Might and Magic III (DOS)

Might and Magic III: Isles of Terra
Developer: New World Computing Publisher: New World Computing Platform: DOS Released in US: 1991 Released in EU: 1991 This game has unused areas. This game has a hidden developer message. This game has hidden developer credits. This game has unused items.

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Might and Magic III: Isles of Terra is the third entry in the Might and Magic series.

Unused Maps

"It's a Secret"

Map 105 is not a map that most players would see during the course of their journey through Terra. This is because it seems to be a developer map, or possibly a "joke" map, full of strange and interesting things.

The map is arranged in a haphazard way, forming a maze ripe with guillotine blades, Bubble Men, Carnage Hands, and a few Phase Skulls. There are also two levers which don't seem to do anything, several doors and portcullises, breakable walls, and several endless piles of treasure which randomly give your party some of the best equipment in the game. The most interesting area, however, is the room to the north which houses several golden thrones… one for each member of the game's development team at New World Computing, who each have words of encouragement, interest, or something completely random to say. Also of note: You cannot use Lloyd's Beacon (a waypoint warp spell), Time Distortion (a warp-to-exit spell), or save the game, here.

To access the map, load a save file in a hex editor and change the following values:

$2B2E - 01 01 ; Player coordinates value
                Changes the player's X/Y coordinate to X01 Y01 (near the Mirror)
                SUGGESTED, but not always necessary
$2B30 - 69    ; Maze ID value
                Places the player on map 105 ($69)

To leave the map, either use the Magic Mirror to teleport to another location or open the menu and ask Mr. Wizard for help (at the cost of all of the party's gems).

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  Looks like someone forgot their warp codes.

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  Never-ending treasure! Most piles contain 1,000,000 Gold/0 Gems and a random usable item of high quality but four of the six in the throne room give 100,000 Gold/0 Gems and two items, each go.

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  One of the two levers. Looks legit.
  Causes energy damage when bumped into and physical damage when used.

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  The other lever. It's a bit snarky, when activated.

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  Jon Van Caneghem (Director and designer)

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  Allen Treschler (Playtesting)

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  Scott T. Smith (Playtesting)

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  Paul Rattner (Playtesting)

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  Eric Newhouse (Playtesting; Credited in the TurboGrafx-16 version, but not the DOS version)

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  Louis Johnson (Art Director, Artwork)

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  Eric Hyman (Game Design, Additional Programming)

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  Todd Hendrix (Sound)

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  Bonita Long-Hemsath (Artwork)

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  Dave Hathaway (Playtesting), This person hurts your party by causing 5 HP of damage each character.

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  Douglas Grounds (Additional Programming)

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  Richard Espy (Playtesting; Credited in the TurboGrafx-16 version, but not the DOS version)

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  Mike Clement (Programming; Uncredited)

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  Mark Caldwell (Programming)

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  Andy Caldwell (Additional Programming)

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  Ronald Bolinger (Game Design, Technical Writer, Clue Book Writer)

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  Benjamin Bent (Playtesting)

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  And finally, the completed map.

(Source: Dark Linkaël)

Unused Items

Z Item 23

The item 97 is called "Z Item 23" which is not used. Probably a test item.

(Source: Dark Linkaël)