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- Legend of the ZYCA
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- Introduction
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- The world was destroyed by ZYCA three thousand years ago, only those
- in hiding manage to survive. It was predicted that ZYCA will arise
- again to destroy the world but at the same time, someone will save
- the world.
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- Combat
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- There are 14 places for you to explore. Each area have creatures of
- a certain level. Don't go too far away from you current location
- if your level is not high enough. Gain a few more levels before
- going further.
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- During an encounter,
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- YAP - ODP = demage done
- OAP - YDP = demage done
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- where YAP - your attack power
- YDP - your defend power
- OAP - opponent attack power
- ODP - opponent defend power
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- Gaining a level will increase this attributes (+1 to +5). You can
- increase this value by getting a better weapon and armour.
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- Weapons & Armours
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- The weapons are ranked as follows:
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- dagger
- short sword
- long sword
- bronze sword
- black saint sword
- iron sword
- zyca sword
- steel sword
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- The armours are ranked as follows:
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- wooden shield wooden helm cloth shirt
- leather shield leather helm leather armour
- bronze shield bronze helm bronze breast plate
- iron shield iron helm iron breast plate
- steel shield steel helm bronze armour
- zyca shield zyca helm iron armour
- steel armour
- zyca armour
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- Magic
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- There are three kinds of magic: Healing, Fire and Lightning.
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- Healing
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- Cure Poison - SP 5
- Basic Healing - SP 5, Heal 40
- Intermediate Healing - SP 20, Heal 100
- Advance Healing - SP ??, Heal ???
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- Fire - attack hit a single opponent.
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- Basic - SP 5, Demage 20
- Intermediate - SP 15, Demage 50
- Advance - SP 30, Demage 100
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- Lightning - attack all enemies.
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- Basic - SP 5, Demage 10
- Intermediate - SP 15, Demage 25
- Advance - SP 30, Demage 50
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- Hints and Tips
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- Temple - You can only save your game in the temple in the beginning.
- When you have reach the holy pagoda, you can find a device
- that let you save the game anywhere you like.
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- Healing - Don't waste your spell points casting healing spells when
- you are near any town. Just save your game in the temple
- when your hit points is low. After that go out to get
- killed (shouldn't be difficult). The game will be restored
- when you get killed. Upon restoring the game, you will be
- given FULL hit points. This is useful when you are low in
- cash and level. Note that poison is not removed when you
- restore the game, but there is no need to cast spell to
- remove it because the enemies will poison you again and
- again.
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- ? Option - The following action will be executed randomly:
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- 1. Stand still doing nothing.
- 2. Attack three times.
- 3. Restore hit points.
- 4. Lose half your hit points.
- 5. Execute a special attack with an attack power of 3000.
- 6. Half your attack power.
- 7. Execute an attack with double your current attack power.
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- Walkthru
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- 1. Town Cosy
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- Walk around to get familiar with the place. Talk to the fortune
- teller. She will tell you what to do. Go to the gate and talk to
- any guard over there. He will send you to prison. Once inside,
- search the room to get a little saw. Use it to get out of the
- room. Use the saw to release the lizard man and ask him to join
- you. Talk to those guards at the door. Frighten them to get out
- of the jail. Walk to weapon shop (the one with a sword symbol,
- like a cross) go inside and search for a cloak. Use the cloak to
- cover the lizard man. Talk to the guarding the manor a few times,
- they will get angry and attack you. Kill them and go inside the
- manor. The lizard man, Su Er, will break open any locked door
- when you investigate. Search the place for treasure. Search the
- book shelves to open a secret passage. Enter the passage to get
- a security pass. Talk to the guard at the main gate and show
- them the security pass to exit the town. You won't be able to
- enter this town anymore.
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- Check you inventory, get yourself equipped. Follow the road to
- Aule Village.
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- 2. Aule Village
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- If you didn't enter the village and accept the quest. You would
- find creatures attacking you. Take the opportunity to explore
- the place. Try to locate the bandits who kidnapped the young
- girl but don't talk to them (or you'll get killed). It'll be
- easier if you know the way.
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- Enter the village. Talk to village head, agree to save his
- daughter. Gain a few levels first before attempting to save
- his daughter. When you are strong enough, kill the three bandits
- and save the girl. Go back for a reward. Search the forest for
- a device that improve hearing.
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- Follow the path until you reach a split junction. One leads to
- the Deserted Place and the other leads to Mife City. It doesn't
- matter which way you take, but i suggest that you go to Mife
- City to save your game and buy some better weapon.
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- 3. Deserted Place
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- Talk to the guard, show him the bracelet Su Er gives you. Go in
- and look for Su Er. Talk to him and go to Mife City.
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- 4. Mife City
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- This place will be one you spend most of your time in. Go to
- headquarter and take the stairs behind the two guards and talk
- to the general. You must do something to cure the general. Go to
- the 2nd floor of the inn. Search one of the bed to find a piece
- of paper. You won't be able to read it, it's written in some
- foreign language. Bring the paper to Aule Village, show the
- paper to the girl you saved from the bandits. Follow her
- instructions and go to the Deserted Place to look for Sai Jia.
