Ușas

Ușas (pronunced "ushas") is a flip-screen platformer released for the MSX2 by Konami.

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Prerelease Info

Regional Differences#

The game itself features regional detection, and will make various changes depending on the region of the system detected.

Title Screen#

The Japanese title screen simply has the game's name as Ușas, while the European title screen adds additional text at the top to call the game The Treasure of Ușas. Note that outside of the title screen, however, the game is consistently referred to as Ușas even on the European packaging and manual.

Japan	Europe

Text Display#

The narration in the Japanese version is presented in an outlined box, but this is removed in the European version to make way for more space for the text.

Japan	Europe

Similarly, the character dialogue in the opening is presented with comic-book style panels in the Japanese version. This was changed in the European version to having the dialogue appear below the image instead, now also indicating who is currently speaking. This presentation style is also used for the ending dialogue in both versions.

Opening Animation Error#

The European opening features a noticeable error at the end compared to the Japanese opening. The sprite representing Wit and Cles is supposed to stop at the main entrance like in the Japanese opening, but for whatever reason, the sprite in the European opening will end up walking past the entrance and stop at the CG border instead!

The reason for this is that the code is written so that the sprites of Wit and Cles move each time a single character is printed on screen. The text prints character by character, and after each character, the sprites advance slightly. Once the last character is printed, the sprites stop. In the English version, the dialogue is longer than in the Japanese version, so the sprites keep moving for a longer time, causing them to overshoot the entrance. They didn't bother fixing it.

Japan	Europe

Considering that both versions are on the same cartridge, it's a mystery as to how this mistake even happened.

Stage Select Dialogue#

The European version of the game uses less punctuation marks in the stage select screen and comes off rougher than the Japanese version overall.

Stage Select

Japan	Message (JP) / Translation (EN)	Europe	Message (EN)
	この中に、入りたいか？ (Would you like to go inside?)		WOULD YOU GO INTO THE DOOR
	１人しか、いれてやらぬ！ (I'll only let one person in!)		ONLY ONE PERSON MAY ENTER ?
	だれか、１人えらべ！ (Choose any one person!)		CHOOSE ONE PERSON

Additionally, there is an extra line of dialogue in the Japanese version when selecting the boss room that is absent from the European version.

Boss Room

Japan	Message (JP) / Translation (EN)	Europe	Message (EN)
	しんでんに　入りたいか？ (Would you like to enter the shrine?)		WOULD YOU GO INTO THE DOOR
	かぎが、４こたりない！ (You need 4 more keys!)		YOU HAVE TO GATHER FOUR KEYS

Character Select Dialogue#

When the player selects a stage for the first time in the Japanese version, Wit and Cles will speak.

In contrast, the European version doesn't feature any starting dialogue before selecting the stage.

Stage 4#

After Stage 4 is cleared, the dialogues in the EU version are truncated compared to the complete Japanese version

Epilogue#

The Japanese version has an epilogue after the ending that was removed from the European version.

Images	Message (JP)	Translation (EN)
	<pre lang=ja style="font-family:"MS Gothic",monospace;white-space: pre-wrap;"> 　そのご、 　ＡＴＬＥＹ　助きょうじゅが あらたに発見された　ウシャスに ついての　しりょうを　しらべた ところ、ウシャスぞうは 古代文明が開発した かくばくだんの きばくそうちであった。	Afterward, assistant professor Atley   made a new discovery about   Usas while he was researching   the archives. The statue of   Usas was actually a trigger   mechanism for a nuclear   bomb developed by an ancient   civilization.
	<pre lang=ja style="font-family:"MS Gothic",monospace;white-space: pre-wrap;"> 　そのＳＷＩＴＣＨ　となるのが 宝石であり、これを使用させない ために　宝石を４つに分け かくちに分我し、封印しておいたと いうことである。 　そ　ん　な　　あ　ほ　な　！？	However, to prevent the   switch from ever being activated,  the precious stone required to use it was split into 4 pieces, and were hidden away in different places.   Such fools!?

Staff Roll#

The Japanese version also features a staff roll after the epilogue. This was also omitted from the European version.