Pirates Of The Darkwater FAQ Version 1.0
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Written by Adem Grech (Choc66)
[email protected]
9th June 2003
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Table of Contents
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1. Disclaimer
2. Introduction
(i) Background
(ii) Story
(iii) Options
(iv) Controls
(v) Screen interface
3. Characters
(i) Ren
(ii) Ioz
(iii) Tula
4. Walkthrough
(i) Stage 1. Dragons Maw
(ii) Stage 2. Atani Palace
(iii) Stage 3. Pandawa
(iv) Stage 4. Andorus
5. Enemy List
6. Items
7. General Tips
8. Frequently Asked Questions
9. Credits
10. Version History
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1. Disclaimer
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This FAQ for Pirates of the Darkwater for the Super Nintendo
Entertainment System (SNES) was written by me, Adem Grech. This FAQ is
is a gamefaqs exclusive, and putting this on your site without my
permission will lead you to trouble. Please do not in anyway
distribute this FAQ for profit as it is illegal, and please do not
modify the contents of this FAQ
I dont like having to write the above, but there are a few people out
there whos actions leave FAQ writers no choice but to include the above
disclaimer.
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2. Introduction
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(i) Background
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Pirates of the darkwater is a game based on the cartoon series of
the same name. Developed by Sunsoft, it is a side scrolling beat em up
which plays similar to well known games such as Final Fight and Streets
of Rage. The game features 3 different selectable characters and 8
different stages.
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(ii) Story
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Taken from the game
"On the distant and watery world of mer, the dying king primus escapes
from the evil pirate-lord, bloth, to reveal to Ren his past and his
destiny. Ren, the son of king primus, must save the planet mer and
his home, octopon, from the deadly dark water"
"By collecting all the treasures of rule, Ren can control the dark
water and return mer and octopon to their former glory"
"Ren and his crew, Ioz, the hardened ex-pirate and Tula, the
adventure seeking heroine must embark on a journey that will constantly
test Ren and his crew's strength and dedication toward the quest for
the treaures of rule. The evil Pirate-lord Bloth and his army of
ruthless pirates also seek the treasures of rule"
"Bloth and his ship, the maelstrom are always one step behind Ren. If
Bloth can collect the treasures before Ren and his ragtag crew, the
planet mer is doomed to the dark water and Bloth's tyranny forever"
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(iii) Options
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Once you get to the title screen, you can press start. From here you
have 3 options
1P Start: Starts a one player game
2P Start: Starts a two player game
Options: Takes you to the options menu.
By going to the options menu, these are your selectable options
Game Level Choose from Normal or Hard
Players Hit Choose from Off or On. Applies to 2 player game only
Turning this option on will enable players to beat up
each other and lose damage. Be careful
BGM Test Background music. Select from 00 to 0F
Stereo Choose from On or Off. Leaving it on leaves the
Sound in Stereo, Off causes it to be in Mono
Exit Return to the title screen
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(iv) Controls
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Your buttons on your controller perform the following actions
Dpad Move character around
A Special Attack
B Jump
X Strong Hit
Y Jab Hit
L Defensive Guard
R Defensive Guard
Select
Start Pause
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(v) Screen Interface
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This is what the screen looks like while you play
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1P 0000000 Time Press Start
Ren X3 50
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1P Indicates that person is player one
000 Players Score. Everytime you kill an enemy or collect items,
your score will increase.
Ren Player is using the character Ren
X3 Player has 3 lives left before its game over
Time How much time there is to complete a stage. If this gets to
zero the game is over
If you press start on controller 2, player 2 will be able to join in
and the screen will look more like this.
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1P 0000000 Time 2P 0000000
Ren X3 50 Tula X3
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Player 2 is using Tula
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3. Characters
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In Pirates of the Dark Water, you have access to 3 different characters
each having different strengths and weaknesses making them all
different. Here is a rundown of the characters
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(i) Ren
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Strength Medium
Speed Medium
Recovery Medium
Jump Medium
As you can see, Ren is balanced in all departments, making him a good
character to use if your new to the game. He does good damage, he's
speed is average, not too fast but not too slow either, and he has
good recovery time, so if you miss a hit, you should recover in time.
