DARK CHRONICLE
OFFICIAL TITLE  Dark Chronicle
COMMON TITLE  Dark Chronicle
SERIAL NUMBER(S)  SCES-51190
REGION  PAL
GENRE / STYLE  Action / Beat'em Up / RPG.

DEVELOPER  Level-5.
PUBLISHER  Sony Computer Entertainment.
DATE RELEASED  19 March 2003
DISC NUMBER &
PRINTED SERIAL NUMBER
DISC 1

SCES-51190
SERIAL NUMBER IN DISC SCES-51190
MEDIA DVD-5
NUMBER OF TRACKS 1
( 1 Data Track )
BARCODE NUMBER(S)
( UPC / EAN )

From the back cover.
  •  711719473428  - 
     

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English

French

German

Italian

Spanish
Menus and gameplay are in Multi-5 (English, French, German, Italian & Spanish); voices in English.

Taking place 100 years after the events chronicled in the original game, Dark Cloud 2 continues its predecessor's combination of dungeon-crawling action and world-building adventure with a new visual style, time-traveling storyline, and two playable characters. The game's visuals make use of cel-shaded characters and 3D backgrounds to create a presentation not unlike Japanese anime. Max is a young boy with the talent to create mechanical inventions, including a robotic battle suit he can control. Monica, on the other hand, dabbles in sorcery and has the power to transform into animals. The majority of the game takes place in randomly generated dungeon levels where players hack-and-slash at their enemies in real time using a lock-on targeting system.

Players have the ability to switch between characters at any time to take advantage of their distinct traits. Both characters can pick up and throw items found along the ground as well as perform moves, such as back flips, blocks, jumping attacks, and more. Unlike most traditional role-playing games, experience points are awarded to the weapons used in combat rather than the character.

As a character's weapon becomes more experienced over time, it can absorb the powers of certain items to acquire new abilities or attributes. Max can also invent different weapons to use in battle, and Monica's power of transformation means her animal alter egos will gain new powers over time as well. These powers must be used to stop a time-traveling sorcerer, who plans on taking out those who oppose his command by destroying their cities in the past.

Between dungeon battles, players can help shape a town by using Max's robotic creations to position trees, bodies of water, houses, and other buildings found during their travels. No longer restricted by a grid system as in the original, players are free to design their town however they see fit before getting a chance to explore it.

Since Dark Cloud 2 also involves time travel, certain puzzles can only be solved if a particular building is present during a specific time period, which may mean returning to the past to make sure it has been built. Once players have acquired the necessary items in their dungeon battles, they can advance to the future and continue the story. Mini-games include fishing, watching fish race each other inside a tank, golf, and taking snapshots of characters met along the journey.

Features:
* Over 100 hours of monster-slaying gameplay
* Play as two unique characters, each with their own special abilities
* Rebuild your world by travelling through time

  MANUFACTURER'S DESCRIPTION:

BUILD your world. INVENT your weapons. CREATE your adventure

Discover a secret binding the past, present and future. A secret where an innocent inventor, a temporal warrior and an ageless evil hold the key.

Experience an epic action/role-playing adventure that relies on your innovation as much as exploration and fighting reflexes.

Enhanced Georama allows you to re-create worlds with more freedom & flexibility.
Tinker with the Invention System allowing you to create hundreds of items including tools, weapons and more.
Fight your way through an array of unexplroed dungeons including caves, sewers and forests.
Vibrant graphics complemented by movie-caliber voice-overs.
Over 100 hours of action-RPG gameplay filled with hundreds of items, numerous levels, and wide array of monsters.

  FEATURES:
  • Third person perspective.
  • 3D graphics
  • Cartoon graphics
  • SCIFI, Fantasy & Anime themes.
NUMBER OF PLAYERS  1-2 Players
NUMBER OF MEMORY CARD BLOCKS  502 KB Minimum
COMPATIBLE CONTROLLERS TESTED
( OFFICIAL GAMEPADS ONLY )
 Standard Controller / Analog Controller ( Dual Shock Controller compatible )
COMPATIBLE LIGHT GUNS
( OFFICIAL LIGHT GUNS ONLY )
 None
OTHER COMPATIBLE CONTROLLERS
( OFFICIAL CONTROLLERS ONLY )
 None
SPECIAL CONTROLLERS INCLUDED OR
SUPPORTED ( OFFICIAL ONLY )
 None
VIBRATION FUNCTION COMPATIBLE  Yes
VIDEO MODES  50 Hz = Yes / 60 Hz = No / Progressive Scan = No / 16:9 Option = No
AUDIO MODES  Stereo = Yes / Mono = Yes / Dolby Surround = No / Dolby Digital = No; Dolby Pro logic II = No
MULTI-TAP FUNCTION COMPATIBLE  No
LANGUAGE SELECTOR  Yes
NETWORK ADAPTOR (ETHERNET) COMPATIBLE  No
EMULATOR  PCSX 2 v.0.1.2.1 (Software)
SPEED HACKS USED  EE Cyclerate = 1; VU Cycle Stealing = 0; Enable INTC Spin detection = Yes; Enable Wait Loop Detection = Yes; Enable fast CDVD = Yes; mVU Flag Hack = Yes; MTVU (Multi-Threaded Micro VU1) = Yes
SPECIAL GAME FIXES USED  None
VIDEO PLUGIN  GSDX r5864 ( Allow 8-bit textures = Yes; Alpha Hack = No; Offset Hack = No; Skipdraw Hack = 0 )
AUDIO PLUGIN  SPU2-X r5830 ( Interpolation = 4; Disable Effects Processing = No; Use the de-alias filter = No; Enable Dubug options = No; Module = 1; Synchronizing Mode = TimeStretch Mix; Audio Expansion Mode = Stereo )
CD-ROM PLUGIN  CDVDolio Cdrom plugin v.0.1.0
GAME PAD PLUGIN  LilyPad svn (r3993) 0.10.0
VIBRATION COMPATIBLE  Yes.

