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Vampire Hunter D - Strategy Guide (Page 01)

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Vampire Hunter D (japanese)
FAQ/Walkthrough Version 2.1
by Kyuss (Xardion) 1/24/00


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Contents
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A. Updates
B. Storyline/Author's Notes
C. Background Info
D. Technical Data
E. Controls
F. Meters
G. Subscreen/Map/Saving the Game
H. Items
   1. Use Items
   2. Key Items
I. Characters
J. Enemies
   1. First Floor Enemies
   2. Second Floor Enemies
   3. Sewer Enemies
   4. Basement Enemies
   5. Graveyard Enemies
   6. Third Floor Enemies
   7. Tower Of The Moon
K. Walkthrough/Boss Strategies
   1. The First Floor
      A. Meirlink (battle one)
   2. The Basement
   3. The Second Floor
   4. The Castle Sewers
      A. Green Imp
   5. The Basement (second half)
      A. Bolgov (Green Vampire Hunter)
   6. The Graveyard 1F
   7. The Third Floor
   8. Obelisk Two Courtyard 1F
   9. The Third Floor Computer
   10. The Second Floor (part two)
   11. The First Floor (broken platform)
   12. Meirlink
      A. Meirlink (battle two)
   13. Back To The Beginning (1F)
   14. The Ninja (Bengey) (3F)
   15. Tower of the Sun 
      A. Ninja (Bengey) (battle one)
   16. Leila (obelisk room two 1F)
   17. The Third Floor [Leila]
   18. D's Body (1F Graveyard) [Leila]
   19. Tower of the Sun
      A. Ninja (Bengey) (battle two)
   20. Fourth Floor
   21. Tower Of The Moon
      A. Machira (battle one)
      B. Machira (battle two)
   22. Carmilla (3F)
   23. Imps (1F)
   24. All The Rooms On 2F
   25. Lambda Door (3F)
   26. Rescuing Leila (B1F part three)
   27. Back to The First Floor
   28. Bolgov's Return (1F) 
      A. Bolgov (second battle)
   29. Behind Carmilla's Painting  
      A. Carmilla (second battle)
   30. Meirlink (battle three)
L. Endings
M. Maps
N. Acknowledgements/Credits (website)



!!!IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD OR CORRECT PLEASE PLEASE LET ME KNOW!!!
(see credits for email address)


!!!WARNING - This FAQ contains spoilers, as if you couldn't have guessed!!!



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A. Updates
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2-2-00: added sewers room that was left out previously
2-2-00: Megatone, hereafter a god, figured out what to do on the fourth floor.
2-6-00: fixed structure of faq and some inconsistencies.
2-7-00: finished faq, added rough version of characters section.
2-7-00: added Megatone's map and bit about B2F blood capsule room.
2-7-00: added Endings section.



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B. Storyline/Author's Notes
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Ok, first of all I would just like to say that I highly suggest you attempt to play
through this game on your own.  It is tons of fun and mostly the puzzles aren't too
hard to figure out.  If you do get stumped or are just lazy, well that's what I'm
here for so enjoy the FAQ/Walkthrough :)

As for the story I'm not 100% sure but I assume that this game takes place
after the original movie.  This game is unfortunately not based upon the movie
that we all know and love.  It is based upon a new installment of the saga
which was released in Japan in 1999.  I don't believe that the movie has been
translated or released in the US yet.  I don't know that there are any plans 
for release in the US of this game but I rather doubt it.  We can always hope.
Vampire Hunter D was of course originally a book, a trilogy.  Thisgame is based 
on one the third book and its subsequent movie.  One thing I can tell you, worthless 
as it is, we do know from the intro that the year is 12090 A.D.

