Dragon Quest VIII Unused Maps & Monsters

[@punk7890]

For what ever reason the TCRF link in the description keeps getting cut off. Here is the correct link: tcrf.net/Dragon_Quest_VIII:_Journey_of_the_Cursed_King_(PlayStation_2)

[@MrMarket1987]

The fact that the possibility for the Hero to fight in his Royal Guard outfit was taken out of the final game is rather saddening. Would've been nice to keep it as an optional look.

[@MinusTheRogue]

The lord of dragovians (dragon) IS in the game. The first time you meet him you fight him in that form.

[@matteoverdino1091]

A part of The first map was used for a Dhoulmagus flashback un DQ8 for 3DS ! It all make sense now :D

[@EnchantedSmellyWolf]

Totally!

[@somebakedgood]

The map in the flashback is already Seer's Retreat anyways lol

[@CosmicChris]

"Evil Jessica rips open the fabric of space with the scepter! Evil Jessicas emerge from another dimension!" Christ, if that is how the real boss worked, people would cry in frustration fighting her.

[@punk7890]

Definitely would be rage inducing.

[@Willllow]

"Rhapthorne rips open the fabric of space with the scepter! Rhapthornes emerge from another dimension!"

[@robertoordenana1336]

8===D ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

[@strawhat9320]

Cosmic Christopher Jessica got that rack

[@revaryk6868]

"Evil Jessocas emerge from another dimension!" Hey, this was supposed to be a 4 on 1 dual, not a 4 on 4 dual! Dammit Evil Jessica!

[@metaloverlord99]

Well, I didn't think that move could get any more annoying, but at least now I know that anything's possible.

[@RoseLostinValley]

Lord of the Dragovians is actually used when you first go into the Heavenly Dais, The LotD is actually crazy, and already in dragon form, so you have to clobber him to get him back to his senses. Just played through it.

[@punk7890]

Thanks for the heads up. I've stated the correction in the description already. Do you know if the red Anchorman is unused at all? That's the one I don't really know. tcrf.net/Dragon_Quest_VIII:_Journey_of_the_Cursed_King_(PlayStation_2)

[@RoseLostinValley]

I don't recall ever seeing the red Anchorman

[@MaiNguyen-fi9dd]

Wow how interesting! I never knew there was this many unused things in this game.

[@justdontask3]

the red high roller is used. if a high roller rolls a 1, it turns red and stops rolling. now it just goes ham with strong abilities. some of the waterfall cave parts were actually used in the Dragovian Path. not everything, they were reworked a little, but theres a strong resemblance. the lord of the dragovians is used as well, as the first time you fight him and get the Argon ring as a reward from Chen Mui, the Lord is currently going mad with power, and cannot use his human form. if you return to the Lord and fight him once more, you fight his human form, then he turns into the Vermillion Dragon for phase 2, if you beat that, you can make a wish for Dragovian armor, helm, shield, sword, or a new monster for the arena. PS2 has a bonus wish for instant alchemy pot, 3DS has a wish for a new dungeon, Memoriam. the Dragovian armor actually changes the heros outfit, as well, which looks pretty cool.

[@punk7890]

Thanks for the info. I realized that the dragon was used a bit too late, however there is one odd alternate to him that goes unused which I'm not sure why is in the game. What about the red Anchorman? Is that used at all? I'll have to look up a video about the alternate waterfall cave as what is shown in this video is labeled as "(old) waterfall cave". So I assumed it was unused since my memory on this game is a bit hazy. More info on this game can be found on The Cutting Room Floor.

[@punk7890]

Ah yes I do see the resemblances in the unused waterfall cave. However it is indeed unused, at least this version shown in the video. The monster encounters here are very similar the first time through the dungeon. This unused version doesn't have the monster encounters from the Dragovian path and some exits in the unused version lead to the used version the first time through the dungeon, not from the Dragovian path version.

[@DoctorDictator]

The red high roller is just from a regular high roller when they roll the dice on to 1, it "gets serious"

[@furretgal7680]

10:48 Alright, who gives Jessica (and Hero) a Super Mushroom? (and who gives Evil Jessica a double cherry?)

