Xenogears Chocobo no Fushigina Dungeon's Fushigina Data Disc

This is a sub-page of Proto:Xenogears.

To do: Record differences within the demo's internal data. Investigate effect codes for Gear Big Bang and the unused Brigandier spell. Determine the demo's font table to find more differences. Make note of differences with strong wind ambience. Upload footage of the ending montage. More screenshots as evidence.

The Xenogears demo included in Chocobo no Fushigina Dungeon's Fushigina Data Disc was the first publicly available build of the game.

It has two revisions:

• The first was included with Yoi Ko to Yoi Otona no. PlayStation Taikenban Vol. 1. The IMG file's last modification date is 1997-10-14.
• The second was included in the Chocobo no Fushigina Dungeon's Fushigina Data Disc. The IMG file's last modification date is 1997-11-08.

Despite different build dates, the two are identical once duplicate files have been removed.

The demo starts at the flash forward of the attack on Lahan, and ends when the Kislev Gears spot Timothy returning to rescue Dan.

General Differences#

• FMVs are absent, most likely to reduce on disc space.
• When a Game Over occurs, the demo restarts back to the Lahan attack sequence.
• Midori does not have a portrait despite having dialogue boxes.

Gameplay Differences#

Battle#

• No music will play in the Game Over screen.
• Characters will be loaded into the battlefield automatically rather than jump into it.
• White font is used in battle, which is identical to what is featured in the pre-release materials.
• A sound effect will not play when a character's turn begins.
• End-of-battle screen does not darken and the characters will play their victory animations on an infinite loop.
• Sound effects will not play when a character receives experience points.
• The sound effect used for a level up is missing.
• Sound effects are often missing during battle, such as when a character is about to use an elemental Deathblow.
• Combo cannot be used.
• Fei, Elly and Bart are the only characters who can be used. If Citan is added to the party via the debug room, the battle screen will crash.
• All Ether abilities cost 2 EP.
• Elly and Bart's weapons can be removed even if no alternatives are available in the menu. However, their battle animations will not be affected despite lacking a weapon.
• All characters start with 7 AP.
• Fei's victory animation loops constantly after a battle. Elly and Bart will play theirs once, but resume their regular battle animations.
• On the user interface for gear battles, "Temp." is used instead of "Hyper mode." The difference can also be seen in the Dengeki Playstation D5 trailer. This along with unfinished Hyper Mode Deathblows and missing code in the battle executable suggests that development for the mechanic was still in progress.

Proto	Final

• No victory screen appears after a gear fight.

Overworld#

• Unlike the final version, an Option section is used instead of Exit in the menu. However, it cannot be opened.
• Aquasols will be consumed even if a character is at full HP.
• Spider Web will not be put inside the inventory when obtained.
• Items will respawn if you re-enter a room.
• You cannot save your game, even when interacting with a Memory Cube.
• Elly and Bart are added to your team in the Mountain Path, with dialogue poking fun at how they are not supposed to appear in the script yet. They will leave the party once Fei reaches Citan's House.
• Fei, Elly, Citan and Bart are the only characters who can be used. In the case of Citan, he can only be selected in the debug room. Attempting to add any other character will crash the game. Despite this, the stats for the rest of the party are still present within the game's files.

Area Differences#

Lahan Village#

• The RPS Badge house is locked.
• The well does not have items.
• The back of the sign does not have a message.

Mountain Path#

• Mountain Path does not have a Memory Cube.
• There is no Aquasol chest to the east of the sign.
• If Fei takes the egg away from the bird, its pecks will not do damage.
• There is no Aquasol chest under the bridge.

Citan's House#

• The back of the sign does not have a message.
• Midori's Ring is not present.
• The Aquasol behind the door with a chicken inside of it isn't present.
• 120G cannot be found inside the chimney.

Character Differences#

General#

• Deathblow learning rates have not been implemented yet.

