back on the map, return to the Plant. Momo willreport his findings, then the scientist guy will tellyou he has a plan to get you back into Wyndia. Go tothe inn and stay for free. In the morning, you'll hideinside a hay cart bound for Wyndia... only to discoverthat the scientist was in league with Balio and Sunderand you've once again fallen into their hands.%%%WYNDIAN GLADIATORS%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% The captive party is taken back to the desert arena,where Balio and Sunder taunt you once again. Nina demandsthat they let you enter the Tournament of Champions,and the two horses reluctantly agree. They insist thatthey take a hostage, however. Choose Peco; he's at level1 so he's worthless right now. Explore the arena to learn about the matches, rings,and your competiton. Some places of note:- Hall of Fire: Upper left corner, first floor. This is where you'll fight your first match. Talk to the people to learn about the rules.- Null Magic Hall: First floor, upper left corner. The location of second battle; the people here explain its rules.- Hall of Kings: Center door, first floor. The last battleground.- Your Room: First door in left hall of first floor. When you're ready to begin the fight, go here (but you aren't yet, so don't). The woman here will also explain the rules of the Hall of Fire, and there's an important Coin in one of the cabinets -- you can use it catch Manillo (aka Gobi) when fishing.- Balio and Sunder's Room: First stairs on right when you come in. If you got Peco in your party by accident, you can go here to change hostages. Trust me, the little guy might be cute, but you don't want to use him.- Shops: Take the stairs to the right of your room to get here. The weapons they sell here are bad (they're too heavy), but you can get decent armor, and more importantly, Vitamins and Multi-Vitamins at the item shop (middle). After you're done looking around the arena, headback out into town. Go to the shops and buy some *good*equipment, and then rest (if need be) and save at theinn. In case you wanted to know, here's my characters'stats at this point:Ryu Lv: 15 Nina Lv: 14 Momo Lv: 14Weapon: Scramasax Weapon: Magician Rod Weapon: AmmoShield: Buckler Shield: Buckler Shield: BucklerHelm: Glass Domino Helm: Glass Domino Helm: Glass DominoArmor: Breastplate Armor: Mage's Robe Armor: BreastplateMisc1: Talisman Misc1: Light Bangle Misc1: Artemis' CapMisc2: nothing Misc2: High Boots Misc2: Bat CharmSkills: Jump Skills: Snap, Skills: none Double Blow Now organize your characters in the order you want tohave them fight -- you'll want Momo first, Ryu second, andNina last (you won't be using here). Make *sure* Momo hasthe Bat Charm equipped. When you're ready to fight, go toyour room in the Hall of Fire. Read the rules again, thensay you're ready to begin. Using Momo, you'll fight Claw the thief. First, castProtect -- this will last for all three battles. Then justregular attacks on him. Do NOT attack the Dodai or Clawwill do the same back. Claw will try to blind you, but theBat Charm makes you immune to this (hee hee hee). Claw goesfirst, so make sure that you can take one more hit beforeyou cast Heal. You shouldn't have any trouble. Momo will then go into the next round against Cawerthe mage. He has powerful magic, so you'll have moredifficulty here. Stay healed and only attack when youcan take two hits. It's okay to heal several times in arow. If Momo goes down, you'll fight Cawer with Ryu. Justuse the same strategy, but since Ryu has more HP you'llhave a little easier time. The third round is against the party leader (I forgothis name). If Momo went down and you're fighting as Ryu,cast Protect on your first turn. If you're Momo, you stillhave the Protect from round 1. Having Protect will makeyour opponent's attack do only about 6 damage each round;just keep wailing on him. His occasional Lucky Strike attackswill do a lot of damage; Heal whenever he does one of these.After this guy is defeated, you'll win the first battle. Get healed and save, then go back into the arena andgo to the room on the right, the Anti-Magic Hall. Rearrangeyour party order so Ryu is in the lead again, then choose tobegin the battle. Emitai will come in and explain hissituation, but you have no choice but to proceed with thebattle. Since this is the Anti-Magic Hall, you can't use magic.However, any ability with no AP doesn't count as spell.Can you say Accession? Yup, have Ryu use Flame/Defenderto transform into a Dragon-class Dragon, then just havehim start using Flame Breath. Nina should use Snap oneach enemy (if she has it; if not don't worry about it),then attack with Double Blow. Momo should just attack.When you need healing, have Nina use Healing Herbs.Attack one Golem until it's defeated, then the other.When Ryu runs out of AP and reverts to human form, havehim attack with Jump. After you kill the golems, goafter Emitai (who doesn't do anything). He has areally high defense, but he'll go down eventually.When you win, you get a Magician Rod -- equip it onNina if you don't already have one. Back in your room, Sunder pays you a visit to tauntyou. Then you see a brief cutscene with more of thehorse guys' plotting. Once you regain control, pay avisit to Emitai's room, where you'll discover the wholestory about his daughter was just a scam to make youforfeit in the Null Magic Hall. (that loser, I reallyfelt bad beating him too). Get healed and save, thenproceed to the Hall of Kings. Equip Ryu with the HighBoots and Artemis' Cap, then begin the duel. First, cast Protect on yourself. Then do a dragontransformation using Flame and Defender. Attack Garrwith regular attacks until you run out of AP or HP(whichever comes first), at which point you'll revertto human form. Then attack with Jump and use HealingHerbs to heal. After you do enough damage to Garr,he'll attack you with a Lucky Strike that takes offover 600 HP. Needless to say, you lose, and Garr becomesthe champion once again. However, he uses his prizeto free Ryu and his friends, then tells you to come tothe Angel Tower east of Wyndia to find out more aboutThe Brood, the race to which Ryu belongs. Your hostage is freed and you can choose who toput in your party. Put Peco in your party, then dropby the arena shop. Buy a bunch of Vitamins; you'llneed them shortly. Return to the town, head to theshop and buy Peco some equipment. If you can't affordthe armor, at least get him some Rippers (weapon) -- youcan always give him hand-me-down armor. At this point, you'll want to build Peco up somelevels by fighting at the ! spots on the map. He may bea wimp right now, but once he is at the same level(or even close) to your other characters, he willstart getting strong. I can't stress the importanceof catching him up enough. Peco is *the* best fighterin the game, and well worth the time to build up -- youwill have a tough time later in the game without him. Go to Maekyss Gorge. Cross the bridge and you'llfind yourself surrounded by Balio and Sunder's flunkies.You will automatically fight three thieves. Have Ryucast Shield (if he has it), then use Jump. Don't useAccession; you want to save his AP. Momo and Pecoshould just attack, and Nina should use Jolt or Snap.Concentrate on the tall guy (Bully 2) first, as he isthe magic-user. Once you take him out, go after Bully1 and finally 3. This is not a very difficult fight. Balio and Sunder corner you, but Garr shows up inthe nick of time. He then joins your party, and you haveto make a new party with Ryu and Garr. I stronglyrecommend you use Momo. Press Triangle when you're donemaking a party and the formation screen comes up. PutGarr in the lead, Ryu second, and Momo third, and useAttack formation. Then hit Triangle again. Balio andSunder use their Stallion Metamorphosis to transform intothe Stallion, and then you finally get to fight them. Ryu should cast Shield on the party, then do aFlame / Defender Accession. Once he's morphed, havehim attack until his AP runs out. At that point, attackwith Jump. Garr should just attack, as should Momo.Momo should be your healer; have her use Healing Herbsto heal. When Balio and Sunder get low on life, theywill start using their UltimateAttack (or something likethat; I forget it's exact name). This attack reallyrips you; use Vitamins to heal once they start doing it.If somebody dies, don't try to revive them, just healthe people you have (if Momo dies, make Ryu the healeras Garr does the most damage). Keep attacking them,though, because on they start doing the attack, they'renearly dead. When you defeat the Stallion, Balio andSunder are gone for good! Yahoo!%%%RHAPALA%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% While still at the Gorge, cross the bridge you'reon, and go down the trail to the left. It leads toa small house with a frog painter inside. Talk tohim if you wish, but the real reason for coming hereis the Frost Dragon Gene hidden in the garden (it'ssqueezed behind the fence). Get it, then go back upthe trail and leave the Gorge. You're now completely free to explore everywhereyou've visited, including both Central and East Wyndia,and even back to the Yraall Region (you can walk aroundMt. Myrneg). Places worth visiting again:- If you apprenticed any of your characters to Durandal way back when you first got to Wyndia, drop by his house in the ? spot near Wyndia to pick up some skills.- If you have 15 weapons in your inventory, return to the Coffee Shop and talk to D'lonzo; she's another Master you can get.- There's another Yggdrasil tree north of Mt. Myrneg. It's the same as the other, so there's no real need to go here.- Back at the Cedar Woods, Bunyan will also work as a Master. He raises your attack and defense, but lowers intelligence. Since Peco doesn't have much magic anyway (and consequently his intelligence and AP don't matter), sign him up.- In the Fairy Woods near the rocket crash site, there are some rocks you can roll away by having Peco bop them with his head (push Triangle). Search the holes for a Vitamin and a Hawk's Ring (increases chance of surprising the enemy -- equip this on somebody).- At the southern of the two Yraall Region fishing spots, you can use your Coin to catch Manillo. You can trade fish for items at his shop. This is a cool feature, but you won't have the requisite fish unless you've been doing a lot of fishing. So don't waste your Coin. Anyway, put Nina in your party and go back to Windia.Everything's basically the same here, except in the upper partof town you learn that the word is out that Nina waskidnapped. Put Nina in the lead of your party and talk tothe guard at the castle. He'll let you in. The party hasa banquet with the king (check out the animation on Garreating donuts!!), after which Ryu, Momo, Garr, and Peco setoff to the east, leaving Nina in the castle. Hit theCircle button to advance the scene after all the dialogueis done. You're now controlling Nina. Explore the castle andloot all the cupboards. Be sure to talk to the maid standingnear the broken plate and Queen Sheila, and collect anotherCoin from one of the cabinets in Sheila's room. Then godown to the wine cellar in the basement. Rotate the camerauntil you find Honey hiding. Talk to her and she'll runoff. Go back up to Nina's room and take the left path outto the roof. Honey will be there; Nina will chase her andfall off the bridge. Honey levitates her down, but thenceases to function. Cut to the campsite. Nina arrives with Honey, who'sout of chrysm energy. She then rejoins your party. Headto the Checkpoint northeast from the Coffee Shop (or justdue east from Wyndia). Enter and Garr will automaticallyget you past the checkpoint, allowing you to reach thereally spiffy-looking bridge. After a brief scene, you'llbe in the Rhapala Region. Descend the cliff you're on and head north. Enterthe small house area. Grab the Life Shard inside thehouse, then descend the stairs behind it and collect theThunder Gene. Then leave. There's a fishing spot tothe west of the house, and another one to the south,but your next destination is the town of Rhapala to thesoutheast. Turn up the volume so you can listen to the reallycool music here (actually, all the music in this game isreally cool music). Head to the weapon shop and buynew gear. Don't sell any of Ryu's old equipment; you'llneed it in a moment. The item shop also sells betterfishing bait, should you be interested. There's alsoanother clinic; don't waste your money on that rip-off.Go to the inn and take the stairs down into a bar. Talkto Sinkar, the guildmaster. He'll send you to talk tohis daughter, Shardis. Leave the bar and go north tothe wharf. Find Shardis and Beyd on the right-hand sideand talk to them. After Shardis runs off, return to theentrance of the docks and talk to her again. She'll sendyou back to talk to her father. Go back into the town proper, go to the bar, andtalk to Sinkar again. He'll tell you that you can'ttake the road either as it has been closed by thevolcano. You automatically return to camp, whereNina decides to talk to Beyd. Go to the Wharf (youcan get there directly from the map). Talk toBeyd and Nina will tell him to propose to Shardis.After he runs off, go back to where he normally isand talk to him again. He'll ask you to train himso that he can enter the lighthouse and defeat themonsters, then fork over 1000 zenny. Hopefully, you're carrying around some equipmentfor Ryu. If not, go buy some stuff. Then go talkto Beyd again and answer "Yes". You'll go to the townsquare, when Beyd will ask for the equipment. Equipa weapon and some armor on him. In my game, I gavehim a Broad Sword and a Waistcloth and that worked outabout perfectly. Talk to Beyd and ask him to explain how the trainingworks -- this is a really cool concept, I might add.Put Nina and Peco in your party, then strip off all yourarmor so Beyd can do more damage. Talk to Beyd andchoose to begin training. At the start, the best wayto proceed is to have Nina and Peco attack and Ryu castRejuvenate on Beyd. This will do about as much damageas he can take without being knocked out each round.If you get any EX turns, just defend. After 20 roundsare up, or you accidentally knock out Beyd, he willreport the results of the training, and then you'll beback on the map, all healed up. Go back to the Wharfs,talk to Beyd again, and do another round of training.As you build up Beyd's HP, you'll be able to attack himmore without needing to heal him as much. Be sure toattack when he's defending, as this will raise hisdefense. After you've done this a couple times, equip Beydwith the best gear you have (in fact, you should removeRyu's armor and give it to him), then talk to Beyd at theWharfs and choose "To the lighthouse!" Zig will challengeBeyd to a duel. You'll go to the town square, and thenthe fight will begin. Don't do anything (or you'llautomatically lose), just defend. However, when Zig'shead is turning back and forth to look at Shardis (it'sreally obvious when it happens), cast Rejuvenate on Beydto heal him, or Protect if he's healthy. If Beyd loses,it's no big deal. Just do another round or two oftraining, then try again. The key is to raise Beyd'sdefense; if do this, he'll win easily. Eventually, you'll get Beyd strong enough that he canbeat Zig. There will be a bit of dialogue, then you'reback on the map. Go to the Wharfs and talk to Beyd. Hebroke his arm in the fight with Zig, so he asks you togo to the lighthouse instead. Open the chests for aSilver Knife (not very good) and a Chain Cap (it's actuallyarmor, and strong stuff too). Go talk to Sinkar andhe'll give you a Guild Badge (I think you get it fromhim; maybe Shardis gives it to you). Make sure you're stocked up on Vitamins and Ammonia;you'll need them. I recommend that you put Peco andMomo in the party and use a Regular formation withRyu in first position, Peco second, and Momo third.When you're ready to go, take the northwest exit fromthe Wharfs to the Lighthouse. Head all the way up thestairs to a chest with a Coin. Note that you can learn theskill Air Raid from the Bombers; it's pretty good andcertainly worth learning. After getting the Coin, go downa level and go right. Follow the path to the lighthousedoor, being sure to pick up the two hidden items along theway -- a Mithril Shield and a Swallow Eye. Keep theSwallow Eye; don't use it. Inside the Lighthouse, go right and down the stairs.Explore and throw the two blue levers. There's alsoanother hidden chest near the middle (as always, rotatethe camera to see it) with the Dream Ring. Take theexit in the lower-left corner to go outside theLighthouse. Open the three chests for Flame Chrysm,then go back inside. Take the other nearby door togo into the control room. Put a Flame Chrysm inside the hatch with an arrowpainted on it. Then go pull the lever. A control panelwill come up showing the pressure in the lighthouse(aren't there just so many cool ideas in this game?).Wait through the first three passes, then hit the buttonwhen the pressure is at the top of the screen. Ifyou did it right, the chrysm will start pumping throughthe tubes. If not, go put another Flame Chrysm in thechute and try again. (Should you run out of FlameChrysm, go back to town and buy a bunch more, thenreturn). You've already directed the chrysm by pulling theearlier levers, so return to the main door of thelighthouse and head up and west. You'll spot a smallgreen lizard. Heal up your characters. Your AP hasprobably been mostly drained away by the Spectres, butif you have any RainbowTrout, use one (or more, ifyou've got a load) on Ryu, so that he has at least 4AP. Then continue up the stairs. A huge -- and verycool-looking eyeball -- will come bouncing down thestairs and the lizard will catch it. Then you have tofight a boss. The Gazer is the toughest boss you've fought sofar. Have Ryu cast Shield on his first turn, thentransform into a dragon if he has any more AP left(unlikely). Use physical attacks against the Gazer,but *don't* use Jump or Air Strike; they won't work.If you have a bunch of attack items (like Napalm),those are also effective. Have your fastest character(probably Ryu) use Vitamins to heal. The Gazer has twomain attacks: a bouncing attack that does about 20 damageto the party and an Eye Beam that does around 60 damageto one character (ouch). It's important to keep all yourcharacters alive; if somebody goes down, have the*slowest* character use an Ammonia on the dead fellow.This will insure that the character gets revived afterthe Gazer has attacked, so they won't get killed again.Then, of course, have the fastest character heal themwith a Vitamin on the next round. After defeating the Gazer, you'll get a whoppingamount of experience, as you well should. Go up thelong flight of stairs to the roof. Collect the EldritchDragon Gene from the crystal, then throw the blue lever.The lamp will turn on (nifty effect here), but then afaerie flies down and tries to turn it off. Afterfailing, she throws a Faerie Tiara at you and flies off.The Faerie Tiara activates all those faerie rings you'vebeen seeing all over the map, allowing you entranceinto the Faerie Village!%%%THE VOLCANO%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Work your way back out of the Lighthouse to theworld map. Go to Rhapala and get healed at the inn,then replenish your item supply. If you couldn't affordsome equipment before, get it now. Then leave town andgo to any faerie ring (they all lead to the same place).Hit X over it and you'll be warped into the FaerieVillage. There's not much here right now -- just the flowercircle that teleports you out, one house, and a tinydock. But soon you'll be able to start building a completetown here. For now, just go into the house and talk tothe faeries. They will ask you to go to the beach anddefeat the monster. Your party will automatically changeto Ryu, Nina, and Momo. Go down to the beach and chooseto wait until night. An ominous fin appears and yourparty attacks. Afterwards, you discover it was only adolphin. Nina and Momo leave to get the faeries, andthe dolphin starts chewing you out for beating it up...in Australian dialect, no less. You might want to usethe option for an English translation (LOL) that pops upafter this scene. Nina and Momo return, then the dolphin transforms andyou have to fight it. On his first turn (do NOT castShield), have Ryu use the Eldritch and Thunder genes totransform. This will give him the Myollnir (sic) spell,which does 200+ (!) damage to the Dolphin. It costs 10AP each shot, not to mention the AP you lose each turnfrom being transformed, so you'll only get a few shotsin. After Ryu returns to human form, cast Shield (ifyou have the AP), then have him use regular attacks.Meanwhile, Nina should be casting Iceblast, and Momoshould use regular attacks and heal with magic. Likethe Gazer, the Dolphin is immune to aerial attacks.The Dolphin does have a powerful (and cool-looking)Tsunami spell, so keep your HP up. With the Myollnirdamage, though, he shouldn't be too much of a problem. After the battle, go back to the house and talkto the faeries. They'll take you for getting rid ofthe dolphin. Leave the faerie village (use the circleof flowers you came in through) and return to Rhapala.Talk to Beyd, then to Sinkar. Sinkar will give you aletter that allows you to enter the volcano. Leave town and go up on the cliffs to the east tofind the volcano. Enter and take the Protein in thechest to the right. If you go straight, you'll cometo a temple in which is a plaque you can't read (notyet, at least). What you want is the path just tothe east of the temple door. Take this path all theway up the stairs until you reach a cave. Enter. The enemies in here are fire-based, so don't usefire spells on them. Ice spells, of course, do a lotof damage. As for the Cinders, just run from them --you can't hurt them. You can learn the Burn skill fromthe Lava Man, but it's pretty crummy. Blind, whichyou can learn from the Lizards, is a bit better, butcertainly not essential. Also, be careful not to stepin the lava or the air vents when you can avoid it -- thelava does massive damage to your lead character and theair vents damage the whole party. When you do have towalk across lava, put the character with the most HPin the lead. Head east and enter the first cave you come to.Walk around the edge of the room here to avoid the lavaand open the chest for AsbestosArmr, which reduces allfire damage to 0. Equip it somebody that can use it,preferably somebody other than Ryu, then leave the room.To the north is a chest with 800 zenny, but you have towalk across some lava to get it. You can get it if youwant. Head south and enter the next cave. Here, ascend tothe top level. The yellow gas vents will confuse yourcharacters if you touch them. This isn't that bad, but tryto avoid it if possible. Head down all the ramps until you reach a chestwith the fire-absorbing (you *gain* HP from firedamage) Ring of Fire. Equip it on Ryu (unless Ryu hasthe AsbestosArmr, in which case give it to somebodyelse). Now two of your characters are protecting fromfire. Jump down, then work your way back up the laddersuntil you get to the next cave entrance. Go through toa lava-filled room. Go down until you get to a chest. Open it, then headnorth and circle around the top of the room. Descend tothe lower level. Hug the west wall and circle around thelava to another Gene crystal, containing the Miracle Gene,which isn't. All it does is turn the whole party into agiant Behemoth dragon, which isn't nearly as useful as itsounds. Then run southeast through the lava to get to achest with the Flame Talons for Peco. Don't equip themnow; they do fire damage and you don't want that in here. I strongly recommend that you now return to Rhapalato get healed up and save. Then come back to the volcanoand go straight through, without detouring for chests.With the AsbestosArmr and Ring of Fire, you shouldn't taketoo much damage this time through anyway. In the lower-right hand corner of the third room, you'll reach a narrowbridge. Heal up, then try to cross it. An old man willappear, say "Hee hee hee" a lot, and then summon twomonsters, Scylla and Charybdis. Ryu should cast Shield, then use Accession with theFrost and Eldritch Genes. This will give him the Blizzardspell, which will do about 160 damage to both monsters,and lesser damage to the old man. Have him use thisuntil he runs out of AP and reverts to human form, thenjust attack. All your other characters should attack aswell, except have Nina (if you're using her) castIceblast. Concentrate on attacking one monster until dies,then attack the other. The old man will keep healing themonsters, but only for 60 HP a turn -- as long as you domore than 60 damage every round (and you should), you'llkill them eventually. He'll eventually run out of APanyway. When both monsters are dead, attack the old man-- he can't hurt you. With the AsbestosArmr and Ring ofFire absorbing most of the damage, this isn't that hard afight. After defeating the old man, continue across thebridge. Go through the door, descend the stairs, andexit the volcano.%%%ANGEL TOWER%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% You'll emerge from the volcano in the Urkan Region.First, camp to heal and save. While you're at, alsoequip Peco with the Flame Talons you got in the volcano.If you want to go fishing, there's a fishing spot tothe southeast -- you can catch Manillo there. Go to the north part of the Urkan Region and enterJunk Town. You can't do much of anything here rightnow except go shopping, and most of the equipment isway out of your price range. However, pick up theShotgun Shell for Momo, then hit the road. Your next real destination is the really cool-lookingtown of Urkan Tapa, to the south. Be sure to bring Garralong. Urkan Tapa is a huge place, but there's not actuallya whole lot there. Directly ahead of you when you enteris the shop, where you can buy new armor and weapons forRyu and Garr. Before you buy any equipment, make sure youhave at least 50 Healing Herbs and 50 Vitamins (yes, 50).If you head left from the entrance, the first door you cometo is the inn. Then go to the door on the right from whereyou come in. If you have Durandal's Backhand ability,you can get the priest (Hondara) to join you as aMaster -- he's a good master for Nina. If you don't have theability yet, come back later. Go up the ladder in the room with Hondara. Put Garrin the lead and use him to roll the boulder aside. Goinside and Garr will talk briefly with Patriach Sudama,revealing that he (Garr) is one of the Guardians of Urkan.Now leave town. There will be a brief scene at the camp,then you're back on the map. Save and go to Angel Tower. At Angel Tower, head up the stairs until you seean opening on the right. Go through there, then jumpdown the tiered ledges. There are two chests to collectthis way (you'll have to make several trips), plus thestairs at the lower right. The stairs leading downtake you to a room with a woman imprisoned in a barrier;you can't do anything here, so take the up stairsinstead. These will take you to the door that leadsinto the actual tower. Angel Tower is pretty maze-y, just wander arounduntil you get to a big square room with three silverblocks. Put Garr in the lead of the party and use himto push the blocks around to make a path to the stairs(sorry for the vague instructions here). Once you godown those stairs, Garr will ask the third character inthe party to leave. Examine all the plaques until you find Garr's.Garr will then Ryu that, as Ryu is a member of theBrood, he has to kill him, and then you fight. Justuse Accession and whack him a couple times; it willonly take a few hits. After the battle, the same voicethat spoke to Ryu way back in the mines at the startof the game calls to him again and tells him that Garris not his enemy. Ryu vanishes, then the KaiserDragon appears and the place starts to collapse.*******************************************************IV. WALKTHROUGH: ADULTHOOD*******************************************************Several years later...%%%DAUNA MINE%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Ryu awakens once again in Dauna Mine, but now as anadult. This time he's been freed by Garr. Garr asksRyu to forgive him. Say "Yes". He'll hand over Ryu'sold gear, then joins up. You now have Ryu's adult form,which looks different but is statistically the same askid Ryu, just taller. Make your way back to the screen where you fought Oxat the start of the game. If you up and left, you'llfind some chests. Then examine the elevator controlpanel and choose to go up to B1. On B1, open the chestfor the Light Clothes. Their defense is pretty goodfor a weight of 1, but I wouldn't recommend using them.Then just pop back in the elevator and go down to B2. On B2, enter the first door. You can use the bedsto rest, and save your game with the diary. Then headdown to reach a mine cart. Use the levers to alter thetrack so that it leads to the lower-right corner. PutGarr in the lead and give the mine cart a shove. Itshould end up between the two ledges (if not, push itback and flick the levers to fix the track). Climb upon the cliff to the south and walk across the cart toget to the chest, which contains the powerful FeatherSword for Ryu. Equip it right away. Push the mine cart back to its original startingpoint, then use the levers to make the track point tothe very top (the upper-left corner). Shove the minecart over there, then follow it. Heal up, throw thelever closest to the mine cart, and push it again. Thecart will smash into the big boulder and blow it up.Then a voice starts talking, and you end up fightinganother great-looking boss (look at the way the lightin its mouth lights up the rest of its body): the DragonZombie. The Dragon Zombie is easily the toughest boss sofar. Start by having Ryu cast Shield, then have himtransform with the Flame and Eldritch genes. Use hisnifty Inferno spell on the Dragon Zombie until he runsout of AP and reverts, then have him attack. Meanwhile,Garr should just be attacking. The Dragon Zombie onlyhas two attacks: one that poisons your party but doesno direct damage, and another that takes off about 20on both of you and confuses you. These are a lot worsethan they sound. Don't even try to cure the poisoning;you'll just get poisoned again. As for the confusion,you have no choice but to let it wear off. Use Vitaminsto heal (have Ryu use them if he can, as he's faster),and use them whenever you start to get low -- you may getconfused and not be able to heal when you really need it.Keep both characters alive; if somebody dies, use Ammoniato bring them back. Near the end of battle, the DragonZombie may run out of AP, which means that it can't useBone Storm anymore. Things get easier here -- although theDragon Zombie does gain a strong regular attack (it takesoff about 40 HP), healing is no problem. The Dragon Zombie has an obscene amount of HP (it tookme 25 minutes to kill), so hopefully you have a big Vitaminsupply. When you defeat it, you'll receive the Shadowand Fusion Genes. Don't use the Fusion Gene right now;it requires three people to work. See the Fusions listunder Abilities for more info. Cure your poisoning and run back to the room with thebeds to restore your HP and AP. Then go through the doorpreviously blocked by the huge rock. Head south and enterthe first door you come to. Look around in this cave forsome chests, especially the Lion's Belt. Then continuesouth in the main hall to another door. Go in here andthrow the lever until the platform outside is level withthe walkway. Cross it and exit the mine. When you get outside, the chief miner will talk to youand tell you to come to his office. Talk to the people inthe camp to get an idea of how long Ryu's been sleeping(quite a while). You'll also find Mogu and Gary alive andwell (good, I didn't want to have killed them). Pop inthe chief's office and he'll give you 3000 zenny. If yougo back in, you can use the bed to rest, and there's asave diary in the adjacent building. Leave town and you'll automatically camp. Ryu willawake after dreaming of the huge dragon skeleton in themines, and he and Garr will talk briefly. Then you'llfinally get back to the map for some fresh air.%%%SYN CITY 2000%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% There's new overworld music! Actually, I liked theold tune better. You now have a large area to explorearound the mines. First, go to the nearby house.Inside, you'll meet up with none other than Emitai!(Note that Emitai's previously toddler daughter hasgrown up while Ryu was asleep) Talk to Emitai and he'llexplain his situation. If you pay him 10,000 zenny,you can get him as a Master. You may not want to (orbe able to) do this right now, but keep his location inmind. Also, in his basement is another machine thatyou can't use yet. For the fishing-inclined, there's two fishing spotsin the Dauna Hills region. One is directly south ofthe mines, but it's not very good. The better one isacross the bridge, to the northwest -- you can catchManillo here. Look around the region for a faerie ring. Use theFaerie Tiara to enter. In the village, examine themessage board -- three new faeries have been born.Go up the path and talk to Cadis. She'll give youinstructions on how to build the faerie village! Thisis a really cool SimCity-like bonus game. For moreinfo on it, see the Faerie Village section. For now,set one faerie to hunt, one to clear land, and one asa scholar. You have two options for the scholar --research jobs or research culture. Choose to reserachjobs. It will take time before you see any results,so leave for now. Head to the southwest from the faerie ring to reachSyn City, which is run by the same crime syndicate thatMayor McNeil and the horse twins work(ed) for. At themoment, there's nothing you can do here but shop. Thebum guy will offer to sell you information for 20 zennya tip; don't pay him. Once you've done your shopping, go southeast fromthe faerie ring to get to Ogre Road (it's the difficult-to-see path through the forest). The enemies here are(very) souped-up versions of the ones you fought wayback in the Cedar Woods. Just head south until you getto a swampy area. Cut the plants with Ryu's sword topick up some Horseradish. Hang onto it; don't use it.Near the swamp is a ramp leading up onto the cliffs.Follow it to get to a chest with an Hourglass, then jumpdown and head southeast until you get to the exit. Here you'll encounter the Weretiger. Don't useAccession; just have Ryu cast Shield and then attack,while Garr attacks as well. Use Rejuvenate for healing.The Weretiger will run off when you defeat it, thenyou can continue south to the exit. You're now back in the Yraall Region, but in thesouthwest corner (you can see the game's first fishingspot to the north, across the river). You can justwalk back north to the Dauna Hills; you don't have togo through the road again. There's no need to do so,however. What you *should* do, however, is stop bythe faerie village and see what's up. If some newland has been cleared, switch that faerie into abuilding to build a second house. Unless you want to stop by the mediocre fishingspot, just continue on to the mountain. This is anotherpretty sad dungeon. Check out both of the caves forsome treasure, then just find your way to the nearbyexit. Cross the bridge and you'll find yourself atthe good ol' Yraall Road. You can't get any further,so you have to explore the road. Some Wyndian guardsare blocking the road, as an investigation of MayorMcNeil's smuggling activities are in progress. Takethe north exit from the road. Return to McNeil village. Everyone here (includingyour old "friend" Loki) is being interrogated byWyndian troops. It seems Mayor McNeil is finallygetting his comeuppance. Go to the inn and talk tothe woman outside. She'll talk you to about theman-eating tiger and ask you to go to the Cedar Woodsto defeat it. You can stay at the inn for freeafterwards. Unfortunately, the weapon and itemstores have not seen it fit to upgrade their waresand are still selling junk from the beginning of the game. Leave McNeil and enter the Cedar Woods from theeast side. If Ryu or Garr is apprenticed to Bunyan,drop by him to collect your abilities. Then go up tothe burnt cabin. As you ascend the trail to it, Ryuwill ask Garr to stay behind, and Garr does so. Keepgoing up the path until you bump into.... Rei! Reiwon't join the party just yet, however, and runs offto the village. Rejoin Garr, leave the woods, andreturn to McNeil. In McNeil, you'll find everyone clustered around awounded Loki. Somebody says that Rei ran off to McNeilmanor's, so go there. At the manor, you'll bump into aWyndian patrol leading a captive Mayor McNeil away. Thepatrol is led by none other than... Nina! Or at least,a really stupid-looking adult version of Nina Nina willrejoin your party, no questions asked, and then it's offto Syn City. Back at Syn City, you'll find that everybody hasbeen murdered by Rei. Head across the drawbridge andenter the building at the very end. Talk to the guysthere and they'll say the boss ran off to the checkpoint.Grab the chest for an Old Painting, then leave. Before you go to the checkpoint, make sure toget healed up and *save*. Pay another visit to thefaerie village as well and see what's up. Switch yourscholar to another hunter so you can increase yourpopulation (Note: I'm not going to mention visitingthe faerie village anymore. Just be sure to visit itregularly and reassign jobs as need be). Also, youmay want to have Nina apprenticed to Emitai, as she isgood at magic. Go to the checkpoint. Here you'll find Rei andMikba, the don of Syn City. Mikba transforms into ademon and knocks out Rei. You then have to make a partyto fight Mikba. Replace Nina with Garr so that youhave Ryu, Garr, and Rei. Use normal formation withGarr in the lead, Ryu second, and Rei in the back.Then hit Triangle to begin the fight. You need to play the first two rounds verycarefully. Have Ryu cast Shield, and Garr use anAmmonia on Rei (who begins the battle dead). SinceGarr moves after Mikba, Mikba will not get a chanceto kill Rei again. Next round. Rei's turn comesup first; choose the Item option, then press up toget the option to equip Rei. Equip him with somebetter armor and the ThievesKnife if you have it.Then have him use a Vitamin on himself. Ryu shouldcast Protect on Rei, and Garr should just attack.If all goes well, Rei will heal himself, thenautomatically transform into the Weretiger, thenRyu casts Protect on him. On the third round, haveRyu use Accession with the following Genes: Shadow,Reverse, Defense. Reversing Shadow gives you holyabilities; use Shining Claw on Mikba for big damage.Meanwhile, Garr and Rei should just attack (you can'tcontrol Rei). Mikba is a tough boss because he willuse a Reprisal after almost all your attacks -- stayhealed, and don't attack if you're low on HP. After you defeat Mikba, Rei will join the partyfor good! Pick a party, but be sure to include Rei.Go inside the building at the Checkpoint and have Reiunlock the door. Inside you'll find the Deluxe Rod,a better fishing pole. Then head back through themoutains again to the Yraall Region.%%%VEGGIE TALES: THE SEQUEL%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Head east past the Yraall Region and Mt. Myrneg(just walk around it) to Eygnock Road. When you arriveat the road, Nina will explain the situation with herfather and suggest going to the Plant to solve theproblems there. Do so, and work your way back throughthe maze (most of the conveyors are already set, so it'spretty easy) to the central area. Here you'll bump intoMomo and Honey. Momo rejoins the party and tells youwhere to find Peco. Leave the Lab and go to the nearby Yggdrasil tree.Talk to Peco, and he'll rejoin you. Thankfully, yourcute little onion pal has not turned into a lame adultversion, and is just as lovable -- and powerful -- asever. You now have every character for good! Before yougo back to the Plant, there's some other stops you shouldmake:- Since you have everybody again, drop by all your Masters to see if you've learned any new abilities. If you've learned more than one new ability, you'll have to talk to the Master several times to get them all. Hopefully, Bunyan will teach Peco the Super Combo spell (assuming you apprenticed Peco to Bunyan like I suggested). This spell is really cool -- you have to match the buttons that appear on the screen quickly to do added hits. It's like PaRappa meets Mario RPG.- If you never got D'lonzo at the Coffee Shop, do so.- Go to the city of Genmel (the place with the arena). Genmel's kind of dying out now that the Contest is gone for good, but you can get the barkeep Fahl as a master. He'll want you to win 30 fights in a row without resting. Just go outside, find a ! spot, and fight 30 rounds against the wimpy enemies, then Fahl will help you. I recommend apprenticed Garr to him.- Near the front door of Momo's tower is a Yoda-like robot that will explain some more advanced battle strategies.- Also, I'm not sure exactly when this happens, but Syn City is back in business! If you didn't have a chance to buy everything there you wanted to, you can drop by again -- all the stores are operating again.- There's not much to do back in Wyndia, except for one thing. The hide-and-seek kids are here, now as teenagers. They'll challenge you to another game, but this time they hide all over the world. If you're in a cheating mood, here's where to find them all: o Lang - Use the door on the left side of Wyndia to enter the crypt again. Lang is hiding behind one of the big tombstones. Don't miss the Wisdom Fruit in the chest behind the other one. o Wynn - Behind a house on the left side of Junk Town; you can't get to her just yet (so remember where she is). In the bag next to her is a Tea Cup. o Lee - Hiding under the wall on the far side of the Wyndia / Rhapala Checkpoint. You can't find her yet either. o Bais - Behind a pillar on B3 of the Dauna Mines (in the room with the dragon chrysm).