Gonna play me some Astyanax tonight

bob · 01/21/2013, 07:24 PM

Picked this up for a fiver last week and I distinctly remember this being very similar to Legendary Axe. I had fun with it way back when and I hope it's as good as I recall. Meaning, I hope I can play it for more than 10 minutes without saying "wow, this is nothing like I remember". I used to rent it a number of times, so I imagine I liked it enough to have a bit of staying power.

PukeSter · 01/21/2013, 07:51 PM

I think one of the lead designers from Legendary Axe actually worked on Astyanax. I could be wrong, however. I've never played the game myself...

esteban · 01/21/2013, 09:59 PM

Quote from: galam on 01/21/2013, 07:24 PMPicked this up for a fiver last week and I distinctly remember this being very similar to Legendary Axe. I had fun with it way back when and I hope it's as good as I recall. Meaning, I hope I can play it for more than 10 minutes without saying "wow, this is nothing like I remember". I used to rent it a number of times, so I imagine I liked it enough to have a bit of staying power.

My friend had this for the NES and we played it alot (he was late to the NES...but I was grateful because I wouldn't have known about a lot of the later NES releases)...

Astyanax is OK, but it certainly falls into the "this game had potential, but squandered it" category.

IIRC, the biggest concerns are: controls and repetitiveness.

I definitely think fans of Legendary Axe should check it out.

SuperDeadite · 01/22/2013, 07:33 AM

Quote from: esteban on 01/21/2013, 09:59 PM
Quote from: galam on 01/21/2013, 07:24 PMPicked this up for a fiver last week and I distinctly remember this being very similar to Legendary Axe. I had fun with it way back when and I hope it's as good as I recall. Meaning, I hope I can play it for more than 10 minutes without saying "wow, this is nothing like I remember". I used to rent it a number of times, so I imagine I liked it enough to have a bit of staying power.
My friend had this for the NES and we played it alot (he was late to the NES...but I was grateful because I wouldn't have known about a lot of the later NES releases)...

Astyanax is OK, but it certainly falls into the "this game had potential, but squandered it" category.

IIRC, the biggest concerns are: controls and repetitiveness.

I definitely think fans of Legendary Axe should check it out.

Great game imo. Beat it many times. And considering it's a completely different game from the original arcade game, I'd say it turned out very well.

JoshTurboTrollX · 01/22/2013, 11:25 AM

Yay, Astyanax!! I enjoyed the NES game with it's many (lengthy) cut scenes with lots of storyline AND the arcade game which is a bit different. I remember when I got Legendary Axe for turbo and thinking- "Hmmm, this reminds me a bit of Astyanax!" But, yeah- control, gameplay, grafx, sounds- all better in LA!!

Still, very cool!!

TR0N · 01/25/2013, 03:12 AM

Any body ever seen the japanese cover for astyanax

Funny it's cover makes the hero look like he-man.Not to mention why change the game title it sure is easier to pronounce

NinjaCrackerX · 01/25/2013, 08:20 AM

Still have my cart and play it when I bust out the old box. One of my first experiences with the anime style in the cutscenes. I like the name Astyanax, "The Lord of King" sounds even goofier to me. Why not name it "The Warrior of Soldier"

bob · 01/25/2013, 08:32 AM

Quote from: TR0N on 01/25/2013, 03:12 AM

that's hot.

Arkhan Asylum · 01/25/2013, 10:20 AM

Why's his head so goddamn tiny.

bartre · 01/25/2013, 02:37 PM

his body was too busy growing his ridiculous left arm.
like when you trim a tomato plant to one tomato, the remaining one gets all the nutrients and grows to be huge.