Legacy Of The Wizard

PRICE = $1-5

PLAYERS = 1

' Long, long ago, an evil dragon terrorized the forest until it was imprisoned by a powerful wizard. Now, years later, the dragon has revived and it's up to you to use the power of the wizard's descendants, the draslefamily, defeat the dragon once again.

The whole family takes part in this action adventureas the parents, children, and even the family pet search huge dungeons for gold, keys, magic, hidden crowns and finally the magical sword that can destroy the dragon.

Can you recover the four crowns that will prove you worthy to wield the magical jeweled sword?'

HOW DOES THE GAME LIVE UP TO IT'S EXPLANATION/BOX ART? (8/10)

The cover of this box instantly makes you think RPG, and the back of the box explains the game perfectly so you know what your role will be, but it doesn't really tell you how the game play will be.

After placing the game in the system and selecting a person of the household, I'm tossed instantly into an action platformer. I love action platformers, so i'm already thrilled with this purchase.

I couldn't really tell what the game was going to be like from the box at all. But the explanation and box art are dead on.

HOW IS THE GAME PLAY? (8/10)

This game is an rpg action platformer that you can select one of five family members, which each have their own abilities. (Pet isn't hurt by enemies other than bosses, the daughter can jump high, the mother, father, and son can use certain equip items no one else can) This game plays really well. Some of the baddies have some crazy attack patterns, but it's on the n.e.s. so that's expected.

The game has four different categories to pay A LOT of attention to. One is obviously your health meter, the second is your magic meter (which does deplete and is your only form of attacking), third is the key meter (which is how many keys you have, which you use a lot in this game), and the last is your gold meter (so you can buy things or stay at an inn to replenish health/magic. You will use these things a lot).

The annoying factor of this game is you run out of magic a lot, so you have to go to inns constantly. Enemies do drop items that replenish these things, but it's never enough to comply. It's a huge trial and error game, because since only certain family members can do certain things you have to constantly try and try again. If you die like all nes games you end up back at the beginning and have to go all the way back to where you were. But, if you are determined like i am, it will just reinforce your personal will to continue.

HOW DOES THE GAME LIVE UP TO IT'S GENRE? (10/10)

It's a great platformer in comparison to most, and it adds in RPG elements that make the game have a lot more atmosphere. I had a great time playing this and trying to figure out the best ways to do things. And believe me it takes a long time to figure out where everything is, find the stuff without purchasing it, and finding out who best uses items. Because everyone uses different secondary items.

This game is probably one of the longest platformers i have ever played in my life, but i feel quite rewarded after beating it. This was a tough play and adds to my stockpile of beaten games.

THE 'GAME OVER' ALL? (87%)

This game has a great midi file soundtrack, great game play, and had such a huge map to explore that I enjoyed every bit of it. The small annoyances of having to get magic and keys all the time aren't too bad after you get farther into the game. But do note, that if you unlock one of the door blocks and leave the screen it does come back, so always have enough keys on hand to get where you are going.

arbitrary credit for gore and nudity = 0

-Felix "the Brett" Prescott