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Fray: In Magical Adventure (MSX2, MSX turbo-R)

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Title Screen

Fray: In Magical Adventure

Developer: Micro Cabin
Publisher: Micro Cabin
Platforms: MSX2, MSX turbo-R
Released in JP: 1990


DevMessageIcon.png This game has a hidden developer message.
DebugIcon.png This game has debugging material.
Carts.png This game has revisional differences.
BonusIcon.png This game has hidden bonus content.


So very stubbly.
This page is rather stubbly and could use some expansion.
Are you a bad enough dude to rescue this article?
Careful, you'll lose an eye.
This page or section needs more images.
There's a whole lotta words here, but not enough pictures. Please fix this.
Specifically: Need more pics of the intro and screenshots of the ending, as well as of the special bonus stage.

Developer Message

Acactussayswhat?
Please elaborate.
Having more detail is always a good thing.
Specifically: What specific sector is this in?

At the first sector for every disk, a small message can be seen.

Original Translated
カズメAOSを立ち上げて、努力と根性よ! ええ!わかったわ。ノリコ。
Launching Kazume AOS, with effort and willpower! OK, I got this! Noriko. 

Following that message is this:

Kazumi.DOS BOOT Loader Ver 1.10 1990.04.20 By Y.Nakatsu
(Source: 電波放送局)

Debug Menu

Elementary, my dear Cactus.
This needs some investigation.
Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page.
Specifically: What does the Debug Menu do?

Fray MSX2 DebugMenu01 Main Map.png Fray MSX2 DebugMenu02 Select Menu.png Fray MSX2 DebugMenu03 System Menu.png

While playing, press Shift to open the game menu. Choose the 3rd option (System), and then highlight the BGM option.

Fray MSX2 DebugMenu04 BGM Menu Message.png

Now, hold C and wait for the text screen to appear completely; once it appears and while still holding C, press Up, Up, Down, Down, Right, Left, Right, Left, X. If done right, the debug menu will appear.

Fray MSX2 DebugMenu05 Activated.png

Version Differences

Hmmm...
To do:
More version differences

Fray was released in two separate versions for the MSX2 and the MSX Turbo R, and there are some differences between the two besides game speed.

Copyright Screen

Right away the colors used for the copyright screen on both versions are different.

MSX2 MSX Turbo R
Fray MSX2 Copyright Screen.png Fray MSXTurboR Copyright Screen.png

Title Screen

Both versions also use different colors for the subtitle as well.

MSX2 MSX Turbo R
Fray In Magical Adventure title.png Fray MSXTurboR Title.png

Intro Demo

Fray MSX2 MicroCabinIntro.png

The Microcabin intro at the beginning is completely absent from the MSX Turbo R version.

Voice Samples

The Turbo R version utilizes the PCM function of the system to play back voice samples during specific cutscenes. Unfortunately, after playing each sound clip, the music for each scene restarts instead of resuming from where it left off!

Bonus GOGO Pixie Stage

Fray MSX2 Bonus GOGO Pixie Stage Title Screen.png Fray MSX2 Bonus GOGO Pixie Stage Ending Screen.png

There is a special bonus stage available in the MSX2 version, accessible from Disk 3 by holding down G + O on the keyboard while booting up.

This will also work with the MSX Turbo R version, but with Disk 2 instead.

Bonus Pictures

The Xak games usually have an extra omake section that is shown after beating the game. However, with the MSX2 version of Fray, instead of having to wait after the ending, the omake section can be viewed immediately by holding down M while booting from Disk 1.

Note that this will only work for the MSX2 version, and not the MSX Turbo R version.