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Final Fantasy 1&2 character comparison
If anyone needs help to choose names... :-P

Final Fantasy: Soul of Rebirth: Equipment & magic
All items are sorted by purchasing price, that is closely related to their usefulness. Items are sold for half their purchasing price, therefore items that cannot be bought are listed along twice their selling price. Items that cannot be sold are listed afterwards, as more rare and valuable.

Locations legend:
 * "Buy": items that can be purchased in shops in Machanon or in the secret waterfall shop;
 * "Chest": items that are found in chests in the Unknown Cave or in the Unknown Palace;
 * "Guarded": items found in chests that trigger a boss battle against a big monster in the Chamber of the Seal or in the Unknown Palace;
 * "Win": items that are randomly dropped by defeated enemies in the Unknown Cave or Palace; bosses are not included, unless they can later be encountered randomly.

Weapons
Weapons highlighted in green either have special effects or can cast a spell if used from the "Item" menu in battle.

Shields
--- Shields:
 * Buckler       ||    50 || Buy in Machanon
 * Mythril Shield ||  300 || Buy in Machanon
 * Golden shield ||   700 || Chest in unknown cave
 * Ice Shield    ||  5000 || Buy in Machanon
 * Diamond shield || 8000 || Catoblepas (palace)

Magic tomes

 * White magic
 * Black magic

--- White spells:
 * Cure tome    ||   100 || Buy in Machanon
 * Blink tome   ||   300 || Buy in Machanon; win from Dark soul (palace)
 * Protect tome ||   300 || Buy in Machanon
 * Shell tome   ||   300 || Buy in Machanon
 * Basuna Tome	||  600 || Buy in Machanon
 * Esuna Tome	||  600 || Buy in Machanon
 * Life Tome	|| 1000 || Buy in Machanon
 * Sap Tome	|| 1000 || Buy in Machanon
 * Mini Tome	|| 2000 || Buy in Machanon
 * Holy
 * Ultima tome  ||     0 || Guarded by Ultima Weapon

--- Black spells:
 * Blizzard tome ||  150 || Buy in Machanon; win from Miss vamp (cave), Dark soul (palace)
 * Thunder tome ||   150 || Buy in Machanon; win from Dark magician (palace)
 * Fire tome    ||   150 || Buy in Machanon; win from Dark magician (palace)
 * Warp tome    ||  1000 || Death knight (cave), Dark soul (palace)
 * Scourge tome ||  2000 || Dark magician (palace)
 * Blind tome   ||  4000 || Dark soul (palace)
 * Curse tome   ||  8000 || Purobolos (palace), Mini Satana (palace)
 * Sleep tome   ||  8000 || Dark soul (palace)
 * Stun tome    ||  8000 || Death knight (cave), Dark magician (palace)
 * Berserk tome || 10000 || Buy in unknown cave; win from Dark magician (palace)
 * Confuse tome || 10000 || Little murderer (palace), Twin heads (palace)
 * Toad tome    || 10000 || Purobolos (palace), Mini Satana (palace)
 * Aura tome    || 15000 || Chest in unknown cave
 * Haste tome   || 20000 || Buy in unknown cave
 * Flare tome   || 40000 || Buy in unknown cave; win from Little murderer (palace)

Armor

 * Armor parts with special effects
 * Armor parts with elemental properties
 * Plain armor parts

--- Helms:
 * Leather cap    ||    50 || Buy in Machanon
 * Mithril helm   ||   300 || Buy in Machanon; win from Beast devil (cave)
 * Diamond helm   ||     ? || Chaos rider (palace)
 * Gold hairpin   ||     ? || Orukat (palace)
 * Ribbon         ||     ? || Lamia mathriarch (palace), Orukat (palace); guarded by Steel Giant
 * Twist headband ||     ? || Malboro menace (palace), Dark behemoth (palace)

--- Body armors:
 * Clothes        ||    20 || Buy in Machanon
 * Mithril armor  ||   700 || Buy in Machanon; win from Beast devil (cave)
 * Knight's armor ||  5000 || Buy in Machanon
 * Golden armor   ||  2000 || Purobolos (palace), Mini Satana (palace)
 * Black robe     ||     ? || Little murderer (palace)
 * Diamond cuirass ||    ? || Orukat (palace)
 * Dragon armor   ||     ? || Chaos rider (palace)
 * Flame armor    ||     ? || Twin heads (palace)
 * Power vest     ||     ? || Malboro menace (palace), Dark behemoth (palace)

--- Gloves (Josef's):
 * Leather gloves ||    30 || Buy in Machanon
 * Mithril gloves ||   500 || Buy in Machanon
 * Thief's gloves ||  1000 || Buy in Machanon; chest in unknown cave
 * Giant's gloves ||  1500 || Buy in Machanon
 * Diamond gloves ||  ?    || Chaos rider (palace)
 * Power armlet   ||  ?    || Malboro menace (palace), Dark behemoth (palace)
 * Protect ring   ||  ?    || Orukat (palace)
 * Josef's bracers ||    0 || guarded by Beelzebub Soul

