@> From: YI WING H @> To: turbo-list@cpac.washington.edu @> Subject: Y's IV impressions & cheat/tip I finally finished it yesterday & had a playing time of just over 15 hrs. I'm kinda of curious to know how long it took for those of you who know little or no Japanese to finish it, since I can remember a couple of parts which might stump you if you couldn't read the text. =) The following is "IMHO": The music in the game is very good. The thing that annoyed me a bit was the use of the same music at different areas. I'm talking about the CD music though. The "chip" music reuse didn't bother me as much. Overall I liked the music from Y's I&II better. I felt that the music in I&II had a little more punch & only a few of IV's tunes measure up. (I can't say about III since I've never played it) Are there any uses for the ruby, necklace etc.? I tried buying them to give to Lilia ( so she can reward me with a kiss =)_ but nothing happens... The use of "telepathy" (I hear voices, but their lips ain't moving!) is pretty rare, which is good. Adol however, is still mute. heheheh :) WARNING: The rest of this message talks about stuff in the game, the ending & something you can do after the ending. Don't read if you want to surprise yourself. It felt great to see Feena & Lair again, even though it was too short... Wasn't the raft part hilarious? Why is this guy riding a raft without a pole or something... =D How many falls does Adol take in this game anyway... =D This reminds me, depending on whether you use the Alter magic to be a monster or are normal, the "events" can change slightly. For example, what Leeza says to you when she patches you up from your fall off the bridge depends on what form you're in. The ending contains a very interesting scene, translated here for your reading pleasure, since it'll be a while before Hiroshi-san (ganbare!)gets to this part. =) Woman Let's stop here for today. Small boy I want to hear more! Redheaded boy What's the next story? Woman I'll read it for you next time. There are still many many more adventures. Girl Read it now! Woman I'm sorry but I have to prepare dinner. Kids Aww! No! Could it be? Will our adventure freak actually settle down in Minea? Well if the sword & armor hanging on the wall & the redheaded boy aren't enough hints, I recognize the voice of the woman (Tsuru Hiromi) who does Lilia in young girl mode. How do I know this? Tsuru Hiromi played the title character in GS Mikami who sounds virtually the same as the Woman. Now the juicy part for those of you who've actually read this far: (This stuff should be added to the cheats file) After finishing the game, restart it & when you go to the load screen, press II. You'll be presented with a menu which says load game, start from beginning, & Y's 4 Development Room! I've never pressed II at the load screen before so I imagine the 3rd choice doesn't come up. Pick that & you'll go to a place like the Romun soldiers' fort. Only it'll be filled with the people who made the game (most take the form of monsters however). You'll have all items & weapons, so you can see what you missed. Next to the top floor is the "Sound Room" with the music composers & sound programmers. I tried doing some things, but it seems there's no sound test. The guy at the piano says he only plays 1 tune. :( At the top floor is the "Visual Room". You can watch these cinema scenes: Opening 1 Opening 2 Rise of the Golden City Ending You can also look at the insides of the houses (without those annoying text windows :) Also you can see all the face closeups including "Tied up Lilia", "Sacrificial Leeza", "Bloody Leeza"... well, it really isn't as bad as it sounds. =D Now you can leave the visual room & go to the guy at the upper right corner. It's the monster (Robin) who befriended your monster self in the game. He tells you about the secret of the gold & silver rings. Note that these rings appear in your ITEM screen, not the EQUIP screen. They're the ones you needed to wear in order to use the silver & gold statues as teleporters. The secret about them is this: Wear the silver ring & the amount of EXP you get doubles from what you would normally get. (I don't think this works with bosses) Same for the gold ring except it's the gold that doubles. He then give you the option of starting the game over WITH these 2 rings. If you pick "hai" (yes) it'll start immediately... You can pick "iie" (no) & come back another time. I haven't been getting the PC-Engine magazines lately, but I guess these things has appeared in them before. I didn't see it in the cheats file though so I thought I'd mention it. All in all, a great game! Wing "Yokoshiman" Yi yiwi3673@css1s0.engr.ccny.cuny.edu