Proto:Cadash (Arcade)

This page details one or more prototype versions of Cadash (Arcade).

This is a prototype (or, more accurately, a location test version) of Cadash that was dumped and released on December 24th, 2013. This prototype stops at the end of Round 3; the later rounds and enemies have yet to be developed.

Unfortunately, only the main game code and the mask (or HUD) graphics ROM were recovered, as the other ROMs were covered in a layer of epoxy. As such, the MAME set uses the final music and graphics ROMs. These ROMs do seem to fit with the prototype's code, but there's no guarantee that there weren't other changes made between this location test build and the final game.

(Source: David Haywood's Homepage)

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Map Differences

Text Differences

Game Boot & Attract Mode

• While the Taito Code can be entered, the code does nothing. The debug menu that the code is supposed to trigger doesn't exist in this version.
• This set has partial support for both the Japan and USA regions: Put the following code in MAME's cadashp.xml cheat file to change the game's region flag:

  <cheat desc="Region Flag">
    <parameter>
      <item value="0x0001">Japan</item>
      <item value="0x0002">USA</item>
      <item value="0x0003">World</item>
    </parameter>
    <script state="run">
      <action>maincpu.mw@7FFFE=param</action>
    </script>
  </cheat>

Prototype	Final

• Both sets give an export warning when set to the Japan region. In the prototype, this is the standard export warning seen in many other games. The final warning is slightly different from the standard, adding the word "copyright" to the first line and rewording "the violator subject to severe penalties" to "subject the violator to severe penalties" to fit everything in seven lines.
• The USA region doesn't have an export warning screen of its own yet.

• The Attract Mode loop is different in the prototype:

Proto	Export Warning	Taito Logo	Title	Insert Coin	Demo	N/A
Final	Export Warning	Taito Logo	Demo	Story	Title	Demo	High Score

• The story sequence where the princess gets kidnapped by Baarogue isn't in the prototype. A simple black screen with the text "INSERT COIN" is in its place.
• The high score screens are also missing.

Demo 1	Demo 2	Demo 3
Demo 4	Demo 5	Demo 6

• There are six demos in the prototype, and three demos in the final version. None of the demos match up.

• In Demo 1, two players talk to an NPC outside of a tool ship, then head into the tool shop.
• In Demos 2 and 3, a team of a Mage, Priest, and Ninja try to cross the bridge in the Cave of Stones. Demo 2 focuses on the Mage, while Demo 3 focuses on the Ninja. The Priest doesn't move in either demo.
• In Demos 4 and 5, a two-man team of a Fighter and Mage fight the Black Pudding (poorly.) Demo 4 focuses on the Fighter, Demo 5 focuses on the Mage.
• Demo 6 is a showcase of the Ninja's shooting abilities in the Tunnels of Brick.

• The text flashed in the demo is "GAME OVER" in the prototype and "INSERT COIN" in the final game.

Game Setup

Player Waiting

Prototype	Final

The text is set against a black background in a prototype. The final game uses a picture of Princess Sarasa from the game's intro with a blue tint.

Prototype	Final

The Japanese X-player text is green in the prototype and yellow in the final version.

Character Select

Prototype	Final

• The description window was made slightly taller in the final game, and the descriptions were moved up and to the left to better center the text. The Japanese description window was not changed.
• "Select a Player" was changed to "Select the Player" which seems like a regression, but whatever.

Special & Forbidden Names

...But what does it mean? This game has text or audio that needs to be translated. If you are fluent with this language, please read our translation guidelines and then submit a translation!

...But does it make sense? The translations on this page need to be proofread. If you are fluent enough in this language, please make any corrections necessary!

The location test version also has a set of names that the game filters out. While not normally accessible, setting the game region to Japan using the above MAME cheat will allow the player to access the Japanese name entry screen.

The following names are either not present in the prototype or are filtered differently:

Prototype		Final (JP)
＿おめこ Vagina	＿おこめ Husked rice	＿おめこ Vagina	おこめ＿ Husked rice
ちんげ＿ Pubes	イカス Cool!	ちんげ＿ Pubes	！！！！ !!!!
まんこ＿ Pussy	＿くさい Stinky	まんこ＿ Pussy	ＸＸＸ XXX
N/A		たいとう Taito	タイトー Taito
		ちゆうか Chinese (food)	イカス！ Cool!
＿まや Maya	たらばー Tarabar	ほりちん Hori-chin	たらばー Tarabar
せつくす Sex	したい Want to do	せつくす Sex	するお
すぺるま Sperm	ピュツ！ Spurt!	すぺるま Sperm	ピュッ！ Splurt!
N/A		てんちよ Shopkeeper	ズルイ！ No fair!
		ああああ AAAA	プロコ Proco
		まままま Mamamama	テアット Tiat
		かい＿＿ Kai	くのいち Kunoichi
		ぎる＿＿ Gil	にんじゃ Ninja

