Stumbling through Spelunky

[davidn]

Here’s a video for today! As usual, I’m playing a game far too late - here is my very first exploration through old-style exploration platformer Spelunky. In fact, I came to this so late that there was already a remake out by the time I got there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA0TRTzid08&hd=1

Playing this game involves the precise use of bombs, and the video goes about as well as you could expect given that piece of information.

Comments

[ravenworks.livejournal.com]

I keep trying to figure out where you got ‘Farthington Carstairs’ from, but all the results for it on google seem to be from you…!

What old games are you thinking of that had randomly-generated levels? Other than roguelikes, I guess…

Powered by kisses :D That's downright cute when you put it like that...

I generally hate the remake's soundtrack, but that one song you commented on is pretty excellent :) I still prefer some of the songs in the original, though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncP4FDLyKaY

"You've got more arms on your belt in case you need any spare arms" XD;;;; Daviiiid XD;;

Hahah, bump the idol, then you're trying to put it back rather than run, like "IT'S FINE! NOTHING HAPPENED!"

Bernard the damsel :D

"Actually you're not saved, you're just slightly deeper into the mines" — that always drove me crazy!

Shoot—you have actually learned how to DODGE those arrows instead of just triggering them remotely...! I didn't even know that was doable :)

[davidn]

I downloaded the original afterwards, and it's strange seeing how low-fidelity it is in comparison! I had remembered it as being more... 16-bit than that - it was very much like going back to a game released twenty years in the past rather than only a few years ago. The music in this one reminded me of... well, Ecco the Dolphin, but in a good way, if that's possible.

I thought that a lot of very old arcade-style games I used to play were composed of randomly generated levels, but far less sophisticated than this - Spongs (Pengo) is the only one that I can actually name offhand at the moment.

It was only after finishing the video that I realized I should learn how to trigger the darts instead of rely on being able to dodge them, by throwing through a stone or a skull or a spare damsel...

And I thought I'd got the name "Farthington-Carstairs" from something, but there don't seem to be any Google results for it other than me and I can't believe that there would be no trace of the source online!