The game sports some nice FMV in the intro.  Unfortunately there isn't much other
FMV in the game.  In the intro you see a few characters that
you will meet up with later.  In the immediate intro of the game we see an old man 
and he shows a picture of a young girl.  I assume that the premise of the game is 
therefore that his daughter or whatever has been kidnapped or killed by vampires 
and he wants her returned or avenged.  I really wish that this game was in english, or
that I read kanji (I think that's the Japanese dialect used in video games, hope its
spelled right) because there is a good bit of dialogue in cutscenes and because your
symbiote is always telling you stuff that I imagine would be very good to know.
This is a great game even though it may not seem so just at the beginning.  There
are lots of great puzzles and things to solve and I had alot of fun writing this FAQ.
Lets face it, what else is there to do when you have pneumonia?


This is the story according to videogames.com:

[They wrote a nice article here: 

                   A noble in the town, John
                   Elbern, hires vampire hunters, D and
                   Marcus 5, to rescue his beautiful daughter,
                   Charlotte, who is believed to have been
                   kidnapped and trapped in the Castle Cheite during Mayerlink's
                   destruction. Mayerlink was never highly respected by the
                   townspeople, yet he had never harmed them, until now. In an
                   interesting twist, you'll find that Charlotte has not been
                   kidnapped; rather, she has escaped from an inescapable
                   arranged marriage, which was common among noble families.
                   Her dilemma will, in turn, affect all the characters involved in
                   the story. 

                   The main character, D, an offspring of human and vampire, is
                   a vampire hunter from Danpier. A parasite attached to his left
                   hand helps him wield magical powers. During gameplay, it can
                   give you advice, but more importantly, it will let you cast magic
                   spells and drain health from enemies. You can also control a
                   female character by the name of Leila, who is well known for
                   her sharp-shooting as well as for being the youngest of the
                   Marcus 5. The members of Marcus 5 are Borgov, Kyle, Grove,
                   Nort, and Leila. They are rivals of Vampire Hunter D, who, with
                   his own motives, also seeks to kill Mayerlink for a bounty. At
                   certain points in the game, D and Leila will meet up and fight
                   Mayerlink. You will also face other enemies, like Bengey (also
                   known as "Shadow Man") and Macila the werewolf.



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C. Background Info
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"In the distant future, demons and mutants slither through a world of darkness."
Ok this little part is for those of you who might actually not know anything
about Vampire Hunter D at all, as sad and shameful as that is.  (It's ok, you can
study up now that you know better).  Anyway, I have not read the novel but I have
watched the original movie numerous times, it was the very first anime film I ever saw.
I also am a complete nut when it comes to vampire lore.  Ok, ok, enough about me.
In the origianl installment of the story, we find that Vampire Hunter D is a Dhampir 
which means he is half vampire and half human.  He is hired by Doris Lang
(I know its cliche) who has been biten recently by an ancient vampire who has recently
returned to his castle.  Lots of stuff happens and Doris gets kidnapped by the vampires
and is to wed the lord vampire Count Magnus Lee of the House of Lee.  The lone hero D
of course saves the day, with the help of his trusty symbiote :)  I think that roughly
suffices.  The original movie is without question a classic there are of course some 
plot twists and it is an EXCELLENT movie, one that you MUST see.  It was recently 
re-re-released I guess that has something to do with the release of the new movie.
The original novel was written by Hideyuki Kikuchi.



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D. Tech Data
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Save File: 1 mem block
Number of Players: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 12/9/1999
Published/Developed By: Victor Interactive Software
Game Type: 3D environment action/adventure
Serial: SLPS-02477 JP
Controllers supported: standard/analog 
      (no analog stick control but rumble is enabled, I know this REALLY REALLY 
       sucks but whatcha gonna do?)



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E. Controls
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The controls are very typical for this sort of game.  You should be able to figure 
most of them out.

As with all Japanese imports, the circle button, which will hereafter be referred 
to as 'O', functions as the 'accept' button just like the 'X'button does in the US.
The X button for Japanese games is the 'cancel' button.  O=yes X=no.

