FATAL LABYRINTH
Written by MrPopsicle43.
CONTENTS
1. Intro
2. How To Play
3. General Level Strategies
4. Weapons
a. Swords
b. Axes
c. Bows
d. Spears
5. Armor
a. Helms
b. Armors
c. Shields
6. Magic Items
a. Scrolls
b. Canes
c. Potions
d. Rings
7. Ranks
8. Enemies
9. Cheats
10. End
== 1. Intro ==
Fatal Labyrinth is a rougelike released by Sega for their Genesis in 1991.
It was released in Japan as Shi no Meikyuu (Labyrinth of Death) on Meganet.
You can also find Shi no Meikyuu on Game no Kanzume Vol. 2 for Sega CD. It
was re-released on Steam's Sega Genesis Classics Pack 2 on Sep. 13, 2010.
You can buy it for $2.99 USD.
== 2. How to Play ==
This game is a roguelike, meaning that it has many random elements. There are
28 randomized levels, and 3 always-the-same levels. The randomized levels are
actually just chosen randomly from the 28 in the game. However, start, item,
and enemy positions are completely random. Pits will drop you to the previous
floor, and alarms alert enemies of your presence. Enemies will reappear when
all enemies are defeated and you take too long. One thing in the game that
stumped many players are the secret doors. They are absolutely required to
complete the game. You face a wall and press A to reveal them. Items are
scattered randomly around the level. They are detailed more in the item
sections of this FAQ. Note that there are also a few cursed weapons which
will make your food 00. Also, a normal weapon can randomly be cursed. If you
have equipped one before, watch the description. If it says your weapon has a
power of 0, it's cursed. To undo the curse on normal weapons, discard the
weapon and pick it back up. You must also keep track of your food levels.
You can starve and die of gluttony. You will also move much slower when you
eat too much food (80-98). There is also gold, but all it does is change
the game over screen.
The controls work like this...
_
_| |_
|_ _| |A| |B| |C|
|_| |START|
D-pad - move. move into an enemy to attack it
Start - pause and unpause
A - pick up item, skip a turn, reveal secret doors
B - exit from menu, hold and press d-pad to just turn without using a turn
C - open menu, select from menu
The status bar works like this...
------------------------------------
|L01 BEGINNER | |
| HP 0050/0050 | |
| F 10 G 0000 | |
| PW 02 AR 00 | |
------------------------------------
L01 - The floor you are on. There are 31.
BEGINNER - The rank you have.
HP - The amount of health you have left.
F - Food.
G - Gold.
PW - Your attack power.
AR - Your defensive power.
The blank area is where messages will go.
== 3. General Level Strategies ==
THE VILLAGE
You can press Start at any time to skip this segment and go directly to floor
1. All you really have to do is just try to leave 3 times and let the guy
talk to you, but you can talk to the villagers. When the guy says to say
goodbye to the townspeople, their dialogue will change. When you're ready,
try leaving again. The hero will enter Dragonia and the real game will begin.
Given that the floors are somewhat random, I cannot provide specific
drections.
FLOORS 1-4
Make sure to kill every enemy and pick up every item. I recommend that you
try out every magic item that you can to know what it does for the rest of
the game! You can't continue until you reach floor 5, 10, 15, 20, or 25.
FLOORS 5-9
Try not to attack the new Robots until you have killed every other enemy.
FLOOR 10
This is one of the three always-the-same floors. It is simply a 30x29 square
with a staircase at the top-left corner. Also, fake gold and swords are
introduced on this floor!
FLOORS 11-14
From here you can find Insects, who can melt your gear. Switch to armor you
don't care about before fighting them.
FLOORS 15-19
The enemies get harder, but the equipment gets better.
FLOORS 20-24
The monsters have a noticable power increase. You may find the rarer weapons
and armor. Cursed items get much more common here.
FLOORS 25-29
The enemies are the strongest here. Stock up on the best items you could get.
FLOOR 30
This is one of the three always-the-same floors. It's more complicated than
the 10th, though.
Immediately use a Chaos scroll and head into the middle part of the floor.
Picking up the Holy Goblet will get you an extreme amount of experience and
kill all the enemies. Head up the stairs and go up to the last floor.
FLOOR 31
This is the final floor. It takes place on the top of the tower. Dragonia is
the boss you must defeat. Immediately use a quicken potion if you have it.
He won't be affected by most spells. Throw rings and canes at him to wear him
out, and then wail on him. He will use teleport and confusion.
== 4. Weapons ==
There are many weapons to get in this game. As noted in the How to Play
section, normal weapons can randomly be cursed. If it says it's power is 0,
it's cursed. You can easily undo the curse on normal weapons by discarding it
and picking it back up.
