Wow, Bongo`, that is awesome to hear.
By the way, I actually have the cart, so would you like to have scans of the manual? 30 pages of gobblegook and a nice map included.
ObiKKa wrote:
But I've learnt from a few youtube videos showing snippets of this game's playthroughs showing that the enemies are brutal and would wipe you out within the 1st or 2nd encounter only! So have you ever considered the possibility of creating a separate little hack to reduce the enemies' hit counts in order to make the walkthrough that bit easier for any of us to enjoy the story and settings?
I half agree with this. I certainly haven't finished the game, I've only progressed up near Ji and thereabouts. But so far, enemy balance has been tough but not impossible. The problem is that if you stray from the path you're supposed to go even a little, you'll meet high level enemies which will just murder you, and quite unfairly at that. It's certainly a frustrating design issue and a hack would have to pretty comprehensive.
Anyway, there's a hidden copper sword at Hangu Pass near Luoyang (first big town) which sells for a nice 2500g that should make the beginning, before you get the 3rd party member Jing Ke, a little easier.
http://www7.big.or.jp/~sosan/games/shikieiyuuden.html This is a japanese walkthrough I've tried to follow. It also links to a cheat site with some gameshark codes. I also came across one chinese walkthrough, but can't seem to find it anymore.