request grab-bag

[Kukironosuke]

ok, here is my official Zelda Roth trilogy suggestion with pictures

These 3 games are unofficial sequels to ALTTP made by french programmer Vincent Jouillat in C++ and translated by his friend Lobaluz, the first game is a bit amateurish but still great with some nice puzzles and exploration

You don't need an emulator, a rom, gamemaker, or any engine to run this, just download and play
You can press f1 in game to read the controls to playing the game

you don't need to play all 3 games to enjoy any of them, each of them could be played individually but they are all great

here are the 3 title cards for the games, the art and music in this game is great, with songs from many zelda games, as well as songs from non-zelda games, and some re-mixes if i remember correctly


ROTH


OLB


3T


here is the first boss fight in the 2nd game, borrowed from another SNES title

here is an example of the custom "bestiary" logs a-la final fantasy that exists in all 3 games, you get rewards for killing and completing X number of enemies





here is the achievements page on the 1st and 3rd game, as you can see the 3rd game tracks achievement data from the first 2 games, my best time for 3T is 27 hours, but the speed run challenge is under 7 hours

the ultimate rank is for low hearts/low defense/low upgrades run with no deaths






and here is a cool fishing mini game from 3T, you can catch different breeds of fish in different sections of the world map and you get rewards for completing sections of it like the bestiary






This game has some really tricky but fun/not impossible puzzles of all kinds, and the combat can be as easy or hard as you want it to be depending on how many hearts or defense items(shield/amulets/etc) you get, and some bosses are brutal no matter how strong you are, but can be defeated through smart fighting instead of the brute force method



http://www.zeldaroth.fr/us/index.php - here is a link to the website for anyone who is willing to try it

and i promise this will be my last post on these games for a while O.O i hope you like it/give it a shot

[Alice]

So the top five are gonna be played in reverse order, but it's gonna be similare to round 1 in that I may/will slip a different game between them as I see fit, either on a whim or because I really really want to play something, or like an 'important' game gets released Day in the Limelight 3 or Distorted Travesty 3, or something.

DT3 is supposed to be released before the end of July iirc.

[Xirix]

So I did kinda request this in a patreon post, but I don't think I ever 'officially' put it down, Mario and Luigi's Superstar saga is neat and I think raocow would dig it despite his usual stance on RPGs.

[Sebby19]

Yes, that is a good game. But it's being LP'd by Lucahjin and Chuggaaconroy right now, and I believe he still has an aversion to games that have been already 'done' by other (Cave Story being a prime example). This may have changed when we started waving money in his face, I don't know.

Also, raocow, when are you going to get rid of that poll?

[raocow]

never. it is going to be a mystery to be decoded by future archeologists

[Crow]

there anywhere non-patrons can see the poll results, at least?

[aterraformer]

there anywhere non-patrons can see the poll results, at least?

[CM30]

Okay, I need to get my breath back for a minute.

Either way, I think raocow should play a new hack on SMW Central, Piranha Island:

http://www.smwcentral.net/?p=section&a=details&id=11650

It doesn't sound like much from the name, but damn. This game is atmospheric to a tee. The graphics are pretty well blended, the visual effects are fantastic, the music is blood pumping to an extreme (and rather loud through most of it). And the level design is fun. Hard as nails, yes. But fun regardless, like Scarlet Devil Mario's higher difficulties or the Hyper series.

Honestly, it's a pretty darn fun game to play, and arguably what Scarlet Devil Mario's Lunatic World or S Mario's levels in general should have been like.

[SnackJackSJ]

"Bowser's Cataclysmic Trap" on SMWCentral is sorta the same way. Except not nearly as hard as is being described haha there. I'm about halfway through it myself and it seems to mostly contain rompy levels. At least it has up to this point.

[ZephyrBurst]

So the top five are gonna be played in reverse order, but it's gonna be similare to round 1 in that I may/will slip a different game between them as I see fit, either on a whim or because I really really want to play something, or like an 'important' game gets released Day in the Limelight 3 or Distorted Travesty 3, or something.

Oh wow, I knew you were fond of Distorted Travesty, but I didn't know you liked it that much. It means a lot to see that.

[CloudyCloud]

here is the first boss fight in the 2nd game, borrowed from another SNES title

...

Secret of Mana?

[CloudyCloud]

Anyway, now that raocow played even RPG(Startropics)(I know it is more like puzzle game), I am wondering if I can suggest these two...
Lufia II(no, not Lufia, also not the NDS version)
Earthbound

Maybe not.

Iris Syndrome
Ib

At least you can try these two(and Lufia II)(I believe that you tried Earthbound already, so I don't need to mention again)

[Leet]

Startropics is more of an action-adventure game

[Coryman]

If you ever need just a quick one-off thing, there's this flash game called "denudation" that I've always found inexplicably fun. It's probably beatable in under 10 minutes, though maybe a tiny bit more if you go for both endings? It's also a good one for a copy-kitty-esque destroy the world sorta thing...

[HealthyMario]

I suggest raocow giving a popular flash game agar.io a try since it's relaxing and has no goals whatsoever.

[Psycrow]

There was only one official remake of the first Zelda game, and it was on SNES, called Zelda BS (no, not that kind of BS)
It was only released in Japan, I believe, and with an attachment called Satellaview for the SNES, but a google search for Zelda BS ROM seems to get it to load roms that would work in ZSNES or whatever.
Since it's so unheard of and would gather such interest, it's my suggestion for a Zelda game.
Trivia: Who knew the original dungeon song was intended to sound like a church organ? Spiffy!
Also, this one had altered dungeons and it let you choose a male or female main character (Zelda?), so that might be who you're seeing in this video.

[Leet]

That one's more of a sequel, and there's also one that serves as a sequel to LTTP (which is in 4 short "episodes", interestingly enough for its time)

[Crow]

Can I just say that I feel like raocow would have the TIME OF HIS LIFE with Castle In The Darkness? It's a metroidvania with plenty of explory fun and secrets, it's super fast-paced and it's a pretty decent challenge. But fun as heck, holy hell.

[Psycrow]

Can I just say that I feel like raocow would have the TIME OF HIS LIFE with Castle In The Darkness? It's a metroidvania with plenty of explory fun and secrets, it's super fast-paced and it's a pretty decent challenge. But fun as heck, holy hell.

That does look like a fairly yummy game, about on par with Shovel Knight from what I've seen. (Although Shovel Knight had some humor involved too, not sure with this one)

[Crow]

I don't think it's anything like Shovel Knight to be honest, you're way more squishy in this game but checkpoints are pretty frequent. The game makes a lot of references to older games, definitely, though it doesn't really have as much humor or dialogue at all.

I haven't actually beaten it yet, 60% or so according to the game right now, so

[Ivy]

TWO marios????????? what is this madness???? of course, let's do it

[Voltgloss]

I can't respond to the poll because there is no "what is this madness" option

[KobaBeach]

i voted very yes

here is the first boss fight in the 2nd game, borrowed from another SNES title

oh hi tropicallo (tommy wiseau voice)

[momo]

Play Chex Quest

Also, were you ever planning on playing the other Parodius games?

[Jesuiscontent]

What does mario mean

SMW + SMW = yes
SMW + SMBX = no
SMBX + SMBX = reported to police