Items

 * Potions
 * Battle items

--- Potions:
 * Potion       ||    30 || Soul eater (cave)
 * Antidote     ||    30 || Soul eater (cave)
 * Eye drops    ||    40 || Soul eater (cave)
 * Mallet       ||    60 || Chimera brain (palace)
 * Hi-potion    ||   150 || Flan princess (cave), Lamia mathriarch (palace), Catoblepas (palace)
 * Phoenix down ||   500 || Chimera brain (palace)
 * Maiden's kiss ||  500 || Miss vamp (cave)
 * Ether        ||  1000 || Flan princess (cave), Chimera brain (palace), Lamia mathriarch (palace)
 * Elixir       || 50000 || Lamia mathriarch (palace)

--- Items:
 * Sage's wisdom ||  || Orukat (palace)        || support
 * Conch shell   ||  || Bloodbones (palace)    || support L16
 * Mithril mirror || || Chimera brain (palace) || support L16
 * Unicorn horn  ||  || Death knight (cave)    || support L16
 * Betrayal fang ||  || Bloodbones (palace)    || debuff L16
 * Sleepgrass    ||  || Soul eater (cave)      || debuff L16
 * Death idol    ||  || Malboro menace (palace), Dark behemoth (palace) || debuff L10
 * Spider silk   ||  || Chaos rider (palace)   || debuff L9
 * Hourglass     ||  || Miss vamp (cave)       || debuff L8
 * Hellfire      ||  || Dark soul (palace)     || attack L5

Final Fantasy: Soul of Rebirth: unknown cave
Don't worry too much about the chests, the enemies here are so strong you'd better find friends as soon as possible. And, since the fourth party member is met on second-last floor, you'd better continue to the safe area Machanon (it reminds of "Safe Area Gorazde" in the Bosnia war). Once you got there, rested and done a little bit of shopping, get back to collect all the chests, and raise your characters, too.

Enemy roster
Exploit the weaknesses of the enemies to beat them quickly. Luckily, many are undead (absorb Death, weak against Holy), so Minwu's Cure and Life spells will come in handy to attack.

Still, it is quite necessary to cast Blink and/or Protect at the begining of most combats, especially when your party is smaller than four.

All enemies are very strong. In the following table, monsters are sorted according to the in-game bestiary, and all the information comes from there.

Only few of their attributes are listed, the most useful to fight them, in order to keep the table easily readable. For a full bestiary check the Bestiary page.
 * Rank summarizes well how dangerous the monster is;
 * HP and weakness are essential about the monster endurance;
 * MP is useful for Minwu's Swap spell, in case you want to replenish his MP without using ether;
 * Treasures include some useful items that are only made available by defeating the enemies.

Team of two: Minwu and Scott
What? you start the game with a boss? And it's not Batman either!
 * Boss: Dark Knight

If you're lucky, the boss can drop a Yoichi's slingshot, that allows to cast Berserk L3.

To get to the next level, walk straight to the left.
 * Floor 1

To find the next stairs, you have to follow a winging path: first up, then left and down all the way (it may be worth collecting the Ancient Sword in the chest at the bottom), then left again and up.
 * Floor 2

But wait! An ally, Josef, is there and he's not alone.

Team of three: Josef
Did you think you beat the dungeon boss already? Think again!
 * Boss 2: Zombie Borghen

Zombie Borghen is an undead, so he's weak against Scott's Fire spells and Minwu's Cure and Life.

Follow the winding path around and under the waterfall; the exit to the next level is the very last door in the lower-left corner.
 * Floor 3

That there is a secret magic shop under the bottom, but you probably won't have enough money to buy all the spells now.

Nice green grass fields, a clear water river and... more deadly enemies! To find the exit quickly, just walk straight left from where you arrived.
 * Floor 4

Read the inscription near the entrance, then walk following the ledge.
 * Floor 5

Team of four: Ricard
You can actually skip this one, but if you do so, you will also miss your strongest ally, Ricard the Dragoon.
 * Boss 3: Roundworm

This is the last floor, just follow the corridor until you get to the portal, and you can finally relax. Rest in Machanon, then get back to the Unknown Passage to collect all the chests.
 * Floor 6

From the chests

 * Start: 10 ethers, 5 phoenix downs
 * Floor 1: elixir, ether
 * Floor 2: ancient sword (inflicts "curse"), thief's gloves (increase speed), hellfire
 * Floor 3: silver cuirass, secret magic shop (Berserk, Haste, Holy, Flare)
 * Floor 4: hi-potion, Aura tome, demon spear, golden shield, eye drops
 * Floor 5: ether, protect ring, h-potion
 * Floor 6: (portal to Machanon)

Final Fantasy 3: Wind Crystal walkthrough
My idea would be to organize the walkthrough sections according to the bosses encountered.

