Mystic Ark: Maboroshi Gekijou

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.

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)].

Debug Menu#

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

800C4A30 0001
8001AD5C 0008
8001AD5E A4A3

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.

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.

Gameplay#

The design of the cards is slightly different in the prototype.

Dummy	Used

The overworld graphic for the Hope Ark character is much more different. The portrait graphics also received a slight retouch.

Dummy	Used

Ending#

The ending graphics in the dummy file are much simpler. The "Dummy 2" graphic does not have an used equivalent.

Dummy 1	Dummy 2	Used