Square button causes you to use energy from the green meter on the bottom left of 
the screen.  There are three special attacks you can do here.
To replenish the meter you must find blue crystals. Also if you have spells or items
equipped you can use them by pressing square.

X makes D jump.  

Triangle makes D draw his sword.  When the sword is drawn D can attack by 
pressing O (circle).

D can do a super slash attack, if the sword is sheathed and you are moving forward
and draw your sword, D will jump forward with a powerful slash.  This can be 
useful when combating flying enemies.

Another note on attacking with the sword, when your sword is drawn and you have
attacked an enemy D will lock onto it and auto-face it (always be turned toward
it when attacking).  If you don't want to fight then just sheath your sword again.
This isn't fool-proof and sometimes you have to sheath your sword and then draw it
in the vicinity of an enemy for auto-face to come on.  To turn it off if you want to
flee, just sheath your sword.

When moving objects, holding O will activate D's ring and move the object MUCH farther
than pressing the O button repeatedly.

Pressing Select on the main screen will change your symbiote's function.

Pressing Start will take you to the subscreen where you can use items and view
the map.  Pressing triangle here allows you to save the game at most any point.
Remember to press O (circle) to save, not X.  If you wish to overwrite a file,
the left option is accept and the right is cancel.  

Holding L1 allows you to walk slowly.  This can be changed so that the opposite is
true.  Whatever's your preference go with it.
 
Holding R1 causes D to use his cape as a sheild, quite effectively in most cases.
Don't forget about this!  It's not just for Boss battles.

Holding L2 or R2 makes D turn in the respective direction.  Holding them both 
together causes D to change directions quickly spinning 180 degrees (turns in the
opposite direction).



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F. Meters
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At the top left of the screen are two meters, an orange one which is your health
and a purple one, the function of which I do not yet understand.  It may possibly
be a rage meter causing D to become a vampire and do a special attack.  However,
this is just speculation.  If you are poisoned it will say so above these meters and
you will flash green occasionally.
This is what I can tell you about the purple 'VP' meter.  When you are fighting enemies
and their blood falls upon you, you flash red, and this meter increases.  Also, it is
steadily decreasing over time just because it does...  And finally, it seems that you
are a little bit stronger when your meter is full.  Maybe that's all the more its good
for?  I hope there's something better that hasn't been figured out yet 'cause if not
that's rather lame :(

At the bottom left there is a green meter with three slots and an icon on the
left side.  The icon represents which special attack you have selected, like
shuirken, etc.  To change this icon go to the subscreen, select the symbiote and 
press select to choose the spell or O.  You can change this on the main screen by
pressing Select.  On the Submenu the bars sticking out of the side are the different
options.  The top option allows D to shoot a number of purple fireballs which are 
fairly powerful.  On the main screen this looks like a red fireball.  The middle 
option which looks like green stars on the main screen refills your life to 100%.  
I would suggest saving your green meter for this as you will really need it.  The 
bottom option allows D to throw colored shuirken.  On the main screen it looks like
a blue shuirken.
It seems that if this meter is full and the symbiote is selected, that you will be
resurected if killed, consuming all three green slots.

At the bottom right of the screen is an icon which shows what item you have equipped.
You can equip the symbiote for spells, grenades, or vials, etc to use while playing 
so that you don't have to access the submenu to use them.

You will notice sometimes a red ball will appear at the top right of the screen, this
lets you know that your auto-lock is on.  To turn it off sheath your sword.  Or if you
hate it altogether go to the options menu and turn it off.



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G. Subscreen/Map/Saving the Game
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--SUBSCREEN--
To access your subscreen press Start at any time in the game.  You can select and
use appropriate items here by pressing O.  Items can be selected and if not used, 
they will then be placed in the item ready slot on the main game screen when
you are actually playing.  Press square to use them on the main screen.

If you select the symbiote, with which you can do spells, you can choose which 
basic spell he can do by pressing select or O.  This will extend one of the vial
type things on the left of the item list.  