Additionally, the 2P names that unlock the Thunder and Jinmensou Puddings are different in the location test build:

	Prototype	Final
Thunder Pudding	ちんげ＿ Pubes	らわがす OR きんだん Rawagasu / Forbidden
Jinmensou Pudding	ふとまら Big Penis	ほりちん Hori-chin

It's pretty clear why these were changed.

ファイアープディング Fire Pudding

There's an additional hidden pudding in the prototype: The Fire Pudding. This is made up of the flames used by the Fire Elemental in the final game, and one of the sprites from the Mage's flame wall spell. It doesn't look nearly as good as the other puddings, all of which use larger, circular sprites that make the pudding look like a cohesive unit. The decision to cut it is definitely understandable.

To trigger the Fire Pudding, 2P has to enter a name starting with もえ and any of the "r" hiragana (ら, り, る, れ, ろ). This is supposed to catch any version of the verb もえる, meaning "to burn", though 2P can put in whatever nonsense they want as long as they fulfill the requirements for the first three characters.

Gameplay Changes

General

Used	Alt

• Players start out with 100 gold in the prototype and 0 gold in the final game. The final version tries to make up for this by including a chest in both castles that contains 100 gold and some change, but that gold can only be collected by one of the two players.
• The final version moves the timer to the top of the HUD, labels it "TIME", and spaces out both player's status windows.
• The status windows only list how much gold and experience each player has collected. The final version adds each player's level and how much experience they need to level up.

• The final version adds a second, more detailed status window that appears when players enter an area from a door or warp. In addition to experience, level, and gold, this lists the player's attack, defense, and agility stats, as well as any Medical Herbs, Antidotes, or Elixirs they might be carrying.
• In the prototype, when the player talks to an NPC, the player is still able to move around. Moving far enough away from the NPC will close the dialogue window.

In the final game, players cannot move when talking to an NPC.

• When an NPC has reached the end of their dialogue, pressing 1P/2P Button 1 will reprint the last dialogue they had. In the final game, pressing 1P Button 1 will close the dialogue window.

In the final version, the player can also press 1P/2P Button 2 at any time to close the dialogue window early.

• While in the final game an invincible floating skull appears to attack the player when time runs out, in the prototype the player's health is instead rapidly depleted at a rate of 1 HP per 9 frames.
• The player's Gold and experience points are uncapped in the prototype, meaning that they can overflow if either goes above 65,535. This is pretty bad for the player's gold but not for their experience, since the player's experience has no effect on the player after Level 20. However, if the player's experience is exactly 65,535, a nasty bug occurs...

...and corrupts the data in the Mask (HUD) graphics ROM until the machine is rebooted.

• An explanation: At Level 20, the game sets the amount of experience the player needs to get to the next level to 65,535, which is supposed to be unreachable. If the player does reach this value, the game goes past the normal tables it reads for each class's stat bonuses and into unrelated data, and the player starts to rapidly gain levels and stats. The visual bug occurs when a negative value is read for that level's HP Bonus: The game tries to redraw the player's HP bar to match the now-gigantic Max HP value, which ends up going well off the screen and writes garbage data to VRAM.

Anyway, to fix all of this, the final game caps the player's experience points and Gold to 60,000.

• In the prototype, if the player has high enough defense, they'll only take 1 HP of damage from all enemy attacks.

In the final game, the player will lose HP equal to either the actual damage dealt or the player's level, whichever is higher. For instance, if a level 20 player with 100 defense is hit by a 10 DMG attack, they'll still take 20 HP of damage.

• Players cannot be poisoned yet, though there is an unused string referencing poison and antidotes in the prototype.

Spells

The way that players select and cast spells was changed:

• In the prototype, the player has to duck and press 1P Button 2 to cycle between the player's available spells. While the selection bubble is active, pressing 1P Button 1 will cast the selected spell (provided the player has enough MP.) The spell selection bubble stays active for 120 frames, but pressing either 1P Button 1 or 1P Button 2 will reset the timer back to 120.

This method means the player has to stay still to select a spell, but once a spell is selected, it's easy to spam. However, if the player wants to conserve their MP, they'll have to refrain from attacking or jumping for 2 seconds to get the selection bubble to disappear.

