So after
I remembered this game and played it some and read through GameFAQs
[1] [2] I thought this might be a little fun TAS project to take on.
In this game you are supposed to walk through a dozen labyrinths, while clearing puzzles and fighting enemies. Sometimes you have to backtrack a lot for important key items...
Anyway, it seems that there is an ingame cheat that lets you reach the end very easily and quickly (which is why I thought this could be a little fun project). So what you do:
- In the main menu, select "choose a character" (if you create your own one, you have to watch the 2 minute opening cinematics). Pick one with high Agility so you walk fast. The TAS might also use the "Swiftness spell" that lets you walk at double speed.
- Once the game starts, talk to the first person and type in "zebu". This will open a portal in the section northwest. Going through the portal takes you to the endgame.
- The FAQs tell to pick up everything but I think only these items are needed:
-- "Warmonger"
-- "top of broken staff"
-- It might be required to pick up several parchments, in order to learn hand movements, in order to be able to do the mending spell
- Go north and insert the top of broken staff into the hole to open the door.
- Pick up the other half of the broken staff from the chest. Place both pieces into each hand and do the mending spell.
- Place the staff into one hand and a key item into the other hand. There are 3 possible key items that give you different endings.
The "necklace of runes" is found in the chest where the other half of the broken staff is and gives the worst ending, where the world is destroyed by the god of magic and the player dies.
The "(???)'s skull" is found after going through the zebu portal. It gives a bad ending, as the antagonist brings destruction to the world and the player dies as well.
"Warmonger" is also found after going through the zebu portal and gives the best ending where the antagonist leaves in peace. Only this ending will give you a "The End" screen and show credits and tell you "Have a nice day".
After using the staff with Warmonger, you can go through a portal to go to a room with the antagonist's guards. They will kill you unless you pick up the black clothes that were left behind by the antagonist who vanished.
As a side note, in the room with the guards (where there are also two magically sealed doors), I wonder what would happen if you were able to kill them all and if you had strong enough magic to use Kano on one of those doors. You aren't meant to do any of that...
It's not the most interesting game but I think it's small enough for me to consider doing it someday.