Sega Time Stalkers Instruction Manual
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Thank you for purchasing Time Stalkers! Please note that this software is designed only
for use with the Sega Dreamcast console. Be sure to read this instruction manual thoroughly
before you start playing Time Stalkers.
STARTING AND SAVING . . . . . . . .2
THE STORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
CHARACTER INTRODUCTIONS . .5
CONTROLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
COMMAND MENUS . . . . . . . . . .8
GAME DISPLAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
GAME SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
TOWN ACTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
DUNGEON STRUCTURE
. . . . . . . .17
DUNGEON ACTIONS . . . . . . . . .18
BATTLE ACTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
COMMAND MENUS
(
TOWN AND DUNGEONS) . . . .22
SET-UP WINDOW(DUNGEONS) .24
COMMAND MENUS (BATTLES) . .25
STATUS SCREEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
LEVEL-UPS AND MASTERY . . . . . .28
CAPTURING, GRAZING,
REARING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
QUESTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Time Stalkers is a memory card[Visual Memory Unit,
or VMU (sold separately)]compatible game. To save
game files and to download mini-games, you must
have the amount of blocks of space available
shown to the right.
There is so much to Time Stalkers, that we couldn’t fit it int o
one manual!! Whenever you see this icon, please refer to the
Time Stalkers website.
http://www.sega.com/timestalkers
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Place the Time Stalkers disc into your Dreamcast console,
press the disc down until it clicks into place, close the lid and
press the POWER Button to turn ON the power. The play demo
will start a few moments later. Press Start during the play demo
to display the Title Screen. Press Start once more to display the
Mode Select Screen.
●STARTING A GAME
●CONTINUING A PREVIOUSLY SAVED GAME
●CHANGING GAME SETTINGS
Select “NEW GAME” from the Mode Select Screen, then press
the Button to enter your selection. You will be shown the
opening story in which our hero, Sword, finds himself lost in a
fantasy world. Once the opening story is over, the game will
start. (You cannot skip the opening story).
Select “LOAD GAME” from the Mode Select Screen, then press
the Button to enter your selection. Select a memory card,
followed by a game file, then press the Button to continue
playing a previously saved game.
Select “OPTIONS” from the Mode Select Screen, then press the
Button to enter your selection. All the game settings can be
changed.
●SAVING
●FAST SAVE
You can save the game in Sword’s House during game play.
When you restart the game, you will start from the place where
you last saved.
You can save when your character
is in a dungeon and completes a floor. After saving, the Title Screen will be displayed.
Your fast save file will be deleted once you have used the file.
WHITE: Save file (a file saved at Sword’s House
)
YELLOW:
Fast save file (a file saved half way through a dungeon
)
Within the Fountain Square Piece Sword’s House
(
Talk to Mutton the Butler
) →
P9
Dungeon Set-Up Window→P24
F I L E S
The indicators are different for normal saving and
fast saving.
SAVED DATA(WHITE
)
FAST SAVED DATA(YELLOW
)
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MUTTON THE BUTLER
He looks after Sword’s
House.
STARTING AND SAVING
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The main character. Sword travels without
destination. As much as he tries to pose
and appear to be a ladies’ man, he’s
actually rash and careless. His sword ability,
however, is first-class.
Rao is a halfling; half human and half Rioring
Tribe lion soldier. He is uncommunicative, but
very brave. Rao is a proud and lonely warrior
who seeks fulfillment through fighting.
Marion is a doll in every sense of the word!
She is a battle machine produced by an
unknown manufacturer. She is devoid of
emotion, but she is fascinated by humans.
Pyra is an elf. She is also a magician with
a violent temper. Although she is serious,
she causes fear and is very scary. She is gifted
with advanced offensive magical abilities.
Nigel is a treasure hunter. He loves
danger. He has an inseparable
friend named Friday, who is a Sprite.
Lady is a young woman who has run away
from her distinguished family. She’s a real
troublemaker. Lady is impulsive, and never
considers the consequences of her actions.
She has the best fighting ability in the world.
These are the main characters. How will Sword meet them?
This is a fantasy world.
A medieval world, an ancient world, and even modern Japan…
Countless worlds nonsensically bind to form this amazing and yet tiny world.
