User:Abacos/Sandbox

For the yellow pages

 * Food: Anya, (Cullen), Shawn, Arvin, Rob Frasier, Dunbar, Dr.Cat, Lawrence, Andrea, Hendle, Ubermon, Amanda
 * Weapons: Gwenneth, Max, Lynn, Enrik, Nomaan, James, Gherick, Brandon, Utomo
 * Guild: Efram, Budo
 * Shipwrights: Arty, Fentrissa, Peer, Trebor
 * Magic: Rudyom, Xiao, Horance, Nicodemus, Zoltan
 * Horses: Wilbur, Immanuelle


 * Sextant: Ephemerides
 * Rope: Mortude


 * Wine: Faren, Stivius
 * Horseshoes: Rufus, Harold

Wisdom from the shrines
Combat rules:


 * Victories scored over evil creatures help to build a valorous soul! (Valor)
 * To strike first a non-evil being is by no means an honorable deed! (Honor)
 * Kill not a non-evil beast for they deserve not death, even if in hunger they attack thee! (Justice)
 * Kill not the non-evil beasts of the land, and do not attack the fair people! (Compassion)
 * Attack not a peaceful citizen for that action deserves strict punishment! (Justice)
 * To flee from battle with less than grievous wounds often shows a coward! (Valor)
 * For thee to flee and leave thy companions is a self-serving action to be avoided! (Sacrifice)

About chests in towns:


 * Take not the gold of others found in towns and castles for yours it is not! (Honesty)
 * To take the gold of others is injustice not soon forgotten. Take only thy due! (Justice)
 * Take not the gold of others for this shall bring dishonor upon thee! (Honor)

About beggars and blind people:


 * Cheat not the merchants and peddlers for tis an evil thing to do! (Honesty)
 * Give of thy purse to those who beg and thy deed shall not be forgotten! (Compassion)
 * To give thy last gold piece unto the needy shows good measure of self-sacrifice! (Sacrifice)

Other things to avoid:


 * Claim not to be that which thou art not. Humble actions speak well of thee! (Humility)
 * Strive not to wield the Great Force of Evil for its power will overcome thee! (Humility)

Other things to do:


 * To give of thy life's blood so that others may live is a virtue of great praise! (Sacrifice)
 * Seek ye to solve the many Quests before thee, and honor shall be a reward! (Honor)
 * Seek ye to know thyself. Visit the seer often for he can see into thy inner being! (Spirituality)
 * Meditation leads to enlightenment Seek ye all Wisdom and Knowledge! (Spirituality)

Times of Lore (by Origin)
Game versions, releases & generation:
 * 1988/G2: Apple II
 * 1988/G3: C64, Amstrad CPC
 * 1989/G3: MS-DOS, Amiga, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum
 * 1990/G3: NES (developed in Japan)

Swords
Swords are particular to Terra, Edgar and Celes, with Locke being able to equip a few, too. The weapons with the highest attack value in the game are swords, so you may choose to rely on these characters more than usual, if you prefer melee combat more than special effects.

Terra's sword	Apocalypse sword	Win:  Red dragon (Dragons' Den) Bet: Save-the-Queen Celes' sword	Save the Queen sword	Win: Blue dragon (Dragons' Den) Bet: Apocalypse

Final Fantasy: Character Class Triangles

 * Final Fantasy 4

Kain Yang / \              /    \             FIGHTERS /       \      Cecil/          \Cid /           \Edge /   Gilbert   \ /               \       /                  \      /HEALERS      WIZARDS\ /______________________\ Rosa        Tellah        Rydia Porom       Fusoya        Palom

Sketch for the character class triangle:
 * Final Fantasy 5

Freelancer, Knight, Monk, Berserker, Ninja, Ranger, Dragoon, Samurai, Gladiator / \                  /   \                  /     \                 /       \Thief /        \Mystic Knight Bard/          \Beastmaster Chemist/            \Geomancer /  Red Mage    \Dancer /     Mime       \Cannoneer /                  \          /                     \         /_______________________\ White Mage      Blue Mage      Black Mage Time Mage     Summoner Oracle       Necromancer


 * Final Fantasy 6

Edgar Sabin       Shadow Cyan       Gau Umaro________Setzer_______Locke \FIGHTERS     THIEVES/ \                  /       \                 /        \     Celes     / \            /Gogo \          /Mog \        /            \       /             \MAGES/ \  /               \ /              Terra Strago Relm

Street Fighter X Mega Man
All this has still to be verified.


 * Unlocking Akuma and Sagat

To unlock Akuma try:
 * 4 or less perfect victories in the first 8 fighters, but NOT Boxer or Claw
 * 3 or less perfect victories in the first 8 fighters, PLUS Boxer (or Claw)

To unlock Sagat try:
 * 4 or less perfect victories in the Teleport System, but NOT Boxer or Claw
 * 3 or less perfect victories in the Teleport System, PLUS Boxer (or Claw)


 * Important Password:

4 victories (Blanka, Rose, Rolento, Urien), 3 perfect ones, 4 E-Tanks

This password allows to easily unlock Akuma, if you get one further perfect victory (e.g. against Dhalsim or the Boxer?); furthermore, it allows to maximize the number of E-Tanks, because the four stages containing E-Tanks are still to be cleared.

