showing 3 games
| name | publisher(developer) | year arrow_downward | description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valkyrie no Bouken: Toki no Kagi Densetsu | Namco | 1986 | [media=youtube]3mt3sCrwPss[/media]***In Valkyrie no Bouken Namco mixed the fighting of [game=#9176]The Legend of Zelda[/game] with the scrolling overworld of [game=#7747]Dragon Quest[/game]. The game features many other aspects of RPGs of its time, like shops or dungeons and magical abilities. At its time the game was quite successful and Japanese players liked it, but nowadays you immediately recognize several issues that make this game actually far less playable than both of the before mentioned games. The inventory is limited to only eight items. Later in the game it is nearly impossible to stack a couple of needed extra potions to survive the harder dungeons. Resting in an inn is too expensive. It costs nearly all your money to just fill up your hitpoints. Enemies often approach the player in unfair ways. There are no NPCs in the game and thus there are no hints to the very few but also very nasty puzzles. At least in that way non-Japanese players are not in a disadvantage here. Graphics and sound are merely average. | labelimageminimize |
| Breakthru | Data East | 1987 | The NES version of Breakthru is a good deal better than the extremely unplayable homecomputer versions, but still not an enjoyable game. Hop and shoot your way through boring enemy and level layouts.***Two players alternating with no interactions (alternating single player). There is driving but no racing in this game. This is a side-scrolling vehicle shooter. You vehicle can maneuver in narrow space and jump on the mountains, bridge, plains, city, and airfield levels. [Zerothis] | labelimagesubject |
| Zelda II: The Adventure of Link | Nintendo | 1988 | There is an extremely obscure bug in the game whereby the attack value which normally maxes out at 8 can be set to something else. "0" and "F" have been seen. Both of these, with two exceptions, will allow Link to kill any enemy with one hit. The exceptions are the Thunderbird boss which requires one hit but the thunder spell must still be cast on it first. Shadow Link still requires 8 hits. No one has discovered what triggers this bug. It can be saved and in fact cannot be undone from a saved game.*** [17]*** [30]*** [49]*** [1]*** [52]*** [37]***Link returns to Hyrule to search for the Triforce and to awaken Zelda from an endless sleep. Embark on a quest to find the Triforce of Courage and save Hyrule from ruin. Learn magic spells, talk to people in towns to get clues, collect items to increase your power and explore six palaces where the underlings of the evil Ganon await you. This sequel to the Adventure classic uses a side-scrolling visual engine unique to the series for more technical combat, and features more in-depth world roaming as Link encounters townsfolk while on his quest.***A year and a half after the original Famicom Disk System release in Japan, Nintendo brought this game to the west on cartridge. Desptite being a quite good game, Zelda 2 is my least favorite of the classic Zelda games. It surely explored a new gameplay style but the levels were too difficult and I didn't like the random enemy encounter battle system (the similar "[game=#7581]The Battle of Olympus[/game]" would prove to be much better balanced in my eyes). Graphics and sound are very good for its time. Nintendo understood how to program their 8-bit console. | labelimagesubject |
