Proto:Shining Force III/Taikenban (Otanoshimi 3Shiro! Disc) Demo

This is a sub-page of Proto:Shining Force III.

To do: Figure out file structure. It's half the size of retail, but there's many, many files that go unused in this thing, including characters, model files, XBANs and CHR files for maps not present in the game seem to be in the files.

Differences

Characters

• All unused characters are present. The only real difference is that their icons are now proper placeholders.
• Most, if not all, characters are present in various states of completion. Their promoted classes also appear to be present, though many of these are less finished; for example. Irene's uses a placeholder icon and crashes the game if highlighted in battle, while Khan's instantly crashes the game.

Sounds

• The sound effect that plays when an enemy is defeated was changed for the final.
• Level-ups produce no sound effect at all.
• Synbios' voice when using a special attack is different.
• A sound effect plays when getting a status effect, such as Paralyze.
• Many spells in general are lacking their sound effects.

Sound Test

The sound test for the game is extremely paired down compared to the final. Jingles and voices are not present (despite voices actually being in the game), 10 slots are completely missing, and another 12(!) tracks have been deleted from this build of the game. The list is as follows (duplicate tracks are in bold, italics are songs not in the demo).

Track	Name	Final Track	Notes
0	Silence	Silence
1	Ishahacut's Room	Soldier of the Republic
2	A Distant Journey	Hero of the Republic
3	Flying Dragon of the Battlefield	Soldier of the Empire
4	Flowing River, Light Of The Moon	Hero of the Empire
5	Confrontation	Monsters
6	Soldier of the Republic	A Formidable Enemy
7	Soldier of the Republic	The Mercenary Soldier
8	Soldier of the Republic	The Mercenary Soldier
9	Soldier of the Republic	The Mercenary Soldier
10	Soldier of the Empire	Soldier of the Republic
11	Monsters	Main Theme
12	Soldier of the Republic	Ishahacut's Room
13	A Peaceful Early Afternoon	A Life Of Harmony
14	The Ramshackle Village	A Peaceful Early Afternoon
15	A Life Of Harmony	Sorrow
16	A Town Full Of Life	The Ramshackle Village
17	Church Prayer	Conspiracies of Bulzome
18	Council of war	The White Swan Castle
19	Soldier of the Republic	Church Prayer
20	The White Swan Castle	A Town Full Of Life
21	Church Prayer	Song Of Soul's Rest
22	Council of war	Accident
23	Main Theme	Flying Dragon of the Battlefield
24	Soldier of the Republic	Confrontation
25	Sorrow	Flowing River, Light Of The Moon
26	Song Of Soul's Rest	An Afternoon of rest
27	Soldier of the Republic	Peaceful Times
28	Conspiracies of Bulzome	Council of war
29	Soldier of the Republic	The Blacksmith
30	Soldier of the Republic	A Slightly Drunken Mood
31	An Afternoon of rest	Tiger of Honesty and Affection
32	Peaceful Times	A Distant Journey
33	Accident	The Final Battle
34	Tiger of Honesty and Affection	A Powerful Force
35	N/A	Wind of Despair
36	N/A	Dignity And Pride
37	N/A	World Of Mystery
38	N/A	And the Legend Begins
39	N/A	Shining Force III	The title theme. The demo uses "Main Theme", or TOSHI.SAP depending on how you access it.
40	N/A	Unused	Early version of "The Lone Wolf".
41	N/A	The Shadowy Onlooker
42	N/A	An Eerie Silence
43	N/A	A Time of Rest
44	N/A	Ending Title Song

The final reorganized the songs, but there's no real order beyond the first 10 tracks. Furthermore, it appears as if tracks 33-44 may have been added in the order they were made.

Specials/Attacks/Spells

• Aura is in the game. Attempting to use LV 4 freaks the game out for a second, but otherwise works as intended.
• The camera doesn't center on an enemy when an attack is selected.
• Return is in the game but removed from Synbios' spells by default.
• Spark is in the game but does not function normally for Synbios: If hacked in, LV 1 works for him (though it acts like LV 2, with the wider range) but the rest do nothing. This does not affect Masqurin who is able to cast LV 3 just fine, so it seems that it was intentionally broken for this demo.
• The animation for Blaze LV 3 is different than the final. Here the camera pans out and the background turns white for a second before loading the DSP animations.
•  ??? is oddly in the game, only LV 1, and it produces a different effect to the final.

Items

Prototype	Final

Most items are present, but many of the later ones use placeholder sprites, as well as names (for example, the Ruin Map items all say "Map"). There are a few changes, however.

• One of Basanda's Canes is a spear.
• The icon for the unfinished ??? spell is actually present! It's in the same spot Tiamat is in the final.
• Wendigo is a placeholder sprite.
• What appears to be 239 (the anchor directly to the right of the last ruin map) is oddly replaced by a duplicate non-functional Elbesem Orb in the final.

Unused Areas

Only maps that are functional or otherwise notable are being listed here.

Name	Final[English]	Header text
TESMAP ()	[(Measurement Test)]	Somehow, this is about the only map that managed to avoid getting the axe. Is the exact same as final.
LOGO ※	[Logo Screen *]	Selecting this plays the title screen from the FSS demo.
DREAM ※	[Sleepy Wise Man]	Works, but the graphics were removed from the game. Attempting to start soft locks as it continues trying to load OP101 without success.
BTL130 10回の嘔吐（おまけ)	[Ancient Shrine]	The characters in parenthesis calls it a "Bonus", which suggests either a secret level for the demo (which would explain the unused 197 Unused Battles in the final, in the exact same slot.), or it being a reward for completing the game, ala Shining Force II.

Debug Mode

Entering 3602091E 0001 will enable a debug mode which isn't quite the same as the one in the final game. Its functions are as follows:

Name	Explanation
Scene	Area Warp - select the map where you wish to go, hit A, then close the menu. Has a bit below the area name, but setting it to anything other than 0 doesn't appear to do anything. WARNING: Trying to set this in battles requires you to either beat the map or hex edit the Return spell into a character's spell slot, as the spell is not available normally in the demo.
Flag	Sets event flags.
Param	Roster editor. Add or remove characters, and change their levels or classes.
Item	Gives you any item in the game, provided you still have space. There is also an option for Max Gold.
Save	Saves file. Appears to be fully functional, and in fact it can even be used in other scenarios, with a file select screen that is very different from the one used.
Load	Loads a save file. Attempting to actually load a file crashes the game.
Sound	Sound Test. Voices and Jingles have been omitted.
???	Unknown. Attempting to use it just refreshes the menu.
MAX	Same as above.
Config	The normal Configuration menu.

Also, pressing X + Y + Z will pause the game. In this mode, pressing most any button will advance the game 1 frame, and pressing L will enable some printout information. To exit this mode, press Start.

(Source: [1] Knight0fDragon)