The INSANE and OBSCURE Lord of the Rings Games You've Never Heard of

[@MrEnte3000]

I love how in the Fighting Game, Frodo is holding a Sword but doesn't appear to ever actually use it.

[@st1ka]

Haha yep I noticed that too

[@natewebs]

I mean that's really accurate, he is a total puss

[@blackchibisan8116]

The uppercut move uses it but that seems to be it

[@andrewpool2014]

I saw him use the hilt as a blunt weapon.

[@ararattempest-lingua]

cuz in the original "Tenchi wo Kurau", Zhao Yun (Frodo's original character) only uses his sword when he makes special moves.

[@catvideojogos]

It started with the forging of the great Films. The threads were given by Tolkien, immortal, wisest and fairest of all beings. The rights were granted to Jackson, the great mountain miner and craftsman of the mountain of lore .And nine, nine hours were given to the race of men, who above all else desire quality. But they were all of them deceived, for another show was made. In the Land of Amazon, in the fires of Mount Prime, the Dark Lord Bezos forged in secret a Master Flop. And in to this show he poured his money, his greed and his will to dominate every film. ONE SHOW TO RUIN THEM ALL ⚔️

[@st1ka]

haha

[@KasumiKenshirou]

The sprites from that fighting game look a lot like the ones in an old PC fighting game called "Sango Fighter", which was based on "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

[@st1ka]

interesting. I wonder if that's where Chinese Fighter 3 came from?

[@noaht2005]

@@st1ka it is. There’s even a Korean Master System game that’s based on Open’s excellent Jang Pung 3. Honestly, JP3 is pretty much your perfect game: Master System + SF2 + Good bootleg

[@johnofonett8036]

Lord of the Rings + Bootleg Metroidvania resulting in a good game is honestly really cool. I always thought the idea of a Metroidvania based on LOTR was a really interesting one! Also, great stuff as always!! Loved this video!

[@st1ka]

Glad you liked it :D

[@st1ka]

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[@Mankey619]

St1ka I didn’t knew you were on that LOTR bootleg game.

[@st1ka]

@@Mankey619 I like talking about weird and obscure games. I'm actually not big into LOTR, but these games were just super interesting to me :P

[@almaelma11]

This was an interesting af episode! One lord of the rings things I know about is the overhaul mod for Age of Empires 2 that turns the game into a fairly different type of game. If you ever make a part 2 I hope that shows up :) Good work!

[@st1ka]

Haha glad you enjoyed it :D

[@dr_ubo]

Interesting as always St1ka. As someone from LATAM I have tons of stories like these to tell as well and your channel is excellent.

[@st1ka]

Ooh feel free to share them :D

[@dc9662]

From the looks of that fighting game, Frodo is totally juicing. Those gains aren't natural. Someone needs to do an intervention.

[@st1ka]

Somehow, I always suspected Frodo was one to take the easy road.

[@whiskeyvengeance]

That Metroidvania game is a great candidate for a ROM hack to fix some of the more annoying issues like the enemies respawning. I just wish I knew how to do it myself lol

[@st1ka]

yeah, I really hope someone fixes it. It's a game that deserves to be properly remade

[@noaht2005]

Same here. A lot of early Sintax games are *really* good and deserve hacks

[@kri249]

"C'mon guys.....you're dereferencing a nullpointer. Open your eyes." That cracked me up.

[@st1ka]

I just HAD to include it

[@Ally5141]

There is another obscure LotR game that I have yet to find again. A super smash bros style game that you can play 1vs1 or 2vs2 or FFA iirc, I remember it having Shire map with a great remix of og theme and moving Oliphant map with moving background. You could chose from few characters, hobbits, gandalf, Eowyn, Gondor soldier, gondor ranger, elven soldier and few more.

[@st1ka]

Interesting, what system was it for?

[@Ally5141]

@@st1ka It was for windows, got it on a dvd disk added to a gaming journal. Sadly I dont have that disk anymore.