  NOTE:   This is not the only possible combination of plugins. There are others that will work (better or worse) for your particular hardware. We provide you with one working set-up so that you may get the game up and running, hassle-free. Testing other emulators/plugins is up to you.
 

 BASIC CONTROLS:
 Move character -  Left Analog Stick
Move camera -  Right Analog Stick
Action -  X Button
Reset camera position -  Circle Button
Main menu -  Triangle Button
Point the camera -  Square Button
Rotate camera -  L1 or R1 Button
Reset camera position -  L2 Button
Change character -  L3 Button
Toggle camera view and character view -  R2 Button
Pause game -  Start Button

 

MISC CODES:

Duplicate Lures -  
Once you have a lure rod and 2 two of the same lure (available in chapter 4 after you've recruited Olive), you can duplicate it as many times as you want to. just equip the lure rod and a lure. Then press R2 so you will have Monica displayed instead of Max. Now select the same lure and equip it as many times as you want, it will seem nothing will have happened, but you will now have multiple lures equiped and still have the one in the menu. once you remove the lures you can have up to 999 lures (don't go over 999 or it will reset the number to whatever you had before you did it) then you can sell them all for a lot of money.
 


RAW CODES:

Infinite Gold -  
21E8289C 0098967F
 
Infinite & Max HP Maximillian -  
21E41A48 4479C000
21E41A4C 4479C000
 
Infinite & Max HP Monica -  
21E41DD4 4479C000
21E41DD8 4479C000
 
Infinite & Max HP Ridepod -  
21E42180 4479C000
21E42184 4479C000
 
No Status Change -  
11E41A50 00000000
 

 - JEWEL CASE COVERS
FRONT BACK
CLICK THE IMAGE
Dim. - 1528 x 2163 pix.
Res. - 300 dpi
File Size - 2'35 MB
CLICK THE IMAGE
Dim. - 1528 x 2165 pix.
Res. - 300 dpi
File Size - 2'49 MB
 - JEWEL CASE COVERS
FRONT BACK
CLICK THE IMAGE
Dim. - 1017 x 1435 pix.
Res. - 300 dpi
File Size - 977 KB
CLICK THE IMAGE
Dim. - 1001 x 1435 pix.
Res. - 300 dpi
File Size - 1'08 MB
 - JEWEL CASE COVERS
FRONT
CLICK THE IMAGE
Dim. - 3222 x 2161 pix.
Res. - 300 dpi
File Size - 2'83 MB
 - JEWEL CASE COVERS
FRONT
CLICK THE IMAGE
Dim. - 2147 x 1443 pix.
Res. - 200 dpi
File Size - 445 KB
 - ADVERT COVERS
SPANISH ADVERT
CLICK THE IMAGE
Dim. - 1648 x 1350 pix.
Res. - 300 dpi
File Size - 720 KB
 - DISC COVER
DISC
CLICK THE IMAGE
Dim. - 1436 x 1436 pix.
Res. - 300 dpi
File Size - 1'98 MB

 NTSC-J:
  • Dark Chronicle [SCPS-15033]   
     
  • Dark Chronicle [Playstation 2 The Best] [SCPS-19215]   
     
  • Dark Chronicle [Playstation 2 The Best Reprint] [SCPS-19306]   
     
 ASIA:
  • Dark Chronicle [SCPS-55048]   
     
 KOREA:
  • Dark Cloud 2 [SCKA-20014]   
     
 NTSC-U:
  • Dark Cloud 2 [SCUS-97213]   
     

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Thanks to SERVO for providing the game front, back & CD hires covers.
Thanks to CHARLY 2.0 for providing the game german front & back hires covers.
Thanks to CUTTERSLADE23 for providing the game spanish & portuguese front hires cover.
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