Played this game fanatically as a teen, took me a long time to finish it and now I know why. I never knew you could collect items with Magic. I feel like a complete fool 🤣
Probably because you never had the opportunity. He's using a glitch where he keeps the power into the next stage. Normally you lose it when you pick up the iron sword piece at the end of each stage, that's why he goes to the door first before picking up the Iron Sword bits. Without those ranged attack powers you can't do most of this run.
@@HowDrab same here, I was like 6, I couldn't read all that well and didn't fully understand the basics of gaming. So I spent majority of my time platforming on the first level and gambling in the shop, but they were still good memories.
I never realized those were pieces of the ironsword. I thought it was a screw and some gold bricks. ...Never got more than halfway through. Now my childhood is complete!
I beat this game on a rental one summer. I found the game quite fun and found it fun discovering all the secrets and spells (even though a few aren't needed).
A little detail - if you buy dragon tooth spell from the last shop and use it in the end while battling the elements. When element dies and falls down, use the spell when element is on the screen. It turns into grilled chicken that gives you full health. And shooting elements diagonally you can sometimes hit them many times with only one shot. Very nice run!
Oh... my... God... I did not know you could shoot at things to acquire them! And I've played (and beaten) this at-times grueling game. Kudos to you, sir! You are a god among gamers.
it took me months to get past the first level. at the time i thought i hated this game but i couldnt stop playing. the gameplay was maddening and addictive.
I never understood this game, Double Dragon, Friday the 13th, and even damn Mega Man made sense. This game lost me and I’m glad someone posted on how to play it.
I loved WW as a kid. Never knew there was a pt2 and Im glad. This looks like a 2600 port of the first game in beta. The world will never be the same. 😆
How a game could take such a gigantic step backwards in terms of gameplay and enjoyability compared to the original is beyond me. It was so bad, they made a 3rd and it was equally as bad.
I had this game when it was new. The music and overall aesthetic were amazing but the play mechanics were baffling dogshit. My opinion has not changed in the past 30 years
The trick is to jump above the exit door and shoot the sword piece to collect it, so afterward you fall down into the door without touching the ground. The game doesn't take away your magic if you don't touch the ground after collecting the sword piece.
Just played this today. After beating level 1, i seemed to lose my ability to shoot with my sword. Hmm maybe was out of magic and didnt realize it... hmm...
There's a bug where you can shoot the sword piece to collect it and then fall onto the exit door (assuming your magic is not totally at 0). The game doesn't take the shooting ability away unless you touch the ground before going through the door, or if you end the level with 0 magic. There's also another bug (or maybe it's intentional?) where you can get infinite magic simply by filling your magic meter up past the 100% mark.
you keep the magic if you go thru the door at the end of the level without touching the ground after you shoot the item. you get infinite magic if you fill your magic meter up to 100%.
feasel0 i never knew you posted your own runs. guess i am going to go digging now. i didn't go through gdq from this year yet. were you there and if so did you do any NES runs?
I forgot how lame the music was in this one. W&W original game had much better music. This was all "rock"-ish. I guess sign of the times. The opening music isn't bad. oh well
When I beat this as a child, I thought the reassembled wizard would be the final final boss, Ninja Gaiden style, but then it just ended... never played it again!
