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Finished Ys IV: Mask of the Sun (SNES) and oh my god, is it harder than Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand and Ys VI: Ark of Napishtim.

Without these cheat codes below you will just throw the game into the deepest corner of your PC, as even the first boss Lemnos is frustrating as hell. His fire attack is instant kill and the last two bosses are nearly impossible even with 40.000 EXP, best equipment and all health items (elixier, herb). Then there was the witch boss, which I couldn't even damage even if she was standing (her vulnerable phase), I had to cheat more EXP into Adol and suddenly I could strike her.

Too bad exp farming is an endless grind marathon for hours and hours, also 15.000 Gold for an elixier? The other special items are also heavily overpriced and useless too, since you can't use them in boss fights and regular enemies spawn way too fast as you could have a use for it. Combat system is subpar, you can die within 1 second and also defeat the very same enemy within the same time. You basically bump into enemies from an odd angle to damage them and it's not really good, at least for bosses and these fast 1-Hit enemies and no, you don't receive a cooldown with invincibility frames, the faster your enemy bumps into you the faster you lose HP.

Also compared to Ys V, it looks really desolate for an SNES game, almost like a transition from NES to SNES. At least the English translation from Aeon Genesis is good, although the screen border breaks at least three times because of it (Guruda talking before you fight him, for example). Always breaks at the same part of the dialogue, too.

Ah yes, guides are also needed, especially in Stormvale Castle and the Silver Citadel, giant labyrinths and you have no idea where to go. And you know what takes the cake? Searching for items like the Golden Pedestal which is somehwere in Minea or even more glorious, the switch for the mirrors in Iris Tower, which is in the Silver Citadel, south of the revival chamber. If you search for a thing, this game gives you barely any hints (well, except for the Hero's Sword).

Not sure if I will ever play another Ys with bump combat (Ys I, II, IV), the regular sword swinging is so much better (Ys III, V & everything above).

Max Exp
7E097BFF
7E097CFF
Infinite HP
7E0973FF
Infinite GP
7E0983FF
7E0984FF

https://etherealgames.com/snes/y/ys-iv-mask-of-the-sun/action-replay-codes-jp/
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CURRENT HP 7E0973**
MAXIMUM HP 7E0971**
CURRENT MP 7E0979**
MAXIMUM MP 7E0977**
ATTACK 7E0987**
DEFENSE 7E0989**
EXP. 7E097C**
7E097B**

Now an explanation for the exp. code. There are 4 values to be entered. If its just 2 values, like FF, for 255, enter it in 7E097CFF. For 4 values, like 2710, for 10,000 ( which is the max value) enter 27 on 7E097C and 10 on 7E097B. Get it, got it, good. Same goes for gold.

GOLD 7E0984**
7E0983**

EQUIPMENT
The ** start at 04, then 08 do this for each pc. of equipment. Or, just enter FF for all ** and you'll get every item.
7E0B51** FIRST 6 PCS. OF EQUIPMENT
7E0B52** NEXT 5 PCS.
7E0B53** NEXT 7 PCS.
7E0B54** NEXT 8 PCS.
7E0B55** NEXT 4 PCS. AND THE WING ITEM

ITEMS
7E0B56** FIRST 8 ITEMS
7E0B57** NEXT 8 ITEMS
7E0B58** NEXT 5 ITEMS

The maximum value for all ** are FF.

https://shrines.rpgclassics.com/snes/ys4/hacking.shtml

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Had to put everything in code since my post kept breaking.

Anyway, I will try to rip as much as my motivation allows me, since all in all and despite my review above, I had fun with it. It's just not as good as other Ys games, that's all. I will definitely update Adol, as he is really incomplete (initially I thought about a few frames for him, since it's bump combat where he doesn't swing his sword). Turns out, he has more stuff. I will try a few bosses like the wizard lady, also some enemies and an NPC sheet.