The Land Turtle and the Wind Crystal
The Land Turtle invaded the Wind Crystal cave.

BOSS: the Land Turtle
''The Land Turtle is an important creature in Japanese folklore. Known as Genbu, it represents the Earth element, the North direction and the winter season, and it is associated with the black color. ''

The Wind Crystal altar
Change classes at once, and start earning experience and abilities.

Suggested classes:
 * Monk: you'll find soon two free weapons that only he can use;
 * Red Mage: he can use both black and white magic, and soon a free weapon only he can use will be found;
 * White Mage: you'll find soon two identical white spells for free, so you'll need a second white magic user;
 * Warrior: this is the only job left that can use the long swords you found for free.

Before leaving the altar room, talk to the Wind Crystal again and it will completely restore Health and Magic Points.

Altar cave, re-visited
If you got healed by the Wind Crystal, re-enter the Altar cave, and explore its upper levels to find free equipment for your characters, including a nunchunk for a Monk and a black spell for either a Red or Black Mage. Navigate the full cave to get some extra experience.

Town of Ur
The only two things you should buy are a Poisona spell and some Eyedrops. Everything else can be found without spending money. Talk to everyone, then go through the lower-right trees to get to the well; there and in other places around the town you can find several potions. Now go conquer the Cure spell in the north-western house, as you are told; there, you'll also find some more items, weapons and armors.

Sara and the Djinn
''The Djinn cast a spell on Kazus and Sasune, and only few people were spared. One of them is Princess Sara, who possesses a magic ring but is too weak to defeat the Djinn by herself.''

BOSS: the Djinn
''In pre-Islamic Arab culture, the djinns were elemental spirits associated with the air/wind, while the fire-elemental spirits (like this Djinn) were the efreets/ifrits. The other two elementals were marids for the water and ghouls for the darkness.''

The bow and the arrows can be used by some Wind Crystal jobs, but since the arrows are consumables, you may choose moneywise to save them for the Ranger, that is the job specialized in using this type of weapon.

Cid and the Bahamut
''No real connection between these two characters. After you bring Cid to his hometown, someone else in the same town will tell you about a man who went to the Dragon's peak.''

BOSS: the Bahamut
''In pre-islamic Arab culture, the Bahamut is a huge, powerful and benevolent creature that supports the World on its back. Later, Christian influence turned it into a "pagan devil", Behemoth (other devils: Astaroth was the Babylonian goddess of love Ishtar; Beelzebub was the Phoenician god Baal and "Zebub" was his honorific title in Phoenician).''

Desh and the giant rat
''Desh joins the four Warriors of Light after being saved from the Bahamut, and the five travel together until they meet the giant rat. The party needs to get miniaturized to go through these areas, therefore it would be good to have three magicians. To save Ability Points, you can turn either the Monk into a Black Mage or the Warrior into a Red or White Mage.''
 * Healing copse
 * Town of Tozus
 * Tozus tunnel
 * Vikings cove
 * Nepto temple
 * BOSS: a giant rat

Final Fantasy 3: NES weapons
Selling price is half of purchase price. For weapons that can only be found but not bought, the price column reports twice the selling price.

The Other jobs column does not report the Ninja because this class can equip almost any weapon.

Generic weapons
There are two distinct groups of weapons that can be equipped by several classes.

Onion Kid's weapons
These are the basic weapons, with low attack values and little special effects. The weapons in this section are not rewritten in other tables, except for the arrows and weapons with special effects.

Magicians' staves and rods
There are eight different jobs that can equip rods and staves. They can be classified as follows: Note that the Red mage can also equip some swords, and in the Famicom version the Sage can equip any book.

In general, most staves are equipped by White magic users, most rods are equipped by black magic and summon magic users, and the "mixed" magic users can equip both.

Warrior's weapons
For a complete list, see and .

Red mage's weapons
For a complete list, see and .

Monk's nunckhucks
See also .

Ranger's bows and arrows
See also .

Mystic knight's katanas
See also and .

Ninja's weapons
The Ninja can equip almost every weapon, plus the Shurikens.

Always equipped weapons
The Reaver Twin Machine Guns can be bought back if they are sold.

Selectable weapons
The Megabomb is a single use weapon: press the spacebar once to release one Megabomb. You can carry up to five Megabombs at once.

The hotkey for the Twin Laser is really the "-" button, next to the "0" button.

Challenges
Try clearing the video game with a limited selection of weapons, i.e. no more than two, and without the machine gun. You would like to have either a single weapon for aerial and terrestrial target, or two, one for air targets and one for ground target.

