279 · Astyanax
You are Astyanax, a sixteen year old boy that has the same dream night after night: A princess, calling for help. One afternoon, you are summoned to the world of Remnia by Cutie, a pixie, to save the realm's princess. You are the chosen one mentioned by their prophecies!
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Show notes
- Return to the age of Myths and Magic, Demons and Dragons
- NES Longplay
- Manual
- That’s the name of the hero
- Astyanax is a 16-year-old student from Greenview High School who has been having a recurring dream in which a young woman is calling out for his name. One day, while on his way to class, Astyanax is suddenly transported into another dimension
- Gameplay
- Power Gauge
- The striking power of your weapon
- The sprite work and the resulting slow down
- You better want to fight ALL of these monsters
- And they are sponges
- Enemy placement in the way of platforms
- Pretty cool bosses compared to the common enemies
- Power Gauge
- Power Claw - Pick this up to increase your striking power. You
- power bar increases by 4 units. You only get one increase per
- level
- Mini-Axe - This alters your weapon. It changes from axe, to swift spear,
- to mighty sword
- Red Potion - Pick this up to restore 3 life points
- Blue Potion - Pick this up to restore all of your life points
- Wings - This increases your dexterity (the speed at which you swing your
- weapon)
- Cutie - Only appears when you are low on magic. She will either restore
- your magic points, or change your weapon
- Astyanax Doll - Gives you a 1-up
- <<<<
>>>> - Bind - Freezes all enemies in their tracks for a few seconds. It also
- works on bosses.
- With Axe: 5 MP
- With Spear: 3 MP
- With Sword: 6 MP
- Blast - Shoots a fireball spread in all directions, destroying enemies.
- With Axe: 6 MP
- With Spear: 4 MP
- With Sword: 10 MP
- Bolt - Strikes all enemies down with a flash of lightning.
- With Axe: 10 MP
- With Spear: 5 MP
- With Sword: 20 MP
- <<<<
>>>> - Invincibility - At the Astyanax title screen, hit Up four times,
- then Down, Left, Right, and Up on Controller 1. If you did
- this right, Astyanax can not take any physical damage. He can
- still be affected by the enemies' magic spells, though...
- Stage Select - At the Astyanax title screen, hit Up, Down, Left,
- Right, and B four times on controller 1. If you did this right,
- you'll see a stage select screen that lets you start at any
- level after the first one. He will also start out with a sword at
- full power.
- Sequels and Spinoffs
- The Lord of King in Japan
- They dropped the “the” for the NES in arcades it was The Astyanax
- EGL
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