Rod Land "Any%" in 20m 52s | Speedrun [Amiga]
1Rod Land (1991) by the Sales Curve | Speedrun
Broadcasted live on Twitch -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/amigaruns
Played by MilkToast
About the game:
The player(s) control one or two fairies called Tam and Rit armed with a magic wand (rod). Following the concept of Taito's Bubble Bobble, the rod doesn't kill the monsters directly, but only leaves them immobilized, crying. To kill them, the rod can grasp them in a magic force-field and the player can smash them down over her head until they disappear and leave a power-up behind.
Each level is only one small screen composed of monsters, platforms, ladders and, later, tunnels. Unlike other games of the genre, the players can never jump, but have to use ladders. They can conjure one custom ladder above or below them in order to go to the appropriate platform. There can be only one such 'custom' ladder; therefore if the fairy summons it again, it will disappear from its previous position in order to appear again next to the fairy. This can be beneficial for the player, if a monster is climbing that ladder to approach her.
The fairies' quest is to rescue their mother, trapped in a tower. In the sequel (part of the original arcade machine) they must venture into a pyramid, to stop an evil demon that is building a mobile fortress. The spirit of their departed father "guides" them at a couple of points. The ending implies that the demon in the pyramid was somehow responsible for their father's death.
There it is, finally I could beat this game in a decent time.
Still sub 20m is my ultimate goal, but besides how hard it is to even finish all 40 stages with 3 lives I stick to this run for now.
I did grind this game so much in the past, but it was never boring or annyoing. There is something about Rodland that keeps me entertained on every try.
There was some really bad rng at the Bosses, but with some new strats in my mind this wont be such a problem on my next tries to lower the time.
Anyway have fun watching it.
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