Maldita Castilla
| Maldita Castilla | |
|---|---|
| Platform(s) | Arcade |
| Genre(s) | Side-scroller |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
| Sound | Yamaha YM2203 |
Maldita Castilla is a computer game which can be installed on arcade linear action and it has a theme which is primarily based on medieval mythology. The game emerged as a tribute to the video games author of the late 1980s games of Ghosts'n Goblins, Tiger Road, Black Tiger, Shinobi. The game was inspired by the Amadis of Gaul, a most famous romance of that time. The games music emulates from the sound chip Yamaha YM2203.
The name of the game is a double pun in Spanish and the words have double meanings. "Castilla" means Castile (a historic region of Spain) and castle. "Maldita" means spell, or bewitched and an exclamation of anger at times of difficulty or dangers.[1] and can be freely downloaded from the website of its author, a person from Malaga using the pseudonym Locomalito. Music and sound effects are Gryzor87 work.[2]
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Features
The game has six levels, which culminate with a chief enemy that is tougher to deal with than rest of the enemies. Defeating the chief enemy enables the player to go up to the next level. There are also two phases of the game, where there is an opportunity to get more points and add extra lives. Each of the game's levels corresponds to an era of history, and each has four different endings that vary depending on the tasks performed by the player. The game can be completed when the player loses all lives less than four times.
Plot
The action takes place around the year 1081, when an ancient demon a moura, laments for his fallen love and uses her tears to create a magic key which sets a number of demons into the Kingdom of Castile. King Alfonso VI of León orders Don Ramiro's most loyal knight; Don Diego the skillful archer, great Mendoza and Quesada missionary campaigner; to Tolomera to end the demonic nightmare that looms over the kingdom.
Reception
Maldita Castilla had a good reception from the Spanish press. The blog portal IGN Spain had praise for the demo version of the game,[3] MeriStation and Vandal echoed these positive sentiments[4] and portal 3DJuegos analysis gave a score of 8.0 'Very Good'.[5] The details of this game, of interest to those in the video gaming world, are discussed in the online journal Lainformacion.com[6] and is recommended as one of the best free online games Coca-Cola Spain .[7] The web part pages for other languages other than Castilian and English[8] or French[9] have also echoed the positive opinions others have of the game.
There are several videos on YouTube with speedrun s of the game and the fair RetroMadrid of 2013 hosted a championship.[10]
Bestiary
Outlined below are some of the mythological or fantastic creatures that appear in the game or that are mentioned in the manual and its origins.
- Anjana. Cantabrian mythology (Spain).
- Basilisk. Greek mythology.
- Boo. Spanish mythology (Spain).
- Vulture bicéfalo.
- Colacho. Spanish mythology (Spain).
- Cuegle. Cantabrian mythology (Spain).
- Cuélebre. Asturian mythology and Cantabrian (Spain).
- Gamusino. Spanish and Portuguese mythology.
- Golem. Jewish mythology.
- Harpy. Greek mythology.
- Formalism. Spanish mythology (Spain). It is a being identical to troll of Norse mythology.
- Manticore. Persian Mythology.
- Moura. Galician mythology (Spain).
- Nuberu. Asturian mythology and Galician (Spain).
- Ojáncano. Cantabrian mythology (Spain).
- Quixote crazy. Being based on the character of the novel Don Quixote of Miguel de Cervantes of Spanish Literature.
- Holy Company. Galician mythology (Spain).
- Bell. Greek mythology.
- Tarasca. French mythology.
- Zarrampla. Spanish mythology (Spain).
- Zombie and undead. Caribbean mythology.
References
- ↑ [Interview] The success of 'Maldita Castilla'
- ↑ BSO Maldita Castilla
- ↑ An indie espadazos Castile
- ↑ Now comes the Spanish Ghost'n'Goblins, Maldita Castilla Maldita Castilla, a tribute to Ghosts Goblins with Spanish flavor
- ↑ Analysis: "Maldita Castilla"
- ↑ Don Quixote, El Cid and Zombies: 'Maldita Castilla' Spanish mythology converts into an action game
- ↑ est free online games: Maldita Castilla
- ↑ Ghosts Goblins fans must download Maldita Castilla Throw classics like Ghosts and Goblins Shinobi into the cauldron, and out pops Maldita Castilla
- ↑ A jeu de plateforme "à l'ancienne" chevaleresque et addictif
- ↑ Mondo Pixel organizes the championship "Maldita Castilla" in RetroMadrid 2013