MiSTer FPGA - Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire [Roland MT-32] / DOS PC-486
18**HQ 1440p/60 - For best result with my EGA monitor filtering, raise local display brightness ~15% while playing!** This is the story of Shapeir, with all dialogue and sequences logically in order & time given to read along. I tried to keep grinding to a minimum & work it in while battling in the desert for the most part, which you can skip via chapter markers. My hybrid-thief character "Slim Pickins" is imported from my previous playthrough video of Hero's Quest: https://youtu.be/NsY6YwItNEg. Looking to get into MiSTer FPGA? Great quality kits, parts & support at https://www.MiSTerAddons.com
This took a *long* time to record. I'm not content on just following guides for videos like this and instead took weeks to re-learn the game and examine the sequence of events and how I wanted to portray them here. The main resources I referenced were lists of dialogue options and a script dump of the game so I could figure out the progression of dialogue at parts. It's a Thief playthrough at heart, but more in the Robin Hood style where I do not hesitate to give away any money gained along the way. Probably didn't need to bargain for stuff on later days, since money becomes effectively useless as you get to Raseir. I show a couple extra scenes if you stick around after the ending.
⭐For MT-32, use the v1 (Old) ROM.
Mark Seibert's awesome MT-32 score is presented via the excellent mt32-pi project by Dale Whinham:
https://github.com/dwhinham/mt32-pi
Check the comments section below for a list of music track timestamps. (coming soon!)
If you would like to continue the adventure of Slim Pickins yourself; here's a link to my endgame character import file:
https://bit.ly/460IWjQ
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AO486 core 2022-12-17 build - Quest for Glory II: Trial By Fire
A.K.A: Hero's Quest II: Trial By Fire
AO486 Settings: HiRam // 386-40MHz Preset // Frequency: Variable (70hz)
MT-32 ROM: v1 (Old)
Filter Hori: Gaussian Sharp 80 // Filter Vert: Scanlines - Adaptive\40_70
Shadow Mask: Imaging Science & Technology CFA MYCK (Lighter) [RGB] (https://pastebin.com/iu27UMHk)
Gamma: Off
Played using a Logitech g400s mouse @400DPI and USB keyboard.
Settings: Integer Scaled to 1440p // HDMI to Datapath e1s capture card
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|:=-Timestamps-=:|
00:00 - Boot
01:21 - Title / Intro / Class Select / Import
05:22 - Day 1 (Intros & Lore 1)
10:29 - D1: Gate Plaza
20:07 - D1: Money Changer / Dinarzad 1
30:12 - D1: Guild Hall - Rakeesh & Uhura
46:45 - Day 2 (Intros & Lore 2, Training & Thieving)
50:34 - D2: Apothecary 1
58:17 - D2: Magic Shop 1
1:09:41 - D2: Tightrope Contest & Training
1:18:04 - D2: Ali Fakir & First Battle
1:27:03 - D2: Shema's Dance & Dinarzad 2
1:33:45 - D2: Thief Heist
1:41:32 - Day 3 (Intros & Lore 3, Training)
1:48:03 - D3: Weapon Shop
1:55:42 - D3: Grinding
2:07:18 - D3: Dervish 1
2:15:51 - D3: Aziza 1
2:25:39 - D3: Poet 1
2:35:55 - Day 4 (Intros & Lore 4)
2:39:05 - D4: Apothecary 2
2:43:27 - D4: Astrologer 1
2:48:33 - D4: Aziza 2 - Elementals
2:54:02 - D4: Dinarzad 3 & Grinding
3:14:28 - Day 5 (Fire Elemental, Bad Ending, Grinding)
3:17:38 - D5: Fountain Plaza
3:22:24 - D5: Fire Elemental, Training & Grinding
3:35:37 - D5: Julanar 1 & Grinding
4:05:44 - Day 6 (Training, W.I.T. & Grinding)
4:13:35 - D6: Astrologer 2
4:19:51 - D6: W.I.T.
4:37:07 - D6: Grinding
5:07:07 - Day 7 (Lore 5, Poet & Grinding)
5:08:55 - D7: Poet 2
5:12:20 - D7: Aziza 3 - Julanar's Story 1
5:16:18 - D7: Grinding
5:20:40 - D7: Julanar 2 & Grinding
5:35:35 - Day 8 (Air Elemental)
5:39:25 - D8: Magic Shop 2
5:45:27 - D8: Training & Shema Dance
5:49:20 - D8: Weapon Shop Heist
5:52:30 - D8: Air Elemental
5:54:55 - Day 9 (Dervish & Grinding)
6:14:44 - D9: Dinarzad 3 & Grinding
6:20:47 - Day 10 (Training & Night Grinding)
6:34:57 - Day 11 (Merchants, Training & Poet)
6:42:55 - D11: Poet 3
6:45:54 - Day 12 (Earth Elemental, Beast & Julanar)
6:57:15 - D12: Dervish 3 & Beast 1
7:04:14 - D12: Aziza 3 - Julanar's Story 2
7:08:36 - D12: Harik - Dispel Potion Info
7:12:10 - D12: Julanar 3, Griffin & Dispel Potion
7:24:05 - D12: Beast 2
7:29:08 - Day 13 (Training, Aziza)
7:35:05 - D13: Aziza 4
7:38:11 - Day 14 (Water Elemental)
7:46:11 - Day 15 (Katta Pin & Grinding)
8:02:02 - D15: Griffin Battle & Grinding
8:10:03 - Day 16 (Goodbyes, Aziza, Rakeesh & Poet)
8:13:05 - D16: Aziza 5 - Saurus
8:21:21 - D16: Rakeesh Training
8:31:06 - D16: Bad Ending (Iblis)
8:33:19 - D16: Poet 4
8:36:37 - Day 17+ (Caravan to Raseir)
8:40:19 - Day 27 (Raseir & Blue Parrot)
8:56:03 - D27: Raseir Desert Grinding
9:02:25 - D27: Ferrari / Ugarte
9:11:49 - Day 28 (Ugarte, Zayishah & Heist)
9:16:55 - D28: Zayishah & Mayzun
9:27:20 - D28: Ferrari (Heist)
9:32:10 - D28: Black Bird Heist
9:38:28 - Day 29 (Prison, Sharaf & Ad Avis)
9:50:31 - Day 30 (Forbidden City, Djinn, Ending)
10:07:22 - D30: Djinn
10:14:56 - D30: Emir's Palace - Thief Path
10:28:07 - Ending / Credits
10:35:32 - Extra 1: Alternate Ending Path
10:42:16 - Extra 2: How to Ride to Raseir Early