Inferno Cavern

Field
05 · front side
Back side
Tower of Ruin
Guardian
Viy D-6
Grail tablet
F-4
Map
E-1
Rooms
20
Map
  • Item
  • MSX ROM
  • Shop
  • Gate to another field
  • Grail tablet
  • Guardian

Tablets and remains

Mantra tabletChant the name of the ugly demon that lurks in the earth, the ugly demon whose eyelids hang to the ground. VIY.

C-1

Gate to Surface I-3

MSX ROMs

40. Gooniesグーニーズ
Examine the area on the floor where there are no spikes.

Tablets and remains

TabletThe gatekeepers of hell, Ox-head and Horse-face, lie in wait at the end of the darkness. Beyond them is the last pyramid, the pyramid where Nu Wa sleeps.
Defeat the Chamber of Extinction room guardians Ox-head and Horse-face and go through the gate to reach Nu Wa in the Tower of Ruin.

Items

Map地図
Attack the two snake statues until they begin to return fire.

MSX ROMs

51. Firebirdヒのとり
Examine the skeleton at the center of the screen.

Guaranteed coins

Lower-level rock

Tablets and remains

Crumbled skeleton, lower levelMy computer got fried by the heat.
TabletWhen the snakes rage, it opens.
Hit the snake statues until they start attacking and the chest opens.

D-2

No gate to another field

Traps

A Weight on the pedestal makes spikes fall.

Tablets and remains

TabletReach your hand up. Kick off the wall and jump further.
This describes how to use the Grapple Claw.

E-2

No gate to another field

Tablets and remains

Crumbled skeleton, upper levelStrange. These ruins are strange. This can't be a dead end...

F-2

No gate to another field

Nothing catalogued in this room.

MSX ROMs

19. Hyper Olympic 3ハイパーオリンピック3
Examine the skeleton that lies on the ledge that juts out over the lava, at the top-left of the screen.

A-3

No gate to another field

Items

Chain Whipクサリムチ
Place a Weight upon the topmost pedestal.

B-3

No gate to another field

Nothing catalogued in this room.

C-3

No gate to another field

Mechanisms

Move the bottom-left block and there's a hole.
Move the top-right block and there's a broken tablet.

Tablets and remains

TabletWeight the right and it's the right; weight the left and it's the left. Get it wrong and you will never obtain it again.
Weight the left pedestal and the left floor rises; weight the right and the right floor rises. After the floor resets when Viy is defeated, a mistake means you can never get the Chain Whip.
Broken tablet, upper levelThe four... ...turned their bodies to stone... ...always watching...
The Four Sages turned their bodies to stone to watch over the ruins.
Hole in the wallWhat is here is not everything. This is a pivotal place. Take another road and visit this land again.

D-3

No gate to another field

MSX ROMs

10. Antarctic Adventureけっきょくナンキョクだいぼうけん
This cartridge is simply resting on the floor at the top-right of the screen, just right of the ladder leading up to D-2.

Mechanisms

The Birth Seal opens a hole in the left wall leading to C-3.

C-4

No gate to another field

Items

Flare Gun発弾筒
Push the blocks onto all of the designated areas (see below).

D-4

No gate to another field

Mechanisms

Hit the upper-left wall and it breaks, leading to C-4.

Tablets and remains

TabletWhat is not here is here. In another here.
The Ankh Jewel is in the Tower of Ruin on the back side.

E-4

No gate to another field

Shop

Enter the room hidden behind the rock at the upper-left.
67. Mahjong Wizard50 coins
Spears40 coins
Throwing Knives30 coins

Tablets and remains

Broken tablet...meant to fly the sky with hot water... ...not enough power... ...this land ended.

F-4

No gate to another field

Grail tablet

Warp point 5 (front side). Read it while holding the Grail to record this field.

Tablets and remains

Grail tabletThis is the Inferno Cavern, once the source of power.

Mechanisms

A Weight on the pedestal breaks the wall so you can reach E-5.

Tablets and remains

TabletYou who have made it this far. You have been chosen by us. Come and visit us. We will answer the sound of the flute you play.
With the Ocarina you can hear the Sages speak.

E-5

No gate to another field

Guaranteed coins

Rock

Tablets and remains

TabletDiscern where the truth of this land lies.

F-5

No gate to another field

MSX ROMs

77. Game Collection 2コナミゲームコレクション2
Climb midway up the ladder and strike the left wall repeatedly to reveal an alcove; examine the floor within.

G-5

No gate to another field

Items

Grapple Clawかぎ爪
Depress the switch in the lava and stack up the blocks that appear in order to reach and place a Weight on the pedestal.

Tablets and remains

TabletThe imprisoned twins. A man who runs faster than anyone will save them.
Start the timer at Endless Corridor D-3, then reach A-3 in time to get the Twin Statue.

Guardian

Viy waits here once the Ankh is revealed.
Guardian
Viy battle screen
ViyFought in D-6.How to fight it: attack the tentacles first, then use Spears when the eye opens.

Revealing the Ankh

Come into D-5 through the gate from Tower of Ruin D-6 and a pedestal appears in D-4. A Weight on it makes the Ankh appear in D-6.
Field notes

Room guardians

Room guardian battle screen
  • B-3: Pazuzu. Just keep attacking.
Everything in this field
TypeNameRoom
ItemChain WhipA-3
ItemFlare GunC-4
ItemMapE-1
ItemGrapple ClawG-5
MSX ROM40. GooniesC-1
MSX ROM10. Antarctic AdventureD-3
MSX ROM51. FirebirdE-1
MSX ROM77. Game Collection 2F-5
MSX ROM19. Hyper Olympic 3G-2
ShopShopE-4
Gate to another fieldTower of Ruin F-1B-1
Gate to another fieldSurface I-3C-1
Gate to another fieldTower of Ruin D-6D-5
Gate to another fieldChamber of Extinction G-2D-6
Gate to another fieldTwin Labyrinths B-5E-1
Gate to another fieldTemple of the Sun A-2G-2
Grail tabletGrail tabletF-4
GuardianViyD-6