• In the final game, the player has to hold 1P Button 1, then wait 29 frames for the spell selection bubble to pop up. As long as the button is held, the game automatically cycles through the player's available spells at a rate of 1 spell per 29 frames. When the player lets go of 1P Button 1, the currently selected spell is cast.

This method allows the player to select spells on the go, but makes cycling through and casting spells a more tedious process.

Used Spells

• The only spell with any major mechanical changes is Flying Dagger.

In the prototype, casting this spell will create flying daggers that circle around the Mage, each of which has an attack power of 12.

• Unlike every other spell in the game, the player can still cast the spell even if they don't have the required amount of MP (In this case, 4); doing this will create a number of flying daggers equal to the player's MP at time of cast. The spell does nothing at 0 MP.
• If the dagger collides with an enemy and the damage inflicted is enough to kill that enemy, the dagger is not destroyed right away; up to four enemies can be killed this way before the dagger is deleted. If the damage is not enough to kill that enemy, the dagger is instantly destroyed.

• If the player holds 1P/2P Button 1, the daggers will pulse outwards while still maintaining their clockwise orbit around the player.
• Casting the spell again after one or more daggers have been destroyed will restore those daggers and consume MP equal to the number of daggers created.
• The big problem with this spell is that no other spells can be cast by the Mage until each of the daggers is destroyed, preventing the use of more powerful spells.

• The spell was overhauled in the final game to make it easier to spam. Casting Flying Dagger creates eight daggers, each of which has an attack power of 32. The daggers fly around the screen wildly but make an attempt to orbit around the player.

• Casting the spell uses only 2 MP in the final game, but trying to cast it at 1 MP will have no effect.
• Each dagger last up to 180 frames before disappearing. When a dagger collides with an enemy it is instantly destroyed.

	Proto	Final
Fireball	10 DMG 1 MP	12 DMG 1 MP
Flame Wall	24 DMG 4 MP	38 DMG 4 MP
Blizzard	30 DMG 8 MP	42 DMG 6 MP
Lightning Bolt	26 DMG 6 MP	64 DMG 10 MP
Heal	16 HP 3 MP	16 HP 12 MP
Protect	55 HP 8 MP	50 HP 20 MP

• All other spells are identical except for MP costs and the amount of damage they deal or absorb. A notable case is Lightning Bolt, which does less damage and consumes less MP than Blizzard in the prototype, while in the final version it's the other way around.

Unused Spells

There are three unused spells in the prototype, each of which seems to have been meant for the Mage. Place the following code in MAME's cadashp.xml cheat file to change the Mage's starting spell to one of the unused spells:

  <cheat desc="Change 1st Spell">
    <parameter>
      <item value="0x0001">Fireball 2</item>
      <item value="0x0003">Blizzard 2</item>
      <item value="0x0006">Blizzard 3</item>
    </parameter>
    <script state="run">
      <action>maincpu.pw@1041BC=param</action>
    </script>
    <script state="off">
      <action>maincpu.pw@1041BC=0x0000</action>
    </script>
  </cheat>

All of these spells have an attack value of 10. Those was probably only meant to be placeholder values before they were adjusted for game balance, but said adjustments never came before the spells were deleted.

The first unused spell is an alternate version of Fireball that costs 2 MP to cast. Casting the spell spawns a fireball that rapidly increases and decreases in height, creating a conical range of attack. The fireball can hit a single enemy before it's destroyed.

This spell was replaced by the Priest's Antidote magic.

The second is an alternate icy spell that costs 8 MP to cast. Casting the spell creates 8 icy projectiles that move across the screen in a counterclockwise spiral. The spell lasts for 104 frames before disappearing and can pierce through enemies.

This spell was replaced by the Priest's Recover magic.

The last unused spell is yet another take on an ice spell. It costs 3 MP to cast and creates 8 icy projectiles in a circle that are all pulled inward to the center of the Mage's cane. The effective range of this spell is very small, but they are able to pierce through enemies. The Mage cannot move at all while the spell is active.

This spell was replaced by the Mage's final spell, Explosion.

Miscellaneous

The spell in slot 07 has no data at all in the prototype. In the final game, Heal 2, the Priest's final spell, takes this slot.

