After watching two other Let's Players make their way through this game, I finally decided to give this one a shot.
Believe it or not, this was one of a few video game adaptations. Despite being made by Lucasfilm, the NES game was developed by Capcom, even though Lucasfilm Games (later LucasArts) was around at the time. I guess they were too busy making other adventure games for IBM-compatibles at the time, since they had no input in the DOS game.
The Story So Far...
Tales of dreams and imagination.
There are two spirits watching over the world. One, the spirits of the skies, gives light and power to all beings. The other is the spirits of the Earth who give courage and hope. The two spirits each sent a messenger in order to bring peace to the world. And the beautiful messengers were given special power to protect the people's future.
That special power was.........magic. The people were living peacefully, protected by a great magic.
Bavmorda, the messenger of the skies, became greedy for power. In arrogance, she decided to conquer the world with her magic.
Fin Raziel, the messenger of the earth, realized her plot, and tried to persuade Bavmorda to return to the skies. But her magic was sealed and she was turned into an opossum by Bavmorda's wicked magic.
Bavmorda declared herself queen of the world, and started to build up her strength to rule the world.
Nelwyn
You'll play as a dwarf farmer, Willow Ufgood. Your mission is to take the infant Elora back to the human (or Daikini) homeland, and protect her from the evil Bavmorda. Elora is prophesized to be the one who will destroy Bavmorda and save the world for good.
The house you start at is your family's home. If you rest here, you'll be able to fully recharge your HP. Keep pressing A to go through the text and eventually leave.
Your family will tell you to see the High Aldwin next door. Enter the house to the east to talk to him, and you'll learn the Acorn spell. For just 5 MP, this allows you to temporarily stun enemies by turning them to stone. You'll also get 17 MP to start the game with. Returning to his house will fully recharge your MP.
The box in the upper-left corner is your basic stats. The number at the top is your level. The highest is 16. E is your experience points, and then you have your HP and MP (which are self-explanatory).
By talking to people, you'll learn about Vonkhar, the best swordsman in the village. You'll also learn that the village of Dew is north of Nelwyn, and that it is being terrorized by monsters.
The house in the upper-left corner of the town is Vonkhar's house. He will give you the Long Sword, which is your first weapon. He'll tell you that after a few fights, you'll eventually get used to the heavy weight of the weapon.
Since you have both a magic spell and a weapon, be sure to open up the menu screen with the Start button and equip them both. You can also use this screen to see much more experience you need to level up as well as see your strength, defense and agility. Just remember: B swings the sword and A casts magic, which is the reverse of The Legend of Zelda.
The Road to Dew
Well, you're as ready as you're going to be. Head north and you'll hit the road.
You have two ways to attack with the sword. Stand still to swing the sword, or swing while moving around to stab forward. The swing attack is slow at first, but as you level up, it gets faster and more reliable. As much as you'll want to stick to the stab, the swing will be useful at certain times even at the weakest experience level.
The music changes and the screen shows some wild action when monsters are on screen. Seriously, take a look at that grass. It just starts moving like heavy winds are blowing it around. Take out the slimes as they move around. They're pretty easy, for the most part, and you'll need the experience. Sometimes the slimes will split into smaller slimes, but if you swing your sword, you should be able to get them even at Level 1.
When you see the floating skull heads, stay in a corner and repeatedly swing the sword. You'll be able to dish out damage to more than one skull if you're lucky enough (which will happen somewhat often), and hopefully defeat more than one at a time. Again, you're gonna need the experience.
Enemies will pop up randomly, so pay attention to your surroundings and be ready to fight. When you reach Level 2, you'll be able to swing the sword a lot faster when you're standing still. If you die, you'll start at the last visited village with your stuff unequipped, and you'll also drop down to the amount of experience points needed for the last level you reached. Equip all of your stuff and try again.
Dew
The house just south of the entrance will let you recharge your HP.
Go to the house in the bottom-left corner to receive the Wood Shield. Remember to equip it, because you'll need the defense it provides. As you get this shield, you'll learn that Bogarda is the father of the village chief, and that he was changed into a demon by Bavmorda's magic. He'll tell you to hear the story from the village chief.
I also strangely like what the guy says when he gives you the Wood Shield. "Yeah, the village chief's father was changed into a demon by Bavmorda. Oh, uh, hey, have a shield!" The only thing funnier than the fact that the game takes great liberties with the movie's plot is that everyone you meet just runs with said liberties.
Talking around will net you some info. To the west is a road that goes through the rock mountain. You'll find a cave with a weird voice inside if you go further along. I know what you're probably (not) thinking: "I hear voices in my head, they counsel me, they understand..."
You'll also find out that Bogarda is in the forest north of Dew.
The village elder is near the road to the north. After talking to the other villagers and finding out it's true his father was a courageous and just man before being corrupted by Bavmorda's magic, you'll get different dialogue the Magic Healmace, which lets you regain HP in return for 20 MP. You won't be able to use it yet, but you will after powering up for a while. By the time you reach your first boss, you should have the Healmace equipped when you need it.
Leave Dew through the west. Going west and up the stairs leads to another area where you won't be able to do much, so take the lower path near it leading to the path that goes further west. Watch out for the brown enemies - the trolls - and stay away from them; you won't be able to fight them yet. You'll soon see a cave. Enter it.
This is a fairly short cave, and opening the chest at the end will award you the Small Shield. Equip it, because you're going to need the defense.
Once you're done here as well as with everything in Dew, exit from the north side of the village.
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