So who created it? And for what reason or purpose?
No one knows.
A man is summoned.
His name is Sword. He is a wandering adventurer.
A mysterious old man welcomes Sword to the world and calls him a “hero.”
The old man gives him a mission. Sword must solve the hidden mystery of this
world.
Who created this world? And why?
And… is it possible to escape from it?
Many mysteries and strange labyrinths lie before Sword as he sets off on his
adventure.
But Sword is undaunted and decides to bravely defy the myriad obstacles
that stand in his path.
This world contains a bizarre collection of geographical features from many eras and
locations, such as Medieval Europe and 1980s Japan. Each geographical feature is
known as a “Piece.” In every “Piece,” the people, who once lived in each place and
each era, continue to live their normal everyday lives. The world is enwrapped in the
space of a different dimension, and consequently, its geography frequently changes.
●PIECES
●THE HERO’S CREST
Your character must be carrying the Hero’s Crest to enter a dungeon. Sword receives
the Hero’s Crest from the old man at the beginning of the game. As the story develops,
Sword is able to pass the Hero’s Crest to the following characters once he has met
them. You can change the character that you are currently using by selecting “Change
Character” in Sword’s House.
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THE STORY
CHARACTER INTRODUCTIONS
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This is a one-player game. Connect your Dreamcast Controller to Control Port A.
✽ Insert a memory card into Expansion Socket 1 of your controller.
✽ To save game files, you must have the following amount of blocks of available
space on your memory card.
Main game: 16 Mini-games: 54-123 for each game
✽ To soft reset, simultaneously press and hold the , , , and Start Buttons on
the controller.
THE JUMP PACK™ (SOLD SEPARATELY
)
✽ Make sure that you insert the Jump Pack into
Expansion Socket 2 of the controller.
✽ Do not remove the memory card or Jump Pack
while saving.
B U T TO N
B U T TO N
B U T TO N
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●MOVEMENT WINDOW(TOWN
)
●MOVEMENT WINDOW(DUNGEON
)
●BATTLE WINDOW(DUNGEON
)
Triggers / and the S tart Button are not used.
Left on the D-Pad.
The , and Start Buttons are not used.
Button
Analog Thumb Pad
Directional Pad (D-Pad
)
Button
Button
Button
Button/Start Button
Button
Analog Thumb Pad
D-Pad
Button
Button
Button
Button/Start Button
D-Pad
Triggers /
Analog Thumb Pad/D-Pad
Button
Button
Button
Triggers /
Function
Movement (Press fully to run)/Look around (First person view
)
Selection/ Look around (First person view
)
Enter a selection/Conversation/Enter a building
Cancel/Close all the windows
Change camera angle (First person view
)
Open the Command Menu
(
→
P22
)
Function
Movement (Press fully to run
)
: Change map; : Switch the Map ON or OFF
: Change the camera angle (Overhead↔Rear
)
Check Mode→Pick up an item/Initiate a battle
(
→
P18
)
Cancel/Close all the windows
Search
(
→
P18
)
Open the Command Menu
(
→
P22
)
Rotate the camera angle (During the overhead camera angle
)
Function
Selection
Enter your selection
Cancel
Party member selection
TRIGGER TRIGGER
B U T TO N
DIRECTIONAL PAD
STA RT BUTTO N
A NA LOG THUMB PA D
CONTROLS
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✽
“Registration” is when your character is able to use a newly learned magic skill or a captured
monster. Skill and magic registration is automatic. Monster registration is not automatic.
✽✽
“Sealing” is necessary at times when your character’s parameters are too low to be able t o
“master” a registered skill. Sacrifice a skill by sealing it in order to use your character’s other
skills while its parameters are still low.
