Dragon Slayer Jr. – Romancia – a.k.a. Dragon Slayer 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Table of Contents -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Introduction..............................................................[0001] Quest 1: Rescue princess Serina 1. Romancia..............................................................[1001] 2. Cure the lord’s daughters.............................................[1002] 3. Lake puzzle...........................................................[1003] 4. Obtain the Hermit’s Robe..............................................[1004] 5. The well..............................................................[1005] 6. Romancia battle preparations..........................................[1006] 7. Heaven................................................................[1007] 8. Azorba: acquire the scroll............................................[1008] 9. Uncurse scroll in Romancia............................................[1009] 10. Uncurse scroll in Heaven.............................................[100A] 11. Visit the Fairy in Azorba............................................[100B] 12. Azorba Castle........................................................[100C] Quest 2: Slay the dragon Vaides 1. Preparations for your second quest....................................[2001] 2. Castle dungeons.......................................................[2002] 3. Lava castle (1).......................................................[2003] 4. Enchanting the Golden Key.............................................[2004] 5. Lava castle (2).......................................................[2005] 6. Pendant and Dragon Slayer.............................................[2006] 7. Battle Vaides in Romancia.............................................[2007] 8. Battle Vaides in his room.............................................[2008] Princess modes...........................................................[3001] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Introduction [0001] Note that Romancia is not completely linear. There are several ways to go about finishing the game. Then again, there are numerous ways to get stuck. Especially if you use too many Potions of Longevity (medicine), you can easily get stuck. This walkthrough can be used for completing the MSX1 and MSX2 versions of the game. You can also use it to finish the MSX1 princess scenario. There are two small differences: the daughters you need to cure are now sons and you need to save prince Fan instead of princess Serina. Controls CURSOR KEYS: Move UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT. PUSH UP AT HIGHEST: Perform a double jump. Timing is of the essence. POINT OF YOUR JUMP Z: Swing sword or show next text. Hold Z: Throw sword. LEFT/ RIGHT + SHIFT: Select item. SHIFT: Use item. ESC: In game -> PAUSE. F1: Change the game speed. Default is 5, 1 is the fastest and 9 the slowest. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- QUEST 1: RESCUE PRINCESS SERINA ROMANCIA [1001] - Enter the king’s castle. - Speak to the king twice and you’ll receive 20 swords. You don’t actually need the swords in the first quest but it never hurts to have them. Don’t talk to him three times in a row. If you do, your remaining time is diminished by half (punishment for dilly-dallying). - If you are ever in need of some extra time, return to the king. CURE THE LORD'S DAUGHTERS [1002] - Go get the medicine in the church on the east side of Romancia. - Bring the medicine to the lord in the large white mansion. - Repeat the first two steps two more times. - You get 30 gold coins and 3 karma. LAKE PUZZLE [1003] - Requirements: 3 karma or more. - Go to the lake and dive under water. - Push down the switches in the following order: middle, left, right. - Go to the sage’s house in a cave on the right side of the lake. Talk to him and he will open the gate. - Go back to the lake. On the bottom there is a gate to the left you can enter. - In the cave behind it there is a secret opening to the home of the fairy. Press down at 5 paces from the left wall. - Find the fairy and you will receive the Golden Key and 2 karma. - You can leave the cave on the right through a secret passage. The secret passage is only one way. OBTAIN THE HERMIT'S ROBE [1004] - Requirement: 3 karma - Go get the medicine in the church on the east side of Romancia. - Go to the temple on the west side and give the medicine (karma +1). - Return to the church and get both the medicine and the bible (karma +1). - Go back to the temple now that you have the bible and you will get the Hermit’s Robe (karma +1). THE WELL [1005] - Talk to the guy next to the well (not necessary). - Go get the medicine in the church on the east side of Romancia - Go back to the well. Stand in front of it on the right side and throw in the medicine (push up). The well water will become clean again. If you go to the bath house and stand in the water, your life will be restored. If you already have half your HP or more the baths on the left don’t give any extra HP. Make a double jump to the right and fully replenish your life. ROMANCIA BATTLE PREPARATIONS [1006] - Go to the blacksmith and repair your shield. If you make a double jump towards the wall on the right, you will find out that there is a blacksmith who repairs your shield at half the price. Your DP should now be 30. - Restore your HP at the hospital if you still need to. HEAVEN [1007] - Requirement: 4 karma, Hermit’s Robe and medicine - It’s time to go to heaven. First get a medicine from the church on the east side of Romancia. Also make sure you still have the robe in your inventory and haven’t accidentally used it. - Go to the hermit to the right of the church. He’ll change you into an angel. - Now fly all the way to the left and enter the building. - You get the lamp from the third hermit on the left. - From the hermit high upon a cloud you will get some MP. - Use the medicine to change back into your usual self and walk out of the building. You will fall back to Romancia. AZORBA: ACQUIRE THE SCROLL [1008] - From Romancia cross the bridge to Azorba - Enter either the second or the third house, walk to the right and go down. Here you will find a stronghold of evil swordsmen. - Use the lamp (costs magic) to turn the evil swordsmen back into the former citizens of Azorba they once were. Every time you turn someone back to human you will get 1 karma. You can also do this part without using the lamp. In that case it would be prudent to go here straight at the beginning of the game (when you have no karma to lose). If you slay those knights you will lose karma and it will be hard if not impossible to finish the first quest if you’ve lost (much) karma. - You will find 4 sages down here. Talk to the one who isn’t holding anything in his hand. He will give you the ancient scroll. The others all have scrolls too, but those aren’t the right ones. - Use the lamp every time there is a swordsman or a Chada on screen to gain some karma, until you have no more MP. You should have 15 karma by now. It doesn’t matter that the lamp disappears with your final use. You can always get it when you go back to Heaven. UNCURSE SCROLL IN ROMANCIA [1009] - Now go back to Romancia and visit the sage near the lake. He’ll remove the first part of the curse from the scroll. UNCURSE SCROLL IN HEAVEN [100A] - Go to the church and get the medicine once again. - Talk to the hermit on the cloud and go to Heaven again. - Go to the building in Heaven and talk to the first and second hermit you meet. They both will remove a part of the curse on the scroll. - You get the lamp from the third hermit on the left. - From the hermit high upon a cloud you will get a full MP gauge. - Talk to him again to uncurse the scroll for the final time. - Now turn back to human by using the medicine and go back to Azorba. VISIT THE FAIRY IN AZORBA [100B] - Earn some karma with the Lamp until your karma is full (30 karma) - Get the medicine once again and go to Heaven. The last hermit gives you the Crystal Ball of Foresight. Also recover your MP. - Get the Pegasus Wings from the second hermit on the right. - Now you have 30 karma, you can ask the hermit on the highest cloud in Heaven to bestow divine power upon the Hermit’s Robe. - Turn yourself back to human and go back to Azorba. - Here you can find the fairy. If you went here before, you couldn’t get in. Now that you have the Crystal Ball of Foresight you can. The fairy removes the seal on the bible. AZORBA CASTLE [100C] - First of all lose all your karma. You can do that in two ways. Either kill 30 enemies in Azorba or go to the house, where its inhabitant says you shouldn’t go to the second floor. In between the beds you can find 30 gold pieces by pushing up. You will lose 1 karma for each one you take. - Go to Azorba Castle in the east part of Azorba. Watch out that you don’t fall into the lava pit. If you do and you have the Pegasus Wings you can get out, provided that you have an enchanted Hermit’s Robe in your inventory as well. If you don’t, you’ll die instantly. - Select the Hermit’s Robe and push up while standing before the king. You’ll cover him with the robe and as a result he’ll temporarily regain his sanity. He’ll let you go on towards the dungeon. - Now that the scroll is uncursed you can go through the various gates on your route to the dungeon. You either need to perform a double jump or use the Pegasus wings along the way. - You arrive at the jail cell princess Serina is in. If you arrive here before the last two digits turn to 00 after using the Hermit’s Robe on the king, you can rescue her. - You will automatically return to the castle. End of the first quest. As a reward you get 30 karma. