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Contents:
1) General Information
2) Character Descriptions
3) Player Types
4) Spells
5) Equipment
6)
Items and Weapons
7) Enemies
8) Bugs and Features
Chapter 1 - General Information
===============================
Hitting the start button displays the character's equipment.
Chapter 5 will further cover this subject.
When a player attacks an enemy, the enemy's life gauge will appear
right below or above his or her own life gauge.
Boss characters have
one common life gauge on the bottom of the playing field, which will
not be displayed if the boss'
life exceeds three gauges.
Command moves:
- Sliding: Roll joystick from down to front and hit jump
- Sliding
attack: Roll joystick from down to front and hit attack
- Rising attack: Start with joystick at neutral, hit down, up,
then
immediately press
the attack button
(Magic User only has the ability to slide)
Moving on to some not as obvious
info, all players have a back
step achieved by tapping the jump button twice. During which the
Fighter, Cleric,
Elf, and Dwarf can attack, while the Magic User
(Mage) and Thief is invincible until the last frame of the back step.
The
Thief can interrupt her backstep with a command move. Hitting
attack then jump will also executes the backstep.
The Fighter, Elf, (Dwarf?), and Thief has a desperation move done
by hitting attack and jump at the same time. Players
are invincible
when executing this move but will lose health if the moves hits an
enemy. A great move it is for
avoiding traps, projectiles (arrows,
rocks) and meteoroids.
Holding on to the attack button as
you hit your enemy will yield
your kicking attack. The kicking attack will knock the opponent down.
The Mage lacks
this move.
Players will automatically hit enemies laying flat on the floor.
Enemies will be vulnerable
to fire and some sliding or rising attacks
as they're hit. To avoid hitting the enemy on the floor, the player
can
execute a large swing (hit front and attack simultaneously), a
sliding attack or a rising attack. Players will also automatically
pick
up items on the floor even if their lives are at risk. To avoid
being vulnerable as you're picking up items, use
the slide to pick up
items, or use the large swing to avoid picking the items up.
Players with
shields can block by holding onto the attack button
then hold back. The moment you block a move, hold or tap front
and
the player will counter with his or her rising attack.
Chests can be picked up if it is not
trapped, or right after its
been opened. Step behind a chest and hit attack to pick up a chest.
Chapter
2 - Character Descriptions
==================================
Fighter
-------
- Sword holder, can hold two
short swords with each hand or hold
two handed weapons. (Two Handed Sword, Battle Axe)
Cleric
------
-
Mace is his only weapon until he acquires the Morning Star.
- With the Morning Star, a large swing has tremendous range
and the rising attack changes into a spinning swing.
- Defensive spell caster.
- Can turn undead (by hitting jump and
attack simultaneously)
Elf
---
- Sword holder, but is only equipped with the short sword at start.
- Offensive
spell caster.
- Has unlimited arrows.
- Arrows can be shot five hits in a row (rapid shot).
- To execute a rapid
shot, hit the item use button twice as:
- You have your inventory wheel open with arrows selected.
- You're
swinging your sword.
- You're executing your sliding attack.
- You've just landed from a rising attack.
- Or hit item use once right after you shot your last (or only)
arrow. You have 1/15 of a second
to hit the attack button.
Dwarf
-----
- Axe holder, can hold a two handed axe. (Battle Axe)
- High number
of close up hits.
- Can swing around during a jump.
- The only character with a raid attack. (tab attack button quickly)
-
Can yield silver or gold pieces by breaking opened chests.
Magic User
----------
- Staff holder.
- The only
character with a critical hit. (poisonous needle)
- Critical hit appears once every 20+ times his dagger hits. (dagger
is his version of the great swing which does little damage normally,
but a critical hit can often inflict a whole
life bar on a boss)
- Offensive spell caster.
- The character one need to execute Final Strike. (more on Chapter 5)
Thief
-----
-
Sword holder.
- Can open locked chests without using any keys.
- Can execute a mid air jump.
- Can execute a wall
hop. (when air borne right beside the edge of
the screen, hit jump)
- Can execute a Back Stab. (Roll from front
to down when enemy is
facing away from you.)
- Can steal from enemies. (dash into enemies and items might appear)
-
Can locate trapped chests and general arrow traps
- Has unlimited slings. (rocks)
- Slings can be shot in rapid fire
just like the Elf.
