PSX Longplay [141] Alundra (Part 1 of 4)

[@AnnNightNoxana]

Years after years, games after games, Alundra is still my number 1 most favorite game of ALL time. The storyline, the characters, the scenario, the graphics, the music, the combat system, the areas. No words will ever tell how much I love this game. Could probably write a whole book on why do I love this game, but it's enough that I keep coming back and back to it and I still keep finding something new every time.

[@Surkimus]

It's such a shame the second game didn't really turn out to be so great. The transition to 3D was too much for the team - not to mention just how goddamn different the story was overall compared to this. If it would've sold well I bet we'd still have hope for Alundra 3...

[@AnnNightNoxana]

***** Should they make a second sequel it would probably be even worse than the first. If we could even call it a 'sequel'.

[@SurrealInfection]

Ann Night I see you everywhere. (chuckle) I read your comments quite often, and two of the things I've gleaned from them about you are that: 1. You've got good taste. 2. You're one of a small group (comparatively) on YT that uses proper grammar and spelling. I respect this, and it makes me smile when I see it. Cheers.

[@AnnNightNoxana]

Sheva Almora Should that make me happy or afraid of having earned a stalker? No really, thank you, no matter how unusual was that to hear. ^_^

[@SurrealInfection]

Ann Night Lol No worries. I don't think I'm stalking so much as "great minds tend to think alike", or however that adage goes. Hey, this is the internet, there's always something just a bit more crazy around the corner.

[@angellopez691]

The greatness of this game is visible from beggining to end. Even the instruction booklet is a piece of art.

[@billblaski9523]

Mane hold up! I remember the good ol days when games came with instruction manuals and good ones at that!

[@xRavenXP]

I love this game with all my heart and soul. One the best PSX games ever. Méia and Alundra are our lovely heroes forever!

[@Draconis84]

This and Wild Arms were my favorite PS1 RPG Games :)

[@anttilappalainen6636]

One of the best games I have ever played. Sure, it's a playstation Zelda-clone, but what a clone it is. The story is easily superior, the gameplay is solid, the art is beautiful, and the soundtrack is one of the best I have ever heard anywhere. In my humble opinion, one of the best games ever made. I'm glad I own this gem of an RPG. They really don't make them like this anymore.

[@uhoh5625]

+Antti Lappalainen Great words Antti - although I wouldn't even compare it to Zelda. Sure it has the top down dungeon crawl mechanic but aside from that it is a completely different beast. I find the storyline so immersive and the ideas presented within the game and storyline (at least at the time) are very adult and are not portrayed in a childish manner. When a member of the village dies everyone pays their respects and the music reflects the severity of what has occurred. Speaking of music, one of the most impressive aspects aside from the artwork is the score - I still listen to the soundtrack from time to time as it has some of the best sets of orchestral pieces from the PSX era, followed closely by Suikoden II. I have so much love for this game, I just wish the "other" Alundra title held a torch even nearly as bright

[@glowiever]

Antti Lappalainen it's terranigma clone

[@heroinmom153]

I remember it satisfying the void that was left after beating Illusion of Gaia

[@hydroweapon]

One of the best games on PS1 and the best "Zelda" game Such a shame next to no one has heard of it - it deserves so much praise, it's fantastic

[@ShadowDrycan]

It really feels like not enough people really know about this game, this was one game I remember vividly from my childhood and even now I make time to complete this game every single year, brings back all the memories of watching my father play this. Awesome game by far my favourite of all time

[@RedDeltaz]

anyone else having flashbacks to their childhood?

[@JimPanzeeEsq]

I was 15 when this came out XD

[@bookwormbon482]

Yep xD

[@philipsheard624]

Fuck yeah, I want to play this game again until the end as I never finished it.

[@kuramaredrose]

Me!

[@nobodytonobodysbusiness]

You might nightmares (jumping).

[@Katie_Woo]

Alundra and Landstalker are still my all time favourite games

[@PeteC75]

Good Lord this is the dopest town music EVER.

[@j-cgooden1472]

UH!

[@magoichi75]

acular123 But 90's in general in terms of cartoons/video games were amazing

[@billblaski9523]

When during the video?

[@heroinmom153]

​@b illblaski9523 Right at the beginning, after the shipwreck

[@obeyrostipher1929]

Damn ... This is a BEAUTIFUL old school game ... It honestly rivals the first Zelda and Phantasy Star IV and all the other old dungeon/adventure games

[@bravepart]

Dude I have never forgotten this game!! I played only a little bit, I was about 7 at the time but I never forgot it!! What a classic 90's intro too!