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●MOVEMENT (TOWN
)
Items
Spells
Skills
Status
Lists
Allies
Equip your character with, dispose of and view the details of items
Spell Menu, registration, removal
Skill Menu, registration✽, removal, seal
✽✽
Display the Status Window(Only for the main character
) (
→
P26
)
Display a list of acquired items and captured monsters
Let monsters in and out of their capsules, change battle formation
●MOVEMENT (DUNGEON
)
Items
Spells
Skills
Status
Lists
Allies
Equip, use, dispose of, identify✽, repair✽, and view the details of items
Spell Menu, cast magic spells, use the spells of your monster allies
Skill Menu, check your monster allies’ skills
Status Screen (main character and allies
) (
→
P26
)
Display a list of acquired items and captured monsters
Reorganize the fighting formation of your monsters
●BATTLES (DUNGEONS
)
Attack
Spell
Item
Defend
Movement
Capture
Attack techniques, weapons or bare fists (VIT Consumption
)
Attack using magic (MP Consumption
)
Use items
Defend, dodge and run away(Not necessarily 100% successful
)
Move within your sector (Equipped “boots” or skill required
)
Capture a monster (Registration “capture” of skill required
)
✽
Special skills and items are needed to “identify” and “repair.” Furthermore, “spells” and “skills”
can only be registered outside of dungeons. “Spells” and “skills” are automatically registered
even when the windows are not displayed.
●SET-UP WINDOW(DUNGEONS
)
Bonus Point Distribution
Skills
Allies
Fast Save
Allocate bonus points (e.g. to the “basic ability parameters”
)
Check and seal your own and your monster allies’ skills
Let your monsters in and out of their capsules
Save a game file in a dungeon
(
→
P3
)
●VMU DEVICE (IN THE MONSTER HOUSE
)
Download Game
Delete Game
Tokens
Download Monster
Download a mini-game to your VMU
Delete the mini-game that is currently stored in your VMU
Buy, Sell and Exchange them for items, download into VMU
Download monsters to and from your VMU
●HOLOGRAM MACHINE (IN THE MONSTER HOUSE
)
Graze
Encapsulate
Register
Release
Put a monster in the Monster House
Take a monster out of the Monster House
Register a monster (You can also give the monster a name
)
Remove a monster (A selected monster will be completely deleted
)
●SWORD’S HOUSE (TALK TO MUTTON
)
Store Item
Collection
Save
Character Change
✽
Save items
Display a collection item
Save a game file
Replace Sword with a new main character
●ITEM STORE
Buy
Sell
Buy an item
Sell an item
●THE CHURCH
Monster Revive Revive registered monster allies (There is a charge for this
)
COMMAND M ENUS
✽
You can only do this when the story has developed.
→
P22
→
P22
→
P25
→
P24
→
P3
→
P30
Options Change game options and view character profiles
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●MOVEMENT SCREEN (TOWN
)
●
MOVEMENT SCREEN (DUNGEON
)
●
BATTLE SCREEN (COMMAND MENU
)
●BATTLE SCREEN (BATTLE FIELD
)
Character Portrait
Hunger Meter
LV(Level
)
HP (Hit points
)
MP (Magic points
)
VIT (Vitality
)
Search indicator (Items and monsters
t
hat you can search are indicated as
your character approaches them
)
Compass (This always points north
)
Elapsed time (Only for the current
dungeon
)
Floor indicator
There are no onscreen indicators when
your character is moving around town.
and cannot be displayed at the
same time in a dungeon.
Radar
Auto map
Gray . . . . . . . Unexplored area
Orange . . . . Unsearched area
Green . . . . . Searched area
Yellow . . . . . Ally
Red . . . . . . . Enemy and/or Trap
Blue . . . . . . . Items
Attribute icon
This displays the attributes of the
floor (→P17
)
Command Menu (During battles
)
(→
P25
)
Battle field indicator
Blue . . . . . . . Within range
Red . . . . . . . Out of rang e
Yellow . . . . . Ally
Enemy status display(Only one
enemy at a time
)
Monster name, hit rate, expected
damage
Modifying the Movement Screen in a Town
Button . . . . .
Overhead view↔First person view
D-Pad/ . . . . . .
Rotate camera angle (Only when
Analog Thumb Pad using first person view
)
Modifying the Movement Screen in a Dungeon
D-Pad Up . . . . Radar↔Auto Map
D-Pad Right . . Switch the Radar ON/OFF
D-Pad Down . . Overhead camera angle↔Rear
angle
Triggers / .
Rotate camera angle (Only when
using overhead camera angle
)
GAME DISPLAY
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