Saint Sword

Saint Sword
Developer: Cyclone System Publisher: Taito Platform: Genesis Released in JP: June 28, 1991 Released in US: October 1991 This game has unused graphics. This game has debugging material. This game has a hidden level select. This game has regional differences.

Unused Graphics

This "Coming soon" graphic is loaded with the title screen graphics in the Japanese version. It was likely used in some sort of demo version of the game.

Special Passwords

When checking the password entered, the game first checks a table of 6 special passwords.

680001

The first password enables all special features. A stage select and ending viewer opens by setting FF001C to 0001. This same address and byte set also enables infinite time and full magic. Memory address FF002C is set to 0001 which disables collision detection.

680000

This sets FF002C to 0000 (standard collision) and FF001C to 0000 (stage select and ending viewer off). In other words, this password doesn't do anything special.

SOUND0

This jumps to several subroutines and sets memory address FF0028 to 0001. Music and sound effects are disabled.

SOUND1

Memory address FF0028 is set to 0000. This is the default – music and sound effects are enabled.

680002

Memory address FF001C is set to 0002. The stage select and ending viewer menu opens, but infinite time and full magic isn't enabled when the game starts. Use this password if you want normal gameplay after using the stage select.

680003

Use this password to begin the game on chapter 1 with collision disabled (memory address FF002C set to 0001).

(Source: JLukas, Denis)

Regional Differences

Title Screen

Japan	US

The title logo was completely redesigned.

Introduction

The lengthy intro text was heavily rewritten for the US release.

Japan

US

LONG, LONG AGO, LONG BEFORE THE EARLIEST KNOWN HISTORIES, THE EARTH WAS RULED BY AN EVIL WIZARD NAMED GORGAN. HE WAS VERY POWERFUL, AND HAD THE ABILITY TO BRING FORTH MANY FORMS OF DEMONS FROM THE BLACK UNIVERSE. AGAINST HIS MIGHT, HUMANS WERE HELPLESS, DESTINED FOR AN EXIST- ENCE OF SUBSERVIENCE. AT THE TIME, THERE WAS ANOTHER RACE LIVING ON THIS BLUE WORLD, THE TITANS. THE TITANS WERE ALSO POWERFUL WIZARDS, BUT THEY HAD ALWAYS KEPT TO THEMSELVES. THE HUMANS SENT THEIR MOST POW- ERFUL KINGS TO DISCUSS AN ALLIA- NCE WITH THE TITANS, AND AFTER MANY LONG NEGOTIATIONS, THE MER- GE WAS MADE. WITH THE HELP OF THE TITANS, THE HUMANS WERE ABLE TO TRIUMPH OVER THE EVIL GORGAN, AND THE DEMONS WERE DRIVEN BACK INTO THE BLACK, WHERE THEY ORIGINATED FROM. FOR NEARLY 1000 YEARS, UNDER THE ALLIANCE OF THE HUMANS AND THE TITANS, PEACE RULED THE WORLD. HOWEVER, DURING THIS TIME, THE TITANS LOST MOST OF THEIR MAGIC POWERS THROUGH MISUSE, AND LONG THEM ASSOCIATION WITH THE HUMAN. THEN GORGAN RETURNED IN FULL FORCE!! THE HUMANS WERE POWERLESS TO FIGHT BACK, AND THE TITANS WERE WEAK THROUGH INACTIVITY. HOWEVER, THERE WAS ONE HOPE, A YOUNG TITAN HAD RECENTLY SHOW THAT HE HAD THE POWER OF OLD. SO THE KING ASKED THIS YOUTH TO FIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE OF EARTH. THIS YOUNG MAN'S NAME IS MACRESS. NOW THE FIGHT IS ON !!!

