Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia (Dreamcast)

This game was stuffed away in a cardboard box and found 30 years later in a garage

This game was never completed and/or given a public release.
As a result of this, keep in mind that the developers might have used or deleted some of the content featured here, had the game actually been released.

The Dreamcast Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia was scrapped due to technical limitations with porting the game over to the console. A build dated August 11, 2000 was released on March 30, 2020.

Early Names#

The Dreamcast Debug information dump¹ contains very interesting names known only from prerelease screenshots - they can't be found in the data files of the Windows version of the game.

Buildings#

Proto	Final
Capitol Hall	Capitol
Horse Stable	Stables
Mystic Garden	Mystic Pond
Rainbow	Fountain of Fortune
Storytelling Flora	Spirit Guardian
Wall of Glyphic Knowledge	Wall Of Knowledge
Watchtower	Lookout Tower
Order of Pain	Order of Fire
Eternal Effigy	Deity of Fire
Shroud	Cover of Darkness
King of Terror	Soul Prison
River of Blood	Guardian of Earth
Academy of Battle Scholars	Battle Scholar Academy
Weapon Array	Warlords' Monument
Ballista Works	Ballista Yard
Defense Cage	Cage of Warlords

Creatures#

Proto	Final
Archer	Light Crossbowman
Marksman	Heavy Crossbowman
Elite Centaur	Centaur Captain
Treefolk	Dendroid Guard
Briar Treefolk	Dendroid Soldier
Apprentice Gremlin	Gremlin
Caliph	Master Genie
Naga Sentinel	Naga
Naga Guardian	Naga Queen
Lesser Titan	Giant
Greater Titan	Titan
Single Horned Demon	Demon
Dual Horned Demon	Horned Demon
Pit Foe	Pit Lord
Zombie	Walking Dead
Zombie Lord	Zombie
Nosferatu	Vampire Lord
Black Lord	Dread Knight
Goblin Wolf Rider	Wolf Rider
Hobgoblin Wolf Rider	Wolf Raider
Cyclops Lord	Cyclops King
Young Behemoth	Behemoth
Primitive Lizardman	Lizardman
Advanced Lizardman	Lizard Warrior
Dragonfly	Serpent Fly
Fire Dragonfly	Dragon Fly
Copper Gorgon	Gorgon
Bronze Gorgon	Mighty Gorgon

Artifacts#

Proto	Final
Spellbook	Spell Book
Holy Grail	Grail
Pendant of Agitation	Pendant of Negativity
Hips of Legion	Loins of Legion

Hero Class#

Proto	Final
Pagan	Demoniac

Heroes#

Proto	Final
Gier	Orrin
Rislav	Valeska
Desslock	Edric
Hester	Cuthbert
Galdwyn	Sanya
Engle	Caitlin
Clova	Uland
Kyriell	Malcom
Rugard	Josephine
Neelam	Neela
Khem	Iona
Aragorn	Rashka
Skullreaver	Tamika

Spells#

Proto	Final
Magic Bolt	Magic Arrow
Identify	Visions
Skuttle Boat	Scuttle Boat
Portal	Town Portal
Dimension Walk	Dimension Door
Flight	Fly
Stone Wall	Force Field
Ice Ray	Ice Bolt
Decay	Implosion
Spontaneous Combustion	Fireball
Fireblast	Inferno
Sacred Breath	Destroy Undead
Firestorm	Armageddon
Backlash	Magic Mirror
Tough Skin	Stone Skin
Tail Wind	Haste
Muck And Mire	Slow
Disruptive Ray	Disrupting Ray
Counterstroke	Counterstrike
Blood Lust	Bloodlust

Finally, an answer to why Implosion belongs to Earth guild and why its animation has nothing in common with imploding. That also explains what is on an older Force Field spell icon.

References#

https://github.com/void2012/HoMM3-Dreamcast-Dump ↩︎

v · t · e The Might and Magic series
NES	Secret of the Inner Sanctum
Mac OS Classic	II: Gates to Another World
DOS	III: Isles of Terra • IV: Clouds of Xeen (Demo) • V: Darkside of Xeen (Demo) • IV + V: World of Xeen • Swords of Xeen
SNES	II: Gates to Another World • Book II • III: Isles of Terra (Prototype)
Windows	VI: The Mandate of Heaven • VII: For Blood and Honor (Prototypes) • VIII: Day of the Destroyer • IX: Writ of Fate (Prototype) Clash of Heroes
PlayStation 2	VIII: Day of the Destroyer

Heroes of Might and Magic
Windows	A Strategic Quest (Demo) • II: The Succession Wars • III: The Restoration of Erathia • IV • V • VI • VII • Olden Era
Dreamcast	III: The Restoration of Erathia

Other
Windows	Dark Messiah of Might and Magic
Game Boy Color	Warriors of Might and Magic
PlayStation 2	Shifters
Xbox 360	Dark Messiah of Might and Magic: Elements