Astyanax

Astyanax

released on Dec 21, 1989

Astyanax

released on Dec 21, 1989

A port of Astyanax

It is a 2D action platform game focused on hack and slash and spell casting. The game consists of six linear levels of which each has two sub-levels meaning the game consists of 12 level in total. After every level there is a cut-scene pushing the story forward. There are three weapons - an axe, a spear and a big sword. An axe is a basic weapon the hero holds at the beginning of the game. The player can upgrade the axe using a power-up which has the shape of a small axe. The spear is the second stage of the weapon upgrade system and the big sword is the final stage. The big sword is the most powerful melee weapon in the game. The player can cast three magic spells which using is limited by the magic meter. The first is "Bind", which stops the time altogether with the enemies in the level. The second is "Blast", which casts fire balls destroying all enemies visible on the screen at the time of the casting. The third is "Bolt", which has the form of a lightning strike and acts similarly to "Blast".


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Playing Through My Evercade Collection Part 15: Jaleco Collection

Its not an awful game though its a very much standard mix of platforming that sort of works and combat that sort of meets the mark with some decent enough graphics. Its fun but even after playing through several levels, abusing the hell out of the evercade save state feature thanks to one or two horrible moments, I don't exactly have a lot to say about this one other than decent graphics, nice soundtrack, slightly clumsy gameplay.

Yep. That about solves it. I've been trying to write this review for several days and this probably shows. oops.

This is a good game I liked the cutscenes in between levels also had a decent story and soundtrack for back in those times.

I didn't even know this game existed until fairly recently and yet I still have nostalgia for it. That's impressive!

Plays like shit, but those skeletons are goofy

I gotta say, for once the American localizers really did their job here and came up with the okay title "Astyanax" rather than go with the more-accurate in Japanese but utterly atrocious title "The Lord of King"

A solid game with nice sprite art and music. The enemy placement and size of your character really hamper the game as it feels like you can barely move at time with the amount to tiny enemies swarming you in the later stages. A solid cheap nes title thats worth picking up.