Overall, i recommend him if your playing the game for the first time.
Moves
Punch Y
Heavy Punch X
Jump B
Flying Knee B to jump, then in air press Y
Spinning Kick A - This uses up energy if you hit enemy
Run Tap forward twice
Shoulder Run, then press Y
Grab Walk right near the enemy and you will
automatically grab
Knee Grab enemy and press Y
Throw Grab enemy and press X plus left or right
Pick up Item Y
Combos
2 Hit Y, Y
Y, X
3 Hit Y, Y, X
Y, Y, Y
4 Hit Y, Y, Y, Y
Y, Y, Y, X
Knee Grab enemy and press Y
Grab enemy and press Y, X
Grab enemy and press Y, Y
Grab enemy and press Y, Y, X
Grab enemy and press Y, Y, Y
Combo best used for high energy enemies
Y, Y, Y, Grab enemy Y, Y, X
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(ii) Ioz
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Strength High
Speed Low
Recovery Low
Jump Slow and Low
Ioz is all about strength. He does the most damage out of all the
characters, but he hasnt got much speed, which means if your
surrounded by enemies, your going to find it hard to escape. And
he also has low recovery time, so if you miss a hit, dont be suprised
if you get hit in the process.
Overall, i recommend him if you feel the game is getting too easy.
Moves
Punch Y
Heavy Punch X - Very slow recovery time
Jump B
Flying Punch B to jump, then in air press Y
Spinning Punch A - This uses up energy if you hit enemy
Run Tap forward twice
Shoulder Run, then press Y
Grab Walk right near the enemy and you will
automatically grab
Headbutt Grab enemy and press Y
Throw Grab enemy and press X plus left or right
Pick up Item Y
Because of his strength, Ioz can actually grab someone and walk
around carrying them, perfect for occasions where there are chasms
just grab the enemy and toss them down for the easiest death ever.
Combos
Unfortunatly because of Ioz's speed, he cant use his weapon to combo
on all enemies like Ren can
2 Hit Y, Y
3 Hit Y, Y, Y
Headbutt Grab enemy and press Y
Grab enemy and press Y, X
Grab enemy and press Y, Y
Grab enemy and press Y, Y, X
Grab enemy and press Y, Y, Y
Combo best used for high energy enemies
Y, Y, Grab enemy press Y, Y, X
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(iii) Tula
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Strength Low
Speed High
Recovery High
Jump High and Fast
No suprises here whos the weakest but fastest. Tula does the least
amount of damage, but she is one speedy devil, which means she can
get out of preety much any bad situation, and her recovery time is
great, so you can miss hitting the enemy and move away.
Overall, i recommend her if you feel the game is getting easy
Moves
Punch Y
Heavy Punch X - Super fast recovery, use often :)
Jump B
Flying Punch B to jump, then in air press Y
Energy Barrier A - This uses up energy if you hit enemy
Run Tap forward twice
Slide Run, then press Y
Grab Walk right near the enemy and you will
automatically grab
Elbow Grab enemy and press Y
Throw Grab enemy and press X plus left or right
Pick up Item Y
Combos
2 Hit Y, Y
Y, X
3 Hit Y, Y, Y
Y, Y, X
4 Hit Y, Y, Y, Y
Y, Y, Y, X
5 Hit Y, Y, Y, Y, Y
Y, Y, Y, Y, X
Elbow Grab enemy and press Y
Grab enemy and press Y, X
Grab enemy and press Y, Y
Grab enemy and press Y, Y, X
Grab enemy and press Y, Y, Y
Combo best used for high energy enemies
Y, Y, Y, Y, Grab enemy press Y, Y, X
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You cannot pick the same 2 players in 2 player mode. My recommendation
for 2 player mode is the combination of Ioz and Tula. One player has
the strength to do damage to everything, while the other player can
also do bits of damage to everyone, and also take out any enemies
quicksmart if Ioz is in trouble.
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4. Walkthrough
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If you have played side scrolling beat em ups before, you will have no
trouble picking up the pace. However, if this is your first side
scrolling beat em up, use the first stage to press buttons and get a
feel for things.
