Alisia Dragoon is a well-made shooting and platforming game that despite low sales remained a sleeper hit on the Genesis.
Debug Mode#
During the intro, hold A when the Sega logo fades out. Release A and hold B when the Game Arts logo fades out. Release B and hold C when the Gainax logo fades out. Release C and press Start when "Music composed by Mecano Associates" fades out. A sound will confirm correct entry.
During gameplay, press A on Controller 2 to initiate frame advance mode. The game will advance by one frame each time the button is tapped. Press B on Controller 2 to release this mode.
Holding a button on Controller 1 while releasing frame advance mode will cause additional effects:
- Up - Refill HP.
- Left - Level up lightning attack.
- Right - Level up monster companion.
- B - Hyper lightning (kills enemies and bosses in one hit).
- C - Invincibility (HP will still go down, but you can't die).
Level Select#
During gameplay, press C on Controller 2. The screen will fade to black. Now, hold one of the below button combinations on Controller 2 to go to the desired stage.
Button Combination |
Level |
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None |
Skip to next part of current stage |
C |
Stage 1 |
B |
Stage 2 |
B + C |
Stage 3 |
A |
Stage 4 |
A + C |
Stage 5 |
A + B |
Stage 6 |
A + B + C |
Stage 7 |
Start |
Stage 8 |
Regional Differences#
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Japan/Europe |
US |
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Takahiro Okano and Satoshi Uesaka are missing from the staff roll of the US version for some reason.
References#
- Game Arts - GDRI :: Game Developer Research Institute↩︎
- Sega Genesis: Great Expectations for 1992 - GamePro, Issue 31, February 1992↩︎
- ソフトウェア一覧（ソフトライセンシー発売） | メガドライブ ｜セガ SEGA↩︎
- Master e Mega Drive têm novos jogos "Master and Mega Drive get new games" - O Estado de S. Paulo, August 17, 1992↩︎
- THE BARGAIN BASEMENT: ALISIA DRAGOON - MegaTech, Issue 17, May 1993↩︎