Vagrant Story/game score

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Game Score Calculation

TL;DR

GameScore = ((KillListScore + WeaponUsageScore + BossTimeTrialsScore + ChainAbilityScore + GamesCompletedScore) * CompletionTimeMultiplier) + StreakScore + BossKillScore

if (GameScore > 999,999,999) GameScore = 999,999,999

Detailed explanation

The procedure that calculates the GameScore is part of the MENU9.PRG file, and is located in game memory at the addresses 0x80107c34-0x80107fb8. This procedure takes no arguments and doesn't return any value.

KillListScore

KillListScore is calculated by multiplying kill number of each enemy type by the corresponding modifier, and then adding the products together. Each is stored as a 2-byte unsigned value.

Kill List Score Calculation Table

	Offsets		Values
Enemy Type	Kills	Modifiers	Hex	Dec
Human	8005fea4	80102a18	0x14	20
Beast	8005fea6	80102a20	0x14	20
Undead	8005fea8	80102a22	0x28	40
Phantom	8005feaa	80102a24	0x50	80
Dragon	8005feac	80102a26	0x64	100
Evil	8005feae	80102a28	0x3c	60

WeaponUsageScore

WeaponUsageScore is calculated by multiplying the number of times each weapon type was used by the corresponding modifier, and then adding the products together. Each is stored as a 2-byte unsigned value.

Weapon Usage Score Calculation Table

	Offsets		Values
Weapon Type	Usage	Modifiers	Hex	Dec
Unarmed	8005feb4	80102a24	0x14	20
Dagger	8005feb6	80102a26	0x28	40
Sword	8005feb8	80102a28	0x14	20
Great Sword	8005feba	80102a2a	0x64	100
Axe & Mace	8005febc	80102a2c	0x3c	60
Great Axe	8005febe	80102a2e	0x64	100
Staff	8005fec0	80102a30	0x3c	60
Heavy Mace	8005fec2	80102a32	0x64	100
Polearm	8005fec4	80102a34	0x50	80
Crossbow	8005fec6	80102a36	0x3c	60

BossTimeTrialsScore

BossTimeTrialsScore is calculated by adding 20,000 points for each Boss Time Trial completed. The game stores 3 best records for each trial, and each record has the size of 4-bytes:

0  Centiseconds
1  Seconds
2  Minutes
3  Round Number

Boss Time Trials Data Table

Boss Name	Address
	Record 1	Record 2	Record 3
Minotaur	8005fec8	8005fecc	8005fed0
Dragon	8005fed4	8005fed8	8005fedc
Earth Dragon	8005fee0	8005fee4	8005fee8
Snow Dragon	8005feec	8005fef0	8005fef4
Damascus Golem	8005fef8	8005fefc	8005ff00
Damascus Crab	8005ff04	8005ff08	8005ff0c
Death & Ogre Zombie	8005ff10	8005ff14	8005ff18
Asura	8005ff1c	8005ff20	8005ff24

ChainAbilityScore

ChainAbilityScore is calculated by multiplying the Chain Ability Highscore (stored at address 0x8005ff28) by the following factor:

Chain Ability Score Table

Chain Highscore	Multiplier
0-5	10
6-10	20
11-15	40
16-20	80
21-25	160
26-30	320
31-50	640
51+	1280

GamesCompletedScore

GamesCompletedScore is calculated by multiplying the number of completed game runs by 100,000. The number of games completed can be found at address 0x80061598.

CompletionTimeMultiplier

CompletionTimeMultiplier depends on the best game completion time in the following manner:

Hours	Minutes		Multiplier
	Hex	Dec
<5	0x12c	300	2.0
<9	0x21c	540	1.5
<10	0x258	600	1.25
anything longer			1.0

Record completion time is stored at address 0x8005ff30 and has the size of 2-bytes:

0  Minutes
1  Hours

StreakScore

The formula:

StreakScore = StreakScore + TargetMaxHP + (TargetMaxHP * EnemyStreak) / 2 + (TargetMaxHP * WeaponStreak) / 2 + (TargetMaxHP * DefenceChainStreak) / 2

if (StreakScore > 999,999,999) StreakScore = 999,999,999

Details:

• StreakScore - located at 0x8005ffa4; 4-bytes
• EnemyStreak - number of enemies of the same type killed in a row; located at 0x8005ffa8; 1-byte; capped at 100
• WeaponStreak - number of killing blows performed in a row with the same type of weapon; located at 0x8005ffaf; 1-byte; capped at 100
• DefenceChainStreak - number of defennce abilities used successfully in a row in a single fight; located at 0x8005ffb0; 1-byte

BossKillScore

The formula:

BossKillScore = BossKillScore + 100,000 - (100 * HealCounter)

if (BossKillBonus > 999,999,999) BossKillBonus = 999,999,999

Details:

• BossKillScore - updated after every boss fight; located at 0x8005ffa8; 4-bytes
• HealCounter - number of healing spells/items used during the boss fight; located at 0x8005ffb2; 2-bytes