[@Dongled]

These are pretty wild. Man, the bootleg scene is pretty insane! Thanks for shining a light on these.

[@st1ka]

Yeah they're pretty insane. xD

[@svartfrasr9755]

That intro was all I needed to know you're one after my own heart.

[@st1ka]

Haha glad you liked it!

[@moejuggler6033]

Cool intro ✌ Good timing on video release too, with Rings of Power dominating the zeitgeist recently.

[@st1ka]

Ironically I wasn't even thinking of the show. I just really wanted to talk about these games

[@greensun1334]

In the bootleg game "Top Fighter 2000" you can also of play as Ryo Sakazaki from Art of Fighting and Geese Howard from Fatal Fury, they're simply called "Ryo" and "Gees"...

[@st1ka]

Yeah very true,

[@Mankey619]

These bootleg games are incredible. I really appreciate that how much effort they’ve put in these games(for the most part). The one game I really liked the most is the Pocky and Rocky one. For now on I’ll call Gandalf Granda Granda.

[@st1ka]

Gandalf's true name!

[@Aithan83]

The music from "Lord of the Rings IV" is from Cheetahmen, I believe!

[@fernandolorenzon]

yes, I recognized it as well because of that AVGN episode about Cheetahmen

[@nozoto]

"One introvertion Hobbits - Rojins got a ring with his cousin Bilbo" Man, I know wedlock between cousins is legal in some Asian countries, but they sure are jumping to the happy conclusion quick!

[@st1ka]

Haha!

[@TheSocialGamer]

Thank you for always uploading awesome content St1ka.! Great editing and story flow. Cheers Retro Brother! 🤘🔥🔥🔥

[@st1ka]

Hah thanks Man, I try :D

[@nozoto]

I think the bootleg Metroidvania could use an improved remake: make it a little more puzzle oriented, encouraging you to use the abilities of the cast (kinda like lost vikings), no spawnable enemy, most of them being fodder easy to dispose of and a single type enemy which requires a little strategical reflection to defeat.

[@st1ka]

Oh yeah that would have been amazing

[@musatosagaki2347]

The first game is so good that, if they corrected the 'engrish' and asked the licence... They would probably get it. (If they had the money for it) Is Just that impressive

[@st1ka]

the first one needs to have the hit detection and constantly respawning enemies corrected too. But other than that? Yeah, absolutely. It's such a great game.

[@AbissorSwordzenorbe]

10:13 The Cultist sprite you mentioned was taken from Japanese only SNES game based on Demon Prince Zenki anime called Demon Prince Zenki: Battle Raiden (made by Hudson). This cultist appears in Intro cutscene of this game.

[@st1ka]

Aaaah thank you!

[@keithmichael112]

damn, Frodo got the blickey. he's like "back up Gandalf, I got this"

[@st1ka]

Haha

[@Molonlabe1981]

Gandalf*what set you represent fool? " pulls out ak*

[@MrEnte3000]

15:47 Looks more like a Scorpion rather than a Crustacean.

[@st1ka]

Yeah but then I wouldn't be able to reference Sony's E3 :P

[@suntaxis]

I was watching a video of the Makon Soft game some days ago and now this appears! Great job, sir, you've a great compendium, here: I knew of some of these games but never considered them enough. That Pocky and Rocky clone, for example... I knew about it, never played it and now I'll have to check it out because it look extremely competent. Shame on me.

[@st1ka]

Hope you'll enjoy it:D

[@AnonimanPiotr]

These games have more in common with Tolkiens Lore than rings o' powa.

[@st1ka]

I haven't seent he show yet, so I can't really comment ^^

[@TheRoninteam]

Pretty good videos, thank you St1ka! best regards from Brazil!

[@st1ka]

muito obrigado! Ainda bem que gostou :D

[@quarkbent9165]

Thanks for all the retro tipoffs, some of these I had no idea of.

