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SaGa4: Masters of the Demon World
(also known as Final Fantasy Legend 4 in the US)
(also known as 魔界の覇者 Ｓａ・Ｇａ４ to meganerds)
(also known as Final Fantasy Legend 4 in the US)
(also known as 魔界の覇者 Ｓａ・Ｇａ４ to meganerds)
SaGa4 is an unofficial spiritual successor to the gameboy SaGa RPGs, aka Final Fantasy Legend. It features old-school combat mechanics and visuals faithful to the gaming heyday of 1989. If you're nostalgic for retro games, or just looking for a good, challenging RPG, this game is probably a good fit.
- Choose a party of humans, mutants, robots, and monsters, each with a unique leveling scheme
- Employ over 300 combat items and abilities, either learned, found as treasure, or crafted from elemental stones
- Explore the 20 floors of Babel in addition to the many alternate worlds beyond
- Fight in finely-tuned battles against difficult opponents -- every encounter could be dangerous, and you'll need every trick to survive
- Enjoy the best of old school mechanics without the pain points: items have descriptions, encounter rate is sane, randomness is controlled, etc
- Uncover the fate of Jonas and Janine, the missing warrior twins, and gather the relics of the lost city of Hero to open the path to the world beyond
The project is complete and approximately 10 hours long, (shorter for the knowledgeable and longer for completionists, obviously). Bug reports are welcome. The game is made in Java on the MGNE engine, supporting Linux/Windows/OSX, and source code is available upon request. Graphics are a mix between SaGa rips (for sprites and battle portraits) and custom (all custom tiles!) Music is straight from the source and plays in an embedded Gameboy APU emulator. A bit more is explained in the manual but everything you need to know is in game. Our database tools and monster charts and things like that are also available -- we love talking old school game mechanics so if you have a suggestion, feel free to comment. Enjoy the game!
Game not endorsed by Square Enix in any way. All graphics taken without permission.
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Announcing a successor... The Secret of Varonis
psy_wombats
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P41R47
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CloseI been on a SaGa streak lately, replaying all the games from the original Legend SaGa.
And obviously, your game, at least for me, is canon in that original SaGa.
So while replaying it, i wondered, is there a guide for monsters tranformation or something?
I tried to use the monster guide for SaGa 2 but it didn't worked... or maybe i use it wrong?
Any way, impatient for trying your new game, The Secret of Varonis, that, from what i saw on the trailer, is a more streamlines version of this SaGa 4 game, right?
And obviously, your game, at least for me, is canon in that original SaGa.
So while replaying it, i wondered, is there a guide for monsters tranformation or something?
I tried to use the monster guide for SaGa 2 but it didn't worked... or maybe i use it wrong?
Any way, impatient for trying your new game, The Secret of Varonis, that, from what i saw on the trailer, is a more streamlines version of this SaGa 4 game, right?
P41R47
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This is THE fan game we SaGa lover needed. I really appreciate all your hard work and efforts to bring us this.
I would really love to see a Romancing SaGa serie fan game, including the Minstrel Song enhancements.
I loved this game instantly, and so i made a little mod for whoever wanted to use it. Its just a title screen with the SaGa 4 logo.
But i will only upload it if the developer approve it.
EDIT: And the developer approves!!!!
Here is the little mod:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m20chiJzfZXWP9FijffQ5ZvX4nDHWqfF/view
And here how to install it:
go to ''saga 4 masters of the demon world'' directorie, open the ''res'' subfolder, and then the ''ui'' subfolder. There, change the name of the image named ''bad_title'' to something else. Then download the image from the link and copy it into the ''ui''subfolder. DONE!!!
(for this to work correctely, you must extract the game data from the zip stored in RPGMaker.net. That also apply for the in-game save function to properly work)
I would really love to see a Romancing SaGa serie fan game, including the Minstrel Song enhancements.
I loved this game instantly, and so i made a little mod for whoever wanted to use it. Its just a title screen with the SaGa 4 logo.
But i will only upload it if the developer approve it.
EDIT: And the developer approves!!!!
Here is the little mod:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m20chiJzfZXWP9FijffQ5ZvX4nDHWqfF/view
And here how to install it:
go to ''saga 4 masters of the demon world'' directorie, open the ''res'' subfolder, and then the ''ui'' subfolder. There, change the name of the image named ''bad_title'' to something else. Then download the image from the link and copy it into the ''ui''subfolder. DONE!!!
(for this to work correctely, you must extract the game data from the zip stored in RPGMaker.net. That also apply for the in-game save function to properly work)
Dyhalto
7536
I never encountered that bug and I beat the game, so it's probably not a prevalent as you might be concerned for.
psy_wombats
13315
Thanks for the bug report, should be addressed. Hate to think how long that one was out there :/
Hey, really digging this so far, right up until this game-breaking bug.
(Minor spoilers?)
