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Early XIIIth Century in the French region of Languedoc. The [[wikipedia:Albigensian Crusade|Albigensian Crusade]], promoted by the Catholic Church against [[wikipedia:Catharism|Catharism]], is taking place. Jean Raymond, a Cathar monk, is fleeing from the crusaders and finds refuge in an abandoned church, not knowing that it holds an even greater evil inside...
A minor project from Locomalito after their [[Magnum Opus]] ''[[Hydorah]]'', made in two weeks and just 23 screens long, '''''L’Abbaye des Morts''''' is no less interesting due to the choice of making it similar to a [[ZX Spectrum]] game, specifically to platformers like ''[[Manic Miner]]'' and ''[[Jet Set Willy]]''
Can be downloaded [http://www.locomalito.com/juegos_abbaye_des_morts.php here], along with a few nice extras. A map (which contains big spoilers, obviously) is available [http://www.indiegames.com/blog/2010/09/labbaye_des_morts_map.html here].
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* [[All There in the Manual]]: Or better, on the net or history books
* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: The title is ''"The Abbey of the Dead"'' in French. The manual is in English and Spanish.
* [[Blind Idiot Translation]]: Not a bad case, but the [http://www.locomalito.com/images/covers/Abbaye_des_Morts_DVD_cover.pdf custom DVD cover] for the game shows that English
* [[Busman's Holiday]]: For the developers. The inspiration came during a summer trip in Languedoc, and was such that they started making the game ''during the nights of the trip''.
* [[Church of Evil]]: One of the game's screens is even named "Evil Church".
* [[Creepy Cool Crosses]]: The Wheel of Faith changes inverted crosses into Cathar crosses (which have four arms all of the same lenght) and vice versa.
* [[The Dark Ages]]
* {{spoiler|[[Downer Ending]]}}: {{spoiler|Satan is banished, but leaves a scroll telling Jean that he will be killed not by him, but by human hands
* [[The Dragon]]: There's a literal one in the catacombs beneath the church.
* [[Everything Trying to Kill You]]: Bats, rats, spiders, ''worms'', ''drops of water'' (Jean must be [[Made of Plasticine]]), skeletons, ghosts, dragons, even {{spoiler|Death itself}}. Oh, and there's the crusaders knocking at the door...
* [[Excuse Plot]]: Only apparently. Beside the historical context, the game's story is very thin, but more can be deduced thanks to the hint scrolls. {{spoiler|It's implied that the four bodies hanging from the tree are of the monks who "changed their faith"; maybe, along with other eight monks, they were tasked to protect the church from an evil influence (or the church was built where it is for this reason). However, they betrayed their cause and became members of a [[Religion of Evil]]
* {{spoiler|[[The Grim Reaper]]}}: Present as a boss of sorts
* [[It Got Worse]]: Poor Jean.
* [[Leap of Faith]]: As a hint scroll says, you'll need to perform one at some point.
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* [[One-Hit-Point Wonder]]
* [[Retraux]]: ''16 colors palette, 1 color per sprite; 1 channel monophonic music, using only squarewave form''. In Locomalito's intentions, it's also helpful for the atmosphere, thanks to the bright-colored sprites standing out over the black background.
* {{spoiler|[[Satan]]}}: The final enemy
* {{spoiler|[[Shaggy Dog Story]]}}: {{spoiler|The crusaders burn Jean after they mistakenly believe he was a worshipper of Satan, but they probably would have killed him anyway
* [[Shout-Out]]: Like in the games that inspired it, every screen has its own name. One even drops a hint for the player.
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