Player Stats

Fighter Stat Table

	EXP		HP		MP		STR		DEF		MDF		AGI		INT
Level 1	0		48				10	11	5	6	5	3	45		5
Level 2	50		56				12	13	6	8	6	4	52		10	6
Level 3	100		64				14	15	7	11	7	5	59		15	7
Level 4	200		72				16	17	8	14	8	6	66	65	20	8
Level 5	400		80				18	19	9	17	9	7	73		25	9
Level 6	800		88				20	21	10	21	10	7	80	79	30	10
Level 7	1,500		96				22	23	11	25	11	8	87	86	35	11
Level 8	2,800		104				24	25	12	30	12	8	94		40	12
Level 9	4,400		112				26	27	13	36	13	8	101		45	13
Level 10	6,200		120				28	29	14	38	14	9	108	109	50	14
Level 11	8,000		128				30	32	15	41	15	10	115		55	15
Level 12	10,000		136				32	35	16	45	16	11	122		60	16
Level 13	12,200		144				34	38	17	51	17	11	129	130	65	17
Level 14	14,500		152				36	42	18	57	18	11	136	137	70	18
Level 15	16,900		160				38	45	19	61	19	11	143		75	19
Level 16	19,200		168				40	48	20	63	20	12	150	147	80	20
Level 17	22,000		176				42	50	21	65	21	13	157	152	85	21
Level 18	25,000		184				44	53	22	68	22	14	164	156	90	22
Level 19	30,000		192				46	55	23	70	23	15	171	160	95	23
Level 20	35,000		200				48	57	24	71	24	16	178	163	100	24

• The Fighter has a flat growth rate in the prototype, with each stat increasing by the same amount each level. The final game's growth is more like a bell curve, with the middle levels having the biggest stat gains.
• The Fighter's strength is lower in the prototype, maxing out at 48, which is actually lower than the Ninja's max strength of 55. In the final game, the Fighter has the highest strength at 57.
• At this point, the Fighter has the lowest defense stat in the game! The final version corrects this, and he now outranks the Mage and Priest.
• The magic defense stat is unused in the prototype; enemy magical attacks haven't been implemented yet. Nevertheless, the Fighter has the highest magic defense stat at this point, while in the final game he has the lowest magic defense of any class.
• All four classes had their base agility stats lowered, some more than others. The Fighter's agility stayed more or less the same up until level 16, at which point the final version's gains in this stat drop off.
• While the intelligence stat has no effect on the Fighter in either version, the stat gain was later decreased from 5 to 1 point per level.

Mage Stat Table

	EXP		HP		MP		STR		DEF		MDF		AGI		INT
Level 1	0		48		10	32	5	7	3		3	5	9	26	10
Level 2	40		58		20	50	7	9	5		4	6	14	32	25
Level 3	80		68		30	66	8	11	6	7	5	8	19	40	40
Level 4	160		78		40	84	10	13	8	10	6	11	24	46	54
Level 5	320		88		50	100	11	14	9	13	7	14	29	52	67
Level 6	640		98		60	115	13	16	11	16	8	16	34	60	79
Level 7	1,200		108		70	135	14	17	12	19	9	19	39	65	90
Level 8	2,200		118		80	149	16	19	14	22	10	22	44	67	100
Level 9	3,300		128		90	163	17	20	15	25	11	26	49	69	108
Level 10	4,400		138		100	175	19	21	17	28	12	30	54	74	115
Level 11	5,500		148		110	195	20	24	18	31	13	34	59	76	120
Level 12	6,700		158		120	206	22	28	20	34	14	39	64	79	125
Level 13	7,800		168		130	217	23	31	21	36	15	43	69	82	129
Level 14	8,900		178		140	227	25	33	23	39	16	49	74	84	133
Level 15	10,000		188		150	235	26	35	24	42	17	53	79	86	136
Level 16	12,000		198		160	242	28	37	26	46	18	59	84	88	139
Level 17	14,000		208		170	247	29	39	27	50	19	64	89	91	141
Level 18	16,500		218		180	251	31	41	28	53	20	68	94		143
Level 19	19,000		228		190	254	32	43	30	55	21	73	99	97	144	145
Level 20	22,000		238		200	255	34	44	32	56	22	75	104	98	145	150

• The Mage has less MP in the prototype, but since the MP costs for spells are lower in this version he can actually cast more spells.
• The Mage has the second highest defense stat in the prototype, while in the final game he has the weakest defense of the four classes.
• Originally tied for the lowest magical defense with the Ninja, the Mage would up with the highest .
• Although the Mage starts out with 17 more agility in the final game, he ends up with 6 fewer agility by level 20.
• Intelligence gains are identical up until level 19, where the final game suddenly boosts up from 145 to 150. Since the intelligence stat isn't used for anything other than spell acquisition, the only benefit for changing it was to make it end at a nice round number. Even that's strange, though, since the intelligence stat can't be seen or tracked by the player.