- Return to the Yggdrasil Tree and put Peco in the lead of your party so you can talk to the tree. Give it a Wisdom Fruit and you will get it as a Master. I recommend having Peco apprentice to it (not until he masters Bunyan, though) as your little onion pal could use the AP boost. Peco can also talk to the Yggdrasil north of Mt. Myrneg. Make sure Momo and Peco are in your party beforereturning to the Plant. When you arrive, Momo will notethat something seems wrong. Head around the top untilyou come to a rockpile. Talk to the guy near the rocksand he'll explain what you have to do. Put Peco in thelead and use his headbutt (press Triangle) to roll therocks onto the two Xs. Then get a running start at therocks and hit X just as you come to them. If you do itright, Peco will give the rock a massive headbutt andsend it crashing through the greenhouse roof. If not,just get another rock. Should you run out of walks,walking offscreen and coming back will restore them. After you smash both greenhouses, chrysm smoke willstart to come out of the main plant's chimenys. Go downto the main plant and enter. Put Momo in the lead anduse her cannon to shoot the furnace. It will blow openand reveal a passage. Go inside and descend the stairsto a dungeon. Head south. Go up the first ladder you come to andsearch the room for a Skill Ink, then descend again.Continue to a computer room. Have Momo examine thecomputer marked "1" and she will open the locked doorswith a 1. Take the rear exit from the computer room toget to a bedroom where you can rest and save. Return to the entrance and go north. Keep going untilyou get to a room with another computer terminal. Rememberthis room's location; we'll call it Room A. Go down thestairs into a room filled with chrysm radiation. Youonly have a limited amount of time down here -- if yourun out, you're kicked out and have to fight some enemies.Quickly run to the upper-right corner and spin the camerauntil you see a Peco-like critter. Examine it to get thesecond password. Return to the main computer room and operate thesecond computer with Momo to unlock the "2" doors. Usethe bedroom to heal up, then go back to Room A. Use theterminal there to open a nearby door and go through.Open the hidden chest for some Silver Mail. Backtrackuntil you come to another door marked "2" and go through.You're now on the upper level of Room A. Take the first door you come to and flick the switch.Then go back out of that room, descend the stairs tothe left, and keep going until you get to a room withsome paper on the ground (if you go north when you getto the pipe, you'll find a hint for a later puzzle -- ifyou want to solve the puzzle on your own, get this).You're now in Room B. Read the paper for the thirdpassword, then walk up on the nearby pipe. Ascend andsearch around for a chrysm crystal containing the ForceDragon Gene. After getting it, go back to Room B and ridethe escalator up. Head out through the door and open thechest for the Sleep Shells for Momo. Equip them right away. Ride the nearby conveyor to a point near the computerroom, where you should then go. Do the routine -- usethe third computer to open the "3" doors, rest, save --then head down the main hall until you get to a doormarked "3". Go through and search the room until youfind another 3 door. Heal up and go through. You'llhave to fight a mutated slug. First, have Ryu cast Shield to protect yourself fromthe HugeSlug's brutal attacks. Then have him morph withthe Force Gene to get a Warrior-class dragon (I guess...it doesn't look like a dragon). Have him cast Aura on hisfirst turn to boost his attack power, then use regularattacks until he runs out of AP. Momo should attack anduse Rejuvenate (if she has it) or items to heal. Don't useQuake, it doesn't do very much damage. Peco should attack,but if he has Super Combo, use it instead -- a 6- or 7-hitcombo can do 300+ damage. After a few rounds, the HugeSlugwill lose its protective covering, allowing you to do moredamage. Later on, it will start casting Quake, but by thenit's almost dead. Just be sure to heal. After defeating the HugeSlug, heal up and leave theroom. Go up the stairs on the left and read the book forinstructions on how to get the next password. The littlegreen things give you the pressure readings. Combinedwith them and the note you found the pipes, you shouldbe able to figure out what to do. If not (or you'rejust lazy), the answer is 1-3-2-5-4. Input that code into the last computer in thecomputer room to open the 4 door. Take the rear exitto the bedroom, which should make use of. Then takethe passage in the bedroom to a ladder and ascend tofind the 4 door. Go through, cross the pipe, get theWisdom Ring (it raises your intelligence a LOT -- giveit to Momo for now, but later switch it to Nina), anddescend the stairs. Here you'll find Director Palet.After explaining his plan (bad guys always explain theirplans first), he uses the Yggdrasil sap to turn into agiant mushroom and attacks. Ryu should first cast Shield. Then, if he has theBarrier spell (he may not), have him cast it on Momo,Peco, and then himself. Then use the Flame and Forcegenes to transform into a Warrior and attack with Aurauntil you run out of AP. Momo should cast Might onPeco, Ryu, and herself, then attack. Peco should useSuper Combo (if he has it), or just attack. Palet hasa lot of nasty spells; having Barrier helps a lot.I wouldn't worry too much about healing; just keepattacking -- if you heal, he starts healing too, thenyou'll never beat him. If Momo doesn't have the Mightspell, you may have a tough time with him (fortunately,you saved it nearby) -- you may want to roll up pointsfighting guys until she gets to level 20 and learns it. After Palet goes down, you'll get a lot ofexperience. Throw the blue lever to turn the machineoff, then make your way back out. Watch out, there'sstill enemies here. Once you get back above ground,you'll learn that the Plant is closing. There's nothingmore to do here, so leave. There will be a brief campsequence in which Momo decides to come with the party(like you didn't expect that), then you're back on themap.%%%THE JOURNEY EAST%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Return to Wyndia. When you enter, the game will takeover and Nina and Rei will go to the castle. They'lltalk with the King, who agrees to give them a passport.First, go down to the basement and collect Honey. Thengo back up and enter the left tower. Talk to Queen Sheilaand she'll yell at Nina for a while. Go back down out ofthe tower. The screen will fade out, then you'll getthe passport. Before you have a chance to leave, Sheilaenters and proclaims Rei as one of Ryu's friends. Theguards run to grab Rei, and you escape to the basement. Follow Honey down all the stairs on the left (notthe ones towards the dungeons) until you get to the lockeddoor in the basement. Rei will open it, then he andNina will escape through the teleporter to Durandal'sshed. Leave the shed area and you'll cut to a briefscene at the campsite. You'll have a chance to changeyour party; don't do so (leave it at Ryu, Nina, Rei). Back on the map, you'll note that you can no longerenter Wyndia. You can, however, re-enter the castleby going back to Durandal's shed and teleporting at thealtar. You can't leave the basement, but you should goto the dungeon. Put Rei in the lead and have him openthe first cell to get to a chest containing a Laurel.It's a good helmet for Nina, Peco, or Momo, and doesn'tweigh anything. Also in the dungeon, you'll findMayor McNeil and the Mac brothers from the Contest ofChampions. Leave the castle and head east to the checkpoint.With your new passport, you can get through (note thatyou just walk back across the bridge to leave theRhapala Region, if you want to). There's no real needto visit Rhapala -- you can talk to Shardis and findout the ship has been lost again, but that's it. Justgo to Mt. Zublo (the volcano). The path is clear now,so take the left exit on the walkway and you'll arriveat the Urkan Region. Your first stop here should be Junk Town. Youshould be able to buy some of the stuff you couldn'tbuy before (just watch out, it's really heavy). Thenput Garr in the party and go to Angel Tower. With Garrin the lead, you can ascend to the top of the tower.A women (Deis) will appear and tell Garr to findGuardian Geist. Leave Angel Tower and go to Urkan Tapa, still withGarr. Talk to the Patriarch and he'll tell you whereyou can find Geist. Check by the weapon shop; dependingon what you bought earlier, you might actually find someupgrades here. Also, if you didn't have Backhandwhen you first came here, you can get Hondara if youhave it now. Take the southeast-most road south, back to theRhapala Region. Keep going forward until you reach theTidal Caves, and enter. I recommend you bring Nina orRei along (or both); their lighting spells are veryeffective on the aquatic enemies in the caves. (So arethe thunder-elemental weapons sold in Junk Town). This place is HUGE. There are a lot of passages goingeverywhere, many caves to enter, a constantly changingtide. When it's high, you can ride rafts (to ride one raft,you'll have to use Ryu's sword to cut the rope holding thedock up); when it's low, you can get to the lower caves.Just look around for treasure and be sure to get the ThunderRing (like the Ring of Fire, but for electric attacks). Theexit is in the upper-left. Right next to it, you'll find theGross Dragon Gene (that's "Gross" as in "great", not"disgusting"). After leaving the Tidal Caves, continue to the villageof Cliff. Be sure Garr is in your party. There's notmuch to do at Cliff, but there's an inn and item shopin the topmost house. Geist is in the cave in the farback of town. After you talk to him, he'll want to testRyu. Go outside and talk to Garr. Go to the inn andsave. Make sure Ryu's equipped with the Ring of Fire,then go back in and talk to Geist to challenge him. He'lltransform into a huge demon. First, cast Barrier and then Protect on yourself.After that, transform with the Frost, Gross, and Forcegenes. Attack with Frost Breath until you take out thetwo torches that keep healing Geist. After you get ridof the torches, use Aura once to raise your attack power.Then attack with Frost Claw until you run out of APtransform back. He'll be almost dead by now; just useregular attacks on him until he kicks the bucket. Don'tworry about his attacks; whenever he casts Corona, thatwill heal you, as you have the Ring of Fire (not tooswift, is he?) After you defeat Geist, he transforms back tonormal and starts to die. Garr and your other partymember run in. Geist tells you that the seal on Deisis free, then dissolves into ashes. Search the ashesfor the Beast Spear, a really strong weapon for Garr.On the other hand, it is incredibly heavy, and it drainsyour HP each round. It's up to you whether you wantto use it or not, but I say... go for it! Its sheerattack power makes up for its weight and life draining. Return to Angel Tower (with Garr, of course). Jumpyour way to the stairs in the lower-right corner. Godown them to the room where Deis is imprisoned. Theseal will break. Deis will talk to you briefly (aftersmacking Garr around ^_^) and then tell you to cometo Mt. Zublo. Leave Deis's tomb and go up the stairsto the main door of Angel Tower. Hop down from theledge on the left and work your way back to the entrance,then leave. Go to the Rhapala side of Mt. Zublo (the roadpart, not the cave). Enter the shrine at the base andput Ryu in the lead. Examine the wall and Ryu will besucked through into Deis's chamber. Deis, now in herhalf-snake form, will tell open Ryu's "eye" and tell himto go to the far north. After you get warped back out,go back in. Talk to Deis and she'll join as a Master(just say "Yes, ma'am"). Apprentice Ryu to her; heneeds the AP boost, and the spells she teaches will bevery useful later in the game. Return to Junk Town. Go to the south end of town,where Beyd is talking to a Machine Guild member. Afterhe leaves, follow him out of town.%%%STEEL BEACH%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% In the new section of map you can get to are anumber of interesting places. Near the Dock is afishing spot that features 3 of the best kinds offish, and on the far west point of land is a massivefishing spot with a whopping 11 different kinds offish for catch (that's almost half the fish in thegame!). Manillo can be found at the latter spot aswell. If you've been looking for a good fishing spot,you've found them. On the point of land with the second fishingspot is a small house as well. There, you'll findBow from BOF2 fishing. He says he's working on somenew fishing gear, but isn't quite done. Rememberhim for later. Inside the house, there's a SwallowEye in the cupboard, and, more importantly, the ???Dragon Gene hidden by the curtain. (Yes, ??? is theactual name of the gene). Go to the Dock, where you'll find Beyd. He asksyou to find some parts to repair the broken Rhapalaship. Leave and put Momo in the party (if she isn'talready), then come back and talk to Beyd with Momoin the lead. You will go down into the ship, whereMomo will give you a diagram of the parts she needs. Leave the ship. You'll have to make a new party(as Momo has left), then go back to Junk Town. Talkto the Guildmaster (he's in the building with theweird lettering over the door) and he'll give youpermission to go to Steel Beach. Put Garr in your party (you always have touse him, don't you?). I recommend that your thirdmember be Peco. If you use him or Rei, equip Garrwith the Thunder Ring. If you use Nina, give her thering. Go to Steel Beach (it's the cave northwest ofthe Dock) and enter. The guard will let you by ifyou have the permission (and you should). At Steel Beach, first head to the upper-right andcollect the Mutant gene (yes, I know you just got one,but here's another one). (Have you noticed how manyparentheses I've been using lately?). The Mutantgene acts a completely random gene when you use it,but the upside is that it only costs 3 AP. Put Garrin the lead and talk to the Foreman -- he looks likeOx from BOF1. The Foreman will tell you that you haveto prove your worth to get into the wrecked freighter,then it's bonus game time! You have to hit X as fast as you can to pull onthe rope when the monkey raises the *red* flag. Stopas soon as you hear the whistle. Also, you can'tbe more than 2 meters ahead of the foreman, so ifyou get close, slow down. One thing they don't mentionin the instructions is that occasionally the monkey willraise BOTH flags -- so you have to both pull. Thisgame's not very difficult; the only trick is to watchthe monkey and not pay attention to everything else.After you get the rope down to about 5 meters, you'llpull it in, only to discover that it's a giant fish,and you have to fight it. The Angler is a pain in the rear. It not only canpoison and confuse you, but is nearly immune to magic(which is why you want Peco). Since Ryu will do nastythings to your party if he gets confused while adragon, don't have him transform. Have him attack withJump instead, as it works great on the Angler. Pecoshould use Super Combo (if he has it) or attack, andGarr should just attack. The Angler has a thunderspell, which is why you want the Thunder Ring. Asusual, don't try to cure poisoning; the Angler willjust Poison Breath you agan. After you defeat the Angler, the Foreman will giveyou permission to enter the wrecked freighter to lookfor the engine parts. Leave the beach and rest.Put Nina and Rei in your party, and equip Nina withthe Thunder Ring and Dream Ring. Set the party toDefense formation. Return to Steel Beach and search around the beacharea. You'll find several parts: Part A (in the water),Part B (on one of the scrap piles), and Parts F, G,and H by rotating the camera. Then enter the freighter. In here, you'll find Bolt People, tougher versionsof the Nut People from earlier in the game. They havean incredibly high evade rate. Have Nina cast Simoonor Typhoon (if there's more than one) to take them out.Ryu and Rei should attack, but don't expect to hit toooften. The generic Bolts use Frost Strike to put youto sleep; that's why you gave Nina the Dream Ring. (Youcan and should learn Frost Strike from them). On the top level of the freighter are Part D andanother Part B -- you'll need to rotate the camera tosee one of them. Then descend the ladder to the bottomof the freighter. Search the floor for parts D, G, H,E, and two Cs. You'll have to rotate the camera tosee most of them. Also, in the upper-right corner ofthe floor is a well-hidden chest (it's behind somecrates) holding the Robe of Wind. Now use the levers to raise and lower the girdersuntil they are lined up with the crates. Ascend a leveland cross the girders to find parts A, C, and F. Toget one of the parts, you'll have to lower the furthestgirder a level and walk across the lower level of crates. Once you have all the parts, leave Steel Beach andgo back to the Dock. Enter the ship and descend to theengine room. You'll be asked to hand over the parts.Give Momo all the parts; she won't want some of them,but giving them to her does no harm. After you've givenher all the parts, hit Triangle. Momo will fix up theengine and you'll set sail. Talk to everybody on theship. When you finish, the Black Ship will appear,but leaves you alone... for now. Then you arrive backin Rhapala.%%%SHISU%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Back at Rhapala, Zig will show up and demand to beallowed to pilot your ship. You then gain control ofthe ship! The ship takes a bit of getting used to --you use left and right to turn the ship, up to moveforward, and down to back up. Circle activates atemporary speed boost. You can also hit Start whilesailing to camp on board the ship. Sail up to the Outer Sea (the dark blue area). Whenyou get there, Zig will ask you if you're sure you wantto go there and tell you to talk to the rest of theparty. Go around the ship and talk to them all, thengo back to Zig. Zig will attempt to sail out into theOuter Sea, but he can't get by the waves. He thentells you about the Legendary Mariner, and suggestsyou go to Parch to find out about it. Back in control of the ship, sail northwest fromRhapala to get to Parch (the small village on the shore,surrounded by cliffs) and hit X to enter. At Parch,make a beeline for the shop (straight ahead). Herethere's a lot of new equipment. Unless you have alot of money, though, I wouldn't recommend it, asthere is another town with even better stuff comingup soon. The item shop also sells better fishingbait, which you might want to take to the fishing spotsnear Steel Beach. Finally, there's a Coin in thedresser in the back of the building. Go up and talk to the mayor. He's in a bad moodbecause he's gotten sick of fish. Yes, folks, it's timefor that old BOF standby, the cooking sequence. Andfor this, you're going to need the help of the one,the only... Cheap Cheap the Cooking Chicken! No,actually, you need to make shisu. It's time to head all the way back to the MaekyssGorge in Central Wyndia. While you're in Central Wyndia,you can go back into Wyndia (the town) again. Theonly real reason to do this is to continue the hide-and-seek game. Once you've found all four people (seethe section "Veggie Tales: The Sequel" to find out wherethey are), go talk to them at Wyndia. They'll eachbecome Masters... yes, they're four different masters.It's four, four, four masters in one! At the Maekyss Gorge, head down under the bridge(where you found the Frost Gene) and go in the house.Talk to the frog's wife and she'll tell you how tomake shisu -- you need mackerel, shaly seeds, vinegar,and horseradish. You should already have thehorseradish (from Ogre Pass). The Shaly Seeds areeasy to get; just put Peco in the party and have himheadbutt the tree behind the cabin. Keep doing thisuntil you have 99 shalys. To get the Mackerel, head to the fishing spot thathas appeared near the bridge (it doesn't appear untilyou've asked where to find the mackerel). Just catcha mackerel (they're the fish in the deep water) andthat's that. Frog-type bait works best. The final ingredient, and the one that requiresthe most work, is the vinegar. Put Garr in your partyand go to the Coffee Shop east of Wyndia. Talk tothe wellkeeper with Garr in the lead and he'll explainwhat to do... except his directions are totally wrong.Ignore what he says; here's what you're REALLY supposedto do: Press Triangle rapidly until you hear a splashingsound. Keep track of the number of times you press,and be sure to release the button fully before you tapagain, or the game might count it as only one tap andthrow off your count. After you hear the splash,alternate left and right on the control pad until thesplashing sounds STOP. Then press X rapidly, the samenumber of times you hit Triangle. Wait a moment, andthen you'll win. The wellkeeper will give you someVinegar. Note that if you want more Vinegar (you canuse it to cure your status), you can talk to thewellkeeper and play the game again. You may want todo this twice to make sure you have enough vinegar. Take all the ingredients back to the house at theMaekyss Gorge and talk to the woman. She'll explainhow to make the shisu. You now have to return toParch to actually make the shisu (this threw me atfirst, too). But before you do, there's somethingelse you can do, while we're on the cooking theme. Use the transporter in Durandal's hut to warpinto Wyndia Castle, then go up and talk to Hachiothe cat chef (as seen in BOF2). He'll join you as amaster if you bring him four ingredients: Beef Jerky,a Swallow Eye, an Angler, and a Martian Squid. BeefJerky you get by killing certain enemies; you'reprobably carrying some. You may or may not have aSwallow Eye (I told you to keep one earlier); if not,just come back when you get one. As for the Anglerand Martian Squid, they're just fish you can catch.See the Fishing section for info on where to catchthem. Back at Parch, go into the mayor's house and talkto the old guy in the front room to begin the cookingsequence. Yes, it's time for another bonus game.On the list of items, select your Mackerel. Thenadd Shaly Seeds until the ball of seeds is a littlebigger than the piece of mackerel. Count how manyseeds you add, then divide than by 4 and add that muchvinegar. Then add all three horseradishes. Obviously,your recipe is going to vary based on how big yourmackerel was, but in my game I had:Mackerel: 58 cm. Shaly Seeds: 17Vinegar: 4 Horseradish: 3 Once you've added all four ingredients, click onKnead (Knd) once or twice. Then hit end and Ryu willgive the shisu to the mayor. He'll eat it and decide helikes fish again (assuming you did everything right).He then gives you a Sea Chart and tells you to go therocks to the east. Before you leave, talk to the oldguy again and he'll give you a prize based on how goodyour shisu was. (I got a Wisdom Seed)%%%THE BLACK SHIP%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Before you continue, I strongly recommend that yougo back and chat with all your Masters to collect anynew abilities. You won't be seeing them for a while,so you'll want to get as much as you can now. Take your ship over to the point where Bow's houseis. Sail between the two rocks there and a ? will popup. Enter. It's time for another bonus game. (What'swith all these bonus games all in a row?). Here, you have to race to the Legendary Mariner'shouse before the tides sweep you away. Don't go tothe house, though. First, there's three chests sittingaround you'll want to pick up. You only have time topick up one chest per run, but that's okay. The firstand easiest chest is up and to the right from where youstart. Just get up next to it, point the nose of yourship at it, and hit X to open it -- it has a HeavyDagger. Let time run out, then enter again and go forthe chest in the loop at the far top. This is thehardest to get; use your turbos, but don't let yourengine power run down to nothing or you'll freeze fora moment. Adjust your sailing angle and keep movingat the normal speed when you're not using turbos, andkeep tapping the turbo button for short bursts of speed.Don't forget, the point of your ship has to be bumpingagain the chest to open it. When you do finally getit, you'll find Blizzard Mail inside. To get to the third and final chest, head up theleft fork from your starting point. Turn left and headsouth past the Legendary Mariner's house to the chest,which contains the Ice Shield. If you got the secondchest, you should be able to get this one. Aftergetting all three chests (or giving up ^_^), go to theLegendary Mariner's house on your next run. The Legendary Mariner, Kukuys, and his parrotDuan will greet you. Kukuys, however, tells you thathe's not really the Legendary Mariner and isn't even asailor. He just stowed away on... the Black Ship.Yes, folks, it's time for the obligatory ghost shipdungeon. You'll automatically return to your ship. Momowill try to use her cannon to stop the Black Ship, butwinds up nearly sinking your ship. Zig asks you to(once again) talk to the rest of your party. Go upon desk and talk to Momo, then go back and talk toZig again. You decide to ram the Black Ship, andit's time for (wait for it)... another bonus game! This time around, you're trying to ram the BlackShip. It's really easy. Just sail around the MiddleSea until you find the Black Ship, then use yourturbo and ram it from behind (the lower side). Justkeep trying 'til you hit it. You now need to create a party to board the ship.You'll need to use Momo; as for the other character,you can choose anybody besides Nina (you don't wanttwo magic-users), but I recommend Rei as you have tofight the same annoying Bolt people on board. UseMomo's Quake to take them out. Be sure to equip thegear you found in the reefs outside Kukuys's house,and give the Momo the Dream Ring. If you need healing oryou want to save, just go back inside the ship and usethe diary. On board the Black Ship, enter the door on the left(the only place you can go) and go forward until youget to a room with a moving platform. Look at thecomputer and choose to run program 5. Board the platform.Get on and off at each stop until it goes up the chutein the back. Look at the computer near the door tofind the ID Card, then return to the platform. Ride itback down and back to the computer. This time, runprogram 3. It will take you to the middle hole anddescend. Look around here for the switch to turn thecrane on, then ride the platform back to the startingpoint. Return to the first door on the inside of theBlack Ship -- the crane room. Use the control panel tooperate the crane. Hold X to move the crane to theright and line up the red Xs with one of the gray crates,then release. Hold X to move the crane vertically overthe crate, then release it again. The crane will pickthe crate up and move it over to make part of a bridge.Repeat for the other two crates to make the whole bridge.Cross it and go through the small room. Cross thecrates to find a chest with the Flash Shells for Momo(blinds enemies), then go up the stairs. Flip the blue lever to make a bridge back to theentrance. Should you need to go back to your ship toget healed, do so. Then go up the stairs. Take the door in the lower-left and open the chestat the end of the passage for Skill Ink. Leave thatroom, go all the way down the hall, and up the stairs.Put your ID Card in the panel to activate the elevator.After riding the elevator up, go up the next set ofstairs to the control room. Put Momo in the lead andhave her examine the control panel. She'll start theship and send you down to check on the Boost Counter. Go back down the elevator to the hall with lotsof door. Take the upper-right one and examine theBoost Counter. Note the number that's on it. Aticking sound will start. Each tick is adding one tothe number that you saw -- keep track of the number!Go back up to the bridge and stand next to Momo, butdon't talk to her. Count the ticks until the numberhits 99, then talk to Momo just before the next tick.If you did it right, the ship will start. I thinkthe game's pretty lenient here. After the ship starts, sit back and watch thescenes, and listen to the cool music. After a while,an alarm will start to sound. Go up to the bridge(you can stop in Nina and Momo's room and check thecabinet for an Ammonia) and Momo will explain theproblem. You'll then have to make a party. PutMomo and Peco in your party, then go down to thehall that had the Skill Ink. The door is now open,so go through. Head to the lower-right corner of this room andgo through the door to the south. Open the chest forIvory Dice. Now loop around in the previous roomuntil you get to the ladder. Go up and ascend thestairs on the right. Loop around the outside of thisroom to get to a chest with a Soul Gem. Then takethe stairs at the top of the room and ascend the ladder.Go up the next ladder to the deck of the ship. Walk up onto the little ridge thing in the middleand head up and left. When you get to the bow of theship, two Ammonites will emerge from the water. Youhave to retreat to the center of the ship by pressingright on the direction pad repeatedly. Just don'tpress it when one of the Ammonites is in front of you.The farther back you get before you get caught lowersthe frequency with which the Ammonites use theirdevastating Tsunami attack (I think). The Ammonites can confuse you, so DON'T have Ryumorph or he might wind up killing the party. Have himcast Barrier on Momo, himself, and then Peco, thencast Shield. After that, have him attack or useVitamins to heal. Momo should cast Speed on all yourcharacters, then Might on everybody, using Vitaminswhen necessary. After she's boosted everybody, have herattack. Peco should just attack (or use SuperCombo if you have it). Obviously, you want to concentrateon one Ammonite at a time, but if Momo blinds one withher Flash Shells, have her attack the other one to blindit as well. The first few rounds are brutal, but ifyou can make it through there, it's smooth sailing (nopun intended). After defeating the Ammonites, you'll get a lotof experience. Go back down the ladder and the shipwill resume sailing.%%%A NEW WORLD%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% The Black Ship will arrive on the other side ofthe Outer Sea. Leave the long pier you're on and you'llbe in a robotic-themed town (Kombinat) filled with rejectsfrom The Jetsons. First, go the upper-right corner oftown and look for a robot hidden between some crates.Talk to it and you'll get a long list of nonsense options.Picking the right one presumably does something, butyou only get one chance, and since the options are justgibberish, I don't know what the right answer is. AllI can say is it's not the first choice (yes, that's theone I picked). Then head to the shop. Yes, this may be a completelydifferent culture on the other side of the ocean, notseen by your side of the world in eons, but they useuse the same currency as you! Makes sense to me! Thelacquel armor here is good, as are most of the weapons.Skip the Gale Javelin, though; the Beast Spear is muchstronger. The Beryl Rod is weaker then the Lightning Rodby a few points, but it's probably better as it raisesyour Intelligence. Be sure to get the AP Shells for Momo;they're much more powerful than her earlier weapons. After you're done shopping, leave town and headnortheast, onion in tow, to another Yggdrasil tree. HavePeco talk to it to find a little about the area in whichyou are, then grab the Trance Dragon Gene from beside thetree. If you want to go fishing, there's a fishing spotin the southeast corner of the port area, but the fishare all so far out to sea you can't catch much with yourpresent pole. Head to the Steel Grave -- it's to the right of theYggdrasil tree, on the cliff. This is a really annoyingdungeon. The Assassins can use Disembowel on you to takeyou down to 1 HP (you can learn that from them, though),the floating heads have a Timed Shot attack that doesabout 100 HP damage, and the robots are immune to everythingabout electricity (bring Rei and Nina for their lightningspells, and equip any lightning weapons you have). On theother hand, you do get lots of experience here. You mayneed to return to the inn several times to make it throughthe Grave. Luckily, the Steel Grave isn't very long. There's justtwo items to collect (UV Goggles and Speed Boots -- theboots are in a hidden chest in the bottom right corner),then take the exit in the upper-left corner. You'll beback on the map, with nowhere to go but the Colony.After camping, put Momo in your party and go there. This dungeon features the same annoying guys as thelast one, but they're mixed with wimpier enemies likeCodgers and Toxic Men. Make your way to the upper leftand collect the lovelily-named Failure Gene. This isanother one of those unknown-effect genes that seems tobe totally useless. Capcom must have been running outof gene ideas. After getting the Gene, use the doors to get to theright side of the map. You'll reach a ledge with a blueglass ceiling below. Jump down through the ceiling toa room with several mirrors. Have Momo read the panelto learn you need a key. Leave the room and head up tothe topmost door. Go inside and take the Key sitting onthe altar. Return to the mirror room and use the Keyon the control panel. You now have to align the mirrors to reflect thelaser. Just keep tweaking them until they work. Youneed to bounce the beam from the middle mirror, to theleft mirror, to the right mirror, then to the fuse.The mirror on the left does not need to be rotated.After activating the fuse, return to the altar andteleport. Follow Honey out of the dungeon. You'll wind up backin the crashed freighter in Steel Beach. Your partywill have a long discussion about the teleporters andGod. Afterwards, leave Steel Beach and go back toJunk Town or Faerie Village to get healed. Check inon your masters, then return to Steel Beach. It doesn't really matter what characters you usefor the upcoming dungeon. The enemies aren't particularlydifficult. The only real noteworthy ones are theReapers; as they are undead, you can damage them withheal spells (Rejuvenate or Vitalize kills them in onehit). Go back into the freighter and retrace your stepsuntil you get to an intersection. Head south into thedungeon proper. Go up the second set of stairs andkeep going until you come to a large square room withseveral switches. Pull the east lever, then go underthe girder that just rose to a door. Go down thestairs, collect the Hourglass from the chest, and returnto the lever room. Leaving the east lever down,throw the southern lever. Now walk under the southerngirder and through the door. Follow the path, acrossthe top of a girder, to a chest with a Lacquer Staff.The Thunder Rod is better than it; don't equip it (itis lighter, though). Return to the levers once again,and pull the north lever. Climb up the stairs inthe southwest corner and walk across the three girdersto the stairs up. Ascend. On the next floor, there's a hidden bag of 4000zenny in the lower-right corner. Then just ascend tothe next puzzle room. Here, you have to manuever thefloating platforms to reach the switch in the center.The platforms will move in the direction you're facingwhen you board them, and keep going until they hit awall or another platform. The easiest way to solve this puzzle is to think ofthe pit as a baseball diamond. Ride the platform near"home plate" up and left. It will run into anotherplatform. Get off, then ride the platform at second basedown and left. It will also collide with anotherplatform. Walk onto that platform and you'll ride intothird base. Get off that platform, then get back onfacing down and right, so you'll be at home plate.Keep riding counter-clockwise until you bump into aplatform. Walk off onto solid ground (not the otherplatform), then get back onto the platform you were justriding, but facing down and right. This will take youto the switch. Trigger it, then ride back and go throughthe door. Beyond the door, head up and level, then go rightand collect a Lacquer Shield. Ascend another level andgo out onto the balcony. Open the chest for a Barbarossa,a heavy sword you can buy in Junk Town. Go back indoorsand head left a room. Go down and get a Skill Ink, thenproceed left from the intersection until you come backoutside. Descend and enter the next door. From here, just keep going until you get to theantenna. Use the controls. You have to set the antennato a direction where there is no interference. You'llwant to point it to the northwest; when it's the rightplace you shouldn't hear any static at all. Nowgo all the way back down the tower to the teleport room(where you came in from the Colony). Use the controlpanel in the teleport room. You can now use the teleportaltars to warp almost anywhere on the world map! Amap of how to use the teleporters: RELAY POINT A <--------------------> RELAY POINT B (Antenna Tower) (Wyndia Castle) | | \ / | \ | | \ Dauna Yraall Durandal'sColony Dragnier Container Yard Hills Region Hut%%%DRAGNIER%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% After attending to any other business you have (ifyou're apprenticed to Emitai and haven't been checkingin on him because of his remote location, do so now),teleport to the Container Yard. All that you need todo here is grab the nearby Radiance gene and leave. Now teleport to Dragnier. Upon your arrival, you'llbe greeted by Griol. There will be a lot of dialogue,then you will be in control of Ryu. Search the cabinetsin the room for Skill Ink, then leave the house and Reiwill join. Head up to the top of town and talk to Garr.He will rejoin. Griol then shows up and tells you totalk to the Elder, who for some reason lives in thewell. First, leave Dragnier. You'll find yourself back onthe Lost Shore, east of the Colony. There's a faeriering nearby so you can check on the faeries. Changeyour party to Ryu, Nina, and Garr. Equip the Ring ofFire and Asbestos Armor (on different people). Also,equip Nina with the lightest staff you have. Go backinto Dragnier and look for the shop. Here, you canstock up on items (be sure you've got lots of ammonia)and buy the Damascus Sword and Armor. The sword canbe used by Ryu and Rei; the armor by Ryu, Rei, andGarr. You can also save the game at the Dragon Godstatue. (We haven't seen one of those since... like,the first dungeon?) To rest, just check the beds inthe tent with all the beds. Descend the ladder into the well. Follow the pathpast a familiar-looking mural to a hall with three rooms.Stop in the first room and search the cabinet for IvoryDice. Skip the second room (it has nothing in it), thengo into the third. When you enter the third room, Jonothe Elder will talk to you. He asks to talk to Garr.Put Garr in the lead and talk to him. They'll chat,until Jono gets mad at Garr for calling him "Elder One",and says he wants to talk to a girl. Now put Nina inthe lead and talk to him again. He'll tell you somemore, then want to talk to Ryu again (can't he make uphis mind?). This time, he'll want to challenge Ryu.Agree. You can't use your dragon powers in this battle, soRyu should begin by casting Shield, then Barrier oneach party member. After that, have him heal, orattack if he gets the chance. Garr should just attack.If Nina's been apprenticed to Emitai, she should havethe Magic Sword spell; use it if you've got it as it doesa lot of damage to Jono. If not, have her use othermagic. She should also attend to urgent healing needs,as she's the fastest. Jono's primary attack is Inferno,but he also cats Myollnir (super-strong lightning attackon one character) and Sirocco, which damages the wholeparty. If somebody dies, bring them back right away,and then re-cast Protect and Barrier. Jono has a lotof HP, but he'll go down sooner or later (and it's goingto be later). After you defeat him, you'll receive awhole lot of experience and the Infinity (aka Anfini orAgni) Gene. Leave the well, and you'll run into Griol again. Hetells you to talk to Horis, the guy near the gate. Gotalk to Horis and tell him you're ready to leave. Hegives you a rakda to take to the desert. Attend to anybusiness you need to (you can teleport out of town if needbe), then go north to the Factory. I recommend using Momoand Rei -- Momo is needed to get to a hidden chest. The Factory is an interesting dungeon, due to thefact that it contains some of the weirdest enemies thisside of Earthbound. First are the Hobgoblins, which,when commanded by the Goblin Bosses, attack and kill thebosses instead of you. The Hobgoblins, however, palein comparison to the Egg Gangs. Each single Egg Gangenemy consists of about seven tiny eggs wearing armoror robes. They possess the Ovum attack, which turns oneof your characters into -- get this -- an egg for therest of the fight. How weird is that? The best way tobeat them is to have Rei use his Weretiger transformation;he's immune to Ovum while a Weretiger. There's also theGold Eggs, a metal babble-like enemy that runs away beforeyou can kill it, but leaves huge amounts of money if you dokill it. The only "normal" here is the oddly-named PipeBomb.These guys have a high defense and explode after a few turns;either use magic on them or just run away. Explore the outside area of the factory and openthe chests for a Wisdom Seed, Skill Ink, and anotherArtemis's Cap. Then enter the factory through thedoor on the right side of the middle level. Go up thefirst set of stairs and grab the bag for an Ammonia(yippee). Descend again and go through the first door.Rotate the camera around and find a hidden set of stairs.Go down here and open the chest for the Rockbreakerclaws for Peco. Back upstairs, follow the main path until you getto an intersection. Here, take the north path to a crackedwall. Use Momo's cannon to break through and get theAries Spear -- it's light and doesn't sap Garr's HP, butit's not nearly as strong as the Beast Spear. Returnto the intersection and go east. Ascend the stairs. Go up the next set of stairs and take the dooroutside for a Fish-head, then go back inside and descendagain. Go in and out of the door, then flip the switch(going in and out was to ensure that your characterswould not be hit by the laser). Go back through the doorand you'll reach a room with a bunch of electricity onthe floor. Throw the blue lever near you to drop thebrown block, then run to the second blue lever (don'tstep on the electricity!). Flip it, then run the longaway around back to the first and hit it again. Runto the stairs. Heal any damage you might have taken from theelectricity, then continue into the next room. Takethe first door you come through and walk between thewalls to get a Sage's Frock. Then take the seconddoor in the previous room (the third just leads backto the entrance). Go right, throw the switch, andclimb up the ladder to the dais. Use the computer. You have to control the robot by walking aroundaround the dais, and move it to the three switches.When you get in front of a switch, press Triangle toflip it. The trick is to trap the robot behind thecrates so that you can move back across the dais(getting more space to move) without making the robotmove. It's kind of like using a mousepad. Torestart, just use the computer again. After flipping all three switches, descend fromthe dais and go up the ladder on the left (past thedoor where you came into the room). Descend the nextladder you come to, flip the switch, and open thechest for the Homing Bombs for Momo. They're moreaccurate than her other weapons, but they're alsoweak -- don't use them. Go back up the ladder andkeep going past the next door to a chest with anHourglass. Then take the door and ascend all thestairs until you get to the factory exit.%%%JUST DESERTS%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% You'll be back on the map. Take a few steps forwardand you'll arrive at the desert. Horis has somehowmagically appeared here; talk to him and choose allthe options to learn how to get through the desert.Then examine the jug to his right to get some water(do NOT miss getting the water or you'll be sorry).Use the diary to rest, save, and change your charactersif you want. I recommend using Rei and Garr for theupcoming area. Everybody seems to hate this level, but I thoughtit was cool. Basically, you have to navigate throughthe desert using the stars. You can turn in increments;there are 16 increments in a full circle, but you'llusually just be walking straight ahead. If you take astep in the wrong direction, turn 8 clicks around (soyou're facing the other way) and step that way. Every so often, you'll get a message saying you needto drink water. Take 20 careful steps forward, thengo to your item screen and use your Water Jug ONCE.Then continue. Also, you only want to move during thenight. When it starts to become day, keep goinguntil you get a message that the sun has risen, thencamp. Rest, then continue. Also, should you somehowrun out of water (which is hard to do) or get lost,camp and use your rakda to return to Horis's camp. Finally, you'll occasionally be sucked into a !area. Press Start and use the hand-camera (bet youforgot about that!) to look around for the item bag.Grab it, then just run out of the area. The enemiesyou fight here include Zards (easy - they don't doanything), big volcano-type enemies (use Jump againstthem), Scorpions (only harmed by edged weapons --Ryu's sword, and Garr's spear), and Cacti. The Catci areannoying; they never attack, but counter all your attacks.Use magic or Super Combo against them, if possible.Also, most of the enemies here are weak against Frost,so a good tactic is to have Ryu use the Frost geneto transform and use Frost Breath. It's cheap, buteffective. Now for the actual navigation. You want to startout heading north -- that means you should be directlyfacing the North Star. The North Star is the redstar high in the sky. Don't confuse it with the FalseNorth Star, the purple star to the east of the NorthStar (they're easy to tell apart; the North Star isalways to the left of the False North Star). While walking north, occasionally stop and turnfour clicks left to check on the position of the EveningStar (the blinking blue star). Keep going north untilthe Evening Star is due west -- this means that youwhen turn four taps to the left, the Evening Star willbe directly over Ryu's head. At this point, turn 8clicks around from the Evening Star, so you're facingeast (the False North Star should be visible on theedge of the screen). Now begin walking east. Keep pausing to check the Evening Star (8 turnsin either direction) -- it will be gradually descendingtowards the horizon as you walk east. When you can nolonger see the star, stop. Now just go north. Afterthree full days of going north, you'll cut to a scenein which the party tries to climb a hill, which ofcourse turns out to be a monster. You then have tofight a mammoth (what's a mammoth doing out in thedesert?) This guy is really tough. First, have Ryu castShield on the party. Then have him transform with theInfinity and Failure genes to get a controllableKaiser. Use Bonebreak once, then use regular attacksuntil you de-transform. Peco should use Super Combo,and Garr should attack. While Ryu is Kaisered, putPeco in charge of healing. Don't heal Ryu; if he runsout of HP, he'll just return to normal. After Ryuloses his transformation, have him do the healing. Onthe rare occasion that he has a chance, attack withJump. The Manmo hits really hard, and can counter yourattacks. It also will start casting Quake partwaythrough the battle. When it does, you may just want tolet Garr die -- if you only have two characters alive,the Manmo won't cast Quake nearly as much. After (if) you defeat the Manmo, you'll get a lotof experience. You'll then automatically go back toyour camp, where Nina has collapsed from heatexhaustion. Go outside and talk to Rei, then walkleft to find the rakda. Hit it with your sword tokill it and get the Rakda Meat. Take it inside. Thegame will take over as you head to the oasis. When you're back in control, explore the oasistown. There's an inn, an item shop that also sells afew accessories, and the woman on the dock will refillyour water supply. In the item shop building is aguy who tells you some info about where to find someitems in the desert. The only problem is that nobodyhas ever actually found the items, so skip it.