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Map Requests / Re: JonLeung's Requests
« Last post by JonLeung on September 08, 2024, 02:52:07 pm »Today, we got maps from zagato blackfist, this time for the Japanese Famicom game, Majou Densetsu II: Daimashikyou Galious (J).
This is one that is originally a little indulgent, but I think there are more fans than myself. I haven't ever gotten far in this, part of why I would like these maps.
The indulgence I speak of is that this was just an old memory of mine, and for years I didn't know what this was. Back in the day, for whatever reason, I think my dad had just travelled somewhere, and he came back with some loose Famicom games as sort of a long-distance borrowing (? ? ?). There were three games at least (for some reason I think there might have been four), and after maybe a month or two my dad had to return them. I didn't find out until much later what those games are.
We turned on one game, and was pleasantly surprised to see the tank from Blaster Master, but in a different setting. As we already owned Blaster Master, my brother and I got excited at the prospect of a sequel! But a mere two seconds later, it turned out to be the same game! Turns out it is Chou-Wakusei Senki Meta Fight (J), the original version with a totally different story - no pet frog here! - which explains why the intro and - a rude surprise later - the end part of Area 4 is different. In that part, you have to grab a small piece of ladder after a blind jump, it's little ridiculous, so it was changed to a series of platforms for Blaster Master.
Another game we got was a definitely-Japanese game with characters that I would later recognize immediately when I saw The Legend Of The Mystical Ninja for the Super NES. The Famicom game at the time turns out to be Ganbare Goemon 2 (J), which my silly young self referred to as "Yummy 2" because I couldn't read it other than the "2" on the label. I most definitely remember the robot sumo boss seen here at 6:40. I realize I didn't actually request it yet, so now it's added to the list.
So, Majou Densetsu II: Daimashikyou Galious (J), for the longest time I had no idea what it was. It's not something that was localized or had recognizable characters. I didn't give it a weird name like "Yummy 2", so I think my brother and I just called it "the castle game" or "the knight game". In the years since, I might have seen some random screenshots, but only got its name for sure from reading The NES Anthology from Geeks-Line Publishing, which I reviewed here. It's a challenging dungeon game, and I didn't get far. If it's dependent on knowing the Japanese language, that might be part of it. I especially remembering the ladders, and how weird it is that they don't extend one more block higher - as it is, it looks like all ladders are under the platform that you can actually climb up into, or down. I guess this hides ladders that would go down from the bottom of the screen, if that's intentional or not.
My dad had to return the games at some point, but just the short time I had with them cemented some memories that make Blaster Master, Goemon/Mystical Ninja, and "the knight game" some kind of weird trilogy.
Anyway, that's a lot of ranting that no one else except my brother might find interesting. But, in any case, thanks for helping to preserve my childhood memories, zagato blackfist!
This is one that is originally a little indulgent, but I think there are more fans than myself. I haven't ever gotten far in this, part of why I would like these maps.
The indulgence I speak of is that this was just an old memory of mine, and for years I didn't know what this was. Back in the day, for whatever reason, I think my dad had just travelled somewhere, and he came back with some loose Famicom games as sort of a long-distance borrowing (? ? ?). There were three games at least (for some reason I think there might have been four), and after maybe a month or two my dad had to return them. I didn't find out until much later what those games are.
We turned on one game, and was pleasantly surprised to see the tank from Blaster Master, but in a different setting. As we already owned Blaster Master, my brother and I got excited at the prospect of a sequel! But a mere two seconds later, it turned out to be the same game! Turns out it is Chou-Wakusei Senki Meta Fight (J), the original version with a totally different story - no pet frog here! - which explains why the intro and - a rude surprise later - the end part of Area 4 is different. In that part, you have to grab a small piece of ladder after a blind jump, it's little ridiculous, so it was changed to a series of platforms for Blaster Master.
Another game we got was a definitely-Japanese game with characters that I would later recognize immediately when I saw The Legend Of The Mystical Ninja for the Super NES. The Famicom game at the time turns out to be Ganbare Goemon 2 (J), which my silly young self referred to as "Yummy 2" because I couldn't read it other than the "2" on the label. I most definitely remember the robot sumo boss seen here at 6:40. I realize I didn't actually request it yet, so now it's added to the list.
So, Majou Densetsu II: Daimashikyou Galious (J), for the longest time I had no idea what it was. It's not something that was localized or had recognizable characters. I didn't give it a weird name like "Yummy 2", so I think my brother and I just called it "the castle game" or "the knight game". In the years since, I might have seen some random screenshots, but only got its name for sure from reading The NES Anthology from Geeks-Line Publishing, which I reviewed here. It's a challenging dungeon game, and I didn't get far. If it's dependent on knowing the Japanese language, that might be part of it. I especially remembering the ladders, and how weird it is that they don't extend one more block higher - as it is, it looks like all ladders are under the platform that you can actually climb up into, or down. I guess this hides ladders that would go down from the bottom of the screen, if that's intentional or not.
My dad had to return the games at some point, but just the short time I had with them cemented some memories that make Blaster Master, Goemon/Mystical Ninja, and "the knight game" some kind of weird trilogy.
Anyway, that's a lot of ranting that no one else except my brother might find interesting. But, in any case, thanks for helping to preserve my childhood memories, zagato blackfist!