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- QUEST 2: SLAY THE DRAGON VAIDES PREPARATIONS FOR YOUR SECOND QUEST [2001] - You start off in the castle. Talk to the king if you are in need of some swords. - Go to the temple on the west side of town and get the Hermit’s Robe. - You can throw away the bible and the lamp to make room for some other items. You do this by using all your magic and then use these items one more time. - Go to the church and get the medicine. With the Hermit’s Robe and the medicine in your inventory you are ready to go to heaven. - Let the hermit on the highest cloud instil the Hermit’s robe with divine power. Also restore your magic and get the Pegasus Wings from the second hermit on the right, if you didn’t already have the item. - Optionally you can get the rod OR the hourglass as well. I’d advise not to take the rod. The hourglass can be useful, but you don’t really need it. - If you have all you need, use the medicine and go back to Romancia. CASTLE DUNGEONS [2002] - Go to king Crift IV in Azorba and let him turn you into a Chada. The major advantage of being a Chada is that you won’t be attacked by monsters. - Find the jail where you freed Serina. Behind it you will find the entrance to the castle dungeons. - You now enter a huge maze with exits on all sides, or so it seems. Some stairways you just can’t climb and some corridors are dead ends. You can only find out by trying. In the maze you can find someone who restores MP if you have the money, a blacksmith (expensive) and a potion seller (expensive). You’re probably better off not using them unless there’s no other way. There are also 4 “hell” rooms (rooms with a giant demonic head in the background). If you happen to wander in one of those, you can exit the room in the top right corner (behind the wall). Use a double jump or the Pegasus Wings. - This is the way through the maze: S-S-S-S-E-E-S-E-S-S-W-W-S-S-E-E-E-S-E- E-N-N-E-N-N-W-N-N-E-N-N-N-E-E-S-S-E-S-E-E-N-N-E-E-E-S-S-S-S-S-W-S-S-W-S- W-W-S-S-E-E-E-S-E-S-S-W-W-N-W-W-W-W-S-W-W-W-W-N-W-N-W-W-S-S-W-W-S - You arrive at the entrance to the Lava castle. LAVA CASTLE (1) [2003] - There are two entrances to the Lava castle. The one you need to pick depends on the time. If the last two digits of the timer are between 00 and 29, you need to take the entrance on the left. In case those last two digits are between 30 and 59, you have to go in through the right entrance. - From here on watch the lava. The Hermit’s Robe protects you from lava dealing damage to you. But if the timer ends in 00 and you are still in lava, your robe will catch fire. You will lose the item. - Go to the right and be careful. If you fall into the lava you’ll end up in a “hell” room and you’d have to make your way back. You can leave any of these rooms from the upper right corner with a double jump or by using the Pegasus Wings. So perhaps this is a good time to use the Pegasus Wings to prevent you from ever falling down. - On your way to the right you first come across a dragon mask. Remember where it is, but leave it for now. - A little up ahead you see three wizards. If you walk directly past them, they will steal magical items. So don’t do that. If your Pegasus Wings are still in effect, you can fly over them. If not, go through the passageway under water. ENCHANTING THE GOLDEN KEY [2004] - Make a double jump (or use the Pegasus Wings) and go to the small alcove on your left (to the right of the three wizards). Stand in it and keep holding the right cursor. You will get 30 gold coins. - Continue to keep pushing to the right. The moment the last two digits of the timer hit 00, you will enter a secret room. The person who resides there will bestow divine power upon the Golden Key. LAVA CASTLE (2) [2005] - Now go out of the room and go all the way to the right. Be careful when the screen stops to scroll because you need to wait for a specific time. You can only advance if the last two digits are between 50 and 09. If you try to go when the timer indicates any other time, you will be sent to one of those hell rooms. - In the next room there is a trap. If you walk below the dragon mask, lava