Fei#

• All of Fei's Deathblows are unlocked.
• All Deathblows starting from Fukei are using test data. Their power is at 50 and they do not have elemental bonuses.
• All of Fei's spells are unlocked besides Iron Valor, Radiance, and Big Bang.
• All spells have 20 power and 2 EP.
• Big Bang does not have its dispel effect yet.

Elly#

• All of Elly's Deathblows up to Sting Kick are unlocked.
• Thermo Cube, Aqua Ice, Terra Storm, ThermoDragon, Anemo Wave, Terra Ghost and Thermo Largo are the Ethers unlocked.
• All Deathblows starting from Anemo Zap are using test data. Their power is at 70 and they do not have elemental bonuses.
• All spells have 20 power and 2 EP. Oddly, the final release dropped the power of her unused final four spells to 15.
• Anemo Burn, Terra Storm, ThermoDragon, and Aqua Mist have a base success chance of 80% rather than 30%.
• Elly's Attack was originally 7, but raised to 8.

Citan#

• All of Citan's Deathblows are unlocked.
• All Deathblows starting from Willow Wind are using test data. Their power is at 70 and they do not have elemental bonuses.
• All spells have 20 power and 2 EP.
• Both Ryokusho and Reisho have the set Earth resistance effect. Presumably as a placeholder.
• Citan starts at level 1 as opposed to level 3.

Bart#

• The Modes are the only spells available.
• Only Bart's first two Deathblows are unlocked.
• All Deathblows starting from Angel are using test data. Their power is at 70 and they do not have elemental bonuses.
• All spells have 2 EP.
• White Lure has a different effect code from the final release version. The effect is the same, but it does not display a message upon usage.

Billy#

• Billy did not have Ether ammo equipped.
• All Deathblows starting from True Dream are using test data. Their power is at 20 and they do not have elemental bonuses.
• All spells have 2 EP except Goddess Wake which is identical to final.

Rico#

• All Deathblows starting from Death Roll are using test data. Their power is at 20 and they do not have elemental bonuses.
• Steel Mettle originally had 20 power, but it was raised to 25.
• All spells have 2 EP.
• Rico's HP was originally 80, but raised to 110.
• Rico's EP was originally 10, but raised to 14.
• Rico's Attack was originally 20, but raised to 28.
• Rico's Defense was originally 15, but raised to 23.
• Rico's Agility was originally 6, but raised to 7.
• Rico's Ether was originally 2, but raised to 6.
• Rico's Ether Defense was originally 3, but raised to 7.
• Rico's Hit% was originally 6, but raised to 10.
• Rico's Evade% was originally 5, but raised to 9.
• Rico starts at level 1 as opposed to level 10.

Emeralda#

• All Deathblows starting from Tornado Hand are using test data. Their power is at 20 and they do not have elemental bonuses.
• All spells have 20 power and 2 EP.
• Emeralda did not come with experience in any of her attack types originally.

Chu-Chu#

• Both in the demo and in final, Chu-Chu has data for Deathblows that aren't used. Similar to Billy, Rico, and Emeralda, she has test data for Deathblows starting at TTTTX with 20 power. These were removed in final.
• Chu-Chu's spell data is largely copied from Fei. However, none of her spells have EP Data and only Guided Shot and Big Bang have power modifiers.

Maria#

• Similar to Billy, Rico, and Emeralda, Maria has test data for Deathblows starting at TTTTX with 20 power. These are completely overwritten in final.
• Maria is using Chu-Chu's spell data.
• All spells have 2 EP.
• Forest Dance, Maiden Kiss, and Ancient Myth are the only spells with power modifiers. Forest Dance and Ancient Myth are at 20, while Maiden Kiss is identical to final.
• No elemental effects are present with Forest Wind and Earth Gnome.
• Maria's Agility was originally 5, but raised to 7.

Citan (sword)#

• Deathblow and spell differences with the regular variant are applicable here.
• Weighs 48 kg as a placeholder value.

Emeralda (adult)#

• Deathblow and spell differences with the child variant are applicable here.
• Weighs 48 kg as a placeholder value.
• Oddly, Crescens is her assigned Gear, while Yggdrasil IV is used in the final game.

