119 · MILON'S SECRET CASTLE
Milon lives in the land of Hudson, where people use music to communicate with each other. However, Milon does not possess this ability. One day, he decides to visit Queen Eliza, who lives in Hudson's Secret Castle, but finds that the people have been robbed of their musical instruments and the castle overtaken by the Evil Warlord from the north region. Milon must explore the depths of the mazelike castle while defeating monsters that roam its corridors.
SHOW NOTES
Manual
Milon's Secret Website
Milon's Secret Game Boy Game
DoReMi Fantasy: Milon's DokiDoki Adventure
Milon no Hoshizora Shabon: Puzzle Kumikyoku
Saturn Bomberman 10-Player
Famicom Rocky Manga
Show notes
- Welcome to the Land of Hudson’s Secret Castle where people use music to communicate with each other.
- http://www.digitpress.com/library/manuals/nes/Milon%27s%20Secret%20Castle.pdf
- Introductions
- But it’s actually called Castle Garland, we’ll get into all of this, but have you guys heard of this one before?
- Overview
- A platformer in which you must explore the rooms of a Castle searching for money and clues that allow you to find the bosses that lock off each section of the castle. Run, Jump, and blow bubbles (as your attack) to achieve victory.
- Gameplay
- That stupid way Milon runs
- Usually you sprint first and then get tired
- Explore the castle to find...cash?
- solve the puzzle of each maze-room
- Are these really puzzles? Feels like guess work. Am I missing a clue?
- Your process for discovering Secret Rooms
- Hidden Items in Stages
- Honeycomb that extend life
- The Honeybee is the Hudson Soft logo!
- Music box which brings you to a bonus stage
- Keys
- Will appear after you collect $4 and either reveal 15 blocks or kill 5 enemies
- Shop Items
- Boss Fights
- In an odd way this is some proto Super Mario 64 style shit with the whole explore a castle and enter doors to new rooms thing
- That stupid way Milon runs
- Milon’s Secret Website
- All charted out with graph paper
- Sequels and Spinoffs
- Milon’s Secret Castle was ported to Game Boy
- DoReMi Fantasy: Milon's DokiDoki Adventure
- Super Famicom in 1996
- More of a generic platformer
- Milon no Hoshizora Shabon: Puzzle Kumikyoku
- Milon is a playable character in Saturn Bomberman
- Famicom Rocky
- Famicom Rocky is basically Rocky the movie, but with old NES-era video games - PepsiMan of GiantBomb
- EGL
- Why this game isn’t like SMB