SNES / ORIGINAL USA CARTRIDGE

Secret of Mana

Original game · emulation

The original adventure, with its original picture, sound, story and combat. Press Start game, then use Enter or Press Start at the title screen.

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PLAY YOUR WAY

Game assists

Optional cheats for this original USA cartridge. Start the game to enable the controls. All cheats begin off.

Cheats Quick character levelsGain experience much faster when defeating enemies. Quick magic levelsLevel elemental magic faster by casting spells, up to the current story cap. Infinite MPKeep both spellcasters’ current MP at 99. Infinite HPKeep every party member’s current HP at 999; maximum HP stays unchanged.

Start the original game to use cheats and speed controls.

Time controls

Normal speed

Hold F for 2× fast-forward or R to rewind. You can also focus a hold button and hold Space or Enter.

Standard controllers: hold RT to fast-forward or LT to rewind. Release to return to normal speed.

Rewind keeps a rolling 32 MiB memory buffer. Available history varies with gameplay and resets on reload. If both triggers are held, rewind takes priority. Controls release when the game pauses or the page loses focus.

Keep a backup. Cheats and rewinding can affect your saved game. Export a save first. Turning cheats off does not undo gained levels or saved changes.

Cheat effects and source references

PICK UP THE CONTROLLER

How to play

Move: Arrow keys
Start / title screen: Enter
SNES B: Z
SNES A: X
SNES Y / X: A / S
SNES L / R: Q / W
Select: Shift

Click the game before using the keyboard. Use the player toolbar for pause, resume, volume, save files and controller mapping. Connected controllers and touch controls are supported by the player.

KEEP YOUR ADVENTURE

Saves stay with you

Use the original game’s save points during play. The player stores saves in this browser on this device. Clearing site data or changing browsers can remove that local copy.

Use Save save file or Save state in the toolbar to export a backup. Use the matching load option to restore your own file.

Download the Java preservation work · 0.16.0

TWO WAYS TO FOLLOW THE PROJECT

This is the original

This page runs the unchanged USA cartridge through EmulatorJS / Snes9x. It is separate from our editable native Java → HTML5 recreation.

The Java build currently reproduces parts of the opening with original graphics and data. Its campaign, battles, music engine and full player controls remain unfinished.

Try the Java work in progress →Read the development blog →

Source, player credits & preservation notes

Selected game: Secret of Mana (USA), revision 0, 2,097,152 bytes. The cartridge is unmodified. Its SHA-256 is 4c15013131351e694e05f22e38bb1b3e4031dedac77ec75abecebe8520d82d5f.

Self-hosted player: EmulatorJS 4.2.3, Snes9x core build 2025-06-14. No external playback service is required. Initial boot and controls are tested separately from a full campaign playthrough.

Player credits, licenses & source links · File provenance