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 == Version Differences ==
-MAME lists four versions of ''Great Mahou Daisakusen'', going by the ROMset names they are:
+There are three main versions of ''Great Mahou Daisakusen'':
-*'''gmahou:''' The Japanese version.
+*'''Japanese version''' (MAME ROMset ''gmahou'')
-*'''dimahoou:''' The US version.
+*'''US version''' (MAME ROMset ''dimahoou'' or ''dimahooud'', the latter presumably being a bootleg)
-*'''dimahoo:''' The European version.
+*'''European version''' (MAME ROMset ''dimahoo'')
 ===Rank===
-Despite all the versions having difficulty set to 4 by default, '''dimahoo''' features a slightly reduced difficulty with slower bullets, enemies having lower HP and some of them being less aggressive (notably the ones that try to crash into the player).
+Despite all the versions having difficulty set to 4 by default, the European version features a slightly reduced difficulty compared to the original Japanese version. This includes slower bullets, enemies having lower HP and some of them being less aggressive (notably the ones that try to crash into the player). In terms of difficulty, the US version is either the same as the Japanese version or at least very similiar to it.
 ===Localization===

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 While [[Mahou Daisakusen]] and [[Shippu Mahou Daisakusen]] were known for their character focus presented in the form of stage dialogues and individual endings, for ''Great Mahou Daisakusen'' Yokoo made their motivations more "conceptual" and "abstract", claiming: "It isn’t shown in the game, but Solo Bang was suffering from emptiness after his family had been killed, and Karte sacrifices herself in the name of peace. They’re carrying heavier burdens, and I regret that we weren’t able to include individual endings showing each character being freed from them."<ref name="raizingmahou" />. A common complaint players have with ''Great Mahou Daisakusen'' when comparing it to the previous entries in the series.
-[[File:GMD_dev_notes.jpg|Early development notes for ''Great Mahou Daisakusen''. While the descriptions matches the final game to some degree, it features much different character designs. In particular, the characters "Jhoglina" and "Dada" were scrapped, being replaced by Grimlen.|center|frame|600px]]
+[[File:GMD_dev_notes.jpg|Early development notes for ''Great Mahou Daisakusen''. While the descriptions matches the final game to some degree, it features much different character designs. In particular, the characters "Jhoglina" and "Dada" were scrapped, being replaced by Grimlen.|center|thumb|700px]]
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 }}
 '''Great Mahou Daisakusen''' (JP: ''グレート魔法大作戦'', known as '''Dimahoo''' outside of Japan) is a vertical scrolling shooting game developed by [[Raizing]] and published by [[Capcom]] for the CPS2 Arcade system board in the year 2000. It's the last game in the Mahou Daisakusen trilogy, being the sequel to [[Shippu Mahou Daisakusen]]. It features a scoring system based around hidden items, with 108 items to collect from destroyed enemies across the entire game. It never received any home console ports.
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 <div style='text-align: center;'>'''For a list of all the items see:''' ''[[Great Mahou Daisakusen/Item list]]''</div>
 <div style='text-align: center;'>'''For a list of all the enemies and the items they drop see:''' ''[[Great Mahou Daisakusen/Drop list]]''</div>
 ===Destructible scenery===

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 == Development History ==
-If available, you can include information here about the hardware, the development of the game, and its general reception. ''Try to have as much information in this section cited as possible.''
-----
+The development of ''Great Mahou Daisakusen'' was a joint project between Raizing and [[Capcom]], who were contacting different shoot em' up developers to make games for their CPS2 arcade board<ref name="raizing">[https://shmuplations.com/raizing/ Raizing STG – 2010 Developer Interview]</ref>. Kenichi Yokoo, a pixel artist during the previous games of the series, was in charge of the project<ref name="raizingmahou">[https://shmuplations.com/raizingmahou/ Mahou Daisakusen – 2013 Developer Interviews]</ref>. For the sound department, Atsuhiro Motoyama and Kenichi Koyano worked on the compositions while Manabu Namiki was in charge of the sound direction and programming<ref name="raizingmahou" />. During the planning stages, the team experimented with several ideas such as:
 == Version Differences ==