[@shabmaster7128]

Hitting it out of the park as always.

[@st1ka]

Glad you enjoyed it :D

[@xpmon]

Where is the giant robot crab from at 15:50

[@st1ka]

Sony's E3 in 2005 or 2006

[@xpmon]

@@st1ka do you know what game?

[@st1ka]

Genji 2 for the ps3

[@xpmon]

@@st1ka thanks

[@fayezfawzi3255]

This was a pretty nice video! You know St1ka, I have a suggestion for you for a very interesting topic in a beloved series: The Elder Scrolls Ngage game. It is astonishingly impressive for a 2004 phone game, and pretty much like a miniature normal Elder scrolls game, like something you would expect to see on a much stronger handheld like the PSP. So i think it is very much worth talking about, and the fact that it is an elder scrolls game will mean lots of eyes on the video too! and as a bonus, you can talk about the 3 elder scroll games on normal phones. They are way less impressive, but they are also a pretty interesting topic that is pretty much never talked about, and they fit the video :) PS: The Bioshock and Resident Evil phone games are pretty interesting topic too :)

[@st1ka]

Oh yeah, Elder Scrolls: Shadowkey is pretty interesting. In fact, there's some interesting and forgotten Elder Scroll spin-offs out there including a point and click adventure game if I'm not mistaken. I never thought about making a video about this topic mostly because RPGs require a large time commitment, but it's definitely worth looking into.

[@fayezfawzi3255]

@@st1ka well, I don't think those require that much time and commitment because they were designed for mobile systems on the go after all, and with the phone technical limitations to boot. I know for a fact the 3 normal phone games are pretty quick to finish (especially the 3rd one called "Oblivion mobile" or something lol) so the only one that will require some time from you will be the Ngage one, and even it wouldn't require nearly as long as any of the mainline entries. So I don't think you need to worry much about that :) And the BioShock and Tomb Raider phone games arent long either ;).

[@st1ka]

@@fayezfawzi3255 ah thank you for that. I might check them out

[@fayezfawzi3255]

@@st1ka You are welcome! I think such a video would be great :)

[@PedroFerreira-sx2gd]

Love to see this channel. Very original and unpredictable content

[@st1ka]

Haha thank you!

[@PopnMarco]

Do i hear Cheetamen music? 😂

[@st1ka]

Yeeeep xD

[@analogmoz]

Man, that song makes me physically flinch.

[@st1ka]

Sorry xD

[@noaht2005]

This was unexpected! You're basically the official Vast Fame YT channel at this point, and I'm not complaining. The only other bootleg LotR game I can think of is a Hummer Team game titled 'Rings' but I don't think it's dumped or even on youtube. Also, Sintax games *never* have original music, it's stolen from somewhere, but I'm not sure where

[@st1ka]

Glad you like my stuff :D Ah I didn't know that about Sintax

[@noaht2005]

@@st1ka apparently it’s from a gameboy version of RPG Maker

[@st1ka]

@@noaht2005 aaaah! interesting. I had no idea.

[@Lagbeard]

Gotta love old school chinese to english machine translated texts. Every bit of text in the Shoot-em-up is like "Yes, this is a sentence that makes sense. Absolutely."

[@st1ka]

Haha exactly

[@ThunderHorsePyro]

When I heard "The Ultimate Showdown" music at the beginning of this video, I knew I had to watch.

[@st1ka]

haha

[@SUNSHINE-t-m]

gotta love this channel and gotta love bootleg history! Could you do an episode compiling the known history of Hummer Team or other bootlegs teams?

[@st1ka]

oooh interesting. I hadn't thought of that. Maybe?

[@thebestchatman1578]

Great Work As Always Man!!! Keep It Up

[@st1ka]

thank you! I try :D

[@UnnamedVibesTree]

7:40 is that from a Car-Man ( Кар-Мэн) music video? Neat.

