raocow's talkhaus

Yeah the original game used nearly every main key on the keyboard. Backside warping was also a combination of two random roms you found in the ruins and there wasn't any clear indicator how it worked. Remake is definitely the definitive way to play the game these days, but Classic is still worth lo...

I can't even say raocow's assumption that you needed Mirai unequipped to teleport to the back is unfounded. That's exactly how it worked in the original; you teleported to the back with the appropriate ROM combo and to the front without it. Yup. The way it worked is that the teleporter didn't have ...

When I said the graveyard was gloomy, I was strictly speaking of the idea of the place. But when the music is factored in, it's impossible to make that same assessment, so I agree with you there. If you're looking at just theme/lore, I can see it. It makes me wonder why they chose to design certain...

Interesting to hear the thoughts and explanations of someone with the opposite opinion. I never really considered Confusion Gate to have a gloomy atmosphere. I'd consider its neighbor, Graveyard of the Gaints, to be the gloomiest place, with all the frozen Giant husks and carcasses littered about. ...

Kay nevermind. I looked it up and was completely wrong. La-Mulana.exe was in a different spot than I was thinking. I did discover a couple more secrets though. Was it the old Hell Temple spot? Because I totally tried there too, and got frustrated until I hit every single wall in the Gate of Time.

Man, I thought that's what you *got* for defeating him. I totally forget where it is in that case. In Classic, you got the Book of the Dead in that room, with no Anubis miniboss. However, in Classic the Book did nothing except protect you from the mini Jackals. Furthermore, in Classic that rooms wa...

Regarding money chests being found in weird locations, most of them are locations that would have held MSX roms in Classic. Not all Classic rom locations became money chests, and not all money chests are at rom locations, but the majority of them line up. Like a venn diagram with a lot of overlap. W...

i will say, the existence of an achievement named "This is La-Mulana II" implies the existence of a "This is La-Mulana I" and for my special request I would like to see raocow experience it It's unlikely to happen by accident at this point. It's getting squished by the falling g...

That puzzle that said paraphrased "The fools created an impossible puzzle, but after all this time it can now be solved" is referencing the room's design in Classic. Like it says, back then it used to be impossible but you could easily jump to the door anyways so it didn't matter. Now you ...

+1 for congrats on beating the boss without subweapons. I never had the patience for that, I always got too aggressive and jumped right in his face. I'm not good at controlling Lemeza. Bahamut though is a major reason why I never even tried for the achievements All I Need Is One Hand/One Finger (bea...

Yay Bronze Mirror! In Classic, the Bronze Mirror was given as a reward for beating Ellmac. Here, Ellmac gives just access to that part of the Twin Labyrinth. As for what the mirror actually does, I'll leave that for you to find for now ;)

As for using the gun, hey it's an option available to you at the start of the game if you want to spend the money on it. Why not use it? it's not cheating. I used the gun on plenty of fights in this game. Better than the original version of the game where the gun can only be found around 90-95% of ...

I am greatly enjoying this game's plot, because it's basically a sprite comic in playable form. Admit it: back in the day, there were a whole lot of us who read Bob and George, or 8-Bit Theater , or some other cheesy sprite comic whose original characters became melodramatic at some point. It has be...

Now that raocow has been to Tranquil Serenity, does John have any new dialogue? The map description said it was made for someone who could never see it, and that is intriguing.

I completely lost it laughing at "Give me one example. YOU..." in the story dump at the end. I had to pause the video and step away for a while to catch my breath. Did anyone else think that the music in the Paradoxical Joy level actually sounded kinda good when sped up? What it is put asi...

I've also been watching for years, just kind of lurking. I've had an interest in the projects that the talkhaus has produced, but never gotten involved. So, hi!

I have to say, "Paradoxical Happiness" is the most perfect title ever for a "so bad it's good" kind of thing. It perfectly encapsulates your feelings in just two words.

4 Drama Stones, 4 friends. Anyone else see magic coming through this friendship?

That Malignant Ooze sprite was from Doomsday Warriors on the SNES. The source material is a fighting game, and that's actually one of the playable characters.

raocow, if you haven't played Metroid Fusion, I think you really should! I think Fusion would be more of your style than the typical Metroid game, as it's more linear and story-based, though still with the exploration in each story objective and if you want a big powerup collectathon at the end. Fus...

About the janky looking sky effect, that weird horizon effect is straight out of CV Harmony of Dissonance. It might also have been in Aria of Sorrow, I'm not sure without doublechecking that game.

I vote for cave world on the ground that secrets are always better, and eating dessert first is more fun.