To play the game in the various modes with different attributes follow the method listed below:

If you have the time to spare, go to a place where only Specters attack you. Activate the Jupiter + Serpent combination. By the time you get to fighting Specter, you should have enough MP and INT to not have to worry about running out. Leave your system on AC power and leave it running all day in that area. Depending on your the level when you started, you can gain 20 to 30 levels.

Equip the Uranus and Unicorn cards and press Down, Forward, Up.

Defeat the Skeleton Medalist in a secret room in the pit at the beginning of the game until he drops an item called the Bear Ring. The easiest way to do this is to get to level 45 to 50 then use the Holy Water Item Crush attack (Pluto + Salamander). You need Holy Water for the required combo. Then, use the Roc Wing to fly into the room and run at him. When you get the ring, equip it and turn on the Skeleton DSS combo (Pluto + Black Dog). You should turn into a green bear with a bubble coming out of its nose. This bear is also killed in one hit like the skeleton, but it has three different attacks and can double jump.

Equip the Bear Ring (from Skeleton Medalist in a secret room on the left side of the shaft you fall down in the beginning of the game) and activate the last two DSS cards (Pluto and Black Dog). You will turn into a bear. While in bear form you can shoot from of your head. Hold Up and press Attack to shoot from your rear. Hold Down and press Attack to drop a bomb.

Combine Venus and Salamander to increase your damage by 25%.

Combine Venus with Mandragoras and your luck will be boosted by 25%. This is useful when you need to find cards and items.

To use the action cards Apollo and Uranus, press Down, Forward, Up and attack with another card. Uranus summons that card and Apollo throws a bomb.

Equip two items that increase your attack power, such as the Strength Armband and the Solders Fatigue (you should have +250 attack power), then use either the Fire or Ice Shield. Next, equip two items that increase your defense, such as the Defense Armband and the Strongest Armor. You will do extra damage with your shield and take minimal damage from enemies. Note: Your whip will be weak, so use your shield when attacking.

Go to the Underground Warehouse and find the Forest Armor. Keep destroying Forest Armor until it drops the Rainbow Robe. It also drops Chain Mail. Combine DSS cards Venus + Mandragora to increase your luck and have better chances of finding the Rainbow Robe. The Rainbow Robe increases your Defense by 140, Intelligence by 250, and Luck by 15.

In the Battle Arena, equip a good DSS Summon Combo (for example, Uranus + Cockatrice). In the pause menu, select "Items", then "Use", and use a "Mind High" (not a "Mind Restore" -- they can work, but you will need to be extremely fast). Immediately after exiting the pause menu, press your DSS button. When your character is done casting, press Down, Forward, Up, Attack. If done fast enough, you should have pulled off a summon in the Battle Arena.

Select your summon, and use a 4 Mind Restore, 2 Mind High, or a Mind EX. As soon as you leave the menu screen, press L and do the summon. You can only do one summon after using the Mind Restore, so bring a lot of them.

When you are low on health, use the Roc Wing to jump to the upper left or right of the room. There will be a ledge that you can use to heal yourself, without him hurting you, by using the Jupiter + Mandragora DSS cards. However, when he powers up, blades can come up and hurt you. Turn up the sound and listen for the noise Hugh makes when he is about to use the move. When you hear it, turn on the Jupiter + Manticore combo to destroy the blades. If you are waiting for your MP to come back, only use Jupiter + Maticore when you need to.

To defeat Dracula in the Ceremonial Room, equip the DSS cards Pluto and Salamander. Make sure you have the Boomerang sub-weapon. Press Down, Forward, Up + Attack in that order when he appears close to you. This should kill him in less than a minute.

To defeat Death very easily, just activate the Jupiter + Manticore DSS combo. His sickles cannot hit you, and by this point in the game you will probably never run out of MP because this combo will use it slower than you restore it.

To defeat Adremelech (the goat head), make sure you are at level 25 or higher. When entering the room with Adremelech, get back up on the ledge where you entered and use the Wind Wave (Diana and Griffin DSS cards). Keep shooting at it, and in a few minutes the goat head will fall.

Once you have the Double Jump and the Wall Jump, you can jump, wall jump, jump again, then wall jump again to get extra high.

You can still attack while cursed. Just use the tackle move (press R while running) when relatively close to an enemy that is on or near the ground.

When using the whip, hold down Attack to make it spin around in a circle. It will act like a shield, so you cannot get hit by small enemies around you. Note: You cannot move while doing this attack.

In the room with the Dash Boots, kill the skeleton to the left of the room. Above him will be a wall. Attack the wall with your DSS power.