The password was obtained by collecting the 4 E-Tanks without beating those four stages.

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.

10 most disturbing moments in video-games
I'm looking for something that is MORE disturbing than the famous n.10... I need more video games...
 * 1) Your own grave in Elnard
 * 2) Humans are actually built by robots from Mega Man Legends
 * 3) Aerith's death in Final Fantasy 7
 * 1) Aerith's death in Final Fantasy 7
 * 1) Aerith's death in Final Fantasy 7
 * 1) Aerith's death in Final Fantasy 7
 * 1) Aerith's death in Final Fantasy 7
 * 1) Aerith's death in Final Fantasy 7
 * 1) Aerith's death in Final Fantasy 7
 * 1) Aerith's death in Final Fantasy 7

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 3, Dragon Slayer 4
 * (7) Ys: Ys 1 (Sega), Ys 2, Ys 3, Ys 4, Ys 5
 * (5) Star Ocean: ...
 * (4) Lufia: Lufia 1, Lufia 2, Lufia 3, Lufia 4
 * (4) Mystic Ark: The 7th Saga, Brain Lord, Mystic Ark
 * (3) Hydlide: Hydlide 1, Hydlide 3, Super Hydlide 3 (Sega), Virtual Hydlide 1 (Sega)
 * (3) Gaea trilogy: Soul Blazer, Illusion of Gaia, Terranigma
 * (3) Gargoyle's Quest: Gargoyle's Quest 1, Gargoyle's Quest 2, Demon's Crest
 * (3) Mother: Mother, Earthbound, Mother 3
 * (2) Lennus: Paladin's Quest, Lennus 2
 * (2) Drakkhen: Drakkhen, Dragon View


 * 2 games = video game with sequel (definitely not a series)

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) [[File:0003.svg]] Ultima 5
 * 2) [[File:0003.svg]] Quest 64
 * 3) [[File:0002.svg]] Final Fantasy: Soul of Rebirth
 * 4) [[File:0002.svg]] Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar (Sega)
 * 5) [[File:0003.svg]] Final Fantasy 3
 * 6) [[File:0003.svg]] Brain Lord (Mystic Ark series)
 * 7) [[File:0002.svg]] Mystic Ark

Role-playing video games cleared between autumn 2008 and spring 2012 (22):
 * [[File:0004.svg]] Ultima 3 (NES)
 * [[File:0002.svg]] Ultima 4 (NES)
 * [[File:0003.svg]] Ultima 5 NES
 * [[File:0004.svg]] Dragon Quest 1 (GBC)
 * [[File:0004.svg]] Dragon Quest 2 (GBC)
 * [[File:0004.svg]] Dragon Quest 3 (GBC)
 * [[File:0002.svg]] Dragon Quest 4
 * [[File:0004.svg]] Castlevania 2
 * _ Times of Lore
 * [[File:0004.svg]] The Magic of Scheherazade
 * [[File:0004.svg]] Guardian Legend
 * _ Legend of the Ghost Lion
 * _ Faria
 * _ Willow
 * [[File:0004.svg]] Crystalis
 * [[File:0000.svg]] Gargoyle's Quest 1
 * _ Gargoyle's Quest 2
 * _ Sa-Ga 1
 * [[File:0002.svg]] Seiken Densetsu 1
 * [[File:0002.svg]] Soul Blazer (Gaea series)
 * [[File:0004.svg]] The 7th Saga (Mystic Ark series)
 * [[File:0001.svg]] Legend of Zelda 12 (MC)
 * [[File:0001.svg]] Megaman Battle Network 1

Role-playing video games cleared before summer 2008 (19):
 * [[File:0001.svg]] Ultima 6 SNES
 * [[File:0004.svg]] Legend of Zelda 1
 * [[File:0004.svg]] Legend of Zelda 2 (AL)
 * [[File:0005.svg]] Legend of Zelda 3 (LP)
 * [[File:0002.svg]] Legend of Zelda 4 GB/GBC (LA)
 * [[File:0004.svg]] Legend of Zelda 5 (OT)
 * [[File:0003.svg]] Legend of Zelda 6 (MM)
 * [[File:0002.svg]] Legend of Zelda 7 (OA)
 * [[File:0002.svg]] Legend of Zelda 8 (OS)
 * [[File:0003.svg]] Legend of Zelda 10 (WW)
 * [[File:0001.svg]] Legend of Zelda 11 (FSA)
 * [[File:0004.svg]] Final Fantasy 1
 * [[File:0002.svg]] Final Fantasy 2 GBA
 * [[File:0003.svg]] Super Mario RPG
 * [[File:0001.svg]] Paper Mario
 * [[File:0000.svg]] Megaman 64
 * [[File:0002.svg]] Megaman Zero 1
 * [[File:0004.svg]] Faxanadu
 * [[File:0004.svg]] Rygar
 * [[File:0004.svg]] Battle of Olympus

Role-playing video games cleared before 2000:
 * [[File:0001.svg]] Ultima 6 (MS-DOS) [not really, the floppy disks crashed twice]
 * [[File:0003.svg]] Final Fantasy 7 (MS-Win)

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