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Arcus (Sharp X1)

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Arcus is the first game of the same-titled series of RPGs by Wolf Team.

In a world in which humans mastered the art of magic and started using it on each other, a man named Jedah Chaf leaves his home to fulfill his dream of becoming a knight, and to hopefully save his kingdom from imminent destruction.

Developer Message#

While most of the game's disks have the header "ARCUS X1", Disk 4's header contains a developer message:

Message

Translated

MACHIYAMAKUN WA SUKEBE

MACHIYAMA IS A PERVERT

This message most likely refers to Yukinori Machiyama, who is credited for the game's script.

(Source: tikal.)

Uncompiled Source Code#

Many segments of uncompiled source code can be found throughout the game's disks:

Download Source Code Fragments

File: arcusX1-fragments.zip (17,8 KB) (info)

(Source: tikal.)

References#


  1. Gaming World - ただ今移植進行中!! - Technopolis, Issue 73, August 1988↩︎