Gear Differences#

General#

• Carry limits were not implemented yet.
• Gears did not have Ether Amp stats implemented yet.
• All Gears besides Weltall, Weltall-2, Vierge, Heimdal, Brigandier, and Barthos use the G2-1200 engine.
• All Gears besides Weltall, Vierge, Brigandier, and Barthos use the MS 1 armor.
• All Gears besides Weltall and Brigandier are equipped with Extra Ar, Extra Ar+1, and Extra Ar+2.
• All Gears besides Weltall, Vierge, Heimdal, Brigandier, Renmazuo, and Barthos have an engine output of 10.
• All Gears besides Weltall weigh 3500.
• All Gears besides Vierge, Brigandier, Renmazuo, and Barthos have an Attack Multiplier of 10.
• Hyper Mode Deathblows are using placeholder values.
• All Omnigears, Xenogears, Barthos, and Yggdrasil IV have no ability data.

Weltall#

• Weltall originally weighed 100 as opposed to 3500.
• All spells have 20 power and 2 EP.
• Big Bang's effect code differs slightly from final.
• Special Options have 20 power and no fuel cost.

Weltall-2#

• Used the G4-1200 engine as opposed to S50-6600.
• Has 1001 fuel as opposed to 6600.
• Has 23352 HP as opposed to 17700 HP.
• Uses Fei's first five spells as placeholders.
• All Special Options are using placeholder values.

Vierge#

• Used the G4-1200 engine as opposed to V15-2000.
• Used MS 2 as armor as opposed to MS 15.
• Has 1002 fuel as opposed to 1500.
• Spell data is identical to the Elly's.
• Aerods has 20 power and costs 50 fuel.

Heimdal#

• Used the G4-1200 engine as opposed to Z9-1500.
• Has 1003 fuel as opposed to 1200.
• Heimdal's shields do not have elemental values.
• All spells have 20 power and 2 EP.

Brigandier#

• Special Options have 20 power and no fuel cost.
• There is a spell between Heaven Cent and Wind Mode which was scrapped in the final game.
• Brigandier's modes do not have elemental values.
• All spells have 20 power and 2 EP.

Renmazuo#

• Does not have any ammo equipped.
• Has 1005 fuel as opposed to 1500.
• Renmazuo's shields do not have elemental values.
• There is no data present for Jessie Cannon or Jessie Blasta.
• All spells have 20 power and 2 EP.

Stier#

• Has 1006 fuel as opposed to 1500.
• All spells have 20 power and 2 EP.

Chu-Chu#

• Oddly has a fuel stat of 100. Does not use fuel in the final game.
• Has 8000 HP as opposed to 1000 HP.
• Forest Wind does not exist yet.
• Uses Weltall's spells and Special Options as placeholder data, as is the case in the final game. Interestingly, all EP costs and the effect code for Big Bang were updated to match the final version.

Seibzehn#

• Has 1008 fuel as opposed to 3500.
• Has 6 Agility as opposed to 8.
• Weltall's spells and Special Options are used as placeholder data. For Weltall's spells, as was the case with Chu-Chu, they were updated to match the final versions between the demo and release.

Crescens#

• Has 1009 fuel as opposed to 3500.
• All spells have 20 power and 2 EP.

Regurus#

Despite being unused in the final game, changes were still being made to the Gear.

• Has 1010 fuel as opposed to 3500.
• Has 99999 HP as opposed to 17000 HP.

Fenrir#

• Does not have a weapon equipped.
• Has 1011 fuel as opposed to 3500.
• Has 99999 HP as opposed to 19000 HP.

Andvari#

• Oddly uses STIE-05800 as opposed to BRIG-18500.
• Does not have a weapon equipped.
• Has 1012 fuel as opposed to 2700.
• Has 99999 HP as opposed to 18500 HP.

El-Renmazuo#

• Oddly uses BRIG-18500 as opposed to RENM-20800.
• Does not have any ammo equipped.
• Does not have any weapons equipped.
• Has 1013 fuel as opposed to 3000.
• Has 99999 HP as opposed to 20800 HP.

