Arumana no Kiseki
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| Developer(s) | Konami |
| Publisher(s) | Konami |
| Release date(s) | JPN August 11, 1987 |
| Genre(s) | Platform game |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Platform(s) | Famicom Disk System |
| Media | FDS disk |
Arumana no Kiseki (アルマナの奇跡) is a 1987 platform game by Konami for the Famicom Disk System. It was only released in Japan. The game translates to Miracle of Arumana.
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[edit] Name
The correct romanization of the game's title is often disputed. The katakana アルマナ, romanized for this article as "Arumana", is a fictional name made up exclusively for the magic jewel featured in the game. Since the ル katakana can be pronounced in a variety of ways, the name of the jewel could also be romanized as "Armana", "Alumana", or "Almana". Since Konami never released the game outside of Japan, they never needed to provide a proper romanization. Unless Konami does so, all aforementioned spellings of the word are technically correct.
[edit] Storyline
A magic red jewel, known as the Arumana, is stolen from an unnamed village. A thief runs off with the jewel and turns the entire village into stone. The game's hero must track down the thief and recover the stolen jewel.
[edit] Gameplay
The player takes the role of an unnamed hero who must travel through six cavernous levels in search of the lost jewel. The player begins with thirty throwing knives as his weapon of attack. As he ventures through the levels he can find various other weapons. These include: bombs, a handgun, boomerangs, a ball that destroys everything on screen, and a mace. He must destroy various cave dwelling creatures as well as henchmen, who sometimes drop these weapons.
The hero's main source of transportation is unique. Besides just walking and jumping, like most platform games, he must also use a special grappling hook to reach platforms that are too high. To make things a little more difficult, the grappling hook can only be launched from a diagonal direction and not just straight above.
The game itself is very reminiscent to the adventures of Indiana Jones. The appearance of the game's protagonist is not only nearly identical to the adventurer, but the game's cave environments and plot, which revolves around the main character recovering an ancient treasure, are very similar to his explorations.