--MAP--
If you select the map (it looks like a scroll) press O and you can view the map.
The map shows which rooms you have been to, where doors are, and what room you
are currently in.  Visited rooms are colored, unvisited rooms are dark and undefined,
the room you are in flashes red.  Doors are orange slots between rooms and stairs
are marked with lines and a solid red block.
To exit the map press O or X.


--SAVING THE GAME--
To access the save menu press triangle.  You can do this and save at any time.  If 
you wish to overwrite a file choose the left option, right cancels.  When you restart
you will be in the room or hall that you saved in near the door you entered the room
through.



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H. Items
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Ain't it convenient how in the evil lair the baddies always leave good shit you
can use against them just laying around in totally random spots? :)
Note: key items like the computer chip will be used automatically when necessary.


--1. USE ITEMS--
Red vials replenish both your health and vampire meter.  These are sometimes powerful, 
sometimes not.

Green vials relpenish health and decrease the vamp meter, these are pretty powerful.  
Health at the cost of power.

Purple vials, these are antidotes against poison.

Grenades, press the Square button a second time to detonate.

Stun Grenades, these look kind of like a grey grenade.  They make the screen flash 
and damage all enemies on screen.  They explode on use and do not hurt you.  I think
these stun the enemy.

Wooden Steaks, these are like throwing knives.  They are not extremely powerful.

Blue Crystals, used to replenish symbiote power meter (green meter on main screen).
One crystal refills one slot.


--2. KEY ITEMS--
Red Spider Key Card, found in the main hall at the top of the great staircase.  Used
to open red door in main entrance hall.

Blue Spider Key Card, found in the zombie closet room (see walkthrough).  Opens blue
door in main entrance hall.

Computer chip, this is found in the abandoned chapel and used in basement 1F
after the room where you may or may not have fought Meirlink (alternate first battle).
You find a computer with a black monitor and use it to turn on the power for the 
password doors. 

Handle, found in the platform room of the sewer. (see walkthrough)  Used to operate
floor panels in sewer.

Silver Bat key card, found in room below staircase in the coffin hall of basement 1F
(second half).  Used in computer room of the third floor.

Sun Card, found in 2F part two.

Greem Gem, found behind door tower in the obelisk two courtyard 1F (see walkthrough).
Used as part one of the key to the door in the obelisk two courtyard.

Moon Card, found in the tower of the sun.  Opens the door on the fourth floor.

Crescent Moon Card, obtained by defeating Machira in the Tower of the Moon.

Green Wind Key Card, found in the little hallway room of 1F(see walkthrough)

Water Key Card, found on the second floor in the right face room.

Fire Key Card, found in the obelisk two courtyard, you need the green and blue gem.

Music Box Key, found on the second floor in the pink womb room.  Used on the music boxes.

Blue Gem, found in part three of B1F.

Earth Card, recieved when Bolgov (battle two) is defeated.



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I. Characters
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Ok I don't think this section is really that important but ah what the hell eh? :)

John Elbern, the old man from the intro of the game, he has put a bounty on lord 
Meirlink's head for the supposed kidnapping of his daugther Charlotte.

D, the hero of the story, he is a dhampir, being half vampire and half human.  He has a
symbiote on his hand, or rather its possessed by a wise demon familiar.

Meirlink (Mayerlink), he is the vampire lord of a nearby castle and suspected to be
responsible for the disapearance of the old man's daugther (or whatever)

The Marcus 5, these are the vampire hunters you see in the FMV intro.  They are also
seeking the bounty on Meirlink's head and therefore have no love for D.
The only members of the Marcus 5 that we meet are:

Leila, the woman vampire hunter in red.  She eventually helps D after he saves her.

Bolgov, the male vampire hunter in the green outfit.  What a bastard, I'm glad that you
get to wax him.

Machira, one of Meirlink's loyal servants and not entirely human... :)

Carmilla, the lady in the red dress.