Priest Stat Table

	EXP		HP		MP		STR		DEF		MDF		AGI		INT
Level 1	0		48		10	28	7	8	4		4		26	32	5
Level 2	70		54	58	15	36	9	11	5	7	5	7	32	40	10
Level 3	140		62	68	20	44	11	13	6	10	6	10	38	47	16
Level 4	280		68	76	25	51	12	15	8	12	7	12	44	55	22
Level 5	560		76	86	30	57	14	17	9	16	8	14	50	63	29	30
Level 6	1,000		82	96	35	64	16	19	10	20	9	18	56	69	37	40
Level 7	1,600		90	104	40	72	17	20	12	23	10	23	62	74	46	49
Level 8	2,800		96	114	45	79	19	22	13	28	11	27	68	78	56	59
Level 9	4,300		104	124	50	89	21	24	14	32	12	32	74	84	67	71
Level 10	6,000		110	134	55	101	22	26	16	35	13	38	80	89	79	81
Level 11	8,000		118	142	60	115	23	28	17	39	14	43	86	95	92	91
Level 12	10,000		124	150	65	128	25	29	18	42	15	48	92	100	106	99
Level 13	12,000		132	160	70	142	26	30	20	47	16	52	98	107	121	106
Level 14	14,500		138	168	75	156	28	32	21	51	17	56	104	114	136	111
Level 15	17,000		146	176	80	172	30	33	22	55	18	60	110	120	151	117
Level 16	20,000		152	184	85	192	31	35	24	58	19	62	116	125	167	122
Level 17	23,000		160	192	90	214	33	37	25	60	20	64	122	130	183	128
Level 18	26,000		166	198	95	231	35	38	26	61	21	67	128	134	200	133
Level 19	29,500		174	204	100	245	36	39	28	63	22	69	134	137	217	137
Level 20	33,000		180	210	105	255	38	40	29	64	23	70	140	139	235	140

• The Priest has the lowest HP stat of any of the four classes in the prototype. This stat got a 30 point boost in the final game, placing the Priest above the Ninja and Fighter classes.
• The maximum MP caps very low in the prototype at just 105. At this point only two of the Priest's spells has been programmed, so the developers couldn't properly balance this stat yet.
• The Priest's max strength stat is slightly higher than the Mage's, while in the final game it's the other way around.
• The situation was reversed with the Mage and Priest's defense stats.
• While the final game's agility stat is substantially higher than the prototype's stat on a level by level basis, by level 20 it's actually one point lower.
• The Priest has a max intelligence stat of 235, much higher than the Mage's 145. The final version changes this by having a max intelligence stat that's ten points lower than the Mage.

Ninja Stat Table

	EXP		HP		MP		STR		DEF		MDF		AGI		INT
Level 1	0		48				7		4	6	3		62		5
Level 2	60	100	56	58			10	9	6	9	4		72	70	10	6
Level 3	120	200	65	67			12		8	11	5		82	78	15	8
Level 4	240	360	73	76			15	14	9	14	6		92	85	20	9
Level 5	480	620	82	86			17		11	19	7	8	102	93	25	11
Level 6	960	1,300	90	96			20	19	13	23	8	9	112	102	30	12
Level 7	1,500	2,000	99	105			22	20	14	26	9	10	122	110	35	14
Level 8	2,600	3,800	107	115			25	22	16	30	10	12	132	117	40	15
Level 9	4,000	5,000	116	125			27	25	18	40	11	14	142	127	45	17
Level 10	5,500	7,000	124	133			30	28	19	50	12	15	152	137	50	18
Level 11	7,500	10,200	133	142			32	31	21	60	13	16	162	147	55	20
Level 12	9,000	14,500	141	151			35	33	23	70	14	18	172	155	60	21
Level 13	11,000	18,000	150	161			37		24	78	15	19	182	161	65	23
Level 14	13,800	22,000	158	170			40		26	88	16	20	192	165	70	24
Level 15	16,000	26,000	167	178			42		28	96	17	21	202	168	75	26
Level 16	18,500	31,000	175	185			45		29	102	18	22	212	171	80	27
Level 17	21,000	36,000	184	191			47		31	108	19	23	222	173	85	29
Level 18	24,000	41,500	192	197			50		33	112	20	24	232	175	90	30
Level 19	27,000	47,000	201	202			52		34	115	21	25	242	177	95	32
Level 20	31,000	54,000	209	206			55	53	36	117	22	26	252	178	100	33

