Submission #2839: knbnitkr's SNES Romancing SaGa 3 in 21:59.65

Super Nintendo Entertainment System
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Snes9x 1.43 v17
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Romancing SaGa 3 (J) (V1.0).smc
Submitted by knbnitkr on 9/16/2010 7:09:48 PM
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Emulator:SNES9x Re-recording 1.43 v17

Details

  • Aims for fastest time
  • Abuses programming errors in the game
  • Manipulates luck
  • Genre: RPG

About the game

Romancing SaGa 3 is the 6th title in the SaGa console role-playing game series developed and published by Square (now Square Enix) and released exclusively for the Super Famicom system in Japan. It was also the third and final SaGa title to be released for the Super Famicom. It has also been available on the Wii Virtual Console Arcade in Japan since September 21, 2010.
The gameplay is similar to other console RPGs of the era, but with several notable differences. For example, instead of 'level ups', character stats increase individually depending on their participation in a battle. Also, a character has a certain amount of 'LP', which decreases when the character's HP is reduced below zero or when they are hit while their HP remains at zero. If the LP of a character is zero, they are removed from the party, but they can be recruited again with the exception of the main character of the current game, once the main character reaches zero LP, it results in an automatic game over.
During battle, characters can learn ("spark") new techniques which often turn the battle in their favor; the same goes for gaining the ability to evade certain enemy attacks. There is also a Commander mode, which requires at least one character more than the lead character, with the lead character on the back lines, out of the battle. If the player has less than a full party of 6 he or she may use one person smaller formations (i.e. using a four-person formation with a party of five so the main character can direct in Commander mode.) During Commander mode, techniques that involve multiple characters can be learned, depending on the formation.

About the glitch

  • The Materialization Bug
The preparations are necessary to cause this bug.
  1. Put specific equipment on the top of the item list.
  2. Make Robin(Lime) a companion even once.
  3. Adjust the party member to two people or more.
  4. Adjust all member's LP to 1.
When the preparations are completed, fight with Yon-ma-kizoku. And, receive the entire attack and be annihilated.
Then, the character becomes invisibility. (state where party member doesn't exist either)
At this state, open the screen in the shop or the warehouse once.
After that, encounter Maco of the west forest. Then, the screen becomes a tournament mode. Run away at once.
when succeeding, The character, the items, and the map, etc. change.
The result of the change is decided depending on the kind and the number of items put on top of the item list.
You can go into the last dungeon from "Dry large river" that appears only in this method.
 

Movie of my run
  • [|YouTube]
  • NicoVideo(Account necessary)Part1 Part2
Reference
  • Romancing SaGa 3 (J) (V1.0) TAS in → [|NicoVideo](Account necessary)

I hope you enjoy my run.

Critical_five: added video module.

mmbossman: I will be judging this once more information regarding the glitch is made available (and information regarding the version of SNES9x used, because I can't get it to sync with 1.43 v13 (.05 lua). Good viewer response and a nice short RPG. Accepting for publication.
GabCM: I'll use Critical Five's encode for publishing.
Last Edited by adelikat on 9/20/2023 2:07 PM
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