Charlotte, I think that this is the lady in the yellow dress.  The daughter of the old man.



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J. Enemies
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So far these are the enemies i've encountered:
I've noted where you first encounter these enemies, some still show up in other places
too.  

--1. FIRST FLOOR ENEMIES--
Zombies, some spew acid, some use a claw attack.  They are fast when they chase you
but don't usually chase you very far.  Fundamentally they are pretty stupid.

Bats, these are a real pain in the ass because they are too high up to hit.  If you
use your super slash attack you can sever them in two right in mid air sometimes.  
Or you can always jump and attack them.  They also shoot sound waves at you which 
really sucks.  

Imps, flying demons, whatever you want to call them they suck.  They carry spears
and shoot fireballs at you.

Hellhound, these are about the worst really, they are tough to run away from, 
tough to hit and attack relentlessly, sometimes causing you to be unable to attack.
If you can, use your super slash on them and then they pose very little theat, with
one more hit they are down.  Watch out for their lighting balls as well.

Female mutant, these are a little tougher than other baddies as they have more
health.  She attacks mostly with her arm which is a snake I think and can extend
to hit you.  Watch out for her blade attack.

BOSS - Meirlink, a fairly easy battle (see walkthrough)

BOSS - Bolgov, (battle two)

BOSS - Meirlink, final battle


--2. SECOND FLOOR ENEMIES--
Green Mosquito Demon, these ones mostly just jump around.

Vampire Spider, these very large and uglly spiders have a good bit oif health but
are easily defeated if you attack swiftly.

Fire Worms, these flying worms spew fire at you but aren't really very dangerous.


--3. SEWER ENEMIES--
Green Sharks, these guys suck, they spew poison at you and sometimes attack with their
tridents, which look like brooms.

Green Mosquito Demon, tries to jump on your back and suck your life force or impale 
you with its spikes.

Green Fire Worm, same as the ones you encountered earlier.

Tentacles, look like little white balls against the base of walls but shoot out to 
attack you as you walk past.  Just jump over them.  There doesn't seem to be any way
to kill them.

MINI BOSS - Stone Imp, very easy, just waste him.


--4. BASEMENT ENEMIES (B1F second half)--
BOSS - Bolgov, Green Vampire Hunter (see walkthrough)


--5. GRAVEYARD ENEMIES (1F)--
Large Imp (walking), this one is tougher than the little ones you have fought 
before.  He also will fly after you if you flee so watch out.


--6. THIRD FLOOR ENEMIES--
Intelligent Cube, these really suck, they shoot lasers and have sharp blades when
they fly around.

BOSS - Carmilla (Lady In Red), a bit tricky.

BOSS - Carmilla (battle two)


--7. TOWER OF THE MOON ENEMIES--
BOSS - Machira (1&2 Battles), not impossible but a pain in the ass.



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K. Walkthrough
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Now it is speculated that there are multiple endings to this game so with that said,
here's how I've gone through the game.

----------1. THE FIRST FLOOR----------
The game begins as you enter the castle you saw in the intro and the rather
disturbing symbiote on D's hand tells you something in Japanese.

The door to your right cannot be entered yet.  To your left you will find a statue
and a blue box, pick these up for important items.  Do so by pressing O.  This 
one gives you a scroll.  This scroll is a map of the castle.  Colored rooms are
ones which you have visited and the flashing room is your current position.  Press
start to get to your items screen and select the map then press O and O again to 
exit the map.  Press X to leave the items screen.

Now you can enter the main doors surrounded by red candles.
Press O to open doors.  You can only do this when your sword is sheathed.
To your left are blue doors and a red vial.  You cannot yet enter the blue doors.
To your right is purple vial and a green vial next to red doors.  You cannot enter
the red doors yet either.