• The Ninja is the only class to have its experience rate change. In the prototype, the rate he gains level starts out slightly slower than the Fighter before passing him at Level 7, and he has the second lowest number of experience points needed to reach level 20 at 31,000. To keep this class from being even more broken than it is, the number of experience points needed to reach each level was increased dramatically, and he ends up with the slowest growth rate and the higher amount of experience points need to reach level 20 at 54,000.
• The Ninja's HP stat starts out the same before gradually surpassing the prototype's stat at the same level. It stays this way until level 20, when the stat maxes out at three points lower than in the prototype.
• The strength stat in the final version is either lower or equal to the prototype's stat at the same level. Originally having the highest strength of any character, in the final game his max strength is 4 points lower than the Fighter.
• While the Ninja has the highest defense stat of any class in both versions, the difference is much more pronounced in the final game, where it's 46 points higher than the second highest class, the Fighter.
• The Ninja consistently gains 10 points of agility per level in the prototype, maxing out at an absurd 252 agility at level 20. This was greatly toned down in the final game to just 178 agility.

Enemy Stats

Attacks in bold type can be blocked with a powerful enough shield.

	HP		DEF		MDF		EXP		Gold		Attacks
Round 1
Pigman	5	6	2	2	1	1	1	1	3	3	Contact Club	7 DMG 9 DMG	7 DMG 10 DMG
Green Slime	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	Contact	6 DMG	7 DMG
Bat	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	2*	2	0	Contact	8 DMG	8 DMG
White Skeleton	12	12	3	3	255	255	4	3	8	8	Contact Sword	8 DMG 13 DMG	9 DMG 13 DMG
Giant Eyeball	1	1	255	255	255	255	0	0	0	0	Contact	10 DMG	13 DMG
Gray Spider	10	10	1	4	0	2	3	3	6	6	Contact Web	10 DMG 6 DMG	11 DMG 12 DMG
Round 2
Giant Frog	18	14	3	1	3	0	10	10*	10	0	Contact	13 DMG	10 DMG
Ghoul	19	15	2	2	255	255	18	18	16	16	Contact Bone	10 DMG 12 DMG	12 DMG 15 DMG
Brown Roper	24	24	6	5	12	2	20	22	20	20	Contact Shot	12 DMG 10 DMG	18 DMG 16 DMG
Gray Slime	10	30	2	2	2	0	5	8	2	5	Contact	10 DMG	12 DMG
Giant Wasp	16	16	4	6	5	3	28	26	18	18	Contact	16 DMG	20 DMG
Eye of the Deep	40	40	12	8	14	5	34	30	24	40	Contact Beam	10 DMG 18 DMG	32 DMG 30 DMG
Round 3
Golem	60	50	16	15	0	2	80	80	40	40	Contact	34 DMG	35 DMG
Brown Spider	30	48	3	6	0	1	36	32	12	12	Contact Web	18 DMG 12 DMG	33 DMG 35 DMG
Mudman	40	40	6	5	9	5	60	65	2	1	Contact	20 DMG	30 DMG
Giant Hornet	28	33	10	8	0	5	40	58	36	36	Contact	28 DMG	41 DMG
Harpy	80	62	12	11	24	7	100	100	68	68	Contact Feather	32 DMG 22 DMG	44 DMG 37 DMG
Pink Slime	30	50	4	6	4	2	10	25	3	10	Contact	16 DMG	38 DMG
Porcupine	1	1	255	255	255	255	1	6†	9	9†	Contact	26 DMG	45 DMG
Bosses
Black Pudding	70	80	4	4	4	0	50	20	30 ×9	30 ×9	Contact Blob	12 DMG 10 DMG	20 DMG 10 DMG
Kraken	120	200	6	8	2	10	60	80	60 ×9	60 ×9	Contact Bubble	24 DMG 16 DMG	38 DMG 20 DMG
Worm	120	140	10	12	3	0	100	240	80 ×9	120 ×9	Contact Rolling Shot	38 DMG 50 DMG 22 DMG	48 DMG 62 DMG 20 DMG
Crawling Kelp	160	160	18	25	0	0	80	120	10 ×9	0	Contact Spore	32 DMG 28 DMG	54 DMG 36 DMG

Items

Consumables

• There are no treasure chests or hidden item spots in the prototype.
• The player can carry 8 Medical Herbs in the prototype, which matches the number the player can carry in the easier sets.
• Since poison is nonexistent in the prototype, Antidotes have yet to be implemented.
• The Magic Bell and Hourglass are different between sets:

• In the prototype, purchasing a Magic Bell adds 40 seconds to the game timer and there is no Hourglass item.
• In the final game, purchasing a Magic Bell increases the player's max HP by 8 points, and purchasing an Hourglass adds 60 seconds to the game timer.

