Submission #4210: pirohiko's SNES Wizardry V: Heart of the Maelstrom in 01:02.85

Game objectives

• Aims for fastest time
• Heavy luck manipulation
• Heavy glitch abuse
• Uses Japanese version
• Genre: RPG

Luck Manipulation

The Steal Glitch

Character Data Address

Status number

Subtitle Comments

• Reset for skipping ASCII logo
• Added the Bishop and the Mage
• Luck manipulation for existence of the doorkeeper enemy
  • The enemy who appears when a door was opened has better wealth than an enemy loitering around.
• Help-Window closing for reducing lag
  • It reduces the rag which is higher than 20 frames in total.
• Turn left at a place without a lag
  • The door is opened only in the front.
  • In addition, right and left can move the side in LR, but there is not the reverse run.
• Luck manipulation to find a hidden door
• Inputted "VAMPIRE"
• Luck manipulation to minimize NPC appearance counter
  • The counter becomes two at the minimum 2 and decreases with 50% of probability at every movement.
• Luck manipulation to choose appearing enemy and to minimize HP
  • Ice Phantom HP is 8~12(1D5+7)
• Luck manipulation to maximize HALITO of the Mage
  • HALITO damage is 1~8(1D7+1)
  • Not Bishop but Mage needs to earn Marks. It becomes a difference for 18 frames by one theft.
• Luck manipulation for treasure without the trap
• Luck manipulation for Bishop to get treasure
  • Although two items are simultaneously acquirable, since the required number of times of theft is the same, it becomes late as a result.
• Luck manipulation for Bishop to become the Afraid state
  • When Bishop is Afraid, identification and magic are not usable, but the theft is possible.
• Item sent to increase the baggage of the Bishop
• The baggage disposal for glitch
• Heavy luck manipulation to steal a item consecutively
  • The success rate of the theft is at least around 5%.
  • Theft:Ironose, Gold(50%):18~36G, A(75%):No.4~11, B(100%):No.10~18.
• Luck manipulation for items learning "LOKTOFEIT"
  • bit flag of "LOKTOFEIT of LEVEL 6 PRIEST SPELL" is 0b00000001
  • "LOKTOFEIT is magic to return to the town
• Luck manipulation for items not to learn anything other than "DI"
  • A bit flag of "DI" is 0b00000100
  • In the battle, because "DI" cannot be used, "LEVEL 5 PRIEST SPELL" is skipped and 4 frames are reduced.
• Luck manipulation for MP of LEVEL 6 PRIEST SPELLS
  • If the value is 0x12, current MP becomes 1, and maximum MP becomes 2
• Afraid condition to evade heavier abnormality condition
  • If he is OK status, he will become impotent by terrible status abnormality.
• Theft rate increased to 95% from 5% because Level became 2049
• Luck manipulation continues because the money theft rate is 50%
• Luck manipulation to insert 9 in Mage's items possession index
• Mage collects money and buys "BRASS KEY" of item ID 0x81(129)
  • They can possess an item only to eight, but it is received as the tenth item.
• The 9th item selling to slide Mage's item possession index
  • The 1st item is also sold off in order to shorten cursor movement.
  • When it was sold, the number of the possession decreases and becomes 0x80(128).
• Three items bought to increase Mage's items possession index more
• Mage's items possession index became 0x83(131)
• Battle to cure Afraid condition, and to use Bishop's "LOKTOFEIT"
  • Mage died from the damage of poison.
• We will reach ending, if item ID 0x83 are brought home
  • It is the Heart of ABRIEL to obtain when THE SORN is defeated.
• CONGRATULATIONS! THY QUEST IS COMPLETE! THE SORN IS DEAD!
  • Finally Heart of ABRIEL is deleted, and Bishop is lost by the result that the memory for 131 items was moved.