El-Stier#

• Has 1014 fuel as opposed to 3800.

Xenogears#

• Has 1015 fuel as opposed to 7000.
• Has 99999 HP as opposed to 30400 HP.

Heimdal (sword)#

• Has 1016 fuel as opposed to 1200.

Yggdrasil IV#

• Has 1018 fuel as opposed to 6300.

Enemy Differences#

• Musha Mk100 is called KISO2.

Graphical Differences#

Character Sprites#

• Lucca uses an NPC sprite, presumably because her sprite has not been implemented yet. The NPC will still use her name though.
• The animation cycle for when characters get up after being knocked down is noticeably incomplete.
• Animations for Hobgobs when they attack or recovering from a knock down are incomplete.
• Characters will not enter a weakened pose when they are at critical health.
• Elly uses a different static field sprite, which is still used as a basis during sections where the characters scale with the gears in the final game.

Proto	Final

• The sprites used for Fei and Elly in the campfire scene are noticeably rougher than in the final game.

Proto	Final

Enemy Models#

• MushaMK100 design is used for the reinforcement gears that attack the villagers in Lahan.

Cutscene Differences#

• Camera angles often differ from final. Most notably when Fei fights the gears in the opening sequence and when he talks with Alice in her room.
• The optional scene where Wiseman brings Fei to Lahan Village cannot be viewed. As the scene is late into the final game's ROM, it can assumed that the scene was not implemented yet.
• The opening crawler explaining the war between Kislev and Aveh is not present. The demo immediately begins with the attack on Lahan Village shown in medias res.
• We, the Wounded Shall Advance into the Light is used when Dan recovers Alice's dress instead of Earthy Tears, Mortal Thoughts.
• The orphanage is empty during the Renmazuo launch sequence in the ending montage.
• During the campfire at Blackmoon Forest in the ending montage; the camera pans downwards from the night sky, then zooms into Fei and Elly. In the final game, the scene cuts straight to Fei and Elly at the fire.
• The angle used to view Chu-Chu in the hangar is lower than in the final game. No NPCs are present in the scene.
• The return to Lahan from the Mountain Path has several differences compared to the final version. When Fei sets foot on the bridge, the screen flashes a couple of times and rumbling can be heard, which prompts a response.

• When Fei finishes crossing, where the screen will turn white briefly. This suggests that this where the first Grahf vs Khan FMV would have played, as indicated by Famitsu #467. Fei will have dialogue as shown in the below table.

• The exchange between Fei and Citan before Lahan is hit by the gears is different in this version.

• Just after Citan runs to Lahan, a scene occurs that was removed from the final game. Fei will have another flash to white, with Citan then asking if he is alright. This suggests that this where the second Grahf vs Khan FMV would have played. The dialogue is listed below.

Musical Differences#

A handful of the game's soundtrack is in demo's files, despite several of them never playing. Some music sounds different than the final game.

The tracks are listed in the order they are found in the demo's ROM.

Internal name	Name	Demo	Final	Notes
lahan	Our Village is Number One			Pretty much identical. No obvious differences.
minato	The Gentle Wind Sings			Different oboe sample. A copy of this track is in the position Where the Egg of Dreams Hatches occupies in the final game, presumably as a placeholder.
jyukai	Black Moon Forest			Unused in the demo. Pretty much identical. No obvious differences.
shitan	Valley from Where the Wind is Born			Pretty much identical. No obvious differences.
orgel	Distant Promise			Pretty much identical. No obvious differences.
church	We, the Wounded Shall Advance into the Light			Different opening choir sample.
battle2	Steel Giant			Pretty much identical. No obvious differences.
sleeps	Slumber (Short Version)			Pretty much identical. No obvious differences.
sleepl	Slumber (Long Version)			Unused in the demo. Pretty much identical. No obvious differences.
over	Lost… Broken Shards			Unused despite the filename indicates that this is the Game Over theme. In a Dark Slumber is used in its place at release. Different piano and violin samples are used.
chuchu	The Heavens, Clouds and You			Unused in the demo. Pretty much identical. No obvious differences.
battle3	Crimson Knight			Pretty much identical. No obvious differences.
ajito	Traces Left from Warriors' Dreams			Flute samples are replaced with an oboe in the final version. Interestingly, the flute samples are still used in the OST version.
emerada	October Mermaid			Unused in the demo. Pretty much identical. No obvious differences.
battle1	Dance of Death			Shorter intro and louder brass samples.
world	Longing			Different oboe, more prominent fiddle which is used instead of the oboe in places. Generally, an emptier sounding mix.

