Rance 02:Hint Disk

The Rance II Hint Disk was a disk made sold by Alicesoft with hints for Rance II, along bonus art, commentary, and two small bonus games. It was the first of Alicesoft's Hint Disks. Distribution of the hint disk lasted only a little over one year, scheduled to end on July 15, 1991.

While the disk was not made available for MSX or PC-88, a number of its features ended up appearing in those versions natively. The hints (or at least some equivalent) were made available to MSX players in Alice's Mansion. Meanwhile, PC-88 players were able to unlock a feature called the "Rance II Special Bonus MODE" after clearing the game. This "Bonus MODE" version of the hint disk is missing the hints, a "monster picture book," and the commentary, but contains the remaining features.

While the hint disk is not part of the Alicesoft freeware distribution, the MSX and PC-88 versions are. A standalone, combination mod of the two bonus modes was released by RottenBlock and made available for standalone release.

Hints
The hints in the MSX version are divided by chapter, with an additional section for "Mystery Girls," which contains hints for optional H-CGs.

H-CG and BGM-BOX
The Hint Disk and Bonus MODE both contain a collection of most of the game's full-screen CGs (not all of them H), and the game's sound test.

Cover Girl
"Cover Girl" is a short quiz game, and marks the first in-game appearance of Nagi su Ragarl, who appeared on the game's cover but not the game itself. She discusses her absence from the game, and then asks five, randomly-selected questions about Rance 1, Rance 2, or Alicesoft. The player must get at least four correct, in which case Nagi will strip. As she isn't wearing many clothes to begin with, this only lasts two rounds. The game has 39 potential questions.

Monster Picture Book
While the exact content of the Monster Picture Book feature is unknown, it was presumably some manner of gallery of the game's enemy sprites.

SD Rance
"SD Rance" is a small ADV game starring Rance as a grade schooler, investigating the case of Mr. Ragisis' stolen ring. Appearances are made by other Rance 2 characters, Kurusu Miki from Little Vampire, and two characters from Gakuen Senki: Midori and Yoko.

SD Rance Walkthrough

 * Talk > Maria
 * Talk > It Was You!
 * "Move" to other locations and back seven times. The seventh time you return to the classroom, Bird will appear.
 * Talk > Sill
 * Talk > Whodunnit?
 * Move > Classroom
 * Move > Crossing Corridor
 * Talk > It Was You!
 * Move > Classroom
 * Talk > Maria
 * Talk > It Was You!
 * Move > Classroom
 * Talk > Sill
 * Talk > Feather
 * Move > Classroom
 * Move > Incinerator
 * Talk > Midori
 * Move > Classroom
 * Move > Staff Room
 * Move > Classroom
 * Move > Toilet
 * Use > Toilet
 * Look > Toilet
 * "Bully" until you get a Game Boy
 * Move > Classroom
 * Move > Incinerator
 * Talk > Yoko
 * Talk > Midori