%%%CAER XHAN%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Go up the hill in the oasis town and you'll be ona new map, of the Desert Area. Save your game, and putGarr in the party. Go northeast to the small building(*not* Caer Xhan) and enter. You're back in theContainer Yard. If you encounter any Archmages orBerserks here, RUN -- they're really tough. Enter thebuilding and put Garr in the lead. Push against the crateand hold Triangle. Garr will smash it, allowing you toclimb up the ladder and use the teleporter. At this point, you'll want to go back and check upon all your masters, and pay a visit to the faeries.Then teleport back to the Container Yard. Go up toCaer Xhan, a modern-looking (but abandoned) city.Enter the first building on the right. The front doorcontains an item shop, and the rear door is the weaponshop (the middle door has nothing). You can buy somereally powerful equipment in the weapon store, includingthe Seeking Sword for Ryu, new claws for Peco, and theAtomic Bomb (!) for Momo. Buy all you can. Proceed to the upper-right building and enter. Godown all the stairs. Avoid the square area in thecenter and descend the stairs in the lower-left. Gothrough the door and flip the switch. Leave the roomand the infrared beams will now be visible. Avoidingthem, grab the chest in the center for Moon Tears, thenascend the stairs. Work your way past more of thebeams and go up the stairs. You'll be back out in thecity. Use the computer and turn on the shuttle. Leavethe room and hop down onto the lower level. Enter thenearby door. Use the computer to open the gates, thenascend and head outside. Step on the lift. You willbe transported up to the orbital station Myria. The door straight ahead is locked, so take a rightturn and go down the stairs. The enemies in this firstpart of Myria include DeathBots (pretty tough; you cansteal Damascus Mail from them), Nitemares (undead; useheal spells on them), Adepts (wimpy), and Armor (attackthem until their armor breaks; then you can't hurtthem). Go right. When you reach the elevator, go southand take the door outside. Open the chest for the GasShells for Momo. They confuse enemies, but have a weakattack power. Stick with the AP Shells or Atomic Bomb.Go back inside and go right to another door leadingoutside. Rotate the camera here to reveal a bag witha Life Shard at the end of the second fork. Return tothe elevator and head north. You'll come to a lever;flip it to activate the elevator. Use the control panel and choose to the go to theArrival Platform, where you'll find a Wisdom Fruit.Then go to the Maintenance Deck. Take the otherelevator down. Go west, north, and then east. Goup the stairs and flip both switches. Head back downand go west, passing the two doors (they're locked).Go north and take the first door you come to. There'ssome money and Napalm in the cabinets, and in theback of the room are beds and a diary. The diarygives you all the functions of a camp diary -- youcan change party members, use Skill Ink, etc. After resting, leave the room and continue north.You'll reach a room with some bookcases. Search themfor money, then go south to return to the outside.Head to the lower-right of this area to reach whatlooks like an abandonded bar. Search the shelfbehind the bar for a Life Shard. West of the bararea, you'll find a glass passage with a door on thewest side. Enter and take the exit inside the passage.You'll be back at the front of the Myria. Now wouldbe a good time to leave, get new gear in Caer Xhan,rest, and save. Trust me, you'll want to save, becausethe enemies in the next section of dungeon arebrutal. Also, if you don't have Rei in your party,put him in -- you'll need him. Back on the Myria, take the front door into theglass passage, then head to the upper-right of the largeoutdoor area. Go up the stairs and continue to a door.Inside, ride the moving walkway to the end of the room.Now walk back down the left side of the room (to theleft of the walkways). Rotate the camera and you'llfind a bag with a nice 10,000 zenny. Take the dooron the far wall to get to a chest with the Holy Robe,good armor for Momo (the Wind Robe is better for Nina).Now take the upper-left exit from the walkway roomto a nice green heal room. This heal room fills up yourHP and AP, and also recovers your maximum HP. You'll beseeing a lot of this room... Past the heal room is where things get nasty. Themain enemies here are RedDrakes and IceDrakes -- theyalmost always come in pairs of one each. The RedDrakesuse Flame Breath, and the IceDrakes use Frost Breath.Combined, they can nearly wipe out the entire party inone round. The real problem is that one of the Breathswill do a lot of damage (150-ish), and the other won'tdo as much (about 30), but it's randomly determinedeach battle. There's no rhyme or reason to it, soyou just have to get lucky. Oh, and did I mentionthese guys have all a spell that confuses your wholeparty? Suffice to say, you should throw everythingyou've got at them -- most boss fights are easier thanthese guys. And don't be afraid to run back to thehealing room; that's what it's there for. The onlygood part about the Drakes is that they will occasionallydrop the Dragonfang, Peco's best weapon (you probablysteal it from them too). Anyway, head straight ahead from the healing roomto the last (4th) door. Inside, you'll see a Chimeratrapped in a gas chamber, guarding a keycard. Use thelever to turn off the gas. Search the shelves for aSwallow Eye, then go back to the healing room andfill up. Now go through the first door past the healingroom. You're supposed to use the terminal in thisroom and the two in the rooms beyond to turn all offall the electricity, but this is easier said than doneas it is a really complicated puzzle and there areno instructions, not to mention the constant Drakeattacks. My advice is to just enter the glass passagein the lower-right room and run through all theelectricity. Be sure to cure the poisoning afterwards.Go down the elevator. Once you've ridden the elevatoronce, the electricity is permanently turned off.Head down and take the passage outside. In the upper-left corner of the second "cubicle" is a well-hiddenchest with Skill Ink. After getting it, run back tothe heal room and get healed up again. The electricity is off now, so you can go straightto the elevator again and descend. This time, followthe path to the west until you get to another elevator.Go past it and rotate the camera to find some IvoryDice. Now board the elevator and ride it back to theground floor. Open the chest for the Slicer, Rei'sbest weapon. Equip it right away. Heal up, and gothrough the door to face the Chimera. The trick to beating the Chimera is to have twocharacters faster than it. Rei should be already, andby having him cast Speed on Ryu, Ryu should too. TheChimera will use Paralyzer to paralyze one character;have the fastest character use a Panacea to cure him/herwhile the other character attacks. So if Ryu getsparalyzed, Rei should use a Panacea and the othercharacter (in my case, Peco) attacks. If Rei getsparalzyed, Ryu heals. If #3 gets paralyzed, Rei shouldcure and Ryu attack. Besides Paralyzer, the Chimera has astrong physical attack, so have Ryu cast Shield 2 or 3times. It also can cast a few spells, which aren't thatmuch of a danger. Actually, as long as you know thetrick, this guy's a pushover. After defeating him, get Card Key B from the floor,then go down the elevator the Chimera was guarding. Openthe chest for the special HE Shells for Momo. Head downand right to a room with a locked door. Have Rei openit, then open the chests for the Dragon Shield and Helmfor Ryu, and the Giant Shield for Garr. Now go back outof Myria for another heal break. Put Momo and Rei in yourparty before continuing. Also, make sure that youhave a spare Dream Ring in your inventory.%%%REUNION%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Back on Myria, go through the front door. Takethe door in the far end of the main room and go backdown the stairs. You're now back where the bedroomand diary is. Head south and use Card Key B to openthe middle door and go inside. Here you'll find abunch of Honey look-alikes. If you talk to the solitaryone, you can learn about Navigators (Honey is one ofthem). If you try to take one, you won't be allowedto, as you already have one (Honey). There's actuallynothing to do here except grab the Demonsbane in thechest, a sword for Ryu that's not as good as theSeekingSword. Return to the main room (the one with the multi-colored floor) once again. This time, take the stairsin the upper-left to get to a door with a green spot.Beyond here, you'll fight plant enemies. Go up theescalator and you'll reach another heal room. Past theheal room, you'll find a door blocked by plants. EquipMomo with the HE Shells and have her shoot the plants.They'll dissolve; then you can go through the door. You're now in the really cool-looking courtyard.The main enemies here number only 3: Hopper, Plant42, andFoulWeed. Kill the Hoppers first; they have a powerfulAir Raid attack. Always attack the FoulWeeds last, asthey will sleep until you start attacking them. Youwill also occasionally see Wraiths or Goo Kings. Tobeat the Wraiths, use the same type of magic on themtwice to destroy their barrier for that element andthen to kill them (i.e., two thunder spells, two frostspells, etc.). As for the Goo Kings, just defend andthey'll run away. Do NOT steal from them or they willget mad and start casting Ragnarok. Switch Momo back to the Atomic Bomb (assuming youhave it) before continuing. Go straight ahead and takethe chest for Protein. Then loop around the right sideof the room until you get to the grass. Continue northand descend the first hill. Grab the Life Shard fromthe nearby chest, then cross the next hill. Go downand left to a spot where you can get back on thewalkway. Follow it to a locked door, which Rei canopen. It leads indoors to a laboratory. Search the cupboards here for Ginseng and WisdomFruit. Be careful not to step on any of the vines oryou'll get poisoned. Take the northern exit backoutside and head west. Don't miss the chest hiddenbehind the tree for a Silver Tiara. Equip it onMomo. When you reach some stairs, head south up thehill and onto the walkway. Go through the door (in theupper-left corner of the area) and open the chest in theback for the Dragon Spear. Leave the room, go back downthe hill, and ascend the metal stairs. From there,continue to a purple hallway (check out the lightinghere), which for some reason is filled with Eye Goos,the wimpiest enemy in the game. Huh? Anyway, justwalk to the elevator and use the control panel to goto Eden. In Eden, you'll fight mostly Wraiths, and theoccasional Goo King. Check three paragraphs above forthe strategy. Sometimes GooTitans will show up; theseguys are from way back on Ogre Road, so they're noproblem. Poke around for chests with Force Mailand a Soul Gem, then cross the bridge. You'll see a bird flying by, and follow it toan old acquitance. Your friend reveals that he is amember of the Brood as well. Through a series offlashbacks, he tries to convince Ryu that the Brood mustbe eradicated. You are then sucked inside Ryu's ownmind, which looks pretty spiffy. Believe it or not, there are enemies in here. Yes,for some reason, Ryu has giant weeds running aroundinside of his mind. Fortunately (since you only haveRyu), they're pretty easy to defeat. Just watch outfor the Mad Gongs' Charge. Walk northwest. You'll see a series of imagesof Nina, talking about her mother. Keep walking untilthe screen changes. Go forward and talk to the dragonstatue, then turn around and walk back the way you came.You'll appear back at the starting spot, but all thepillars have grown in size. Rei will talk for a while,then disappear. Use the Dragon God statue to heal andsave your game. If you want to quit, do so, as youwon't have another chance for a while. Go northwest again and you'll reach a dragon statuewith two plaques. Examine both plaques and talk tothe statue. Go down and left, towards the chest. You'llfall into a pit. Talk to the statue and tell it youdidn't want what's in the box, then go northeast and ridethe air vent out. You're now southwest from the savestatue. Return to the plaque statue and talk to itagain. Stand still and wait until Ryu starts his idleanimation. Then talk to the statue again and it willtell you to go ahead. Continue northwest past the statue. Momo will appearand talk briefly. Keep going to the next lighted circle(the second one past the statue), then go left one circle,and down one. Open the chest for an Hourglass. Do thesame for the right side for Gems. Then continue alongthe central path for more Momo dialogue. Walk into theair vent and you will be teleported into a crystallinearea. Things get a bit more challenging here; youfight more Mad Gongs and also Thanotoses (Thanoti?),who have strong magic. Jump works well on both, andice spells do lots of damage to the Mad Gongs. Go south and step on the yellow flower to teleport,then go east to where Garr is. After talking to you,he will disappear. Step on the nearby purple flower,then go up and right and hit the green one. You'llrun into Peco, who for some reason is now speakingnormally. After he disappears, step in the air vent.You'll talk to a mirror image of yourself. After hegoes away, fill up your HP and AP, equip the DreamRing (you did bring one, didn't you?), and go forward. Teepo will appear again and try to convince Ryu to givehis power to Myria. When Ryu refuses, Teepo turns intothe Arwan and attacks. Cast Protect three or four times,then just start Jumping away. Use items to heal, anddo not morph -- you want to save your AP. As long as youhave the Dream Ring, you won't have any trouble. Once youdefeat the Arwan, you will be teleported back into Eden,where you will have to make a party to fight Teepo. Ihigly recommend you use Rei. Teepo turns himself into thehuge Dragon Lord, and then you fight again. Ryu should cast Protect on the party, and use Barrieron each character. After that, have him use the Failureand Infinity genes to turn into the Kaiser. Hit Teepowith a Bonebreak, then attack until you revert. HaveRei steal from Teepo until you get the Dragon Blade, thenattack. As soon as you get the Blade, have Ryu equip it,so he can use it in the battle. Peco should use Super Combountil he runs out of AP, then attack. Momo should castMight on all your characters, then attack. Nina should usemagic, and Garr should just attack. Teepo has a bunchof elemental attacks, so equipping the various Rings willhelp. Use MultiVitamins (or Vitamins) to heal. Thisbattle goes on forever, but as long as you have a bigitem supply, it's not that difficult. Upon winning the battle, you receive a huge amount ofexperience (might want to use an Ivory Dice) and theDragon Armor. Teepo than buys the farm, leaving behindCard Key A. Yes, you went through this whole sequencejust to get a keycard. Take the card, equip the DragonArmor, take the elevator out of Eden, and get the heckoff Myria. Take a break, you've earned it.%%%FINAL BATTLE%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% You've probably gained an obscene number of levels(especially Ryu), so check up on all your Masters. Loadup on MultiVitamins, Panaceas, and Ammonia; the finalbattle is ahead (as you probably guessed from thechapter title). Then go back to (what else?) theorbital station Myria. If you want, you can go back down to where all theHoney robots were and use Card Key A to open theadjacent door. All you get is a Light Bangle, whichisn't exactly an all-powerful item (okay, it's reallycrummy), so there's no real need to do this. Where you *really* want to go is back to themain room with the various-colored tiles. Head tothe lower left and use Card Key A on the white panelon the wall to the open the door. Go through. The main enemies in this new section are theMist Man, a tougher version of the Armor that usesThunder Strike to paralyze you -- cure paralysisright away, and also try to learn this skill; andthe Vampires, which also paralyze you (with EvilEye). Oddly, they're not undead, so don't use healmagic on them. You can steal Burglar Garb, good(and light) armor for Rei, from the Vampires. Go straight ahead, past the first section. Turnright, then turn left as soon as you can. Continuestraight ahead, and turn left at the first turn.Keep going until you reach the door. When you gothrough here, the music will change. You're nowin a really annoying maze of former bosses thatsorta reminds of where you fight all the bosses atthe end of a Megaman game (hey, this *is* a Capcomgame). Fortunately, if you know what you're doing,you can get through here with only two fights, andstill get all the good treasure. Go all the way down the hall and enter thelast door. When you go in here, you will have tofight a bunch of chickens. Just use some groupattack spells and you can take them out in oneround. Continue east two rooms. Heal up, thengo through the next room, where you'll encounterthree Stallion clones, Samples 10, 11, and 12. This is a *real* boss, not like those chickenguys. Concentrate on attacking the black one(lightning) first, as he can do the most damage.After you kill him, attack the blue, and then thered. Having elemental rings equipped will helpbig time. Ryu needs to spend most of his timehealing; don't have him transform. Cast Barrieron everybody, but skip Shield as the Samples rarelyuse physical attacks. They have a ridiculous amountof HP, and there are three of them. Fortunately, theycan't do much damage by themselves. It's easy to getimpatient here, but play it defensively. If anybodydies, bring them and recast Barrier. After defeating all three Samples (whew!), goforward to a save room. Take the left door to abedroom where you can rest. There's also a chesthere with a Cupid's Lyre. Equip it on Momo. Takethe ladder going up from the save room. Head leftinto the little alley between the walls and grabthe Hourglass in the hidden bag. Then take theupper-right door for Moon Tears. After getting theMoon Tears, go back down to the save room. You'vejust completed this entire dungeon with only twofights! Save your game, then go down the ladderto the final area. This really isn't a dungeon; as only the firstscreen has any fights. Just follow the passage tothe elevator -- Honey will open the door for you.After you go down the elevator (this part lookscool), the passage will light up (so does this part).A ghost will appear and talk to you briefly. Nowjust follow the path until you get to a door. Gothrough to learn about chrysm, then keep goinguntil you reach a lift. Heal up, and step on. Itwill take you up to the platform. Ryu's "eye" willflash, and then Myria will appear After a lot of dialogue (which is a real pain togo through if you die on the upcoming fight), youwill be controlling Ryu. Talk to each of your partymembers, then stand directly in front of Myria andtalk to her again. She will ask if you want to giveup your power, or fight her. Obviously, choose togive up your power... just kidding! Choose to fightMyria and you will have to make a party. Put yourstrongest fighters in -- in my case, this was Peco,Rei, and Ryu. Choose your formation, and let thebattle begin. Myria uses Sanctuary frequently to dispel yourassist spells, so don't bother using them. Just startattacking with regular attacks and Super Combo. (Ifyou're using Nina, have her use magic). Do *not*have Ryu turn into a dragon -- you'll want to save hisAP for healing. Try to conserve AP, because this isa LONG battle... I tried to keep track of Myria's HP,but I lost count. Let's just say she has way over20,000 HP, and that it took me more than a hour todefeat her (I'm not even kidding). Myria's most powerful attack is Venom, whichblinds, confuses, and/or poisons your whole party.When this happens, have any non-confused characteruse Panaceas to cure the confused ones. Don't worrytoo much about the poison and blindness; if youkeep stopping to heal those, you'll never get anyhits in. If things get really bad, use a Moon Tearsto restore all your HP and cure your status. About halfway through the battle, Myria willstart casting the Holocaust spell. This will probablyrip you the first time, so you may have to use someMoon Tears. Then use a Wisdom Fruit to restore Ryu'sAP if he's out (he will be, unless you already useda Fruit). Since Myria can't cast Sanctuary anymore,have him use Barrier on each party member. Holocaustshould now only take off about 30, which is no bigdeal. Then start attacking again. When she's around three-fourths dead, Myria startscombining Holocaust and other magic with Venom. Justuse the same strategy and keep your HP up. If anycharacter dies, be sure to revive them and recastBarrier to protect them from Holocaust. If you keep attacking (and your item supply doesn'trun out), you will eventually defeat Myria. Youthen get to watch the lousy ending. Leave the gameon, though! After about a minute on the "Fin" screen,the screen will turn black and you will be asked if youwant to make a Clear Game save. This allows you tokeep playing the game with your characters as they wereat the end of the game. So make a Clear Game file! You can now use your Clear Game save to look forall the Masters and items you missed, collect all thefish, and do other stuff. Some other new things I'venoticed in Clear mode:- If you go back to Bow's house on the point near Junk Town, he has finally completed his fishing pole. However, you have to score enough points fishing before he'll give it to you.- If you set three faeries to the Music job in Faerie Village, the third one will offer to play Pure Again (the credits song) if you go talk to her.Tune in next time for the complete Master list (withall their abilities) and all the fishing info in version1.2 -- same BOF time, same BOF channel.*******************************************************V. SKILLS*******************************************************%%%MAGIC%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---Ryu--- CLASS LV AP EFFECTHeal Heal NA 4 Restores one ally's HPPurify Heal ? 4 Cures poison in one allyProtect Assist 6 2 Raises one ally's defenseRejuvenate Heal 10 7 Restores one ally's HPAccession Attack NA 0 Turn into dragon!Shield Assist 16 4 Raises party's defenseRaise Dead Heal ? 10 Revives dead character (may fail)Remedy Heal 20 7 Cures all status change / singleVitalize Heal ? 20 Restores party's HPBarrier Assist 26 4 Raises one ally's magic defenseRestore Heal 29 12 Restores one ally's HPResurrect Heal 31 20 Revives dead character w/ full HPVigor Heal 34 50 Restores party's HPBonebreak Attack 36 0 Physical attack / single (ability must recharge after use)---Rei---Pilfer Attack NA 0 Steal item, attackJolt Attack 9 3 Lightning attack / allLightning Attack NA 7 Lightning attack / allWeretiger Attack NA 0 Turn into weretiger, goes berserkSlow Assist NA 1 Lowers agility / singleSilence Assist NA 2 Causes silence / allSpeed Assist NA 2 Raises one ally's agilityDeath Attack 29 5 Instant death attack / single---Teepo---Flare Attack NA 3 Fire attack / singleFrost Attack ? 3 Ice attack / singleSimoon Attack 7 4 Fire and wind attack / single---Nina---Gust Attack NA 4 Wind attack / allFrost Attack NA 3 Ice attack / singleJolt Attack NA 4 Lightning attack / allSimoon Attack 7 4 Fire and wind attack / singleBlunt Assist 10 1 Lowers attack power / singleWeaken Assist 11 1 Lowers defense power / singleIceblast Attack 12 5 Ice attack / singleSlow Assist 13 1 Lowers agility / singleTyphoon Attack 15 7 Wind attack / allLightning Attack 16 7 Lightning attack / allDrain Heal 18 3 Drains HP / singleLeech Power Heal 23 0 Drains AP / single---Momo---Heal Heal NA 4 Restores one ally's HPPurify Heal NA 4 Cure poision in one allyIdentify Assist NA 0 See enemy statsForetell Assist NA 0 I have no idea what this does!Protect Assist NA 2 Raises one ally's defenseSilence Assist ? 2 Causes silence / allSleep Assist ? 3 Causes sleep / allQuake Attack 13 7 Earth attack / allConfuse Assist 14 2 Causes confusion / singleSpeed Assist 17 2 Raises one ally's agilityRejuvenate Heal 19 7 Restores one ally's HPMight Assist 20 4 Raises one ally's powerRemedy Heal 24 7 Cures all status changes / singleRaise Dead Heal ? 10 Revives dead character (may fail)Ragnarok Attack ? 12 Non-elemental attack / all (WEAK!)Vitalize Heal 33 20 Restores party's HPRestore Heal 36 12 Restores one ally's HP---Peco---Dream Breath Assist 10 3 Causes sleep / allVenom Breath Assist 17 3 Causes poison / allRejuvenate Heal 20 7 Restores one ally's HPPurify Heal 21 4 Cures poison in one allyIcebreath Attack 30 4 Ice attack / allFirebreath Attack 31 4 Fire attack / all---Garr---Pyrokinesis Attack NA 1 Fire attack / singleFlare Attack NA 2 Fire attack / singleFireblast Attack 14 5 Fire attack / allGambit Attack 21 0 Instant death attack / singleKyrie Attack 26 5 Kills undead / all%%%SKILLS%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% AP EFFECTAir Raid 3 Physical attack / target loses next turnBackhand 0 Physical attack / single / can't killBlind 0 Causes blindness / singleBlizzard 10 Ice attack / allDouble Blow 2 2 physical attacksEnlighten 2 Raises user's IntelligenceFeign Swing 0 No effectFocus 0 Build up attack power (up to 2x)Frost 3 Ice attack / singleFrost Strike 4 Ice attack / single / causes sleepInferno 10 Fire attack / allIntimidate 0 Cancels one target's actionJump 0 Physical attack / singleMagic Ball 2 Non-elemental attack / singleMeditation 0 Build up intelligence (up to 2x)Mind Flay 0 Physical attack / single / lowers intelligenceMind Sword 2 Non-elemental attack / singleMonopolize 0 User receives all EXP earned from fightRecall 2 Cast random spellResist 2 Become invulnerable for one roundRisky Blow 0 Instant death attack / singleSanctuary 5 Removes support magic effectsSirocco 12 Fire and wind attack / allSnap 0 Physical attack / single / lowers defenseSteal 0 Steal item from enemySuper Combo 12 Match buttons for repeated hitsTyphoon 7 Wind attack / allUnmotivate 0 Cancels enemy attacks%%%DRAGON POWERS%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%When Ryu uses Accession, his powers are determined intwo ways: by what class of dragon you are (Whelp,Dragon, etc.) and by what genes you're using. I'velisted the two types of abilities separately.Abilities marked with a + are only available whenyou're using the Eldritch gene, and ones with a *are only available as an adult.---Dragon Class Abilities--- FROM AP EFFECTWhelp Breath Whelp 0 Non-elemental attack / allBlind Whelp 0 Causes blind statusDragonBreath Dragon 0 Non-elemental attack / allSnap Dragon 0 Physical attack / lowers defenseMeteorStrike Behemoth 0 Non-elemental attack / allBlitz Behemoth 0 Physical attack / all / halves your HPCharge Behemoth 0 Physical attack / singleGambit Warrior 0 Instant death attack / singleAura Warrior 20 Holy attack / singleDragonBreath Pygmy 0 Non-elemental attack / allSnap Pygmy 0 Physical attack / lowers defenseMagma Breath Pygmy 0 Fire attack / allKaiserBreath Kaiser 0 Non-elemental attack / allBonebreak Kaiser 0 Physical attack / single (ability must recharge after use)Howling Kaiser 0 Physical attack / all / confusion---Gene Abilities--- FROM AP EFFECTFlame Breath Flame 0 Fire attack / allFlame Claw Flame 0 Fire attack / singleInferno Flame+ 10 Fire attack / allFrost Breath Frost 0 Ice attack / allFrost Claw Frost 0 Ice attack / singleBlizzard Frost+ 10 Ice attack / allThundrBreath Thunder 0 Thunder attack / allThunder Claw Thunder 0 Thunder attack / singleMyollnir Thunder+ 10 Thunder attack / singleShadowBreath Shadow 0 Instant death attack / allChlorine Shadow 0 Poison attack / singleDeath Shadow+ 5 Instant death attack / singleDivineBreath Radiance 0 Holy attack / allShining Claw Radiance 0 Holy attack / singleResurrect Radiance+ 20 Revives dead character w/ full HPFocus Force 0 Builds up attack powerCounter Defender 0 Get Reprisal on all attacksRemedy Eldritch 7 Cure all status changesRestore Eldritch* 12 Restores one ally's HPVitalize Eldritch* 20 Restores party's HP%%%FUSIONS%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%If you use the Fusion Gene, you turn into a special Hybridbased on the other two characters in your party (theother characters are not affected). It's kinda likeKarn's magic in BOF1, for those of you who played it.(I made up the names as there are no known official ones)---Fusions---Rei + Nina = TigerRei + Momo = TigerRei + Peco = Thorn OnionRei + Garr = TigerNina + Momo = ArmorDragonNina + Peco = Great BirdNina + Garr = Great BirdMomo + Peco = ArmorDragonMomo + Garr = nothing (Whelp)Peco + Garr = Thorn Onion---Fusion Abilities--- FROM AP EFFECTShadowwalk Tiger 8 Physical (?) attack / singleDragonBreath Tiger 0 Non-elemental attack / allTempest Tiger 0 Air attack / allDream Breath Thorn Onion 3 Causes sleep / allVenom Breath Thorn Onion 3 Causes poison / allDragonBreath Thorn Onion 0 Non-elemental attack / allGeo Breath Thorn Onion 0 Earth attack / allTyphoon Great Bird 7 Wind attack / allLightning Great Bird 7 Lightning attack / allInferno Great Bird 10 Fire attack / allBlizzard Great Bird 10 Ice attack / allTemptation Great Bird 0 Causes confusionSpeed ArmorDragon 2 Raises agility / singleProtect ArmorDragon 2 Raises defense / singleMight ArmorDragon 4 Raises attack / singleRestore ArmorDragon 12 Restores one ally's HPRemedy ArmorDragon 7 Cures condition / singleCombustion ArmorDragon 0 Flame and wind attack / all%%%FORMATIONS%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%NORMAL 1Start with. 3No special effect. 2DEFENSE 2Start with. 1Party's defense raised. 3ATTACK 3Start with. 1Front member's attack up. 2REFUGE 3Learned from Wynn. 1Recover 1 HP each turn. 2*******************************************************VI. ITEMS AND EQUIPMENT*******************************************************In the Used By column, the following letters stand forthe characters:R=Ryu E=Rei N=Nina M=Momo P=Peco G=Garr(Teepo uses the same stuff as Ryu)%%%WEAPONS%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ATK WGT USD PRICE NOTESBent Sword 2 5 RE 10Dagger 4 1 RE 50BallockKnife 6 1 RE 100Bronze Sword 8 2 RE 240Silver Knife 12 1 RE 1400 Holy damageBroad Sword 15 3 RE 600Scramasax 23 2 RE 1200Moon Sword 32 4 RE 2000ThievesKnife 36 1 E 3200 Raises steal rateFlare Sword 38 4 RE 3200 Fire damageClaymore 43 8 RE 2500FeatherSword 48 1 RE 5200 Wind damageAshurasSword 50 3 R 3600HiddenDagger 51 1 R 7000 Random instant deathBaselard 59 3 RE 6500Katzbalger 61 1 E 9200Heavy Dagger 67 2 RE 7500 Frost damageHeat Shotel 76 3 RE 9500 Fire damageBarbarossa 82 10 R 12000 Lightning damageSlicer 85 1 E 16000 Critical hit rate upPiercingEdge 91 4 RE 14500Demonsbane 99 7 R 15000 Extra damage against demonsDamascusSwd 105 4 R 16000SeekingSword 110 2 R 20000 Def+5, Int+5Dragon Blade 130 4 R -- Fire damageRoyal Sword 158 8 R ?? Lightning damagePointedStick 1 1 N 10Oaken Staff 6 1 N 50Mace 12 3 N 200Magician Rod 20 2 N 780 Raises IntelligenceQuarterStaff 28 4 N 1100Wind Cutter 34 3 N 2200 Wind damageRuby Scepter 43 3 N 3200 Fire damageLacquerStaff 50 3 N 5600Beryl Rod 61 4 N 7200 Raises IntelligenceThunder Rod 69 10 N 9500 Lightning damageBlessedStaff 73 3 N 11000 Immune to instant deathOuroboros 80 5 N 22000 Raises IntelligenceFlame Chrysm 50 1 M 500 Fire damageIce Chrysm 50 1 M 500 Ice damageAmmo 58 1 M 500ShotgunShell 78 1 M 2200Homing Bomb 78 1 M 7700 Hit rate upSleep Shells 80 1 M 2500 Causes sleepFlash Shells 96 1 M 5300 Causes blindnessGas Shells 118 1 M 13500 Causes confusionAP Shells 158 1 M 10000HE Shells 166 1 M --Atomic Bomb 198 1 M 16000Rippers 10 1 P 600Spiked Claws 18 1 P 1300Flame Talons 25 1 P 3300Tiger Claws 34 1 P 3800Raptor Claws 46 1 P 5800Rockbreaker 55 1 P 8200 Earth damageBrass Claws 64 1 P 11000Dragonfang 85 1 P 22000 Extra damage against dragonsSpear 16 2 G 750Long Spear 24 3 G 1000Halberd 33 4 G 2100Rood Spear 41 4 G 2900Flying Spear 50 2 G 5000Piercing Pike 62 4 G 7400Gale Javelin 68 4 G 9100Gigantess 78 12 G 8800Aries Spear 88 4 G 15500 Extra damage against demonsGunginir 99 10 G 22000 Hit rate upDragon Spear 110 6 G 19000 Extra damage against dragonsBeast Spear 150 15 G 20000 Drains user's HP%%%ARMOR%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% DEF WGT USD PRICE NOTESClothing 2 3 RENMG 50LeatherArmor 4 4 RENMG 180Waistcloth 5 3 All 210LeatherApron 6 4 NM 330Mage's Robes 9 3 NM 6100ManlyClothes 10 3 REG 1000 Infinite skill useBreastplate 16 4 REMPG 1000Lgt.Clothing 16 1 RENMG 2700AsbestosArmr 18 6 REMG 1600 Resists fireChain Cap 19 5 REMG 1100Crepe Cape 19 2 NMP 1300Scale Mail 21 6 REMG 1450MithrilArmor 26 6 REG 2100Silver Mail 32 6 REG 3900Robe of Wind 41 0 N 4500 Resists lightning, wind, earthAmber BPlate 45 4 All 6100BlizzardMail 51 8 REG 6800 Resists frostSage's Frock 53 3 NM 9300 Raises IntelligenceLacquerArmor 57 8 REG 8000DamascusMail 58 6 REG 11000Holy Robe 62 3 NM 16000Burglar Garb 64 0 E 19500 Agility + 5Force Armor 65 6 REMG 22000 Resists psionics (?)Royal Armor 72 8 REG 18000Dragon Armor 73 6 R 42000 Absorbs fireLife Armor 80 8 ?? ?? Regenerates HP like Peco%%%SHIELDS%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% DEF WGT USD PRICE NOTESBracers 1 0 All 30Cloth Shield 3 1 REPG 150Gauntlet 5 1 All 400Buckler 12 2 All 1100Protectors 16 1 All 11000 Immune to status changesMithrlShield 17 3 REPG 1600SteelGntlets 21 1 All 3000Kite Shield 28 3 RPG 4700SpikedGntlts 28 1 All 6800 Power + 5Ice Shield 28 3 REP 5800 Resists frostLaquerShield 33 3 RPG 6500Mind Shield 34 3 REMG 18000 Intelligence + 5DragonShield 42 3 R 32000 Absorbs fireGiantShield 45 5 G 15000%%%HELMETS%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% DEF WGT USD PRICE NOTESBandana 1 0 All 30Brass Helm 3 1 REMG 120Glass Domino 6 1 All 450Iron Helm 6 2 ?? ?Knight'sHelm 8 2 REG 720Mithril Helm 12 1 REMG 1100Gold Hairpin 14 0 NM 2200Laurel 15 0 NMP 1800Tiger's Cap 17 1 All 5300 Raises PowerPlatinumHelm 18 1 REG 2800UV Glasses 18 1 All 3600 Immune to blindnessLacquer Helm 21 2 REG 5500Sun Mask 22 1 REG 7200 Absorbs fireSilverTiara 23 1 NM 12500Dragon Helm 30 2 R 18000 Absorbs fire%%%ACCESSORIES%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% PRICE EFFECTArtemis' Cap 4000 Raises hit rateBalance Ring 1000 Immune to confusionBarrier Ring 3000 Raises defense vs. psionics (?)Bat Amulet 1000 Immune to blindnessBell Collar 10000 Raises encounter rateCupid's Lyre 15000 Restores HP as you walkDiamond Ring 3000 Immune to instant death attacksDream Ring 1000 Immune to sleepHawk's Ring 4000 Raises your surprise attack rateHigh Boots 3000 Defense + 5Holy Mantle 10000 Lowers encounter rateLife Sandals 500 Raises defense vs. status changesLight Bangle 3000 Raises defense vs. status changesLion's Belt 3000 Raises willpowerMidas Stone 3000 Win more zenny, Weight 10Ring of Fire 5000 Absorbs fireShaman'sRing ?? Reduces AP cost of spells by 25%Soul Gem 3000 Revives user when killed, breaksSpeed Boots 3000 Agility + 10Talisman 500 Immune to instant death attacksThunder Ring 5000 Absorbs lightningTitan Belt 3000 Power + 10Wisdom Ring 3000 Intelligence + 30%%%ITEMS%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% PRICE EFFECTVitamin 50 Restores 100 HPGreen Apple 4 Restores 20 HPBerries 4 Restores 5 HPHealing Herb 10 Restores 40 HPAntidote 12 Cures poisonBeef Jerky 50 Restores 100 HPVitamins 500 Restores 100 HP to partyJellyfish 10 Restores 1 HPRainbowTrout 160 Restores 5 APPanacea 100 Cures all status changesMultiVitamin 300 Restores HP completelyTrout 80 Restores 40 HPBread 20 Restores 20 HPWisdom Fruit 1000 Restores 100 APBass 100 Restores 80 HPBlowfish 80 Cures poison / allMoon Tears 1000 Restores party's HP and cures statusMandrake 100 Restores HP completelyMan-o'-War 10 Restores 1 HPFlying Fish 50 Restores 20 HPWisdom Seed 500 Restores 20 APSea Bass 100 Restores 80 HPSea Bream 160 Restores 5 APBlack Porgy 400 Restores 20 APHorseradish 0 Restores 5 HPBlack Bass 400 Restores 80 HP to partyRakda Meat 50 Restores 100 HPCroc Tear 5 Cures all status changes, may failAmmonia 200 Revives dead characterWeather Vane 200 Wind attack / allMolotov 10 Fire attack / singleEye Drops 20 Cures blindnessFirecracker 500 Fire attack / allTaser 200 Lighting attack / allIcicle 500 Ice attack / allGinseng 200 Raises Power in battleOctopus 300 Causes blindness / allIvory Dice 500 Doubles EXP earned from targetDynamite 200 Earth attack / allNapalm 800 Fire and wind attacks / allMartianSquid 200 Causes blindnessHourglass 500 Freezes everyone but user for 3 turnsPuffer 50 Fire attack / singleBelladonna 200 Instant death attack / singleFaerie Tiara -- Activates faerie ringsPower Food 200 Raises Power permanentlySwallow Eye 200 Raises Agility permanentlyMagic Shard 200 Raises Max AP permanentlyProtein 200 Raises Defense permanentlyMoxa 200 Raises Intelligence permanentlyLife Shard 200 Raises Max HP permanentlyFish-head 200 Raises Intelligence permanentlyWater Jug -- Use in desert when thirstySkill Ink 100 Transfer skill from notes to characterPart A -- Part of the ship enginePart B -- Part of the ship enginePart C -- Part of the ship enginePart D -- Part of the ship enginePart E -- Part of the ship enginePart F -- Part of the ship enginePart G -- Part of the ship enginePart H -- Part of the ship engineMackerel 200 Use to make shisu%%%FISHING GEAR%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% PRICE EFFECTWooden Rod 100 Lowest-level rodBamboo Rod -- Low-level rodDeluxe Rod -- Mid-level rodAngler Rod 2000 High-level rodWorm 20 Rank 1 worm-type baitSpirit 50 Rank 2 worm-type baitCaro 200 Rank 3 worm-type baitHeavy Caro 500 Best worm-type baitToad 20 Rank 1 frog-type baitBaby Frog 50 Rank 2 frog-type baitFrog 200 Rank 3 frog-type baitFat Frog 500 Best frog-type baitSinker 20 Rank 1 fish-type baitFloat 50 Rank 2 fish-type baitHanger 200 Rank 3 fish-type baitDeep Diver 500 Best fish-type baitOld Popper 20 Rank 1 popper-type baitPopper 50 Rank 2 popper-type baitTop 200 Rank 3 popper-type baitDogwalker 500 Best popper-type baitCoin 500 Bait for Manillo%%%VITAL ITEMS%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% USEWallet Give to guard at McNeil manorEgg ????Passport Need to get through CheckpointOld Passport Passport becomes this, can't useGuild Badge Need to enter LighthouseGuild Letter Need to enter volcanoMemo Diagram of items needed for ship repairSea Chart Needed to reach Kukuys's cabinID Card Needed to use elevator in Black ShipKey Activates portal in ColonyCard Key B Opens some doors on MyriaCard Key A Opens some doors on Myria%%%ANTIQUES%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%Note: You get two different prices for your antiquesdepending on where you sell them. The Antique shop inFaerie Village gives you the "Antique" price. Allother shops give the Regular price. REGULAR ANTIQUEMarbles 5 500Plate 5 5Gems 200 200Flower Jewel ?? 5000Old Painting 60 6000Clay Vase 1 200Tea Cup 40 2000Beads ?? 3000???????????????Dragon Tear(I'm missing four antiques: three unknown ones and theDragon Tear. Anyone know where to find these?)*******************************************************VII. CHARTS*******************************************************%%%CHARACTER EVALUATIONS%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---RYU---Weapons: SwordsMagic Types: Dragon morphs, healing, defensive AssistAction Ability: Sword slash -- Cuts small shrubs. Sometimes you find 2-5 zenny.BIO: A young boy, last of The Brood, found orphaned byRei, who takes him in to join his and Teepo's gang.When Rei and Teepo go missing, Ryu sets off to findthem and in turn learns about his own heritage.EVALUATION: Well, since Ryu's the main character, youdon't really have a choice as to whether to use him ornot. That's okay, because he is really strong. Hefights well, has a good defense, and is fast. He alsohas healing magic, which is kind of a waste, because youreally want to save his AP for his powerful dragonmorhps, which allow him to use the most powerful attacksin the game.Attack: B Defense: B Magic: A Speed: B Overall: A---REI---Weapons: Sword, knivesMagic Types: Stealing, lightning, deathAction Ability: Lockpicking -- Unlocks locked doorsBIO: A half-tiger who lives in the Cedar Woods. Heand Teepo are thieves, mugging people who cross theYraall Road. When he finds Ryu in the woods, he bringshim back to his cabin to recruit him into the band.EVALUATION: Aside from Ryu, Rei is the best characterin the game. He's fast, hits pretty hard, and he'sextremely fast. His magic is strong as well -- hehas lightning magic, as well as the ability to stealitems from enemies. Against single enemies, hisWeretiger transformation works great as well (againstmultiple enemies, Rei may go berserk and attack you).His only real flaw is his weak defense.Attack: B/A Defense: B Magic: B Speed: A (normal/morphed) Overall: A---TEEPO---Weapons: SwordsMagic Types: Attack magicAction Ability: Kick -- Shakes trees and bouldersBIO: An orphan taken in by Rei.EVALUATION: Teepo doesn't get an evaluation because youdon't have him for very long, and you have to use himwhile you have him. He's great for that short amount oftime, though -- he has a strong attack as well as usefulmagic.---NINA---Weapons: StavesMagic Types: Attack, offensive AssistAction Ability: Magic Wand -- Activates chrysm devicesBIO: The semi-rebellious Princess of Wyndia. She meetsRyu when he is held prisoner at Wyndia Castle, and decidesto help him escape.EVALUATION: Nina is a pretty sad character. Her magic isn'tbad, but isn't much better than Peco's or Rei's regularattacks. She'd be okay, actually, if it wasn't for hercomplete lack of anything resembling defense -- she usuallygets killed in one or two hits. Her magic can be usefulin certain locations, but over than that she's darn nearworthless. Every RPG has to have one of these, I suppose.Attack: F Defense: F Magic: D Speed: B Overall: F---MOMO---Weapons: BazookaMagic Types: Earth, assist, healingAction Ability: Cannon -- Breaks down weak wallsBIO: A mole scientist studying in eastern Wyndia. Herfather, Repsol, built the chrysm-enhanced crops plant.EVALUATION: Momo isn't as good as you'd think at first.Her attack, although strong, is extremely inaccurate andnot very useful, and she was a weak defense (almost as badas Nina's). Her healing magic can be okay, but she learnsnew spells slowly (she doesn't get Rejuvenate until level19). She is fast, though.Attack: C Defense: D Magic: C Speed: B Overall: C---PECO (PECOROS)---Weapons: ClawsMagic Types: Breath, healingAction Ability: Headbutt -- Used to roll rocks or shake trees. Talk to plants -- Talk to the Yggdrasil trees.BIO: A walking, sentient, onion, created by experimentsat the chrysm-enhanced crops plant. Sent with the partyby a mutant plant that did not want the experiments tobe repeated. Doesn't talk (at least not intelligably),but can communicate with plants.EVALUATION: Peco rocks! Besides being incredibly cute(he squeaks whenever he attacks), he's also the bestfighter in the game! Although he starts at level 1,he quickly grows in power, gaining a strong attack andludicrous amount of HP. He also regenerates some of hisHP each round of combat. Later on, he will learnhealing magic and elemental breath attacks. His onlydisadvantage is that he's slow, but he's still one ofthe best characters in the game.Attack: B Defense: A Magic: C Speed: D Overall: B---GARR (GARLAND)---Weapons: SpearsMagic Types: Fire, combat techniquesAction Ability: Push -- Push heavy objectsBIO: One of the ancient race of Guardians. At first,he does not question their mission, but after meetingRyu, begins to doubt the Guardian religion.EVALUATION: Well, if you put Garr in your party, you'reclearly going to use him for just one thing: fighting.He's the slowest character in the game, and he has almostno AP. But what Garr does do (fighting), he does well. Hehas a strong attack of any character, and he has lots ofHP. He just isn't as good as Peco, though.Attack: A Defense: B Magic: F Speed: F Overall: D%%%STOLEN ITEMS%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%Adept: Holy RobeAmalgam: Magic ShardArmor: ClaymoreCacti: Croc TearChimera: FirecrackerCinder: ProteinClone: VitaminDeathBot: Damascus MailDrak: Titan BeltElder: DynamiteEye Goo: Healing HerbFly Man: Flame SpearFoulWeed: Power FoodGntOrc: Titan BeltGoblin: Broken SwordGblnBoss: WaistclothGonghead: VitaminGoo King: Green AppleGooTitan: Life ShardHopper: Fat FrogMad Gong: GinsengMage Goo: Healing HerbMagmaite: NapalmManeater: PointedStickMultiBot: Silver MailMyria: NapalmNitemare: Hawk's RingNue: Power FoodPipeBomb: VitaminPooch: VitaminPuffOoze: Healing HerbRipper: BerriesSample 2: VitaminsSample 4: Ring of FireSample10: Life ShardSlasher: BerriesThanotos: ClothingToxicMan: Clay VaseVampire: Burglar GarbVileWeed: Rice Ball%%%ENEMY SKILLS%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%SKILL LEARNED FROMAir Raid Bomber, PipeBomb, HopperBlind Lizard, Tricker, GooTitanBurn Lava Man, TitanOoze, Goo KingDisembowel AssassinDouble Blow Nut Troop, GntCrab, Elder, Egg Gang, ScorpionFeign Swing ManmoFrostStrike Bolt, ArmorIntimidate HobgoblinJump Rocky, Roach, GntRoachMagic Ball Egg Gang, NitemareMeditation AdeptMind Flay SlasherMind Sword ArchMageRisky Blow ArmorSirocco MyriaSnap Pooch, Scylla, Charybdis, Dragnfly, Plant42Target AssassinThndrStrike Mist Man%%%DRAGON GENES%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%Gene: Flame AP: 5Located in: Wyndia Castle, after you gain dragon powersEffect: Use flame-related attacksReverse: FrostGene: Frost AP: 5Located in: Maekyss GorgeEffect: Use frost-related attacksReverse: FlameGene: Thunder AP: 5Located in: House in north Rhapala RegionEffect: Use thunder-related attacksGene: Shadow AP: 5Located in: Dauna Mine, after defeating Dragon ZombieEffect: Use shadow-related attacksReverse: RadianceGene: Radiance AP: 5Located in: Container YardEffect: Use holy-related attacksReverse: ShadowGene: Force AP: 8Located in: Underground laboratoryEffect: Enhances power, use attack abilities, become Warrior-class dragonGene: Defender AP: 8Located in: Mt. Boumore, after you dive down cliffEffect: Enhances defense, use defensive abilitiesGene: Eldritch AP: 8Located in: Lighthouse roofEffect: Enhances magic abilities, use heal spellsGene: Miracle AP: 13Located in: VolcanoEffect: Transform into Behemoth-class dragon with other party membersGene: Gross AP: 8Located in: Tidal CavesEffect: Makes other genes more effective (?)Gene: Thorn AP: 8Located in: Rocket crash siteEffect: Makes other genes more effective (?)Gene: Reverse AP: 3Located in: Forest southwest of Momo's towerEffect: Reverses effects of certain genesGene: Mutant AP: 3Located in: Steel BeachEffect: Acts as a random geneGene: ??? AP: 8Located in: Bow's house, on point near Junk Town DockEffect: When paired with Mutant, get Pygmy-class dragon.Gene: Trance AP: 8Located in: Yggdrasil tree near KombinatEffect: ???Gene: Failure AP: 1Located in: Ruined ColonyEffect: Use with Infinity gene to control Kaiser.Gene: Fusion AP: 13Located in: Dauna Mine, after defeating Dragon ZombieEffect: Change dragon types based on other membersGene: Infinity AP: 40Located in: Dragnier, after defeating GonoEffect: Transform into Kaiser. Will go berserk if not combined with Failure.