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Xin Feng Shen Bang (Chinese: 新封神榜) is a Chinese-language unlicensed Game Boy Color game based off of the 16th-century Chinese novel known in English as Investiture of the Gods. It was developed by Vast Fame and initially published by them in Taiwan in 2002. The game would have two variants published in mainland China as Feng Shen Yan Yi 2: Jin Ban (封神演義2 金版) and Xin Feng Shen Bang 3: Feng Yin Zhi Zheng (新封神榜3 封印之争) by Kongfeng and Li Cheng respectively.

Overview[]

The game is a standard turn-based RPG, seemingly original unlike most of Vast Fame's titles. It seems to have some Final Fantasy influences, such as spells being equippable similar to the Materia in Final Fantasy VII. Many elements common in Vast Fame's games, such as fast walking speed and small mostly-linear overworlds, are present here.

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Trivia[]

  • After getting to the part where the hawk leaves your team, if you backtrack to earlier locations, bosses in that location that you have already defeated will appear again.
  • The only dumped version of this game available online originates from Vast Fame's Silver Version 12-in-1 multicart. All other known releases of the game, including the original Taiwanese standalone cartridge, are undumped.
  • The save feature is odd compared to other Vast Fame titles; selecting a new game will erase all present save files regardless of whether the player overwrote any existing files or not. This seems to be only present in this particular game.
  • One of the bosses you fight in the game is the Jade Unicorn, the starting monster you get in Shui Hu Shen Shou.
  • The header for the game's ROM says "SHAWU STORY", which is also present in the other Vast Fame titles Shui Hu Shen Shou and San Guo Zhi: Lie Chuan's headers.