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''Moon Crystal'' is a 1992 platform game for the NES by Hect, who are more known for their puzzle games. The game was released in Japan only, though it was advertised as a coming release in the U.S. In this game, you play as Ricky Slater to retrieve the moon crystal and rescue your father and other people from the local nobleman Count Crimson. |
''[[Moon Crystal]]'' is a 1992 platform game for the NES by Hect, who are more known for their puzzle games. The game was released in Japan only, though it was advertised as a coming release in the U.S. In this game, you play as Ricky Slater to retrieve the moon crystal and rescue your father and other people from the local nobleman Count Crimson. |
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'''Video game-related tropes of Moon Crystal :''' |
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* [[1-Up]]: One of the items you can collect. |
* [[1-Up]]: One of the items you can collect. |
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* [[Anime Hair]]: Ricky has that kind of hair. |
* [[Anime Hair]]: Ricky has that kind of hair. |
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Latest revision as of 21:47, 19 February 2020
Moon Crystal is a 1992 platform game for the NES by Hect, who are more known for their puzzle games. The game was released in Japan only, though it was advertised as a coming release in the U.S. In this game, you play as Ricky Slater to retrieve the moon crystal and rescue your father and other people from the local nobleman Count Crimson.
Tropes used in Moon Crystal include:
- 1-Up: One of the items you can collect.
- Anime Hair: Ricky has that kind of hair.
- Astral Projection: Rosina.
- Bottomless Pits: Present in most levels.
- Chain-Reaction Destruction: No matter if the boss is made of flesh of metal, it gives nice chain of explosions upon running out of hearts.
- Collision Damage
- Defeat Equals Explosion: Every enemy.
- Directionally Solid Platforms: One should not worry about hitting their head against a branch they are trying to jump on.
- Double Jump: It's possible to double jump after getting a boots powerup.
- Fireballs: One of the enemies which you can surprisingly destroy with a sword.
- Flash of Pain: Hitting bosses briefly whitens up the entire screen.
- Floating Platforms: Many platforms levitate mid-air.
- Gang Plank Galleon: The fourth stage.
- Giant Spider: One of the enemies that is encountered early on.
- Heart Container: One of the items you can get.
- High-Class Glass: Count Crimson wears a monocle.
- The Igor: After the second level, it's shown that Count Crimson has that kind of assistant.
- Inconveniently-Placed Conveyor Belt: These are encountered in the stage 5.
- Inexplicable Treasure Chests: A lot of careless people just leave treasure chests in the middle of forests, on roofs, in mines and other places.
- Invincibility Power-Up: A gem (presumably diamond) powerup gives temporary invincibility.
- Kid Hero: Ricky.
- Magma Man: One of the enemies.
- Malevolent Architecture: Most of the levels, but especially laboratory are filled with traps and spikes.
- Mercy Invincibility: After getting hit.
- Nice Hat: Count Crimson.
- Reverse Grip: Brown hopping enemies hold their dagger that way.
- Spikes of Doom: They're also present in town's architecture.
- Super Drowning Skills: It becomes apparent in stage 4 that Ricky Slater cannot swim in water.
- Sword Lines: After getting sword upgrade, your weapon leaves them.
- Temporary Platform: They're here-there.
- Treasure Is Bigger in Fiction: The aforementioned gem powerup.
- Turns Red: The final two bosses.
- Visible Silence: Dr. Slater says "........." during the end of cutscene after second stage.
- Yellow Lightning, Blue Lightning: Some weird floating enemies give out yellow electricity.
- You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Ricky has green hair.