- Swords -
They are quite average, being fairly accurate and fairly powerful.
NAME | POWER
----------------+--------
Knife | 1
Short Sword | 2
Long Sword | 4
Cutlass Sword | 7
Steel Sword | 10
Shinobi Sword | 12
Silver Sword | 14
Gradius | 16
Lightning Sword | 18
Masamune | 21
Excalibur | 25
Blood Sword | Cursed!
- Axes -
These are very powerful, but not at all accurate.
NAME | POWER
---------------+--------
Hand Axe | 7
Battle Axe | 15
Heavy Axe | 20
Rolmillian Axe | 26
Golden Axe | Cursed!
- Spears -
These are very accurate, but not at all powerful.
NAME | POWER
------------+--------
Spear | 1
Lance | 2
Trident | 5
Tiger Lance | 10
Skull Lance | Cursed!
- Bows -
You can have a ranged attack with these, but they are not at all powerful and
only somewhat more accurate than axes.
NAME | POWER
----------------+--------
Short Bow | 1
Long Bow | 2
Elf Bow | 5
Sagittarius Bow | 10
Evil Bow | Cursed!
There are also Shurikens which only do 2 damage, but almost always hit.
== 5. Armor ==
Armor can protect you against enemy attacks.
- Helms -
NAME | POWER
-------------+--------
Leather Helm | 1
Chain Helm | 3
Iron Helm | 5
Steel Helm | 7
Silver Helm | 12
Hyper Helm | 15
Dark Helm | Cursed!
- Armor -
NAME | POWER
--------------+--------
Leather Armor | 2
Ring Armor | 6
Chain Armor | 8
Scale Armor | 10
Silver Armor | 16
Battle Armor | 22
Lambada Armor | Cursed!
- Shields -
NAME | POWER
----------------+--------
Leather Shield | 1
Wood Shield | 2
Large Shield | 4
Steel Shield | 6
Silver Shield | 8
Platinum Shield | 15
Evil Shield | Cursed!
== 6. Magic Items ==
Every magic item color's effect is randomized every time you play.
- Scrolls -
NAME | EFFECT
------------------+---------------------------------------------------------
Chaos | Makes all enemies confused.
Search | Makes all items visible.
Rust Proof | Protects your gear from destruction for the floor.
Appraisal | Lets you identify an item without using it.
Sleep | Puts you to sleep for a few turns. Try not to use these.
Armor Strengthen | Increases a selected armor's power by 1.
Weapon Strengthen | Increases a selected weapon's power by 1.
Curse Removal | Removes confusion and darkness.
Teleport | Teleports you to a random spot.
Newspaper | Does nothing.
- Canes -
You must be facing the target for the canes to work.
NAME | EFFECT
-----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------
Anti Magic | Prevents all enemies from using magic for the rest of the floor.
Blizzard | Damages the target.
Flame | Damages the target.
Lightning | Damages the target.
Kamikaze | Instantly kills the target.
Hypnosis | Puts the target to sleep.
Slow | Slows the target down.
Pit | Creates a pit. If you fall through it, you will reset the floor.
Wooden | Does nothing.
- Potions -
You can throw them to put the effect on the enemy.
NAME | EFFECT
---------+--------------------
Blinder | Surrounds you in darkness.
Power Up | Increases attack power by 1 permanently.
Heal | Recovers some HP and restores max HP if lowered by a Medusa.
Hunger | Drains food to 01.
Recover | Recovers some HP and removes curses.
Poison | Lose some HP.
Quicken | Increases your speed and greatly improves your attacks!
- Rings -
Naturally, you can only have one of these effects at a time.
Most effects will wear out over time, so bring more than one along.
The bad ones will break when the curse wears off.
NAME | EFFECT
--------------------+--------------
Blizzard | Damages enemies when thrown.
Lightning | Damages enemies when thrown.
Flame | Damages enemies when thrown.
Armor Strengthening | Increases armor by 3.
Power Up | Increases attack by 3.
Curse | Prevents you from healing and can't be taken off.
Dark | Surrounds you with darkness and can't be taken off.
Food | Slows down food consumption. Unequip when within 80-98.
Heal | Greatly increases healing rate when walking.
== 7. Ranks ==
You get new ranks when you kill enough enemies. They increase your max HP and
amount of HP you gain while walking.
Max HP may not be accurate because Medusas can reduce it, but it is curable.
