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I think I figure out the rules for treasure chest's contents. The contents appears in sequence like this...

Code:
Magician -> Armor/Weapon -> Weapon -> Armor/Weapon -> {repeat}

(1) If you already wearing a Golden Armor, weapon would appears instead of armor.
(2) The sequence of the treasure chest is decided once it appears. You didn't need to open a box containing a Magician, all you need to do is to make it appears, so that you could open the next cheat.
(3) For "Armor/Weapon" cheat, whether an Armor or weapon would appears is decided at the moment you open the chest, not the moment you make it appears.
(4) If you die the sequence would be reset.
(5) If you gone to the next stage, the sequence would be reset.

The weapon which would show up seems completely random. Confused

So if you already got the weapon you want and wearing the Golden Armor, it would be a good idea to not make any new chest appears. Since...
(1) The chest might block your attack.
(2) You might accidentally forced to pick up a weapon you don't want.

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It seems like the rank of the game is decided by the weapon you got... For example, 1st half of Stage 2 is a lots harder if you got a Dagger, on the other hand it is quite manageable if you got a Lance instead. May be if I keep on using Lance, I might got further.... Confused

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Still not figure out how to fight the Red Arremer at Stage 2. Confused I keep losing a life to him every time... Any hints?