Straight ahead and up the stairs you will find a red spider card in front of a shrine.
D will look at the painting and the symbiote says something again.
To your left you find a stone vial and to your right you find grenades and red vial.
When you descend the staircase you will hear a sound, this thumping noise warns you 
that enemies are about.  There are now two zombies in the main hall.  
Use the spider card to open the red doors.  

Watch out for the lasers and to your right you find vampire steaks.  To your left
you find a green vial.  Exit the room and you will find more steaks and some zombies.
They are easily defeated so proceed down the hallway.  You will come to doors and
hear a man and woman talking.  It sounds as if the woman has been murdered.  Enter 
the doors and you will be in a room with pictures on the walls.
  

===BOSS STRATEGY - MEIRLINK===
You may or may not fight Meirlink here.  I'm not sure what makes the difference. He
is easily defeated if you use your cape to protect yourself.  If you do fight Meirlink 
here then there will be a woman laying on the floor after the battle.  You will be
given an option to talk to her or to leave her lie.  If you choose the left option
she will get up and talk to you, draw a gun on you and then leave.  If you leave her
lie without talking to her she will be gone when you return to this room.  My suspicion
is that you do not fight Meirlink here if you take a long time to reach this room. 
If he is not here it doesn't really matter, you will fight him in the basement.

Exit this room through the next set of doors and you will be in a storage closet with
two zombies.  Pick up the red vial in the corner and jump up on the box, jump across 
to the other boxes and pick up more steaks, climb higher and get a purple vial.
If you fought Meirlink there will be bats in the painting room when you return.
They won't be there if you didn't fight Meirlink.

Exit the room.  Exit the painting room as well.  You are now back in the corridor.  
Proceed to the right and you will find two sets of doors.  Enter the door with the
green light above it.  You will find a nasty bat and a zombie, also a yellow door
and a green door.  Enter the green door as the yellow door cannot be opened yet.  
You will find the blue spider card and a zombie in the closet.

Exit the room and head back down the hallway.  Now outside of the green door with
the light above it proceed to your right and through the big yellow doors.  
Here you find blud doors to your left and right and brown/yellow doors straight ahead.
The right blue door leads to a hallway with an electric hellhound.  This is the long
hallway.  Farther down by the red doors there is another zombie and hellhound.  Enter
the doors at the end of the hallway.  In this room you can look at the clock's face.
And notice the stuffed bird.  The clock reads 2:25.  (You will need to remember this
for when you encounter an identical room and need to set the clock?)  The stuffed
bird is facing the window and card table.  When you look at it, it appears to be facing 
you no matter what direction you are looking at it from.  This room will 
also give you a chance to recharge if you took a beating from the enemies in the hall.

Enter the hall again and return to the end as you cannot enter the red doors yet.  
You are now in the room of four sets of doors.  Enter the blue doors directly across 
from you and you will be in another hallway.  At the end of the hall is a door with 
a plaque and a green light, this door cannot be opened yet.
  
Enter the yellow brown doors, ahead you find statues to the left and right and a gate
straight ahead behind an obelisk.  The gate cannot be opened yet.  Push the statues
against the walls behind them by standing in front of the statues and pressing O.  You
will hear a click when the statues are all the way against the wall and the obelisk
will breifly light up showing you the word 'mankind.'  If you forget this word then
touch the obelisk again from behind and it will flash the word again.
Return to the laser room and main hall.  You can get the second password by repeating
this process on the other side of the castle at obelisk two.

Now you can open the blue doors in the main hall.  At the end of this hall you find 
a wooden door and a big yellow door.  The wooden door takes you to the sanctuary 
where you find a strange object, a red vial, and a green vial.

