[IAU] INTRO & UPDATES
[HWT] HOW TO USE THE GUIDE
[TVB] THE VERY BEST CARDS
[TEW] THE EASY WAY
[EWA] A) Intro
[EWB] B) Never Spend Starchips
[EWC] C) Duplicating (3-Card method)
[EWD] D) Duplicating (Keybladder's method)
[EWE] E) Cheating (GameShark)
[BCL] BEST CARDS LIST
[USC] USAGE / CONTACT
[ACK] ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
V1.0 13-JUL-03: Completed the entire guide (minus 4/d)
Submitted guide to GameFAQs.com
V1.5 10-JAN-04: Added NeoSeeker to allowed sites
Added section 4/d (cheating)
V1.6 05-JUL-06: Added keyblader1985's duplication method
v1.7 14-SEP-09: Added disclaimer to Keyblader1985 method, other minor changes
The reason im writing this guide is because, basically, i myself needed it. I
wanted to know what the best card i could get in a certain type catagory, for
a certain number of starchips. To discover this, i had to sweep through other
FAQs, which consumed both time and effort (not to put anyone down -- i base my
entire game strategy by some of the FAQs out there). This i did not like, for
obvious reasons. So, i built this guide, so that i could progress through the
game, purchasing only the best cards as i earnt my starchips.
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Well, say you wanted to know how to create a Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon with
only 290 starhips, without lowering the standard of your deck. You can search
through here, find the best Dragon type depending on your starchips, then find
the best Thunder type, quickly and easily and without any fuss. By the way,
those cards would be a Parrot Dragon (2000/1300) and Kaminari Attack
(1900/1400).
Then, you'd use the starchip trick to purchase both cards, followed by my
(exclusive) card duplicating trick to create another two of each type (see
below, "THE EASY WAY"). You have two semi-powerful cards, at a pretty cheap
price, which fuse together to make one of the best (or at least favourable)
monsters!
Or, if you just want to know what the best redeemable fairy type card is, you
can search through here (with a quick Ctrl+F) for 'FAIRY', and discover that
it's Gyakutenno Megami (1800/2000), for 500 chips.
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The best possible card you can purchase has to be Jurai Gumo. If you do not own
him by the time you get to 100 Starchips, then really missing out!! This
monster has 2200 ATK points! However, he does only have 100 DEF points. But, he
only costs 80 Starchips! Yes, that's 2200 ATK points for 80 Chips! His password
is 94773007, by the way. Oh, and he's an insect type, so he won't fuse with
anything. This card is just, really, a good beginner-deck card. It'll take you
16 duels on S Rank to get him, so why not?
The next best cards are the two given in my example above, the Parrot Dragon
and Kaminari Attack, as they can be bought relatively easily, have good ATK
points, and as mentioned, fuse to make Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon, an awesome
beast to use throughout virtually the entire game.
Other than these three, there aren't too many other major bargains. The Dark
Elf (2000/800 PWD=21417692) is a nice one at 160, but most other great cards
are far too expensive, at 400 and above.
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- THE EASY WAY - [TEW]
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!) DISCLAIMER
Use at your own risk. Playing with memory cards can lead to data
loss and corruption. To date, i have recieved only one message of complaint,
which stated that keyblader's method wiped a players memory card. I do not
recommend his method, since it involves screwing with memory cards during
the write process (which can often corrupt data).
A) Intro [EWA]
There are two methods of duplication; one requiring 3 memory cards, which
was contained within the original version of this guide, and one requiring
only two memory cards, which was later contributed by Keybladder1985.
For the first duplication trick ('C'), the memory cards will be refered to as
A, B and C. Memory card A is your main save card. B is your temporary storage
card, and must have a different User ID to save A. It can be a new game save.
Finally, C is your slave card. It has a duplicate save file from card A. This
card will be used for acquiring cards and tricking the game system. It will
have the same User ID as A.
If you want to use the 'Never Spend Starchips' trick, you'll still need the
three memory cards.
B) Never Spend Starchips [EWB]
First, make a duplicate of A onto card C (you may have already done this).
Then, use your new C save to purchase your desired card.
Next, save, then trade from C to B (you can't trade from C to A, as the player
profile codes are the same). Now, all you need to do is trade from B to A!
Congratulations, you've just cheated the system.
C) Duplicating (3-Memory Card method) [EWC]
* If you haven't already duplicated A onto C, do it now (see part 'a' below).
* If you've just used the above trick, there's no need to make a new
duplicate save file of A. Just use card C as it is.
* Now, go onto TRADE, and load up cards A and B.
* Once both cards have loaded, remove card A from it's slot, and replace it
with card C, the duplicate.
* Now, simply trade across the card(s) you wish to duplicate, from C to B.
* This process will create the card data on B, and delete the data off of C.
* The trick is, the system deletes the data from card C, if there's anything
to actually delete, instead of deleting it from card A.
* Exit TRADE mode.
* Switch cards C and A (put A back in).
* Now you can trade the card(s) from B to A.
* Repeat the process as many times as desired.
This process is actually A LOT simpler than it looks, and a lot better at
duplicating cards faster.