RANK | MAX HP | HP GAIN
-----------+--------+---------
Beginner | 50 | 1
Valet | 55 | 2
Ranger | 60 | 3
Leader | 74 | 4
Battleman | 90 | 5
Soldier | 115 | 6
Warrior | 145 | 7
Fighter | 180 | 8
Swordsman | 225 | 9
Trooper | 280 | 10
Knight | 310 | 11
Veteran | 370 | 12
Master | 440 | 13
Hero | 510 | 14
Samurai | 600 | 15
Lord | 680 | 16
Lordmaster | 770 | 17
== 8. Enemies ==
There are various enemies in Fatal Labyrinth. Later enemies get very hard!
NAME | FLOOR | SPEED | HALL | RANGED | OTHER NOTES
------------+-------+-------+------+---------------------+-----------------
Jelly | 01 | slow | no | none |
Bat | 01 | med. | yes | none |
Worm | 01 | fast | yes | attack |
Magician | 01 | slow | no | sleep |
Snail | 03 | slow | no | none | very evasive
Ice Bar | 03 | med. | yes | attack |
Ninja | 05 | med. | yes | attack |
Robot | 05 | fast | yes | attack | move when provoked
Amoeba | 07 | med. | no | none |
Killer Fly | 07 | fast | yes | attack |
Big Eye | 09 | slow | no | attack |
Wizard | 09 | slow | no | chaos |
Mimic | 10 | none | no | none | look like gold
Ghost | 10 | fast | yes | none | look like swords
Shinobi | 11 | fast | yes | attack | steals gold
Fire Tree | 11 | none | no | attack |
Blue Jelly | 11 | slow | no | none | multiplies
Insect | 12 | fast | yes | attack, melt gear |
Bablou | 13 | slow | no | attack |
Green Bar | 13 | med. | yes | attack, sleep |
Chaser | 15 | fast | yes | attack |
Necromancer | 15 | slow | no | attack, chaos |
Medusa | 17 | med. | yes | reduce max HP, dark |
Clay | 17 | fast | yes | none | steals food
Floor Shark | 19 | med. | no | none |
Granz | 19 | med. | no | attack |
Flowster | 21 | med. | yes | attack |
Scarlet | 21 | fast | yes | attack, chaos |
Sasuke | 23 | fast | yes | attack | steals equipment
Dune | 23 | fast | yes | attack |
Trunadai | 25 | slow | no | paralysis |
Mercury | 25 | slow | no | reduce max HP |
Hell Fish | 27 | med. | no | none |
Chaos | 27 | fast | no | attack |
Gogon | 29 | med. | yes | chaos |
Dragon | 29 | med. | yes | attack |
Dragonia | 31 | fast | ??? | teleport, chaos | final boss
== 9. Cheats ==
99 AR
Get two bows, and alternate between equipping them until your AR rolls from
00 to 99. Now you are much more defensive! Don't equip any other armor or you
will lose the 99 AR.
Uncurse Cursed Weapons
Simply use a Weapon Strengthen scroll on a cursed weapon. It is super
powerful now, even though the game will say it has a power of 1.
If you are going to combine this and the next cheat, don't. The weapon will
become cursed again when you discard it.
Fist Fighting
Equip a weapon, discard it. You will fight with your fist, which is not very
useful. BUT, if you do this trick with the axe, you can attack with the power
of the axe, but with much better accuracy! Make sure to pick it back up and
not equip it, as you must do the same thing each floor to keep the accuracy.
Game Genie Codes
These codes will give you much more cheating capabilities than the previous.
CODE(S) | EFFECT
----------------------+------------------------------------------------
BABT-AA4G | Master code, must be enabled
ABFA-ACER + ABFA-ACET | Start with 100 HP
ABFA-ALER + ABFA-ALET | Start with 500 HP
ABFA-BAER + ABFA-BAET | Start with 1000 HP
ABFA-ALNR + ABFA-ALNT | Start with 2500 HP
ABFA-BAYR + ABFA-BAYT | Start with 5000 HP
C4NT-AA5N | HP never goes down except when poisoned
AV2A-B22T | Restore HP 4x faster
BB2A-B22T | Restore HP 8x faster
CV2A-B22T | Restore HP 20x faster
EBFA-AAE0 | Start with 20 food
LBFA-AAE0 | Start with 50 food
BDBA-BA6T | Armor items worth more points
CXBA-BA6T | Armor items worth MUCH more points
AZ3T-BJ3C | Food items always worth 40
AB2A-AAEE | Food never goes down
HV3T-AAD6 | Gold items worth 60
BKJA-AA9A | Kill everything in 1 hit (even the final boss!)
== 10. End ==
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