Hand-drawn Video Game Maps

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Final Fantasy (8)
Metroid (2)
Dragon Warrior IV (2)
Phantasy Star II (1)
Crystalis (12)

These are a collection of hand-drawn maps I made of various video games in middle school/high school. And some from my speedrunning days while figuring out the routing for Crystalis.

Final Fantasy (8)

ca. 1998

The game came with a fold-out map of the first half of the game, so I didn't need a map for the early dungeons or the overworld (although the overworld is not complicated).

ff-ordeal-thumb.jpeg (image/jpeg · 481x639 · 30,065 bytes) — Castle of Ordeal

ff-waterfall-thumb.jpeg (image/jpeg · 717x428 · 28,742 bytes) — Waterfall Cave

ff-seashrine-1-thumb.jpeg (image/jpeg · 483x637 · 32,165 bytes) — Sea Shrine part 1

ff-seashrine-2-thumb.jpeg (image/jpeg · 439x700 · 35,082 bytes) — Sea Shrine part 2

ff-mirage-thumb.jpeg (image/jpeg · 480x640 · 26,864 bytes) — Mirage Tower

ff-tiamat-1-thumb.jpeg (image/jpeg · 472x651 · 25,088 bytes) — Floating Castle (Tiamat) part 1

ff-tiamat-ice-cave-thumb.jpeg (image/jpeg · 475x647 · 29,103 bytes) — Floating Castle (Tiamat) part 2 and the Ice Cave

ff-tofr-thumb.jpeg (image/jpeg · 484x634 · 37,174 bytes) — Temple of Fiends revisited

Metroid (2)

ca. 1998

Very clever names for the different areas. Not pictured is my label for Shredded Wheat Land.

“Cool music land” is, of course, Kraid's Hideout. “Evil land” is Ridley's Hideout.

metroid-1-thumb.jpeg (image/jpeg · 479x641 · 24,916 bytes) — Zebes part 1

metroid-2-thumb.jpeg (image/jpeg · 480x640 · 24,709 bytes) — Zebes part 2

Dragon Warrior IV (2)

ca. 1999

dw4-overworld-thumb.jpeg (image/jpeg · 482x637 · 36,786 bytes) — Overworld map

dw4-aktemto-thumb.jpeg (image/jpeg · 480x641 · 24,972 bytes) — Aktemto Mine

Phantasy Star II (1)

ca. 2000

phantasy-star-ii-thumb.jpeg (image/jpeg · 481x639 · 28,944 bytes) — Phantasy Star II map of some dungeon

Crystalis (12)

ca. 2005

I believe I made these while doing routing for a speedrun. Dragondarch discovered the “shop glitch” and that screwed up my route and I didn't feel like competing with him anymore.

The yellow highlighting is the fastest way through each area. Evil Sprit Island is skipped in the speedrun due to Ghetto Flight, I probably mapped it out before I discovered that glitch. I believe I read about it on a GameFAQs walkthrough.