Mahou Daisakusen

Mahou Daisakusen

Title screen

Developer:	Raizing
Music:	Person A
Program:	Person B
Art:	Person C
Release date:	Release Date
Previous game:	Previous game of the developer
Next game:	Next game of the developer

Gameplay Overview

Controls

• A: Fires standard shots from the ship at a semi-automatic rate.
• B: Activates a bomb. Bombs are the same between characters. The bomb will take a few frames to detonate if it does not touch a enemy, solid object or the top of the game play field. If any of the listed are touched by a bomb, the bombe will immediately explode. Iframes from the bomb are only active for the the duration of time the bomb explosion is on screen.

Characters / Ships

Gain the Warrior	Chitta the Witch	Miyamoto the Samurai Dragon	Bornman the Necromancer
Example	Example	Example	Example
Example	Example	Example	Example

Weapons/Magic Books

Each magic book corresponds to its own secondary shot type that varies between characters. You must collect 3 of the same book type to max out its fire power.

• H-Book: Homing Shot Type
• F-Book: Forward Shot Type
• W-Book: Wide Shot Type

Items

• Coin Bag/Coins: Coin bags will contain 4 coins each valued at 100 points, bags will release coins in a random direction when shot. Your shot level is determined by number of coins collected starting at shot level 1. Each level up requires its own set amount of coins after gaining the next level. Level 2: 1 coin, Level 3: 2 coins, Level 4: 3 coins, Level 5: 4 coins, Level 6: 12 coins. A total of 22 coins are needed to reach max shot power for your characters main shot.
• Bomb Icon: Bomb icons are dropped by predetermined enemies or scenery in each stage. You can carry as many bombs as you can get a hold of but the bomb counter will only display 9 in stock.

Rank

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Rank in Mahou Daisakusen is a composite of several contributing elements. It affects enemy HP, the number of bullets fired by enemy attacks and the timing and frequency of enemy attacks.

Region	Difficulty
	Easy	Medium	Hard	Harder
Japan	+0	+8	+16	+24
World	+0	+4	+8	+16
Korea	+0	+8	+16	+24

Region	Loop
	1	2
Japan	+0	+24
World	+0	+16
Korea	+0	+32

Region	Stage
	1	2	3	4	5	6
Japan	+0	+2	+4	+8	+16	+24
World	+0	+1	+2	+3	+4	+6
Korea	+0	+2	+4	+10	+18	+28

Shot Power	0	1	2	3	4	5
+	0	1	2	3	4	8

Character	Sub-weapon	Level
		1	2	3
Gain	F	+4	+5	+7
	W	+2	+4	+6
	H	+2	+3	+5
Chitta	F	+5	+6	+8
	W	+3	+5	+6
	H	+2	+3	+4
Miyamoto	F	+1	+2	+4
	W	+1	+3	+5
	H	+3	+4	+6
Bornham	F	+2	+3	+5
	W	+2	+3	+4
	H	+3	+4	+6

There is also a survival element that increments every 4096 frames. This resets to 0 upon death and at the beginning of each stage. The maximum rank value is 63.

Loops

This game has 2 loops with the second being much harder due to the increase in rank. The second loop no longer rewards score extends and upon death the player character does not release any subweapon items to be recovered. Due to the increased rank, enemies have much more HP and are more aggressive.

Scoring

Scoring is very simple and consists mainly of destroying enemies, any destructible projectiles and collecting excess items. The most significant scoring point is destroying the destructible projectiles shot by the stage 4 boss. These provide 5800 points each but are only shot by the boss at random times. Each attack the boss can choose between a time-consuming laser attack, and firing the projectiles with an equal probability of each. This means the number of projectiles that can be destroyed before the time limit and the boss escapes depends heavily on luck.

Strategy

See Mahou Daisakusen/Strategy for stage maps, enemy and boss descriptions, walkthroughs, and advanced play strategies.

Development History

This is the first game developed by Raizing.

Version Differences

Western release, Sorcer Striker, is a much easier game in both loops due to reduced rank. However, the Korean version of Sorcer Striker has even higher rank than the Japanese version and so is the most difficult version.

Gallery

See Mahou Daisakusen/Gallery for our collection of images and scans for the game.