[@st1ka]

It's from Captain Pronin

[@evilkinggumby]

Hey everyone. thank you for visiting GrandaGranda's Retro Corner.

[@st1ka]

haha

[@CookiesNCreme-ty6wz]

The A LOTR "Castlevania" game actually rips of Getsu Fuuma Den

[@st1ka]

I mention that in the video though ^^

[@CookiesNCreme-ty6wz]

@@st1ka my bad I didn't watch the vid fully when I posted the comment

[@st1ka]

@@CookiesNCreme-ty6wz no worries ^^

[@LuisRoderoMorales]

Not sure if this has been already mentioned in the comments, but that Frodo character from the 1on1 fighting game is pretty much drawn on top of Subutai from Capcom's "Warriors of fate" arcade game.

[@st1ka]

aah thank you for that!

[@Jolis_Parsec]

Ah, I remember enjoying LotR: The Third Age, even though if you wanted to know what the heck was going on at any given moment, you had to watch those seemingly out of place videos of Gandalf telepathically communicating to Berethor and his companions since you’d get taken completely by surprise by seemingly out of nowhere plot twists such as Berethor being under Saruman’s partial control until his companions sever it, again seemingly out of nowhere.

[@st1ka]

Yeah I remember the ending wasn't great either. But the gameplay was pretty good

[@axelwulf6220]

Just had flashbacks with that opening beat

[@tylerd4884]

great video as always Gandalf

[@st1ka]

Surely you mean Granda Granda ;P

[@toprem4037]

6:03 - Damn, Jewel Master... there's something you don't see people talk about.

[@st1ka]

I quite like that game

[@corwinberry]

SherdSherd was literally my favorite character in LOTR. I mean sure he may of had some dark intentions with GrandaGranda but in the end he redeemed himself and in that the Sherd clan honor.

[@st1ka]

haha

[@matane2465]

Oh God, the Cheetahmen music for Lord of the Rings IV.

[@st1ka]

Haha yep

[@DarkWestern]

Now I gotta listen to 'The Ultimate Showdown Of Ultimate Destiny' and LoTr will always be my favorite anime too.

[@st1ka]

hehe, I just really like using that theme :P

[@DarkWestern]

@@st1ka Its a classic!

[@st1ka]

@@DarkWestern heck yeah!

[@MeCooper]

15:23 ... Wait... I just now realised that there isn't actually any deserts in middle earth...

[@Ally5141]

There are, just not shown in the movies, Harad is mostly a desert.

[@MeCooper]

@@Ally5141 Oh that makes sense. Also explains the mumukill haha

[@Ally5141]

@@MeCooper I think Mordor could also be considered desert.

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

GOAT thumbnail 😂

[@st1ka]

haha thanks man xD

[@zion6680]

Old Godzilla was hoppin' around.... Tokyo City like a big playground...

[@st1ka]

I love that song! :D

[@Brian-qo8bq]

What the hell is the car man transforming computer animation from? Totally trippy

[@st1ka]

It's from a russian cartoon called "Captain Pronin"

[@Murdoc_rusche]

Apparently this is the ultimate showdown of ultimate destiny.

[@st1ka]

Yep it is

[@ankosgbx]

The thing about VF going legit is, they kinda did. During the early 90s staff from VF (VF was not a thing until 1998) developed monochrome gameboy games that got published by a company called Gowin. Those games while unlicensed appear to be originals that did not borrow from other companies. VF was more of a developer than a publisher though. In works where they were self published (meaning explicitly credited) they seem to borrow a lot less from other companies. They only released games in a few not so strict regions, so maybe by those places standards they were legit

[@st1ka]

Oh what games were those? Were they any good?