Debug Room#

Enter the following GameShark code: 8004E62C 0000

The main room functions similarly to in the final game, though there are differences with the NPCs shown. A generic male NPC is used instead of Margie and a little girl is used instead of a mutant. Subtle differences can be seen with Dan's sprite, while Hammer's sprite is clearly unfinished.

Door 1#

Leftmost door. Leads to Lahan Village.

Door 2#

Leads to the Mountain Path.

Door 3#

The dokodemo door. Allows access to most of the Lahan rooms and what is shown in the ending montage.

• 000 Debug map
• 001 Lahan
• 002 Lahan attack
• 003 Mountain Path after Lahan attack
• 004 Lahan - beginner hall. In the final game, this slot is used by the opening text, with every other room moving down.
• 005 Lahan - shop
• 006 - 007 Dummy. These are the RPS house and its basement in the final game, which are blocked off in the demo.
• 008 Lahan - bar
• 009 Lahan - bar 2F
• 010 Lahan - Alice's house
• 011 Lahan - Alice's house 2F
• 012 Lahan - Chief's house
• 013 Lahan - Chief's house basement
• 014 Mountain Path
• 015 Citan's house
• 016 Citan's house - 2F
• 017 Citan's house - 1F
• 018 Citan's house - 3F
• 019 Citan's house - music box
• 020 - 021 Dummy
• 022 Blackmoon Forest - exit section. Loads the section of the montage it appears at.
• 023 Blackmoon Forest - Fei and Elly campfire. Loads the section of the montage it appears at.
• 024 - 045 Dummy
• 046 Desert - UFO scene. Loads the section of the montage it appears at.
• 047 - 067 Dummy
• 068 Nisan - cathedral hall. Loads the section of the montage it appears at.
• 069 - 076 Dummy
• 077 Aveh - south - market. Loads the section of the montage it appears at.
• 078 - 135 Dummy
• 136 Bart's Hideout - docking sequence. Loads the section of the montage it appears at.
• 137 - 152 Dummy
• 153 Kislev - D Block - Train. Loads the section of the montage it appears at.
• 154 - 175 Dummy
• 176 Yggdrasil - Gear Dock. Loads the section of the montage it appears at.
• 177 - 320 Dummy
• 321 Orphanage. Loads the section of the montage it appears at.
• 322 - 377 Dummy
• 378 Thames - 1F Deck - Map. Unlike the others past Lahan, this map is playable. Windy Song is used as its theme. However, trying to load any other room will trigger the PC HDD mode debug menu.
• 379 - 416 Dummy
• 417 Mountain Path - gears fly over. The entry for the room is much later than in final.
• 418 Shevat - City
• 419 - 488 Dummy
• 489 Loads demo credits. This room still exists in the final game and will attempt to load the same sectors where the demo credits were.
• 490 Title screen

Selecting any room beyond will trigger the PC HDD mode debug menu.

Door 4#

Attempts to load Dazil, but crashes the game.

Door 5#

Leads to Citan's house.

Hammer#

Shows each portrait available in the demo.

show now = X - show the current portrait. X is the current portrait.

+ 1 - move to the next portrait.

- 1 - go back by one portrait.

+ 10 - move forward by 10 portraits.

- 10 - move back by 10 portraits.