LONG,LONG AGO,BEFORE MAN BEGAN RECORDING HISTORY,THE EARTH WAS RULED BY AN EVIL WIZARD NAMED GORGAN. GORGAN WAS EXTREMELY POWERFUL AND HAD THE ABILITY TO AWAKEN MANY FORMS OF DEMONS AND BRING FORTH THE EVIL OF THE BLACK UNI- VERSE. AGAINST SUCH DOMINANCE, HUMANS WERE HELPLESS, DESTINED FOR A SUBSERVIENT EXISTENCE. AT THE TIME,THERE WAS ANOTHER RACE LIVING ON THIS TROUBLED WORLD. THEY WERE THE TITANS. THE TITANS WERE ALSO VERY POWE- RFUL WIZARDS,BUT THEY KEPT MAIN- LY TO THEMSELVES. THE HUMANS SENT THEIR MOST LOR- DLY KINGS TO DISCUSS AN ALLIANCE WITH THE TITANS. AND AFTER MANY LONG MEETINGS,A COVENANT WAS MADE. WITH HELP FROM THE TITANS AND THEIR MAGICAL POWERS,THE HUMANS TRIUMPHED OVER GORGAN. AND THE DEMONS WERE DRIVEN BACK INTO THE BLACK UNIVERSE,FROM WHERE THEY CAME. FOR NEARLY 1,000 YEARS, UNDER THE ALLIANCE OF THE HUMANS AND TITANS,PEACE REIGNED OVER THE WORLD. THE TITANS,NO LONGER HAVING TO USE THEIR MAGIC FOR BATTLE,ABUS- ED IT AND LOST MANY OF THEIR POWERS THROUGH THEIR LONG ASSOC- IATION WITH THE HUMANS. ONE DAY,THE SKY BLACKENED AND THE MIGHTY GORGAN REAPPEARED IN FULL FORCE. THE HUMANS WERE INCAPABLE OF FIGHTING BACK. AND THE TITANS, INEXPERIENCED IN BATTLE AND UNP- RACTICED IN THE TRUE MEANING OF THEIR MAGIC,WERE POWERLESS. HOWEVER,THERE WAS ONE HOPE. A YOUNG TITAN HAD RECENTLY DISP- LAYED HIS UNIQUE ABILITY TO WIE- LD GREAT POWERS, LIKE THAT OF HIS ANCESTORS A MILLENNIUM AGO. SO THE KING BESOUGHT THIS YOUTH TO FIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE EARTH. THIS YOUNG TITAN'S NAME WAS MACRESS. MANY CALLED HIM SAINT SWORD OF THE TITANS FOR HIS UNIQUE ABILITY AND UNEQUALED VALOR. NOW...TRAVEL BACK IN TIME! HELP ST.SWORD DESTROY THE EVIL GORGAN AND RESCUE THE GOOD PEOP- LE OF THE EARTH!!!

Ending 1

More rewrites.

Japan	US
JUST AS MACRESS WAS PREPARING FOR THE FINAL ENCOUNTER WITH GORGAN, THE WORLD BEGAND TO FADE FROM AROUND HIM! HE FELT A DIZZINESS, AND HEARD THE WORD OF GORGAN "YOU'VE ALMOST MADE IT, BUT YOUR WEAK MAGIC IS NO MATCH FOR ME! I'M SENDING YOU BACK WHERE YOU CAME FROM. TO FIGHT ME, YOU'LL HAVE TO COMPLETE THE JOURNEY AGAIN, ONLY THEN WILL YOU BE ABLE TO FACE THE MIGHT OF GORGAN!!	JUST AS MACRESS WAS PREPARING TO ENCOUNTER GORGAN IN THE FINAL CONF- LICT, THE WORLD BEGAN TO FADE AROUND HIM! HE FELT A DIZZINESS AND HEARD THE WORD OF GORGAN, "YOU'VE ALMOST MADE IT, BUT YOUR WEAK MAGIC IS NO MATCH FOR ME! I'M SENDING YOU BACK WHERE YOU CAME FROM, TO DO BATTLE WITH ME ONCE AGAIN! YOU MUST REPEAT THE JOURNEY. ONLY THEN WILL YOU BE WORTHY TO FACE THE MIGHT OF GORGAN!!

Ending 2

Yet more rewrites.

Japan

US

CONGRATULATIONS MACRESS!!! GORGAN HAS BEEN DEFEATED, AND ONCE AGAIN, THE MIGHTY TITANS AND HUMANS CAN LIVE IN PEACE. AS YOU TRAVEL BACK TO YOUR HOME, YOU REMEMBER THE MENY CREATURES YOU DEFEATED IN BATTLE, HOPING THAT ONCE AND FOR ALL, THE WORLD WILL BE FREE FROM THE BLACK TREEOR OF GORGAN.

CONGRATULATIONS MACRESS!!! GORGAN HAS BEEN VANQUISHED. AND ONCE AGAIN, THE MIGHTY TITANS AND HUMANS CAN LIVE IN PEACE. AS YOU TRAVEL BACK TO YOUR HOME, YOU REMEMBER THE MANY CREATURES YOU DEAFEATED IN BATTLE AND HOPE THAT ONCE AND FOR ALL, THE WORLD WILL BE FREE FROM THE DARK AND EVIL DOMINATION OF GOR- GAN. THE GREAT HISTORIANS WILL TESTIFY TO WHAT YOU'VE DONE THIS DAY, BESTOWING UPON YOU THE TITLE SAINT SWORD OF THE TITANS.