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Post by l0ckd0wn on Oct 11, 2017 20:08:43 GMT -6
Yeah that artwork has already been made the background of my phone and my tablet! lol
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Post by l0ckd0wn on Oct 7, 2015 8:53:01 GMT -6
One of my favorite retro games on the NES was Faxanadu. Most people don't even remember it, but realistically it was fairly important as a Metroivania game that had aspects of SOTN (leveling, armor, weapons, etc), like an unrefined precursor. My biggest beef was the "mantra" codes that it had in place instead of saving. It was difficult, having similar issues to the original NES Castlevania. You had to buy engagement rings for your jump arcs, sometimes enemies that didn't hit you registered a hit, sometimes you would literally see your weapon intersect into the enemy sprite and it still didn't register. You couldn't travel between areas via portal or whatever, so going anywhere was a trek. Those problems aside, it was a great game. Stage design was great, the palette broad enough (but could have used more color diversity), the story was "meh", and the music was... Well, it was memorable in the same way Torgo's is in the movie Manos: The Hands of Fate. I'm having trouble accurately describing the game at the moment, and I might come back to it later so I can be more descriptive. I really suggest you give it a go. HOWEVER you need to be able to set your expectations back about 25 years in terms of what you're used to. While it's a great game, it'll always pale in comparison to SOTN or POR. But for an NES game? Not bad. Just wanted to make it known that this was/is the first game that comes to mind whenever anyone talks about rare or obscure games of the past. Another was Gemfire for Genesis. Also want to make it known that this post was the reason I joined the forum, so thanks I think... A little more about Faxanadu is available at Wikipedia.
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