%%%MASTERS%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%Note: Abilities marked (FORM) are actually new formations.When you receive them, they are added to your list ofbattle formations. See the Formations list underAbilities for info on them. Similary, abilities marked(ITEM) are items that you receive.A ... in the ability list means I have not yet receivedall the abilities from that Master.BUNYANWoodsman, Cedar WoodsHP+2, Pwr+2, Def+1 AP-2, Int-3ABILITIES: Risky Blow, Focus, Super ComboRECOMMENDED PUPIL: PecoMYGASJourneyman wizard, Yraall RegionAP+1, Int+2 Pwr-1, Def-1ABILITIES: Frost, Meditation, Magic Ball, TyphoonRECOMMENDED PUPIL: Any but Garr or PecoYGGDRASILSacred tree of wisdom, East WyndiaAP+1, Def+1, Int+2 HP-1, Pwr-2, weak against fireABILITIES: Sanctuary, Recall, BarrierRECOMMENDED PUPIL: PecoD'LONZOFemale cat burglar, Coffee ShopPwr+1, Agl+1, Accuracy HP-1, AP-2ABILITIES: Monopolize, Intimidate, StealRECOMMENDED PUPIL: Any but ReiFAHLBartender of Genmel, GenmelHP+4, Pwr+1, Def+3 Agl-3, Int-3ABILITIES: Charge, Counter, ResistRECOMMEND PUPIL: GarrDURANDALWanderer, Castle Wyndia areaABILITIES: Unmotivate, Feign Swing, BackhandRECOMMENDED PUPIL: AnyHONDARAPriest, Urkan TapaAP+1, Int+2, "Holy prop up" Pwr-2ABILITIES: Purify, ...REOCMMEND PUPIL: NinaEMITAIWizard adept, Dauna HillsAP+4, Int+4 Pwr-2, Def-2ABILITIES: Barrier, Mind Sword, EnlightenRECOMMENDED PUPIL: NinaDEISAncient sorceress, Cave of AgesAP+3, Pwr+1, Agl+1, Int+3 HP-3, Def-3ABILITIES: Inferno, Blizzard, Myollnir, Sirocco, CelerityRECOMMENDED PUPIL: RyuBAISElder quadruplet brother, WyndiaPwr+1ABILITIES: ...RECOMMENDED PUPIL: AnyLANGYounger quadruplet brother, WyndiaDef+1ABILITIES: Cupid's Lyre (ITEM)RECOMMENDED PUPIL: AnyLEEOlder quadruplet sister, WyndiaInt+1ABILITIES: ...RECOMMENDED PUPIL: AnyWYNNYounger quadruplet sister, WyndiaHP+1ABILITIES: Refuge (FORM)RECOMMENDED PUPIL: AnyLADONDivine king of dragons, DragnierPwr+2, Def+2, Agl+1, Int+2 HP-6, AP-6ABILITIES: ...RECOMMENDED PUPIL: Any but Nina%%%BOF SERIES NAMES%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%Because Square changed many names in the U.S. version ofBOF1, this results in some inconsistencies in the U.S.versions of the series. The proper names in all casesare the BOF3 names.BOF1 BOF2 BOF3>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Agni Anfini Infinity-- Baba BunyanBo -- GaryDrogen Dologany DragnierEmperor Sword Empire Sword Royal SwordGant Guntz --Gobi Maniro ManilloObelisk TownShip MyriaSpyre Skytower --Tyr -- MyriaWinlan Windia Wyndia-- Great Tree Yggdrasil*******************************************************VII. PLAYING THE GAME*******************************************************%%%EX TURNS%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%Equipping heavy weapons and armor lowers your agility(as determined by the item's Weight value). Agilitydetermines the order in which your characters gettheir turns (highest goes first), and it allows you toget EX Turns.If your agility is significantly higher than that ofthe enemies, you will earn EX Turns. EX Turns occurbetween rounds of combat -- your character's menu willjust pop up again and it will say "EX". EX Turns aresimply extra turns. Usually only one or two of yourcharacters will get an EX Turn, if you get one.%%%CAMPING%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%Press Start while on the main overworld map to camp.You have to be away from any visitable location to camp(you can tell when the "Camp" option lights up).While camping, you can talk to all your party members.If you go inside the tent and examine the diary, youcan rest, save, change party members, use Skill Ink,and view the list of Masters you've found.%%%MAXIMUM HP LOSS%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%If one of your characters loses all their HP in battle,one of two things will happen:a) The character will use "Guts" to return to life withone HP. This happens infrequently.b) The character is dead.After a battle, all dead characters come back to life(you can also use items or magic to revive them duringa battle), but their maximum HP is reduced -- this isdenoted by the max HP number turning yellow. If thecharacter is killed again, their maximum HP will bereduced again, and so on.The only way to recover your true maximum HP is to sleepat an inn. You cannot rest at your campsite or useitems to regain your max HP.%%%MASTERS%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%Masters are teachers that will increase your character'sstats and abilities. They're sort of like Espers inFF6.You'll find Masters in various places around the world.For info on the Masters' locations, see the Master Listunder Charts and Info. When you talk to a Master, youcan choose to apprentice under them (some Masters willrequire that you meet some other requirement). Anynumber of characters can be apprenticed to the sameMaster.When a character is apprenticed under a Master, theirstats develop in different ways at level up. Some Mastersraise your attack but lower your magic ability, whileothers might raise your AP, but lower your defense.Also, Masters will teach your character skills. Checkback with your Masters periodically. If an apprenticedcharacter has gained enough, they may learn a newSkill.When you have learned all the skills from a Master, astar will appear next to the Master's name on theMaster List (accessed from the diary while camping).You can still apprentice with the Master to boost yourstats, however.%%%SKILLS%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%Skills are just like spells, but you don't learn them bygoing up levels. Instead, you learn them in one of twoways:a) From Masters (see above).b) From enemiesTo learn Skills from enemies, use the Examine commandduring battle and choose an enemy to observe. If thatenemy uses a skill you can learn that round, the Examiningcharacter will learn it.Only one character can learn each Skill. To transfera Skill from one character to another, first go to theAbility screen and choose the option "Note". You canthen remove skills from the character, turning them intoSkill Notes. Make sure you really want to remove / movea skill before you do so.To transfer the Skill Notes to a character, you haveto camp. Then examine the diary inside the tent andchoose "Look at Skill Notes". You may transfer SkillNotes onto a character, but each transaction costs 1Skill Ink, and Skill Ink is hard to come by. So makesure you use it wisely.*******************************************************VIII. FISHING*******************************************************%%%FISHING SPOTS%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%For info on what items Manillo sells at each spot whereyou can catch him, refer to the Manillo's Shops listlater in this section.YRAALL REGION NORTHThere are lots of small fish swimming in the stream.Target fish: Jellyfish, Pirana, RainbowTroutYRAALL REGION SOUTHYou see a familiar shape amongst the fish...Target fish: Pirana, Puffer, Trout, ManilloCENTRAL WYNDIA NORTH - MT. MYRNEGSomething bizarre is swimming with the fish here...Target fish: Jellyfish, Bass, MartianSquidCENTRAL WYNDIA SOUTH - ARENAHangout of the River Gang.Target fish: Puffer, RainbowTrout, BassEASTERN WYNDIA WESTThere are lots of different fish gathered here.Target fish: Pirana, Trout, RainbowTrout, Bass, Black BassEASTERN WYNDIA EAST - TOWERA famous spot where everyone catches the "big ones".Target fish: Flying Fish, Blowfish, Black Porgy, Octopus, ManilloRHAPALA REGION NORTHThis is the best place to get fresh river fish!Target fish: Man-o'-War, Flying Fish, Sea BreamRHAPALA REGION SOUTHA beach famous for good fishing.Target fish: Man-o'-War, Flying Fish, Sea Bass, OctopusURZAN REGION SOUTHEASTArea famous for the "big ones"!Target fish: Sea Bream, Black Porgy, ????, ManilloDAUNA HILLS EASTThey say that some unusual fish live in the colderareas upstream...Target fish: ????, Bass, MartianSquidDAUNA HILLS WESTThe silence is almost tangible in this hushed place.Target fish: Pirana, Trout, RainbowTrout, ????, ManilloYRAALL REGION SOUTHWESTOne of the most popular fishing spots, just full ofbig fish.Target fish: Puffer, Trout, Black BassRHAPALA REGION SOUTHEAST - TIDAL CAVESFamous octopus fishing bed.Target fish: Octopus, ????, ????, ManilloURZAN REGION NORTH - DOCKThe best fish in the world are said to be here inthis bed...Target fish: Sea Bass, ????, ????URZAN REGION WEST - POINTTide pool formed by the Outer Sea and the Middle Sea.Target fish: Man-o'-War, Flying Fish, Blowfish, Sea Bream, Sea Bass, Black Porgy, Octopus, ????, ????, ????, ManilloCENTRAL WYNDIA CENTER - MAEKYSS RIVERTarget fish: Puffer, MartianSquid, MackerelLOST SHOREWhat kind of fish live in this unexplored land?Target fish: Man-o'-War, Flying Fish, ????, ????, Manillo [apparently the same ones - ed.]%%%FISH TYPES%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%#1 Jellyfish 80 ptsType of animal that floats and is easily caught.Average length: 20 cm.Bait: Worm#2 Pirana 105 ptsAggressively hunts in packs.Use: Restores HPAverage length: 30 cm.Bait: Worm#3 Puffer 180 pts.Like a blowfish but has no poison.Use: CombatAverage length: 35 cm.Bait: Popper#4 Trout 175 ptsRiver fish -- likes worms & small fish.Use: Restores HPAverage length: 50 cm.Bait: Worm#5 RainbowTrout 270 ptsRiver fish -- lives in deep water.Use: Restores APAverage length: 50 cm.Bait: Worm#7 Bass 360 pts.Strong fish -- goes for any lure.Use: Restores HPAverage length: 30 cm.Bait: Any#8 MartianSquid 360 pts.Lives in fresh water -- likes worms.Use: CombatAverage length: 60 cm.Bait: Worm#9 Black Bass 490 pts.Rarely-seen large-mouthed bass.Use: Restores HPAverage length: 65 cm.Bait: Popper (?)#11 Man-o'-War 90 pts.Large jellyfish. Not a good catch.Use: Restores HPAverage length: 20 cm.Bait: Worm#12 Flying Fish 150 pts.Small fish that lives in shallows.Use: Restores HPAverage length: 23 cm.Bait: Popper#13 Blowfish 140 pts.Aggressive fish -- goes for any lure.Use: Cure poisonAverage length: 15 cm.Bait: Any#14 Sea Bream 225 pts.Deep-water fish -- likes small fish.Use: Restores APAverage length: 30 cm.Bait: Popper#15 Sea Bass 250 pts.Large sea fish -- goes for any lure.Use: Restores HPAverage length: 45 cm.Bait: Any#16 Black Porgy 320 pts.Deep-water fish -- Difficult to catch.Use: Restores APAverage length: 45 cm.Bait: Popper#17 Octopus 300 pts.Deep-water fish -- tastes good fried. ^---- (Octopi aren't fish! - ed.)Use: CombatAverage length: 50 cm.Bait: Worm#23 Manillo 250 pts.Merchant who travels the world's seas.Average length: 150 cm.Bait: Coin%%%MANILLO'S SHOPS%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%YRAALL REGION SOUTHSilver Knife: RainbowTrout x2, Trout x2Iron Helm: Trout x1, Pirana x2Waistcloth: Trout x1, Puffer x1Spirit: Pirana x3Baby Frog: Pirana x3Popper: Puffer x2Float: Puffer x2Skill Ink: RainbowTrout x1, Trout x1Bell Collar: Angler x3, MartianSquid x3, Sea Bream x5Holy Mantle: Black Bass x3, Bass x9, Sea Bass x9EASTERN WYNDIA EAST - TOWERChain Cap: Bass x1, Blowfish x3Crepe Cape: Black Porgy x1, Flying Fish x4Spirit: Blowfish x3Baby Frog: Blowfish x3Popper: Flying Fish x2Float: Flying Fish x2Skill Ink: Octopus x2URZAN REGION SOUTHEASTWisdom Ring: Angler x1, Black Porgy x2, Sea Bream x2Lion's Belt: MartianSquid x2, Bass x2, Sea Bass x4Ginseng: MartianSquid x1, Octopus x2, Sea Bass x3Caro: Sea Bream x3Frog: Sea Bream x3Top: Octopus x2Hanger: Octopus x2Skill Ink: Black Porgy x1, Angler x1DAUNA HILLS WESTWisdom Ring: Black Bass x1, RainbowTrout x5, Trout x5Lion's Belt: Angler x1, RainbowTrout x9, Trout x9Ginseng: Bass x2, RainbowTrout x5, Trout x5Caro: RainbowTrout x2, Trout x3Frog: RainbowTrout x2, Trout x3Top: RainbowTrout x3, Trout x2Hanger: RainbowTrout x3, Trout x2Skill Ink: MartianSquid x2, RainbowTrout x1, Trout x1Katzbalger: Barandy x1, Black Bass x2, Red Catfish x1Laurel: Barandy x1, Black Bass x2, Bass x1RHAPALA REGION SOUTHEAST - TIDAL CAVESHawk's Ring: Black Bass x3, Bass x5Artemis' Cap: Black Bass x2, Angler x2, Sea Bream x5Speed Boots: Barandy x1, Black Bass x1, Devilfish x2Soul Gem: Barandy x1, Sea Bass x2Bell Collar: Devilfish x2, Angler x3, Sea Bream x3Holy Mantle: Black Bass x3, Bass x9, Sea Bass x9Skill Ink: Octopus x2, Devilfish x1URZAN REGION WEST - POINTDemonsbane: Spearfish x1, Black Bass x2Aries Spear: Spearfish x1, Sea Bass x9, Sea Bream x9Heavy Caro: Devilfish x1, MartianSquid x1, Octopus x2Fat Frog: Devilfish x1, MartianSquid x1, Octopus x2Dogwalker: Devilfish x1, MartianSquid x1, Octopus x2Deep Diver: Devilfish x1, MartianSquid x1, Octopus x2Skill Ink: Octopus x2, Devilfish x1LOST SHORERoyal Sword: Whale x1, Spearfish x3, Barandy x1Life Armor: Whale x1, Spearfish x1, Barnady x3Cupid's Lyre: Whale x1, Barandy x2, Red Catfish x5Shaman'sRing: Whale x1, Spearfish x3, Red Catfish x5Ivory Dice: Spearfish x1, Red Catfish x1, Mackerel x5Skill Ink: Spearfish x1, Devilfish x1%%%RANKS%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%I guessed a little on the points here, if anybodyknows the exact numbers, let me know.Novice: 0 pointsNovice+: 100 pointsNovice++: 200 pointsRodman: 600 pointsRodman+: 1000 pointsRodman++: 1500 pointsRodmaster: 2000 pointsRodmaster+: 3000 pointsRodmaster++: 4000 points%%%STRATEGY%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%- Always cast as far as possible.- Worms work as bait for most fish.- After you cast, moving the rod in a rhythm will attract fish. Or something like that.- When you catch a fish, you have to reel it in by positiong the green area over the fish and hitting X as fast as possible. Once you get a fish to the far left of the gauge, hold down to reel it in faster. Just be ready to slide the cursor over if the fish makes a sudden move.~BWalkthrough for "D" (AcclaimNation)____________________________________Gorgeous graphics, animation & sound, but very little game-play. Youhave 2 hours of real-time to solve the game & no save-games are allowed.The following will take you through the game but do stop off and look atthe scenery for additional visual effects -Entry room: turn around & experience vision. Turn around again & exitthrough door on far left. Climb stairs & enter room directly in front(door on left has graphic scene but no puzzle). Move to chest of drawers.Open drawer I and get paper. Move to fireplace & get key. Exit room andreturn to entry room. Turn right, forward, then left. Use paper on bowlsitting on table. Roman numerals IV & II appear. Return to room withdrawers. Open drawer IV, then drawer II & get wheelbrace.Descend stairs, turn left into room with barrel. Turn right & try towalk forward (animation of spikes - near miss). Turn left & usewheelbrace on barrel & spikes will slide back in place. Go forward &descend stairs to door with '78' written on it (locked). Return to entryroom & walk forward & use fireplace key to open locked door facing you.Enter room and turn left. Go forward (twice) and use machine to dial up'78' (difficult to stop dials at right place - persevere. Stop left dialat '9' & will turn to '7'; stop right dial at '1' & will turn to '8').The machine opens - get ring. Return to '78' door stopping off to look inmirror for a vision. Open door with ring.Descend stairs (animation scene from Indiana Jones complete with rollingball).Enter room and head towards picture of young girl. Look at it & seevision of 4 animals - deer at front. Walk around room & approach objecton table to left of exit door (locked). Turn object until deer pictureis directly to the front. Then open exit door.Enter room and move to door directly in front of you. Open it & enter.Move forwards & get yellow key from skeletal hand. Return to room withpicture of girl. Move around until you can approach desk. Open deskdrawer with yellow key & get book. Exit room to big room with busts &bookcase. Move around & approach bookcase. Put book in bookcase (openssecret stairway).Ascend stair & enter circular room with machine (CD No. 2)Turn wheel on machine 10 times. Turn around & descend stair to armorroom with pit. You are attacked by knight (watch bottom of screen forhighlighted arrow keys). Quickly turn left when arrow key is highlighted,then right (after highlight), then left again (another highlight), thenhit spacebar (last highlight). You push knight in pit & get sword. (If hepushes you in the pit, climb ladder & try to dodge again).Return to circular room & turn wheel 7 times. Turn around.Ascend stair, move forward, then left. Open locked door with sword.Climb stair & approach telescope. Turn right & turn telescope attachmentto symbol of bow & arrow. Turn left & look through telescope. Note colorof stars (Sagitarius - green). Turn right & adjust attachment to pair ofwavy lines. Turn right & use telescope again (Aquarius - light blue).Descend tower & exit. Turn right & approach Sagitarius statue, then pressgreen button. Approach Aquarius statue and press light-blue button. Seevision of rising chest on water from spiked pit.Return to circular room & turn wheel 10 times. Turn around & descendstairs. Turn left and open chest - get gun.Return to circular room. Turn wheel 3 times. Turn around and approachstained-glass window. Fire gun. Window breaks & animation scene of youclimbing tower & entering window.Turn around & walk forward. Turn right & look at wall (secret passageopens). (Can also go to end of corridor before entering secret passageto receive vision).Approach machine. Use switches & button to move red ball on left wheelto centre right of left wheel. Use switches & button to move right wheelonly to pick up red ball. Machine moves back opening up stairway.Ascend stair & confront your father. He tells you the family history.You have the blood of Dracula in your veins (hence 'D' ?) and as a childyou killed & ate your mother (yuk!!). Your Dad wants to eat your flesh &starts to change into a monster. Fire gun at him.Goodbye Dad (can you kill Vampires with bullets?). Cry over his deadbody while the credits roll. What happens to Laura now????The game ends with a suggestion to start all over to see missed scenes.I doubt too many players will bother - ted~BFADE TO BLACKLEVEL CODESO = CircleS = SquareT = TriangleX = XLEVEL 1: SOTXOSLEVEL 2: TOXOSXLEVEL 3: XOXOTXLEVEL 4: XSTOOTLEVEL 5: SSTXXTLEVEL 6: TXXXXCLEVEL 7: OOTXTXLEVEL 8: SSXTSSLEVEL 9: TXXTOTLEVEL 10: XTSOTXLEVEL 11: OSXXSXLEVEL 12: XTXSOXLEVEL 13: XXOTOTCHEATSIgnore all 'Invalid Code' messages when using them. First, you need to enter the...CHEAT ACTIVATION CODES,T,C,X,C,TNow leave the password screen and re-enter it. Enter any of these codes to producethe desired effect...PLAY ALL MOVIESS,X,C,T,C,XINFINITE SHIELD CODES,C,C,S,T,XINVINCIBILITY CODET,X,T,T,S,CLEVEL SELECTC,C,T,X,S,S~B====================================================================== FADE TO BLACK - PSX Mini-FAQ v1.1 (16 September 1996) == by Klaus Timmermann (mr-bean@cybernet.dk) == (Walkthrough by Bonehead) ======================================================================Introduction :=============== Does this exellent game give you trouble or do you just think the manual is pure crap ?... Well this Mini-FAQ might help you. The Mini-FAQ contains some info about how to control our hero Conrad and a few tips. The level passwords are also included together with a complete walkthrough. If you find any errors or have any additions to the Mini-FAQ please feel free to e-mail them to me. Enjoy...What's new :============ 1.1 : Cheats section added. Level 13 name changed to "The Escape".Legend :========= T : Triangle button. S : Square button. O : Circle button. X : X button. L1 : Left shoulder button 1. L2 : Left shoulder button 2. R1 : Right shoulder button 1. R2 : Right shoulder button 2. UP : Direction pad up/forward. DOWN : Direction pad down/backward. LEFT : Direction pad left. RIGHT : Direction pad right. SELECT : The select button. START : The start button.Controlling Conrad :===================== The description in the manual of how to control Conrad is vague to say the least. So I cooked up the chart below which describes how to control Conrad with the Expert 1 joypad configuration which I find the best. It takes a bit time to get used to, but it quickly becomes second nature. NOTE: The difference between Expert 1 and Expert 2 joypad config- urations are the O and X buttons only. NOTE: When using the Expert 1 and Expert 2 joypad configurations Conrad does NOT reload his gun automaticly regardless of the games difficult level. Controlling Conrad with Expert 1 joypad configuration : ------------------------------------------------------------------ Button(s) | Function in walk mode | Function in combat mode ------------------------------------------------------------------ UP | Walk forward | Leave combat mode DOWN | Duck | Duck LEFT | Turn left | Turn/aim left RIGHT | Turn right | Turn/aim right T | Jump | Leave combat mode S | Draw gun | Shoot O (*) | Use/activate | Leave combat mode X (*) | Run | Leave combat mode and run L1 | Reload gun | Reload gun L2 | Throw mine | R1 | | + UP | Small step forward | Step forward + DOWN | Step backward | Step backward + LEFT | Left step | Left step + RIGHT | Right step | Right step R2 | | + UP | Fast 180 degrees turn | Fast 180 degrees turn + DOWN | Look backwards | + LEFT | Look left | Fast look left + RIGHT | Look right | Fast look right | | SELECT | Inventory | Inventory START | Pause/menu | Pause/menu | | ------------------------------------------------------------------ (*) Functions for the O and X buttons are swapped when using the Expert 2 joypad configuration. Tips : - Configuration is saved with game. When loading a save game from the memorycard the configuration is used from here. You don't have to set the configurations manually when starting from a saved game. - Hold R1 while in combat mode. Only release it when turning or ducking to avoid enemy bullets. This ensures that Conrad don't stand up in a critical situation by accident. - Use R1+UP when in walk mode to position Conrad before jumping over electric floorplates, bouncing mines etc. - Use R2+LEFT and R2+RIGHT to look around corners without exposing Conrad to enemies and bullets. - Reloading gun (L1) while holding R2+DOWN down in combat mode will allow you to look behind Conrad. - Press LEFT or RIGHT when jumping (T) allows Conrad to jump around corners, electric floorplates, traps etc.Level passwords :================== The following passwords have all been tested on the PAL version of Fade To Black and they all work. The passwords should also work on the NTSC version. 1 The Prison : SOTXOS 2 Morph Base : TOXOSX 3 Mars Mining Facility : XOXOTX 4 Venus Space Station : XSTOOT 5 The Pyramid : SSTXXT 6 Landing Pad : TXXXXO 7 Underground (flying) : OOTXTX 8 Morph Mothership : SSXTSS 9 Earth Base: Command Room : TXXTOT 10 Earth Base: Dormitory : XTSOTX 11 Reactor Room : OSXXSX 12 The Master Brain : STXSOX 13 The Escape (flying) : XXOTOT (If you fail to save Sarah)Cheats :======== To enable the cheats below you must first do the following. - Enter the password : STOXOT - Ignore the "Invalid Code" message. - Now you can use the secrets below. FMV player : - Enter the password : SXOTOX - Now a FMV player appears which allows you to watch all the FMV sequences in the game... COOL ! Level select : - Enter the password : OOTXSS - Ignore the "Invalid Code" message. - Now start a new game as normal. - Hit the Start button during game. - Select "Resume" with the O-button. - Now you can select any level in the game. Unlimited shield : - Enter the password : SOOSTX - Ignore the "Invalid Code" message. - Now start a new game as normal. - Now you have unlimited shield. You can still die though. No-die mode: - Enter the password : TXTTSO - Ignore the "Invalid Code" message. - Now start a new game as normal. - Now you can't die. This mode can give some weird results like the collision to be disabled or the Use function not to work.Walkthrough:============ I found the following walkthrough for the PC version but it should work fine on the PlayStation version as well (I took the liberty to make some minor corrections though). Here we go... Level 1 - The Prison. --------------------- Get out of your cell, kill floating ball. In corridor step on the plate to open the door ahead, run before it closes. Step on the green plate. The green forcefield will deactivate and the security droid will move ahead. Wait until the droid passes the red plate and deactivates the red forcefield ahead of you, then run. Open the door, kill automatic turret on the right and duck. The Morph guard will come down to get you - kill him (2 bulletts). Step inside the teleport and use it. At the second floor recharge your shields, open the door with a red cross sign. Walk ahead and prepare to kill a giant spider that will drop down at you. He takes about 6 bulletts (don't forget to reload your gun in progress). Search the cupboard, get map scanner and hint. Read the hint. Use the console near there and exit to the corridor where you came from. Now drop down to the door with a spoon and fork sign - prepare to kill the Morph on your right. Go thru the door to the hall, open lockers, get mine and recharger, proceed further and kill Morph on left. Search the locker. Open door, there'll be a scared cook begging you to not to kill him. It's a shame that you can't kill this swine, 'cause as soon as you enter the fridge room (door on the left) he'll let the two Morphs on you. Kill them, use the code console. Make your way back to the starting corridor, prepare to kill one more Morph. (It'll be a good idea to recharge here). Go to the second corridor again (where the spider was) and go thru the door near the locker. Ignore the Morphs, you can't kill them all. Here do everything fast - use lever, run thru newly opened door and kill Morph inside. As soon as the door closes you'll be safe. Go left and prepare for an explosion. It's a good idea to use your portable recharger now. Push the red button, go ahead to another door, use console near there (I don't know if this is necessary, but it's fun). There's a Morph generator in there, so watch your back. Go thru the door. In hall kill Morph behind the bars. You may also shoot the half-dead human there, or you may leave him for some extra thrilling moments (but you were warned!). Search lockers, read the new message. Open door ahead - from here you'll be in the same corridor. Go thru the left door to the first corridor, kill Morph, go to new door (against the kitchen door). In small room be ready to kill the Morph as the door opens. In console room go thru left door, kill Morph, use code console. Go out and to the opposite door, kill Morph there, approach the left door slowly and it will open. Jump over the electric floor and kill two Morph guards. Use right teleporter, push button to turn off electric floor, kill Morph, get into the room with some funny "human" stuff (TVs, etc). Get key from locker, return all the way, use left teleporter, in hall go thru the big door behind the column, use console, exit thru the second door. Now the second teleporter in the corridor is active. Recharge here. Use 2nd teleporter, kill floating drones, use the console to activate the cartrack. Follow it thru the door (it opens for cartrack only). (If you fail to match it - open the door near the cartrack operating console and find the second console there to return the cartcrack to its place.) In small corridor push button, use nearest teleporter. Up there kill Morph, run thru the dark hall with 2 turretts on walls (they'll shoot, don't mention). Open door, ignore the console for now. Open next door, kill security droid. Run ahead the corridor and open the door at the end. This is the warden's office. Stand before the glass walls that go round his desk and use a bouncing mine to finish him. Be ready to kill a guard appearing behind you and get his key. Then open the locker in the office and get the hangar key. Get out, go to the room you came here thru, use the console, exit and run thru the hall with shooting turretts again. Use teleporter, in the same small corridor use teleporter on the right (it was inactive). As you land shoot the floating drones immediately, then go into the shuttle. Level 2 - Morph Base. --------------------- Read all the messages you receive - they contain some info about how to complete this part and what to do after what. In the new room recharge if needed and take the door to the right. Kill Morphs (they are different here, a bit harder and punky-colored) and go to door straight ahead. In first locker take explosive bulletts and change to use them (they're infinite, but twice more powerful that normal bulletts). Proceed all the way ahead until you find a room with a console and a recharger. Recharge (if needed) and use the console to access the cells. Proceed to go ahead, kill Morphs and droid guards until you find the door that you cannot open. From here return to the corridor and take the door near the one you visited. Jump between the mines, open door, kill Morphs, use farther console of the two. From here go back to the starting hall, kill guards if any. Open the far door and proceed ahead carefully - prepare to kill 2 spiders coming at you from each side! After you done it take the door to the left, then in small corridor turn left. Go thru opened door, step on the first floor switch, then on the second, then go one step back - this should desactivate both of the forcefields, red and green. Jump over the second switch now and take plasma bulletts from locker (for use later). Now return all the way back to that room with a door you could not open then - it should work for now. Turn around the corner - here's the professor you were looking for. (Also search the locker for heat-seeking bulletts. Pity they're not infinite). Use console to turn off the forcefield, go near the old man and move ahead slowly. From here you must only walk, not run, or the professor will not follow you. Open the second door in this room, not the one you came here thru, kill Morphs (if any). In the washing room turn left, kill guards again, open door in the end of the corridor and guide the old man to the teleporter slowly. As he leaves he gives you the data cube containing powerful computer virus to destroy the security net. With said cube return to the room with two consoles, but now use second. Select data cube in your inventory, step near it and press U. Now, RUN! Ignore all the flying balls, guards and creatures, just run to the same teleporter! Level 3 - Mars Mining Facility. ------------------------------- From the room you appeared at turn right and kill Morphs: they are more tougher now, and some of them are unarmed - they just run at you screaming "Die, human!" and try to slice you with their bladed hands. Blimmin' krewel. Okay, first of all clear the big green hall you are in now of Morphs. If you lose too much energy, the recharger is hidden behind the secret door just opposite the door you came out from. Then find a train of cartracks and push the button near there to activate one cartrack. Follow it everywhere - there are 4 doors that open for cartracks only. Kill everybody behind the doors, search all lockers to obtain a huge amount of keys to different sectors. Behind one of the doors there's a console, operate it. Also you should find a radiation shield and a recharger somewhere there. With the keys open all of the doors you can in the hall and find 3 pieces of some blue mineral called Risidium. It's simple, there are no monsters there, you must just switch a few floor switches and all. In one of the rooms with Risidium there's a spider hanging out behind the forcefield - kill him before you step on the floor switch, or he'll let loose on you. In the same room there's an another door - if you open it the sign "Radioactive area" starts to flash. Use your radioactive shield (it's nice to recharge before), then use 4 bouncing mines to kill the Morph miner hiding behind the right corner. Go to corridor and take the right door avoiding that nasty creature hanging on the wall - it has damn long claws. Open door, kill droids and Morph guard. Step on the floor panel and read the message given by the computer. From it you'll understand how to operate the drilling machine - just use Risidium on small slot on the machine's left side. It'll move, follow it. You'll have to recharge it a few times. As soon as the machine reaches the end of the corridor, the labaratory door will open and let it in - you must slip inside too. In this room you can discard that power-hungry radioactive shield. Search the locker straight ahead for station coordinates document. As you read it, you'll recieve a message from your friends - read it and you're teleported to the next level. Level 4 - Venus Space Station. ------------------------------ Don't bother killing that blue Morph - they appear always and always, better run to the door to your left for safety. In the corridor visit the door near the console - it's radiation everywhere, so kill those drones quickly and sneak to the right for safe room. Look right and kill the Morph who's mucking with the code console. Recharge, use console, get everything from the lockers. Go to the opposite side of the room, open door, in the hall ignore the first opening door on the right, but use the teleporter. Go ahead, then to the right thru door avoiding turret shots and the electric floor. In next room search the nearest to enter locker, ignore the second and sneak past the mine. Run thru the door and do not stop when the guards will run at you - instead step on the two floor swiches ahead of you, they'll activate forcefields which will kill the Morphs. Go right, thru two doors, sneak between the bouncing mines. Go to the far end of the room, search the locker for area scanner, kill two Morphs appearing at your back. Now return all the way to the teleporter and use it. From the same hall where teleporter is walk right to the curvy corridor ending with a door. There'll be two Morphs - one in front of you and one back - so be prepared. Open the door, ignore the "Radioactive room" line, it's just a fooling. From the very beginning of the room turn right into the small corridor near the red forcefield. Step on the floor switch, exit - the forcefield's gone. Go there, kill guards, search both lockers for two keys. Exit the way you came here thru. And now visit the big door on the right side of the hall. It's the door to that top deck part (or something like that, don't remember :) ) and it has a kind of bridge behind it. This is the most tricky part of the level - you must walk between the lasers that shoot thru that whole area. I can't help you much here, it's all a business of steps and jumps: watch the lasers, time carefully between shots and save at *every* single move. At the deck you may ignore the door on your right - there's a couple of grenades in there, but you'll have to deal with two Morphs. Stand before this strange stand, take your gun out and aim at the console on its right side. Shoot it twice - the force- field will die and you will release this thing that was hidden inside of the stand. (Jeez! It's a flying head! What a nice hairstyle! ) This, hmmm, thing will fly ahead to the left door, and as the door opens you must run inside the room. Kill the guards or ignore them - it's necessary for you to not to lose that flying head from your sight. Follow it up to the space shuttle - and the next level. Level 5 - The Pyramid. ---------------------- It's the hugest and hardest level of the game. Check everything twice you won't get into that "I-forgot-to-take-that-thing-and-now- I'll-have-to-return-all-the-way-and-lose-energy"-kind of problems. From the room you landed in run to the door on your right. Nevermind the shooting turret - there are 3 blue forcefields on this bridge that restore your energy to the full, use them carefully. In the next hall search the *far* locker, the one near the wall with a red and blue stones in it. Approach this locker from its farest side, or you'll wake up one of the Golems (green stone guys) that stand in this hall - they are slow but invulnerable to shots. With the key you found in the locker return to the starting room (recharge with the blue force if you need). Use right teleporter. In this room search both lockers, nevermind the floor switch, but do *not* touch the button on the wall! Be sure to take the gem from the second locker, they are important. Walk out the door, run ahead from the shots, open next door, here are 2 rechargers. Behind next door kill 4 guards and enter the basin room. Open the door and in the blue room search both lockers. As you approach the second one (with a switch) turret will start to shoot, push wall button to stop it. Again, make sure you took a colored gem. Exit to basin room, push wall button. Now the floor switches in the corridor are active - step on one of them accurately and the red forcefield will appear. Go back to the starting point of the corridor to the basin room - there are two wooden statues in there (maybe not wooden, but they sure look like). Push first the right, then the left. Be ready for some action - there will be a Golem coming alive behind the left door. Run ahead to the first floor switch and stand on it to keep the forcefield active. The stupid Golem will follow you and burn in the field, leaving his eye (yekk!) behind. Step out the switch and take the eye. Return to the basin room and approach the basin from the back side - the hand will appear out of the water, apparently attemting to make you give something to it. Pity you don't have any spare change :) so you must give it the Golem's eye - it will be quite satisfied. If you check out your inventory now you will notice a new item - pyramid code. Now return to the same corridor and approach the wall just against the room where Golem was hidden. Aha! A secret passage! Kill droid, avoid bouncing mines, take another crystal from locker, jump away from the forcefields and exit to the old room with teleporter. Use it. In the landing room now use the second (left) teleporter. In rooms ahead shoot 3 Morphs. Run thru the corridor full of bouncing mines, trying (as much as possible) to avoid them. In the bird hall kill guards. Here you must get one paralyzed bird (as said in hint #3, as I remember). To paralyze it use any of the 4 floor switches - step on them to activate the stun guns that are hidden behind the crystals in walls. As one of the birds gets stunned pick it up and pay your attention to the wall painting which describes the evolution of Morphs. Remember it. Now visit the door on the left side of the hall. Here kill 2 blade-handed Morphs, avoid Golem, and proceed to the end of the curvy corridor to the door. Open it. If you're lucky, the 3 Morph guards in there will be busy trying to kill one Golem - they won't pay attention to you and you may kill them one by one. If you're not lucky, the guards will notice you and you will be caught in a hell of a crossfire. Anyway, after you finished the Morphs, approach the group of icons to your right - these are the same as the wall painting in the bird hall, but in a wrong combination. All you need to do is to place them so that the evolution line of the Morphs is correct. When everything's done right, the door near the one you came here through will open for you. Kill spider, search locker for another crystal. Exit thru another door and return to the landing room. From here run to the same very hall which you visited the first (with two Golems). Go thru the first door on the left, here look at the mosaic on the floor carefully, remember it very good. Use teleporter, jump over the fields, and you are in the oracle room. Here you need to "follow the way of the oracle" - it means that you must walk the same way the mosaic on the floor of the previous room lies. It's simple, you just need to remember the exact appearance of the mosaic. After you are done, an another flying head will appear and tell you to free the bird. Do so (just Use the bird) and it will thank you and give you a crystal code - it's a model of six different-colored crystals you need to have. You already got 4 and there will be 1 more - return to the hall with 2 Golems and search the second locker for a crystal. Be careful, at the same time the Golem behind you will come alive and the wall gun will start to shoot paralyzing shots. After you took a crystal approach the wall panel on the left side of the hall - it's the exact copy of the pyramid code. Look at the code in your inventory and place the buttons under the icons in the same position (ie, push the first and last buttons). Now enter the second door (right) in this hall (be quick, the paralyzing gun will shoot at you and the another one Golem will come!). Use teleporter. In dark hall run ahead, avoid paralyzing shots and keep left. Here be aware of two more Golems - they are brown this time, and a little harder. Run around the hall to fool the Golems and win some time, then run ahead, to the corridor on the left side, open the door. Here is the final part of this level. In this hall you must place all the crystals you have to their slots according to the code. One crystal is already at the place, use it for orienation. Do it fast, 'cause the Golems are coming. When you did everything right the pyramid will appear just ahead of you. Admire this beatyful view for a while and exit thru the door on your back, 'cause the Morph guards will start appearing from the corridor. Behind the door turn left for another door, recharge there, take heat-seeking bullets. Now exit and proceed ahead the long corridor. When you are near center another monster will run at you. I'm not quite sure what he is, but he's invulnerable like Golems and *fast*. You need to overrun him and head for the teleporter in the room ahead. After you succeeded go ahead, listen to what flying head will say and enter the teleporter. Level 6 - Landing Pad. ---------------------- As you appear shoot Morph just ahead of you, the droids should kill themselves so don't waste time and bullets for them. Kill another Morph around the corner. Now approach this strange horny shuttle with a floor panel near it, push controls, and... Level 7 - Underground. ---------------------- ...you're flying! Now you control this bumpy piece of aircraft. Here