Chapter 3 - Player Types
========================
Types ranging from A to
J will be assigned to players after they've
entered their names. Each type will grant the player a different type
of
item upon the name is entered. Here are the player types in
detail:
Type Item given
A
Medal
B Boots of Speed
C Helmet, cap, hat, circlet, depending
on character
D Ring of Protection
E Ring of Fire Resistance
F
Ring of Spell Turning
G Gauntlets of Ogre Power
H Anklet
(Fighter,Drawf) Brooch (Cleric,Thief)
Earring (Elf) Rod of Fire (Magic User)
I
Bracelet, Rod of Cold (Magic User)
J Orb, Necklace (Elf), Rod of Lightning Bolt (Magic User)
To
calculate your user type, use the following equation:
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 values
a b c d e
0 1 2 3 4
f g h i j 5 6 7 8 9
k l m n o 1 2 3 4 5 <-- Roman Numerals
p q r s t . &
- !
u v w x y M F ? <-- M = Male, F = Female
z
Values owned by each letter/number/symbol
is added together, and if
there are two digits, the digits will be added together so the result
will not exceed 10.
(54 means 5+4=9) 5+5=10 is treated as a zero.
In your result, 0 grants you type A, 1 grants type B, etc.
For example:
C
A P C O M
2+0+0+2+4+2 = 10 = 1 + 0 = 1 (Type B)
Chapter 4 - Spells
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Spell casters can cast more powerful spells as players gain
more levels, as each spell has its own category in levels:
Elf | Cleric
| Magic User
--------------------------+-------------------+------------------
Lv 1 Magic
Missile |
| Magic Missile
Lv 2 Invisibility | Bless
|
| Hold Person |
Lv 3 Lightning Bolt | Striking
| Lightning Bolt
Fire Ball |
Continual Light | Fire Ball
Lv 4 Ice Storm
| Sticks to Snakes | Ice Storm
Ploymorph Other | Cure Serious
| Wall of Fire
Lv 5 Conjure Elemental | Insect Plague | Conjure Elemental
| Cure Critical | Cloud Kill
Lv 6
| | Projective
Image
| | Flesh to Stone
Lv
7
| Holy Word/ | Reverse Gravity
| Earth Quake |
Lv 9
| Meteor Storm
| Power Word Kill
Striking - Increases damage by 1.5 times.
Blessing - Increases hit chances and increases damage
by 1.25 times,
can be used with Striking.
Holy Word - Works
only on small sized enemies as the Cleric's
only offensive
spell.
Spell casters are granted with a number of spells at the very
beginning, or when he/she
reaches a certain level:
Elf Situation
Spells granted
---------------------------------------> Lv1 Lv2 Lv3 Lv4 Lv5 Lv6 Lv7 Lv8
Lv 8 Beginning
4 3 2 2 - - - -
Lv 9
Dark Warrior/Man Scorpion 4 4 3 2
- - - -
Lv10 Ogre Bro./Beholder/Green Dragon 5
4 3 2 1 - - -
Cleric Situation
Spells granted
---------------------------------------> Lv1 Lv2 Lv3 Lv4 Lv5 Lv6 Lv7 Lv8
Lv12 Beginning
- 4 4 3 - - - -
Lv13
War Machine
- 5 4 3 - - - -
Lv14
Dark Warrior/Man Scorpion - 5 5 3
- - - -
Lv15 Tellarin
- 5 5 3 - - - -
Lv16
Manticore
- 5 5 4 - - - -
Lv17
Displacer Beast
- 6 5 4 1 - 1 -
Lv18
Red Dragon
- 6 5 4 1 - 1 -
Lv19
Flame or Frost Salamander - 6 5 4
1 - 2 -
Lv20 Ezarhorden
- 6 5 4 1 - 2 -
Lv21
Dark Warrior 2
- 6 5 5 1 - 2 -
Lv22
Nagpa
- 6 5 5 2 - 2 -
Mage
Situation
Spells granted
-------------------------------------------> Lv1 Lv2 Lv3 Lv4 Lv5 Lv6 Lv7 Lv8
Lv14
Beginning
5 - 4 4 3 2 - -
Lv15
Dark Warrior/Man Scorpion 5 -
4 4 3 2 1 -
Lv16 Ogre Brothers/Beholder
5 - 5 4 3 2 2 -
Lv17
Deimos
6 - 5 4 4 3 2 -
Lv18
Red Dragon
6 - 5 4 4 3 2 -
Lv19
Ezarhorden
6 - 5 5 4 3 2 -
Lv20
Nagpa
6 - 5 5 4 4 3 1
* Final Strike
is granted on a party with the Magic User equipped
with the Staff of Wizardary. It is executed by hitting
all active
players' attack, jump, and item select buttons simultaneously.
