/vr/ - Retro Games

>>5072563
Hydlide, shadow of my life, ice of my loins. So wretched, so foul. Hy-dli-de: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Hy. dli. de.

>>3169496
Super Hydlide has an attack button so it plays a little bit more like Zelda as opposed to the earlier games.

The biggest things to take into consideration are:

1) the weight system, shown as WC (weight carried) vs. LC (load capacity), I believe. Something like that. Essentially, you have to make sure you are not carrying over your LC, or else your speed suffers.

2) The need to eat and sleep, which are the two largest motivating factors in the game; if it is getting late (around 23:00 on the clock) you had best be hauling your ass back to town to get to an inn, at least until you get a sleeping bag or something.

3) weird morality system, where there are "good" monsters (that don't attack you), and "evil" monsters (that do). Killing good monsters makes townsfolk raise prices and less likely to talk to you, and the only way to restore morality is by killing.. more bad monsters. What monsters are good and bad depends on the area.

Beyond that, the game is also cryptic with how to progress. I think some of this is tied to your morality and your INT stats (e.g., you can't enter the underground city, in the graveyard, unless your INT is high enough; this is the first major task you need to complete in the game!). But in general the game requires a lot of experimentation and stumbling onto things.

New soundtrack: PCE-CD remake of Fray in Magical Adventure. Download if only for the great arrangement of Burning Skies from Xak 1!
http://www.mediafire.com/download/rjwwpicz6ss32zt/fraypce.7z

>>3095857
Same artist. Masato Kanamono also did Fray and Crime Crackers ps1.

I recently beat Ys 1&2 so that holds up as the best I've played thus far on the PC-Engine (CD).

Pic related also turned out to be very enjoyable, albeit short and easy. It's like a mix between Twinkle Tale and a *dash* of Zelda.