Mystic Formula (PC Engine)

Follow through the first two stages and cut scenes from Micro Cabin's PC Engine action game, Mystic Formula.

Mystic Formula is a departure from Micro Cabin's typical adventure and RPG line, though the game's heavy use of cut scenes give some connection to Micro Cabin's better known titles. Beyond Mystic Formula's heritage, other distinguishing features for the game include its two player co-op, four selectable characters each with their own unique powers, and the ability to have your character point in a direction while still being able to move around the stage freely.

This video was recorded using a Turbo Duo and a Canopus video capture card. The slight amount of flickering seen in this video was not in the original game or even in the original 3.5 GB capture file, but something that was unfortunately introduced by its re-rendering no matter what I tried. The slow down in the first and second stage and the odd black loading gaps during the cut scenes were in the original game.

Finally, I did preserve all of the load times from the game in the video to give people a better idea for what kind of load times to expect from it.

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[Ebb1993isgreat]

Can anyone upload the rest of the game?

[Galvatron78]

I always liked this better than AO, I read about this in Gamefan back in the day.

[Teraforce88]

Looks like a ripoff of Arcus Odyssey, albiet a good one. Even the character select screen is similar! The only real difference I see is the non-isometric camera angle during the actual gameplay.