Exit the sanctuary and enter the yellow doors, you are now presented with a four door
room again.  Two blue doors to either side and a yellow/brown door straight ahead, 
this room is a dead end.  The left blue doors lead to another corridor, in this 
corridor are zombies and flying imps (demons).  In the room at the end of the hall you
find another clock.  This one you can manipulate.  The O button rotates the large
hand clockwise and the X button rotates the small hand clockwise.  Notice that the 
clock face is backwards.  The object is to make this room look like its mirror image,
on the other side of the first floor of the castle.  Adjust the clock so that it reads
2:25.  You will also notice the familiar stuffed bird.  To manipulate it press O to turn 
it to the right and triangle to turn it to the left.  Make the bird face the couch and 
the card table, not the fireplace.  When this is done, a box will appear 
on the fireplace and you recieve a blue crystal.  These are used to refill your green meter.  
Another box will appear near the door, this is a red vial.  There will be a third box by 
the couch, this is a purple vial.

When you get a chance, go back to the original clock room and there will be more boxes
to collect, you'll get another blue crystal, a map of the second floor, and a purple
vial.


----------2. THE BASEMENT----------
Now leave and go back through the four door room and enter the right blue door.  
In this corridor you will fight a female mutatnt with a sword.  There is another door
with a plaque that you cannot enter.  Follow the corridor and you will go downstairs, 
follow this hall and you will fight Meirlink (Only if you didn't fight him before). 
Just use your cape to block his attacks and strike when he's near you.  

Proceed through the brown doors and you will find more stone vials and the map for 
basement 1.  While in this room be sure to play with the computer on the wall, it 
turns the power back on.  It sounds like it turns an engine on.  I think that you 
use the mysterious item from the chapel here when you access the computer.

Exit through the brown doors to where you fought Meirlink and then through
the grey doors and go back up to the first floor.  When you go back upstairs go to the
door that you couldnt enter before with the plaque.  Now you can enter a password to
open the door.  Trouble is, I don't know what the password is yet.


----------3. THE SECOND FLOOR----------
You can now go back to the first password door and enter the password that you saw on
the first obelisk 'mankind.'  The door will unlock and you can enter.  You will go up
two flights of stairs and will be on the second floor.  Watch out for another one of 
those female mutants up here in the hallway.  You will find brown doors with gold trim
which can't be opened yet.  Just to the left of these you can go through the doors with
triangles on them into another hall.  

Here there are lasers on the floor.  You REALLY
don't want to step on these because as soon as you do a very large spider demon will
immediately appear.  These aren't too hard to kill if you strike quickly.  If he hits
you with bubbles you will be poisoned, use a purple vial.
 
Hang a left into the little hallway and over the laser.  You will find a triangle door
right next to the laser, this door cannot be opened yet.  Further up the hall are blue
doors and inside you find grenades and wooden steaks. There are strange mirrors here
and I don't yet know the significance.  If you look in the large mirror the relfection
does not show you or the fire in the center of the room.  If you look in the mirror
above the fireplace you can see the refelction of a man in the large mirror.  

When you try to leave the room, a cutscene will play.  The ghost of a little girl talks 
to D and disappears into the mirror, D then walks through the mirror himself 
and is in a very strange green room.  A body drops from the ceiling.  D then leaves
the mirror room and you cannot re-enter.

You can leave this blue room now.  If you step on the laser a green demon that jumps 
around will appear.   If you go straight down the hall to the next pair of triangle
doors you will fight another spider demon, ugly thing, this one is grey.  Continue
down the hall and you will find more triangle doors that lead to yet another hallway, 
this one has stone floors and more lasers.  

Proceed straight across and through the triangle doors.  You will be attacked by a
flying worm that spews fire at you.  You will also see more of those brown doors
with the gold lining that you can't enter.  Continue down the hall.  You will see 
wooden doors like on the chapel but you can't enter, you will fight another fire 
worm and find silver doors at the end of the hall.  

Proceed through and you will descend two flights of stairs, you will exit the second
password door by the basement stairs.  The mankind password will not work on this
door.  You need to use the password from the second obelisk, 'vampire.'  If you 
didn't get this password it can be obtained by doing the same thing you did for 
obelisk one but at obelisk two.

