Alwa's Awakening The 8-Bit Edition
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Stellar game! I'm playing the 8-bit NES version. Great balance of action, platforming (with tight controls), environmental puzzles, maze backtracking, and challenge. Simple but engaging story and world building, beautiful and varied environments, A+ soundtrack. Looked at through the lens of a kid who grew up on the NES, if this had existed back then, it would have easily been one of my favourites. Well worth the small price of admission today. Great job!
8-bit reach is 8-bit.
Impressive work. I hit the first boss and stopped, because I wasn't having any fun.
People have different tastes! Glad I got it here and not Steam, as I would have two things to refund, instead of none. I do not at all regret the purchase, because supporting this level of effort into a game is worth it.
I had already purchased the PC version but I checked the 8bit demo out of curiosity.
It seems the superior version, even with some simpler designs here and there. The sound seems better on the emulator and by adding a proper CRT filter, it really pops this pixel art.
Decided to pick this up on sale, since I was enjoying the NES version more and it was on sale. Congrats on making this great game.
I don't think this is how it's supposed to work 🤣 That green push-block got stuck to my green block lol. This game has been a blast so far. I'm glad I procrastinated on the PC version for so long
LOL I just wanted to share my really unique solution to this puzzle...
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I'm having a hard time leading up to the third boss where you are supposed to light the lanterns. I see some are broken, and some are whole but the set of four together only light to when you light other ones elsewhere. But I can't find all the other four. Took me forever to realize the difference between broken and whole because after trying to light a bunch of broken ones I dismissed the whole for a while.
I'm never sure if a place I get to is one that's not able to be passed by me or if it's just hard and I haven't figured it out yet. I'm confused now after doing air jumps in the first green block and being able to get into some bubble only areas early. Now like I said I never know if I'm just not getting a puzzle or if I need to come back to it later.
I don't see any text walkthroughs either. I'd love a guide that used the NES room and level numbers and keys to what's where. I love playing the game and listening to the music but I'm not good enough to figure everything out lol.
Thanks for the help! As for the nes version I just meant that the nes ui seemed to have room numbers but the others didn't. That was just for help identifying which room was which, but I've been watching a playthrough on YouTube. The hard part is that it doesn't cut to the direct path, the person wonders all around himself, so it's very hard to see where to go next without room numbers and by scrubbing through the video.
I couldn't actually find any detailed text walkthroughs. Just quick overview guides and spoilers to all the weapons. Do you have any recommendations for ones that just go room by room so I can only see one step ahead at a time to spoil less things?
Thank you!
Homebrew would be too broad in my opinion. a subsection called 'Vintage Systems' that you couldexpandto all the old PCs, and Game consoles.
tags are so often abused here. lost count how many 'Mega Drive' and 'NES ROM' games i've come across that have NOTHING to do with Mega Drive/Genesis/NES. then on the other side of that coin... i only foundMega Man: The Sequel Warsbecause someone i follow added it to their collection. criminal to miss that one.
anywho, i played Alwa's Awakening (8-bit) last night, andmy save from the demo was there! guess since both ROMS are named the same my Everdrive loaded the save for it. *note i didn't load it. started anew so i can't confirm it works or not.
cheers
I have no idea how to do it, games can be tagged as "NES ROM" and they'll show up here:https://itch.io/games/tag-nes-rom
I peruse that list and filter "most recent" a lot to find new stuff.
This is such a great game. I have played it before on my evercade. And so I decided to get it for my NES, using my N8 plus (the china clone). And I can't get it to work unfortunately. I have tried other mappers, but none is working. The original mappers I had, is from 2020. The ones I tried is older.
So I guess you can't buy this game and expect it to work with those China clones of N8 out of the box.
But for rhe game itself, its worth all the money.
Im gonna fire up my evercade now, and play Alwa's awakening.
I got it to work on my NES.
And i love it. Graphics, music and gameplay is spot on. And I can't get enough of it.
Developers have done an amazing job with this game.
This game was originally developed as a retro game with mostly NES-like limitations, so this port to the actual NES is remarkably faithful. As far as modern games go, Alwa’s is mostly adequate. It’s a good, simple metroidvania, not too long, but just the right length. As an NES game, though, it really shines. It has the rare quality of possibly being the only PC-to-NES port that has more content than the original PC game! The Famitracker-composed music was ported to the NES without modification, and the sprites and background and all pixel art mostly came through unscathed, except for some simplifications of the palette. The story and secrets are all there, and even a few new secrets made it in to this port! The mechanics and physics between three simple abilities provide an interesting challenge in almost every room of the game. Nothing feels out of place.
If this game had come out during the NES days, it would have been one of the best-known and most loved games of the system. It came out last year and it is one of my most loved games across all systems..
I recently bought the game on Steam and was a bit disappointed that it didn't work on N8 China Clone, but with the mappers update from the following link it works now!!!😄
https://archive.org/details/edfceverdriven8chinaclonemapperupdate
As far as homebrews go this is incredible. Great soundtrack, beautiful pixels and fun gameplay. I loved using my abilities in the little puzzles, which weren't too challenging at all (but that's a good thing imho).
It's so well made I actually forgot I was playing a NES game. My recommended choice of emulator is, and has always been, Mesen.
I couldn't wait for NES ROM to be available so I bought it for PC from GOG, from Steam and from itch.io. After missing the pre-order and looking for it for hours online, I FINALLY found a retailer with copies of the Digical version. I LOVE this game. I'm hoping to someday see Alwa's Legacy in an 8-Bit Edition. Another completely new Alwa's game would also be great.
It works perfectly on a real Everdrive N8 and N8 Pro. I've tested it on 3 N8 Pros and 1 N8. Tested on both NES and Famicom versions. I tested all Everdrives in an Analogue Nt Mini Noir. I have had no issues at all. It even runs from the flash card of the Analogue Mini Noir running the jailbrake firmware. Is your flash cart a genuine Everdrive or a clone copy of the Everdrive? It's possible the clones of the N8 won't work.
Thanks for offering the ROM by itself! I passed on the physical NES game and the physical digital version as well previously even though I thought they looked like amazing products. I was just hoping it would be available digital only and now it is. Going to hopefully boot it up on mister sometime soon or through an Everdrive. Thanks again