Black Jewel

"Black Jewel" is supposed to be like a Commodore 64 game, but it plays more like a Genesis game like Altered Beast. It's super hard until you figure out how to play it. You only get one life to beat the whole game. It takes about 15 minutes if you know what to do. Basically, fighting enemies in this game is a death trap. All you can do is swing your sword and it has such limited range that you exchange as much damage as you dish out. I found the trick was just to jump over all the minor enemies and focus on fighting the bosses with as much health as possible. You don't get points, but there aren't any achievements and the points feel meaningless as a result, so the only real goal is to beat the game. The boss fights are fun but much of the RNG on their attack patterns will likely frustrate you to no end. The middle of this game is basically nearly impossible at times because there are mushrooms that shoot fireballs in random patterns. There's also a really cruel bit near the end where you pretty much MUST make a jump over a long pit or you won't get a health refill and it's impossible to win. When I say a long jump, I mean the character's sprite must be halfway off the platform before you jump. I lost a few times because of this. If you can get past the cheap deficiencies in the game design, it's actually kinda fun and very satisfying when you actually beat it. There's also a cheat menu option if you just want to see the game. I love the music, the graphics are great and it tickled the "nostalgia" button for sure, but it lacks replayability and will likely frustrate most people who will quit before getting halfway through it.

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https://blog.naver.com/jampuri/223045896760 <- 장문의 감상은 이쪽. 이탈리아산 바바리안 판타지 액션 게임. 8비트 컴퓨터 코모도어 64용 게임 컨셉으로, 옛날 도구를 가지고 현대 기술로 재구성한 듯한 인디 픽셀 게임. 잔기 없음. 노 컨티뉴. 라이프 다 떨어지면 게임 오버 당해 처음부터 다시 시작의 무자비한 게임 난이도 때문에 게임 접근성이 떨어지지만. 자체 치트키를 지원하고 있어서 치트키의 도움을 받으면 게임 플레이에 큰 문제는 없다. 그래픽과 사운드가 생각 이상으로 좋아서 비주얼이 볼만하고. OST는 아예 DL로 따로 판매해도 되지 않을까 싶을 정도로 좋아서, 단지 도트 그래픽 스타일만 가지고 고전 게임의 향수만을 자극한 게 아니라 나름대로 속이 알 찬 게임이다.

....Perhaps it is me who don't gets it, but the game, although having a wonderful and enchanting graphical fidelity to the era, lacks everything else. I mean, yes, it's supposed to be a faithful recreation of the C64 style...but c'mon, it is too barebones for me to be considered actual ''good''. Unless you are really nostalgic, give it a pass.

just type - RYAN at main menu and enjoy the game with NP

A fun retro platformer with nice pixel graphics and music. But, it's very difficult with it's RNG and pixel perfect jumps. You can input a heath cheat and enjoy the game that way.

Looks, sounds and feels like a game right out of the 80s. Classic 8-bit simplicity and unfairness here. It doesn't even pretend it wants to let you win. It nails the period aesthetics and it's actually rather fun. Even the loading and title screen has the right look. If you want to experience some classic gaming feeling then this would be ideal. Not expensive and very cheap on sale and a nice way to pass some time. There's a not so super secret cheat mode that makes the game easier if you are broken and in tears from the brutal difficulty in the default game.