Illusion of Gaia

Illusion of Gaia
Also known as: Illusion of Time Developer: Quintet Publisher: Enix, Nintendo Platform: SNES This game has unused areas. This game has unused items. This game has a prototype article This game has a prerelease article

The second part of a spiritual "trilogy" including Soulblazer and Terranigma, Illusion of Gaia (Or Illusion of Time, as it is known in PAL regions) is a straightforward action-adventure game with RPG elements, heavy on the premise of exploring and reviving a dying world, just... less so than its spiritual "relatives".

Unused items

Items that aren't found anywhere in the game. They also work for the most part. You can write their value to 7E0AB4 to replace the first slot of your inventory with them.

• 05 - Incan Melody: There doesn't seem to be any area you can actually play it.

• 15 - Blue Diary: It gives you the option to choose between three different topics, but the text for them is nothing more than repeating the "chapter title".

• 1B - Bag of Gold: Supposed to be the prize for winning the drinking game.

Most of the invalid values are also replaced with Mystic Statues. They have no graphic nor description and don't do anything.

Miscellaneous

This more standard RPG-ish island map is technically present in-game, during the "attract mode" prologue, but is rendered in Mode 7, and shown so low that it's virtually impossible to make out any details. Moreover, only the bottom three islands, and the island with Babel Tower on it, are even visible at all normally. Interestingly, the top two islands seem to feature towns or castles, using a more elaborate version of the graphic normally displayed for these on the in-game world map.