LEGACY OF THE WIZARD / DRAGON SLAYER 4 Item and Stats Hacking Guide By: Binta email address: nekketsu_vince@yahoo.com ================================================================================ What is this about? This is a hacking guide for Dragon Slayer 4 for the NES. It uses built-in hex editing for VirtuaNES under "Tool" as "Cheat Support". It's lets you change your items in your inventory AND the ones you're holding. To boot, you can also modify the stats for your current character! ================================================================================ Disclaimer I, Binta, have made this FAQ page. You can read this freely and/or download it, just don't post it up on your website or other places, unless I say it's okay. I'll let you print this if you want, too. Just don't steal my work. ================================================================================ NEED -NES emulator with same or similar built-in hexxer, hopefully VirtuaNES -Rom of Legacy of the Wizard OR Japanese version, called Dragon Slayer 4 ================================================================================ NOTES AND HINTS -When modifying strength, number of shots, jump or distance, check your stats whenever you stay at an inn or go to the house. They might go back to normal. Also, the same offsets for the stats apply to your current character. -It might "confuse" the game if you modify the number of crowns you have. So don't do it, just to be safe. -Might help if you make a save-state. If you cause a "overflow" or edit the wrong address and/or wrong data, your game will freeze. -When fighting the last boss, you'll always inflict 2 points of damage, regardless if you changed your strength rating. -Change "Enemy Life" only when you're actually fighting a boss. -If your character is killed and you try to hex him/her back to health it won't work, since the death was already registered. -For current HP, magic, keys and gold held, only put 100 at msot or you'll cause an overflow! It won't harm if items are over 99, but they will look something like 1E (still harmless). Maximum should be 255. Too high for stats can also cause an overflow and make your game freeze. But for anything, NEVER place anything above 255. This applies to all games and other hex stuff. -When changing your stats, keys and/or gold, your meters won't change until you "refresh" the screen. Here's how to "refresh" the screen with each stat: Life: Get hit or heal Magic: Use or gain magic Gold: Get gold or buy anything Key: Get or lose a key So, if you've hexxed your gold and it looks like it didn't change, buy what you want and you'll get the gold you hexxed, subtract it by the item's price. ================================================================================ Items Address Item 0060------------Wings 0061------------Armor 0062------------Pick/Mattock 0063------------Glove (to push blocks) 0064------------Crossbow 0065------------Jump Shoes (with star, the shoes that let you jump on enemies) 0066------------Springboard Boots 0067------------Wand (item which uses magic as keys) 0068------------Knuckle 0069------------Rod 006A------------Shield 006B------------Magic Potion 006C------------Elixer (winged bottle) 006D------------Crystal 006E------------Crowns 006F------------Sword (Dragon Slayer) ================================================================================ Miscelaneous Current HP-------------0058 Current Magic----------0059 Current Gold Held------005A Keys Held--------------005B Current Jump-----------005C Current Strength-------005D # of shots allowed-----005E Current Distance/range-005F Enemy Life-------------00F2 (used in boss battles) ================================================================================