Now that you have opened both password doors you can go back upstairs to the hallways
you passed.  Going back through the vampire door, this is the rundown.  Go down the 
hallway through the triangle doors again.  You will be in one of the laser hallways
again.  Make a left in the middle and jump over the single laser.  There is a triangle
door on your left that won't open and At the end of this short hallway are white doors.  
Go inside and you will see a little cutscene.  D meets the ghost of a woman
and falls through the floor.  Notice the walls just as D comes into the room, there
are very large spiders, cool.


----------4. THE CASTLE SEWERS----------
Now you are in the sewers beneath the castle.  Down here you will find grenades and
a purple vial.  Jump down into the water and to your right D will find a box across
the little waterfall, with a green vial in it.  Note that the water will hurt D if he
is in it for too long, jumping helps to reset the time limit for D's tolerance of the
water.  Return to where you entered the sewer, there is nothing to the left so go back 
up to the place where you dropped down and found the vial.  Walk out to the edge of the 
arms of this landing, they are supported by beams that look like giant X's.  

Jump across and run to the left to get some stun grenades, i called them bombs before.
Getting over here can take some practice.  Now jump across the little waterfall right
there in the middle of the room and on the right side the gate is smashed open and 
you can go through.

When you go to the next screen you will see a giant green fish-type-thing that looks
like it's holding a broom! I guess it's supposed to be a trident.  They are some kind
of shark things.  It will attack you with poison breath, jump down into the water and
hack it apart.  Use an antidote if you need to.  As you walk watch out for the little
while balls on the wall side of the walkways, they shoot out and attack you.  Go up 
to where the path spilts and fight the fish guys there too.  Go to the right and you
will find a box with the sewer map in it.  Watch out because there is a tentacle 
right behind it.

You will notice a brown door, inside you will fight a very tough purple hellhound.  
And at the end of this short hall, you will find a control panel with two joysticks.  
Using the right or left will block the water flow respectively (it shows you a 
little map).  This turns off the waterfalls back at the main area of the sewers.  
Once the water is shut off you can open the gate.  Press the right joystick to turn
off the left waterfall.

Go to the left waterfall, go through the gate and you will find a door with a red 
light above it and further up a metal gate that you cannot enter.  Go through the 
red light door, you will be in a stone passageway.  There is a statue of an imp 
here and it comes to life, you must fight it.  

===MINI BOSS - Green Imp===
He's very easily defeated, when you have killed him, examine the column in the middle of 
the room and you will recieve a red vial and antidote.  You can keep coming back in here 
and getting more of these as needed. (see Megatone's map of B2F)


Check the walls and you will see a short hallway with brown doors at the end.  Inside
you have to fight a few zombies and will find a blue crystal, antidote, and a map, I think
that its the map of the third floor.

You can now go back and close the other waterfall.  Inside you find another door with 
a red light and a cave entrance.  Watch out for those little white tentacles here too.
Inside the red light door you will find a green shark and a green mosquito demon.  
Watch out for the green mosquito demon because he will try to jump onto your back and suck 
your life force or impale you with his three tongues.  You will eventually reach 
another of the brown doors with red lights above.  Inside you will find floating 
platforms.  You must jump onto the platforms, when you get across you will find a 
handle.  Now return to the cave you saw before, kill the green fire worm.  
You will find a purple vial.  
   
Now you can go back to the place where you fought the green imp but don't go through
that red light door again.  Ahead is the large rusted door that you can't open, to
the right of this door is a crack in the wall that you can go through.  Go inside
and up the staircase through the red light door at the top.  

Inside you will find a purple vial to your right.  Go up the little staircase and get 
the green vial in the corner.  Go further to the left here and you will find a panel
on the wall with three handles, blue, red, and green.  Turning the red handle raises
the grey floor panel next to the large box on the ledge.  Turning the blue handle 
raises the small grey floor panel.   Turning the green handle raises the grey floor
panel by the door which is too high up on the wall to reach.  This is where you
use the handle you found in the floating platform room.

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