Spelunker II: Yuusha he no Chousen is a Japan-exclusive action video game released for the Family Computer in 1987. An unofficial translation to English was made as a ROM hack. Despite being titled as a sequel to Spelunker, Spelunker II: Yūsha e no Chōsen features vastly different gameplay. There was a separate arcade sequel, titled Spelunker II: 23 no Kagi, which features similar gameplay to the first Spelunker game as well. The two Spelunker II games are separate entries in the series and are not related.
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Some sick freak would probably put this on a 782-game list called “Metroidvaninspirations”. Me. I’m that sick freak.
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Game Review - originally written by Spinner 8
Did anyone ever play the original Spelunker? That really old game where you ran around in a cave and died if you fell four feet? Or if you ran into a smallish hill? Yeah, great game. Fortunately Spelunker 2 is a little bit better. This game introduces the concept of Health. Sure, you can fall from a ways and lose health, but it isn’t as ridiculous as the first game. Sure, you can still lose health if you run into a smallish mound of dirt. Well, that’s still stupid, I’ll have to give you that.
You can choose from three heroes in this game: the Explorer, the Priest, and the ESPer. I can’t really tell the difference, but they have different items and stuff. Alls I know is, your Explorer’s little knife is crap. You can stab and stab at those damned enemies and it won’t help much. Like those stupid bees. DAMN THOSE BEES!
But still, yeah, the game’s pretty cool, if you can stand that sort of thing. Honestly though, those bees suck. And those boar things? They also suck. And all those indestructible zombies and ghosts and such? Okay, so maybe the game isn’t as great as I thought.
(editor's note: the guy who taught me what emulation was, my mom's best friend's son, named his cat Spelunker, and he took his life in 2020. I never got to tell him how much that chance interaction changed the trajectory of my life including bringing me here)
Did anyone ever play the original Spelunker? That really old game where you ran around in a cave and died if you fell four feet? Or if you ran into a smallish hill? Yeah, great game. Fortunately Spelunker 2 is a little bit better. This game introduces the concept of Health. Sure, you can fall from a ways and lose health, but it isn’t as ridiculous as the first game. Sure, you can still lose health if you run into a smallish mound of dirt. Well, that’s still stupid, I’ll have to give you that.
You can choose from three heroes in this game: the Explorer, the Priest, and the ESPer. I can’t really tell the difference, but they have different items and stuff. Alls I know is, your Explorer’s little knife is crap. You can stab and stab at those damned enemies and it won’t help much. Like those stupid bees. DAMN THOSE BEES!
But still, yeah, the game’s pretty cool, if you can stand that sort of thing. Honestly though, those bees suck. And those boar things? They also suck. And all those indestructible zombies and ghosts and such? Okay, so maybe the game isn’t as great as I thought.
(editor's note: the guy who taught me what emulation was, my mom's best friend's son, named his cat Spelunker, and he took his life in 2020. I never got to tell him how much that chance interaction changed the trajectory of my life including bringing me here)