Note that in the final version, collecting an Hourglass that drops from a chest or a hidden item spot still has the older 40 second bonus.

Equipment

Armor			Headgear			Weapons			Shields
	3 DEF	3 DEF		2 DEF	2 DEF		6 ATK	6 ATK		20 Power	40 Power
	10 DEF	14 DEF		3 DEF	3 DEF		11 ATK	5 ATK		32 Power	60 Power
	3 DEF	3 DEF		4 DEF	6 DEF		16 ATK +20 AGI	16 ATK +20 AGI
	9 DEF	13 DEF					20 ATK	30 ATK
	3 DEF	3 DEF					6 ATK	6 ATK
	9 DEF	14 DEF					11 ATK	9 ATK
	9 DEF	9 DEF					13 ATK	19 ATK
							4 ATK	6 ATK
							15 ATK	20 ATK
							3 ATK	5 ATK
							7 ATK	18 ATK
							13 ATK	14 ATK

• All lower-tier armor and headgear have the same defense except for the Mask of Shadow, which gained 2 points of defense.
• All upper-tier armor gained 4 to 5 points of defense.
• The Mystic Robe doesn't halve the player's spell costs in the prototype.
• Both shields have lower power values in the prototype. The Leather Shield is less effective compared to the final game: It can't block the Harpy's feathers, the Worm's projectile, or the Crawling Kelp's spores.
• The Priest and Ninja's first weapon upgrades both received 2 more points of attack in the final game.
• Perhaps realizing that their fireball projectiles made them more powerful than expected, the Fire Blade and Staff of Fire both received attack reductions in the final version.
• For how expensive it is and how late it's found, the Dagger of Swallow is remarkably weak in the prototype. It received an 11 point attack boost in the final game, the largest of any weapon.
• The Battle Sword, Wizard Staff, and Long Rage Flail all received attack upgrades to better match where they're found in the final game.

Used	Alt

• In the prototype, the Battle Sword has a silver hilt and its blade doesn't glow. However, its shop icon was never updated to match the new design, so it's still depicted with a silver hilt.

Shops

• There are heavy delays in the shop interface that were thankfully cut down in the final game:

Delay	Proto	Final
Intro text -> YES/NO prompt	60 Frames	10 Frames
Yes/No prompt -> Purchase window	94 Frames	54 Frames
Item purchase -> Yes/No prompt	132 Frames	72 Frames

• In the prototype, both 1P/2P Button 1 and 1P/2P Button 2 act as confirmation buttons for the YES/NO prompt.

In the final game, pressing 1P/2P Button 2 acts as if the player selected "NO", even if the cursor is on "YES".

• The same difference applies to buying items. This means that once the purchase window pops up, it's impossible for the player to exit without trying to buy an item.

In the final version, pressing 1P/2P Button 2 on the purchase window closes the shop interface.

Round 1 Tool Shop				Round 2 Weapon Shop #1
Proto	20	X	Y	Proto	80 40	100 70	50 50
Final	N/A			Final
Round 2 Tool Shop				Round 2 Weapon Shop #2
Proto	N/A			Proto	300 60	60 48	200 180
Final	200	40	X	Final	300 60	60	200 240
Round 3 Tool Shop #1				Round 3 Weapon Shop #1
Proto	N/A			Proto	1200 1000	800 240	800 620
Final	200	40 500	X	Final	N/A
Round 3 Tool Shop #2				Round 3 Weapon Shop #2
Proto	20 800	X	Y	Proto	600 300	1000 480	380 600
Final	200	40 800	X	Final	800 1000	1000 48	600 180

• In the prototype, Elixirs can be purchased in tool shops, starting off cheap and get more expensive with each one purchased. The price increases are similar to inn prices in the easier sets, but they cap at 30,000 instead of 5,000:

1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th+
50	200	1,000	2,000	5,000	30,000

In the final game, there are only two elixirs in the game: One that drops from the Crawling Kelp, and one at the end of an optional path in Baarogue's castle.

