Fire Emblem (NES)

Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryu to Hikari no Tsurugi (which translates to Fire Emblem: Dark Dragon and the Sword of Light) is the first game in the innovative tactical RPG series from Intelligent Systems, who also developed the similar Famicom Wars series, both of which remained Japan-exclusive until the advent of the Game Boy Advance.

The game was remade as the first part of Fire Emblem 3: Mystery of the Emblem for the Super Famicom, then got ported to the DS (and released overseas!) under the title Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon.

Unused Items

 * Makmutes - Can be equipped on Wyvern, Gargoyle, Salamander, Shenron, Neptune, and Dark Dragon. Does nothing.
 * Telescope - Claims to increase Vision by 5 when used. The fog of war wasn't implemented until Fire Emblem: Thracia 776, the last Super Famicom entry.
 * The Dark and Time Orbs - Have three uses, but do nothing. They show up later in the series, but this game oddly misses the Life Orb.
 * The Helarn staff - Makes equipped weapons permanently indestructible. The staff itself has 22 uses before it breaks. Given the game-breaking nature of this item, it may have only been used for debugging purposes.
 * The Fire Emblem - The elusive plot artifact in all Fire Emblem games! While it is mentioned in the plot, it is coded as an item like in Fire Emblem 3. However, unlike in that game, anyone can hold this item and not only Marth.

Unused Characters

 * Sabre is an unused playable character, with Misheil's portrait, who also has data as an enemy. It is a slightly different name to Savor, who appears in Gaiden (FE2).
 * Wylar is one of the first NPCs and doesn't have a portrait.
 * Heimler appears to be a generic knight boss. He appears in Shadow Dragon.
 * Basilisk, Salamander and Narga appear towards the end of the character list, along with Gaia; the first three are names of the dragon tribes, so maybe Gaia was going to be the Earth Dragon tribe's name.

Sound Test
After saving the current game, when asked to continue the game or not, select "いいえ" ("no"). After that, press Up, Down, Left, Right, Up, A to enter the sound test mode. Press Up or Down to select a music track, and press A or B to start or stop playing. Press Select to view the ending sequence with a staff roll. Press Start to view the battle mode test.