[@ankosgbx]

@@st1ka The Gowin games made by people who would work at VF include Fire Dragon (a pretty good snake clone), Prince Rainbow (a pretty good shmup), Story of Lasama (a pretty good Super Mario Land Clone), and three decent but not amazing titles: Magic, Ball, Prince Yeh Rude and Lost Trip. VF staff also worked at Mega Drive companies. I'm less knowledgeable on those titles, but I've heard they're good

[@st1ka]

@@ankosgbx wow I need to read up on that

[@ankosgbx]

@@st1ka I'd recommend reading up on the company Gamtec. That seems to be the first company these developers worked at. I think Gamtec is still around, but they don't make games anymore

[@st1ka]

Thank you for the tip my dude :D

[@ХулиоИглесиас-р4р]

that track from 0:10 to 0:17 ..... it came from ULTIMATELY lewd video

[@NonsenseOblige]

Did you call Lord of the Rings The Third Age a Final Fantasy X clone? How dare you?

[@st1ka]

It is though :p

[@NonsenseOblige]

@@st1ka THE AUDACITY.

[@st1ka]

@@NonsenseOblige haha

[@HydraSpectre1138]

Warner Bros. is actually making an LOTR anime movie called War of the Rohirrim. It will be part of the same universe as the Peter Jackson films and the Middle-earth games.

[@st1ka]

Damn I had no idea

[@canalsincontenido]

what was the contect for that wrestler compiling? I can't even imagine why they made that

[@st1ka]

sadly no idea. I got it from a tweet with no context either.

[@BADC0FFEE]

the music in LOTR IV isn that from Action 52? or have you just added that to the video? a bit weird to talk about the game music when you then hear music from other games

[@st1ka]

Well, getting the music for a lot of these games isn't easy. None of them have a sound test mode nor do they have their OSTs uploaded onto youtube either.

[@sethleoric2598]

Jacked Frodo is something i never thought i'd see.

[@st1ka]

It's the frodo we all wanted but were robbed from in the movies 😔

[@sethleoric2598]

@@st1ka book accurate B)

[@st1ka]

@@sethleoric2598 haha

[@Hyde_Hill]

Was that the ultimate showdown of ultimate destiny in the background? Classic albino blacksheep pre youtube.

[@st1ka]

yes it was :D

[@evilernie6908]

7:30 - looks familiar, ain't that _All ROMs_ ..? ;)

[@st1ka]

Nope, It's the bootleg wiki website:)

[@springheeledjackofthegurdi2117]

will you consider covering LOTR Mods or Lesser known official games like the 2000s Hobbit, SNES Game or the RTS the Estate Released before BFME?

[@st1ka]

Mods? I hadn't considered it tbh 🤔 I did consider the others you mentioned, but I was aiming for as obscure as possible 😅

[@springheeledjackofthegurdi2117]

@@st1ka oh if you want really obscure look up all the very early text games a good few of them don't even try to hide their set in middle earth

[@st1ka]

@@springheeledjackofthegurdi2117 ooh thank you! I'll check them out :D

[@codeman38]

The music in King of Ring was ripped from the Game Boy Color version of RPG Maker. At least Sintax picked a fitting soundtrack this time around, unlike their many platformers that use the music from GBC Lemmings or Pokemon Pinball.

[@st1ka]

Ah thank you for that

[@Princess-zu3jz]

18:56 Frodo? More like Swoldo.

[@st1ka]

damn right!

[@benbouwens213]

I need to know what 7:38 is from!

[@st1ka]

Captain Pronin, a russian cartoon

[@Masta686Yamato]

This LOTR metroidvania looks so much better than most of the official LOTR games released in 80 and 90s.

[@st1ka]

Haha right?!

[@AbsoluteSadlad]

this is the first time i've heard LemonDemon in like 14+ years lmfao.

[@st1ka]

I'm retro in every way 😎

[@Miraihi]

I was expecting to see "Братва и кольцо" here, but probably that's for the best.

[@st1ka]

Oh I don't know that one. At least not by name. Can you give me more info on it?