everything is pretty easy - you just fly ahead wasting other pilots like you. Try to not bump into the walls and pipes - it's pretty dangerous to your health (bear in mind that you can't recharge here). It's pretty boring arcade part of the game so save often and go where the road tracks you. (In the room with 4 teleporters take the left one for shortest way.) When you appear in a dead end just approach the wall ahead of you... Level 8 - Morph Mothership. --------------------------- ...and return for the game proper. Kill Morph, then flying droid. Open door on the right, use middle teleporter, step on the switch to stop the shooting turret. Go right, kill droid and blade-handed guard. Open door on your right in the same corridor kill Morps, search locker avoiding those tentacles on the wall - jump over the floor switches to fool that creature. Exit and go straight to the corridor ahead (where the blade-handed guard was). Visit the top room (second incubator), kill everyone, get key from locker. Exit, proceed right, in next corridor open the left door, get one more key (beware of the Morphs!). Exit, skip the left corridor (with forcefield and electric floors), and return to the first corridor. Now visit the door on the opposite to the enter side. Kill 2 flying drones, go ahead and up the corridor with many floor switches in it. Avoid all of the switches - they enable forcefields that may be dangerous for you. There will be a door on the right side of the corridor - enter it. As you approach the locker 2 Morphs will appear behind you - kill them, then shoot the button to kill the forcefield. Take everything from the locker, exit and proceed ahead the corridor. Kill the guard to your left (behind the forcebars), then run to the right part of the corridor - there's an invisible switch that turns the bars out. Go ahead, enter right door. Here you need to perform a tricky task: to jump between forcefields over electric floors avoiding bouncing mines (gulp!). But before you must turn off 2 big forcefields that block your way. To do this, step first on the floor switch that is nearest to the wall, than on the neihbouring one. This makes your way clean - but for a limited time: if you get captured between two forcefields you'll have to start it all over, so save like hell. After you jumped well, open the door, enter the hall (the forcefield may appear behind and kill you). Shoot all the Morphs (there are lots of 'em). You are advised to ignore the door on the left side of the room - there's nothing crucial for completing the game in there, but you may inspect it freely if you want. After you've finished, open any of the two right doors, kill 2 blade-handed guards. Proceed thru, to the left, kill Moprh and run ahead to the strangely-shaped teleporter - another invulnerable steel creature will chase you! Don't forget to *use* the teleporter! :) Level 9 - Earth Base: Command Room. ----------------------------------- You appear in a hell of a crossfire - start shooting immediately. It is advised to use armor-piercing bulletts (one more clip is in the locker to your right). After you shot all the Morphs, the giant hulking security droid will come to get you. You can't kill him, so just overrun him - run straight behind the boxes (visit the right door if you need recharging). In next room, kill machine gun drone, proceed ahead thru the door. Talk to the wounded guy in the corner - he'll tell you where to get the key to the command room. Use teleporter in that room and ignoring the next shooting, run left, thru the door. Kill 2 Morps there. Proceed until you find a room, where 3 Morphs hold captured one human. Kill the guards and talk to the human - he'll give you the key. Exit thru the another door in this room (the shooting is over now), use teleporter again, open left door, there go right and talk to commander. He'll tell you to find Sarah (one of those you are saving) in the next level. Open second door, use right teleporter - off you go! Level 10 - Earth Base: Dormitory. --------------------------------- The first thing you see here is a human guard. But don't let your eyes deceive you - approach him and he'll turn to an alien. Take a look at the beautyful realtime morphing (great job, Delphine) and beat this sucker down. Proceed to the door ahead and shoot your way thru the following rooms (this part of the game is mostly point-and- shoot, no puzzles). In one of the rooms you'll find one human in uniform, talk to him and he'll give you the access key. Proceed to the next door, kill Morphs that hide in the toilet :) . Go ahead - there you'll find Sarah. She'll ditract the attention of the guard and you must shoot him fast. Approach her and she'll teleport away without even saying thanks or bye (those women... :)). In the tiny room turn right - go thru this corridor, kill guards and use the teleporter. Level 11 - Reactor Room. ------------------------ As you possibly know already, John (the leader of the human rebellion against the Morph empire) has set the bomb in the reactor room of the base. Sadly, he couldn't initiate it. Now it's your job. Run ahead, ignore giant droid, open next door. In corridor jump between the direction arrows - they move you fast to the direction they show at, and if you won't be careful, they'll throw you right into one of the mines. Open door, overrun another droid, get into the door on the right of that corridor, shoot machine gun drone in the green room. There are 2 doors in this room - one of them is marked "Airlock 1" and the other isn't marked in any way. If you go thru the second you'll get the opportunity to recharge, but generally "Airlock 1" door is a little shorter way. Anyway, you'll apperar in the one of the 2 very similar corridors - they both have 2 doors, mines, floor arrows and forcefields. You must first visit the farest room - you can see the door to it behind the forcefileds. Jump over the floor arrows, then use the first door's frame as a safe cover, wait until the forcefields move away, then run ahead and to the door (it's a great idea to save before). In the next hall you see a lot of arrows on the floor - some of them are useful and some of them push you into the deadly forcefields. There are also some moving arrows - they change the direction where they move you continously. It's all too difficult to explain, you need just to get the idea of it and jump carefully. Your goal is to reach the control panel on the deep side of the hall. After you've done it and used the panel, return to the corridor, and now to the first door. Be careful, as you enter the door *jump*, not run - there's an invisible switch on the floor that turns on the forcefield ahead of you. Enter the door marked "Reactor area" - as you walk in you may notice the title "Destruction process initiated" on the screen - it means that your job is done and must get a hell outta here fast. Don't waste your time with the droids - just run to the left side of the reactor room and approach the teleporter. You'll be gratified for your work and taken out of this place. Level 12 - The Master Brain. ---------------------------- In the starting room kill the machine gun drone, then use teleporter. Up there, jump between the forcefields and electric floors. In the hall kill Morphs and proceed ahead slowly, so that you won't activate the mines. Keep the left side. Somewhere there in the hall there's an another type of Morph - it's like one of those miners with bladed hands, but it's half- invisible that makes that creature a real pain in the ass. (If you let it get close to you, you'll certainly appreciate that cool "liquid metal" look of that gyu, the problem is that this may be the last thing you'll see :).) In this hall there are 2 doors to visit. The first one is just opposite the entry - it has a hole near it and if you won't be careful these tentacles will rip you in pieces. Behind this door there's nothing important but power-ups, so visit it only if you require recharging. The second door is right-back - enter it, proceed thru the corridor killing those half-invisible guards. Enter the door in the end of the corridor, step on the floor switch and rush ahead while the forcebars are off. You must sneak past all the moving forcefields and jump over some floor arrows that guide you to the opposite direction, and you must do it *fast*, 'cause those bars won't be inactive forever. If you'll get stuck in the middle of that corridor you will start all over (so save before you go). In the next corridor jump over the arrows and enter the door on the left. Here you encounter the invisible labyrinth - it's made of glass and you can hardly see where you can go where you can't. Make one step ahead, then left, back, two more left, and now proceed ahead and right, to the right forcebar. Step near that yellow forcebar and jump thru it (you'll lose some energy, but there's no other way. Don't stop running ahead, 'cause the field will drag you back again - turn right, run to the door and enter it. You must do it all fast, if you won't the Morph blob that appears behind you middleways will kill you in one bite, but as you enter the door, you are safe. In that room kill all guards, run ahead and open next door. Here, step ahead, jump over the floor switch, recharge, and jump over the next switch. In the next room run ahead, nevermind the shooting turret. Open the door to your left, avoid the moving forcefields and proceed ahead to the teleporter. After you used the teleporter, go ahead and open the door. Kill all the Morphs (there's usually lots of 'em), run ahead and use the teleporter. (It's not really a teleporter, this thing just opens the second door in this hall.) Open this door (right side if you face the entry) run ahead. As you enter, the first human will start to morph into that bloody clawed steel monster. Overrun it and stopping nowhere follow Sarah (she standed at the back) thru the corridor. Open doors, rush into the space shuttle... You just saved the human race! The game successfully over! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !! Credits to Bonehead for the walkthrough. !! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!====================================================================== Corrections or additions can be sent to me : == E-mail: mr-bean@cybernet.dk ======================================================================= The Beanest PlayStation Page == Cheats - FAQs - Top 10 - Links - Ratings == http://www.cybernet.dk/users/mr-bean/psx.htm ======================================================================~BFORSAKEN Version 1.0Forsaken: tm 1998 Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.Acclaim is a registered trademark of Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.FAQ by Trey, Sponsored by the AsC-33-E-mail southside33@hotmail.com for comments, additions, and permission to display FAQ onyou site.Please visit http://members.xoom.com/AsC_33/-------------------------------------------------CONTENTSI. STORYII. CHARACTERSIII. WEAPONSIV. CODESV. HAD TO SAY.I. STORY The human race had existed for so many millennia in the relative safety of theirTerran Solar System. For so long they had lived on their home planet of Earth, and morerecently Mars, in constant speculation of other, extra terrestrial life forms. Soon thisspeculation turned to fear, and they extended their military efforts towards the vastdistances of space. They pillaged and plundered the minerals from all of the Terranplanets, refining them into weapons of warfare. They had constructed such an impregnableweb of satellites, minefields and restless computerized warships, which patrolled thesystem constantly, capable of destroying any object which appeared suspicious. Thisdefense served remarkably well, yet it could have no influence on the one thing thatdestroyed them. With the expansion to other planets, there was no shortage of minerals for theexploitation of humanity. However no other planets contained the vast energy sourcespresent their own world, Earth. As such, they had the materials to use, but very littlepower to use. For years the physicists had been exploring the enormous energies that couldbe released by a simple atom, and had begun a test which would bring about an end to thesystem's energy shortages. The experiment proceeded well --- a little too well, and thephysicists had no way of controlling the overwhelming power of the reaction. The reactionconsumed more and more of the earth, growing in strength with each atom it consumed, untilthe heat became so great that it exploded, leaving the Earth a deadly mess. Having rocked the planet out of its orbit, and consuming its entire atmosphere,the explosion sent a shockwave into space. Like a ripple on water, it consumed othercolonies in the system, the intense radiation eradicating all life. The Earth itself,rocketing through space and spinning in unpredictable directions, was ruined. Allremaining life quickly was destroyed due to a lack of oxygen and exposure to the sun'sdeadly rays. A traveler who had come off course passed through the system and, discovering itsemptiness, send the information to the High Senators of the Imperial Theocracy (thegoverning body of the multi-verse). They began an investigation into the matter, gatheringdata about the explosion and removing all the valuables on the planet. After concludingthat the explosion was self-incurred, they deployed sentry robots to look over the planetuntil they could remove the remaining precious goods. Soon after, the system was condemned, the Imperial Theocracy had grown tired ofthe investigation. This was an invitation to all the pirates, mercenaries and bountyhunters to plunder the planet, looting all they could before anyone else could arrive.Being high in precious metals, the stakes were high. The scum of the universe had allconverged here, ready for battle. With their zero gravity pioncycles and their deadlyarsenal of weapons, they will combat each other and the robotic scientists, for thetreasure of a lost civilization. To the winner will go endless wealth and power; to thelosers will go death and humiliation.II. CHARACTERSIII. WEAPONSGUNSLaser Powerful, long distance double beam.Power Pod Collecting Power Pods increases the power of the players weapons, up to astrength of three.Pulsar Standard weapon - bikes equipped with weapon at start of game.Pyrolite Short range flamethrower.Suss Gun Fires a multitude of low powered shots with a large range.Transpulse Powerful pulsar - one shot wall deflection.Trojax Extremely powerful charge-up weapon.MISSLESGravgon Missile-Creates an orb which traps all that pass through it.M.F.R. Launcher-Fires a number of missiles at an extremely fast rate.MUGS -Standard rocket ordinance.Scatter Missile-Homes in on enemy and scatters all their collected weapons.Solaris -Heat seeking missile.Titan Missile -Highly powerful missile which generates deadly shrapnel on detonation.MINESPine Mine -Fires missiles at enemy craft in the vicinity.Purge Mines -Standard mines - detonate on contact.Quantum Mine-Very deadly mine - detonates with huge explosion.IV. CODESV. HAD TO SAY Well alot of people like and help me with the Critical Blow FAQ so I decided to doanother FAQ for a game that was worthy of doing one for. The AsC-33- Sponsored me in doingthis FAQ and let me tell you the cash was much appreciated.~BLunar: The Silver StarLunar: The Silver Star is a trademark of Working Designs.(C) 1993, 1994 Working Designs. (C) 1992 Game Arts/Studio Alex.--------------------------------------------------------------Walkthrough version 1.5by Walter F. Williams IIIlast revision: 11/30/1998This text file has been created by me, and me only. I havechecked and double-checked to see that all information isaccurate. You may not distribute this file in any way unlessI receive full credit for it. And if you are going todistribute it, do not make any changes to it, and do not sellit to abybody.If you have any comments or anything you would like tocontribute, e-mail me at wildman1981@hotmail.com.-------------------------------------------------------------- Table of Contents--------------------------------------------------------------I. Walkthrough A. Alex's Journey Begins 1. Burg 2. The Old Chest 3. Caldor Island 4. The White Dragon Cave 5. Fix the Bridge! 6. Going Away 7. Saith 8. The Lighthouse B. The Mainland 1. Meribia 2. Katarina Zone 3. Stop! Thief! C. Magic Academy 1. The Trial 2. The Floating City 3. Ghaleon's Task 4. Althena's Mirror 5. Exposing the Truth 6. Back to the Big City D. Ghaleon's Betrayal 1. Welcome Back, Alex! 2. Betrayal E. "You must become a Dragonmaster now..." 1. The Threat of the Magic Emperor 2. Deeper Into the Continent 3. Thieves' Town 4. I'll Fly Away 5. Which Way to Damon's Spire? 6. The Red Dragon Cave F. The Adventure Continues 1. Stadius Zone 2. Lyton, Village of Music 3. The Blue Dragon Cave 4. Tamur 5. Myght 6. The Prairie 7. Breaking the Seal 8. Dark Cave G. The Frontier 1. Mark of a Hero 2. A Village in Captivity 3. The Insane Dragon 4. The City that Ghaleon Built 5. It's All But Over... 6. Goddess' Tower H. Dragonmaster Alex 1. The Grindery 2. Ghaleon's Palace 3. The Final BattleII. Equipment A. Weapons B. Armor C. Items 1. Recovery Items 2. Attack Items 3. Assistance Items 4. Special Items 5. Other ItemsIII. Character ProfilesIV. EnemiesV. Spells A. Alex B. Luna C. Nash D. Jessica E. Mia F. Ghaleon G. Kyle H. Laike I. TempestVI. Playing the Game A. Controls B. Combat 1. Commands a. Group b. Individual C. Menu Commands D. Status ScreenVII. Revision Information--------------------------------------------------------------I. Walkthrough--------------------------------------------------------------A. Alex's Journey BeginsLong ago, when the world was in chaos, four heroes arose andvanquished the evil within. One of those heroes, Dyne, was aDragonmaster. A monument was built in his honor in his birthplaceof Burg. A young boy named Alex pays homage to his hero every day...1. BurgA little dragon named Nall comes by just as Alex has finishedpaying his respects. Nall has been with Alex ever since the dayhe was born. She rarely ever leaves his sight. She tells him togo see Luna to practice your song for the Goddess Festival. Youstart to head home when you run into a kid named Ramus. He's theson of the elder of Burg. He tells Alex that there's a hugediamond in the White Dragon Cave to the south. This could beyour big chance for an adventure! Ramus returns to his house toget a few supplies for the trip.Go to your house and talk to your parents. They'll tell you thatLuna is waiting for you at Burg Springs.When you talk to the villagers of Burg, they'll talk a lotabout Dragonmaster Dyne and how he started his journey by meetingthe White Dragon. Some will give you hints that will help you onyour journey, and others will just talk for the sake of hearingthemselves talk. There is a tool shop on the west side of town,when you can buy some Herbs. Next door to the tool shop is aweapon shop, which is closed for the moment. Leave town and go toBurg Springs.When you go to the spring to see Luna, you find her bouquet offlowers, but you don't see her anywhere. She comes out of thebushes to greet you. She asks you about Ramus, then the two ofyou sit down and start practicing your song for the GoddessFestival. Everything seems to be going fine, when suddenly shestops because Alex's melody doesn't sound right. She immediatelysuspects that something's wrong. Alex keeps his mouth shut, butNall spills the beans and tells Luna that Alex and Ramus areplanning to go out on an adventure. This worries Luna even more,because she doesn't want anything bad to happen to Alex, so shecomes along with him. Luna says that there's an old treasure chestin the basement of the house. Perhaps there's something of use in it...2. The Old ChestReturn to your house and go into the basement. There's a treasurechest in one corner of the room, but it's locked. Ask your fatherto give you the Chest Key. When you open it, you'll find a Daggerand Heavy Clothes. You'll need these to protect yourself from themany enemies that are lurking in the outer world.Ramus should be ready to go now. You'll find him at the edge of town.But before you go, go to the weapons shop (which is now open), andget a Dagger for Luna. Now go back to Ramus' place and get the OldRing in one of the drawers in his cabinet. You'll need this, too.Have the following equipment for everybody before going on:Alex and Luna --- Dagger and Heavy ClothesRamus --- Dagger, Heavy Clothes, Gloves, and Garbage Can Lid3. Caldor IslandThe White Dragon Cave is to the south of Burg, but you'll need tofollow the mountains east to reach it. Along the way, you'll face suchenemies as Dung Beetles, Flytrappers, and Albino Baboons, which areall easy to defeat. There is a healing stone near the village. Whenyou are near one, press the A button to restore your HP. You can alsorestore your HP and MP by visiting shrines to the goddess Althena.One of these small shrines is near the White Dragon Cave. Bothof them are completely free, and can be used as many times as youmight need.4. The White Dragon CaveThere's a big block of ice obstructing your path. You need to usethe Old Ring, which has the magic of heat, to melt the ice. If yougot this before you left, you're in good shape. If not, you'll haveto go back to town and get it.The path to the dragon is pretty straightforward. Be sure to pickup all of the treasure chests while you're in here. If you go leftfrom the entrance, you should find a Wood Shield. Give this to Alexwhen you find it. There are also two Herbs in here, which restore alittle bit of your lost HP.You'll encounter Slimes and Escargotgos in the White Dragon Cave.The Escargotgos have great defense power, so use Luna's Cascade songto increase your party's attack power to defeat them quickly.When you reach the Dragon Cave B3, take the right path. The leftpath contains something very important, which you're not supposed topick up until much later in the game.You'll meet Quark, the White Dragon. He tells you that you remindhim a lot of Dyne. He gives you a Dragon Ring. This is how you are"marked" on your path to become a Dragonmaster. Return to him withthe Dragon Ring once you've attained the prize of manhood.When you talk to him again, he says that Luna reminds him of someone....Their souls seemed to be intertwined....Ramus has some last business to take care of before you go. He wantsthe Dragon Diamond from Quark. Quark is reluctant to give it tohim at first, but then he decides to give it to him anyway.(Your team gets 20 experience points for obtaining the Dragon Diamond.)5. Diamond for SaleWhen you return to Burg, Ramus will want to sell the Dragon Diamond.Rumor has it that you can sell it for a truckload of silver. You cantry to sell it at the weapon or tool shops, but the owners don't haveenough silver to buy it. There's a big city on the main continent calledMeribia. A jeweler there might be able to buy it from you. You need totake a boat from Saith to get to Meribia.Unfortunately, the river water has risen and the bridge is washed out,so nobody can get to Saith from Burg.5. Fix the Bridge!Go west of Burg to a log cabin where a woodsman lives. He as theability to fix the bridge for you, but he left his axe in his toolshed in the Weird Woods. You need to go north along the river, andthen northwest to reach the woods. There's a magic circle nearby ifyou need to recover your magic.Alex --- Short Sword, Heavy Clothes, and Wood ShieldLuna --- Dagger and Heavy ClothesRamus --- Dagger, Heavy Clothes, Gloves, and Garbage Can LidThe Weird Woods is infested with Mutant Flies and Zombies. The Flies areeasy to defeat, while the slow-moving Zombies are a little bitstronger, and they can resist Luna's Supersonic song.You can find a few good treasures here for Luna - some Heavy Clothesand a Tiara. There are also two red treasure chests here, but youwon't be able to open them until later in the game.You'll meet a man named Laike here. When he figures out that Alex,Luna, and Ramus are out on a quest, he tells them that nothing everhappens on this small island. (Kinda friendly for a stranger, isn't he?)The tool shed is near where Laike is standing. Take the WoodcutterAxe, but don't equip it. You'll need to return this to the logger.(Your party gets 15 experience points each once you return to thelogger and give him his axe.)6. Going AwayNow that the bridge is fixed, you should return to Burg and ask forhis permission to go to the main continent. Ramus will leave yourparty for a while to do the same. Talk to your father first to getthe Father's letter. Your mother will be reluctant to let you leaveBurg, but if you say "Sorry. I've decided", she'll give you acash advance of 500 silver. Use this money to buy a Short Sword forRamus. Go back to the entrance to town and rejoin Ramus, then headfor Saith. Cross the bridge to the west, and follow the river to thesoutheast to reach Saith.Be careful of Killer Wasps and Grousers along the way.7. SaithThe townspeople will tell you that someone who claims to be from theVane Magic Guild is staying in Saith. Check out the house near the dock.Outside the house near the pier is a sea captain. He might be ableto take you to Meribia, but he lost his Sea Chart playing pokeragainst a thief named Brett. He says that Brett later gave it to anold hag who is currently living in the mountains northwest of Saith.She won't give up the Sea Chart for anything. But maybe you can findsomeone who can convince her...When you go inside the house near the dock, talk to the man at thecounter. Show him the letter and he'll give you permission to go toMeribia, after you do this deed for the captain. Talk to the kidto the left of the counter. This is Nash, a student at the Magic Guildof Vane. He has pretty good magical abilities, if he does say sohimself (and boy does he ever!). Take him along with you. He has aWater Cane which is of no use to him. Perhaps you could use it to getthe Sea Chart back.Go to the weapon shop and buy a Short Sword for Nash. It works betterthan his Cane. Buy Luna some Poison Darts. They deal a good bit ofdamage, and they're cheaper than buying a Cane.Go to the northwest from Saith to the old hag's house, and give herthe Water Cane. She'll give you the Sea Chart in exchange for it.Don't stick around too long. She might change her mind and ask forsomething else!Return to Saith and hand the Sea Chart to the Captain. Now you shouldbe able to sail to Meribia -- but wait! It looks like the Captainscrewed up again. Recently monsters made a home in the lighthousejust to the north of town, and suddenly, the light beacon stoppedworking. Without the light to guide ships, they cannot reachSaith without wrecking themselves. The captain gives you some Flintto do the job.8. The LighthouseMake sure you have the following equipment before going on:Alex --- Short Sword, Heavy Clothes, and Wood ShieldLuna --- Poison Darts and Heavy ClothesRamus --- Short Sword, Heavy Clothes, Gloves, and Garbage Can LidNash --- Cane and Heavy ClothesTalk to the guy standing near the steps to recover your HP and MP.The trip to the top of the lighthouse is very short. You findMutant Flies and Escargotgos here.You should pick up the Leather Clothes on the second floor. They'rea very good piece of armor, and Ramus should have these equipped onhim. There's also a Sling near the beacon, but it's not of much useto you.(Your party gets 10 experience points for re-lighting the beacon.)After you light the beacon, return to Saith and get rid of Luna'sequipment. She won't be joining you on your journey to Meribia.Talk to the captain as soon as you're ready, then go to the dock.Luna will stop and say goodbye to you, because she wants to stayback on the island and look after your parents. She doesn't wantto get in the way of your great adventure.B. The Mainland1. MeribiaAfter sailing for a day, you arrive in the city of Meribia. Nashwill depart from your party temporarily to explore Meribia. Ifyou need him, he hangs out around Black Rose Street.The first thing you'll want to do is go to the armor shop and buynew equipment for Alex and Ramus. Buy a Leather Gauntlet and aHelmet for Alex, and a Wood Shield and a Headband for Ramus.There's some more expensive armor here, but you shouldn't need ityet.Next, check out Master Mel's mansion. You can only explore thefirst floor, but talk to the people anyway. They like to talkabout Mel's daughter, Jessica, who is studying at the Shrine ofAlthena to become a priestess. Master Mel likes to dote on hisdaughter, because she reminds him of his wife, who died whenJess was very young. Come back later if you need any help fromhim.Go to Black Rose Street and look around. The magicians there won'ttalk to you because you don't know how to use magic. There's ashop at the north end of Black Rose Street that can draw out themagic powers within you, but you can't do it now. Come back later.Finally, go to the jeweler. You'll meet a man named Dross, whoset up a shop here in Meribia. According to the townspeople, Drossisn't a very reputable guy, because he comes from Reza, a townof thieves. He offers 4000 silver for your Dragon Diamond, butwhen you sell it to him, he doesn't give you the money, but insteadhe steals your diamond and runs off into the sewers. Time toget you diamond back.Dross ran off to his hiding place in the Meribian sewers. Youcan't go too far, because the monsters are highly resistantagainst conventional weaponry. Return to Black Rose Street tothe shop at the end. You should meet Nash here. Talk to the man atthe counter and he will try to unlock the magic powers withinyou. Only Alex was gifted with magic ability. He learns the Flamespell. Ramus can't get any magic abilities, because he doesn'thave the gift. You can't get Nash to join you, but you shouldhave the abilities you need to get your diamond back.2. Katarina ZoneLeave Meribia and go outside to fight some enemies. The enemieshere are much tougher than those on the island. You'll face thelikes of Gigaflies, Wyburns, Tormentors, and Ambushes. The Ambushescan attack you twice, and they will kill you if you're not well-protected. Fight around the place until you learn the spell ofFlamer. This is a good opportunity to test out your new magicabilities. If you need a recharge, follow the road east toAlthena's Shrine.3. Stop! Thief!Alex --- Short Sword, Leather Clothes, Leather Gauntlet, Wood Shield, and HelmetRamus --- Short Sword, Leather Clothes, Leather Gauntlet, Wood Shield, and HeadbandWhen you return to Meribia, go back into the sewers. The mainenemies you fight here are Gurglers, Grog Snakes, and FatalHoppers. Alex should have no trouble defeating them with his Flamerspell. Ramus is pretty useless here, so he should run from battle.This will give Alex all of the experience points, instead of thembeing split between him and Ramus.You can find some Starlights to recover your magic power. Equipthese on Ramus for the upcoming battle.Before you can enter Dross' hideout, you have to fight a fierceWater Dragon. Again, only Alex can do any damage to it. Ramushas to be kept around, because you can't run from boss battles.The Water Dragon's only attack is fire breath, and it takes about20-30 HP away from a person, so try to keep Alex and Ramus'HP above 30. About 8-10 uses of Flame should defeat the WaterDragon.When you find Dross, get as much money as you can from him. Hedoesn't have the 4000 silver he asked for in exchange for theDragon Diamond, but you can weasel 3000 silver out of him beforesending him on his way. (Whatever you take from Dross, Ramus takeshalf for himself.)Once you're safely out of harm's way, strip Ramus of all his equipment.Nash will be waiting for you when you arrive back at the jeweler'sstore. He wants you to go with him to Vane and study magic. Ramussays that magic is way beyond him, so he permanently departs fromyour journey. Nash rejoins you and tells you to go south to theFountain of Transfer. It's the only way to get to Vane.Before you go, make sure you get some new equipment for Alex andNash.Alex --- Saber, Carapace Armor, Leather Gauntlet, Wood Shield, and HelmetNash --- Bow, Cool Robe, Leather Gauntlet, and HeadbandC. Magic Academy1. The TrialThe Fountain is nestled near a mountain range far south of Meribia.You can take this path to the city of Vane.All first-time goers must pass the Cave of Trial. You need to getpast here to prove your magic abilities. Nash is an experiencedmagic user, so he goes on ahead of you.The Trial Cave is like a giant maze. Many have taken the Trial totest their magical skills, but most of them have never made it out.Just like the monsters in the Meribian Sewers, you can onlyhurt these foes with your magic. The Leepers, Dead Poles, Death'Shrooms, and Mutant Turtles all fall easily to Alex's Flamerspell.There are two treasures that you should pick up in the Trial Cave-- the Holy Flute and the Chain Mail. The Holy Flute restores alot of your party's HP, and the Chain Mail has much better defensivepower than the armor you saw in Meribia.There are two bosses that you have to fight before you can pass thetrial --- a pack of Bronze Dogs, and a Certillian Cyclops.The Bronze Dogs are pretty easy to beat. Just keep using Flamer onthem and they'll go down.THe Cyclops is a bit tougher. You have to keep your distance from it(use the Flee command) and pelt it with Flame. If you let it get tooclose to you, it will attack you three times. The Chain Mail shouldhelp you absorb some of the damage.(Alex gains 50 experience points for passing the Trial.)2. The Floating CityYou'll catch up to Nash here in the city of Vane. He's going tomeet Sage Ghaleon in the Magic Guild. Talk to the people and listento what they have to say about magic, Althena, and the Vile Tribe.When you try to apply for some of the magic academies, the teacherswon't let you in. Looks like you'll have to go see Ghaleon himselfbefore you can get in.Go to the Silver Spire and talk to Mia Ausa, daughter of the greatLemia Ausa. Her mother's been acting strange lately, but she's notsure why. Lemia has stopped seeing guests in the main hall of theMagic Guild, and she's been throwing people in jail for no goodreason.Head on over to the Magic Guild, which is near the Silver Spire.Nash should be done talking to Ghaleon now. He will take you to seethe Sage personally. He may be able to get you into one of theacademies. But first, you have to show him how much power youalready have. Talk to Glumm and he'll give you a task.There is someone on an island cave near the fishing village of Lannwho claims to be the next Dragonmaster. They are sure that this guyis a phony, because he is making life miserable for the people there.If you can take care of this threat, Ghaleon will make sure thatLemia lets you into the Magic Guild. You ought to take Nash with youto make this journey a little easier. Get him an Ice Cane, thenleave Vane.3. Ghaleon's TaskAfter exiting Vane, head west to the Nanza Barrier. You'll run intoLaike again here. The bandits that live here try to scam money frompeople by charging them a hefty "protection fee" to pass through theBarrier. He dares you to sign up for some of their "protection."The guardian of the Nanza Barrier, Kyle, is in the room on the left.You can try to ask him for protection to pass through the barrier,but you'll have to pay a million silver. One of the thieves thinksthat his boss is angry because a girl he liked blew him off earlier.You shouldn't worry about this right now. You need to go to Lannand solve this fake Dragonmaster dilemma.Lann is to the northwest of Nanza. Talk to the mayor, and he'll letyou know what's going on. Take Jessica with you. She's a juniorpriestess, and she's good at healing magic. The guy at the dock won'tlet you use his boat, but Jess zaps a little sense into him. When youreach the island, use the magic circle outside to restore your magic.Don't enter the Island Cave without these:Alex --- Long Sword, Chain Mail, Leather Gauntlet, Wood Shield, and HelmetNash --- Ice Cane, Cool Robe, Leather Gauntlet, and HeadbandJessica --- Claw, Cool Robe, and TiaraJessica will be a good ally to you, because she has pretty strongattacks, and she can use healing magic.Great Lions, Mutant Ants, and Monocrops abound in this cave. The GreatLions are the least dangerous of the bunch. The Mutant Ants can attackyou twice, and the Monocrops' bite can really put a hurting on you.Look for the Chain Helmet and Wind Essence. The Chain Helmet providesbetter head protection for Alex than a leather Helmet. Wind Essenceallows you to escape a dungeon. It's good for you to have until Miajoins the party and learns the Psychotron spell."Dragonmaster" Zoc will be your opponent here. He doesn't fight you;instead, he sends a pack of Raptors to do the fighting for him.Use your regular attacks on the Raptors, and have Jessica healeverybody by using Calm Litany every once in a while. This shouldput Zoc in his place quickly.After being defeated, Zoc promises to turn over a new leaf. You cansit there and refuse his apology, but the game won't go on unlessyou do.Return to Lann and get congratulations from the villagers. Jessicahad fun, but it's now time for her to go, and for you to returnto Vane to meet Ghaleon. He will now ask Lemia if you can join theMagic Guild. Go to the main hall and meet the head of the Magic Guildof Vane. When you ask her to join the Guild, she throws you into prison!What's up with that?Mia and Nall come to your rescue. She thinks that a curse has beenput on her mother, and she needs the Mirror of Althena to break it.The Mirror is atop the Silver Spire, but there is a charm that preventsintruders from going in. She gives you a Prison Key to openthe other cells. The one cell that won't open is the one thatappears to contain the real Lemia Ausa. Oh, well.4. Althena's MirrorIn order to get into the Silver Tower, Mia uses the power of yourDragon Ring to break the charm on the tower. The charm prevents youfrom leaving the first floor.Security has increased tenfold on Lemia's order, so use extremecaution. Ghosts, Hummingbyrds, and Air Elementals are standing betweenyou and Althena's Mirror. Don't use magic on them.The Hummingbyrds can use Flamer, but don't worry. It does considerablyless damage that their normal attacks.Near the top of the tower are some very valuable prizes: a Vigor Peach,a Seed of Vigor, and an Herb of Althena. All of them will recover yourpower, and they are extremely valuable. Do NOT sell them. Pick up theMagic Robe and hold on to that, too.After you get the mirror, you need to go the the Crystal Tower. Thisis where Mia said her mother was going. There is a secret path throughthe Trial Cave that lets you go to the Crystal Tower, but you needMia to open the way. Go all the way to the bottom of the cave and goto the big glass door that you saw on your first trip. Mia will casta magic spell on the door, and it will open.5. Exposing the TruthNash has gone ahead of you again, and this time, he's going to joinyour party, like it or not. Prepare to enter the Crystal Tower.Alex --- Long Sword, Chain Mail, Leather Gauntlet, Wood Shield, and Chain HelmetMia --- Ice Cane, Magic Robe, and TiaraNash --- Bow, Magic Robe, Leather Gauntlet, and HeadbandGoing up the tower is extremely dangerous, because Lemia has increasedsecurity here, too. Don't use too much of your magic against theenemies here.Lemia is in the Star Chamber. She and Ghaleon are about to performa very private ritual that only they know. Mia steps in and usesAlthena's Mirror on Lemia, and exposes her as Xenobia, the headof the Vile Tribe. She would try to take control of the Vane MagicGuild, then take over the world from there. Her plan would haveworked, too, if you hadn't stepped in. She departs and sends twoVile Tribe Soldiers after you.Alex and Nash should use their regular attacks against the VileTribe Soldiers. Mia's best attack is Fullstone. If somebody'sHP should get low, have Mia cast Little Litany on him/herself.Mia and Nash have succedded in exposing Xenobia, but one questionstill remains: "Where is the REAL Lemia?"Ghaleon regrets being deceived by Xenobia, and now wants to seekthe assistance of Quark, the White Dragon. It'll be a good chanceto get back to Burg and say "hi" to everybody again, includingLuna. A boat leaves from Meribia. He'll be waiting for you there.6. Back to the Big CityThe jewelry shop once owned by Dross has now become a boomingcharm shop. The owner is away right now, but the pretty clerkscan help you. The best bargain is a Mirror Shield. It providesdecent protection, and when used in battle, it protects you frommagic attacks for one turn.There's a rumor going around town that the Magic Emperor hassurfaced somewhere, and is about to make his first move in takingover the world. Girls everywhere are disappearing, and the onlything that they have in common is that they can sing well. Theremight be a connection between these two events...Go upstairs to Master Mel's quarters, and meet Mel and Ghaleon.There's a passage in the back, which leads you to another part ofthe sewer. It contains very valuable treasures, and you get achance to meet Brett, the man who cheated the Captain out ofhis Sea Chart. You can try your luck against him in a game ofblackjack. (After you've earned a little bit of money from him,you might want to stop. Refuse him when he asks you to go double-or-nothing, because he'll cheat you every time.)Jessica is here with her father. Talk to everyone, then ask Melif you can sleep over for the night.When you go to sleep, you have a dream that Luna's being takenaway by some evil people. You try to put it behind you the nextmorning.Ghaleon is waiting for you at the dock. Talk to him when you'reready to leave.D. Ghaleon's Betrayal1. Welcome Back, Alex!Ghaleon is extremely powerful. His magic abilities surpass thoseof everyone in your previous parties combined, and his attacksare much more powerful than yours even without his equipment.Take him to Burg to see everybody, and go see Luna at the spring.It's been a couple of months since you've been away from theisland, so everybody's happy to see you again. Some of themhave left the village, probably to follow your example by goingto Meribia.2. BetrayalNow, take him to the Dragon Cave to see Quark. Ghaleon's beenbitter ever since Dyne lost his life in the battle with the BlackDragon, and now he feels that he deserves to rule the world, andhe starts by eliminating Quark. It seems that Ghaleon was theMagic Emperor all along, and it looks like the world may be doomed,unless a new Dragonmaster comes to save the day. Only Alexhas the power necessary to become one. He must collect all ofthe Dragon equipement. There is a pair of White Dragon's Wings in thenext room. They're not at their full potential yet, so you can'tuse them.