Warrior of Argus: Extreme Great Charge (RYGAR on the NES) | The Basement | Episode 1 - Part 1
15Welcome to The Basement, let's play RYGAR on the NES !
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In today's episode (Ep 1), we assume the role of the legendary warrior Rygar on his adventure. Will we play this more? Yes, IF: you guys show us you want that, or we decide we like the game on our own and want to keep going.
Come downstairs and have a seat with us on the couch right here in The Basement!
Here's part of a review by Van Veen over at GameFAQs:
( http://www.gamefaqs.com/nes/587594-rygar/reviews/17671 )
THE BEST NES GAME YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF
Rygar is that rare game that is truly more than the sum of its parts. Taken on their own, each individual aspect of Rygar is just somewhat above average, but they somehow combine into an extremely fun, unique, compelling gaming experience that is very much unlike anything else on the nes. There are problems. Some enemies are cheap, and some graphics glitch, and some music is repeated, and some jumps are stupidly hard, but dag nab it, Rygar is a really good game! Yeah!
Graphics: 8
The best thing Rygar has going for it graphically is variety. Nothing will blow you away, but the various areas look vastly different from each other in style and theme, with all kinds of environments represented, from arid mountains to rivers to treetops to swamps to caves to high snowy mountains to castles to grasslands to more castles. Each new area is very stylized, with cool sunsets going on in some and generally impressive ways of showing backgrounds in most that are unlike most platformers. The enemies are equally varied, with all kinds of strange creations populating the areas, and none of them simply normal animals or people.
Music: 9
Very cool music plays throughout Rygar. A few pieces are repeated too often in a lot of areas, especially the main theme that starts the game off. It all really feels right in the game though, further enhancing the 'Rygar mood' created by the graphical style. Probably made by the same composer(s) that worked on Ninja Gaiden, hence the quality.
Gameplay: 9
Coolness. Unlike platform series with many sequels like Mega Man and Ninja Gaiden, Rygar's gameplay is actually fun. The main flow of the game is like Metroid or Castlevania 2: there are no sequential levels. However, unlike the original Metroid and CV2, Rygar is balanced, without sections that look so similar they must be mapped or impossible to understand puzzles. Rygar is simple. It is a pure action game, but you can go anywhere and you must acquire items by beating bosses to progress. If anything, it is reminiscent of Castlevania: SotN.
Here's some info on Warrior of Argus: Extreme Great Charge (Rygar) from Wikipedia
( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rygar )
The following enemies, as stated in the manual, all have their own unique names, abilities, and designs and are said to be "animalized men wriggling eerily".
ENEMY LIST:
Molgolin
Kinatarnos
Rolpher
Pragokelis
Epolcon
Deathpigor
Kuzeelar
Super-robot, Bargan
Hyoking
Demorobruzer
Olbis
Kinohle
There's a good walkthrough by ZIPLOC at the URL below
( https://www.gamefaqs.com/nes/587594-rygar/faqs/22726 )
Here's the story straight from the manual:
Once there was a holy place called Argool which was founded by five legendary Indora Gods. One day, suddenly the blackest tragedy happened. The prosperous holy place, Argool was attacked by the troops of the cruel king called Ligar. The sky of the holy place was completely covered with the flying castle of Ligar and his army of dangerous beasts. These animalized soldiers came down from the sky and committed the most atrocious cruelties. In a single day, they established the kingdom of EVIL. In addition, Ligar took away the "Door to Peace" symbolizing the peace that had been created by Indora.
The hope for peace disappeared with the loss of the "Door to Peace" and the people of Argool ceased to smile and could only pray for salvation. They prayed an ancient passage to counter the fulfilled prophecy of Ligar's evil reign of terror. The legend says, "When the peaceful land is covered with EVIL SPIRITS, a brave soldier will be brought to life from the dead, for the purpose of saving persecuted people. The people of Argool's painful prayers were so loud that it reverberated throughout the mountains and traveled a long distance in the land of Algosu. And at last - Rygar, the hero came back from the dead in order to restore peace to the land of Argool, battling the forces of evil everywhere. Join forces with Rygar!
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Episode 1 (Part 1) is labeled "Ep 1" for your convenience.