[@Miraihi]

​@@st1ka Well, that's not surprizing since it's incredibly insular to Russia :D Basically, in late 90-s -> early 2000's there was a popular translator under a nickname "Goblin" (Real name - Dmitry Puchkov) who, among other, more proper translations, has been making a "funny" Hoolywood movie dubbing. His classic humor was revolving around Adult Swim-like absurdism and wordplay. Eventually he got so big and beloved, that in 2006 Gaijin Entertainment (Mostly known today for War Thunder) made a game after the first Goblin(tm) rendition of the Lord of the Rings. Later, in 2009, came the sequel. The games have been launched only on PC, and were in essence an unsophisticated hack-and-slash, nothing to write home about. The local reviews were pretty bad, about 5 out of 10 or something. Not sure how possible it is to find these games online and how do they run on the modern systems.

[@st1ka]

@@Miraihi oh interesting, I'll checm it out. Thank you kind sir/ma'am

[@lRedPosion]

Gotta love how bootleg games spell characters names wrong

[@st1ka]

Wouldn't be a bootleg if it didn't misspell everyone's names xD

[@jvince001]

9:55 yeah, that game has a really nice look! Sheesh!

[@st1ka]

right?! :D

[@Grimdark_Replays]

While there may not be a 4th movie, as of pretty early publishing there was technically a 4th book, as each major book, FotR, TTT, and RotK each comprise 2 books each making 6 in the “trilogy”. So book 4 would be the second half of The Two Towers and the assult on saruman.

[@st1ka]

oooh interesting. I had no idea.

[@2006man]

Chinese Fighter 3's sprites aren't made from ground up. It's actually taken from a Capcom side-scrolling beat'em up based on the Chinese historical literal Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

[@st1ka]

aaah thank you!

[@GUARDIANA01]

.....you "may" not have heard of . 😉 At 43 brother , Ive heard of/played a few of these, seen my share of games lmao. Great vid mate , much appreciated cheers.🤘

[@st1ka]

hah fair enough :P

[@armorbearer9702]

The LOTR fighting game could have worked if they made it a single player fighting game.

[@Naterkix]

Okay, all the character names in the LotR shmup are amazing but what the sweet, tasty, _hell_ is going on in those character descriptions?! What role does a "Rojins" have? How 'bout a "Jali?" A... Sherd? "Shield,," maybe? What exactly is a "punitive expedition?" I assume it's what they calling the journey to Judgement Day Mountain but... such a weird way to phrase it... "A coarseness man," "row or column of the evil boundary..." It's all _spelt_ right, somehow, but it feels like a direct assault on my Inner Grammar Inquisitor via tactical Engrish-nuke and I kinda love it.

[@st1ka]

Sadly no idea. I assume it was machine translated?

[@Naterkix]

@@st1ka Couldn't tell ya but mm _mmm,_ that's a tasty Engrish... meatball? Yeah, let's go with that. Engrish meatball.

[@st1ka]

@@Naterkix haha

[@kevinmi42]

What's the track name for opening intro? Only thought to ask - it reminded me of Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny

[@st1ka]

It's an instrumental version of ultimate showdown

[@ultris07]

Very interesting set of games. Kind of surprised that they latched onto LoTR of all franchises, but then again, I've never been a big LoTR fan. Also, never knew that EA made a FF10 clone set in LoTR, now that's definitely an interesting find. An official bootleg, go figure that.

[@st1ka]

Yeah I'm not big into LOTR either but these were so interesting

[@obscuredoblivion444]

The second game's music came from Cheetahmen

[@st1ka]

That was just for the video

[@pixel_javi]

Great video!

[@st1ka]

Glad you enjoyed it :D

[@renzokufc]

I called it first: "Lord of the whips" is how we should call the bootleg Castlevania game...