(Alex gets 100 experience points for picking up the Dragon's Wings.He also learns the Dragon Bolt spell, the first of the all-powerfulDragon Magics.)You've got to high-tail it to Burg, because the Vile Tribe haveused Ghaleon as a distraction so that they could kidnap Luna.Beat the Vile Tribe Soldiers with your Dragon Bolt spell. Threeuses of this spell will get rid of them all.The town is completely empty, because all of the villagers havebeen sent to work in Talon Mine. There are two more Vile Soldiersin Burg disguised as your parents. Defeat them, then use yourDragon's Wings to go town-hopping.E. "You must become a Dragonmaster now..."1. The Threat of the Magic EmperorFirst, go to Saith. They'll tell you that the Vile Tribe was lastseen flying to Meribia. People are afraid to go there by boat becausethe town is probably overrun with them. You can still use yourDragon's Wings to go to Meribia.Meribia seems to be in trouble, too, because Master Mel has beencursed by Xenobia. The only way to break the curse is tokill Xenobia and defeat the Vile Tribe. Jessica is by hisside, crying. She vows to take revenge against Xenobia and Ghaleonfor what they did to her father.Buy Jessica a Mirror Shield at the Charm Shop.Time to gather up the rest of the troops. Go to Vane using your Wings.Mia has asked you to meet her at the Magic Guild Mansion. She and Nashhave found the real Lemia, but there's a problem. Xenobia cast a spellon her, and she can't remember who she is. Nash feels sorry for evergetting himself involved with Ghaleon, and telling him all that heneeded to complete his insidious plot. Mia wants to help because it'sthe only way to save her mother.Check out Glumm's quarters and look at Ghaleon's diary. It depictsall of the details of his plan to seize control of the Magic Guild.He put a spell on Lemia, then called Xenobia on to assume the likenessof Lemia. It also says that he had planned to get rid of Luna,because he feared that if Luna was really the goddess Althena, thenthat could cause a problem for him.The Tribe has escaped through the Nanza Barrier. Hurry there and talk toKyle. With Jessica in your party, Kyle decides to join, because there'sno way that you would make it through the Nanza Barrier without hisprotection.Get the best equipment for your party before going through the Barrier.Alex --- Long Sword, Chain Mail, Leather Gauntlet, Chain Helmet, and Mirror ShieldNash --- Bow, Magic Robe, Leather Gauntlet, and HeadbandJessica --- Claw, Magic Robe, Bracelet, Mirror Shield, and TiaraMia --- Ice Cane, Magic Robe, Bracelet, and TiaraKyle --- Dark Sword, Chain Mail, Leather Gauntlet, and Chain HelmetThere are tough enemies in this cave, like Demon Wolves, Lava Worms,and Count Antula. They are resistant to magic, so use your normalattacks on them.2. Deeper into the ContinentAfter you make it out of the Barrier, go east to a village called Iluk.Iluk is filled with unique people who might be called weirdos inother towns. here in Iluk, they are allowed to live out theircreative dreams (whatever they may be). A collector collectsall kinds of strange and rare items, and an inventor is busy atwork on a hot-air balloon. It won't be ready for a while, so youhave to go southeast to the thieves' town of Reza.Get a Scimitar for Alex, a Mace for Jessica, and a Crossbow for Nashbefore heading to Reza.3. Thieves' TownOne of Kyle's thugs steals your Dragon's Wings when you enter town.Ask around town to see where he went.There is a lot of stolen merchandise in Reza. Some of it is veryvaluable, but some of it is crap and serves no real purpose inthe game.Dross has opened up a storage place in Reza. You can't trust himfor anything. Once you store an item, you can never make a withdrawal.Some of the townspeople last saw the thief heading toward the Thieves'Guild. You can't get in unless you're a member. The only way tobecome a guild member is to prove yourself by opening the chest in thecorner. Kyle will struggle to open it, but eventually hesucceeds, and he finds a Thief's Crest. This allows him to open anyof the red treasure chests. Go back in the game to the Weird Woodsand the Meribian Sewers to open any treasure chests you may havemissed.You'll find a Recovery Cane in the Weird Woods. This should begiven to Mia. It has healing powers, which should prove usefulthroughout most of the game. An Earth Cane is in the Meribian Sewers.It can only be used by Nash, but his Crossbow is stronger.Go back to the Guild and talk to Laike. Tell him everything you knowabout Ghaleon and the Vile Tribe. He'll say that a collector in Ilukcan help you. There is a volcano in the south that is surrounded bymountains. That collector guy may be able to give you a bit ofadvice.Head upstairs and talk to the guy who stole your Wings. He'll say thathe was enchanted by Xenobia and ordered to bring the Dragon'sWings to her.Make sure everybody has the following equipment before proceeding:Alex --- Battle Axe, Iron Armor, Iron Gauntlet, Mirror Shield, and Iron HelmetJessica --- Mace, Magic Robe, Bracelet, Mirror Shield, and TiaraNash --- Crossbow, Magic Robe, Leather Gauntlet, and HeadbandMia --- Recovery Cane, Magic Robe, Bracelet, and TiaraKyle --- Dark Sword, Iron Armor, Iron Gauntlet, and Iron Helmet4. I'll Fly AwayThe collector tells you that you need the spirit of the RainCloud. He used to have it in his display, but thieves stole it fromhim. Go to the Thieves' Guild and buy it back from them.You can later use the Rain Cloud to stop the flow of lava from theVolcano.Talk to the inventor now. His hot air balloon is almost ready, buthe's missing one small part. He wants you to go to the eastern desertand get some roots from the monsters there. Once you come back withthose, he'll let you use the balloon to float to Damon's Spire.The Man-Eating Plants in the Desert are resistant to magic, so if youuse your normal attacks, you should have no problem. Keep fightingthem until you get the Giant Root.Go back to the inventor and give him the Giant Root. He will now beable to complete his hot air balloon. For some reason, he doesn'twant to get on the balloon with you yet. Oh, well. Off you go!The balloon takes you over the volcano, and across a tower knownas Damon's Spire. But soon, the wind starts to pick up, and yourballoon drifts toward Reza, and before you know it, you've crashed.5. Which Way to Damon's Spire?Now, you've got to find another way to get to Damon's Spire. Oneof the locals tells you that a man from the town of Meryod has beento Damon's Spire. See him and he'll tell you how to get there.Meryod is to the northeast of Reza.All of the roads in the village are built on a river, so theyare mostly bridges from one house to the other. Also, theinhabitants all seem to be inbred hicks. The bridge that connectsMarius to Stadius is not yet complete, but try to cross it anyway.You'll fall in the river, and your team will be scattered inparts of the town. Luckily, the river is calm today, or youwould have drowned.Find the carpenter's house, and ask him to fix the bridge. He'lltell you that he'll have it done the next day.Find everyone, then go to the tavern. The man who has been toDamon's Spire is here. He'll tell you to go south of Reza througha narrow path in the mountains. You'll see a floating greenisland. Use Alex's Harp near it, and a huge sea turtle will takeyou to Damon's Spire. Be careful, because Damon has placedmonsters in his tower for security measures. If you aren't agood fighter, you'll never make it.Damon's room is on the top floor, but it's locked. You have togo downstairs into the basement to find the key. Use theswitches to open the gates, then close them back. After that,climb on top and cross over the closed gates to find the SpireKey.In Damon's Chamber of Wisdom, he will tell you that Xenobia willstrike again. Her next target is a girl named Lily, in the townof Reza. Unfortunately, there's nothing you can do to stop her.Use the Wings to teleport to Damon's Spire and go west. Thiswill lead you to the volcano.6. The Red Dragon CaveWhen you enter, use the Rain Cloud to cool the lava flow, andyou can pass into the volcano.The Red Dragon Cave has a lot of staircases that you need totake to get through. Be careful, or you might find yourselfgoing in circles.The enemies aren't too tough. Just try not to get too close tothe Earth Elementals, or you'll get hit three times. TheWasteoids may try to put your party to sleep. Use Jessica'sMental Litany or some Holy Smoke to wake them up.After you make it through the Volcano, the spirit of the RedDragon will give you its power. You can now take the RedDragon Shield.(Alex learns the Dragon Fire spell for collecting the DragonShield. His party also receives 250 experience points.)The bridge in Meryod should be complete now. Get the bestequipment you can, then go east.Alex --- Samurai Blade, Steel Armor, Iron Gauntlet, Dragon Shield, and Steel HelmetNash --- Boomerang, Magic Robe, Leather Gauntlet, and HeadbandJessica --- Flail, Magic Robe, Bracelet, Steel Shield, and TiaraMia --- Recovery Cane, Magic Robe, Bracelet, and TiaraKyle --- Great Sword, Steel Armor, Iron Gauntlet, and Steel HelmetF. The Adventure Continues1. Stadius ZoneThe next town is a long walk away from Meryod. You need to followthe mountains to the north and go east at the river to a villagecalled Lyton.If you got all the equipment you needed from Meryod, youshouldn't have too much trouble fighting the enemies that arearound here.2. Lyton, the Village of MusicLyton is a village where everybody sings. Unfortunately, with theever-looming threat of Xenobia and the Magic Emperor, the songsgrow sadder and sadder every day.Long ago, they say, Dyne crossed the river to the north andentered the waterfall to gain the Dragon Helmet. Now, Ghaleon hasplaced a curse on the river, and now nobody can become a Dragon-master. The village magician says that someone named Alex, whohas green eyes (that's you), will come and save the world. Talkto the magician and tell him that you are Alex, and he willlift the curse on the river. Cross the rocks and go north tothe waterfall.3. The Blue Dragon CaveWatch your back around here, for the enemies get tougher startingwith this Dragon Cave. The Dragonfish can take a lot of physicalattacks, so use your magic. The Ghoul Fish can make your partyconfused and cause them to attack each other. You have to waitfor the effect to wear off.The Sage's Clothes and Holy Shield are some of the best defensiveequipment you'll find in the game. Don't leave this cave withoutthem.You fight the Brainiac on the fifth level. The Brainiac is slow,but very strong. It knows how to use the Waterfall attack, whichaffects everybody, and can hurt anyone without a high Anti-Magicrating.Alex should use his Dragon Fire spell against the Brainiac.Kyle can only use his normal attack, but should use his Sidestepskill to block attack by the Brainiac.Jessica should use her normal attack, and cast Rest Litany onsomeone when their HP get low.If he has it, Nash should use Thunder Shot 2. Thunder Shot 1also works well.Mia should cast Ice Wall. She can use De-Protect on it to makeeveryone's physical attacks a little stronger.After defeating the Brainiac, go into the next room and take theBlue Dragon Helmet.(Alex learns the Dragon Tear spell for getting the Helmet. Theparty earns 400 experience points.)When you are about to leave, Xenobia shows up and commands Nashto take the helmet from you. Just what you needed...another double-cross. Your quest towards Dragonmaster isn't about to get anyeasier...4. TamurLooks like you'll have to go on without Nash for a while. FromLyton, head southeast to a village called Tamur. The people therewill tell you that a monster has caused an illness to run rampantin the prairie to the north. People everywhere are dying from it.You'll find Laike in this town again. This is his home. He'll tellyou that to become a full-fledged Dragonmaster, Alex needs to goto the Goddess' Tower. The Tower is floating in the sky, so he'llneed some kind of flying machine to get there. An inventor namedMyght may be able to fix one up for you. He lives in a tower tothe east. Unfortunately, he doesn't like to have visitors around,because he is very sensitive about his foot odor problem. Too manypeople around him might cause a bigger problem. Alex and Laike decideto go by themselves.Two people from the prairie managed to escape the disease andare staying in Tamur. Their names are Tempest and Franchesca (orFresca, for short). Tempest needs someone to help him fight thedisease that is going around on the prairie. He wants you to challengehim to see how much power you have. After a short sparring match,Tempest is exhausted. He tells you that you're the second strongestman he's met in a long time. (The first strongest is a guy namedLaike. Imagine that!...) Your skills could be of use to him in thefuture.5. MyghtLaike is one helluva fighter. He has the most attacks out of anyoneon the group, and his Coup de Grace skill nearly doubles his attackskill. You'll find him very useful against the Cave Rats andSquibblers.Make your way up the tower, but avoid the holes, or you'll end upgoing back to start. Some of the holes may actually lead you to yourgoal. It's up to you to figure out which ones.Myght is in his chamber on the fourth floor, as are a few villagersfrom Lyton. He doesn't mind having them around, because they can'tsmell his foot odor. Laike will tell Myght to make the balloon for you,but it'll take some time for him to have it ready.Head upstairs to the rooftop. Ghaleon will make a brief appearance,and then he will disappear.You'll have to walk back to Tamur, because Laike won't let you useyour Dragon's Wings. Besides, it's not really that long of a walk.Get rid of Laike's equipment before you get back to town.6. The PrairieLaike will say goodbye to you for now, and return to his home.You can now reunite your party. Nash comes back with some vitalinformation on how to get back to the Frontier. You need to usethe Fountain of Transfer between Meryod and Lyton. The problemis that the fountain hasn't been used for over ten years, and thespring has dried out. To refill it, you need the Water of Mirage. Theelder of the Prairie village has it. Nash was wounded tryingto escape from Xenobia. She figured out that Nash was really pullinga triple-cross on her. He gives Alex his Dragon Helmet back, and theteam is off to the prairie. The cave is to the north of Tamur.Fresca and Tempest were last seen going toward this cave. Frescawas afflicted with the disease, and Tempest is trying to get backto the village to find a cure.Head east to Pao. The villagers will tell you a legend about amonster who lives in a cave to the north, and spread disease acrossthe land. He was sealed in the cave using the seal of the goddess,Althena. The people of Pao do not go anywhere near the seal, andhave instructed the other villagers to do the same, under the penaltyof death.The people of the prairie are collapsing all over the placebecause of the disease. Even the elder has fallen victim. Thevillage medic will tell you to get the Goddess' Seal from Grimzol'scave to the north. At that moment, Mia collapses, and Jessica decidesto stay by her side. The men go on ahead to the cave. Tempest hasalready gone on ahead of them.7. Breaking the SealTempest is about halfway through the cave. You won't be able to go onwithout him.Pick up the Pixie's Whip, the Pixie's Bow, and the Insane Sword tomake this trip a whole lot easier, because the monsters in this caveare very tough. Slice o' Dead can wear your HP down in a hurry withits quick consecutive attacks, and Slicer's single attack can takea lot out of you.You should have the following equipment when fighting Grimzol:Alex --- Samurai Blade, Steel Armor, Iron Gauntlet, Steel Shield, and Steel HelmetNash --- Pixie's Bow, Sage's Clothes, Leather Gauntlet, and HeadbandKyle --- Insane Sword, Steel Armor, Iron Gauntlet, and Steel HelmetTempest --- Pixie's Whip, Leather Clothes, and Leather GauntletGrimzol (the game calls him the Inca God) is on the third level.Your best bet is to have Kyle use his Insane Sword to boost Alex'sstrength, and for everybody to use their physical attacks. Grimzolwill get in four good quick hits per turn, but that's about it.Alex should conserve his magic for Calm Litany. You'll get theGoddess' Seal for defeating Grimzol. Return to the village, but becareful of monsters.Don't forget to un-equip Tempest's stuff when you reach Pao.You need to get to the medicine woman quickly because more peopleare dying from this terrible sickness. Jessica collapsed earlierwhile trying to take care of Mia. Give the medicine woman theSeal, and she will chant a magic spell that will restore the village.Tempest has saved Pao, but because he broke the law of the Ancients,he must now face punishment for his deeds. You, however, get to gofree. Revive Jessica and Mia, then talk to the chief, who is alsopassed out. He'll come to, and he'll take you to the well, where hegives you a Mirage Potion.8. Dark CaveGo back to the Fountain between Meryod and Lyton and use the MirageWater. You will activate the Teleportation spring that leads to theDark Cave. This is the only way to reach the barren Frontier.Watch out for Cursed Faces and Spider Crabs in this cave.G. The Frontier1. Mark of a HeroThe Frontier is a barren wasteland, because Althena has cut off alllight from here. Monsters attack more frequently on the Frontier thanin other parts of the world. There is a small town called Cadin to thewest of the Dark Cave. Not much to do here, but the people will tell youthat the entrance to the Dragon Cave is nearby. You should head east.The Black Dragon Cave is the last place to look for the coveted DragonEquipment. Actually, you're looking for the Hero's Crest, which willallow you to explore the rest of the Black Dragon Cave. You'll alsofind Dyne's Sword down here, which will be a very useful weapon forAlex until he finds Althena's Sword.2. A Village in CaptivityHead south of the Black Dragon Cave to the Talon Mine. Xenobia andGhaleon kidnapped the people of Burg and sentenced them to a lifetimeof work in these mines. Ghaleon wants tons of iron ore to build a giantcrushing machine called the Grindery. If you can find them, maybe youcan find a way to return them home.The strongest man in Cadin is guarding the exit to the mines. Hisstrength is only being used to serve Ghaleon, so don't expect him tolet you out of the mine without a fight. His battle axe will takeout at least 100 HP on one of your characters. Assault him withphysical attacks until he gives up.After you defeat this guy, you'll have to deal with one of Taben'sDragon Tanks. The Dragon Tank is surprisingly vulnerable to magicattacks, so use Alex's Dragon Tear, Kyle's Sybillium (if he has it),Nash's Thunder Thrust, and Mia's Flameria. Jessica should cast CampDefender to protect the party from the Dragon Tank's attacks for oneturn.Defeat the Dragon Tanks and the commander will let you pass. IfGhaleon were ever to find out that he let prisoners escape, he wouldmake good on his threat to hurt his family. Well, at least the villagersof Burg can go home happy.3. The Insane DragonAfter exiting Talon Mine, go to the west until you reach a town calledMarke. You need to see the elder immediately and show him the Hero'sCrest. He will then allow you to enter the Dragon's Shrine, which leadsyou to the other part of the Black Dragon Cave. Get the Saint Clothesand Silver Claw for Jessica before going in. They are her strongestequipment in the game.Deep down in this dungeon you will fight the Black Dragon. The BlackDragon was the strongest member of the Dragon Tribe. But soon he wentberserk and devastated the land. He's going to be a very big obstaclein finding the last piece of Dragon equipment.You must use your best magic against the Black Dragon. Alex should attackwith Dragon Tear, Kyle with Sybillium, Nash with Thunder Thrust, and Miawith Flameria. The Black Dragon's attack can devastate a character ifit hits. Luckily, it moves slow, so you don't have to get too close to itto do any real damage.After defeating the Black Dragon, you will hear Magic Emperor Ghaleon'svoice. He'll start to laugh at you because you just finished off thelast of the Dragon Tribe. Now, with no Dragons left, the Goddess Althenais completely unprotected, and Ghaleon can have his way with her.Head into the next room and take the Dragon Armor. It's the last piece ofDragon equipment you need. But to complete the outfit, you needAlthena's Sword.(Alex learns the Dragon Quake spell for picking up the Dragon Armor.His team gains an additional 1450 experience points.)4. The City that Ghaleon BuiltReturn to Marke. There's someone who escaped from the town of Ruid whowants to see you. This little girl is from the plains tribe. Shemanaged to escape Ghaleon thanks to a distraction by Luna. She has aduplicate key of the city, which will open the front gate. You've gotto hurry to Ruid and rescue Luna before the Grindery goes into motion.Ruid was founded by Ghaleon ten years ago. Since then, he has convertedit into a research lab for his evil inventor companion, Taben.They have collected all of the ore they mine from the Talon Mine tocreate a giant mobile castle called the Grindery. Everyone who lives inthe tower of Ruid has to remain obedient to Ghaleon, and when they canwork no more, they are used as target practice for Ghaleon's weapons.You'll find Ruid to the south of Marke.Open the door with Ruid's key, then enter Taben's Tower. You have to makeyour way to the top and fight a lot of mechanical monsters on the way.At the top, you'll meet the wicked Taben. He has created all this chaos,and he's got a little surprise for you...The Knight Tanks are more mobile than the Dragon Tank models, but theyare not stronger. You can still defeat them using heavy magic.So much for rescuing Luna....The Grindery is in motion. You've gotta goin there and stop it. Descend Taben's Tower and follow the tank tracks.You'll reach a dead end, which means that Ghaleon's Grindery has moved.Ask around. Ghaleon has taken the moving castle to destroy the Goddess'Tower and Vane. It was last seen moving towards Talon Mine. Ghaleon neededto move here to have a clear shot at Vane. He commands Althena to use herpowers to fill the sky with darkness. The black light cuts through thefloating city, sending it crashing to the ground. Ghaleon dares you totry and get into the Grindery, but Althena's barrier prevents you fromentering.5. It's All But Over...You awaken a week later in Reza. When you took that last hit from Althena'sbarrier, it took a lot out of you. The thieves hid you in their Guild toprotect you from Ghaleon and Xenobia. You friends are sleeping upstairs.Mia and Jessica are in bed sleeping. Kyle and Nash are downstairs at thelounge, and it looks like they've given up all hope. With the Vile Tribe,the Grindery, and Xenobia, Ghaleon is nearly unstoppable. It would beuseless to continue now, they say. You can try to talk sense into them,but nothing you say will change their minds. Time for Mia and Jessica tostep in.Once the boys have come to their senses, Laike comes along, and he hasa secret to tell you....Laike is really Dragonmaster Dyne. Well, hewas Dyne. He lost all of his magical power when he sealed the BlackDragon. Now, he just lives life as Laike - no hassles, no adventures,no worries. He wants you to carry out your destiny and become the nextDragonmaster. He will tell you to go back to Myght's. The balloon hemade is now ready. When you go to the rooftop, Xenobia will come andtry to prevent you from boarding the balloon. Dyne comes to your rescue,and he tries to battle off Xenobia, but she uses the stone spell onhim. Even while stoned, Dyne tries to resist Xenobia's magic. Hurryand reach the balloon.When you're floating to the Goddess' Tower, another shot from theGrindery just narrowly misses your balloon, but it's just strong enoughto knock the balloon out of commission. Myght's not gonna be happyonce he hears about this...6. One Final StepThe Goddess Althena's tower is very heavily fortified, with such enemiesas Mynos Heads and Skewer Sentries. You might want to be really carefulwhen fighting these. Getting to the top is easy. You don't have to pickup the treasures in this tower, except for the Herb of Althena and theSeed of Vigor.At the top of the tower, there is a picture of Althena that looksexactly like Luna. It's odd that the two look so much alike.Get the Goddess' Cane from the treasure chest, then give it to Mia.Even though she doesn't use it much, it's her best weapon. Talk tothe Dragon Angels, and they will test you to see if you are worthy ofthe Sword.Alex will be forced into a one-on-two battle between the Dragon Angels.The battle should go quickly if you use the Dragon Quake spell aboutfive times. If your magic runs out, use the Seed of Vigor (Starlightsand Silver Lights won't do it). The Dragon Angels' attacks are notthat tough to withstand if you have all of the Dragon Armor on.Once you have proven yourself, you can step forward and claim Althena'sSword to become the ultimate warrior...Dragonmaster Alex!The Dragon Angels tell you the truth about Luna and Nall. Luna IS reallythe goddess Althena, and she had come to live among the people as a human.Nall asks why Alex was able to become a Dragonmaster if all of themembers of the Dragon Tribe were killed. It turns out that Nall is adescendant of one of the Dragon Tribe, so the legacy still lives on.There is still one more matter to attend to - destroying the Grinderyand putting an end to the rule of the Vile Tribe and the Magic Empire.H. Dragonmaster Alex1. The GrinderyUse the Dragon's Wings to teleport to Meribia. This is the last placeyou'll see the Grindery. Ramus will finally show up at his shop. Hewants to help you in any way he can to destroy Ghaleon's empire, sohe'll give you anything in his shop for free. Take as many Herbs ofAlthena as you need, and take some Silver Lights for magic.The world is shrouded in complete darkness, and that means the mostpowerful monsters will be roaming the countryside. Start slaying monstersuntil you have learned all of everyone's spells. Have all of yourDragon equipment on you (including the Dragon's Wings) before you enterthe Grindery.The interior of the Grindery is a complex maze of pipes. Be careful, oryou might get stuck. There is no time for fooling around. You have tosave Luna and the other singers.The Grindery is full of all those metal monstrosities that you fought insideTaben's Tower, including the Dragon and Knight Tanks. If your party's HPare low, don't be afraid to RUN! You may be a Dragonmaster and all, but youcan't defeat everything.On the fifth floor of the Grindery, there is a huge steam engine. TheGrindery has to stop near large bodies of water to replenish its power.Look at the giant flame. It generates a lot of heat, so if you put itout, you can stop this thing cold. Use your best magic against it, becauseyou can get a recharge later. After stopping the steam engine, you need togo to the top floor. There's a path that leads to Ghaleon's secret garden,but there are packs of Lagoon Goons guarding it. You can try to fight themoff, but there's too many of them. Soon, Tempest and Fresca will come toyour aid. They'll cover your position while you go and stop Ghaleon.Ghaleon has kidnapped pixies to add to his garden. They obviously posea threat to the new Magic Emperor, and they have some things to sayabout him. Talk to all of the pixies. One will restore your energy. You'llneed this boost if you're to survive the palace.2. Ghaleon's PalaceYou basically have to find the other singing girls that were kidnappedfrom all over the world. They'll tell you that Luna is on the top floor.You can't get to the top floor without the Tower Key. Find the key,then go to the top floor.You've found Luna, or so it appears. She tells you that it's useless tokeep on fighting, and that her soul belongs to Ghaleon. She's obviouslya fake, because the real Luna would never say things like that.Xenobia appears again (for the last time), and it looks like you'll haveto fight her.Use your weapon attacks on her. Save the magic stuff for Ghaleon.Xenobia will try to use her charm to confuse you, but your party shouldbe able to resist it. She also has a Water Fang attack, which also isn'tthat powerful. Her best weapon is her physical attacks, which she usesthree times in a row.After crushing Xenobia, you can now enter Ghaleon's Chamber.Ghaleon has taken on a very shocking transformation since he became theMagic Emperor. His power is supposed to surpass that of even aDragonmaster. Now that he has control of the Goddess, he's almostunstoppable...almost.Ghaleon has no real magic power, so his strength comes from his physicalattacks, which he uses three times in a row. Use you best stuff againstGhaleon, or this could be a very long fight.You've destroyed Ghaleon and conquered the Magic Empire. Now is yourchance to rescue Althena. It doesn't look like she wants to be saved thatmuch, though. She is now under complete control of the darkness. TheDragon ngels appear, and they will try to break the spell on Althena.But suddenly, two flashes of dark energy eliminate the Dragon Angels withjust one hit. It doesn't look like Ghaleon's finished with you yet.Prepare yourself for the fight of your life...3. The Final BattleGhaleon is now consumed with dark energy, and has become the ultimateevil being....He has transformed himself into the true Magic Emperor.This new form of Ghaleon is immensely powerful. He can teleport andstrike one of your characters with his psionic sword, meaning thatone of your characters will always lose power. On top of that, hecan use his Thunder Blow or Water Fang magic before that, making thedamage even worse. This is the way I defeated him:Alex --- Dragon QuakeKyle --- SybilliumJessica --- Cascade Litany on KyleNash --- Thunder ThrustMia --- De-ProtectWhen using Mia's De-Protect spell, Ghaleon's defense power goes down,making him more vulnerbale to physical attacks. This effect can beused over and over again. The above method should knock about 800HP out of him per turn.If Alex should run out of Dragon Quake magic, have Jessica castCascade Litany on him, and Alex use his normal attacks. They are evenmore powerful than Kyle's, and he can attack three times now, insteadof just two.4. Making Luna RememberWhat? You thought that after you defeated the Magic Emperor, thegame would be over, right? You thought that you could just walkout of this game with the spell on Althena broken, didn't you?Wrong! There's still one more part of the game left. Althenahas gone berserk, and if you don't do something about it, the worldwill be shrouded in darkness forever. You have to make her remembersomehow. This isn't about you being a Dragonmaster and her being aGoddess anymore. It's about two people in love with each other (althoughyou never wanted to admit it), and you need to find a way to makeAlthena remember....You can only do this alone. Every time you take astep forward, Althena will strike you down with a lightning bolt, whichtakes a good bit of your HP away. You could try to just go up there andrescue her, but all of the magic in the world couldn't help youagainst the lightning. She could just kill you after the second or thirdbolt. Try playing your song on your harp. This should lessen the damageon the bolts and allow you to rescue Althena.You've finally saved the day. But sadly, after this, Luna will ceaseto exist as a human in your world, and will lose all memory of livingas a human. Oh, well, at least you'll have your memories of Luna.All that's left to do now is sit back and enjoy the ending.--------------------------------------------------------------II. Equipment--------------------------------------------------------------A - AlexL - LunaR - RamusN - NashJ - JessicaM - MiaK - KyleG - GhaleonI - LaikeT - TempestA. WeaponsWeapon Who? Attack Power Special Effect Where Found? CostDagger ALRNJM 5 Burg 100Short Sword ARNK 12 Burg 500Saber AR 30 Meribia 2500Long Sword A 45 Vane 4500Scimitar AL 53 Iluk 5800Dark Sword K 75 6200Samurai Blade A 90 Thunder Attack Meryod 10000Great Sword K 110 Meryod 12000Dyne's Sword A 130 Glow Beam Black Dragon ? CaveInsane Sword K 160 Kiai Slice Grimzol's ? CaveAlthena's A 200 Goddess' Sword TowerSling ALRNJMK 12 (fixed) Burg 100Poison Darts ALRNJK 20 (fixed) Saith 280Cane ALRNJMG 7 Saith 300Water Cane N 10 Ice AttackFire Cane ANM 15 Flamer Vane 4000Ice Cane ANM 18 Ice Attack Vane 1000Recovery Cane JNM 22 Little Litany Weird WoodsEarth Cane N 33 Landquake Meribian 13800 SewersGoddess' Cane M 35 Rest Litany Goddess' ? TowerWoodcutter AR 10 Weird Woods ? AxeAxe AR 23 Saith 1500Battle Axe A 70 Reza 8600Bow ANK 15 Meribia 700Crossbow ANK 36 Iluk 2400Boomerang ANK 56 Meryod 5200Pixie's Bow NK 106 Grimzol's ?Claw AJ 20 Meribia 1000Mace AJ 40 Iluk 3800Flail AJ 65 Meryod 7300Silver Claw AJK 100 Marke ?Whip T 45 7000Pixie's Whip T 115 Grimzol's 12400 CaveB. ArmorArmor Who? Attack Power Special Effect Where Found? CostTattered ALRN 1 Reza 12 ClothesPeasant ALRN 3 Burg 90 ClothesHeavy Clothes ALRNI 5 Burg 230Leather ALRNK 8 Meribia 550 ClothesLeather Armor ARNJK 13 Meribia 1700Carapace ARNJK 18 Meribia 2700 ArmorChain Mail AJK 20 Reza 3400Iron Armor AJK 25 Reza 5000Steel Armor AK 35 Meryod 7600Insane Armor K 55 Black Dragon ? CaveBlack Dragon A 70 Black Dragon Armor CaveCool Robe ARNJMK 10 Meribia 1000Magic Robe NJMG 30 Vane 6200Sage's NJM 40 Blue Dragon ? Clothes CaveSaint Clothes J 58 Marke ?Holy Clothes NM 63 Black Dragon ? CaveGloves AR 2 Meribia 50Leather ARNJK 3 Meribia 90 GauntletIron Gauntlet AK 7 Reza 480Bracelet JM 5 Vane 300Garbage Can AR 2 50 LidWood Shield ARJ 3 Meribia 230Iron Shield AJ 10 Reza 900Mirror Shield AJ 15 Magic Camp Meribia 2000Steel Shield AJ 20 Meryod 3400Holy Shield AJ 25 Blue Dragon CaveRed Dragon A 30 Red Dragon Shield CaveHeadband ARNK 1 Meribia 12Helmet AK 4 Meribia 180Chain Helmet AK 6 Reza 630Iron Helmet AK 9Steel Helmet AK 12 Meryod 1500Blue Dragon A 20 Blue Dragon Helmet CaveTiara LJM 2 Meribia 100C. Items1. Recovery ItemsItem Effect CostHerb Restores a little bit of your HP. 80Jasmine Restores some of your HP. 50Calm Herb Restores a lot of your HP. 100Vigor Peach Restores all of your HP. 900Starlight Restores a little bit of your MP. 50Silver Light Restores some of your MP. 120Seed of Vigor Restores a lot of your MP. 4000Meal Rations Restores a little bit of your party's 30 HP.Special Restores some of your party's HP. 100 RationsHoly Flute Restores a lot of your party's HP. 200Herb of Restores all of your party's HP. 2300 AlthenaSmoked Fish Restores 4 HP. 4Garlic Restores a little bit of your HP. 24Holy Water Cures poison. 10Holy Smoke Awakens a character. 20Mint Essence Cures paralysis. 302. Attack ItemsItem Effect CostSun Drops Casts Flame. 1300Fire Essence Casts Blazing Fire. 680Thunder Casts Thunder Wave. 900 EssenceMagic Bullet Casts Light Ray. 18003. Assistance ItemsItem Effect CostLight Barrier Casts Magic Camp on your party. 740Power Barrier Casts Camp Defender on your party. 1500Cascade Ring Casts Cascade on your party. 650Snake Ring Attracts enemies. 2800Cloud Drops Casts De-Protect on one enemy. 450Rainbow Drops Casts Holy Defender. 500Wind Essence Casts Psychotron. 1800Magic Hand Steals MP from an enemy. 400Hyram Nut Increases Agility. ?Alcana Nut Increases Magic. ?Itaka Nut Increases Attack power. ?Dover Nut Increases Defense power. ?4. Special ItemsItem Effect Where found?Alex's Harp Alex's most treasured possession. initially equipped on AlexChest Key Opens the old treasure chest in the Burg basement.Dragon Ring A ring with the power of the Dragons. White Dragon CaveDragon An extremely valuable diamond. White Dragon Cave DiamondFather's Gives you permission to sail to the Burg Letter mainland.Sea Chart A map of all the seas. Old Hag's houseFlint Lights the beacon in the Lighthouse. SaithAlthena's Reflects the true form of all that is Silver Spire Mirror exposed to it.White Lets you teleport between towns. White Dragon Cave Dragon's WingsThief's Crest Makes you a Thieves' Guild member. Reza Kyle can open any red treasure chest as long as he possesses this.Rain Cloud Stops the flow of the lava in the Red Dragon Cave Volcano.Spire Key Opens the door to the Chamber of Damon's Spire Wisdom.Mirage Potion Refills the Fountain of Transferrance. PaoHero's Crest Lets you enter the Dragon Shrine in Black Dragon Cave Marke.Ruid's Key A duplicate key. It opens the gate to Marke Ruid.Tower Key Opens the door to the top floor of Ghaleon's Palace Ghaleon's Palace.5. Other ItemsItem EffectPutrid Lunch Disgusting food. HP goes down if you eat it.Mystery unknown effect PotionHarisen junkAmulet ?Music Box ?Mia's Bromide ?Soap Lets you bathe in Althena's Spring.--------------------------------------------------------------III. Character Profiles--------------------------------------------------------------Alex The hero of the story. He lives in the village of Burg, where he pays tribute to his favorite hero, Dragonmaster Dyne. He sets out on a journey to become a Dragonmaster, just like his hero did.HP: Excellent MP: ExcellentAttack: Excellent Defense: Great Agility: ExcellentMagic: Excellent Anti-Magic: GoodOverall Rating: ExcellentLuna Alex's secret girlfriend. She has lived with Alex for 15 years. She is the best singer in the known world.HP: Fair MP: GreatAttack: Poor Defense: Fair Agility: GoodMagic: Good Anti-Magic: GreatOverall Rating: GoodRamus The son of the mayor of Burg. He likes to go out on adventures in search of treasure, but will usually run and hide when faced with real danger.HP: Good MP: n/a (Ramus cannot use magic)Attack: Great Defense: Good Agility: FairMagic: n/a Anti-Magic: PoorOverall Rating: PoorNash Nash is a third-ranked magician in the magic guild of Vane. He's a bit on the cocky side.HP: Great MP: FairAttack: Fair Defense: Poor Agility: GoodMagic: Fair Anti-Magic: GoodOverall Rating: FairJessica Jessica is the daughter of Mel de Alkirk. She is studying to become a priestess. Her mother died when she was very young, so her father Mel dotes on her a lot. Many people think that Jessica is a tomboy.HP: Great MP: GoodAttack: Good Defense: Good Agility: GoodMagic: Great Anti-Magic: GreatOverall Rating: GoodMia Mia is the daughter of Lemia Ausa. She is the heiress to the throne of Vane's prestigious Magic Guild.HP: Poor MP: GreatAttack: Poor Defense: Fair Agility: PoorMagic: Excellent Anti-Magic: ExcellentOverall Rating: GoodKyle Kyle guards the Nanza Barrier. Chicks dig him, monsters run from him. He has trained a pack of thieves to guard the Barrier from the Vile Tribe.HP: Excellent MP: PoorAttack: Excellent Defense: Great Agility: ExcellentMagic: Poor Anti-Magic: PoorOverall Rating: GoodTempest Tempest is a member of the prairie tribe. He lives and dies to protect his wife, Fresca.HP: Great MP: PoorAttack: Great Defense: Fair Agility: GoodMagic: Poor Anti-Magic: FairOverall Rating: FairLaike He and Alex run into each other a lot on his journey. Laike is supposedly the strongest man in the world. Maybe there's more to this guy than meets the eye...HP: Excellent MP: FairAttack: Excellent Defense: Good Agility: ExcellentMagic: Fair Anti-Magic: GreatOverall Rating: GreatDyne Dyne was the greatest of the legendary four heroes that saved the world long ago from the Magic Emperor. He was a Dragonmaster, but he died in his final battle against the Black Dragon.Mel de Alkirk Also known as "Master Mel", Mel was a strong fighter with a kind heart. He could even hold the heaviest axe with only one hand!Lemia Ausa The head of the magic guild of Vane. She was the only female member of the group, but she had tremendous power.Ghaleon The great sage Ghaleon was a very powerful magician when he fought alongside Dyne. Unfortunately, after Dyne's death, Ghaleon became evil, and wanted to use the Goddess' powers for his own twisted schemes.HP: Excellent MP: ExcellentAttack: Excellent Defense: Excellent Agility: FairMagic: Excellent Anti-Magic: ExcellentOverall Rating: ExcellentAlthena The almighty Goddess of love and song. She exiled the Vile Tribe to the Frontier.Xenobia Leader of the Vile Tribe. With the help of Ghaleon, she and the Vile Tribe broke out of the Frontier and are making life a living hell for everybody.Quark Quark was the last surviving member of the Great Dragons. There were four - Black, Red, Blue, and White (that's Quark).Nall A baby dragon that Alex keeps as a pet. She is Alex's best friend, and she has stayed by his side since birth.Noah Alex's father. hE once went on an adventure with Dyne when he was young, but he didn't want to go with him on his big adventure, because he didn't want to hold him back. At least, that's how HE tells it.--------------------------------------------------------------IV. Enemies--------------------------------------------------------------Enemy Attacks Moves HP Special Attacks Where foundAir Elemental 1 3 Silver SpireAlbino Baboon 1 2 Caldor IsleAmbush 2 1 Katarina ZoneArch-Fiend 3 3 Dashing Flame Katarina ZoneAsmodeus 1 3 Katarina ZoneBanshee Fowl 1 4 Crystal TowerBirdbrain 1 4 FrontierBlack Dragon 1 1 5600 Black Dragon CaveBrainiac 3 1 2200 Waterfall Blue Dragon CaveBronze Dog 1 1 70 Trial CaveCave Rat 1 5 Myght's LabCertillian Cyclops 3 1 300 Trial CaveChaos Fiend ? ? Black Dragon CaveCount Antula 1 2 Tempter Nanza BarrierCursed Faces 4 0 Thunder Thumper Dark CaveDark Knight 3 3 Taben's TowerDead Pole 1 1 Trial CaveDeath 'Shroom 1 2 Trial CaveDeath Mutt 1 2 Marius ZoneDemi-Diablo 1 1 Black Dragon CaveDemon Wolf 1 4 Nanza BarrierDevestator 2 2 Taben's TowerDiablos 1 2 Black Dragon CaveDragon Angel 1 1 1800 Thunder Thrust Goddess' TowerDragonfish 2 1 Blue Dragon CaveDragon Tank 3 3 1800 Talon MineDung Beetle 1 2 Caldor IsleEarth Elemental 3 0 Red Dragon CaveEscargotgo 1 1 White Dragon CaveFatal Hopper 1 3 Meribian SewersFlytrapper 1 1 poison Caldor IsleGhaleon 3 1 4200 Ghaleon's ChamberGhost 1 4 Silver SpireGhoul ? ? Katarina ZoneGhoul Fish 1 2 Good Luck Blue Dragon CaveGiant Flame 1 5 2800 GrinderyGigafly 1 2 Katarina ZoneGreat Lion 1 3 Island CaveGrimzol (Inca God) 4 1 2400 Grimzol's CaveGrog Snake 1 1 Meribian SewersGrolly 1 1 Marius ZoneGrouser 1 2 Caldor IsleGurgler 1 3 poison Meribian SewersHermit Crab 1 2 Red Dragon CaveHummingbyrd 1 3 Flamer Silver SpireKiller Wasp 1 4 poison Caldor IsleKnight Tank 2 2 1800 Taben's TowerLagoon Goon 1 2 poison Black Dragon CaveLava Worm 1 1 Nanza BarrierLeeper 1 3 poison Trial CaveLizard Commander 1 1 Talon MineLizard Guard 1 4 FrontierMage Goblin 1 1 Thunder Thumper Stadius ZoneMagic Emperor 1 1 5000 Thunder Blow, Althena's Chamber (teleport) Water FangMan-Eating Plant 1 0 DesertMecha-Tank 1 1 FrontierMonocrop 1 1 Island CaveMonster Wasp 1 3 Stadius ZoneMutant Ant 2 2 Island CaveMutant Fly 1 4 Weird WoodsMutant Turtle 1 2 Trial CaveMynos Head 1 4 Goddess' TowerMynotauros 1 ? Ghaleon's PalaceNergol 1 2 Katarina ZoneNightmare 1 5 Stadius ZoneOgre 1 2 Stadius ZonePious Reaper 1 1 Spill Attack Damon's SpireRaptor 1 3 200 Island CaveRoardusa 1 ? Good Luck Ghaleon's PalaceRufus 1 2 Damon's SpireScorpion 1 2 poison Marius ZoneSkewer Sentry 1 1 Goddess' TowerSlice o' Dead 4 0 Thunder Thumper Grimzol's CaveSlicer 1 4 Grimzol's CaveSlime 1 2 White Dragon CaveSpider Crab 1 4 Dark CaveSquibbler 1 2 Myght's LabTormentor 1 2 Katarina ZoneUltra-Fiend 2 ? Thunder Wall Ghaleon's PalaceUltra-Raptor 1 3 Black Dragon CaveUndead Warrior 1 3 Grimzol's CaveVicious Vegetable 1 1 Damon's SpireVile Tribe Soldier 1 1 2 360 Star ChamberVile Tribe Soldier 2 1 2 400 BurgWasteoid 1 2 Tempter Red Dragon CaveWater Dragon 1 0 250 flame breath Meribian SewersWater Elemental 1 1 Blue Dragon CaveWolf Commander 1 1 1200 Talon MineWolf Guard 1 4 FrontierWyburn 1 4 Katarina ZoneXenobia 3 1 4400 Good Luck, Ghaleon's Palace Water FangZombie 1 1 Weird Woods--------------------------------------------------------------V. Spells--------------------------------------------------------------A. AlexSpell Effect MP LevelFlame Fireball - attacks one enemy. 2 learned at MeribiaPower Litany Restores a little bit of HP. 4 10Little Litany Restores some HP. 5 12Flamer Fireball - attacks all enemies. 4 14Blazing Fire Fireball rain - attacks one enemy. 6 22Calm Litany Restores some of your party's HP. 9 24Flame Bomb Fireball rain - attack all enemies. 8 28Light Ray Light beam - attacks one enemy. 10 32Bright Blast Light beam - attacks all enemies. 12 36Dashing Flame Column of fire - attacks one enemy. 14 40Glow Beam Flash of light - attacks all enemies. 14 45Light Rain Powerful fireball rain - attacks all 15 50 enemies.Dragon Bolt White Dragon magic - lightning. 40 after obtaining the White Dragon's WingsDragon Fire Red Dragon magic - fire. 60 after obtaining the Red Dragon ShieldDragon Tear Blue Dragon magic - ice. 80 after obtaining the Blue Dragon HelmetDragon Quake Black Dragon magic - earth. 100 after obtaining the Black Dragon ArmorHoly Light Eliminates all enemies. 120 after obtaining Althena's SwordB. LunaSong Effect MP LevelHealing Restores a little bit of your party's 2 knows this song HP.Cascade Increases your party's attack power. 2 knows this songGood Luck Confuses an enemy. 4 knows this songPurification Cures party of poison. 7 knows this songTemptation Puts enemies to sleep. 10 3Supersonic Sonic attack - attacks all enemies. 12 5Tranquility Restores some of your party's HP. 15 8C. NashSpell Effect MP LevelThunder Small lightning bolt - attacks one 2 knows this spell Attack enemy.Thunder Wave Small lightning bolt - attacks all 4 knows this spell enemies.Thunder Paralyzes enemies. 12 13 ThumperThunder Ball Shock - attacks one enemy. 6 14Thunder Bomb Shock - attacks all enemies. 8 15Thunder Fang Thunderbolt - attacks one enemy. 10 21Thunder Wall Thunderbolt - attacks all enemies. 12 24Thunder Shot Thunderstorm. 14 28 1Thunder Shot Powerful thunderstorm. 18 32 2Thunder Nash's most powerful magic. 20 41 ThrustD. JessicaSpell Effect MP LevelLittle Litany Restores some HP. 5 knows this spellPurity Litany Cures poison. 5 knows this spellCalm Litany Restores some of your party's HP. 9 knows this spellFusion Litany Cures paralysis. 8 25Cascade Increases attack power. 10 27 LitanyMental Litany Awakens a character. 12 28Tempter Puts enemies to sleep. 14 32Holy Defender Protects from physical attacks. 20 35Rest Litany Restores a lot of HP. 10 37Magic Defense Protects from magic attacks. 25 39Heal Litany Cures party of negative status. 20 41Camp Defender Protects party from physical attacks. 30 44Charm Defense Repels enemies. 5 45Healing Restores a lot of your party's HP. 15 48 LitanyMagic Box Silences enemy. ? 50Magic Camp Protects party from magic. ? 51Althena Restores all of your party's HP. 30 53 LitanyE. MiaSpell Effect MP LevelLittle Litany Restores some HP. 5 knows this spellLuck Litany Confuses enemies. 12 knows this spellDe-Protect Lowers enemies' defense. 5 knows this spellIce Attack Ice attack - attacks all enemies. 6 knows this spellFlamer Fireball - attacks all enemies. 4 knows this spellFullstone Spirit attack - attacks one enemy. 5 knows this spellFlame Bomb Fireball rain - attacks all enemies. 