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 ==Story==
-<div style='text-align: center;'>''They came from underground.''
+<div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic">They came from underground.
-''It has been 50 years since ‘The Great War of the Demi-humans’ raged across the continent.''
+It has been 50 years since ‘The Great War of the Demi-humans’ raged across the continent.
-''The Gobligans, having lost their king, fled underground to build an empire away from the eyes of humanity.''
+The Gobligans, having lost their king, fled underground to build an empire away from the eyes of humanity.
-''Eventually, the time came.''
+Eventually, the time came.
-''The seemingly endless peace of the aboveground peoples came to an abrupt end in the face of the the underground invasion.''
+The seemingly endless peace of the aboveground peoples came to an abrupt end in the face of the the underground invasion.
-''There was no effective way to deal with monsters who could attack from all sides, appearing and disappearing from below at will.''
+There was no effective way to deal with monsters who could attack from all sides, appearing and disappearing from below at will.
-''The young King Anktil, seeing the severity of the situation, secured an alliance between the aboveground kingdoms and reinstated the Royal Knights, then put a large bounty on the Gobligan Empire and spread his power throughout the continent.''
+The young King Anktil, seeing the severity of the situation, secured an alliance between the aboveground kingdoms and reinstated the Royal Knights, then put a large bounty on the Gobligan Empire and spread his power throughout the continent.
-''Alas, we must pray for the four legendary warriors…''<ref>Translation of the Story section in [https://www.8ing.co.jp/museum/prd/gmaho/ 8ing's website]</ref></div>
+Alas, we must pray for the four legendary warriors…<ref>Translation of the Story section in [https://www.8ing.co.jp/museum/prd/gmaho/ 8ing's website]</ref></div>
 ==Gameplay overview==
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 | [[File:GMD_magic.png|center]] <center>'''Magic book'''</center> || Levels up the player's magic.
 |-
-| [[File:GMD_small_bomb_crystal.png|center]] <center>'''Small bomb crystal'''</center> || Fills a small portion of the player's bomb gauge.
+| [[File:GMD_small_bomb_crystal.png|center]] <center>'''Small bomb fragment'''</center> || Fills a small portion of the player's bomb gauge.
 |-
-| [[File:GMD_large_bomb_crystal.png|center]] <center>'''Large bomb crystal'''</center> || Fills a large portion of the player's bomb gauge.
+| [[File:GMD_large_bomb_crystal.png|center]] <center>'''Large bomb fragment'''</center> || Fills a large portion of the player's bomb gauge.
 |-
-| [[File:GMD_bomb.png|center]] <center>'''Bomb'''</center> || Increases the player's bomb stock.
+| [[File:GMD_bomb.png|center]] <center>'''Bomb crystal'''</center> || Increases the player's bomb stock. Appears once the bomb gauge is filled up.
 |-
 |}
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 ===Default characters===
-<h3> <span style="display:none;">Solo-Bang</span></h3>
+<h4> <span style="display:none;">Solo-Bang</span></h4>
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 |-
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-<h3> <span style="display:none;">Karte</span></h3>
+<h4> <span style="display:none;">Karte</span></h4>
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 |-
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-<h3> <span style="display:none;">Miyamoto</span></h3>
+<h4> <span style="display:none;">Miyamoto</span></h4>
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 |-
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-<h3> <span style="display:none;">Grimlen</span></h3>
+<h4> <span style="display:none;">Grimlen</span></h4>
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 |-
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 After a credit has been inserted, the player can unlock 4 secret characters by inputting a code while the title screen is up (Up, Up, Left, Down, Down, Right, A, B, A, B, A, Start). The secret characters play very similar to the default characters (example: Gain has Solo-Bang's shot and charged shot while his sub-shot is like Miyamoto's), with their own unique quirks.
-<h3> <span style="display:none;">Gain</span></h3>
+<h4> <span style="display:none;">Gain</span></h4>
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 |-
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-<h3> <span style="display:none;">Chitta</span></h3>
+<h4> <span style="display:none;">Chitta</span></h4>
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 |-
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-<h3> <span style="display:none;">Birthday</span></h3>
+<h4> <span style="display:none;">Birthday</span></h4>
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 |-
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-<h3> <span style="display:none;">Golden</span></h3>
+<h4> <span style="display:none;">Golden</span></h4>
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 |-
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 [[Category:Color-matching mechanic]]
 [[Category:Vertical orientation]]