• 0 Fei
• 1 Elly
• 2 Citan
• 3 Bart
• 4 Corrupted Elly. Shows Billy in final.
• 5 Corrupted Citan. Shows Rico in final.
• 6 Corrupted Bart. Shows Emeralda in final.
• 7 Corrupted Elly. Shows Chu-Chu in final.
• 8 Corrupted Citan. Shows Maria in final.
• 9 Corrupted Bart. Shows Citan in final.
• 10 Corrupted Elly. Shows Adult Emeralda in final.
• 11 Corrupted Citan. Shows Dominia in final.
• 12 Corrupted Bart. Shows Kelvena in final.
• 13 Corrupted Elly. Shows Seraphita in final.
• 14 Corrupted Citan. Shows Tolone in final.
• 15 Chief Lee
• 16 Dan
• 17 Timothy
• 18 Corrupted Chief Lee. Shows Margie in final.
• 19 Corrupted Dan. Shows Maison in final.
• 20 Alice
• 21 Yui
• 22 ? in blue background. Shows Midori in final.
• 23 Corrupted Alice. Shows Big Joe in final.
• 24 Corrupted Yui. Shows Grahf in final.
• 25 Corrupted ?. Shows Id in final.
• 26 Corrupted Alice. Shows Ramsus in final.

Attempting to load any portrait beyond 26 will cause the graphics to become corrupted.

Dan#

In the Debug Room, Dan's function is identical to that in the final game.

all on - puts all characters in a Gear.

all off - puts all characters out of a Gear.

each - characters enter a Gear based on the chosen pattern. C refers to character, R refers to a Gear:

• CCC
• RCC
• CRC
• CCR
• CRR
• RCR
• RRC
• RRR

Workman#

Performs the same function as Margie in the final game.

memberchange:

• plus - adds characters to the global party.
• new - constructs a new party and adds these characters to the global party.

partychange - constructs a party.

• Fei
• Elly
• Citan
• Bart
• Billy
• Rico
• Emeralda
• Chu-chu
• Maria
• Citan2 (sword Citan)
• Emeralda2 (adult Emeralda)

When constructing a party, if any character past Bart is selected, the game will crash.

Little Girl#

A list is given for the same debug rooms that are available in the final game. However, all of them will crash if the player tries to load them.

• Kato debug room
• Eto debug room
• Kazoumi debug room
• Suzuki debug room
• Tane debug room
• Koumoto debug room
• Kigoshi debug room
• Uchimichi debug room
• Saito debug room
• Matu debug room

Bearcow#

Sound test.

music: Works the same as in the final game. Allows the player to listen to each track. Music controls include:

• next - moves to the next track.
• head - restart track with defaults.
• before - go to the previous track.
• info - views volume, pitch and tempo information.
• vol - controls volume.
• pitch - controls pitch.
• tempo - controls tempo.

Volume, pitch and tempo can be controlled using L1 to go down and R1 to go up. The X button can be used to reset to default options.

• 0 My Village is Number One!
• 1 My Village is Number One!
• 2 My Village is Number One!
• 3 My Village is Number One!
• 4 The Gentle Breeze Sings
• 5 My Village is Number One!
• 6 The Blackmoon Forest
• 7 Valley Where the Wind is Born
• 8 Faraway Promise
• 9 Night ambience
• 10 Our Wounded Bodies Shall Advance Towards the Light
• 11 Steel Giant
• 12 Dozing Off (Short)
• 13 Dozing Off (Long)
• 14 Lost… Broken Shards. Replaced by In a Dark Slumber... in the final game.
• 15 The Sky, the Clouds and You
• 16 Nature ambience
• 17 Sewer ambience
• 18 Sewer ambience 2
• 19 Premonition
• 20 Crimson Knight
• 21 Wind ambience
• 22 After the Soldiers' Dreams
• 23 Strong wind ambience
• 24 Goliath Factory ambience
• 25 October Mermaid
• 26 Zeboim ambience
• 27 General ambient noise 1
• 28 General ambient noise 2
• 29 Stage of Death

30 onwards will play an error sound.

sound effect - plays each sound effect, as is the case in the final game. Only the first 299 are available.