RELICS : ANKOKU YOUSAI
( Relics : The Dark Fortress )
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レリクス暗黒要塞
©Bothtec 1987
Release: 1987-04-10 (¥4200)
DiskCard BTC-RLC
Action/Platform game
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Relics - Ankoku Yousai is an adventure/action game by Bothtec.
The player takes control of a heavily armed trooper. His red body armor
can protect him from attacks but it doesn't make him invincible and
a life bar at the bottom of screen shortens with every hit. His only
weapon, or at least at the beginning of the game, is a short-range laser
saber and every move needs to be carefully managed and coordinated. The game starts
deep inside a huge fortress and quickly, a character in a pink armor appears and challenges
the player. There is not other possible choice, our warrior has to defeat him to free
the way and starts the long exploration of the strange building.
The fortress hides many secrets and hitting its many walls usually reveals
its underlying infrastructure. Many items (like keys and ...) or passageways
can be found using this technique.
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Relics was released in Japan on many other video game platforms
such as the Sharp X68000 (1986), FM 77 (1986), MSX2 (1986),
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Relics - Ankoku Yousai has some interesting features such as
the crumbling walls slowly revealing the fortress' infrastructure, passageways
and special items. However the game is incredibly slow paced.
Fights are boring and monotonous. The way how the character moves
is also a pain in the neck. To change direction, you have to push
up to get your trooper to face the wall and then turn left or
right. Dumb. But I kept the worst for the end.
Relics - Ankoku Yousai has the most frustration loading
times I have ever seen for the Famicom Disk System. They happen
all the time, especially when you enter a room with a different
monster. All in all, a small and badly designed game that has
aged a lot...
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