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 ===Default characters===
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 After a credit has been inserted, the player can unlock 4 secret characters by inputting a code while the title screen is up (Up, Up, Left, Down, Down, Right, A, B, A, B, A, Start). The secret characters play very similar to the default characters (example: Gain has Solo-Bang's shot and charged shot while his sub-shot is like Miyamoto's), with their own unique quirks.
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 |-
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 *Because Chitta is a clone of Karte, she has the shot bug.
 *Bugged hitbox? (more research is needed about this).
-*Overall, Chitta has similar problem to Gain, almost everything about her is slow and weak. However, she has a slightly easier time scoring due to a better sub-shot and her charged shot covering more area.
+*Overall, Chitta has similar problems to Gain, almost everything about her is slow and weak. However, she has a slightly easier time scoring due to a better sub-shot and her charged shot covering more area.
 |-
 |}
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 == Strategy ==
 <div style='text-align: center;'>'''For video references see:''' ''[[Great Mahou Daisakusen/Video Index]]''</div>

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 ==Gameplay overview==
-Great Mahou Daisakusen is a 3 button game. There are six stages the player must go through before finishing. It's a single loop game, although a second loop can be enabled in Service Mode if the player so desires.
+''Great Mahou Daisakusen'' is a 3 buttons game. There are six stages the player must go through before finishing. It's a single loop game, although a second loop can be enabled in Service Mode if the player so desires.
 ===Controls===
-*'''A button''': fires the player's main shot.
+*'''A button:''' Fires the player's main shot.
-*'''A button (hold)''': [[Great_Mahou_Daisakusen#Item_collecting|charged shot.]]
+*'''A button (hold):''' [[Great_Mahou_Daisakusen#Item_collecting|Charged shot.]]
-*'''B button''': activates the player's bomb.
+*'''B button:''' Activates the player's bomb.
-*'''C button''': autofire for the player's main shot.
+*'''C button:''' Autofire for the player's main shot.
 ''When both the A and C buttons are held together, the C button's autofire will take priority over the A button''.
-*'''Start button (hold)'''+'''A button''': opens the player's inventory viewer.
+*'''Start button (hold)'''+'''A button:''' Opens the player's inventory viewer.
-**'''Start button''': scrolls through the pages.
+**'''Start button:''' Scrolls through the pages.
-**'''Start button (hold)''': closes the inventory viewer.
+**'''Start button (hold):''' Closes the inventory viewer.
 ''When opening the inventory viewer, the Start button must be released after pressing the A button, otherwise the commands will conflict and the inventory will be closed immediately afterwards''.
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 #Inventory viewer.
-===Powerups===
+===Power ups===
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 ! Name || Description
 |-
-| [[File:GMD_small_coin.png|center]] <center>'''Small coin'''</center> || Collecting several of them increases the player's shot level.
+| [[File:GMD_small_coin.png|center]] <center>'''Small coin'''</center> || Collecting several of them levels up the player's shot.
 |-
-| [[File:GMD_large_coin.png|center]] <center>'''Large coin'''</center> || Increases the player's shot level instantly.
+| [[File:GMD_large_coin.png|center]] <center>'''Large coin'''</center> || Levels up the player's shot instantly.
 |-
-| [[File:GMD_magic.png|center]] <center>'''Magic book'''</center> || Increases the player's magic level.
+| [[File:GMD_magic.png|center]] <center>'''Magic book'''</center> || Levels up the player's magic.
 |-
 | [[File:GMD_small_bomb_crystal.png|center]] <center>'''Small bomb crystal'''</center> || Fills a small portion of the player's bomb gauge.
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 *Destroyed by a bomb is '''1/10''' of its base value. This applies even for non-polarity enemies.
-The polarity bonus rules only count if the player has at least a single magic powerup.
+The polarity bonus rules only count if the player has at least a single magic power up.
 ===End of stage bonus===
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 ==Rank==
-Great Mahou Daisakusen features a basic rank system that increases by collecting items. Rank affects bullet speed and enemy fire rate.
+''Great Mahou Daisakusen'' features a basic rank system that increases by collecting items. Rank affects bullet speed and enemy fire rate.
 == Strategy ==
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 == Trivia ==
-*There is a bug with the magic meter. Using a level 6 charge just as the magic meter is about to be level 7 will make enemies drop level 7 items, but with the duration of a level 6 charge shot.
+*There is a bug with the magic meter. Using a level 6 charge just as it is about to be level 7 makes enemies drop level 7 items, but with the duration of a level 6 charge shot.
-*Another bug involving the charge shot is holding the A to use it and then releasing it right before it activates. When done with the right timing, enemies will drop items for a brief moment but with no charge shot activation. This is very tricky to do, and it's more noticeable with [[Help:Glossary#Popcorn|zako]] enemies.
+*Another bug involving the charge shot is holding the A button to use it and then releasing it right before it activates. When done with the right timing, enemies will drop items for a brief moment but with no charge shot activation. This is very tricky to do, and it's more noticeable with [[Help:Glossary#Popcorn|zako]] enemies.
 == Gallery ==

