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La-Mulana

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Info from Wikipedia:

La-Mulana is a PC side scrolling platformer that has an MSX style graphics and interface. The game is a traditional action-adventure game, reminiscent of the Castlevania and Metroid games. This game was originally only available in Japenese, however an English translation also exists.

The protagonist of the game is a whip wielding adventurer similar to Indiana Jones exploring the tomb within La-Mulana. Although there is only one ending in the game there are many ways to get there, in that completing objectives in the game (gaining power ups and reaching new areas) is not linear, nor is there an obvious recommended path to take. Many powerups will allow you to reach new areas, but the game gives no indication of where to go, similar to Super Metroid.

Since the game was intended as a tribute to the MSX games of the 1980s (and especially to Maze of Galious), it uses the 16-color palette and low resolution typical of those games. Also, the opening sequence parodies the typical load screen of the MSX, displaying the amount of available RAM and a copy of the MSX logo. The protagonist also has a laptop MSX in his possession throughout the game, and can collect or buy ROM cartridges for it; these can be combined to produce various special effects.

According to Underdogs finishing the game (probably with all screens visited) takes about 20-30 hours.

Developer: GR3 Project (site currently down)

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http://agtp.romhack.net/project.php?id=lamulana
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I don't like "La-Mulana" very much, because it's much too hard in the beginning, it gives you no hints where to go next, which items you need or what is stuff for. And after I played for an hour my eyes hurt because of the graphics...

But I like the "La-Mulana" video walkthrough, which is quite funny and which can help you a lot in the beginning of the game:

http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?s ... rab&page=1
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