Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia (Dreamcast)

Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia
Platform: Dreamcast This game has unused text.

This game was never completed and/or given a public release. As a result of this, keep in mind that the developers might have used or deleted some of the content featured here, had the game actually been released.

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The Dreamcast Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia was scrapped due to technical limitations with porting the game over to the console. A build dated August 11, 2000 was released on March 30, 2020.

Early Names

The Dreamcast Debug information dump contains very interesting names known only from prerelease screenshots - they can't be found in the data files of the Windows version of the game.

Buildings

Proto	Final
Mystic Garden	Mystic Pond
Rainbow	Fountain of Fortune
Storytelling Flora	Spirit Guardian
Wall of Glyphic Knowledge	Wall Of Knowledge
Order of Pain	Order of Fire
Eternal Effigy	Deity of Fire
King of Terror	Soul Prison
River of Blood	Guardian of Earth
Academy of Battle Scholars	Battle Scholar Academy
Weapon Array	Warlords' Monument
Ballista Works	Ballista Yards
Defence Cage	Cage of Warlords

Creatures

Proto	Final
Archer	Light Crossbowman
Marksman	Heavy Crossbowman
Elite Centaur	Centaur Captain
Treefolk	Dendroid Guard
Briar Treefolk	Dendroid Soldier
Apprentice Gremlin	Gremlin
Caliph	Master Genie
Naga Sentinel	Naga
Naga Guardian	Naga Queen
Lesser Titan	Giant
Greater Titan	Titan
Single Horned Demon	Demon
Dual Horned Demon	Horned Demon
Pit Foe	Pit Lord
Zombie	Walking Dead
Zombie Lord	Zombie
Nosferatu	Vampire Lord
Black Lord	Dread Knight
Goblin Wolf Rider	Wolf Rider
Hobgoblin Wolf Rider	Wolf Raider
Cyclops Lord	Cyclops King
Young Behemoth	Behemoth
Primitive Lizardman	Lizardman
Advanced Lizardman	Lizard Warrior
Copper Gorgon	Gorgon
Bronze Gorgon	Mighty Gorgon

Heroes

Proto	Final
Gier	Orrin
Rislav	Valeska
Desslock	Edric
Hester	Cuthbert
Galdwyn	Sanya
Engle	Caitlin
Clova	Uland
Kyriell	Malcom
Rugard	Josephine
Neelam	Neela
Khem	Iona
Aragorn	Rashka
Skullreaver	Tamika

Spells

Proto	Final
Magic Bolt	Magic Arrow
Identify	Visions
Dimension Walk	Dimension Door
Stone Wall	Force Field
Decay	Implosion
Spontaneous Combustion	Fireball
Fireblast	Inferno
Sacred Breath	Destroy Undead
Firestorm	Armageddon
Backlash	Magic Mirror
Tough Skin	Stone Skin
Tail Wind	Haste
Muck And Mire	Slow

Finally, an answer to why Implosion belongs to Earth guild and why its animation has nothing in common with imploding. That also explains what is on an older Force Field spell icon.