(everyone can just repeatedly
slam on all the buttons)
Chapter 5 - Equipment (Inventory displayed on the equipment menu)
=====================
Any equipment can be carried by any team members, though some
might only prove effective on specific characters.
Here are the
descriptions of the equipment:
Rings (arm) [breaks]
-----
Protection
Increases defense
Spell Turning Neutralize enemy's spell for a number of times
Fire
Resistance Excluding dragon's breath and meteor
Holy
100% success rate on Turn Undead
Rods (arm)
----
Lightning Bolt Increases damage
on lightning related magic attacks
Fire
Increases damage on fire related magic attacks
Cold
Increases damage on ice/frost related magic attacks
Decoration
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Necklace
Increases magic defense
Orb
Prevents petrification and paralyzation
Earring
Increases magic power
Bracelet Increases attack power
slightly
Anklet Increases attack power of
kicking attacks
Brooch ??
Head Wear
(increases defense)
---------
Helmet Fighter and Dwarf's hat,
note that if you wear the wrong
hat it is useless (exceptions covered in Chapter 8)
Magical Hat Magic User's hat
Hood
Thief's hat
Circlet Elf's hat
Priests' Hat Cleric's
hat
Tierra For anyone
Special Items
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Medal
Trades for items in shops, better items in the
shop after the ice stage.
Manticore Skin Talk to store keeper and
he'll tell you that it
prevents you from being hit by Displacer's tail.
Displacer Beast Skin Talk to the very next store keeper,
he'll make it
into a cloak that avoids all projectiles. (arrow,rock)
Owl Bear's Egg
Thief can steal these to trade for an Egg of Wonder.
Dragon's Scale
Dropped from the Black Dragon, trade for a Dragon
Shield in the next store, while the Thief and Mage
will trade for a Displacer Beast Cloak.
Eye of the Beholder Trades for Boots of Levitation.
Eye
of the Displacer Talk to store keeper and he'll tell you that it
can guide you through the forest's maze.
Dragon's Horn Trades
for the Dragon Slayer sword.
Gauntlets of Ogre Power - Subtracts 3 more health points off your opponent
upon each hit.
Boots of Levitation - Pressing jump while jumping will let you float mid-air.
Chapter
6 - Items and Weapons
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Shield
------
Flame
Blocks any flame related magic and attacks
(Except on Dragon's fire breaths)
Ice
Blocks any cold related magic and attacks
Dragon
Blocks acid breath and Red Dragon's magic
Holy (protection from evil) Blocks dark magic, in general,
Ezarhorden's
and Dark Warrior 2's attacks.
Swords and Axes
---------------
Two Handed Sword Large range though
slow, for fighter only
Battle Axe Heavy damage though slow, hits
twice for Dwarf
Bastard Sword Power equals to a level 4 normal sword
Storm Blade
Strongest, though leaves enemies invulnerable when hit
Flame Blade Leaves
enemies partially vulnerable when hit
Frost Blade Laves enemies frozen
for another swing or other attacks
Cursed Sword 2 Becomes Holy Avenger if Cleric picks it
up for 8 times
Holy Avenger Destroy undead (except bosses) in one hit
Cursed
Sword 1 Becomes Sword of Legends by swinging for 1 to 50 times
Sword of Legends
Magical sword, very powerful
Dragon Slayer Most powerful sword for fighting Synn
Staffs
and Others
-----------------
Staff of Element Increases damage on elemental
related magic, increases
attack damage also
Staff of Magical Power Increases magic power, also increases attack damage
Staff of Wizardry
Increases magic power dramatically, & for final strike
Wand of Fireball Shoots
20 shots of fireball before it breaks
Wand of Cold Shoots
20 shots of ice waves
Wand of Lightning Bolt Shoots 20 shots of lightning bolts
War Hammer
Cleric's weapon, high power, attack rate, and dizzies
Morning Star
Cleric's weapon with the best attack range
Staff of Snakes Stuns enemies
when hit, for Cleric only
Some items
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Silver dagger/arrow Contain holy (magical)
power, useful for enemies
like Gorgoyles.
