Comments on: Misadventure (Matzerath)

By: Matzerath

Matzerath — Mon, 20 May 2013 20:34:29 +0000

Holy crap, I had no idea there was an old school Evil Dead game! I just watched a Youtube video — so cool! So … abstract!
That said, the movie Evil Dead (original) is a longstanding influence.

By: panurge

panurge — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:20:23 +0000

I liked this a lot. Brought back childhood memories of playing ‘The Evil Dead’ on a Commodore 64. Was that an influence?

By: kiwasabi

kiwasabi — Mon, 20 May 2013 12:22:50 +0000

This was a solid game throughout. Satisfying conclusion too. If you ever do something like it again you could have the dials on the tv be interactive. Oh and if you want to go really crazy, you could actually make it a 2600 cartridge and sell it on Atariage. I’d like to see your take on Polybius. The “official” one doesn’t play very well.

By: David T. Marchand

David T. Marchand — Sun, 19 May 2013 23:43:38 +0000

If you try it again some time, keep in mind you can drop any item with SPACE and it’ll still be there whenever you revisit the room. So the idea is dropping the hammer with space, grabbing the key/monster/mask, using it, and then going back and taking the hammer again.

By: edydy

edydy — Sun, 19 May 2013 22:56:26 +0000

yeah the problem was I couldn’t ‘hold’ a monster (the one required for short-cutting the laser beam in front of the ‘stone wall room’) while also holding the hammer. So I went the other way. Finished it now. Very intriguing little game. Good job.

By: Matzerath

Matzerath — Sun, 19 May 2013 19:54:50 +0000

Wow, you went far astray to make that set of circumstances occur! I will fix that rare possibility, as well as the ‘plot glitch’ I was informed of yesterday, which is also caused by taking the road less traveled/strange intentions, tee hee.

By: edydy

edydy — Sun, 19 May 2013 17:20:04 +0000

[Show][Hide]When I die holding the hammer (getting sucked into mouth of red demon thing), I respawn without it and can no longer find it. Bug or intentional?

By: increpare

increpare — Sun, 19 May 2013 08:23:12 +0000

finally completed it – awesome : )

By: Phack

Phack — Sun, 19 May 2013 04:02:24 +0000

Cthulhu meets Atari 2600′s Adventure. So cool.

By: BFIII

BFIII — Sun, 19 May 2013 03:29:52 +0000

After I had to restart from the beginning for the first time, I nearly stopped playing out of frustration. I’m glad I didn’t. This game turned out to be less frustrating than it seemed it would be. After I solved one region once I was be able to solve it again very quickly. Plus the overall length of the game is short.

The restarting was important anyway for the game’s story and atmosphere.

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The demon bursting from the screen was a good jump-scare and its gradual approach as you lose lives was important source of the game’s tension.