Corpse Run 545: Natas
Back in college Jackie, Chris, Paul, and I (and I think Rich too) played a Virtual Console Wii version of a Turbografx 16 game that was more or less like Guantlet. I’m totally blanking on the name right now, but maybe one of them will know.
Anyway, we all chose a hero and then ran through dungeons beating up stuff. There was this one character named Judas who was a servant to the King. While he was aiding us as we progressed, we knew he’d betray us at some point.
…what with his name being Judas and all.
The king’s name? Natas.
Yeah, Satan spelled backwards. He betrayed us too. This game was lacking a little in the subtlety department.
Tons of JRPGs do the same thing, just before a character is about to betray you, you acquire a new member with exactly the same skills.
Subtlety, folks!
New glasses still aren’t ready yet, by the way.
I WANT TO SEE!
Dungeon Exlporer!
You guys are good!
To further hammer in the subtlety that game was lacking, I give you its name: Dungeon Explorer
The game about exploring dungeons & fighting baddies was called Dungeon Explorer.
Aside from an awkward title/character names, it looked pretty damn ambitious for something from ’89.
That’s the one!
I want to make a game with a side character named Judas who DOESN’T betray you. Just to confuse the players. Maybe have another guy named Benedict. And the one who betrays you is actually named Larry or something lol
Plot-twist: the player’s character is the betrayer.
Now that would be GOOD.
Are that mage’s ears lower on his head than his mouth is? Is that what I’m seeing?
I REMEMBER THIS. I started reading the blog post and I totally didn’t know what you were talking about, but then THE JUDAS AND NATAS YEAH. Fun times dude. We should play another dungeon crawl game sometime . . .