After running from the first encounter with Ares, the party is teleported into a wall for the ensuing cutscene and is totally stuck. Incidentally, you get the same result if you happen to get in a lucky shot and kill him.
(Minor spoilers?)
After running from the first encounter with Ares, the party is teleported into a wall for the ensuing cutscene and is totally stuck. Incidentally, you get the same result if you happen to get in a lucky shot and kill him.
grindalf
3556
This looks great. I loved the SaGa Games and my Grimoire of worlds is heavily inspired by them so it would be great to add another game to the list of inspirations
psy_wombats
13315
That's funny, the little FFL3-style number popups above character's heads are actually implemented but disabled because we felt they were redundant with the in-battle printout. Maybe we should make it configurable.
Re: controllers, they should be supported, just have to set them up from the title OPTIONS menu. It's been a while since I tested and it might be finicky, but I've gotten my own controller set up before anyway.
Re: controllers, they should be supported, just have to set them up from the title OPTIONS menu. It's been a while since I tested and it might be finicky, but I've gotten my own controller set up before anyway.
I was wondering if controller support is or will be available? I've been straining my hands too much, playing it on the keyboard kinda hurts :<
(and yeah, i haven't gotten far in it yet after 2 years mainly because playing stuff on the pc is really uncomfortable ;A;)
by the way i kinda feel that SaGa 3 styled number popups would make battlers way easier to read, but that may be an unpopular opinion? still, i missed how legit and solid this feels. <3
(and yeah, i haven't gotten far in it yet after 2 years mainly because playing stuff on the pc is really uncomfortable ;A;)
by the way i kinda feel that SaGa 3 styled number popups would make battlers way easier to read, but that may be an unpopular opinion? still, i missed how legit and solid this feels. <3
psy_wombats
13315
Thanks! Now I'd better push out a bug/balance fix fast to go with the fancy css haha
kumada
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Oh, weird. I'll just circle back if I need them, then. It seems implausible that the scuba, heat goggles, and radio wouldn't come up again, though.
psy_wombats
13315
That's correct. For instance if you were to ditch the scuba gear, it'll show up in a chest back where you got it.
Dyhalto
7536
Sharing from my own experience, every time you go to a new world, the old stuff is officially irrelevant. Also, if you discard something and find you do still need it, you can go back to the treasure chest you found it in and it'll be there again.
kumada
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So, how do I know when it's safe to discard items? I think I've used the shrine key for everything, but then the game also lets me just permanently throw away the scuba and the radio too, so I have to wonder.
psy_wombats
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@Kumada: That's a bit odd. I've run the files through VirusTotal and it looks like Symantec (Norton) picks it up, but nothing else:
https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/7ae6575bc5b48095beed301149b4342bd0d1ad2dcdcdb2c0f6c2fff89475eb95/analysis/1485132662/
Just the game jar:
https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/7e5b4d01c74f105ce52e1cd04005b918a17dd6b8209e3d4139c132c9b3143e05/analysis/1485132932/
The culprit seems to be the .exe included to run the Java application... (protip: don't make java-based games, ugh). On the plus side, you probably don't need the exe to run the game, can just run the jar. Here's a download with just the game jar if there are still issues:
https://rpgmaker.net/media/content/users/1541/locker/SaGa4.zip
https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/7ae6575bc5b48095beed301149b4342bd0d1ad2dcdcdb2c0f6c2fff89475eb95/analysis/1485132662/
Just the game jar:
https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/7e5b4d01c74f105ce52e1cd04005b918a17dd6b8209e3d4139c132c9b3143e05/analysis/1485132932/
The culprit seems to be the .exe included to run the Java application... (protip: don't make java-based games, ugh). On the plus side, you probably don't need the exe to run the game, can just run the jar. Here's a download with just the game jar if there are still issues:
https://rpgmaker.net/media/content/users/1541/locker/SaGa4.zip
Kumada, your Norton software might think it's a trojan because Master of the Demon World is a Java application. It's not an RPG Maker game. Java was notorious for its exploits.
Dyhalto
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I downloaded and played it a few months ago, and it looks like it's the same download. MSE didn't flag it as anything, and both my desktop and laptop aren't acting strangely. I'd say it's okay.
kumada
3917
Downloaded, extracted, Norton immediately flags as a high-threat Trojan.
Is it possible the download is infected? Usually for rpgmaker games, I get a "this file is not verified due to low usage by the community", which is fine.
The one time Norton thought a game I'd downloaded was a Trojan and I went ahead and created an exception to allow it to run, I had to reformat my laptop.
So I'm kinda hesitant.
Is it possible the download is infected? Usually for rpgmaker games, I get a "this file is not verified due to low usage by the community", which is fine.
The one time Norton thought a game I'd downloaded was a Trojan and I went ahead and created an exception to allow it to run, I had to reformat my laptop.
So I'm kinda hesitant.
