| Released By | Sarah Shinespark |
|---|---|
| Category | Improvement |
| Platform | SNES |
| License | N/A |
| Patching Information | No-Header (SNES) |
| Genre | Role Playing |
| Mods | G,S,L,T,GP,Other |
| Patch Version | 2.1.15 |
| Hack Release Date | 15 May 2022 |
| Readme | Readme File |
| Downloads | 5444 |
| Last Modified | 15 May 2022 |
Description:
Seal of Rimsala is a labor of love, and designed as the definitive version of Arcana. Also known as Card Master, Arcana is Hal Labs’ forgotten JRPG, a first-person dungeon crawler with a card theme and killer music. (Hal is now famous for Kirby and the Smash Bros. series.) Please enjoy this modernized take on an underrated title!
Features
- Faster gameplay, redrawn maps, and a coherent story.
- Explore remodeled dungeons and search for new items!
- Overhauled weapons and armor
- Battle the SOR mascot, Mimic!
- Undoes 90’s Nintendo censorship
- One-page level-up screen; no more scrolling!
- New status screen with stat icons and monster bonuses!
- Tons of unused content debuting
- Easter eggs and bug fixes
- Hundreds of tiny tweaks
Debuting in this version:
- Bugfix: Removed the notorious Bishop game freeze.
New to version 2.1:
- Quality of Life: The New Game intro can now be skipped through with the A button.
- Modernization: The menu now opens with the X button.
- Gameplay: New anti-Human and Anti-Reptile equipment; balance changes
- Coding: Elemental and race bonuses can now be viewed in the Status screen!
- Graphics: New elemental icons!
- Script: Spell and equipment text rewritten for more flavor.
- Script: Attribute spells now show their element.
- Balance: Reverted barehanded damage to vanilla.
- Extras: Added a Monster list, Spell list, and Equipment list in PDF.
- Extras: Added vanilla lists for reference.
ROM / ISO Information:
- Database match: Arcana (USA)
- Database: No-Intro: Super Nintendo Entertainment System (v. 20180813-062835)
- File/ROM SHA-1: 35D04611F815672D02104E174624F9610994B0B5
- File/ROM CRC32: C891B297
Links:
Screenshots:
Credits:
| Contributor | Type of contribution | Listed credit |
|---|---|---|
| RetGal | Graphics | He converted the stat icons to bytes, and customized the credits. |
| Headline | Author | Date | Version | Recommend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How Arcana was meant to be played | Ace_Aileron | 22 Feb 2022 | 2.1a14 | Yes |
| Nice QoL upgrade, with one small caveat | Tristal | 24 Apr 2021 | 2.1a13 | Yes |
| Can't recommend this hack enough. Way superior to the original. | veeeeeeep | 14 Dec 2020 | 2.1a13 | Yes |
| Heading in the Right Direction | Phaxuji | 02 Nov 2020 | 2.0g | Yes |
| Good hack of a good game. | firedropdl | 12 Sep 2020 | 2.0g | Yes |
| Check this patch out immediately! | Cureless | 02 Jul 2020 | 2.0g | Yes |
| The Definitive Way To Play Arcana (Card Master) | Apocalypse612 | 24 Nov 2019 | 1.0c | Yes |
| Solid improvements. | Old_gamer | 21 Dec 2020 | 2.1a13 | Yes |
| Awesome | GrammerPants | 19 May 2019 | 1.0c | Yes |