It is worth noting that the 99-level
Ancient Cave in
Lufia 2 has a very serious
bug in it--at least in some
cartridges. Since there is no way to
save inside the Ancient Cave, you have to complete the whole
dungeon in one sitting, and it took me around 6 hours to get to the
bottom. This was, of course, after the
multitude of trips in and out of the
cave to find
blue-
chest items (the only items you can take out with you), as well as two multi-hour failed
ventures in which
death found me at levels 80 and 84. So, when I finally
battled my way all the way down to level 99, I was very
excited. What I was
supposed to see (I later learned) was a normal looking dungeon level with an aisle leading to a
jelly monster. What I actually saw was a crazy melange of random
tiles where the walls were supposed to be, and another
bizarre-looking tile representing my party. Still able to see the path to the monster, I walked over to him--and the game
crashed. Needless to say, I was pissed.
Later a friend told me that he had made it to level 99 of the Ancient Cave and everything went normally for him. So, the next time I had a spare 6 hours, I gave it another try and made it to the bottom once again. Same results.
I later heard from a different friend who told me that he had encountered the same bug; he didn't feel inclined to try the dungeon again. I don't know if certain cartridges are buggy, or if this can happen on any cartridge given the proper assortment of circumstances, but all players might want to take this into consideration before putting in the massive amount of time required to master the Ancient Cave.