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LTTP: Shadowrun (SNES)
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Last Baron
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Got the bomb fixed, hired the Jamaican (dat magic), killed a bouncer at the Wastelands, and found Dog. No clue what to do now except grind nuyen at like, 20 a kill :/
The Flichetti (sp?) pistol was such a waste, no better than the Beretta from what I can tell.
The Flichetti (sp?) pistol was such a waste, no better than the Beretta from what I can tell.
That's exactly the farest I could get before the cart's battery died on me. I should try to get a new copy so this doesn't happen anymore.
Last Baron
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Oh, I also tried to fight an
It wore me down.
octopus
It wore me down.
If you found Dog and it hasn't given you a quest to fulfill then you probably still lack the three items he asks from you from 3 of his followers:
Dog Collar: from the dog you find near the fountain in the 1st District. Open the fence and let it out and it'll drop the collar.
Magic Fetish: from the wounded Shaman inside the Graveyard crypt in the 1st District. Give him a slap patch (if you used up the one from the Morgue you can buy more from the kid in the Caryards with keyword 'Heal') and he'll gift you the staff.
Enchanted Leaves: ask Kitsune in the 3rd District's Jagged Nail club about 'Heal' and she'll fork over the leaves. But in order to get in the club you'll have to beat the Rust Stilettos gang first.
Dog will give you your first magic spell and a new mission when you bring him the items. After you complete the mission you'll be able to learn more spells from him. Keep in mind every item you pick up or examine that gives off a weird sound effect, that signifies that they're all a part of Dog's fetch quests (ha).
Dog Collar: from the dog you find near the fountain in the 1st District. Open the fence and let it out and it'll drop the collar.
Magic Fetish: from the wounded Shaman inside the Graveyard crypt in the 1st District. Give him a slap patch (if you used up the one from the Morgue you can buy more from the kid in the Caryards with keyword 'Heal') and he'll gift you the staff.
Enchanted Leaves: ask Kitsune in the 3rd District's Jagged Nail club about 'Heal' and she'll fork over the leaves. But in order to get in the club you'll have to beat the Rust Stilettos gang first.
Dog will give you your first magic spell and a new mission when you bring him the items. After you complete the mission you'll be able to learn more spells from him. Keep in mind every item you pick up or examine that gives off a weird sound effect, that signifies that they're all a part of Dog's fetch quests (ha).
Would even a factory-sealed SNES game still have a working battery at this point? Might be cheaper to try to replace the battery yourself?
Last Baron
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Is there a better way to grind out cash than random mages and orcs? It's taking forever to scrape even a grand together.
Hm, not really no. Most of the big payouts in the game are made in the Arena or from raiding computers for company accounts (did you remember to go back to Glutman's office and check the computer there?) and those are finite... and you're still a ways from being able to attempt the Vladimir glitch for potentially unlimited nuyen. Money in this game is hard to come by in large amounts. It forces you to be selective on what you choose to spend your hard-earned cash on.
Last Baron
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I got Glutman's and the one in the pier-area. The only other one I know of right now is at Drake and their mage at the desk is invincible as far as I'm concerned.
I probably should have bought the shotgun before the reflex boost.
I probably should have bought the shotgun before the reflex boost.
PetriP-TNT
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I played some too, got the bomb and the bomb off! And ran around trying to find the doctor and killed shitload of peeps, heh.
Oh and I spent the arena money on the shotgun and it was totally worth it. It's a beast!
edit: Datajacked my first computer, wow! Killed the Octopus, couldn't collect the ink. Found the dog. Got the crowbar but got annihilated in the next room. Welp. More tomorrow!
Oh and I spent the arena money on the shotgun and it was totally worth it. It's a beast!
edit: Datajacked my first computer, wow! Killed the Octopus, couldn't collect the ink. Found the dog. Got the crowbar but got annihilated in the next room. Welp. More tomorrow!
PetriP-TNT
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Got the password from the hideout, beat the first floor of Drakes office, gave the Dog what he wanted, now I guess I'll go after Rat...
Last Baron
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Ohhhhh I completely forgot about the club I needed 'cred' to get in with. I should start playing this with a notebook handy.
Now off to find ingredients for Powerball. I think I already know how to get one but that's gonna hurt my Reflex Booster fund.
Now off to find ingredients for Powerball. I think I already know how to get one but that's gonna hurt my Reflex Booster fund.
Fuckin' loooooove this game.
Thanks to this thread I'm replaying this right now! Just wish it had a little more meat to it, the game is ridiculously short once you know where to go and what to do.
I'm shocked the SNES hacking community hasn't produced a Shadowrun remix hack with new scenarios and a longer (and harder) quest. Then again, this is still a pretty niche title. But even Zombies Ate My Neighbors got a hack (2, actually) with all-new levels made by talented individuals with a lot of time on their hands.
Last Baron
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Spells! Not entirely sure why I don't have the talismans needed for Powerball, but I've got every magic item up to this point (Bremerton) so I hope it's soon. Invisibility so far is the best. I can't cast Freeze for the life of me though. I have my target, I'm hitting X as needed, and I don't get the little casting animation or anything.