Examples:
 * Plasma cannon (air) & Bomb (ground)
 * Laser turret (air) & Air-ground missiles (ground)
 * Micro missiles alone
 * Twin laser alone

Cheats
Press backspace to lose all money, get full health and two Deathrays that can be sold for good money. The more times you press backspace, the more Deathrays you get. You can then abort mission, sell the Deathrays and buy any weapon you like.

Scientific classification of Pokémon
From a taxonomical point of view, there are 76 Pokémon species, instead of 151.

What the Western translations of the videogames call "evolution" is actually growth from young to adult. Also, what is called "species" in the videogames is actually a life stage, e.g. young, cocoon or adult.

Of all the Pokémon species, the vast majority is inspired to real animals existing in nature, and they can be classified according to Lynnaeus method. Note that Lynnaeus lived one century before Darwin and the formulation of the scientific theory of evolution (Note also that "scientific theory" means "set of correlated theorems").

Scientific Pokédex
NOTE: Strictly speaking, "Invertebrata" is not an animal phylum, but a term of convenience including all phyla except for chordata. Here, it is used to group all the few animal pokémons that are neither Chordates/Vertebrates nor Arthropodes.

From other series

 * Super Mario: Legend of the Seven Stars, Paper Mario, Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga
 * Mega Man: Mega Man 64, Mega Man Zero 1, Mega Man Battle Network 1-2-3-4-5-6
 * Castlevania: Castlevania 2
 * Super Chinese: Little Ninja Brothers, Ninja Boy 2, Super Ninja Boy

Minor series

 * (8) Dragon Slayer: Faxanadu, Dragon Slayer 4
 * (7) Ys: Ys 1 (Sega), Ys 2, Ys 3, Ys 4, Ys 5
 * (4) Lufia: Lufia 1, Lufia 2, Lufia 3, Lufia 4
 * (3) Hydlide: Hydlide 1, Hydlide 3, Super Hydlide 3 (Sega), Virtual Hydlide 1 (Sega)
 * (3) Gaea Trilogy: Soul Blazer, Illusion of Gaia, Terranigma
 * (3) Red Arremer: Gargoyle's Quest 1, Gargoyle's Quest 2, Demon's Crest
 * (3) Mother: Mother, Earthbound
 * (2) Lennus: Paladin's Quest, Lennus 2
 * (2) Drakkhen: Drakkhen, Dragon View

Video games without sequel

 * 1987, NES: Rygar
 * 1987, NES: The Magic of Scheherazade
 * 1988, NES: Guardian Legend
 * 1988, NES: Battle of Olympus
 * 1988, NES: Times of Lore
 * 1989, NES: Legend of the Ghost Lion
 * 1989, NES: Faria
 * 1989, NES: Willow
 * 1990, NES: Crystalis
 * 1991, GB: Knight Quest
 * 1992, GB: Great Greed
 * 1991, SNES: Lagoon
 * 1998, N64: Quest 64
 * 2001, N64: Aidyn Chronicles

My chronology
Role-playing video games cleared since I joined this website (spring 2012)
 * 1) Ultima 5
 * 2) (currently playing Quest 64)

Role-playing video games cleared between autumn 2008 and spring 2012 (22):
 * Ultima 3 NES
 * Ultima 4 NES
 * Ultima 5 NES
 * Dragon Quest 1 GBC
 * Dragon Quest 2 GBC
 * Dragon Quest 3 GBC
 * Dragon Quest 4
 * Castlevania 2
 * Times of Lore
 * The Magic of Scheherazade
 * Guardian Legend
 * Legend of the Ghost Lion
 * Faria
 * Willow
 * Crystalis
 * Gargoyle's Quest 1
 * Gargoyle's Quest 2
 * Sa-Ga 1
 * Seiken Densetsu 1
 * Soul Blazer
 * The 7th Saga
 * Legend of Zelda 12 (MC)
 * Megaman Battle Network 1

Role-playing video games cleared before summer 2008 (19):
 * Ultima 6 SNES
 * Legend of Zelda 1
 * Legend of Zelda 2 (AL)
 * Legend of Zelda 3 (LP)
 * Legend of Zelda 4 GB/GBC (LA)
 * Legend of Zelda 5 (OT)
 * Legend of Zelda 6 (MM)
 * Legend of Zelda 7 (OA)
 * Legend of Zelda 8 (OS)
 * Legend of Zelda 10 (WW)
 * Legend of Zelda 11 (FSA)
 * Final Fantasy 1
 * Final Fantasy 2 GBA
 * Super Mario RPG
 * Paper Mario
 * Megaman 64
 * Megaman Zero 1
 * Faxanadu
 * Rygar
 * Battle of Olympus

Role-playing video games cleared before 2000:
 * Ultima 6 (MS-DOS) [not really, the floppy disks crashed twice]
 * Final Fantasy 7 (MS-Win)

My first videogames, for the "Nintendo 8-bit":