Prophecy I - The Viking Child

I was lucky enough to have grown up with a dad who had loved computers during the golden age of DOS gaming and even earlier. However, most of my favorite games were a mix of DOS & NES games though my NES was stolen so I was only left with playing DOS games through most of my childhood. It was probably a good thing because I may never have discovered gems like this game. This game does take most of its inspiration from Wonderboy in Monsterland but in some ways does it better. The music is top notch and gameplay hits the sweetspot for me, Difficult. If you are looking for a true sidescroller from the early 90's to go with your Commander Keen or Duken Nukem 1 & 2 collection then add this to it and support the guys who are keeping these games alive on steam.

Tags: Platformer - Metroidvania Additional Tags: Delete Local Content & Remove from Library TLDR: Good soundblaster audio tracks. Poor level design. Consumable items are mostly useless. Poor hitboxing. Improper Xbox360 pad controls. No ingame map. No sound FX. Controls Note(Steam Forums): Control of Brian is achieved mainly by joystick Right - Moves Right Left - Moves Left Up - Jumps Down - Fires Selected Special Weapon However you will also need to use the keyboard for some funtions. SPACE - Select Special Weapon RETURN - Enter Door (IN MY CASE, IT IS "ENTER" THAT WORKS!) F1 - Pause F2 - Slows internal clock of game engine F3 - Speeds Internal clock of game F10 - Quit P - Pause Game (DO NOT WORK WITH ME) TLDR: Dosbox sidescroll hack&slash with minor 2D environment exploration, health system and odd combat. Joystick doesnt pick all keys so you end up having to KB+M mostly. No SFX sound only music. Game fullscreened ran seemingly well and the audio for the music and the art was p...

dos box game :S hard to set up. wouldn't work on my PC :( would recomend for a retro game but #dosbox config :S . if you are willing to play with settings in dosbox it will work but.... its a pita