[@sunkhaskasis]

Oh man, I've never thought I'd ever see DQ8 being documented on TCRF. Good to see someone finally doing a research. Now then, there's one thing that's been bothering me. If you extract the files from an ISO, you'll notice the "btl" folder inside of "wav" folder. Those are the intimidation/death/misc. battle character lines. However, if you play some of the audio files (you can do that using fobbar2000 and vgmstream plugin), you'll notice that there's Jessica lines where she says some...pretty lewd puns. Are those used anywhere? I haven't played Dragon Quest for a long time, so I've forgotten some battle moves. If you'd like to study those audio files, here's the dropbox link. www.dropbox.com/sh/phj8lk6g5kmjg51/AABxuHe4yJCeQYsjw_rG6AfGa?dl=0

[@punk7890]

Yeah, I don't know what those are. There is a high chance of it being unused. Feel free to put them on the TCRF page. What is the tool to extract the data from the ISO? I've been meaning to look around at more stuff sometime.

[@sunkhaskasis]

There's a tool named dq8ext. It's command line, but it's easy to use. Extract DATA2.DAT and DATA2.HD6 using Apache. DATA2 contains all the music and voice clips, while DATA1 contains the models, textures, maps e.t.c. Once you have both DATA.DAT and DATA.HD6 files extracted, drag the HD6 file into dq8ext.exe. Make sure that both DAT and HD6 files are in the same folder, otherwise it won't work. Wait until it finishes and you're done. Get dq8ext here www.pokanchan.jp/dokuwiki/software/console

[@punk7890]

Thanks for the link. However I have never heard of Apache nor have any leads on what it is. Feel free to PM it.

[@sunkhaskasis]

psx-core.ru/load/ps2_soft/8-1-0-48 Click on the green text where it says 947.2Kb

[@punk7890]

Thanks. I'll try it out soon. Hopefully I can figure out a way to load the two unused overworlds with this.

[@criticismcat7532]

Question, how did you access this stuff? Edit: I have it on the original PS2 but I prefer to Emulate the game on PCSX2, not that it most likely matters.

[@punk7890]

It's complicating to explain the process. Basically its figuring out how games store stuff in memory. Check out the link in the description for a monster modifier code I made if you want to play around with that.

[@criticismcat7532]

K, I will have to look at it tomorrow. Ty

[@marioe.4400]

But is it accessible through PCSX2? 'The Cutting Room' Floor describes it as "for console only", which i find it hard to believe...

[@GamerOfTheCentury1000]

Ya red anchorman was never used

[@mingusdegeest7162]

I have visited the site in the descripton and looked at every step, but how do I Install/Use this? And where do I put in the codes

[@punk7890]

If you're using the codes on a real PS2, you'll need a cheat device, such as a GameShark or CodeBreaker. If you are using an emulator (PCSX2), you will need to convert the codes to pnach format. You can convert them to pnach with PCSX2CE.

[@mingusdegeest7162]

Thanks man i will try it as soon as possible :)

[@drakorre3232]

how did you do the last one?or just a glicht?lol

[@metaloverlord99]

Any chance there are codes that let you do this with Action Replay Max?

[@punk7890]

omniconvert might work. www.romhacking.net/utilities/693/

[@metaloverlord99]

So, how exactly does it work, anyway? EDIT: I think I have a basic understanding. I know you have to select the input and output and then put in the code you want to convert, but is there anything else to it?

[@punk7890]

Put the codes you want converted in the "input" section as a "raw" code. Turn the output to AR Max, hit convert, then copy them to your AR Max.

[@metaloverlord99]

So, by turn the output to AR Max do you mean click Output, move the cursor over Action Replay and then when the little sub-list for which version comes up you just click MAX, then just type the code in the Action Replay Max code list? Sorry, I just wanna make sure I get this exactly right.

[@punk7890]

Correct.

[@DoctorDictator]

How did u get to these places?

[@cybercoyotte6718]

Svideo or Component? just to know s2

[@kikai1187]

凄い

[@kokorp378]

how you make giant hero and jessica?

[@punk7890]

They are GameShark / CodeBreaker codes I made. If you have such cheating device, I can post them.

[@lProjectZerol]

These monsters are not unused

[@tommysin194]

The Lord Of The Dragovians is in the real world?...Impossible!! lol

[@ARM0RP0WER]

Ok so waterfall lvl 2 that was shown is in the game secondly the one shown is bigger not smaller come on get your facts straight also from the comments you showing the lord of the dragovians and the high roller is just dumb i dont know how you couldnt figure out they are in the game like cool you can access the core code of the game but you clearly didnt play the game and or play it enough since you didnt know about they massively important boss and enemies

[@ARM0RP0WER]

Ok so i thought everyone was talking about the eye being red when rolling a one but this one is a red high roller without the red eye which isnt used the one red that is used has the eye red as well