Zeliard

Zeliard / ゼリアード

PC-8801 Sharp X1 DOS Cover

Developer(s)	Game Arts
Publisher(s)	Game Arts Sierra On-Line (NA, EU)
Composer(s)	Fumihito Kasatani Nobuyuki Aoshima
Platform(s)	NEC PC-8801, X1, DOS
Release	PC-8801: December 19, 1987[1] X1: May 13, 1988[1] DOS: NA:1990, EU:1990
Genre(s)	Platform, role playing game[2]
Mode(s)	Single-player

Plot

Gameplay

References

Gallery

Notes

• Be in the dungeon.

• Have (at least) one item in inventory.

Console	Combination
	' 'CTRL + SHIFT + S + E
	CTRL + GRPH + HOME M88: (left) CTRL + (left) ALT + HOME

• In the DOS version, the level is given a +1 to the game's internal value.

• Credit: Brox

• Additional Research: 다크쏘울 & Kuro-chan''

Bugs and Glitches

i i	Bank Withdrawal and Missing Money Credit: zeliardgame 1.208 2.0 No No Yes Yes In the DOS version, withdrawing everything but 1 gold results in the player having only 1 gold in their account, but no money was received.

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Graphics Glitch Credit: Kuro-chan 1.208 2.0 No No Yes Yes In any of the shops, attempting to restore a game and slide up and down the selection list will result in the game continuing to animate certain graphics. This is a problem unique to the DOS version of the game, since the JP versions did not allow for restoring a game while inside a shop.

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Repeating Almas Credit: Kuro-chan 1.208 2.0 Yes Yes Yes Yes In the Cementar cavern, there is one place you can collect a red Almas orb, to the left of a large gelroid pit. Normally, once you pick it up, a flag is set, but this room mishandles it. Instead, after you collect the orb, leave and re-enter this cavern, a block will appear on the gelroid. This block can be destroyed with your sword and another red Almas orb may be collected. This can be done infinitely, so long as you exit and re-enter the cavern each time.

Skip Cangrejo Credit: edh1017 1.208 2.0 Yes Yes Yes Yes This process allows the player to skip the fight with Cangrejo. By lining up and having two slugs move toward the player with one of top of the other, they can be used to prevent Duke Garland from sliding down the slope (normally prevented by equipping the Silkarn Shoes), allowing him to complete a jump over the entire slope, giving him access to Satono Town. If the player completes the game while using the exploit, it proves that the number of Tear of Esmesanti collected throughout the game is purely cosmetic.

Skip Key in Cavern or Correr Credit: nikita2258 1.208 2.0 Yes Yes Yes Yes This process lets the player completely skip two keys needed to open all three doors in the 7th Labyrinth (only needing to open the door to the Dragon's lair, itself). The exploit requires allowing the player to be pushed through the one-way invisible walls in the wrong direction by the Blue Wolves that run around the room.

Odd Coding

Blue Potion Invulnerability Credit: zeliardgame 1.208 2.0 Yes Yes Yes Yes This applies to anytime the player uses a Blue Potion. The player will be in a state of HP recovery for as long as the potion lasts, providing unending health. The greatest use for this is against Dragon given it's high resistance to all attacks and considerable firepower it possesses. The effect immediately ends when the player reaches maximum HP. The player's HP will never drop below 0 while the potion is in effect: Likely it has to do with how damage and recovery is handled, showing that damage is first tabled: HP is raised to 0, HP recovery is applied, then the death check happens. While the total amount of HP that can be recovered has yet to be calculated in the DOS version, in the PC-8801 and Sharp X1 versions, the Blue Potion will only recover 800HP, providing a shorter time for the player to be invulnerable. This exploit can be used in the PC-8801 and X1 versions to climb over the Dragon's back and strike at the tail (where it takes twice as much damage and is severely limited by how it can attack the player).

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Memoria Feather VS. Kioku Feather Credit: Kuro-chan 1.208 2.0 No No Yes Yes In the DOS version of the game, they broke which sage the player last visits. This may have been on purpose, since there were advantages to traveling back to an earlier town: The player can exchange Almas (or sell the Illumintation Sword) for far better rates then use a Memoria Feather to immediately warp back to the town of the area they were working in. This prevents the 'feather' from allowing such an easy return, forcing the player to go back through the dungeon the hard way. They made additional changes to the game while removing this advantage: The 'feather' costs half as much as the PC-8801 / X1 versions, given its' use becomes far more limited. Increased the Almas exchange rates for all banks in all towns. Curiously, they left the Llama Town base exchange at 4 Almas for 2 gold, even though they could have easily lowered the base values to 2:1. Gave all bosses (except for Jashiin/Archfiend) Almas drops.