[@SolidusDaedalus]

This game is so nostalgic, just started playing through it again.

[@KidCop2011]

This game is simply amazing. So many great memories.

[@Malumbrus]

I love games that have this muted, dithered look. This game looks like a lot of fun, I'll have to give it a go.

[@joshuana5132]

Never even heard of this until the recent Astro Bot. Decided to check it out. Just the intro sequence alone looks great already. Niiiice.

[@djxphactor]

That intro music tho. Most hype I ever felt watching an intro.

[@gomezdn_]

it was a perfect game. It was really dynamic, the music, story and characters were good, and it had some pretty hard puzzles that took me a couple days to get through when I was a child. Loved this game.

[@Octobersown_1019]

I remember first getting the ame when I was 13....and somehow lost it and had never beaten it. Then I bought it offline again when I was 20. And finally beat it and the storyline was still amazing as the first time I played it.

[@nicky8866]

i really miss this game, the puzzles made it most epic

[@kylejones1532]

Mate..... The nostalgia always got stuck on this game as a kid.. god I miss this oldschool game vibe so simplistic graphics yet beautiful for the time and that music...

[@trixer230]

This was hands down my childhood fav.... I love this game!

[@fatedc5379]

Thank you for doing a longplay, I wanted to see dialogues so much. Like. Character interaction was vital in this game.

[@BahamutElDiablo]

This game along with Landstalker are some of my favorite games of all time.

[@suiken3149]

This game made my head explode with insanely hard puzzles and forever stuck with it. Good thing there is a walkthrough now since it's impossible for me to finish this game without it.

[@uhoh5625]

+Roldan Celestino I remember being stuck on one of the ice pillar puzzles in I think Klines Dream for a ridiculous amount of time. That and Navi's Charm/gravekeeper puzzle with the Fire torch!

[@Simonthecat88]

I beat the game by myself as an adult but couldn't finish it as a kid for sure !

[@Galimah]

This is THE game to test one´s anger management on. Oh dear the OUTBURSTS

[@Lorenzo3K]

My anger level was over 9,000

[@kidpainvii450]

One of the few Zelda clones which might be better than some Zelda games of the early 90s

[@Aqua.man045]

Better than no zelda game from the 90s like neutopia

[@dirtymarco3111]

Because zelda was the first to do a top down action rpg? Lol. Shaddup.

[@jackburton1455]

Ultima would like someone to hold their beer

[@RangoTheMercenary]

Not even close. It lacks the polish of ALttP and Link's Awakening.

[@RangoTheMercenary]

​@@dirtymarco3111people like this love the music and story but forget about the platforming and bullet sponge enemies. Alundra is good but it's no saint. There's a reason why ALttP is still hailed by many as the best game ever three decades later.

[@pcfaulkner]

one of the best games in history.....you know what i am saying?(jess)

[@MisterJeffrey90]

My uncle owned this game for PlayStation 1 when I was a child, and I was not at all familiar with "adult games" or anything outside of donkey Kong and Mario Brothers for that matter, and the cutscene with the horror music and the girl screaming as it pans up through the village gave me nightmares. It took me almost a decade to figure out which game it was that haunted me.

[@briansetoe]

I remember playing this when it came out. So hard... some puzzles took me like 1hour+ to solve back then.

[@johnnyfive3129]

I still have this game.

[@Data4664]

One of the best games ever for PSX. Thanks for upload and many memories here.

[@Lorenzo3K]

I remember playing this when I was a freshman in high school. I thought I could figure out anything in a game then I played this. This game drove me batshit crazy trying to figure out where to go or what to do next because characters offered clues but you never knew exactly how you were supposed to do the task that progressed the story. It literally took me 4 months to actually beat this game without looking up hints. I remember I got to the very end and I missed one of the gems to open up the very last dungeon. I must've looked everywhere for it but I never figured out where it was so had to start the whole goddamn game over just because I thought I couldn't get to the last dungeon without. Man those were good times.

[@guruhkharisma]

I couln't agree more! me too

[@lukzriffs1564]

Love the game and the music!

[@Settless]

This game was released 7 days before i was 1 years old, and somehow was the first video game i ever played all I could remember was the start of the game and not what the name of it was. I clearly didnt get far either since i only recall getting outside of the house you wake up in after the boat gets destroyed

[@piggypoo]

God I love the town music, it's dripping with 90s

[@BludBubbles]

yeah, brings back memories, I never got far but was happy to play what I did

[@9sunskungfu]

I played this on release all the way back in 97, finished it many times. Brings back memories. If only the sequels were as good but they were crap, they tried to go polygon 3D and went away from the this iconic gameplay. I hope one day they make a new game but one that stays true to the original formula which made it famous in the first place. Alundra is a masterpiece.