8 25Psychotron Escapes from dungeons. 10 26De-Heal Steals HP from one enemy. 10 28Tornado Wind attack - attacks one enemy. 10 31Waterfall Spirit attack - attacks all enemies. 12 33Spill Attack Shadow attack - attacks one enemy. 12 36Ice Wall Ice wave - attacks all enemies. 14 37Blizzard Snowstorm - attacks all enemies. 16 38Spillter Powerful spirit attack. 20 39Wind Blast Steals MP from one enemy. 0 40Sand Spike Tornado - attacks all enemies. 18 41Trouble Water attack - attacks all enemies. 20 43 BubbleFlameria Flame sweep - attacks all enemies. 25 45Landquake Earthquake - attacks all enemies. 30 48Byebye Air Powerful shadow attack. 40 50F. GhaleonSpell Effect MPThunder Blow Extreme thunder attack. 20Inferno Extreme fire attack. 22Water Fang Extreme ice attack. 25Rock'n'Roll Extreme earth attack. 30Anesthesia Removes enemies from battle. 35G. KyleSkill Effect MP LevelSprint Increases Kyle's agility. 6 knows this skillFastcut Distance attack - attacks one enemy. 7 knows this skillSidestep Protects Kyle from physical attacks. 8 31Kiai Slice Increases Kyle's attack power. 12 40Sybillium Attacks an enemy from all sides. 30 48Slayride Shoots a beam of energy from Kyle's 18 54 sword.H. LaikeSkill Effect MPSybillium Attacks an enemy from all sides. 30Sprint Increases Laike's agility. 6Fastcut Distance attack - attacks one enemy. 7Coup de Grace Increases Laike's attack power. 18I. TempestSkill Effect MPWayout Protects Tempest from physical 4 attacks.Swift Sniper Increases Tempest's speed. 8Party Shot Attacks all enemies. 15--------------------------------------------------------------VI. Playing the Game--------------------------------------------------------------A. ControlsDirection Pad - moves your characters around.A button - selects a command.B button - cancels a command.C button - activates the menu.Start button - does nothing.B. CombatThe combat system of Lunar is turn-based. You select your party'scommands, and then they execute them. The number of spaces they canmove and the number of attacks are limited to their physical abilities.When a group of enemies is defeated, the total experience amount issplit between the party members.1. Commands a. GroupAttack - Starts the battle.Nall - Nall will identify the enemy for you, and tell you your chancesof winning.Run - The party runs away from the battle. b. IndividualA I - Automatically attacks the nearest enemy.Attack - Attacks a certain enemy.Magic - Casts a magic spell (all characters except Ramus can use magic).Item - Selects an item for use. Any items that you want to use inbattle must be equipped beforehand.Flee - The character tries to escape attack from the enemy.Run - The character runs from the battle.C. Menu CommandsMagic/Song/Skill - Casts a magic spell that the character knows.Item - Uses a group item, or an item that is equipped on the character.Equip - Equips items and weapons on the character. You can only haveup to eight.Status - Shows the status screen.A I - Controls whether or not your character will attack after usingitems or magic.D. Status ScreenName - Your character's name.Level - Your character's current level. The highest level is 99.Max HP - The maximum life force of your character.Max MP - The maximum magic power of your character.Atk Pwr - Strength of your attacks.Def Pwr - Defense power.Agility - Your overall speed.Anti-Magic - Defense power against magic.# of Atks - Shows how many times you can attack an enemy.# of Moves - Shows how many spaces you can move.Curr HP - Shows how many HP you have at the moment. If this reacheszero, then your player is knocked out. He/she regains 1 HP at the endof the battle, but does not gain any experience points.Curr MP - Shows how many MP you have at the moment. You consume MPby casting spells.Experience Points - Your skill points, gained by killing monsters.For Next Level - How many points you need to go to the next level.--------------------------------------------------------------VII. Revision Information--------------------------------------------------------------Version 1.0 - September 8, 1998 = First version of this FAQ, with a completed walkthrough (yeah!),a full list of all characters' equipment and spells, and listingsof the 90+ enemies in the game.version 1.1 - September 8, 1998 = Revised walkthrough so that it shows what kind ofequipment you need before going into tough areas (such asthe Weird Woods and the Grindery).version 1.2 - September 11, 1998 = Some minor spelling corrections. I'm a pretty good speller,but I was rushing a bit while I was working on this.version 1.3 - September 22, 1998 = Added a Game Explanation section. It's basically a compressedinstruction booklet.version 1.4 - October 23, 1998 = Added a Character Profile section for all characters.version 1.5 - November 30, 1998 = Refitted the weapon and armor tables. = Ramus' rating downgraded from "Fair" to "Poor".--------------------------------------------------------------Acknowledgements--------------------------------------------------------------Special thanks to Working Designs and Game Arts for making a greatseries of role-playing games. I also enjoyed Vay and Popful Mail!~GLucky LukeLevelpaßwörter:Gib eins der folgenden Paßwörter ein, um den entsprechenden Level zu spielen:Level Paßwort~ELucky LukeLevel Passwords:Enter one of the following passwords, listed from top-left to the bottom-right,to start game play at the corresponding level.Level Password~BTrain 1 [Dalton] [Dalton] [Lucky Luke] [Jolly Jumper]Train 2 [Lucky Luke] [Lucky Luke] [Jolly Jumper] [Rantanplan]Pueblos [Dalton] [Jolly Jumper] [Lucky Luke] [Rantanplan]Mine [Lucky Luke] [Jolly Jumper] [Dalton] [Rantanplan]Indian Desert [Rantanplan] [Rantanplan] [Dalton] [Jolly Jumper]Saloon [Dalton] [Dalton] [Jolly Jumper] [Rantanplan]Waterfall 1 [Dalton] [Lucky Luke] [Lucky Luke] [Jolly Jumper]Waterfall 2 [Rantanplan] [Dalton] [Lucky Luke] [Lucky Luke]Wagon Race [Rantanplan] [Dalton] [Dalton] [Jolly Jumper]Bush Wackers [Jolly Jumper] [Dalton] [Rantanplan] [Rantanplan]Dalton City [Jolly Jumper] [Jolly Jumper] [Lucky Luke] [Rantanplan]~BDate: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 19:55:41 +0600 (GMT) LOST WORLD TIPS FAQ V 1.0 by Gregorio Diaz EL COMPYContents:1. Introduction2. FAQ version3. Button legend4. Characters5. Credits6. Spoiler alert1. INTRODUCTION Hello again, JP fans. Welcome to my second Lost World FAQ. I did this FAQbecause a guy e-mailed me asking about help, and since I typed a lot onlyfor Compy, I said myself. "Hey, this deserves a FAQ". Thanks Jason. Thesection 5 will interest you. This FAQ teaches you all the moves and general tips about the characters.Although it is not a walkthrough, I will give you some help in certainstages. ( to get info about the bosses, see Section 6) ( to make me happy,read the whole FAQ ) So here it is. Tell me what you need, or want to see, or like or dislikeat: diazducc@sol.racsa.co.cr. , therefore winning the right to see yourname and e-mail at Section 5. Thanks.( if you need passwords, then go to see my other FAQ at www.gamefaqs.com )2. FAQ VERSION1.0 This one! ( first release)and more to come...3.0 BUTTON LEGEND If you have read ( and enjoyed, I hope) my first FAQ, you will find thatthe buttons remain unchanged. If you are new ( welcome! ) then here you are:Square will be referred as STriangle will be referred as TX does not need pseudonyms,Circle will be referred as CL1, L2, R1, R2 are also the sameUp will be UDown will be DForward will be FBack will be B4.0 CHARACTERS4.1 COMPSOGNATHUS ( Compy ) The smallest and fastest dinosaur, Compy is my favorite. It has speed toescape and power to kill. Do not underestimate it. Get used to it , causeyou will play with it the most. ( 9 stages to be precise).Moves:S: attackT: retreatX: jumpC: power attackL2 or R2: eat ( you can only eat corpses)Other keys:Down+T: rollUp+T: small jumpUp+X: upper biteTips:a- Always try to attack with the Circle button WHILE RUNNING. This will giveyou an excellent way to attack and escape from the enemies. Jump attacks arenot recommended because sometimes the bigger enemies will not let you jump,or you will be damaged when falling, or you will jump directly to its mouths.b- After killing someone, DO NOT run far away, because if you do so, thebody will dissappear, and you will not be able to eat from it.c- Be careful when jumping, especially from one platform to another.Imprecise jumping will cause you to fall ( and be really injured or die whenyou touch the ground ) If possible, try to throw yourself SLOWLY to theplatform. ( if it is below you )d- Remember to kill any mosquitoes that stand in your way. They are thecharacters that give you the most energy upon die. Kill them with a jumpingbite ( especially the upper bite ) or jump and while airborne execute theupper bite. They will refill you immediately, so you do not need to eat themdirectly.e- While underwater, keep an eye to your oxigen bar ( blue ). If the bardepletes you will start to spend your life bar ( red ) and guess whathappens when you run out of life. You can refill the blue bar by touchingthe vertical bubble path that appears three times in the route. They arealways in the same place, usually guarded by a mean and hungry Barasuchas,so do not stop for too long. The third bubble path is the safest. ( it islocated at the bottom of the lake, near the end of the level.f- At the hunter level, jump to the right at the beginning, and continueclimbing to the right using the platforms. Do not stay too much in the sameplace or BANG! Try also to jump accurately.g-Try to attack regularly. This will " reptilize " the eye at the top rightof the screen. The eye regulates the strength and power of your attacks. Thepupil must be as vertical as possible.NOTE: the eye will reptilize faster by getting the FANG power up. (dinosaurs only )h-Finally, DO NOT TOUCH ANY RED PLANTS! They will only damage you , and youcannot destroy them in any way. ( they even resist Brachiosaurus stomps!)4.2 HUMAN HUNTER An average player, use him at a distance and you will be okay. The pitonjumps can be tricky, so practice them a lot.Moves:S: shootT: retreatX: jumpC: piton ( rope )L1,R1: changes path ( some stages only )L2,R2: switch weapons ( please see section 4.5)Other keys:Any direction+S: shoot in that direction ( Duh!)D+T: forward rollF+T: slidePiton: A rope attachment that lets you reach high places and jump over longchasms. The fifth character has one of these too. Here I will detach all itsuses depending on your needs.While standing:C or F+C ( HOLD C ): fires it at 45 degrees. ( diagonally in front of him)U+C ( HOLD C ):fires it 90 degrees: ( exactly over him)While jumping:Same as aboveNOTE: If you throw yourself off the platform, the Hunter will fire the pitonover him, so if you need to fire it in front of him, you must jump off theplatform. Example: The hunter needs to grab to the rock shown r Platform o Rock p e HunterHere the Hunter left the platform WITHOUT jumping. He will not be able toconnect the rope to the rock and he will fall. Platform Rock e p o r Hunter In this case, he left the platform with a jump ( X button ) and when hefired the rope he could hang to the rock If you do not understand this, thene-mail me and I will explain it to you.When grabbed: If you grabbed your objective DO NOT release the Circle button or you willfall. So, HOLD C WHEN FIRING THE ROPE Press F, then B : swing . Press them fast to swing faster. To stop do NOTpress any directions. When swinging, DO NOT TOUCH WALLS OR ENEMIES OR OTHEROBJECTS as this will make you release the rope automatically. Press U: retracts rope Press: D: stretches rope Advancing:If you need to advance using the rope, then do the following:Grab the ceiling or rock , then press F once to swing a little to the right, then release the rope and immediately fire it again. Repeat it as needed.For easier jumps, stretch the rope a little before release itClimbing: Sometimes, the game asks you to climb to a platform using only yourrope.Example: The hunter needs to climb to platform 2 to exit the level platform 2 ------------------- Exit Hunter Platform 1In this case, you need to attach your rope to the edge of platform 2 like this: platform 2---------------------Exit e p o r Hunter Now, swing as fast as you can, and release the rope while swinging to theleft, trying to fall on the platform like this: ( think the 1s are thepath he followed) 1 1 1 Hunter 1 platform 2----------------------Exit 1 1 1 Since the Hunter section is too long, I will show the weapons in thesection 4.5 ( human prey )Tip: kill the birds with machine gun ( from behind ) or rockets.Hope the graphics are understandable. They may look strange in the finalrelease at gamefaqs.4.3 VELOCIRAPTOR ( Raptor ) My fav. next to Compy. It is strong, evil, and it is the best jumper of thegame.Moves:S: biteT: retreatX: jumpC: forward attack ( after taking down a human, S to bite him, or C to nail him )L2,R2: eatother keysD+T: ducking retreatF+T : forward rollU+S : upper biteWhile jumping:C: pounceD+S: also a pounce, but it is more effective ( I think ) Tipsa- In the first level, attack gas users with the pounce, or get close anduse the forward attack. The gas is the meanest weapon, it leaves you stunnedand does A LOT of damage.b- Most of the boxes are traps, but there are 1 ups hidden in some of them.c- Some platforms will "open" letting you fall. Although you will not hurtwhen landing, sometimes there are hunters waiting for you down there.d- Your best offense against dinosaurs is to pounce them with D+S, land, andpounce again. This way you will evade bites from Deinonichus. AgainstPachycephalosaurus ( a.k.a. Pachy, or Voldo, ) wait for them to headbutt,them jump over them, turn yourself, duck and bite them from behind. This isdifficult to execute when Pachy is with one of his many friends. ( hisfriends are anyone except you )e- Remember that fire and spikes in the ground also affect enemy dinosaurs.f- The Triceratops is secretly known as " The Raptor Hunter ". Evade him atall costs.g- As with Compy, try to reptilize your eye ( with a full eye, you can killVoldo in two or three hits! )h- There are prizes at the top of the trees, so jump on the branchesi- Kill as many humans as you can, is fun and sadistic.4.4 TYRANNOSAURUS REX The worst character ( at least for me ) the T-Rex is slow, big and clumsy.But he is powerful, cool and its roar rocks!Yes, also eats people.Moves:S: biteT: retreatX: jump ( almost useless )C: forward biteL1,R1: changes pathL2,R2: roar When you have something in your mouth:X: eat the preyS or C: play with itNothing: The slow and painful death ( for the prey )Other keys:D+S or D+C: low biteU+S,C, or T: upper headbuttF+T: front headbutt or human cannon Tipsa- At the raptor stages ( 1st, 2nd, 4th ) eat the raptors in front of youand DO NOT STOP. Keep moving or they will pummel you. If you say " I need tokill the raptor that is biting me from behind", I will tell you NO because:The T-rex turns slower than a trainWhen you are trying to eat that raptor, there will be another one behind youthat will hurt you, causing you to spit your snackIf you are stepping on hot ground you will be bited and burned ( not stirred )The raptors appear indefinitely, so if you stop and turn around, there aremore raptors behind you and in front of you all of them attacking you at thesame time.If the T-rex is turning to the left and it is biten, it will return to itsinitial position. In other words, they do not let you turn around.b- Always walk with the L1 button pressed. Remember that this button altersthe path, making the game 3-D. In some levels, the exit is in the sub-path,so if you reach a dead end, back up and try again, this time with L1 pressedc- To kill the bothersome stegosaurus, try to bite it when it is turning, soyou will nail it without crushing its head. If it tries to attack you, go tothe left and then return.Crush its head if neccessary but attack it .Keepdoing this until you return to the raptors territory, cause if you attack araptor that it is close to the stegosaurus, you will hurt them both withoutreceiving damage. When it dies go to the right to exit the level.d- At the geyser zone, avoid being touched by water. The triceratops isdefeated by using the low bite in it. The T-rex will pull the triceratopsand bite it in its butt. Press the buttons to bite it twice. Then the T-rexwill release it. Repeat as neccessary. Change the path after killing thesecond triceratops.e- The allosaurus is killed in the same manner as the triceratops, but ittends to retreat a lot from your low bites. ( I hate that wimp! )f- At the humans camp, stop under the observation basket and perform theupper headbutt. This will take down the two guys that attack from there.g- Remember to destroy the power plants so you can go through portals. Thepower plants are always in the sub-paths. Bite them with S.h- At the last level, there are guys that fire double rockets. Try to jumptoward them and then eat em.i- When you run over humans, they will play dead. Pick them up with a low bite.j- Eat everything you grab. The life meter depletes faster than you think soyou cannot waste food by throwing it away.k- Use the front headbutt to hit humans. This will send them away when thereare observation baskets or rocket users that you need to erradicate first. (this is the reason why I call this move human cannon)l- Use L2 as much as you can. This will make you look dangerous and powerful!Happy eating!4.5 HUMAN PREY ( Dr. Sarah Harding )A great character, but I think she does not have enough stages to passthrough. Sad.Moves:Same as hunter ( Section 4.2 )Other keys:DittoWeapons:The hunter section was bigger than I expected, so I could not talk about theweapons there. He uses all of Sarah┤s weapons with the exception of the flareEye: normal shot. Weak but it has infinite ammoCrosseye: Machine gun. normal shot with steroids. Excellent for raptors or birdsDeath: Gas can. Useful if the dinosaur stays in the same place. It can killyou too, so be careful.Fireball: Rockets. It kills raptors with two shots, birds with one, anddestroys barricadesFlame: Flamethrower: The perfect weapon against T-RexFlare: Zero damage. It is only a way to distract T-Rex. Shoot it upwards.Clock: Delay bomb. It is slow and hard to use. LameRed cross medikit: Not a weapon. Restores some energyParamedic medikit: White and green, restores all of your energy.Tips.a- Try to ALWAYS keep flares with you. They are a life saver. When you havea wall to the left, and a hungry T-Rex to the right, the flare is the bestweaponb- Most of the power ups are in the air, so practice piton jumps.c- As mentioned, rockets can destroy barricades, that is safer and easierthan jumping over themd- Sarah cannot jump over two barricades, so maybe T-Rex can help youe- At the second stage, jump from the wood platform, grab to the tree, getthe flares, and go to the left. There are goodies there.( at the beginning)f- The spikes damage raptors and can be destroyed with rockets or a big nose.g- The humans can also destroy barricades, and sometimes the remains of thebarricade hurt you.5. CREDITSNAME E-MAILCONTRIBUTIONGregorio Diaz EL COMPY diazducc@sol.racsa.co.cr Everything youjust readJason Smith RAPTOR smithfamil@worldnet.att.net The idea of writingthis FAQDreamWorks Interactive Sorry again! They madethe gamewww.gamefaqs.com gamefaqs@gamefaqs.com They publish my FAQsAnd thanks to the readers of this FAQ . Long FAQ, isn┤t it ? Remember, yourname can be there. Please send all your tips, passwords,questions, secrets,cheats or viewpoints about the game at :diazducc@sol.racsa.co.cr AND NOW:6. SPOILER ALERTIf you do not know what I mean, the spoiler alert is a warning telling youthat the following info can spoil your game. So if you want to find this outby yourself, or will feel guilty after reading this,or if you are under 18 (just kidding on this one), then think that the FAQ ended with the Credits.Go no further and stop reading. Pretty Please? YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED Still There? Great Mr. Adult ( just kidding) . Well, then I will tellyou how to kill the bosses. They are:Dr. Doom and Thanos ( kidding again )Euoplocephalus for the Raptor: To kill it, just make the forward attack in its face, then the raptorautomatically will turn it on its back like a turtle. When it is down, nailit with the low bite ( D+S ) three times and then run away from it. It willtry to rush against you. Jump over it. Then it will attack you like thestegosaurus. Walk away again. Get close when it has finished its tailstrikes. Continue the treatment until it dies. Hear that stomps? It is theT-rex, coming for you!And now, the brave and beautiful girl against the big bad heartless giant .After this the girl will escape in an helicopter. First, run in circles so Tyrant will not hurt you . Then wait for the wimpin the helicopter to throw you the rocket launcher. Grab it and say "Tyrant, say cheese! " . Kill it and ooooppppssss!!!!!!! Wait, that is adifferent game, but the girl, the giant, the helicopter,the flare, so manycoincidences. Sorry! íPerdon! Go mene! See? Wrong game again! Okayl, letsget serious. Again, wrong game, sorry Kim Kaphwan, that is your exclusivephrase! O.K. I will stop. Just do not be so serious. You are in a ship and the T-Rex is roaring. So hurry, and go to the left ofthe ship. If you have flares shoot one, grab the goodies inside the boxesthat T-rex just broke and go right. Grab all the weapons you can . There arethree masts, each one with a different power up. In the left flares, in theright rockets, and medicines in the middle.Like Quake┤s deathmatches, theyreappear after some time. In this stage the T-rex must die once and forall, but this time, you are not using it! Try this: fire a flare and quicklywalk to the T-rex back. Now, select the flamethrower and nail it until itbites the dust. See? I told you that T-rex cannot turn when it is underattack! You did it ! You kill it! You are a hero! You just killed LostWorld┤s most powerful.... What!? Nobody told me that T-rex has a twin bro!HELP! Now it only gets tougher . Use the method A:Distract it with a flare, then attack it with your remaining weapons. If youare weak, wait for the medicine to appear, the same for the weapons. DO NOTRUN OUT OF FLARES! You can live without rockets, but you cant without flares. Repeat it until it dies. And period. An average FMV, the credits, andThe title screen.Period again.I know there are more things in that game, like secret levels,cheats, and Ihope a T-rex against T-rex fight. E- mail me if you know secrets about it.The address: diazducc@sol.racsa.co.crThanks for read the whole FAQ. Unless you are a FAQ maker, you do not knowhow tired and hard is to write a monster like this. Hope you liked it (especially the jokes. I love Capcom. Sorry. I also love Namco, Square andSakura Kasugano ( Capcom┤s schoolgirl ) If you want to talk about othergames e-mail me. I reply all mail! And yes, I read all mail too! Thanks a lot. ( Method B: cheat with the gameshark)( no, I do not know any codes. Sorry.) EL COMPY HA ESCRITO~BDate: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 19:22:30 +0600 (GMT)From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?D=EDaz?= Ducca <diazducc@sol.racsa.co.cr>Subject: Lost World Password FAQ ( PSX ) LOST WORLD PASSWORD FAQV. 1.0 by GregorioDiaz EL COMPY This document contains some useful passwords for the PlayStation versionof Lost World JurassicPark. I found them by changing existing passwords. If you know otherpasswords, or if one of these does not work, then please e-mail me at :diazducc@sol.racsa.co.cr and you will get full credit for it. Thanks.Version 1.0 : first releaseContents:1. Button Legend2. Passwords with plenty of lives3. Passwords to access galleries4. Credits1. BUTTON LEGEND The password screen shows a " DNA chain " that you must fill with thecorrect buttons. Although itis vertical, I imputed the passwords in the correct order. So: Square Triangle X Circleis read like this: Square, Triangle, X, Circle. In other words, input thepasswords in the shown orderregardless of the chain form.Now the buttons meaning:Square will be referred as: STriangle will be referred as: TX will be referred as: XCircle will be referred as: C2. PASSWORDS WITH PLENTY OF LIVES:Level 1: Compsognathus ( Compy )Start with 28 lives : C,C,C,T,S,S,S,X,X,C,S,TStart with 76 lives : T,T,X,T,S,C,S,S,X,C,S,XLevel 2 : Human HunterStart with 28 lives: C,C,C,T,S,S,S,X,C,T,S,XStart with 57 lives: X,X,X,X,C,T,S,S,X,X,T,SLevel 3 : Velociraptor ( Raptor )Start with 24 lives: C,C,T,T,X,X,S,S,C,T,X,SLevel 4: Tyrannosaurus Rex ( T- Rex )Start with 30 lives: C,C,T,C,S,S,S,S,X,T,X,S,Level 5: Human Prey : ( Dr. Sarah Harding )Start with 11 lives: T,T,C,T,S,X,S,S,X,C,S,X( I need to work on this one! )3. PASSWORDS TO ACCESS GALLERIES.The following passwords unlock secret galleries. They consist ofphotographs, drawings and info about some dinosaurs. Every character has oneof these. ( I think ).Compy Gallery: X,X,S,X,S,S,X,S,X,X,X,SHunter Gallery: C,C,C,X,S,S,S,T,C,X,S,TRaptor Gallery:T,T,C,T,S,S,S,S,T,X,S,XT-Rex Gallery: ???? ( i can not find it ! )Prey Gallery: T,T,T,C,C,C,S,S,S,X,X,X4. CREDITSGregorio Diaz EL COMPY diazducc@sol.racsa.co.cr All thepasswords of Version 1.0Dreamworks Interactive:An Ultra Hard but great game.If you have passwords, corrections, complaints , or need some info oncertain stage, ( especially dinosaur stages ) then please e-mail at :diazducc@sol.racsa.co.crYour info will be greatly appreciated and will be rewarded. Thanks.~BLost World1 Unlimited Lives 80014D74 0000 80014D76 00002 Unlimited Health 800243FC 0000 800243FE 0000~B1 Unlimited Energy 800D1BB0 0000 800D1BB2 0000 800D1BB4 00002 Infinite Weapon 1 800D1C26 00643 Infinite Weapon 2 800D1C42 00644 Infinite Weapon 3 800D1C42 00645 Infinite Weapon 4 800D1C7A 00646 Infinite Weapon 5 800D1C96 00647 Infinite Weapon 6 800D1CB2 00648 Infinite Weapon 7 800D1CCE 00649 Infinite Weapon 8 800D1CEA 006410 Rapid Fire All Weapons 300D1C24 000A 300D1C40 000A 300D1C5C 000A 300D1C78 000A 300D1C94 000A 300D1CB0 000A 300D1CCC 000A 300D1CE8 000A~GSan Francisco RushFlieg das UFO:Um das UFO zu kriegen, gehe in den Car Select-Bildschirm und drücke und halte R1+R2+L1+L2,halte sie am Transmission-Bildschirm und drücke X. Sobald du das getan hast, drücke undhalte Dreick, bis das Rennen beginnt, und du solltest das UFO haben.Geheimwagen:Nachdem du dein Fahrzeug gewählt hast, halte L1+L2 bis das Rennen beginnt, um einenMinitruck zu erhalten. Für ein europäisches Fahrzeug, halte R1+R2 bis das Spielbeginnt. Für noch mehr Autos, spiel das Spiel im Ein-Spieler Grand Prix-Modus durch.Truck:Wähle ein beliebiges Auto und halte L1, bis das Rennen beginnt.Buggy:Wähle ein beliebiges Auto und halte R1, bis das Rennen beginnt.Verstecktes Auto:Wähle ein beliebiges Auto und halte R1+R2, bis das Rennen beginnt.Umgedrehte Strecken:Spiele den Circuit Modus durch, um die Option für normale und umgedrehte Strecken zuerhalten.Stuntmodus:Spiele den Tournament Modus durch, um den Stuntmodus auf der Golden Gate-Streckezu erhalten.Zusatzfunktionen:Streckenauswahl:Drücke Viereck, um die Strecke spiegelverkert zu fahren,drücke Kreis, um das Wetter zu ändern.Autoauswahl:Drücke Viereck, um die Farbe des Autos zu ändern,drücke Kreis, um vier neue Wagen zu erhalten.~ESan Francisco RushDrive the UFO:To get the UFO go to the Car Select Screen and hold R1+R2+L1+L2, keep holdingthese buttons at the transmission screen then press X. As soon as you're donewith that, press and hold TRIANGLE until the race and then you should have theUFO.Secret Cars:After selecting your vehicle, hold L1+L2 until the race begins for a miniaturetruck. For a european vehicle, hold R1+R2 until the game begins.For more cars, beat the game in one-player Grand Prix mode.Truck:Select any car, then hold L1 until the race begins.Buggy:Select any car, then hold R1 until the race begins.Hidden car:Select any car, then hold R1 + R2 until the race begins.Reversed tracks:Complete circuit mode to unlock an option for forward and reversed tracks.Stunt mode:Complete tournament mode to access a stunt mode option on the Golden Gate track.Carchoose: Start a new game in any mode and press CIRCLE to reveal the bonus cars, press Square to change the cars colors.Trackchoose: Press Square to drive the track mirrored, press Circle to change weather.~BMega Man Legends / Rockman DashRolling InvincibilityHold L1 or R1 and jump to roll to either side. Megaman will be invincible for ashort time during this manouveur.Unlimited Cash #1Play the Beast Hunter game at the studio and get 4000 gold for completing gradeA. Repeat this as needed.Unlimited Cash #2Find the rubbish bin and pop can on the ground near the Jetlad bakery on theShopping Street. Kick the can into the bakery and speak to the woman inside toreceive $1,000. Repest as needed.Bonus OptionsComplete the game to unlock an additional option (in green) on the main menu.Defeat the game under the new higher difficulty level to unlock another option(in yellow) that allows the game to be played at an easier difficulty, with dashboots and full left arm weapon capability.Loads of MoneyAfter you talk to mega man juno leave the main gate and head for the van. go tothe flutter and go inside rolls room and talk to data and say "tell me...." thengo to i keep losing fights at the end when hes done talking about it he'll giveyou 100 zenny he,ll say do you want more? say no thanks he,ll give you 1000zenny. NOW THIS IS YOUR BIG CHOICE!!!!!! alright you can either keep getting 100zenny the 1000 zenny BUT THERE IS ANOTHER DANGEROUS WAY. or after he gives you1000 zenny say please and he,ll give you 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 900010000*NOTE:if you do this that will be all the money he will give you so bewise about your decision~BODDWORLD: ABE'S EXODDUSKEY: S=Sqaure, T=Triangle, O=Circle, X=Cross, U=Up, D=Down, L=Left, R=RightTo Show All In-game MoviesHold the R1 button on the main menu and enter the following: U, D, L, R, S, O,T, O, S, O, U, D, L, R.To Gain Access to all LevelsHold down R1 on main menu and press: D, U, L, R, T, S, O, T, S, O, D, U, L, R.InvulnerabilityHold down R1 while in-game and press: O, T, S, X, D, D, D, O, T, S, X.Jump to the Next Continue PointHold R1 whilst in-game and press: O, O, X, X, S, S.Hints1. It is possible to slap a Glukkon. You don't have to hide in shadows to dothis because unless there is a Slig around, Glukkons are totally defenseless.2. If you posess a Slig it is possible to shoot or bomb Greeters.3. Flying Sligs can go many places Abe can't.4. If you are n a mine car you are invincible- be careful, though, because whileyou can run over Sligs and land mines, you can also crush any hapless Mudokonsin your path.5. You can drop the mine car directly onto a Slig.6. When you posess a Glukkon (Especially the department heads Aslik, Dripik andPhleg) make sure you are behind any Sligs when you say "Kill 'em" because if youare in front of them you will be shot.7. If you posess a Glukkon, you can jump over pits. If you jump a pit and thenorder any Sligs onscreen to "Come 'ere" they will all run towards you and fallin the pit~BActua Soccer 3Bonus teams:Enter PREM CLUBS at the team creation screen to unlock 24 more teams.Joke teams:Enter TFF TEAMS at the team creation screen to unlock 24 funny teams.~BBROKEN SWORD 2THE SMOKING MIRRORHere we are !!First of all let me tell you that bs2 it's a really nice game, but after all,the first episode catch me more (probably the story )and how The adventure goeson.Remember (for examine an object click the right button of your mouse.1)Professor Oubier's houseexamine the bookcase at your left (click the right button of your mouse) youwill see a block of wood . Click on it, the bookcase will crash downkilling the spider.Now click on the metal bracket on the wall, and you `re free.Get Nico bag on the floor(and look inside of it), then get the dart near by.Look at the bureau , upper part (George will open it revealing a bottle oftequila, drink the tequila and then get the worm on the floor, in the lower partyou will see a small drawer, click on it and you will find a small pot, get thepot and examine it, you will find a key.Now go to the fire , look at the cabinet near the fire and use on it the dart ,inside get the gas cylinder using the paints on the cylinder.Then use the cylinder on the soda dispenser ,and the dispenser on fire.Click on the door , go down ,look near the phone and get the newspaper ,examineit and you will find Oubies bank statement.Examine the letter of Lobinaou ,now click on the phone an call him.Click on the pot ,and you will find a key, use the key on the door, and clickon it.2)The cafe. Speak with the men , you will recognise him ,(bs1 same place) then ask twotime the waiter for a cofee, then speak with him, at the end Andre will arrive,speak with him, after he will leave.You will see a small movie of Nicole.3)The Gliase Gallery.Speak to Mr Gliase, then to Laine (notice the glass in his hand) look in therear of the shop , to the packing case.Now return to the cafe and ask to the gendarme if he miss his work , when hecloses his eyes catch the flask from his table.Return to the gallery and use the flask on the glass of Laine 2 times.He will fall down, go to the rear and examine the packing case and take thelabel.4)Marselle docksOutside the docksgo to the window and talk to the watchman, then go down the steps, catch thehook in the water and use it on the bottle.Up the steps ,click on the chimney, then use the bottle on the chimney, clickagain on the chimney and use the bottle again on it, the room will be full ofsmoke, and the watchman will go out .Down steps again and into the trapdoor , get the coal scuttle and the biscuits,then go out.Look at the platform on your right ,now click on the biscuits then try to use iton the platform but click with the right button of the mouse on it, the dog willgo on the platform, now use the hook on the platform and the dog will fall inthe water.Inside the docksUp steps an on the fence.Now you're inside , look at the sign, then try to open the door, noting willhappen, go up the ladder and click on the windows, use the hook on the fan.Go down the ladder again and click on the door .(Now be quick)Ask the man if that is the Condor Transglobal , then quick click on the ladder,on the top go on the right and click on the clamp, wait until the man moveswhere the barrel fall down , than again on the clamp, and he will fall in water.Go down the ladder and into the door.Inside Condor TransglobalInside click on the drawer (you will find a key) then on the notice board.Go to the right and speak to the small man especially about the key, after heleave click on the lift button.When you exit the lift click on the crate.Then on your right on the upper switch, a light on your left will be switchedon, now click on the scratch marks on you left then on the door, and you willfind Nicole.Get the fetish and click on Nicole then on the rope.Speak with Nicole.Outside use the rope on the statue , then use the strip on the photoelectriccell of the lift.Now move the crate back , then the upper small crate on the other one , push thecrate near the pallet carrier, and at the end click on the pallet carrier .Click on the rope and then on the pulley.Then click again on the pallet carrier, and then on the statue.Ask Nicole help for moving the statue, the statue will break the door.Outside use the manacles on the cable and you `re freeee.Watch the video.5)QuaramonteSpeak to the band , then to Pearl.Go inside the police house and speak to General Grasento then to Reanldo and tryto look the chart on the wall.Go outside and speak to Nico, go on the right and speak to Proff.Oubier and thenwith Duane, look into the cell window.Go to the mine office and speak with the boss Conchita.Go out and speak again with Pearl, then in the police office with Reanldo.Speak with Duane that will tell you that he need a detonator ,so go to the mineoffice and speak with Conchita , then outside with Nico about the chart insidethe police office. Tell General Grasiento that Nico want to speak with him,after they leave speck to Renaldo about the tour to the ruins, go outside andtell Pearl that Renaldo will take here to the ruins.Now look tot he chart, and go to the mine office .Speck to Conchita and get the detonator in the cupboard.Give the detonator to Duane and go into police office then in the Prison.Speck to Miguel, after that Reanldo will arrive and you will be closed in theprison.Now it's the turn of Nico.Right click on the television then on the lava lamp and on the wall picture,then speck with Geanral Grasiento, at the end the Presidente (Grasiento `sMother) will enter.Back to George.After Duane try to blow the wall speck to miguel and ask him the rope.Use the rope on the cell window, then give the rope edge and give it to Duane.Then look at the video.6)The Tree HouseTake the Vine from the washing machine.Use the bank statement on the leaves, then the small statue on the water wheel.Speck with the Father Hubert.Use the vine on the press on your left ,then the collar on the press, and atlast the cross on the press.Then give back the collar to Huber.The village.Speck with the guard, then give him the biscuits for the shaman.When he returns, use the box of biscuits with the black obsidian stone, andgive it again to the guard.Now you will be able to speck with the shaman.You will know of the existence of other 2 back stones.Back to the tree hose .Use the metal cone on the press, then the root on the press, and at the end thecross on the press.Take the cone and click on the ladder.Watch the video.7)Caraibi.Speak with Bronson then look at the plains, look into the theodolite,go up the steps, and speck with two old ladies.Open the ladder, go down the steps and speak with the boy on the wood bridge, onyour right, then again with Bronson.Up steps , click on the door , then speak with the old ladies.Down steps speak wit Rio the boy on the wood bridge and give him the worm,again speak with Bronson, then with Rio, click on the biciclete, and get theinner tube, then again with Rio, get the fish .Up steps , go up the ladder, and use the inner tube on the flag pole.Go Down the ladder and use the fish on the inner tube.Get the red ball.Up ladder again and get the inner tube again.Use the inner tube on the tree , then the red ball on the inner tube.Wait for Bronson to go up the ladder, then close it.Get the marker, the go down the steps take the plans and the theodolite.Up steps and give the plans to the old ladies.8)LondonNico's turn in LondonSpeak with the man , then look into the cabinet, then again to the man.He will present you Prof.Oubier , after a small chat with him you will find outthat the jaguar stone has been stolen. Take the small key in the cabinet wherethe jaguar stone was and use it on the cabinet near the telephone, get theobsidian dagger.Speak to the man and Give him the key , then click on the curtain and use thedagger on the door..10)Caribi (second part)Into the museum click on the sea chest.You will meet Emily , speak with her, the look at the picture on the wall andspeak with her again, then take the quill , move the chart on the desk and thelamp on the ink well, go outside and use the quill on the cat, get the smallpeace of the quill and do to the docks , speak with Rio, and give him the smallpeace of the quill.Now give the shell to Emily, and use the cross on the pen holder.Now you know where the treasure is.Go down steps to Rio and speak to him.11)Zombie island.Now examine the cliff and the rock, then the boat.Speak to Rio and ask him for the net , use the net on the rock.12)Back to Londonexamine Nico bag, and use the hair clip on the coin slot of the vending machine.Get the coin from the coin reject slot, an use it again into the machine.Get the chocolate and the coin from the same machine.Use the coin on the weighting machine , and get the small card.Use the dagger on the cupboard on your right and then the small card on thecrack.Then push the red button.13)Back to Zombie islandOn the top go to the up exit , then in the next screen near the swamp take thereeds.(now , there is going to be a small labyrinth )Go to the up right exit ,in the next screen you will find a small lair, use thereed on the lair, then the dart on the reed.Go to the left exit, and in the next screen on the left.Now you should be back where you started, go to the right exit.You will find a boar , use the reed with the dart on the boar.Go left , get the creeper from the rock needle , then use the net, and themarker on the creeper, then use all this on the rock.Go to the up exit, then next screen right, next screen up, next left, next up,and now look good on the right part of the screen the road will go in 3different ways up right or down , go right or if you like more choose the middleway, then on the next screen left, and you will arrive on the top of the isle ,use the theodolite on the 3 small point.Look into the thodolite , move it until you find the marker, click on the bigrock in line with the marker.Now go on the right exit.Tip : here is a really good short cut for going faster on the top of the hillWhen you "dart" the boar, grab the overhanging branch. The boar willchase you and will change direction up the middle of the screen,revealing another exit. Do the same thing with the marker on the needleand then go up the new exit. You will now be at the theodolite area.(tanks to Paul Kane.)14)Back in LondonWhen the guard goes round the deck move Nico on the ship and on the ladder.Then after the guard cross again and stops for talking with the other one , downthe ladder and open the door ,up the ladder again , when the guard enters thedoor down again and close the door then use the broom on the door.Look into the window,(small talk) then go into the right door, click on Prof.Oubier, and then on the jaguar stone, now be quick, when the man try to killNico with the rope use the dagger on him.15)Back into Zombie islandPirates!!Talk to all the film actors ,and the director.Go to the table and take the syrup the pancake, and the bun.Click on the bush.Then when Bert the stunt man is near the bush ,use the syrup with the pancake,and give it to him.Use the bun on the bush, then take an other one and use it again on the bush,and watch.On the beach speak with the director, then with Burt, then with the camera man.Look at the small camera near the camera man, speak with him, and again with thedirector.Now George will do the stunt.16)The Village.When Nico comes back from London will find that George is waiting for her in thevillage.But when she arrives there nobody is there. Speak with the small man.Next to the second barrel take the sunglasses of George.Then click on the stone near the barrel, it's hot.Click on the barrel , then ask the Titipoco to help you ,after the barrel isdown, take the stone, and talk to Titipoco.17)The Pyramid.Look at the gantry, then take the rope and ask Titipoco to use it on the gantry.Use the rope on the engine.Then use the dagger on the fuel line, take the cylinder from the generator, anduse it on the fuel line , then on the fuel cup.Click on the red button of the engine and press the lever.Speak to Titipoco about the lever and the elevator.Go up take the ammunition, then down again.Speak to the guards, then take the torch and go to Titipoco, he will light it.When the fuel will light , use the ammunition on it.On the top again.Click on Colonel Grasiento, then use the dagger on George.Inside the pyramid try the two lever , then ask George for help.Ahaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.18) the machine.At the beginning it was really hard to understand how to use it.Well look really good on the titles on the right .the clue is in the second row of the titles, the one under the statue, if youlook good you will see that are composed of two of the left title (complex meanstwo title of the left raw mixed).at the start the machine is set exactly like one of the left title, so click onthat one(on that title) then compose the second figure, like you see in thecomplex title figure under the statue.When you have done the second one on the machine , click on second title neededfor creating the complex title on the left wall and then on the complex oneunder the statue. Go on like this for all the complex figure shown under thestatue and a door will open.This solution is probably more clear:If you examine the tiles they are composed of the shapes on the wheels. Turn thewheel so that two shapes are opposite and push the relevant tile. Two tilescombined match an image on the square of four tiles. Push these tiles when theimages correspond. Keep going till all four tiles are pressed in.19)George turn.Take the torch, and ask Titipoco to light it.Then pull the lever on the wall.Woooooooooooo!!AN other room, now use the torch on the other one on the right of the room.Now pull the lever in the centre of the room.Then go left , in the other room pull the right lever, the left , go out , andenter the room (the first one) on the other side.A new door is now open, go down, pull the wall lever.Go down to certain death!!And it's done!!Watch the Ending Video.Uhao that's was long.Hope I was clear far all of you!!By the way , first remember to save a lot, and please sorry for my English.If you have problems you can contact me by e-mail.edoardoc@cosmos.itBye to everybody.