- Talk to him and give him the device to improve hearing. Show
- him the paper and he'll translate it for you. Go back to Mife
- City and talk to the teacher. Show him the paper and he'll
- attack you. Kill him and talk to the general again. You'll be
- given a bronze key that will open many doors.
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- Look for a job and go to work. Follow your employer to an old
- man house. Go through the sequence, and win the fight with Grey.
- You'll be given the permission to get the two swords at the
- dungeon. Search for the dungeon at the forest outside Mife City.
- It's easy to find it with a map. Go inside, join Grey to fight
- the dragon and get the black saint sword. Go back to the inn.
- Use the bronze key to open a room and talk to someone. He'll
- give you a ring. At this point, spend your money wisely, as
- you are going to lose half of what you have. Go to the forest
- NW of the Aula Village. Talk to the man guarding the passage.
- Give him the ring. Go inside and use half of your money to buy
- a VIP card. Go to the inn and use the VIP card to get inside
- the gambling den. Go inside the arena and fight Grey. After
- winning the fight, talk to the soldier that have just come
- inside the gambling den. Pay him $200 to buy the house from
- him. You'll be given a key.
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- 6. Haunted House
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- Follow the path outside Mife City. Your house is somewhere on
- top of the mountain near the palace. Use the key to open the
- door. Fight the ghost inside. Talk to him afterward. His name
- is Peter and he is the servent of Nita. Go to the deserted
- place to attend the ceremony. After the ceremony, a soldier
- will ask you to see the general. See the general and agree
- to find her daughter, Wendy. Look for her at the classroom.
- Give her your magic necklace. With the necklace gone, you lost
- all your abilities to cast spells. Go back to your house
- and talk to Peter. He'll give you a crystal that allow you
- to access the cellar. Reach the diary of Nita (6 parts) and
- stand in the middle of the statues to regain your spell
- casting abilities.
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- 7. Elven Village
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- Go to the elven village from your house. Follow the mountain
- path carefully or you might need to walk the path a few times.
- Once you're in the village, rest in the inn and save the game
- by talking to one of the elves. Talk to village head and get
- the lighting stone.
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- 8. The Cave
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- The cave is just outside the elven village, use the lighting
- stone to enter it. There are two stairways leading down. You
- can find a special mask in the first. Exploring the second
- stairway, you can find the following items: steel helm, steel
- shield, steel armour. Exploring further will leads you to the
- skeletons that are attacking the water demon. Defeat the
- fellow from the holy pagoda. The water demon will bring you
- the zyca sword but you won't be able to get it now. After
- the old man stab you, you'll find yourself in the elven village
- again.
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- 9. The Palace
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- Go back to your house. Talk to Peter. Talk the path behind
- your house to reach the palace. Explore the palace until you
- find the princess. After the animation sequence, get out of
- the palace and go back to your house. You will meet Stailon
- and he'll give you the zyca sword. (He was ordered to give
- the sword to Grey but he has mistaken you to be Grey at the
- jail). Go home and talk to Peter. Wendy is looking for you.
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- 10. The Graveyard of Heaven
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- Go to Mife City and talk to the general. Go back to the cave
- and talk to the water demon. He will join you with 0 hit
- points. Heal him to full hit point so that he can fight during
- combat. He will have the same fighting power as you, but he
- can't cast spell. Go to the lake to the SW of Mife City.
- The water demon will send you up to the Graveyard of Heaven.
- Talk to Wendy and she will join you. Heal her so that she
- can fight during battle. She have the same fighting abilities
- as you and SP 255 when fully rested. Kill the dragon guarding
- the entrance (it has 700 HP). After killing the dragon, walk
- carefully, you might just fall to your death. Search for the
- coffin of Nita and talk to his spirit. Look for the zyca
- shield and zyca ring in the treasure chest. Don't ever use
- the zyca ring unless you want to start this trip all over
- again. Walk to the place you came up, and return to Mife
- City.
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- 11. The Temple of Zyca
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- The temple is NW of Mife City, go and have a look at the remains
- of Zyca.
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- 12. The Holy Pagoda
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- The Holy Pagoda is near Town Cosy. Cross the bridge to enter
- the Pagoda. Search the first level carefully to get a electronic
- checkbook. With this you can save your game anywhere in the
- Pagoda. Those glowing ball are staircase, they are usually
- protected by some guardian robots. If you find those guardians,
- you are on the right track, if not, you are going to a death
- end but you might find something useful. Special item found:
- zyca helm, zyca armour. Search for Grey and Su Er. Once you
- find them, use the bracelet to wake up Su Er. Then you must
- fight the three Gods. They cannot be killed in battle, but
- you can use the zyca ring to invoke Zyca to destroy them.
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- Watch the ending sequence that follows.
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- You have finally defeated the enemies, but you seem to be having
- some family problems to deal with...
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- Su Er does know how to make money...
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- Poor Grey...