Uploaded December 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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*NOTE: This is an unedited archive of a live no-commentary playthrough originally streamed on Twitch (twitch.tv/bippoernesti), which means there may be deaths, restarts or intermissions/interruptions.

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*Castor translation subtitles added, for reading the backwards text easier.*

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: 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: 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.

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