Dragon Scroll: Yomigaerishi Maryuu [FC/NES | ENG Translated] Playthrough (Archive*)
11*NOTE: This is an unedited archive of a live no-commentary playthrough originally streamed on Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/bippoernesti), which means there may be deaths, restarts or intermissions/interruptions.
Dragon Scroll: Yomigaerishi Maryuu (ドラゴンスクロール 甦りし魔竜), or "Dragon Scroll: Resurrection of the Demon Dragon" in this translation, is a Japan-only Famicom action RPG, released by Konami in 1987. It's actually a very fun game, with only a couple overly cryptic secrets in it.
There are some easter eggs I missed at the end of this playthrough, here's a video of them if you wanna check them out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c2gb9KAa0c
This is the 2008 fan translation by KingMike (Hacking), Eien Ni Hen (Translation) and FlashPV (Design). You can check it out here: https://www.romhacking.net/translations/1267/
Since there are no clear spots for chapter splits, the chapters will mostly have the name of a notable event occurring at the start of that chapter. Considering the path I mapped out is (intentionally) all over the place, I figured having these chapters would help people skim when and where in the video a specific item is acquired. Basically, click chapter, rewind until you find a familiar spot, and go from there.
This playthrough went pretty well. A lot of stuff that could have gone wrong didn't. I was worried if I was overdoing some of the monster farming bits, but considering how fortuitous the last level up was, I think it was worth it. Thanks to that, the only game over was the intentional one, which I wanted to do just as a quick demonstration of the game over screen. All it does is respawn you with half your max MP, and I knew I could restore it soon enough. I also got insanely lucky placement with the Castor boss.
Stream title is a reference to the fact that , despite the name, pretty much nobody talks about scrolls in the game, just magic books. Live notification was just a random Skyrim quote. Oh, and happy holidays if you happen to be reading this around the upload date, or around the same time in the future.
Stream Date: 2022-12-23
Stream Title: Eight Books, Zero Scrolls
Live Notification: Brigands I can handle, but this talk of dragons? World's gone mad, I say.
Stream Description: "Dragon Scroll is a rather obscure 1987 Konami title. It's a Zelda-esque action RPG telling a story of dragons, magic and warring kingdoms. It was never officially translated, so I'm using the only fan-translation, credited to KingMike, Eien Ni Hen and FlashPV. It's got some typos and other errors, but it's mostly solid.
This'll be a regular playthrough, I won't go through every secret or find every hint, but I will try to cover as much as I can on the path I've written down. Approx 1.5 hours if nothing goes wrong."
Chapters
0:00:00 Attract Mode
0:02:05 Intro
0:02:49 Prologue
0:03:12 Game Start
0:04:31 ACQUIRED: Silver Ring (Speed Up)
0:07:05 Dark Gambling House
0:11:10 Gambling Stops
0:11:43 ACQUIRED: Yunke Fruit (Main Key Item)
0:13:00 ACQUIRED: Rain Bell (Main Key Item)
0:15:54 ACQUIRED: Tongues Liquid (Key Item)
0:18:59 ACQUIRED: Reverse Grass (Confusion Immunity)
0:19:18 ACQUIRED: Crystal Ball (Thief Radar)
0:26:00 ACQUIRED: Flame Staff (LV5 Weapon)
0:26:17 ACQUIRED: Nire Branch (Key Item)
0:26:25 ACQUIRED: Necklace (Invincibility)
0:32:55 ACQUIRED: Gold Ring (Defense Up)
0:35:30 ACQUIRED: Stillness Bell (Time Stop)
0:43:10 Zarik Secret Passage (Tower of Illusion)
0:45:12 ACQUIRED: Hades Bell (Cancel Bell Effects)
0:47:30 ACQUIRED: Magic Key (Main Key Item)
0:52:00 FOUND: Safra
0:55:15 ACQUIRED: Empty Chest (Mandatory)
0:57:22 FOUND: Safra (Again)
0:57:22 ACQUIRED: Book of Wind (Book 1)
1:01:13 ACQUIRED: Book of Water (Book 2)
1:03:26 King of Dermos (Boss 1)
1:04:57 ACQUIRED: Book of Fire/Flame (Book 3)
1:05:26 Game Over Screen Demonstration
1:07:17 ACQUIRED: Maden/Madan Staff (LV8 Weapon)
1:10:00 ACQUIRED: Dragon Scale (Main Key Item)
1:12:22 ACQUIRED: Dark Bell (Confusion)
1:13:21 King of Castor (Boss 2)
1:14:27 ACQUIRED: Book of Earth (Book 4)
1:19:00 FOUND: Kakai
1:20:30 ACQUIRED: Book of Time (Book 5)
1:22:13 King of Requi (Boss 3)
1:23:20 ACQUIRED: Book of Lightning (Book 6)
1:28:06 FOUND: Unasu
1:28:31 ACQUIRED: Book of Darkness (Book 7)
1:29:56 ACQUIRED: Book of Dragons (Book 8)
1:31:10 Maten Secret Passage (Life Restore)
1:33:40 Maten Castle (Final Castle)
1:36:46 Chrome Dragon (Final Boss)
1:38:30 Ending