3/20/2023 0 Comments The tower of druaga![]() ![]() I also got a Mister which has a Druaga core. When I saw Jeremy Parish's video about the game and he went into it's background in Japan I was reminded of my initial interest into the game, and I started to look up playthroughs on YouTube. I filed the game away in the back of my mind only to think about it again when Nightmare of Druaga on PS2 came out (which I am going to play one of these days!) I never really got past the first five floors, didn't understand that the treasures were required for progression, and sadly never stumbled upon the jet boots on the second floor that make the game infinitely more playable. I also love the theme that plays as you are about to begin a level. Namco Museum also had a secret room that was unlocked by doing a Druaga-esque random button combo, so it seemed like this game got a lot more love than the rest of Volume 3. I didn't understand it and was terrible at it, but the idea of an early arcade game with an ending seemed unique. I first came across it in the PS1 Namco Museum games, and was intrigued by the museum's claims of it being one of the first RPGs and of it's popularity overseas. It could have at least come out in 1987 had it even been considered.Īnd so my thought experiment is, how do you think you would've reacted as a kid to Druaga in the 80s? What if it had an ad campaign like Zelda 1, touting its mysteries and relying on playground rumors to scout out the dungeons and find every secret in the game? It could've easily been ported with very little need for translation, and it was made a year before Zelda. (Especially the Wizzrobes, you can't tell me they aren't just the Druaga wizards reskinned).īut Druaga never came to the West since Namco never published it here (long story). But hey, kids were willing to put up with that sort of thing back then.Īnd it seems clear that Druaga had a bit of influence on some of the designs of Zelda 1 regarding combat and secret design. And many of these treasures are hidden through bonkers Sierra logic, such as ramming headfirst into certain enemies without your shield, bonking certain walls without visual cues, etc. ![]() The sense of mystery and communication (or strategy guides) to solve the tower's secrets and find the hidden treasures. Still, for the uninformed, ToD is a sort of a Pac-man Action-Adventure, Arcade game where you climb a tower to kill a demon and save the day.ĭruaga became a pretty big hit in Japan at the time for a lot of the same reason Zelda became popular. The video goes into plenty of detail about the game itself. But one game, particularly, drew my attention, Tower of Druaga on Famicom. (An excellent series documenting NES releases in chronological order.) And I can't help but be fascinated by just how different the NES and Famicom game lineups were as both markets evolved. I've been binging a crap load of NES Works videos lately. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.This is just a thought experiment. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. ![]() If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior. Overusing our search engine with a very large number of searches in a very short amount of time.Using a badly configured (or badly written) browser add-on for blocking content.Running a "scraper" or "downloader" program that either does not identify itself or uses fake headers to elude detection.Using a script or add-on that scans GameFAQs for box and screen images (such as an emulator front-end), while overloading our search engine. ![]() There is no official GameFAQs app, and we do not support nor have any contact with the makers of these unofficial apps. Continued use of these apps may cause your IP to be blocked indefinitely. This triggers our anti-spambot measures, which are designed to stop automated systems from flooding the site with traffic.
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