I recommend for first time players, put the game on normal difficulty
and if your experienced in this game or other side scroller beat em ups
play the game on hard.
Below is the stage by stage walkthrough.
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(i) Stage 1. Dragons Maw
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Enemies Found: D Rider, Sickle Rider, Lady Pirate, Tattoo man,
Big Pirate, Konk, Tall Pirate
Boss Found: Bloth
The moment you start off, walk to the right, jump over the ground bump
and kill the D and Sickle riders. Once killed, proceed and jump over
the next to ground bumps, walk till you see a woman sitting on a stone.
Kill her and the rest of the enemies, then break the statue the lady
pirate was sitting on for a bag which gives you points. Move and you
will encounter a couple of tattoo men, who block a lot, so grab them
knee them to death. Once everyone is dead, move right. Kill the D
Rider who gets off a flying dragon and move on. You should see a
green Minga melon on the ground, get to it before that baby bird eats
it, now take care of these enemies. Dont stay in the middle path as
there will be 2 boulders that drop down, so stay near the top or bottom
of the screen to be safe. You will encounter a Big Pirate, the best
way to kill them is to grab them, hit, then toss them for good damage.
Once all the enemies are defeated, the ground will break and you will
fall in.
When you fall, you will get up, dont move, and move right only when all
the rocks have stopped falling. Kill the enemies, dispose of the konk
quickly. Once the enemies are defeated, break the statue for a white
bag for points. Move on, watch the sickle man, toss him over the cliff
and carefully now jump over the first chasm. You see that minga melon?
dont bother getting it unless your on the verge of death, half the time
you get it the rock above it will drop on you causing more damage done.
Now cross carefully as the rock is up and go right near the bottom
right of the screen. Here it makes it hard for you to get hit into the
chasm, and you can also toss enemies into the chasm for quick easy
kills. Walk until you get to the bridge for more fights. Toss enemies
behind you, because your on the bridge, you can fall off, so have the
enemies in one area to make life easier. Watch the tall pirates, get
close then once they start swinging there arm, hit them. Go right,
now there will be a rock, go right up the top of the screen before the
rock and jump over the chasm. Walk up to the statue and break it for
a 1up (extra life) Now theres gonna be a fight on some stairs. Kill
the enemies and watch out for the rock that falls down the stairs.
Boss time
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BOSS
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Bloth
Difficulty 2/5
Rather easy to kill. He only has one attack, and thats when he charges
at you once you have knocked him down.
Once you start, he will laugh at you, you can knock him over with your
heavy attack (X button) if he laughs again do it again and he will get
into the yellow bar section. Now when you attack him, try to get a
grab in and attack 3 times to knock him down, and now get behind him,
by doing this, he cant use his charge attack. Just repeat of grab
attacking him, then getting behind him and you have him defeated in no
time. Just watch out for the help he has as they can be annoying,
if thats the case, toss the enemies into bloth to deal further damage.
You now have cleared the stage. The Compass is now in your possesion.
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(ii) Stage 2. Atani Palace
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Enemies Found: D Rider, Sickle Rider, Lady Pirate, Tattoo man,
Big Pirate, Tall Pirate
Boss Found: Konk
From the start move across and kill the enemies. You'll notice they
have a bit more health in this stage. You'll now come across to a
chasm where you have to fight enemies nearby. Stay away from the chasm
but not too far away so you can toss them in for easy kills. Once done
move across, watch the skull on the ground, if you get close spikes
will rise from it and damage you. Kill the tall pirate and watch out
for the tattoo man who comes from behind with an attemt to fly kick you
Heres a good trick, make the spikes from the skull rise, and toss the
enemies into them, they will go further left, stand near them and they
will try to get you only to keep walking into the spikes and eventually
die. Move on to the next fight, watch out for the rock, if you can
destroy it or get it to hit an enemy, you can get a bag for 10000 point
watch out for the enemies, try to knock them over into the chasm. Watch
the Lady Pirate who tries to jump kick you, you cant block her either.
Move across and break the statue for another 10000 point bag, move on.
