Crusader of Centy

Crusader of Centy
Also known as: Shin Souseiki Ragnacenty (JP), Soleil (EU) Developer: Nextech Publishers: Sega (JP/EU), Atlus (US) Platform: Genesis Released in JP: June 17, 1994 Released in US: June 16, 1994 Released in EU: 1994 This game has unused graphics. This game has debugging material. This game has a hidden sound test. This game has regional differences.

Crusader of Centy is a clone of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past that is far more worthy of the latter's subtitle, as it involves time travel. Gameplay revolves around throwing swords which have elemental powers depending on your equipped animal sidekick(s). Although the game has a surprisingly deep storyline, it's somewhat hampered by its hilariously bad English translation.

To do: Investigate the proto; nineko asked me (andlabs) if there was sound data left over. The game does not load the standard Noriyuki Iwadare sound driver that the final (and earlier games by the same team: Granada, Dino Land, and Ranger-X) uses...

Sound Effect Test

Programming for a sound effect test begins at address $039ED0. Action Replay code 039ECE:4E71 or Game Genie code RGSA-G60R will let you access it after pressing Start on the title screen.

Save Data Menus

A debug menu meant for quick access to the save data? The programming for it starts at $0338BE. Use the following set of experimental Action Replay codes to access it on bootup:

000352:0000 CRC bypass

0003B0:4EB9
0003B2:0003
0003B4:38BE
0003B6:4E71

A plus sign next to the entry means data exists in the save slot.

Beyond Oasis Crossovers

Please elaborate. Having more detail is always a good thing. Specifically: Needs much elaboration; probably rewrite.

Present at address $03BAF6-03FFFF of the US version is a block, $450A in size, of code and data from a Japanese version of Beyond Oasis (range $03BB3E-040047) which includes the top scores screen and sound test, among other things. The data is almost identical between the two, but there's slight shifts in the JSR addresses.

Both the Japanese prototype and Korean final have similar findings. Beyond Oasis was initially released in Japan more than six months after the initial Japanese release of Crusader of Centy and was developed by a different company (Ancient), so exactly what is going on here is unknown.

Graphic Tiles

Present in the graphic data. As noted above, Beyond Oasis was released in Japan six months after Crusader of Centy and the two games were developed by different companies, yet Prince Ali's sprites were already a part of Crusader of Centy. This is indeed an odd find.

Regional Differences

To do: Examples. Names in the Japanese and Korean versions. Japanese version has different pause menu graphics (this means rip them). See if NPCs and towns have changed names (Soleil (ソレイユ) and Rafflesia (ラフレシア) are the same in the Japanese version). Is is just me, or is the cutscene trigger for the first king cutscene (where the other kid goes to the king) at a lower spot in the Japanese version? I triggered it by going near the bottom of the upper-left passageway. Japanese version human gibberish: ※「♂♀≠{{red|＠}}￥℃{{red|?}}§＄￡！」 (red indicates characters I am not sure of)... I wonder if there is a significance in this ordering. Some of the NPCs have no name (※) in the Japanese version; compare.

The American Crusader of Centy and European Soleil featured two almost entirely different translations. The US version was picked up by Atlus and is a little more loose, while the European version has a bit more accurate translation and is less censored (usually in the religious context, i.e. the intro's "Let there be light", "DOG = GOD", etc.). While the European version appears to have less overall typos and scripting errors (such as awkwardly placed line breaks in the middle of words), it is considered by some people too literal compared to the "warmer" translation of the US version.

Text boxes in the Japanese and Korean versions have a transparent background; text boxes in the US and European versions have a black background.

Some layout differences exist as a result of the differing translations:

• There's an area in Camellia Desert where breakable blocks spell out the words "ART TEC" in the Japanese and European versions, which was changed to spell out "ATLUS" in the US version.
• Later on in the game, the invisible platforms in the Heaven dungeon (right before the mid-game boss battle with the fortune teller) form "DOG" in the Japanese and European versions, but they were changed to "MAC" in the US release, which was your dog's name. They were supposed to hint which animal to bring to open the boss gate.

Many of the Japanese animal names are based on what the animal in question is or what it does, usually with some emphasis added to various vowels and consonants. The European versions, likewise, name the animals after what they are (though some liberties are taken). Atlus gave the animals much more creative names in the US version.

Japanese	English (US)	English (UK)	German	French	Spanish
Mike (みけ, calico cat)	Kitty	Kitty	Kätzchen	CHATON	Misi
Pochi (ぽち, a common dog name in Japan)	Mac	Johnny	Johnny	PILOU	Tintín
Moa (もあ)	Moa	Moa	Moa	MOA	Moa
Lion (りおん, literally "rion", perhaps a transliteration of the name "Leon")	Inferno	Lion	Löwe	LION	León
Pengii (ぺんぎー)	Chilly	Penguy	Pengi	TOTO	Pigüi
Cheetah (ちった, literally "chitta")	Flash	Charlie	Charlie	CHARLIE	Carlos
Kasshii (かっしー)	Dippy	Dinosaur	Dinosaurier	DINOSAURE	Dinosaurio
Dodo (どーどー; literally "doudou")	Dodo	Dodo	Dodo	DODO	Dodo
Riba (りば, a shortening of Leviathan)	Leviathan	Leviathan	Leviathan	LEVIATHAN	Leviatán
Ponpoko (ぽんぽこ, likely after the Ghibli movie about a raccoon dog of the same name)	Wong	RaccoonDog	Marderhund	RATON-LAVEUR	Perro mapache
Momongaa (ももんがあ, which is a species of flying squirrel)	Cecil	Ciel	Ciel	CIEL	Feli
Musshii (むっしー, from mushi, meaning insect)	Pieces	Caterpillar	Raupe	CHENILLE	Oruga
Arma (あるま)	Rio	Armadillo	Armadill	TATOU	Armadillo
Morimori (もりもり, likely from koumori, meaning bat; also an onomatopoeia for doing something enthusiastically)	Batty	Bat	Fledermaus	CHAUVE-SOURIS	Murciélago
Tamagon (たまごん, from tamago, meaning egg)	Edgar	Egg	Ei	OEUF	Huevo
Patapata (ぱたぱた, supposedly from the onomatopoeia for fluttering wings)	Monarchy	Butterfly	Schmetterling	PAPILLON	Mariposa