MediEvil/Glitches

This page details some of the glitches found in the original MediEvil and its 2019 remake.

Inventory glitch

When SELECT is pressed, the inventory will open. This is used to select weapons and items. Pressing SELECT again then closes the inventory. If you open the inventory and then close it quickly (double tap), there is a brief window where commands can be input, allowing Sir Dan to move, jump, attack etc. When the inventory is open, Dan is invulnerable. This glitch is useful with regards to level looping, jacoghosting, soldiers despawning, and skipping Kardok.

Level looping

Main article: Level looping

This glitch is widely used by speedrunners. There are multiple uses of level looping in the game. Some are used to skip to the exit of a level. Others are used to skip an enemy encounter or an area of a level which should be completed to progress.

Void launch

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Knockback dash

Also known as the KBD. The club's power-up attack (pressing with button layout 1) can be used on walls and certain objects to push Dan back. That, in conjunction with turning, the Daring Dash, and running, can increase Dan's speed much higher than normal. Performing the glitch requires high precision, therefore it is considered an advanced technique by speedrunnners and not recommended for beginners.

Super weapons

Main article: Super weapons

The super weapons glitch can be performed with the club and the throwing daggers to deal more damage faster than they are intended to.

Jacoghosting

Main article: Jacoghosting

This glitch can be performed in the Pools Of The Ancient Dead level in the original MediEvil. It is mainly used to skip the majority of the level.

Smuggling

Main article: Smuggling

Smuggling can be performed in any level in the original MediEvil, as well as its 2019 remake. It consists of collecting items (such as Rune Stones) in one level in order to use them in another. Normally, key items are not meant to be used outside the level in which they are collected.

Dragon Gate Skip

Main article: Dragon Gate Skip

The Dragon Gate Skip, or DGS, is one of the hardest glitches to perform in the original MediEvil. It is used to skip the Dragon Gate in The Gallows Gauntlet, and indirectly also other levels necessary to collect the Dragon Armour.

Soldiers despawn

This glitch involves several steps, and it can be performed on the original MediEvil using the ePSXe 2.0.0 emulator. In Zarok's Lair, after entering the arena, approach the central area, and perform the inventory glitch (see above). While closing the inventory and reopening it, move forward to step on the circular platform. If done properly, the Fazguls will not come out of the doors in the cutscene. After Zarok's speech, you need to close the inventory when the camera switches back to Dan. You can now continue the fight as usual, but only half of the Fazguls will spawn in the room, giving you a big advantage and not requiring you to heal your soldiers at all.

During the fight, you have to stay within the lower half of the room. Moving in the top half will cause the rest of the soldiers to spawn while the battle is still ongoing.

As soon as the last Fazgul dies, you must run into the top half and spawn the rest of the Fazguls. Instead of fighting, they still start cheering with your soldiers, and you will have completed the glitch.

Although it is possible to perform most of this glitch on console or other emulators, when trying to complete it by spawning the rest of the soldiers, the game will crash unless using ePSXe 2.0.0. The reason why this happens is unknown, but it is speculated that it is caused by differences in how the memory is managed by the platforms used.

Kardok skip

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Weapon replenishment

It is possible to perform a glitch after your weapon is stolen that involves tricking the game into maxing out its percentage or ammo count by causing it to underflow.

To do this, you must open your inventory on the same frame that the weapon is registered as stolen. If done correctly, the item will be present but will have no percentage or ammo count. Selecting the item and killing the imp that stole it will maximize its percentage or ammo count.

Trivia

• One of the main reasons for the emulator of choice for speedrunning the original MediEvil to be ePSXe 2.0.0, is because the soldiers despawn glitch can only performed on this emulator, on this specific version.