Chapter 7 - Enemies
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Nothing special, just a few notes:
-
Skeletons hold no items nor scrolls (old stuff).
- Gargoyles are vulnerable to falling pendulum traps, useful for the Cleric.
-
The War Machine is powered by four Goblins, while it is very vulnerable
on the top half, about where the top spear
is. Take advantage of that and
hit towards the War Machine while another player (if any) kills the four
Goblins.
- Man Scorpion is very vulnerable to single hit attacks, attack once, wait
for one second, and attack
again (basically, avoid chaining into your
second attack) and it'll keep getting hit.
- Harpy is very vulnerable
to hammers. So is the Dark Warrior to an extent.
- The moment Tellurian is being knocked down, throw burning oil,
hit
him on the way down, and he'll catch on fire. Repeat process. This
works great for the
Manticore and Displacer Beast also.
- Beholder is easily hit by the Flame Blade, start with the attacker attacking
the Beholder outside the edge of the screen as others stay on the opposite
corner. When the beholder finally
moves in make sure the attacker's shadow
is above or below the Beholder's to avoid being hit. Spells can be
cast
when he's being burnt. All Genie rings and Elemental bottles work anytime.
- Kamera is the first victim
of the Large Burning Oil, more on that in
Chapter 8.
- Fire Salamander is easily juggled over and over by the
Frost Blade as
the attacker positions him/herself just so the blade's frost touches
the Salamander who's
against the screen.
- Desperation moves are the best way to avoid the Red Dragon's claws, dead
falls, and claw
attacks. While Large Burning Oil does a great deal of
damage, while hammers comes next, though positioning
is vital for using them.
- All the Lightning Bolt rings throughout the game is best used for Ezarhorden.
- Nagpa seems
to be pretty vulnerable to lightning bolts.
Chapter 8 - Bugs and Features
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Well,
most or all these neat little tricks are usually so powerful
that it makes you wonder if they're originally planned or
not, but
little does it matter when "it works".
L.B.O (Large Burning Oil)
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Large
Burning Oil hits 4 times on large enemies like the Red Dragon,
and it knocks down on smaller opponents and bosses.
The cute part
is that after the large boss character is knocked down, it is available
for the Large Burning Oil to hit
multiple times as it stays down. The
trick is to position yourself so that all 4 hits of the oil will
register
on the boss, that's about one character away from the boss
horizontally. When done correctly, it takes only a few
seconds to beat
a fallen boss character with 2 or 3 characters throwing the oil. The
fantastic damage is displayed
by having the boss killed when its life
gauge is still at its fullest, then you slowly watch it drain to zero
during
the slowdown displaying your victory.
Partial Invincibility (AKA Highlander Mode from Herbert :)
---------------------
A
character's hat is made for that specific character to wear in order
to increase defense, but, if the Magic User wears
the Thief's cloak,
or if the Thief wears the Magic User's hat, then the character wearing
the mixed up hat will not
lose health when his or her heal points
reaches critical. Oh, let me re-phrase that. The character with the
swapped
hat will not loose health by most attacks, traps, and magic
when his or her life gauge drops down to about a centimeter
long. New
players can take advantage of this mode to learn about the game
without inserting as many credits into
the machine.
So what are you mortal to? Quite a number of attacks. Any grab move
or bite move from Hellhounds
and boss characters, the Dragon's breath,
all of Red Dragon and Synn's attacks (except Synn's fireball), the
cursed
swords, plus chests thrown from your own allies can still harm
you, and take note again that before you're partially invincible
you
still take damage just like you normally would, so fighting mindlessly
when partially invincible is not a good idea.
By the time you're
partially invincible, one mortal attack will just kill you.