I was really jazzed about my climb up Drake Tower too, but some esoterically blocked computers halted that. Downloading useless phonebooks does not heal zee burn! Alright, it's not that bad, but those phonebooks are still useless.
I was really jazzed about my climb up Drake Tower too, but some esoterically blocked computers halted that. Downloading useless phonebooks does not heal zee burn! Alright, it's not that bad, but those phonebooks are still useless.
If you had collected everything prior to talking to Dog after killing the Rat Shaman you should have gotten Powerball automatically. You need the Paperweight (found on an office desk in one of the buildings in the 1st district) and a Ghoul Bone (found randomly after killing a Ghoul in the cemetary in the 1st district). As for Freeze, not sure... it should work same as any other magic you can aim at an enemy. You sure it's equipped?
Last Baron
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Ah I missed the paperweight. I knew I shouldn't have stopped checking desks religiously, damn sneaky items.
I definitely have it equipped, it just won't cast. I bet the next time I try it'll just work though.
I definitely have it equipped, it just won't cast. I bet the next time I try it'll just work though.
Last Baron
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Yep, zero issues using it now. Does it impart extra health or something to the target though? I feel like my targets take more hits to kill when they're frozen.
Should I have Armor at this point? It's the only spell I don't have and I'm 90% sure I have one of the items already.
You have the Freeze spell, so you definitely have one of the items you need. You'll come across the other item once you complete and make your way past Drake Tower (which you can't do until you complete Bremerton).
PetriP-TNT
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Beat Rat Shaman, got powerball and upgraded all kinds of stuff. Now I got no idea what to do. Well actually I do. But dunno if it's the right thing.
Last Baron
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Ahhhh I love this game.
What's the deal with these phantom phonebooks though?
What's the deal with these phantom phonebooks though?
PetriP-TNT
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Beat the Jester Spirit among all kinds of other things. Next up: Drakes Tower (already beat few floors long time ago).
Last Baron
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I love how you can get through the whole tower and they don't even give you a bed to rest yourself upon.
This post is drenched in sarcasm.
This post is drenched in sarcasm.
EatinOlives
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Damn, I'm way behind on this game. I'm going to have to get back into it sometime soon <_< I've been too into Dark Souls and I've kind of neglected this.
PetriP-TNT
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Hey, there's nothing to be a shamed of about playing DS heh. I only have couple of hours per week to play this max but I think I can finish it this week
They seem to serve no purpose except to fill up your memory capacity. I've never understood it myself.
That being said, nothing's stopping you from returning to the inn after you clear each floor. They remain empty once you've dispatched every enemy. Same with the next area (I think? I usually try to do it in one go).
Plus thanks to the elevator you can just skip to the next uncleared floor you have access to.
Last Baron
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I know but it's a huge pain in the ass. It's not the floor clearing I don't like, it's having to hack the computer again every time to get the elevator going again. It just doesn't seem to remember I've already done that.
You do NOT need to re-hack the elevators. They travel across each floor on their own and will stop once they reach your floor. Check the elevator bank lights to see where they are in their cycle...
Never got the point of the phone books either. Red herring, I guess?
Never got the point of the phone books either. Red herring, I guess?
Last Baron
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Hm, maybe I need to be more patient.
PetriP-TNT
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Leftmost PC: I can blow the first gate, the second needs a password. However, all the tiles around the collectable things hurt me in the bottom.
Middle PC: Every tile around the elevator thing hurts me
Rightmost PC: All trash data.
What to do?
Holy shit I am a dumbass, you can attack the squares that attack you ._.'
PetriP-TNT
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Beat Drake. Sometimes the difficulty level is all over the place heh. The Volcano was pretty easy until that Super Naga took forever to kill, the room before that wasn't that hard from the other side when you could pick them up one by one but returning from Naga you pretty much had to use Invincibility. Then the next room two Troll Deckers blast a way at unseen speeds!
Luckily, going back to the inn/weapons shop only took couple of minutes and the with the upgraded armor the enemies couldn't even deal damage to me. But then Drake deals so much damage that the fight without Armor/Invincibility or maybe Freeze would have been impossible! (Except that in the beginning I got Drake to stuck in a loop where the fires didn't hit me for a long time).
Also, hacking like 1000 computers is pretty tiresome. Other than that, still a great game!
Luckily, going back to the inn/weapons shop only took couple of minutes and the with the upgraded armor the enemies couldn't even deal damage to me. But then Drake deals so much damage that the fight without Armor/Invincibility or maybe Freeze would have been impossible! (Except that in the beginning I got Drake to stuck in a loop where the fires didn't hit me for a long time).
Also, hacking like 1000 computers is pretty tiresome. Other than that, still a great game!
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Last Baron
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I feel dirty exploiting that golden naga.
Edit: Oh my god Drake. I had so much karma
Edit: Oh my god Drake. I had so much karma
Yeah, Drake doesn't fuck around. Once you get the Serpent Scale from the Gold Naga you should head back out and see Dog so you can learn the Armor spell and max it (also save). Besides the Jester and/or well-timed use of Freeze, it's the only thing that will save you from his flame breath attack.
PetriP-TNT
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What does the Jester Mask do to the Drake? I totally forgot to try it.