• The price of a Medical Herb matches that of the final World set and all sets derived from it.
• As previously explained, Antidotes and Magical Bells (The kind that increase the player's maximum HP) don't exist in the prototype.
• The underground weapon shop in Round 2 has two items, the Silver Tiara and Leather Suit, that were moved to the Grove of the Gnomes' store in the final version. The final game adds the 3-way Cutter to this shop, which was originally placed in the first weapon shop of Round 3 that was later changed to a tool shop.
• Speaking of that shop, the Sword of Speed and Long Range Flail in that shop were later moved to the Grove's store, while the other items were moved to the underground shop in Round 4.
• The Sword of Speed is 400 gold more expensive in the prototype.
• The Grove's weapon shop originally included the Silver Shield, Cloak of Druid, and Dagger of Swallow, all of which were moved to the Round 4 shop. The Battle Sword was placed even later in the Baarogue castle's shop at triple price.
• The Mystic Robe had its price doubled in the finished game.

Ending

In the prototype, at the end of Round 3, there's a woman by the gate of departure who tells the player that the princess has returned to Deerzar. Talking to this woman will set a flag that sets up the prototype's unique ending sequence.

Entering the gate of departure will transport the player to the gate in Deerzar Castle, just as the woman said. Players can also use this gate to go back to the Round 3 tool shop - this is the only version of the game where the Deerzar Castle gates does anything.

HURRAH FOR THE BRAVE! HURRAH FOR PRINCESS CERINA!

I'M GLAD THE PRINCESS RETURNED. IT WAS INDEED NICE.

Speaking to the soldiers in Deerzar Castle will produce one of the two messages above.

When players reach the throne, they'll see the princess by the king's side. Talking to the king initiates the game's ending sequence:

OH! YOU CAME JUST THE
RIGHT TIME! MY DAUGHTER
HAD ALREADY RESCUED.

I MUST HAVE CAUSED
YOU MANY TROUBLES.
I WANT YOU THANK YOU.

I SORROW THIS INSTANCE
BUT I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU
THE CASE LIKE THIS.

OKAY,I'LL SAY GOODBYE
UNTIL THEN!


YOU'RE THE REAL
BLAVE MAN!

The game will then print a message stating that this was a location test version and that the game is still in development. The same message appears in several other Taito games.

Prototype	Final

In the final game, the credits scroll over a picture of Princess Sarasa for a while before fading to the title logo. In the prototype, the title logo fades in immediately after the location test message.

Prototype

Final Game

CREATE STAFFS <<< PRODUCER >>> ONIJUST <<< DIRECTOR >>> ONIJUST <<< SOFTWARE >>> RAWAGASU Z TAK HORIC YMOT YAGI NANDEMOII KOHYAMA SEIICH "TSUTOMU" TAIKOISHI <<< CHARACTER >>> ONIJUST <<< HARDWARE >>> "MAKASENASAI" KUSHIRO <<< MECHANIC >>> "HATSUTAROU" HATSUDA <<< SOUND >>> NUI BY TEAM ZUNTATA ... SPECIAL THANKS TO MANY OTHER PEOPLE

THE CREW PRODUCED BY KEISUKE HASEGAWA DIRECTED BY ONIJUST DIRECTOR OF SOFTWARE TORU SUGAWARA MAIN PROGRAMMER TARABAR"TAK"HORI MONSTER PROGRAMMER YUICHI KOHYAMA TRAP PROGRAMMER MASAKI"YMOT"YAGI SCENARIO PROGRAMMER SEIICHI TAIKOISHI PRODUCTION DESIGNER ONIJUST GRAPHIC DESIGNERS ONIJUST TAKATSUNA SENBA HISAKAZU KATOH KOZO IGARASHI YOSHIHIRO IWATA TETSUYA SHINODA TAKAYUKI OGAWA KENICHI IMAEDA ASSISTANT GRAPHIC DESIGN VISUAL ARTS PRODUCTION SUPERVISING EDITOR MASAKI"YMOT"YAGI MAP EDITOR ONIJUST HARDWARE ENGINEER TADASHI KUSHIRO ELECTRICIAN TOMIO TAKEDA SOUND PRODUCER POCHI(ZUNTATA) MUSIC COMPOSER PINCH PUNCH SOUND EFFECTS PINCH PUNCH MECHANICIAN YASUNORI HATSUTA PUBLICITY SUPERVISOR KAZUO NAKAGAWA SOFTWARE ANALYZERS HIDEHIRO FUJIWARA YUJI HIROSHIGE DATA ENTRY MARI IWANO GAME DESIGNER ONIJUST ....

The location test's credits are an abbreviated version of the final credits. All the staff members use pseudonyms in the prototype, while in the final game most use their real names.