[@djalpha718]

Brings back memories....when games were actually good during this period....*sigh*

[@ambroken4834]

These games had an artistic style to them that games of now seem to miss. Sprawling environment does not a personal experience make. Our at least it's very rare.

[@peecee1812]

this game, and dragon force on sega saturn were my two favorite games from working designs, shame they're not around anymore. Both games just simply amazing for its time.

[@ravelordneato4107]

*__* The first game i had for PSX. And I still have it, somewhere in my room. Simply beautiful! I remember i got stuck for MONTHS in a couple of points (friggin puzzles!) but from the beginning to the end it was a real adventure exploring this world. Thanks for posting this LP man, (or girl?) it was an appreciated dive into the past.

[@beruangloncat]

I never finished the game. To be honest, I was in elementary school with broken english back then. How hard this game and no walkthrough back then. Damn…no wonder 90s generations smart in puzzle solving. We used to play and think in many games, completely different from today games.

[@DameanBerry]

OMG Thank you for this video! I played this when I was younger and couldn't remember the name!

[@RaMMsMaiDeN]

broo i forgot I used to play this game a lot... the ost brings back so many memories

[@chrisbandicoot4190]

seen this game on the playstation store for ps3, never played it before but it reminds me of the games I use to play as a kid. definitely wanna pick this game up someday!

[@supa_zombie_bud7922]

you won't regret

[@chrisbandicoot4190]

I got it btw, its really fun :D

[@elihuerta3383]

this is a playstation legend of zelda!

[@monynhem7824]

*Nah! It's nes, Legend of the Laboon!*

[@TheWolfehound]

Alundra is the great game of all time

[@kawrght]

As if legends of zelda would ever be this good or dark. Alundra is better!

[@joselitosemnocao1814]

Beyond oasis

[@lgolem09l]

I thought so too for a long time, but now I think it's more like the playstation's Terranigma

[@nikos223a]

Such a beautiful game..

[@XellDincht]

i remember how a friend of mine played it. In a dungeon he couldn't solve the puzzle and he had to read a walkthrough (and he isnt that much of a noob. He rarely used this kind of help) Great game but hard as hell

[@BennyUrquidez86]

Last month I found this game on a flea market in mint condition including the instruction manual and a mini game map for just 15 bucks, a few hours ago I've managed to complete it and surely it's one of the best action rpg's of all time! I so wish for a 3D reboot open world style of this game like Zelda breath of the wild!

[@MARK111174]

This is my favorite game of all time still

[@IxMAKExUxGOxLOL]

The ice columns in Ice Manor... The nightmares still haunt my dreams...

[@MikeIAmO]

Such an underappreciated game. Alundra 2 was horrific, though.

[@jojopagay1183]

Ahhh.. the memories keep flashing back in my head. Funny thing about this game is I cant stop cutting all the grasses its kinda addicted to it. 😂

[@funknotik]

Yeah this game is brilliant, it is minimalist in it's design but the overall package is waaaay ahead of it's time. Right up there with FFVII as the greatest game of all time.

[@raoni157]

Esse game é foda um dos melhores do estilo desta época, sinto saudade deste tempo onde os games n eram só gráfico mas muita diversão, jogos assim eram feitos para serem lembrados por épocas !!!!

[@genuinesaucy]

5:20 look at that great tracking shot. You know whoever directed this game knew what the fuck they were doing.

[@solutionxero]

wow this looks amazing

[@billydelacey]

God this game drove me nuckin' futs. I played it so many times but never beat it.

[@serius537]

Still a gem right here😃 best Zelda knock off, I love this game

[@ARGallardo_]

I think this is one of the plays more difficult that I play ever

[@a2pha]

Such a sharp picture ! Nicely recorded !

[@AnnNightNoxana]

Yes, you need to smash the square button during pretty much all the conversation time, like I do. Not that I do not read them, I do, but this fellow player is one of the most patient living beings I've ever seen.

[@LucileStarlight]

this is such a good unappreciated game

[@teckworks]

OH SHIZZ, hope to see Alundra 2 coming as well. Love that game~

[@steveking9514]

The animals running around and jumping over stuff in the environment is so damn cute 🥰

[@maneco88]

I remember the first time i got to play this game, was so awesome so many good memories with this game of others too, wish i could go back to that time:(

[@richiekrauss7993]

great longplay video.

[@GameDjeenie]

The PS1 was godlike for games with a top-down view or sidescrolling view. The 3D games though... aged very poorly...