Now you come to a point where lots of rocks start falling down. Move
right into the upper most right hand corner, you wont be hit here.
when the rocks start falling you can move across again. Another fight
and watch the flame in the ground. Like the spikes you can make the
enemies walk into the flame and watch them die easily. Move on, youll
come to a place with 2 pillars and 2 flames, you can stand behind the
right pillar and again watch the enemies walk into the flames :) kill
the enemies here. Move on and break the 2 statues for 2 10000 point
bags, now kill the enemies. Ooh impressive tattoo man comes from the
foreground, not dangerous though, kill everything then move on. As
you move on, watch out for the flames and skulls with spikes on the
ground, carefully make your way past these. Now kill the enemies.
Watch the first rock, but be aware for the second, which rolls right
at the top of the screen, get it and get the item (i got steak) but its
random. Once your done here, move on
Boss time now.
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BOSS
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Konk
Difficulty 2/5
He's back from the first stage and he's got more energy this time
around. He's still real easy though. Once he drops down, move down
and avoid the boomerang he throws at you. Attack him from far with
heavy attack until enemies arrive, he will be in yellow bar at this
stage. All you have to do is get close enough to get in a couple jab
punches, then grab him and attack him, repeat. Near death he will get
up and attack you, try to get a normal enemy and toss them into him as
he runs, then repeat the punch grab tactic. Using this tactic wont
lose you a life.
Watch out for his 3 attacks though, the boomerang, the dash attack
(does near death) and his headbutt which does major damage. If you
dont punch him before grabbing he will headbutt you thats why you have
to punch him before you grab him. With this in mind, kill him.
Congratulations, you now have found the first treasure.
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(iii) Stage 3. Pandawa
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Enemies Found: Urie
Boss Found: Jargis
This time your in a village, a nice change of scenery if you ask me.
Anyways, move to the right as usual. Get ready to kill some pirates
there are quite a few here. Move on once your finished, and youll get
to a wall in the background with a hallway, enemies pop out of here.
Kill them as usual, though watch out for the Big Pirate, he can now
charge at you so watch out for that. Move on and kill the lady pirate
you can only grab attack her as she blocks everything, so do so. Move
on to you get to a dragon in a cage. Watch out for the 2 barrels
that roll towards you, break them if you want. Kill the enemies and
you can use the caged dragon as a trap to damage enemies. Once your
done, you can set the caged dragon free :) Move forward and watch out
for Urie (new enemy) who shoots arrows at you from far away, so take
him out asap. Then take out the rest of the enemies and move on when
your done. Watch the barrels coming towards you, you can destroy them
as one of them contains a steak which will come in handy. Watch out
for the tattoo man who jump kicks you, move out of the way or cop the
hit, kill him and move on.
Move on and youll come to a blue barrel, leave this as it contains a
steak and get it after killing all the enemies here. Watch out for the
big pirates and lady pirates they can cause you some trouble. Once
you have beaten them all up, get the steak :) move on, kill the one
sickle man and watch the 2 barrels, now move on, youll see a big pirate
asleep and a minga melon, kill the enemies below, if you can, knock the
big pirates onto the boxes to knock the minga melon down, get it if you
need health. The big pirates and tall pirates make a bit of a dangerous
fight here so be careful. Also to the left of screen falling fireballs
fall down, so stay near the right of screen just to be safe. Move on
youll come to a bit where theres one Urie, grab him and toss him over
to the right of screen so you can see him shoot (sometimes he can run
away and arrows come out of nowhere) and then kill the lady pirates. Im
all against beating up hordes of sexy women, but well what can you do
its only a game. Anyhows once your done here, move on a bit and kill
all the other enemies. Kill them and the screen goes blank
boss time
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BOSS
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Jargis
Difficulty 2/5
Youd think by now there would be some decent challenging boss, but that
isnt the case with Jargis. He has a whip, and if you get infront of
him, he will whip you, or he will whip grab you and do some serious
damage and we dont want that to happen.