~BBroken Sword hints and tips :===========================Remember - the right mouse button allows you to look at people and objects!Act 1: Paris============1.How do I open the manhole in the alley?2.How do I talk Nico into giving me her address?3.How do I persuade the concierge to talk?4.How do I get into Nico's apartment?5.Where do I go once I've got to Nico's apartment.6.How do I find out the Assassin's adddress?7.How do I get the key to the Assassin's hotel room?8.What do I do with the Assassin's ID card?9.How do I get the manuscript out of the hotel?Act 2: Ireland==============10.How do I get Sean Fitzgerald to talk?11.How do I get behind the bar at the pub?12.How do I mend Mick Leary's fuse?13.How do I get past the farmer at the castle?14.How do I get past the goat?15.What do I do in the underground chapel?16.Where do I get the water?17.Where do I get the towel?Act 3: Paris 2==============18.What do I do after returning from Ireland?19.How do I get to see Marquet in the hospital?20.How do I get past Nurse Grendel?21.Where can I find a disguise?22.How can I get away from the irritating patient?23.What use is the device which the nurse gave me?24.What do I need to do in the museum?25.How do I escape Flap and Guido in the museum?Act 4: Montfauτon Catacombs===========================26.How do I get into the sewers?27.How do I get rid of the juggler?28.How come my juggling act had no effect?29.What do I do in the sewer with the boat?30.How do I make the hole in the plaster bigger?31.What do I do with the cog?32.How do I avoid getting killed by the Templars?33.What do I do in the main chamber?Act 5: Spain============34.How do I get into the house?35.How do I get upstairs in the house?36.What do I do in the mausoleum?37.What's the significance of the chess board?38.How do I solve the chess puzzle?Act 6: Syria============39.Okay - I made it to Syria. What now?40.Why can't I get into the toilet at the Alamut?41.What do I do in the market?42.Where can I get the $50 to pay Ultar?43.How do I get the statuette from Nejo's shop?44.Do I really want to walk around with a toilet brush in my pocket?45.How come Duane doesn't want the statuette?46.How can I help Ultar fix his truck?47.What do I do at the Bull's Head?48.How do I escape from Khan?Act 7: The church at Montfaucon===============================49.What help can the priest offer me?50.What's the significance of the statue with the scroll?51.What do I do with the lens?Act 8: The excavation at the Institut Neraval=============================================52.How do I get into the excavation?53. How do I fool the guard with my obviously fake key?54.How do I distract the painter?55.What do I do in the excavation room?56.How do I get my revenge on that creep Lobineau?Act 9: Return to Spain======================57.What do I do now I'm back in Spain?58.How do I get the candle in the mausoleum?59.How do I find the well?60.What do I do at the bottom of the well?61.Where do I get the mirror?Act 10: On the train====================62.Nico and the old lady aren't telling me anything. What now?63.How do I rescue the women?64.How do I escape from Eklund?65.How do I get off the train?Act 11: Scotland================66.What do I do at the church?67.How do I foil the Grand Master's scheme?That's all folks!---------------------------------------------------------------------------1.You'll need the workman's tool from his toolbox. He's a compulsive gambler.2.You'll need to convince her with some evidence. Check out the sewers whereyou'll find two items dropped by the Assassin. Get the concierge's story.3.Convince him you're a figure of authority. He has enormous respect for lawand order. He saw the clown after he'd changed out of his costume. Theclown had changed into a distinctive suit.4.Talk to the flower seller.5.Show her the evidence you found in the sewers.6.Use the photograph which Nico gave you. Show the photograph to thecostumier at the RisΘe du Monde. Telephone Todryk the tailor.7.You can't, but you can get the key to the adjacent room. Try taking thekey. Talk to Madame Piermont about her personal life. Show Madame Piermontthe photograph of the Assassin Explain to her about the key and she'llcreate a distraction.8.Show it to both the clerk and Madame Piermont.9.Go back to the ledge and drop the manuscript into the alley.10.Maguire and Doyle know all about Fitzgerald. Talk to all three repeatedlyuntil Fitzgerald gets jumpy and runs out.11.After Fitzgerald's disappearance, turn off the beer pumps using the switchoutside. Ask the landlord for a drink. Now show him the ID card.12.You'll need the poacher's snare. Wait until he leaves it on the table andgrab it while he sneezes.13.You can't until Fitzgerald has left the pub. When he has, simply tell thefarmer about the incident.14.Simply provoke the goat by approaching it to the right of the trough. AfterFleecy knocks you down, click on the plough on the far left. George willrun to the plough and move it, causing Fleecy to become trapped.15.Tip the statue forward into the sand to make a mould. Fill the mould withplaster from the sack. Wet the plaster with water.16.Soak the towel using the tap in the pub cellar. An alternative solution tothis problem was going to involve drinking seven pints of Leary's stout,but we decided against it...17.It's under Doyle's elbow.18.Go back to the police station and ask Sergeant Moue about Jacques Marquet.19.Ask the receptionist in the hotel about Marquet. You'll need to show hersomething which you found in the hotel... ...and if you persevere, she'llgive you directions to the ward.20.You'll need to disguise yourself as a doctor.21.There's a white coat in the cupboard in the corridor. You'll need todistract the cleaner by sabotaging Mr Shiny...22.Benoir the junior doctor can help you here...23.Give the blood pressure gauge to Benoir and ask him to use it on EricSopmarsh.24.When the guard isn't looking open the window. While he's closing it, find ahiding place...25.Push the totem pole!26.You have to get rid of the juggler.27.Talk to him and try your hand at juggling...28.You'll need to improve your act. The gendarme will help if you show him thecorrect object...29.There's a weak spot in one of the arches which can be smashed with thecorrect tool...30.Pull the lever behind the plaster and then examine it.31.Try using the winch on the boat: by attaching the chain to the cog you canpull down the wall.32.There's a hole in the wall outside the main chamber through which you canyou spy on them. Make sure they've left the chamber before you enter.33.Use the gem and the tripod to reveal the next clue.34.Use something to block the gardener's hose...35.When you've got the dogs barking, find a hiding place quickly.36.Didn't you find the Bible?37.Ask the Countess.38.The white pieces can only be placed on the middle column. Place the bishopat the top, the knight in the middle, and the king immediately below theknight.39.The carpet seller is concealing the entrance to an exclusiveestablishment... He'll let you in if you show him your credentials.40.There's a sign on the door which explains everything. Unfortunately youcan't read it, but Ultar will help.41.Take a LOOK (right mouse button) at the kebab seller and then try talkingto him. Now ask Nejo about him. Give Nejo something to play with.42.There's a fellow tourist in the market who'll gladly pay for an antiquesouvenir.43.When Nejo is playing with his ball and the cat is sitting on the shelf, tryringing the bell.44.That's between you and your analyst, but you really should return the brushto its owner.45.He's not completely stupid, but maybe if you disguised the statuette insome way...46.Give him the towel which you'll find in the toilet of the Club Alamut.47.To descend the cliff you'll need a stick and the remains of your towel.48.You'd do well to remember what's the better part of valour, and then givehim a shock when you shake on the deal.49.He'll shine your chalice.50.Have you tried looking through the scroll?51.It will change the way you look at things.52.You'll need a key. The guard will allow you to use the wash room, and whileyou're in there you'll find all you need to make a fake key.53.He won't notice it's a fake if the plaster key is painted and he's wearinghis gloves. Look for a way of dropping the temperature...54.A call to Nico will do the trick.55.Something curved and polished is all you need.56.You'll have to wait for the sequel to Broken Sword!57.You'll need a mirror and a bible to complete this section. The Countesswill look up the references you found in Montfauτon.58.You can't, but you can light it. First, you need to shut the window, thenput the tissue on the end of the window hook. Light the tissue, then thecandle.59.Lopez knows all about dowsing, but you'll need a twig of hazel. When you'vefound it, show the twig to Lopez.60.LOOK (right mouse button) at the lion's head, then pull the tooth.IMMEDIATELY move away, then LOOK at the exposed wall. The mirror is usefulhere.61.From Lopez's utility room just off the hallway of the villa.62.Try searching the rest of the train. You'll be interrupted several times,but look everywhere you can, then go back to your compartment.63.The man in the next compartment will help you once you've got the windowopen.64.As soon as Khan has dealt with Flap, find a way of stopping the train, butbe quick!65.You need to untie Nico first.66.Turn the handle on the wheel mechanism. Take the cog and spindle. KeepLOOKING (right mouse button) at the rubble until you find a second cog,then use both cogs on the statue of the demon. Finally, use the handle onthe demon.67.When Guido and the Grand Master appear, throw the nearest torch on thegunpowder.Thanks again from everyone at Revolution for playing Broken Sword!______________________________________________________________________________ Modifications by : Pierre-Andre Mudry pyrrhus@vtx.ch Originally taken from the Revolution Web Site~Gsiehe Baphomets Fluch~Esee Baphomets Fluch~Gsiehe Baphomets Fluch 2~Esee Baphomets Fluch 2~BSony PlayStation Technical FAQFrom: Solomon Paul SammyVersion 0.5 Apologies to the delay in updating this FAQ. I had some problemswith my ISP, thattook some time in sorting out.The FAQ is undergoing some fairly hefty changes. Look at the old one , ifthis breaks. The change listhas been moved to the bottom of this document.DisclaimerThis Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) is provided as is without any expressor implied warranties.While every effort has been taken to ensure the accuracy of the informationcontained in this article,the maintainer and contributors assumes no responsibility for errors oromissions, or for damagesresulting from the use of the information contained herein.Hardware Questions1.1 What versions of the PlayStation are there?1.1.1 What's a Grey PlayStation?1.1.2 What's a Black PlayStation?1.1.3 What's a White PlayStation?1.1.4 What's a Blue PlayStation?1.2 Why can't I play imported games on my PlayStation?1.3 Could someone explain NTSC and PAL to me?1.3.1 What's the difference between NTSC and PAL?1.3.2 Can I get NTSC on my TV?1.3.3 Why do I get a black and white picture when playing imported games?1.3.4 Why do I get a shifted picture when viewing games?1.3.5 How do I get an S Video picture from a PAL PlayStation?1.3.6 When I play imports through the TV's Scart I get colour. However whenI use the scart input onthe video (outputting to TV) I get it in B&W, anyone have any ideas?1.4 Can I connect my PlayStation to a monitor?1.4.1 Why connect my Playstation to a monitor?1.4.2 Can I connect my PlayStation to my PC monitor?1.4.3 How do I connect my Playstation to a 15KHz monitor (RGB and compositeconnecions)?1.5 What hardware is available?1.5.1 What is a NegCon?1.5.2 What happened to the "rumble" feature of the Sony Analogue Controller?1.6 How do I connect my Playstation to my hi-fi?1.7 What are the grey cylinders on the controller cables for?Software Questions2.1 What hardware is compatible with whatsoftware?2.1.1 What games are compatible with the link cable?2.1.2 What games are compatible with the Negcon?2.1.3 What games are compatible with the steering wheels?2.1.4 What games are compatible with the Sony analogue controller?2.1.5 What games are compatible with the guns?2.1.6 What games are compatible with the multitap?2.2 What games are multiplayer?2.2.1 What games are compatible with the link cable?2.2.2 What games are compatible with the multitap?2.2.2 What games are split screen?Problems3.1 My PlayStation plays FMV badly. What gives?3.2 Will I damage my hi-fi if I play a PlayStationdisk in my audio CD player?3.3 My PlayStation shows stepped shadinggradients, whilst my friend's produces smoothones. Why?3.3.1 What games are effected?3.3.2 How many units were sold?3.3.3 Can it be fixed?3.4 Should I remove my memory card before orafter I switch off my PlayStation?Misc4.1 Why are Playstation disks black?4.2 What advantages do I get from registering withSony?4.3 Should I buy a Playstation now or wait untilPlaystation 2 is released?4.4 Should I write PlayStation, Playstation or PSX?4.5 What's PSX stand for?4.6 What's the history of the PlayStation?4.7 Why do some games not get released inEurope?Changes21 December 1997Added Disclaimer. Updated all sections.13 December 1997Added Lots.29 September 1997Added information on connecting PlayStation to HiFi and SVideo output, bothfrom Pasene R.Faifua.29 August 1997Incorporated Sony TV help from Robert Mellish. Changed "Gray" to "Grey"(sheesh!) :-)28 August 1997Incorporated comments from Robert Mellish26 August 1997Incorporated Julie Brandon.25 August 1997First public draft.Sony PlayStation Technical FAQ - Hardware Section1.1 What versions of the PlayStation are there?1.1.1 What's a Grey PlayStation?1.1.2 What's a Black PlayStation?1.1.3 What's a White PlayStation?1.1.4 What's a Blue PlayStation?1.2 Why can't I play imported games on my PlayStation?1.3 Could someone explain NTSC and PAL to me?1.3.1 What's the difference between NTSC and PAL?1.3.2 Can I get NTSC on my TV?1.3.3 Why do I get a black and white picture when playing imported games?1.3.4 Why do I get a shifted picture when viewing games?1.3.5 How do I get an S Video picture from a PAL PlayStation?1.3.6 When I play imports through the TV's Scart I get colour. However whenI use the scart input onthe video (outputting to TV) I get it in B&W, anyone have any ideas?1.4 Can I connect my PlayStation to a monitor?1.4.1 Why connect my Playstation to a monitor?1.4.2 Can I connect my PlayStation to my PC monitor?1.4.3 How do I connect my Playstation to a 15KHz monitor (RGB and compositeconnecions)?1.5 What hardware is available?1.5.1 What is a NegCon?1.5.2 What happened to the "rumble" feature of the Sony Analogue Controller?1.6 How do I connect my Playstation to my hi-fi?1.7 What are the grey cylinders on the controller cables for?1.1 What versions of the PlayStation are there?The four main global variants of the PlayStation are coloured differently.1.1.1 What's a Grey PlayStation?The Grey PlayStation is the standard PlayStation bought and played in theUK. To date there havebeen 4 known revisions of it. After the first few hundred (?) PlayStationswere sold in the country,Sony produced a version which could render colour graduations better. AroundJanuary 1997 Sonystarted to manufacture machines with chrome optical CD drives (as opposed toplastic). RecentlySony has started to sell PlayStations without the composite output sockets.This cost-cutting measuremeans that user will either need to use the naff RF output to connect totheir monitor, or purchase aAV lead from Sony. Further information (serial numbers?) would be welcome onthis topic.1.1.2 What's a Black PlayStation?The Black PlayStation is Sony's home developer version of a PlayStation,formally known as the NetYaroze. The Net Yaroze is a hobbyist's development kit that allows anyone towrite game programsto run on the special Net Yaroze PlayStation. The Net Yaroze kit works byusing PC software whichallows you to write programs on a PC which are then compiled and downloadedvia a serial cable toyour Net Yaroze PlayStation.A special CD and memory card must be in place before the code can be run.However, the Yarozehas no territorial lock out, and is thus the only official method of playingimported games in the UK.You can find out more by emailing The Net Yaroze Team. or reading the SonyNet Yaroze FAQ .1.1.3 What's a White PlayStation?The White PlayStation is a version of the PlayStation released in the asiaterritory with the capabilityto play MPEG movies. Sony decided that this market was too small anywhereother than asia. TheWhite PlayStation also has extra security chips to try and stem the piracyproblem rife in Asia.1.1.4 What's a Blue PlayStation?The Blue PlayStations are simply able to boot gold disks for developers totest their titles. (They areessentially a modded PSX). Normal grey PlayStations are designed not to dothis as a piracy controlmeasure. The actual development cards which companies use to program gamescost tens ofthousands. The blue PSX costs about UKP 600. The development kit comes on 2ISA or 1 PCI cardthat slots into the PC. To obtain a development kit you must first convinceSony that you are a viablecompany capable of producing decent games. Typically this involves a trackrecord and awell-thought out business plan.1.2 Why can't I play imported games on myPlayStation?Simply because Sony's marketing people like to choose which games are soldin which countries atwhich price!To this effect, by default a Playstation has circuitry to detect importedCDs and it will refuse to playthem. Having said this, you can buy and/or have fitted "MOD" chips, thatwill counteract theunfriendly circuits in the console, and allow it to work. This is sometimescalled "chipping" yourPlaystation. Fitting one requires opening up your games machine and using asoldering iron, and willinvalidate your warranty. The legalities of importing Playstation gamesappears to be uncertain.The only "official" way to play imported games on a PlayStation is to buy aNet Yaroze (current UKprice about UKP 550).If you do want to use imported games you'll probably need to read thesections in this FAQ dedicatedto the two most common television standards; PAL and NTSC.1.3 Could someone explain NTSC and PAL to me?1.3.1 What's the difference between NTSC and PAL?NTSC and PAL are television display standards used to encode TV pictures.America and Japan usethe NTSC ( N ational T elevision S ystem C ommittee) standard which has 525horizonal (or scan) linesper complete picture; displaying approximately 15,000 horizontal lines persecond (15KHz), anddisplaying a complete television picture (refresh rate) every 30 times asecond (30Hz). Whilst in theUK and parts of Europe we use the PAL ( P hase A lternation L ine) system,which has 625 lines andruns at 25Hz. There are actually different variations of NTSC and PAL usedin different countries,but this is beyond the scope of this text and is not really of relevance tothis FAQ. Furtherinformation can be found from:http://www.alkenmrs.com/standards.htmlhttp://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Contrib/WorldTV/compare.htmlhttp://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Contrib/WorldTV/why.htmlhttp://www.mindlogic.com/tapesped.html(thanks to Mark Rison)Without using "interlacing" (another term beyond the scope of this FAQ) theNTSC televisiondisplay resolution is actually 262.5 lines with a refresh rate 60Hz, and PALis actually 312.5 lines at50Hz.So the upshot of all this is that you see more pictures per second with theNTSC standard (which isalso the older of the two standards) giving you a less flickery display,whereas PAL gives you ahigher display resolution leading to a less blocky display.On games originally designed for Japan or the US that were badly convertedfor the UK, you mayfind that your display has black borders above and below the main display,and possibly that thegame runs slower than it's Japanese/US counterpart. This is not a fault withthe Playstation or thePAL standard, but purely due to couldn't-care-less attitudes atsoftware-companies who can't bebothered to do a PAL conversion properly. Sony have not been very pleasedwith this attitude in thepast, and now require that all new software should be full screen on PAL -which means such gameswill effectively have a higher vertical resolution than the NTSC versions(lucky us!) So when peoplecomplain about "ugly black borders" you can remind them that this is due tolazy programmers, notthe PAL display system!1.3.2 Can I get NTSC on my TV?Probably, sort of! Fortunately most modern TVs are capable of handling bothPAL and NTSC "type"picture signals. Although you couldn't use your TV to watch US or Japanesebroadcasts (even if youcould receive the signal) as video game consoles are usually used with asimpler type of signal("Composite Video" or "RGB") you can normally get away with either PAL orNTSC game pictures.You will almost certainly need a television capable of taking "RGB" signalsvia a Peritel/Scartconnector. You should be able to find out if yours does from your televisionmanual (yep - time tofind that manual). Also, you can't use imported games unless you have yourplaystation "chipped"with a "mod" chip (see above.)Scart connections are the wierd thick long block style of connector that youwill usually find socketsfor on the back of European and UK televisions and videos. Scart connectorshave 21-pins; the ideais that a single standard Scart lead connector can handle all sorts ofdifferent audio and videoconnection standards at the same time automatically, making life easier whenhooking up any onevideo-oriented gagdet to another.RGB is a video signal type. It means (R)ed (G)reen (B)lue. Colour televisiondisplays are made up oftiny primary colour pixels; also red, green and blue. With an RGB cable,each primary colour for thedisplay is given it's own wire in your Scart cable, rather than being mixedtogether onto a signal line,so that the picture produced from the Playstation can go directly from thechips inside your consolestraight into the display part of the television without being messed aroundwith - so unsurprisinglyyou get a *much* clearer picture! It's a very similar kind of way to how aPC and a PC Monitorwork.If your television *does* have a Scart connector and *can* handle RGB, thenyou are in luck. You'llneed to purchase a Playstation RGB Scart lead, and make sure it's a says"RGB Scart" and not just"Scart", as some Scart leads out there are composite video only. Then justplug the cable into theback of your Playstation and television and go. Sometimes there are rumoursthat the cheapernon-Sony RGB scart leads are not as good as the Sony ones. Contributors tothis FAQ have triedboth, and there seems to be absolutely no difference between them.1.3.3 Why do I get a black and white picture when playing importedgames?If you use any other method to hook your playstation up to your television,the chances are thatNTSC games will at best be in black and white, if they work properly at all.This is due to the waythe colour signals are encoded in NTSC/PAL and is out of scope for this FAQ.1.3.4 Why do I get a shifted picture when viewing games?This is a problem people sometimes get in RGB mode (basically, the screen isshifted to the left by~1/2 inch).There are two known fixes: you can adjust the TV or use a "proper" Sonylead. Experience suggeststhat replacing your lead with an official one does not always help. Somegames allow you to movethe position of the playing field (e.g. Tomb Raider's 1 & 2 allow this).Adjusting newish Sony TVs is fairly easy:>From Robert Mellish, r.mellish@ic.ac.ukAssuming you have a fairly recent Sony TV, you can adjust this in `Servicemode'. Theseinstructions work for the newish Sony 14" portables with remote control.*WARNING*: I am told that you can permanently break your TV doing this. Itworked forme, but I take no responsibility if you mess things up by twiddling. If indoubt, *Don't do it!*First turn the TV into standby mode by turning it off with the remotecontrol. Then press the`Question Mark' button (it's the one which displays up the channel numbernormally, and has a'?' next to it), then the '5' button, then the 'Volume Up' button. Finallypress the 'Picture On'button (this is a squarish button with a picture of a blank TV next to it.It's just above thenumeric keypad on my remote, one row below the Mute and green Off buttons.)The TV should now turn on as normal, except that it shows 'TT--' on thescreen. (This shows itis in service mode.) You can now press the Menu button and change theoptions you see thereusing the Up/Down/Left/Right buttons on the remote. [*Warning!* Beforechanging anynumber, write down what it was set to originally. Then you can go back ifsomething goeswrong.]The control for Horizontal position is labelled something fairly obvioussuch as 'H POS'. Makesure you adjust the control with the PSX plugged in and the TV in SCARTmode. This seemsnot to affect the Horiz. position when in normal TV-viewing mode.There are a lot of other controls, but most of them shouldn't be messedwith.When you have finished, press Menu again to leave the menu screen and thenpress '0' twice tostore the settings and go out of service mode. If you don't want to storethe settings, turn theTV off. This is all actually fairly easy, and as I said it worked OK for me.However, if you areunwilling to do this, you may be able to get Sony to do it for you. Anyonewho is the slightestbit worried, DO NOT TRY IT!1.3.5 How do I get an S Video picture from a PAL PlayStation?>From Pasene R. Faifua, emi-prf@ihug.co.nzI am pleased to report that having helped a friend find and buy aPlayStation S Video cable,that the PAL PlayStation does support S Video out.Comparisons between the S Video and Composite Video output also show that weare indeedseeing improved S Video quality, not Composite Video quality through an SVideoconnection. The PlayStation S Video cable uses the PlayStation AV Multi Outconnector to SVideo din plug and, Stereo Left and Right RCA connect.This is good news for PlayStation Users here in New Zealand and Australiawhere televisionswith SCART's are not readily available, whereas televisions with S Videoinputs are readilyavailable.While S Video is not as sharp as RGB SCART, it is considerably sharper, morevibrant incolor, and an improvement over both Composite Video, and RF Video. S Videooutput issuperior to the Composite Video A/V output of PlayStation.To take advantage of the higher quality S Video though, you need theapporpriate S VideoPlayStation cable, and your television must have an S Video input/connector.The reason SVideo is superior to Composite Video is because an S Video signal is made oftwo signals, Yand C. Y=Luminance/Brightness and C=Chromanance/Colour. Separating these twogives ahigher quality signal whereas with Composite Video, there is no separationand the signalsinterfere with each other. PlayStation does offer RGB output which issuperior to S Video, itsplits the signal into its three primary parts, R=Red, G=Green, B=Blue. Thisis the highestquality output for PlayStation, but can only be used if your television hasa SCARTinput/connector.So to wrap this, S Video is superior to Composite Video A/V and as long asyour televisionhas an S Video input, then purchase a PlayStation S Video cable, and enjoy ahigher qualitypicture from both your PlayStation and television.1.3.6 When I play imports through the TV's Scart I get colour.However when I use the scart input on the video (outputting to TV) Iget it in B&W, anyone have any ideas?Your video ( like most ) only accepts composite input through its SCARTsocket and disregards theRGB info. It then transmits the composite info on to the TV. As you don'tget the correct colour infofrom the composite signals for NTSC games your TV just displays in B&W. Youneed to connect theSCART back to the TV ( which does accept RGB input).1.4 Can I connect my PlayStation to a monitor?Perhaps, if your monitor can handle a 15KHz refresh mode (most modern PCmonitors do not). Seethe sections below.1.4.1 Why connect my Playstation to a monitor?Because you'll probably get a very clear picture indeed.1.4.2 Can I connect my Playstation to my PC monitor?Almost certainly not, unfortunately. Bar a very tiny few, PC monitors willnot go "slow" enough tobe able to handle a Playstation picture. Televisions and games consoles usea horizontal scanfrequency (the frequency at which the electron beam on the screen moves leftand right) of 15KHz.PC monitors will normally only go down to 31.5KHz. You will be able to findthis information out inyour PC monitor manual.1.4.3 How do I connect my Playstation to a 15KHz monitor (RGB andcomposite connections)?Some PC monitors will go down to 15KHz. Also, any monitors designed to workwith CommodoreAmigas will almost as well (as the default Amiga video signal is also15KHz). The complicated bitwill be the cabling! Seehttp://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Vista/1289/Com1084.html for moredetails on connecting to a Commodore monitor.(NEED INFO ON NEWER PLAYSTATIONS; LEADS THEY COME WITH ANDCONNECTORS AVAILABLE ON THE BACK).If your monitor takes a composite video signal, and you have an olderPlaystation with all the extraconnectors on the back, you can just connect the "Video Out" connector onthe Playstation to the"Video In" connector on your monitor. To do this you will need a "PhonoVideo" lead, availablefrom electronics outlets like Tandy and MPS/Maplin. This is not quite thesame as an "Audio Phono"lead, which uses lower quality cable. Phono video leads are usually quitethick (like a TV aerial lead)and should be marked with "50 ohm" somewhere on the cable or on the box thecable came in. Notethat you can also link your TV up this way, if you don't have a Scartconnector on your television,but do have a "video in" phono socket on your TV (sometimes on the front -designed for use forcamcorders.) This signal does not carry audio, so if you want to have audioon your monitor and yourmonitor can handle it, you'll have to use a stereo audio phono lead from the"Audio Out" connectorson the Playstation to "AudioIn" on the monitor.If your monitor takes an RGB signal or takes Composite Video via a wierdconnector, then you canalmost certainly do it, but you'll probably need a soldering iron! Your bestbet first is to buy an RGBScart lead (see above). If you have a Scart input on your monitor (you luckycreature) you can justplug it straight in. If you have another kind of connector and you've alittle electronics experience,then you can hack-apart the Scart end of the Scart lead to fit anappropriate connector yourself. Foryour reference, here are the relevant signals and their Scart pin numbers-20 - Composite Video17 - Composite Video Ground15 - Red Video13 - Red Video Ground11 - Green Video9 - Green Video Ground7 - Blue Video5 - Blue Video Ground6 - Audio Left2 - Audio Right4 - Audio Ground8/16 - Composite Sync (Function switching and Blanking respectively on theScart standard,but I believe this signal actually comes from the composite sync connectoron the playstationconnector.)1.5 What hardware is available?The following is a list of hardware known to the FAQ maintainer.Analogue ControllersNamco NegConSony's Analogue Pad (UK versions have NO rumble feature)4-Axis (two stick) joystick (who by?)Logic 3 2-Axis joystickGunsPredator. There has been complaints about its accuracy.Konami HyperblasterFazorErazer Lightgun. Has a recoil system.Namco G-Con. Bundled with Time Crisis.Multi-tapLinkup-cableSteering WheelsVerve X-CelleratorTop Gear Steering WheelMad KatzFire?MouseDisk DriveMemory CardGame PadsSony'sASCII pad1.5.1 What is a NegCon?The Namco NegCon is an analogue controller. Some games support it. However,it is expected thatSony's Analogue Controller will become the standard analogue devicesupported world-wide.1.5.2 What happened to the "rumble" feature of the Sony AnalogueController?Good question! Best guess is that including such a device outside Japanwould infringe someone'scopyright or patent. Rumours abound that Sony will later introduce a rumblefeature.1.6 How do I connect my Playstation to my hi-fi?(NEED INFO ON NEWER PLAYSTATIONS; LEADS THEY COME WITH ANDCONNECTORS AVAILABLE ON THE BACK).>From Pasene R. Faifua, emi-prf@ihug.co.nzTo connect your PlayStation to both your television and your HiFi, dependingon yourtelevisions inputs I'd recommend you:A / Stereo TV with RGB SCART input:Plug your PlayStation into your HiFi using the PlayStation's Left and Rightaudio RCAoutputs. For your television, you'll need to buy a PlayStation RGB SCARTlead which will usethe PlayStation's AV Multi Out output. Connect this lead from yourPlayStation's AV MultiOut plug to your television's RGB SCART input. This setup will give youstereo sound fromyour PlayStation when you use either your HiFi or television, as well as thebest picturepossible from your PlayStation on your television set with pin sharp andvibrant RGB videovia the RGB SCART cable.B / Monaural TV with RGB SCART input:Same as above except that the audio from your television will be Mono.Stereo sound is onlyavailable from your PlayStation when you use your HiFi.C / Stereo TV with only S Video and Composite Video inputs:Same as option 'A' except instead of buying the RGB SCART lead, you'll needto buy aPlayStation S Video cable. The S Video cable uses the AV Multi Out plug, andcomes withStereo output via two RCA connectors. So this setup will give Stereo soundfrom yourPlayStation using either your HiFi or television. As well as S VideoPlayStation picturequality, not quite RGB but superior to Composite and RF.D / Mono TV with only S Video and Composite inputs:Same as Option 'C' except that the audio from your television will be Mono.E / Stereo TV with only Composite Video inputs:Sony now sell an AV Multi Out lead to three RCA's which when connected toyour set willgive PlayStation Composite Video, with Stereo sound. And your HiFiconnection remains thesame as above, with the same Stereo results. This gives Compoite Videopicture quality,superior to RF.F / Mono TV with only Composite Video inputs:Use the same AV Multi Out to three RCA's PlayStation lead, but connect onlythe Left AudioRCA to your television's AV Audio input. This means that the audio from yourtelevision willbe Mono. And your HiFI connection remains the same with Stereo audio.G / Mono TV with no AV inputs:Sony now sell a new design RF adaptor using the AV Multi Out, for the newRCA-lessgeneration PlayStation. You'll need to buy this new RF lead and connectusing RF to yourtelevision, meaning that audio from your television will be mono. But yourHiFi connectionremains the same as above, and you'll get Stereo from it.My setup at home is Option 'A', which I recommend and is superior to theothers in PictureQuality, and gives the best PlayStation experience. Especially when you havea DolbySurround HiFI Stereo setup.1.7 What are the grey cylinders on the controllercables for?These are called "ferrite rings". They are there to try and reduce anyelectrical interference from yourcontroller and any other outside R.F.I. (radio frequency interference) thatyour controller lead mightpick up and potentially crash your playstation, or even corrupt your memorycard.From sps@argonet.co.uk Mon Dec 22 03:57:33 1997Newsgroups: uk.games.video.playstationSubject: Draft Tech FAQ 3/6From: Solomon Paul SammyDate: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 02:57:33 GMTSony PlayStation Technical FAQ - Software Section2.1 What hardware is compatible with whatsoftware?2.1.1 What games are compatible with the link cable?2.1.2 What games are compatible with the Negcon?2.1.3 What games are compatible with the steering wheels?2.1.4 What games are compatible with the Sony analogue controller?2.1.5 What games are compatible with the guns?2.1.6 What games are compatible with the multitap?2.2 What games are multiplayer?2.2.1 What games are compatible with the link cable?2.2.2 What games are compatible with the multitap?2.2.2 What games are split screen?2.1 What hardware is compatible with whatsoftware?A number of games have been reviewed with with support for hardware that issubsequentlyremoved in the commercial release. Always check the with the retail shopversion before purchasinghardware for a particular game.Generally the best idea is to look at the back of the box...Below is a NON-COMPREHENSIVE list.2.1.1 What games are compatible with the link cable?Destruction Derby (but not Destruction Derby 2)WipeoutWipeout 2097DoomAssult RigsRidge Racer RevolutionCommand & Conquer: Red Alert2.1.2 What games are compatible with the Negcon?2.1.3 What games are compatible with the steering wheels?2.1.4 What games are compatible with the analogue controllers?2.1.5 What games are compatible with the guns?2.1.6 What games are compatible with the multitap?Sony PlayStation Technical FAQ - Problems Section3.1 My PlayStation plays FMV badly. What gives?3.2 Will I damage my hi-fi if I play a PlayStationdisk in my audio CD player?3.3 My PlayStation shows stepped shadinggradients, whilst my friend's produces smoothones. Why?3.3.1 What games are effected?3.3.2 How many units were sold?3.3.3 Can it be fixed?3.4 Should I remove my memory card before orafter I switch off my PlayStation?3.1 My My PlayStation plays FMV badly. Whatgives?Found on Net. Sorry, attribution lost:I bought my playstation as soon as they came out in this country, I had noFMV skippingproblems until a couple of months ago. I put up with it for a bit, then Igot sick of it as it wasskipping really badly on Ace Combat 2 and the recent OPSM demo disk. Icouldn't be arsedmessing about turning my playstation upside down etc and I remembered seeingon a webpage somwhere how it can be cured by adjusting 4 potentiometers on theplaystations mainboard.I won't go into how to do it as loads of web pages have the details on them,and they're deadeasy to find. My old values were:U.K Playstation POT1 POT2 POT3 POT4-----------------------------------------------------------------------------OLD 4.02K 10.58K 18.7K 0KNEW 3.75K 12.15K 17.65K 0KSince then I've had no FMV skipping problems (so far). So the cure seems tohave worked. So,if you can use a multimeter and a screwdriver and your playstation isn'tunder warranty. Whynot have a go.Note: just because it worked for me, doesn't guarantee it'll work for you &please don'tcomplain to me if you screw up your playstation.3.2 Will I damage my hi-fi if I play a PlayStationdisk in my audio CD player?3.3 My PlayStation shows stepped shadinggradients, whilst my friend's produces smoothones. Why?>From Robert Mellish, r.mellish@ic.ac.ukOK, I have personal experience of this one. This seems to be due to a bugpresent in thehardware or firmware of some PSX's. (I'm told that Sony say that none ofthese defective unitsever made it out to the customers, but I've seen it on three machines!) Thebug only shows upin some games, and is not very noticable unless you've seen a PSX that doesnot suffer fromthe problem. The game it is most visible in is Tomb Raider, though it alsoshows up in MicroMachines 3 and Twisted Metal 2. To check, start playing Tomb Raider from theverybeginning. At the start of the first level, turn left 90 degrees, and yousee a door (in deepshadow) on your left, and snow (bright white) on your right. If your PSX isworking correctly,the transition between the two should be a smooth, continuous change intone. However, if youhave a bugged machine, then 8-10 abrupt 'steps' in tone are visible betweenthe two areas. Thesame effect is visible in TR when pulling or pushing blocks: 'Rings' ofshading on the blockare clearly visible.3.3.1 What games are effected?It would appear to be every game. It can be seen in Tomb Raider (see 3.3.3.3.2 How many units were sold?Sony hasn't said. PlayStations bought in 1997 and later should be ok.3.3.3 Can it be fixed?If you have a PSX with this defect, and it's less than 1 year old, Sony willreplace it free of charge.For PSXs outside the warranty period, Sony will replace or repair it for aflat fee of UKP 42 (at thetime of writing).The address to contact for more information is:Sony Computer Entertainment UKPO Box 2047London W1A 3DNSony PlayStation Technical FAQ - Misc Section4.1 Why are Playstation disks black?4.2 What advantages do I get from registering withSony?4.3 Should I buy a Playstation now or wait untilPlaystation 2 is released?4.4 Should I write PlayStation, Playstation or PSX?4.5 What's PSX stand for?4.6 What's the history of the PlayStation?4.7 Why do some games not get released inEurope?4.1 Why are Playstation disks black?The simple answer is - why not? There is no technical reason for the unusualcolouring.Perhaps it is Because Sony feel it looks good? It also has the advantagethat official Playstationgames are easy to identify from audio CDs, CDs for other systems, piratedcopies, and so on.4.2 What advantages do I get from registering withSony?An anonymous source in Sony:Free demo disks couple of times a year and other "promotional information"(junk mail) fromus. Also, we keep hold of the serial # if PS is ever nicked and recovered /sent back for repair.4.3 Should I buy a Playstation now or wait untilPlaystation 2 is released?No, of course not :-). Seriously though the PS2 is not due for releasecurrently until the year 2000 /2001. If people were to wait until the next generation hardware wasavailable then no one would buyany hardware at all! There is ALWAYS something better just around thecorner.4.4 Should I write PlayStation, Playstation or PSX?Most regular reader of the playstation newsgroups will understand you if youuse any of these terms.However, on the PlayStation box it appears as "PlayStation".4.5 What does PSX stand for?4.6 What's the history of the PlayStation?4.7 Why do some games not get released inEurope?Mainly because Europe isn't the most significant portion of the gamesmarket. Perhaps they don'tthink a game will sell well in Europe, or perhaps the software company can'tbe bothered to do aPAL conversion.An anonymous source in Sony said:Because a large amount of Japanese games are low budget poor quality titles.These gamesinclude virtual girlfriend / very old arcade emulators and other low costtitles. These gameswould not sell enough to make any money in Europe and also really lower theperception ofquality that Sony Europe try to achieve. Other reasons include a lack ofpublisher interest inEurope, any publisher would need to take into account the changes that wouldneed to happento the game as regards speech / framerate / packaging etc .. These are knownas localizationissues and need to be weighed up against revenue expected back from thetitle before apublisher decides to pick up a title for release in Europe. Sony is also apublishing companyand publishes certain games, for example no publisher wanted Final FantasyVII so Sonystepped in and released it world wide.Sony PlayStation Technical FAQ - OnLine Resources Section5.1 What web sites can I visit?5.1.1 Where can I find general PlayStation information?5.1.2 Where can I find cheats for games?5.1.3 What's Sony's web page?5.1.4 What companies are on the net?5.2 Where can I discuss the PlayStation and relatedtopics?5.3 Where can I get a list of games to be releasedin the UK?5.1 What web sites can I visit?Lots! :-) For an uptodate list stick "Playstation" into a search engine likeYahoo or Altavista .5.1.1 Where can I find general PlayStation information?PlayStation Release ScheduleABSOLUTE PLAYSTATIONIcemans Gamer MonthlyLou's Sony PlayStation PageN.Y TimesPete Lambie`s PSX HomepagePlayStation GamerPSX StationRay`s Sony Playstation HomepageSony Playstation USENET PageSports Code Stadium5.1.2 Where can I find cheats for games?Stargames Universe5.1.3 What's Sony's web page?Sony Computer Entertainment Europe: http://www.scee.sony.co.uk/5.1.4 What companies are on the net?Again, try one of the search engines. (Especially Electronic Yellow Pages).Datel5.2 Where can I discuss the PlayStation and relatedtopics?The following newsgroups are available:fj.rec.games.video.home.playstationuk.games.video.playstationrec.games.video.sonyrec.games.video.marketplacerec.games.video.miscuk.games.video.playstationSome service providers may not carry all of these newsgroups.5.3 Where can I get a list of games to be releasedin the UK?Paul Delaney, ( paul@delaney.demon.co.uk ) has kindly agreed to post aweekly schedule ofPlaystation releases, with hot news as he gets it. 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