Games SONY PS & PSX XENOGEARS User Manual

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CONTENTS

Preface 2
Getting Started 3
Controls 4
Main Characters 6
Continuing from Saved Data 10
The Main Menu 11
Game Flow 17
Character Actions 18
Towns & Villages 19
World Map - Field 21
Battles 22
Battle Commands 23
Gear Battles 27
Gear Battle Commands 28
Skills & Weapons 30
Special Abilities 31
Armor & Accessories 33
Gear Parts & Items 34
Abbreviations 35
Credits 36
Limited Warranty 37

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Getting Started

TO START A NEW GAME

Set up your PlayStation game console according to the instructions in its Instruction
manual. Make sure the power is OFF before inserting or removing a compact disc.
Insert Xenogears™DISC 1 into your Playstation game console and close the Disc cover.
Make sure a Controller is inserted into Controller port 1 and turn ON the PlayStation
game console. After the opening movie is completed, the Title Screen will be displayed.
(You can press the ≈ button to skip the opening movie and display the Title Screen.)
Select <New Game> using the Directional buttons and press the ≈ button to start.

MEMORY CARD

A Memory card (sold separately) is required to save your progression in this game.
Insert a Memory card into the PlayStation game console BEFORE starting play. Data can
be saved or loaded from either Memory card slot. Do not remove a Memory card while
saving or loading games; doing so could damage the game data. See pages 10 and 16
for instructions on loading and saving games.

OPEN

®

POWER

RESET

RESET BUTTON

POWER BUTTON

POWER INDICATOR

CONTROLLER PORT ONE

DISC COVER

OPEN BUTTON

MEMORY CARD SLOT

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Thousands of years ago.
The

Eldridge

, a gigantic interplanetary
emigrant spacecraft, suffered a sudden
shipwide systems malfunction. On the
monitors that warned of the ensuing danger,
a mysterious shadow flickered for but an
instant. Before the spacecraft’s crew could
respond, someone or something had taken
over their entire ship.

As the passengers and crew attempted to
evacuate, the spacecraft’s own laser
cannons coldly turned and shot them down.
The captain had no choice but to activate the
ship’s self-destruct mechanism. In a flash of
light, the spacecraft fell to a nearby planet.

Born from the fallen wreckage, ‘she’ slowly
arose, her long hair blowing in the wind as
her eyes reflected the dawn’s breaking light.
Reflecting the start of the day that ‘god’ and
‘humankind’ fell to earth.

Preface

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MENU SCREEN CONTROLS:

Directional buttons Move cursor to highlight an action/option

≈ button Confirm/execute highlighted option
Ω button Cancel option and return

R1 button/L1 button Choose between current party characters

FIELD SCREEN CONTROLS:

Directional buttons Move character(s)

≈ button Talk with people, Search scenery, Execute commands
Ω button Hold down to make character(s) run, Cancel commands
ç button Jump (Can also do a bigger jump while running with

the Ω button held down)

√ button Display Menu Screen

R1 button Change viewpoint (Rotates camera right 45 degrees)
L1 button Change viewpoint (Rotates camera left 45 degrees)
START button Pause/continue
SELECT button Turn on/off the mini World Map window

BATTLE SCREEN CONTROLS:

Directional buttons Move cursor/Highlight Battle Option

≈ button 3-point Fierce Attack/Execute highlighted Battle Option
√ button 2-point Strong Attack/Execute highlighted Battle Option
ç button 1-point Weak Attack/Execute highlighted Battle Option
Ω button End battle turn/Cancel Battle Option

START button Pause/continue

(Note: Hold down the R2 and L2 buttons simultaneously as a shortcut for
making all the characters in the party get on/off their Gears at one time.)

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Controls

L

R

SELECT

START

M

F
B

enu
ield
attle

M

F
B

Cancel
Run, Cancel
End battle turn

MFChoose character

Rotate view right

R1 BUTTON

MFChoose character

Rotate view left

L1 BUTTON

FBPause/continue

Pause/continue

START BUTTON

DIRECTIONAL
BUTTONS

FBJump

Weak attack

BUTTON

FBMenu Screen

Strong attack

BUTTON

BUTTON

M

F

B

Confirm
Talk, Search
Fierce Attack

M

F
B

Move cursor
Move character(s)
Move cursor

SELECT BUTTON

F Toggle World Map

L2 + R2 BUTTONS

F Get on/off Gears (all)

BUTTON

Xenogears has different control functions depending on the screen you are on.
These are divided into Menu Screen, Field Screen and Battle Screen controls.
Master the controls for each situation in order to make smooth progress in
your adventure.

(Note: The game can be reset by simultaneously pressing the START, SELECT, L1, L2,
R1, and R2 buttons.)

Assigned to a post in Aveh after completing her training
as an officer in the Solaris military. As a spy, she steals
the latest model Gear from the rival Kislev Army, but is
chased down and forced to make an emergency landing
in Lahan. Her coincidental encounter with Fei ultimately
affects her future.

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Elhaym Van Houten

DATA

Birthplace: Solaris
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 101 lbs.
Specialty: Rods

Gear: Vierge

A young man living in the small village of Lahan.
He suffers from a partial memory loss due to an
incident prior to his arrival. Fei enjoys teaching
martial arts to the children and is adored by all of the
villagers. His hobby is painting, an ability he appears
to have inherited from a master artist.

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Main Characters

Main Characters

DATA

Birthplace: Unknown
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 147 lbs.
Specialty: Martial Arts

Gear: Weltall

Fei Fong Wong

His father disappeared
when he was a young child
and his mother died after
being attacked by undead
Reapers (called ‘Wels’).
He became an etone (an
exorcist/purger of Reapers)
at the recommendation of
his mentor, Bishop Stone.
His younger sister, Primera,
lost her voice from the
shock of her mother’s death
and Billy feels that he is to
blame. Since then, he has
devoted himself completely
to raising Primera.

A giant demi-human,
(half-human/half-beast) who
was created through
biological experiments.
Big and muscular, he is the
champion of the Battling
Arena in Nortune, the
Imperial Capital of Kislev.
Although imprisoned in
Nortune’s D-Block, the
Empire’s penitentiary facility,
his lifestyle is better than
that of many nobles.

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Billy Lee
Black

Rico
Banderas

DATA

Birthplace: Aquavy Islands
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 130 lbs.
Specialty: Guns

Gear: Renmazuo

DATA

Birthplace: Kislev
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Height: 7'0"
Weight: 352 lbs.
Specialty: Wrestling

Gear: Stier

A doctor who runs a medical
clinic on the outskirts of
Lahan. Originally from the
Sacred Empire of Solaris,
his identity is shrouded in
mystery. Yet, his abundant
knowledge and strategic
thinking saves Fei from danger
on more than one occasion.
A gentle healer whose hobby
is tinkering with machines.

Leader of a group of
sand pirates who rule the
desert in their sand
cruiser, the

Yggdrasil

.
However, his true identity
is the Crown Prince of
the Fatima Dynasty of
Aveh. Recklessly brave
and hot-tempered, Bart’s
impulsiveness and habit
of shooting anything that
moves causes much grief
for his crew and friends.

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DATA

Birthplace: Solaris
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 150 lbs.
Specialty: Martial Arts

and swords

Gear: Heimdal

DATA

Birthplace: Aveh (Fatima

Castle, Bledavik)

Age: 18
Gender: Male
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 158 lbs.
Specialty: Whips

Gear: Brigandier

Citan
Uzuki

Bartholomew
Fatima