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 {{clear}}
 ==Gameplay overview==
 Great Mahou Daisakusen is a 3 button game. There are six stages the player must go through before finishing. It's a single loop game, although a second loop can be enabled in Service Mode if the player so desires.
 ===Controls===
 *'''A button''': fires the player's main shot.
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 ===Player elements===
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 |+ class="nowrap" | Gameplay screenshot
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 ===Surplus power ups===
 Collecting power ups while at full power awards points. Interestingly, the value of large coin, magic and bomb power ups can be chained. Letting any of the chainable power ups go off-screen (in the case of the large coin, the small coins also count) will reset them back to their initial score value.
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 {{clear}}
 == Development History ==
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 *Primary info provided by [[User:ADR|Andrew98]]
 *Great Bonus research by [[User:Trap15|trap15]] posted on STG Rev. 2020 Discord server
 </small>
 [[Category:Mahou Daisakusen series]]
 [[Category:Color-matching mechanic]]
 [[Category:Vertical orientation]]

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 ===End of stage bonus===
 Once a stage has been finished, the player is rewarded with the following score bonuses:
-'''Bomb Bonus''': 10,000 pts for each bomb in stock.
+*'''Bomb Bonus:''' 10,000 pts for each bomb in stock.
-'''Great Bonus''': no idea how this works.
+A2+10 = time_accumulator
 ===Surplus power ups===
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 == References & Contributors ==
 <small>
-# Remember to include everyone that you can in your credits if they contributed information! | Having links handy is even better, when available.
+*Primary info provided by [[User:ADR|Andrew98]]
-# If you are a primary source of information for a game, be sure to link to your Shmup Wiki user account by including a link to your profile, such as: <nowiki>[[User:(You)|(Your Name)]]</nowiki>
+*Great Bonus research by [[User:Trap15|trap15]] posted on STG Rev. 2020 Discord server
-## And while you're at it, make yourself a little profile page (if you want, of course)! As a contributor, you deserve to be recognized for your efforts.
+</small>
 [[Category:Mahou Daisakusen series]]
 [[Category:Color-matching mechanic]]
 [[Category:Vertical orientation]]