[@st1ka]

I wish I thought of that. That name is perfect

[@boycecat1964]

Alias as a Alias. Brilliant

[@st1ka]

xD

[@oldfan4049]

7:38 - oh, do you know that that's from a russian post-soviet cartoon called "major Pronin"?^^

[@st1ka]

Yep! I've seen that captain pronin music video haha

[@oldfan4049]

@@st1ka oh, yeah, he was a captain, not a major^^ I've watched it last time like 15 or more years ago. It was one of those "mature cartoons" that was translated after midnight on the post-soviet television))

[@ankosgbx]

Funny you should mention the idea of Sintax doing another Castlevania game for LOTR. They kinda did. Yep, another reskin of Castlevania DX. Thankfully hitboxes line up a lot better in that reskin compared to the Rockman one. I think I can explain at least some of the jank in Sintax platformers. If you input left or right on the d-pad the same frame you jump, your jump will not come out. This can be tested by mapping jump and the d-pad to the same button on some emulators. This won't happen often in gameplay, but if you are playing for a while, then it is bound to happen here and there

[@st1ka]

How interesting, I wonder why their games have that quirk built in?

[@ankosgbx]

@@st1ka A BGC discord user who goes by forple mentioned speaking to someone who sold the game engine to Sintax. I don't know how their conversation went down though

[@st1ka]

Interesting

[@therealwinston3634]

King of the Ring looks more like being inspired from Zelda 2: The Adventure of Like and the BGM in Lord of the Ring 4, isn't that the same music from Action 52's Cheetahmen?

[@st1ka]

Ah the cheetahmen music was just editing. I couldn't rip the original soundtrack

[@therealwinston3634]

@@st1ka ah ok

[@st1ka]

Sorry 😅

[@Gurnu]

KZbin suggested your channel and I'm ignoring it just because of the thumbnails

[@st1ka]

If you commented, it means you already failed at ignoring.

[@Gurnu]

​@@st1ka I had to give you a chance, but hearing you was the last straw

[@st1ka]

@@Gurnu ah xenophobia then. Yes much better

[@Gurnu]

@@st1ka Xenophobia? That's what you got from that? I don't like your voice so I'm immediately racist? Go touch grass 🤡 E: Also, putting "INSANE" in the title really cringey and clickbaity... just like your thumbnails. But hey, if you can't get views with just the content...

[@DanielMonteiroNit]

wouldn't a "metroidvania with RPG elements" simply be a side scroller RPG?

[@st1ka]

I think the difference is that in metroidvanias you need to unlock abilities to open new areas and revisit old areas ^^

[@codekhalil6437]

Great work in this one

[@st1ka]

Glad you liked it ^^

[@canaldoxerxes]

LoTR The Third Age is an underrated RPG.

[@st1ka]

I quite like it. Not amazing by any means, but it was a fun romp

[@TheBeird]

And all inspired by the Appendices from The Return of the King to boot! Ahem . . .

[@st1ka]

haha

[@obthree2830]

How were you able to play the GBA game? I can’t seem to get it run on anything. But I really want to play it. Big fan of Twinkle Tale and it reminds a lot of it. Also the pocky and rocky series is fantastic so using that engine was a great move

[@bingo-bogringurter307]

Yo i love your accent dude it reminds me of those old jontron malkovich gaming segments

[@st1ka]

Haha thank you

[@zacharyrollick6169]

That LoTR Metroidvania gives me Zelda ll vibes.

[@st1ka]

Yep kinda

[@BenetteG]

I actually played LotR The Third Age back then.

[@st1ka]

Same here, I had it for the PS2. It was a fun game.

[@wolvethehusky9081]

What anime is that clip from?

[@st1ka]

Neon Genesis Evangelion

[@MagmaMKII]

Lel, those LotR "Castlevanias" are 1% Castlevania and 99% Getsu Fumaden. The graphics all look edited straight from Getsu Fumaden.

[@st1ka]

Fair enough xD

[@bottledviolence133]

The music from the worst game is actually from cheetahmen the real worst game ever made its enough to know that its from action 52

[@raptorskilltor4554]

Instead of a ring it was the Glock that could rule them all

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Heck yeah