will appear. You need to be careful that the timer doesn’t end in 00 when you are in the lava or you’ll lose your Hermit’s Robe. You can prevent the trap from triggering by jumping over that spot. - Walk on all the way to the right. On the way you hear some boulders call for help. These probably are the search party that went to rescue the princess. You can’t save them at the moment so go on. - At the end use the Pegasus Wings, go up and fly down taking heed not to land in the lava. There is not much chance you’ll land in the lava the moment the timer hits 00. But better safe than sorry. PENDANT AND DRAGON SLAYER [2006] - Enter the water all the way to the right. Go to the right and at your first chance to go up, do so. - Now go to the left. Here you’ll find a hermit who tells you there is something below a dragon mask. He also resets the remaining time to 10 minutes plus any seconds you have left. Return here if you run out of time in any of the following steps. If you have forgotten to let your Golden Key get enchanted you can’t enter. You’d have to return to the secret room. - Return to the first dragon mask and push down. You will find the Princess’ Pendant. - Go back to the hermit and once again make sure you don’t let the wizards steal your items. Make sure you leave the room on the right when the last two digits of the timer are between 50 and 09. And again: don’t trigger the dragon mask trap. - Instead of going up to the hermit to reset your time, you go down and to the left. Here you find a hermit that gives the Dragon Slayer sword. You cannot use it yet, because it is cursed. - Now you have basically two choices of where to fight Vaides. In Romancia itself or in his room. BATTLE VAIDES IN ROMANCIA [2007] - Go all the way to the right and go up the stairs. - Continue your way to the right. Here you will find a room with a mask on the wall. - Jump up against the mask to awaken Vaides. - Now use the Princess’ Pendant to teleport yourself back to Romancia. - Talk to the king to increase the time you have to battle Vaides (not necessary). - Restore life and shields if need be. - Get a medicine from the church and go to heaven. - Talk to the hermit on the highest cloud. He will remove the curse from the Dragon Slayer. Also your magic will be restored which will come in handy. - Now change back to your human self and return to Romancia. - Vaides will show up on his own accord (if he hasn’t already). - He has a long tail. The end is his weakness. Stand as far away from him as possible when he comes flying in horizontally and throw a sword. Then jump over him or just use the Pegasus Wings. Repeat this until he is destroyed. If you didn’t uncurse the Dragon Slayer, you won’t be able to defeat his head. - Congratulations, you have just finished Romancia. BATTLE VAIDES IN HIS ROOM [2008] - Use the Princess’ Pendant to teleport yourself back to Romancia. - Talk to the king to increase the time you have to battle Vaides (not necessary). - Restore life and shields if need be. - Get a medicine from the church and go to heaven. - You need to talk to the hermit on the highest cloud. He will remove the curse from the Dragon Slayer. Also your magic will be restored which will come in handy. - Now change back to your human self and return to Romancia. - Go all the way back to where you got the Dragon Slayer. You can kill all the monsters you want or use the rod or hourglass if need be. - Go all the way to the right and go up the stairs. - Continue your way to the right. Here you will find a room with a mask on the wall. - Jump up against the mask to awaken Vaides. - He has a long tail. The end is his weakness. Stand as far away from him as possible when he comes flying in horizontally and throw a sword. Then jump over him or just use the Pegasus Wings. Repeat this until he is destroyed. If you didn’t uncurse the Dragon Slayer, you won’t be able to defeat his head. - Congratulations, you have just finished Romancia. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PRINCESS MODES [3001] Both the MSX1 version and the MSX2 version have an alternate scenario you can play as well. The MSX1 version is mostly the same as the regular scenario, apart from you playing with princess Serina instead of with prince Fan. The MSX2 princess scenario is different for the most part. Here is how to activate the princess mode: MSX1: Press GRAPH, : and SHIFT simultaneously at the title screen. MSX2: Press SELECT, : and SHIFT simultaneously at the title screen. There is a separate walkthrough aimed at helping you finish the MSX2 princess scenario. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------