The best strategy is to heavy hit him, you can do this by not getting
infront of him, but by going over him or under him and just hitting
him with heavy until his bar changes to yellow. Now instead of heavy
hits, just grab attack him and repeat until he dies. Doing this method
he will not even whip you once, heck he wont even touch you once using
this method. You could also substitute the grab attack for a heavy hit
or jab punch followed by grab attack if your feeling nasty.
All in all, a preety easy boss. Just remember the rule to never get
infront of him.
Congratulations, you now have found the second treasure! Good work
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(iv) Stage 4. Andorus
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5. Enemy List
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This is a list of all the enemies you will encounter in the game.
Please note that these enemies get harder as you get further in the
game.
D Rider Has a knife and rags, simple to kill
Sickle Rider Similar to D rider but has a sickle, easy to
kill
Lady Pirate Wearing a bikini and knife, rather easy.
Tattoo man Wears pants, no top. Easy to kill but he
blocks quite a bit, so grab him
Big Pirate Big, but because he's big, his slow, and very
easy to hit, watch out for his charge though
Konk Grab these guys quickly and kill them, or they will
grab and headbutt you instead
Tall Pirate Hit them while they swing there arm. Can be tricky
to kill as they have long reach, toss an enemy into
them if possible.
Urie Watch these guys, they love to shoot arrows at you
from far away. Block the arrows, then kill.
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6. Items
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- Statue Break these to find different items instead
- White Bag Gives you 10000 points
- Minga Mellon Restores health
- 1 Up Gives you an extra life
- Steak Restores a lot of health
- Rock More of an obstacle, but destroying them usually
leaves an item behind. Destroy at your own risk.
- Barrel Same as the rock, you can destoy it if you want
and sometimes it leaves an item behind
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7. General Tips
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- Use the first bit of the stage to get used to the controls
- Leave the difficulty on normal if you find the game too hard
- If you see a health item and you on full energy, dont pick it up as
there could be enemies waiting for you. Wait until your positively
sure no enemies are around. If there are enemies, beat them all up
then get the food.
- Learn the enemy and boss patterns, this makes the fighting a lot more
easier
- Learn to use the grab properly. If your beating up an enemy and some
try to sneak behind you, grab the enemy your beating up, knee them a
couple of times and throw them behind you to knock the other guys over.
This also applies if they are in front of you. Doing this gives you
time and wont have you ending up losing damage
- In a 2 player game, share items, especially health, let the person
with less health get the health items. Working together is the key
- In a 2 player game, dont go for the same enemies, have one player
take out most enemies on the left, the other play go for the right.
- Ren and Tula have a very good jump kick, so use it often especially
in crowds of enemies, and it also comes in handy jumping over chasms if
timed correctly
- Keep an eye out on the timer, dont let it get to zero.
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8. Frequently Asked Questions
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Q: Is this the same game as the Megadrive (Genesis) version
A: No, the megadrive version is more of a adventure platformer type
the snes version is a beat em up
Q: Where can i buy the game
A: Second hand shops, ebay, the internet, or a friend if they have a
copy and want to get rid of it.
Q: Who is the best character to use
A: If your a beginner, i recommend Ren, if you like brutes and have
some experience, go for Ioz, and if your really confident and like a
challenge and a fast character, go for Tula. Really its a matter of
preference as they all have good points and bad
Q: Is the game two players
A: Yes
Q: Is hard really that hard
A: Not really, the main differences are that you do less damage, you
take more damage, and the enemies have more health which means it will
take longer to kill them.
Q: What is the best way to avoid rolling rocks or other obstacles
coming towards me
A: Jump over them, or use a special attack. Sometimes rolling
obstacles contain food which will give health back or other point items
or you can move out of the way. If your using Ioz, i wouldnt advise on
jumping over the obstacles as his jump is slow.
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9. Credits
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Gamefaqs: For hosting this faq, as well as many other brilliant faqs
Sunsoft: For creating a very enjoyable game
Nintendo: For making a wonderful machine in the Super Nintendo
Hanna Barbera: For making the cartoon series which lead to the making
of the game
Id also like to thank everyone who requested a FAQ for this game.
If it were not for you, i wouldnt have written this.
If you have anything to contribute, email me and i will include you
in this section
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10. Version History
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1.0 Creation of FAQ