Last Baron
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This game makes me want to be a more patient person. After several defeats I figured out I can just talk to the pilot again to fly back to Drake HQ. I didn't see him anywhere right after landing so I assumed, fuck I'm screwed. But I went back and there he is.
I worry about me sometimes ಠ_ಠ
I worry about me sometimes ಠ_ಠ
I still occasionally walk into IC during the Matrix portions because I get into a rhythm of walk forward -> push B -> explosion/nothing -> walk forward, etc. without realizing I'm eventually going to run into the odd IC that requires more than one button press to destroy.
This last playthrough I was reminded that the game gives you the name "Raitsov" as a keyword (from Jetboy, I think) but I don't recall it having any use anywhere. There's a lot about this game that feels unexplained, like maybe it was rushed (probably was). Hell, how was someone even supposed to know that dumping a truckload of ice at the docks would net you Mermaid Scales? I don't think there was anything in-game that suggested even the existence of mermaids (if you weren't familiar with the Shadowrun mythos).
EDIT: also, I just remembered that there is an unobtainable (without hacking device/hex editing) data file in-game that contains more info about what happened to Pushkin.
This last playthrough I was reminded that the game gives you the name "Raitsov" as a keyword (from Jetboy, I think) but I don't recall it having any use anywhere. There's a lot about this game that feels unexplained, like maybe it was rushed (probably was). Hell, how was someone even supposed to know that dumping a truckload of ice at the docks would net you Mermaid Scales? I don't think there was anything in-game that suggested even the existence of mermaids (if you weren't familiar with the Shadowrun mythos).
EDIT: also, I just remembered that there is an unobtainable (without hacking device/hex editing) data file in-game that contains more info about what happened to Pushkin.
Last Baron
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I've been doing the same thing haha. One 'combat failed' and a walk into the offending IC and you've lost at least a quarter of your stamina. That's how I flunked out in the volcano the first time, after clearing Drake HQ without saving.
And yeah the ferryman at the docks mentions the mermaids. This game has some strange mythology mashups.
Yeah, I'm definitely remembering having read something like that in the game (now), but I didn't see it in my last playthrough. Just one of those games where you have to be very thorough if you expect to see everything. Anyway, I think delivering the ice to the docks is a prerequisite for renting the boat to Bremerton? I didn't see the message because I talked to the delivery guy right after clearing the Dark Blade mansion.
PetriP-TNT
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Welp, I beat the game. Overall, the game was pretty great. It was hard enough, the story was interesting and the gameplay, after learning the controls, was actually rather good considering most of the firefights is just standing still and smashing a button, but that's how pretty much all RPG's are anyway. You can see that I think a lot of content was cut out (as the "troubled developement process" indicates) but there was still a lot to do.
Some nitpicks include: Drake Tower and Anaki Tower were quite boring: hacking was fun until you had to do it 50 times in a row. First two "chapters" were my favorites anyway! And the other Shadowrunners, while a cool concept, were pretty much useless after you got good enough equipment. And how I wish that the cursor would return to the previously selected option.
But I am glad that I finally played the game and hopefully Shadowrun II is out soon for SNES (says the '95 me).
(I am checking a guide right now and there seems to be a Zip Gun that I didn't get and extra scenario (kinda) for Kitsune and I didn't find Negotiation skill :/ )
Sorry for hijacking your topic EatinOlives!
Some nitpicks include: Drake Tower and Anaki Tower were quite boring: hacking was fun until you had to do it 50 times in a row. First two "chapters" were my favorites anyway! And the other Shadowrunners, while a cool concept, were pretty much useless after you got good enough equipment. And how I wish that the cursor would return to the previously selected option.
But I am glad that I finally played the game and hopefully Shadowrun II is out soon for SNES (says the '95 me).
(I am checking a guide right now and there seems to be a Zip Gun that I didn't get and extra scenario (kinda) for Kitsune and I didn't find Negotiation skill :/ )
Sorry for hijacking your topic EatinOlives!
Happy you enjoyed the game. Negotiation can be learned from the caryards arena dude for 1k, IIRC.
IIRC, he mentions the mermaids and warm waters if you ask about Bremerton after learning the key word. Obviously if you stumble upon the ice delivery before that, you might miss that specific dialog.
IIRC, he mentions the mermaids and warm waters if you ask about Bremerton after learning the key word. Obviously if you stumble upon the ice delivery before that, you might miss that specific dialog.
Last Baron
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Does anyone know if it's still possible to help fund Shadowrun Returns? I was hoping they'd have a PayPal avenue open but I can't seem to find one.
Finished the game! That ending was not what was promised in the note about not letting me on that floor. Heh. The after credits thing was kinda weird too. Otherwise I really enjoyed this game...before I got uber powerful, ha. I hope to see another game in this formula though, like the whole adventure game RPG hybrid thing it's got going on.
Finished the game! That ending was not what was promised in the note about not letting me on that floor. Heh. The after credits thing was kinda weird too. Otherwise I really enjoyed this game...before I got uber powerful, ha. I hope to see another game in this formula though, like the whole adventure game RPG hybrid thing it's got going on.