Category: metroidvania

  • Blaster Master: Item Randomizer Released

    You can follow clymax’s projects via FFVC or YouTube.

    The Blaster Master: Item Randomizer mod for the NES has been released courtesy of clymax.

    Like all of clymax’s rando mods, it’s a self-randomizer, so just simply reset the game to play a new seed.

    You can pick up the release build on Romhack Plaza here or get early access to the dev build on Game Jolt. Our sister Discord1 is available for support.

    1. Battle of Olympus Central Discord here. ↩︎

    Release Build: Features

    Continues now unlimited, up from four.

    Crusher and Wall 2 given at start.

    Wall 2 now lets you climb up walls.

    Development Build: Features

    Sofia sub-weapons no longer cost ammo to use, but you must have at least one ammo to use them.

    The progression requirement for using Homing Missiles has been removed.

    Jason can now jump repeatedly in the air.

    You no longer lose weapon power when taking damage as Jason.

    Sofia ammo and Jason weapon power are now carried across continues.

    Jason will no longer take falling damage.

    Boss items are fully randomized on pickup​. Seeding not yet supported.

    Duplicate random items prior to the endgame have been eliminated.

    So, what do you think? How does Blaster Master rank among adventure games on the NES?

    With the Western versions limiting players to five continues, do you think Blaster Master ranks among the harder games in the NES library?

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  • BoO: Pandora’s Box Released

    Formerly “Item Randomizer” mod of The Battle of Olympus

    You can follow clymax’s projects via FFVC or YouTube.

    The Pandora’s Box mod of Battle of Olympus has been released. The news publication is available here.

    A comparison chart of the different builds is here.

    A wiki is also available, and so is a community Discord. The release trailer is below.

    A speedrun leaderboard is available here. Automated leaderboards are also available via the Retro Achievements publication. Player reviews can be seen there as well.

    You can pick up the release build on Romhack Plaza here. Or, you can get early access to the dev build on Game Jolt.

    A mod showcase run without commentary is below.

    Special thanks to playtesters HalDanGhor, subledger, and shwank.

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