Mystic Ark: Maboroshi Gekijou

Mystic Ark: Maboroshi Gekijou

Developer: Produce
Publisher: Enix
Platform: PlayStation
Released in JP: March 18, 1999

This game has unused graphics.
This game has debugging material.
This game has unusual dummy files.

The sequel to Mystic Ark.

Unused Graphics

Opening

Unused graphics for Akihiro Yamada and the company Two-Five. While the graphic for the former was scrapped in favor of a larger one, the latter one does not have a final equivalent.

(Source: tikal.)

Ending

Earlier renditions of graphics for the ending cutscene can be found within DATA.BIN.

Unused	Used

The text is the same, other than the different spelling of "Show". Visually, the unused graphic lacks a black outline.

The only change is in the rightmost graphic, which is seen in Lydia's ending. In the unused variant, the kanji 際 [sai (time, occasion)] is erroneously used instead of 祭 [sai (festival)].

(Source: tikal.)

Debug Menu

Use the following code, after that press P1 Circle to display a debug menu.

800C4A30 0001
8001AD5C 0008
8001AD5E A4A3

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Camera

Controller 2 is used to move the camera.

D-Pad: Move camera.
Circle + D-Pad: Move look-at position.
L1, L2: Moves camera up or down.

ROOM-SELECT

A room / cutscene selection menu.

QUICK-LOAD

Crashes the game.

REGISTER

Views values of the game's variables.

EVENT-CEL

Displays areas where events can happen.

BREAD-CEL

Displays other areas.

OBJWRK-VIEW

Display object work values.

CLR-TEXT

Init text windows.

OFF-TEXT

Disables the text display.

CAMERA-MODE

Changes the camera position.

CAMERA-TOOL

Displays the camera settings.

CARD-GAME

A testing menu for the card minigame.

MEM-CARD

Crashes the game.

BACK-READ

Displays the CD reading status.

EXIT-SCRIPT

Forces termination executing script.

MOVE-MYCHR

Doesn't work.

DISP-PARM

Displays some values.

Dummy File

...But what does it mean?
This game has text or audio that needs to be translated. If you are fluent with this language, please read our translation guidelines and then submit a translation!

DUMMY.DAT is actually an earlier version of DATA.BIN, dated September 20, 1998, which is over four months prior to the final. It contains many different textures, mainly when it comes to the game's intro and ending cutscenes.

(Source: King Mew)

Intro

Dialogue

Practically all of the text was rewritten.

Dummy 1	Dummy 2	Final

Sprites

Dummy	Used

This scrolling background was completely reworked.

The title screen background present in the dummy file is much more generic, and refers to the game as simply "Mystic Ark".

The birds use a different color palette.

The credit for Akihiro Yamada is in kanji in the dummy file, while it is romanized in the final game.