For those of you who don't care how it works, or don't understand all that
mumbjo-jumbo above, here's a rough ASCII guide. The diagrams represent the
console, with it's slots 1 and 2, and A, B and C represent the corresponding
memory cards. The diagrams refer to the text below them.
/*************************************************************************\
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| | |
| |___ 1 ___ 2 ___|
| A B
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| (a) Load the data in TRADE mode (from slot 1).
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|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
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| | |
| |___ 1 ___ 2 ___|
| C B
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| (b) When the data's loaded, switch cards A and C.
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|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
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| | |
| |___ 1 ___ 2 ___|
| C B
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| (c) Trade the desired card(s) from P1 (A's file) to P2 (B's file).
|
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
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| (d) Exit TRADE mode.
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|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
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| | |
| |___ 1 ___ 2 ___|
| A B
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| (e) Re-insert A, re-load TRADE mode, and trade the card(s) from B to A.
|
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
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| (f) Repeat if nesseccary.
|
\*************************************************************************/
D) Duplicating (Second method, by keyblader1985) [EWD]
A dude called keyblader1985 emailed me with a new duplication method, so here
it is. I haven't tested it myself, but HAVE recieved a complaint that it
erased a player's save files. Apparently it works, but tampering with storage
devices while they're actively in use can cause irrepairable damage. The
description below is copy & pasted from the email I recieved.
I RECOMMEND AGAINST THIS METHOD.
*Note: the ORIGINAL memory card with the card(s) to be duplicated will
hereafter be called Memory Card 'A'; the other one will be 'B.'
1. Save your file on A before going any further, just in case.
2. Trade the desired card(s) from a to B.
3. Load and Save File B (NOT File A!).
4. Return to the Trade screen and prepare to trade any card (from either
file), then press Trade, and pay close attention.
5. When the screen says, 'Now Trading Cards' (or whatever it says; it's the
second message that pops up in the box), wait EXACTLY three seconds, then
reset the console.
6. Load each file (don't worry about the warning, just load it anyway), and
make sure the desired cards are on both of them.
7. Now just trade from File B to A! Be sure to save on both files after
trading.
8. Lather, rinse and repeat, to your heart's content.
I know it sounds extremely dangerous, but I've NEVER had a problem in the
three years I've been doing this. Like I said, feel free to put this in your
guide, if you want.
So that's keyblader1985's duplication method. From the sounds of it, it's
perfect, and you don't need 3 memory cards, like my old one. But remember,
it's theoretically dangerous and I've heard from someone who it fucked over.
Sorry to diss you keyblader1985.
E) Cheating (GameShark) [EWE]
If you really can't (be bothered to) gather enough starchips to play
(enjoyably), you can use a device known as a GameShark (GS), or an Action
Replay (AR). Personally, I prefer an Xploder (earlier release was known as
Xplorer), since it accepts pretty much every type of code, wether GS or AR.
Note that different country regions need different codes. Note also the '[M]'
(Master) codes. These are activation codes, required to make the other code(s)
work. For more info. on how GameShark and other hex codes work, try a google
search. There's plenty of information on them. I'd put it here, but it's
rather irrelevant to this guides purpose.
*GAME*SHARK*
(North America, but see below)
-[M]-
D0168188 023A
8016818A 1000
-Infinite Starchips-
801D07E0 423F
801D07E2 000F
Well, I did try to dig up some codes for other country regions and other
devices, but, I couldn't. Sorry guys. I advise using an Xploder; I've used
these on the UK Xploder, and they do work on the UK game version. If you
can't afford a GameShake or Xploder, then you could always emulate your
PSX disc on your PC. You can then use a cheating system emulator add-on to
use the codes above. There are plenty out there; just use google to find them.
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The list below is organised in catagories, by the card types, in
alphabetical order. The cards are also in order of strongest to
weakest attack points. I've tryed to make this list useful to anybody,
regardless of their starchip number -- what i mean is, i've listed
monsters from 999,999 chips to the highest ATK points below 500 s-chips.
The types are (for cut-and-paste search):
-ZOMBIE
564 Great Mammoth of Goldfine 2200/1800 54622031 800
099 Pumpking the King of Ghosts 1800/2000 29155212 500
545 Skelgon 1700/1900 32355828 999999
368 Shadow Ghoul 1600/1300 30778711 180
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I don't care where this ends up, but please have the courtesy to give credit
if it is due. I DID have a message saying "don't steal me guide etc", but
people did, so fuck it, that wasn't very effctive. These sites had my
permission for the first six years I still asked for it (so any other site
hosting this guide likely did so without permission, 'cause this game is OLD):
* GameFAQS.com
* NeoSeeker.com
In short, copy & paste whatever, but don't say my words are yours.
I would like to thank the following people for inspiring me to write this, or
just for helping me throughout the game. I couldn't have done it without you!
A B C
acontributor
DBirtolo
DuelMasterNG
keyblader1985
Kingtut1
nnguyen11490
StanIsMyMaster
Credit to DuelMasterNG especially, as i based the 'best cards' section on his
list. And thank you to all you other guys and girls who've created these
brilliant FAQs!!!
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