To actually be partially invincible,
first start as player type C
(refer to Chapter 3). Then to drop your own hat for the other player
to pick up,
simply find another hat somewhere. The best source is
from the shadow elves in stage 3. Steal from them, have
the Thief
take the circlet, then the Mage gets the Thief's cap, and the Thief
comes back to pick up the magical hat.
The two players are now
partially invincible.
Eggs of Wonder
--------------
Throw the egg of wonder, and immediately
have the elf cast haste on
the person throwing the egg. The Owl Bear will appear, but you also
have your egg in
your inventory. You can repeat process and have 5 or
more Owl Bears fighting the Dragon or other bosses.
Avoiding
the Curse
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The Sword of Legends require the player to swing for about 20 to 40
times usually, taking
damage randomly by each swing in order to break
the curse. To avoid losing health, the split second the sword wielder
is
hurt by the sword, cast Striking, Cure Wounds (rings are fine too),
or haste on the wielder. Another way of avoiding
the curse is to
jump, then hit attack right before the sword wielder lands. This
technique is difficult, but still
decreases your chances of taking
damage from the cursed sword.
Double Critical?
----------------
Moves usually
hit only once, especially for large swings and so forth,
but in part one you can let a move hit more than once by casting
a
spell or ring the moment an attack hits the enemy. Say fighting the
Red Dragon, we'd have the Fighter take Striking,
then as the fighter
do a jumping slash, we'd cast spells in a frenzy and have the fighter
hit for about 7 to 8 times
before he lands.
I've noticed that part 2 seems to have similar properties, but still
need to have knowledgeable
players to test this out with me. If it
does work no problem, players can time a ring or spell just as the
Magic
User hits with a critical for another hit or more. Just a thought.
Mini Conclusion
===============
As
the version number states, this is just a test version with lots of
info and facts that are missing I bet. Readers
(yes, you :) are
welcome to e-mail me to add suggestions and corrections. A proper
credit section will be in the
final version. Oh, a mini guide for the
Thief might be appearing soon, though I'm thinking if there's enough
good
info to make up a guide.
Mini Credits
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Gamest Mmagazine - Essential Information
David
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Larry }-------- D&D2 buddies :) David and larry are the ones who
Keith
/ got me started.
Herbert Tin Hoy Hu - Highlander Mode
Derek (Lanzer) Liu
Lanzer@mindlink.net
06-16-1996
--
(^_^)Derek Liu, or Lanzer, at lanzer@mindlink.net. Vancouver, Canada! (-.^)
(~_^)Full time student,
part time street fighter, author of SFLIU too.(@_@)
(x_x)** Lanzer Land had moved! To http://www.threewave.com/~lanzer
**(-_-)
(_ _)Ryoko/Sasami, Tenchi Theme Pack, Joystick/Photoshop Guide & more!(^O^)
From means@bigdog.engr.arizona.edu
Wed Jun 19 00:10:12 1996
Newsgroups: rec.games.video.arcade
Subject: [D&D2] Cleric infinite swing combo
From:
means@bigdog.engr.arizona.edu (Mike Means)
Date: 19 Jun 1996 07:10:12 GMT
This was something I discovered quite
a long time ago but I haven't been
keeping up with this group lately so here goes...THe Cleric has an
infinite swing
combo that keeps monsters on the ground, that's right, they
don't even get up so they have no chance of hitting you!!
You can keep
loads of guys locked up in it keeping them away from others and killing
them, here goes
QCF+A,N,F+A
(repeat inifinitely)
(That's a slide attack followed by a power hit, repeat)
If you do it right there should really
be no trasition between the two parts
and very little delay when repeating. It works best near the edge of
the
screen but if you knock them form the middle or farther away and know
how to continue it (just practice, I can't really
explain it, you just have
to learn when to swing in these cases) you can get them locked on the side.
the F+A part can
also be substituted with a simple A but it doesn't always
work and you have to time it right whereas the above version
just continues,
one after the other without haveing to mess with timing.
The only major problem is that many people
can't simply repeat this without
screwing up the QCF+A part (apparently many people can't simply do this at
will) and
tehn combining it with a N,F+A screws them up more, compounded by
the fact that you have to repeat it about 3-4 times all
the way through to
kill things (more for dark elves). So all I can say is practice, this move
has made me a very
good player (from $4-5 / game to just one quarter all
the way through, of course having friends that are also very good
at the
game helps quite a lot too).
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