System(s) |
Playstation, PSN (POPS) |
Bug Type | Gameplay |
Region Introduced | |
Patch Version | 2.01.065b |
This is one of the most famous glitches in Suikoden II. By accessing Matilda early in the game, enemies of much higher level can be fought, better items purchased, and additional characters can be recruited early. Strangely, you can also access scenes in the game that may have been part of a scrapped set of events. Konami may have originally planned for Matilda to be accessible earlier in the game, and those events, and possibly the Gate Bug, are remnants of those abandoned plans. The way the Gate Bug occurs, and appears in game, does not directly lend credence to that speculation, though. Konami may have changed it from a hot spot&emdash;a place that, when examined, causes an event to trigger&emdash;and erroneously made the Gate moveable instead of fixed, but we will probably never know for certain.
RAM:80112994 GateStart: .byte 3 RAM:80112995 .byte 0 RAM:80112996 .byte 4 RAM:80112997 .byte 1 # Sets properties, like allowed interactions. RAM:80112998 GateSprite: .byte 0xC # Sprite C? RAM:80112999 .byte 0 RAM:8011299A GateID: .byte 0 RAM:8011299B .byte 0 RAM:8011299C .byte 2 RAM:8011299D .byte 0 RAM:8011299E .byte 0 RAM:8011299F .byte 0 RAM:801129A0 GateXPos: .byte 0x10 RAM:801129A1 .byte 0 RAM:801129A2 GateYPos: .byte 0x33 # 3 RAM:801129A3 .byte 0 RAM:801129A4 .byte 0 RAM:801129A5 .byte 0 RAM:801129A6 .byte 0 RAM:801129A7 GateEnd: .byte 0
These are the default properties of the object when the map loads. The only properties known to change after loading are the position. The 0xC value is essentially a sprite, which is more an assemblage of several tiles. The important bit is the byte preceding the sprite, which at the very least defines what can be done to the object. The value 1 is typical for mobile NPCs and objects that can be shifted.