Mamono Quest

Author:	TPM.CO Soft Works
Release:	"MSX•FAN" Sep. 1988 Issue
Japanese title name:	"まものクエスト"

1~7: Select., Space: Open the status window.
For each checksum, please refer to the magazine's page.

For disk users:

This game is originally for tape only. This is because part of the program's area of use overlaps with the 1st disk's work area.
To play the game and save/load the game to/from your disk, see below.

The 1st file:

Modify the following lines.
mamono1-1st-file-for-disk

(Descriptions)
The line #16: [CFB6H~] Copy the disks' work area(DE00H~F37FH of RAM) to 2040H~35BFH of VRAM.
[CFC2H~] Restore the game data. In other words, copy 800H~17FFH and 3900H~3E7F of VRAM to DE00H~F37FH of RAM.
The line #17: [CFDBH~] Copy the game data(DE00H~F37FH of RAM) to 800H~17FFH and 3900H~3E7F of VRAM.
[CFF3H~] Restore the disks' work area. In other words, copy 2040H~35BFH of VRAM to DE00H~F37FH of RAM.
Each checksum is as follows (using version 1.1 coded by the "MSX•FAN" team).
15>117, 16> 46, 17> 64

The 2nd file named "MAMONO1B.BAS":

(Regardless of tape / disk version) An isssue: Selecting more than "4" in the shop caused an "overflow in 450" error. Fix it!
mamono1-2nd-file-issue

Checksum: 233 (version1.1)
For disk users, modify the following lines.
mamono1-2nd-file-for-disk

To load the game, simply run the 1st file. Of course you don't have to press CTRL key while booting your MSX.
Unlike the tape version, you can continue your quest after saving the game.

Joystick Support:

The 2nd file:
"STICK(0)" is found in the line #250.
"STRIG(0)" is found in the line #260. The quickest way is to simply replace each "0" with "1".
In addition, modify the following lines.
mamono1-2nd-file-joystick

D-pad left / right: Select the number., Trigger 1: Proceed. / Open or close the status window.

For Amiga CD32 + FDD users:

If your CPU is 020, it will be extremely sluggish. You can disable BGM by modifing the code as below.
70 RETURN
220 REM

Mamono Quest II

Author:	TPM.CO Soft Works
Release:	"MSX•FAN" Sep. 1989 Issue
Japanese title name:	"まものクエストⅡ"

1~8: Select., Space: Open the status window.
For each checksum, please refer to the magazine's page.

The 1st file:

It recommends to modify the line #200.
mamono2-1st-file-lines

Checksum: 50 (version2.1)
The original string was "MQ2-B", but it would be better if there is an extension. I'm assuming that we're managing a huge amount of MSX games' files.

The 2nd file named "MQ2-B.BAS":

It recommends to modify the lines #1490 and #1520.
mamono2-2nd-file-lines

Checksum: 1490> 20 1520> 253 (version2.1)
The original string was "MQ2-DT", but it would be better if there is an extension. I'm assuming that we're managing a huge amount of MSX games' files.
To load the game, simply run the 1st file.

Joystick support:

The 2nd file:
"STICK(0)" is found in the line #40.
"STRIG(0)" is also found in the line #40. The quickest way is to simply replace each "0" with "1".
In addition, modify the following lines.
mamono2-2nd-file-joystick

D-pad left / right: Select the number., Trigger 1: Proceed. / Open or close the status window.

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