Skazka - Homebrew - SMS Power!

Game for Master System

Version	Date	By	Download	Source
2.0	27 Mar 2022	SteveProXNA	Skazka-SMS-2.0.zip (99KB)	Skazka-SMS-2.0-src.zip (1.3MB)

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Competition Entry

This was a competition entry in 2022

Skazka game for the SMS Power! 2022 Competition.

RELEASE

Sunday, 27th March 2022

INTRO

Skazka is a Slavic RGP Adventure game originally written by Kirils Skrabe in BASIC for the Sega SC-3000 and posted to the SC-3000 Survivors Facebook group on March 3rd 2022. Original source code can be found here.

PORTS

Saverio Russo ported the game to the SG-1000 using a custom "SC3K DevKit" which I believed is based on "Dear imGUI".

Here is the Sega Master System port using the devkitSMS.

TOOLS

Programming: devkitSMS
Compiler: sdcc 3.6.9
Languages: C / Z80

Visual Studio 2015

Graphics: BMP2Tile 0.43 / GIMP2 / paint.net
Music: pcmenc / VGM2PSG
Assembler: WLA-DX
Emulators: Emulicious / Fusion / Meka
Debuggers: VS Code Emulicious Debugger

SOURCE CODE

http://github.com/SteveProXNA/SkazkaSMS

ROM HACKING

You can hack this ROM! Download and dump Skazka.sms into Hex Editor, e.g. HxD, and modify the bytes:

0x019E Delay Used to speed through any game delay.
0x019F Invincible Non-zero value enables invincibility.
0x01A0 Current XP Non-zero sets current experience pts.
0x01A1 Current HP Non-zero sets default healthy points.
0x01A2 Set Gold Non-zero sets current gold available.
0x01A3 Set Weapon Set value to 1 or 2 for stock else 0.
0x01A4 Set Armor Set value to 1 or 2 for armor else 0.
0x01A5 Add Life Set value to 1=Life otherwise 0=None.
0x01A6 Village Talk Set value to 1=repeat villagers talk.
0x01A7 Music Off Set 0=Music to play otherwise silent.
0x01A8 Sound Off Set 0=Sound to play otherwise silent.

ENEMIES

There are 5x different enemies in order of increasing difficulty: Razboynik, Hungry Wolf, Kikimora, Leshy, Baby Yaga
Defeat final boss Koschey to beat the game!

LEVELS

There are 3x levels: 1, 2, 3. Maximum player HP = 30 and maximum player XP = 99

HINTS

Try to buy the weapon "Sword" or armor "Tegilay" with your initial gold before entering any forest fights
After completing each forest fight, ensure you "Rest" at the main screen to replenish all HP
In the shop, if you buy an item you already have then the gold will be deducted unconditionally so be aware - there is no validation!
Try to get "+1 Life" just in case you lose a fight or the final boss battle so you do not have to restart game
Maximize player HP + XP and get the best weapon "Axe" and the best armor "Kolchuga" before attempting to beat the boss.
Once you fight the boss you cannot "Run away". Try to fight boss once you have > 60 XP because your weapon and armor may be slightly more powerful!

CHEATS

On splash screen, hold joystick down and press button 2 to change default background color.
On stats screen, move joystick left or right to skip over the flashing arrows indication.
On title screen, hold fire2 to skip intro music. Same applies on boss and over screens.
In forest screen, press fire2 to "Run away" without risking losing any HPs [Easy mode].

DEBUGGING

On Windows you should be able to debug the source code directly from Visual Studio Code after pressing F5
On Linux you can the source code directly from Visual Studio Code also but launch Emulicious first

CREDITS

Extra special thanks to: sverx for devkitSMS and Calindro for their 24/7 Tech Support!

Plus shout out to Mojon Twins in which I found lots of some cool sound effects here!

Finally, thanks goes to: Maxim, Martin, Ville Helin, Steve Snake, Bock + Kusfo

UPDATE

Skazka V1.0 was initially a text-based RPG adventure game. However, after collaboration with Kagesan! from SMS Power!, graphics were added for all screens for V2.0 which is the most up-to-date version of the game.

CONTACT

https://youtu.be/HUwaWi5xmp4

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