[@colinboots8694]

+GameDjeenie I think alundra 2 still looks pretty good

[@richardpersimmons5122]

+GameDjeenie The 2.5D titles & the later 3D titles have held up well imo; the Spyro trilogy in particular I feel has aged remarkably well, even if the first one has an iffy camera & it always takes like 10 or so minutes to get used to the running controls when starting up one of them.

[@GameDjeenie]

RichardPersimmons Yeah. Well all early 3D platformers have wonky camera... Even Mario 64... Even though I find it really good for being one of the earliest.

[@friedrichnietzsche7736]

If you like Alundra, you should look at Landstalker for the Mega Drive/Genesis. Many of the team who worked on that game also worked on Alundra after leaving Climax and there are definite similarities. Fifth generation 2D games are a strange anomaly: they were castigated at the time for being dated, but, in retrospect, this was arguably a golden age for 2D gaming. If you're interested in 2D games from this era, there are, as you say, plenty of great ones on the PS1 and even more on the Neo Geo and Saturn.

[@codacious14]

I played the Crash games for the first time this year and thought they were great.

[@attk177]

picked this up on a flee market in perfect condition for 3€ a few weeks ago

[@matteocicaloni]

i love you for uploading this!

[@morghul2043]

this looks amazing, i had nintendo and xbox growing up because of my older brother, but now i feel so sad thinking of all the insane games i missed on playstation 1 2 3, only got ps4 now

[@vinh3215]

One of my all-time favorite games, the difficult of this game is heavy metal +

[@florentvauxion3664]

I love the '' Lars crypt '' theme.

[@Woopdeedew]

Jesus, the Pixel art/Graphics is beautiful! Even in todays standards these graphics are amazing!

[@Halligen1972]

I remember the underwater level - after hours I learned how to jump underwater and finished that level!

[@boxmx1246]

Uno belleza de juego que tenía en mi ps1 ahora veré si lo juego en un emulador para terminarlo. 😢

[@Hooliogun1000]

2:22:40 Бомбы! Ну конечно бомбы... А я эти фонарики и саблей, и с ноги, и с разгона))) Сенкс, бро!

[@SpeedStar1642]

Astro Bot sent me here.

[@Saltybuher]

I adore this game.

[@PeekaPeep]

Looks like the same people that did the Landstalker rpg for the Sega Genesis also had a hand in this one as well. Nice! :-)

[@KieranOD94]

I remember seeing that intro on a demo disc back in the day

[@crimesforkibble6912]

Made by many of the same team members behind landstalker for the sega genesis and you can definitely tell

[@kellyraye815]

Melzas: supposed villain, but respecting pronouns since 1997: 14:04

[@WorthlessWinner]

THANK YOU! I've been looking for that game for years and didn't know the title D=

[@jshrmstrng]

ALUNDRA. BEST GAME OF MY CHILDHOOD,

[@NoName-it4th]

I miss Games like this these days, modern Rpg's tend to have a rather boring main Story because of gigantic open world and stuff, that is the reason why they need a bazillion side quests to fill the void. This game doesn't need that because you're hooked to the story from the start, and who needs a open world as long as you enjoy playing the game.

[@vicious-pi3rd]

The game is so balanced from the story enemy battles to the puzzles There's not one part in this game that you say this is b.s. If you screw up in any of those parts you know it's not the game .Is probably you got to approach it in a different kind of way!

[@jshrmstrng]

Break ALL the boxes! Cut ALL the grass!

[@E180TEKNO]

this is magic games ! personaly i like the ambiente all ost and sound fx of games Alundra , the graphisme games is bieautifull and ambiente is very heroic fantasy game

[@GoldenGateNum9]

*If Zelda was **_Children Of Bodom_** , then Alundra is **_Skyfire_** , hm 3D graphics age like milk, whereas animated / hand* *drawn graphics age like fine wine.*

[@pangalaktich]

a part off my childhood

[@jackkrauser5899]

So much nostalgia :(

[@caioreis350]

I had to revisit this game after playing CrossCode on pc

[@SikkerWOW]

i know dat feel bro, new games today dont have that one thing what retro games have

[@pedrohenriquekuhnbraun2560]

That intro

[@steffdia7080]

Zelda Breath of the Wild, Tears of the Kingdom was inspired by Alundra

[@WorthlessWinner]

lol i'm sooooo glad i'm not the only one who got stuck for months on that

[@gamesmasterhd9688]

Silence stuns all!

[@AnnNightNoxana]

Breaking boxes has no interest when you're fully healthy, because they only yield rubies.