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

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

To do: * Make a section for spells. For example, Thanatos spell is present, albeit the model is untextured. Compare location names and document differences.

Debug Mode

Entering 3602091E 0001 with an Action Replay will enable a debug mode, similar to the Flash! Sega Saturn vol. 23 demo. 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)

Differences

Characters

• 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.
• There's no sound effects present when Leveling Up.
• 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

Strangely, while the final reorganized the tracks, there doesn't appear to be a noticeable order beyond the first 10 entries. Furthermore, tracks 35-44 appear to 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.
• Spells that are not yet functional will play the Resist/Support animation as a placeholder.
• 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 of the items at this point in development have had their sprites complete, with only a good chunk of the blacksmith weapons, the Wings, and the Shuriken weapons still yet to be finalized, as well as the icons for the spells Wendigo, Tiamat and Thanatos. Most of the unfinished items use placeholder graphics and generic names(i.e. the Ruin Map items all say "Map"). There are a few changes, however.

• The Remove hand had some shadow added to it in the final
• The shadows on the Wing weapons were redrawn to be smaller
• The Purple flame on the Torture Rod was redrawn slightly, and the rod itself has a bit of a shine that was removed for the final.
• The unused Caylon Bow is still using it's prototype design.
• Of the Wings, only Metal, Silver and Sonic Wing are in. All three were redrawn to reduce or remove the amount of shadow present, and the icon for Sonic Wing is being used for Full Metal Wing at this point.
• Despite the graphic being complete, one of Basanda's Canes is using the spear sprite.
• The icon for the unfinished ??? spell is actually present! It's in the same spot Tiamat is in the final.
• The tail of the Phoenix sprite is ever so slightly changed.
• 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 (寸法テスト)	(寸法テスト) (Measurement Test)	Somehow, this is about the only map that managed to avoid getting the axe. It is the exact same as final.
LOGO ※ ロゴ画面※	ロゴ画面※ Logo Screen *	Selecting this plays the title screen from the FSS demo.
DREAM ※ 始める画面※	始めるじじい Sleepy Wise Man	Works, but the graphics aren't present. Attempting to start a new game results in a soft lock, as the game isn't able to load OP101, the opening cutscene.
BTL130 10回の嘔吐（おまけ)	古の神殿 Ancient Shrine	On it's face, the name translates out to "10 times vomiting". Whether or not that's the intended way of reading it, or if there is any meaning behind it, is not known. Internally it's placed in the same position "Unused Battles" takes up in the final. BTL130 however is used for a different battle, one that isn't in the game yet.

Name Differences

Buried in the dialogue is an early list of the game's locations, many of which are in an earlier state.

Final(US)	Proto	Final(Japanese)		Final(US)	Proto	Final(Japanese)		Final(US)	Proto	Final(Japanese)
Sleepy Wise Man	始める画面※	始めるじじい		Balsamo East Plains	バルサモヘの道	バルサモ東平原		North Plain Railroad	切リ替えポイントヘの戦	レイルロ一ド北平原
Quonus Graveyard	キョンシー戦	クア一ス村墓地		Border South W Plains	バカボンドヘ	国境線南西部平原		Barrand North Plateau	国境の吊リ橋ヘ	バ一ランド北高地
Aspinia West Plains	ストリッヂヘ	アスピア西平原		Aspinia S Desert Area	火山の穴ヘ	アスピア南砂漠地帯		Aspinia East Plains	フラガルドヘ	アスピア東平原
Flagard N Ridge Road	オブザーブヘ	フラガルド北山岳道		Tower of Lookover	オブザーブ塔	オブサ一ブの塔		Malorie North Marsh	マロリー城ヘ	マロリ一北湿原
Aspia Catacombs	アスピア城近遺跡	アスピア城地下遺跡		King's city Battle	王都の巨神(前編)	王都奪還戦		King's city Battle	王都の巨神(後編)	王都奪還戦
Unused Battles	10回の嘔吐(おまけ)	使わない戦闘		Saraband Indoor Shop	サラバンド屋内1	サラバンド屋内店		Balsamo East Plains	フィールド02	バルサモ東平原
Dwarf Valley	フィールド04	ドワ一フの丘		North Plain Railroad	フィールド06	レイルロ一ド北平原		Border S W Plains	フィールド12	国境線南西部平原
Barrand N Plateau	フィールド13	バ一ランド北高地		Aspinia West Plains	フィールド16	アスピア西平原		Aspinia S Desert Area	フィールド17	アスピア南砂漠地帯
Aspinia East Plains	フィールド19	アスピア東平原		Flagard N Ridge Road	フィールド21	フラガルド北山岳道		Malorie North Marsh	フィールド24	マロリ一北湿原
Aspia Castle Wall	フィールド26	アスピア城壁前		Train, 2nd cart	機関車セガール4	大陸横断列車2両目		Train, 3rd cart	機関車セガール5	大陸横断列車3両目
Train, 4th cart	機関車セガール6	大陸横断列車4両目		Train to Valley	機関車セガール谷ヘ	大陸横断列車谷ヘ		Over the castle Moat	アスピア城堀の橋※	アスピア城堀の橋
Storich Headquarters	レイルロード本陣	ストリッヂ本陣		Storich Church	レイルロード教会	ストリッヂ教会		Tower of Lookover	オブザーブの塔	オブサ一ブの塔
Tower Ruins	(盗賊マップ5)	塔遺跡

Some things worth noting:

• All of the train maps have the name "Segale" or "Segale Valley". This was almost entirely scrubbed out for final, save for one single mention.
  • Furthermore it seems the train was to have 6 maps, but was shortened to 4.
• Many maps are still using placeholder names, the battlefield maps for example are mostly named "Field##"
• For whatever reason, Tower Ruins was given a name instead of remaining as "(Thief's Map 5)"

Areas not yet added to the game

These 22 locations were left out of the location list, suggesting they were still in progress at the time this demo was made

切リ換えポイント 
国境を越えて 
バガボンド本陣
フラガルド城内
フラガルド城内
アスピア屋上 
マロリ一城内
マロリ一戦闘
マロリ一屋内
マロリ一屋内
マロリ一酒場
マロリ一本陣
マロリ一教会
古の神殿
古の神殿
古の神殿
古の神殿
古の神殿
古の神殿
古の神殿
古の神殿
C0MPLETE

Of these, one is for "Switching Point", three are for cutscenes("Over the Border", "Aspia Roof" and "Complete"), one for "Vagabond", two are for "Flagard Castle", seven(!) for the town of "Malorie", and 8 for the "Ancient Shrine".