A Tribute to an immortal Toyline
and a legendary Cartoon Series
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe is uniting generations of action figure and fantasy fans. This line brought the sword and sorcery hype from the TV screen into children's playingrooms. Now it's upcomming for Zelda Classic.
...so raise your sword and shout it out: "BY THE POWER OF GRAYSKULL..."
INTRODUCTION:
Within the "golden years" of the classic franchise, ATARI released a MotU Game. ...and the fans were disappointed.
Weird gameplay and no real He-Man vibes...
In the following years, the game designers seemed to forgot Eternia and the Masters.
Then the 200X series and toy edition came out.
...and the most powerful man in the universe conquered the screens and consoles, once more.
Games like "Defender of Grayskull" were nice, but very short and linear.
The simple hack 'n slay system doesn't fit for a Hero like He-Man.
The games didn't offer player controlled transformation.
Battle Cat had only been available in dedicated stages.
So I decided to create the Game, that I would have wanted to play ...ON MY OWN 
The inplay graphics and screen designs are influnced by games like "Terranigma" and "Secret of Evermore".
...but everything is based on the authentical Filmation and Mattel style.
STORYLINE:
An ancient eternian lore says: "The Hero will fade, when chest has opened".
In a secret chamber, in Castle Grayskull, the Hungry Chest had been hidden. Sealed for centuries.
But now ...it is awake. And not even the sorceress can control its unleashed greediness.
It will feed itself by the powers of Grayskull, unless 7 soul orbs satisfy its hunger.
So hurry, before your strength is gone.
...your journey will reveal fatal secrets, older than the walls of Grayskull.
FEATURES:
- Transformation on Demand:
Unless the Hungry Chest (which represents your active subscreen) is satisfied, your Grayskull Power will drain when you are He-Man and re-gain when you are Prince Adam. You can only transform Adam into He-Man when you reached a certain power minimum.
But attention... When the power level is too low, you will turn back into Adam.
- The Green Tiger:
The "fearless" Cringer is Adam's loyal companion and beloved friend, since his childhood.
You can call him to seek and detect hidden items and secrets, as soon as you defeated all Screen Enemies (maybe he's NOT SO FEARLESS)
At the beginning of the quest, your Grayskull Power (max.) is too low, to transform Cringer.
But during the game progress you will recover your stregth and become strong enough to call your mighty war beast, Battle Cat.
The abillities of your companion will increase as yours do, so Battle Cat will learn personal special attacks and other helpfull skills.
Skysled Stages:
Heavily inspired by the Corridor Levels in The Guardian Legend (NES) I decided to put the famous eternian Sky Sleds in the Game.
Seek for "Air-Harbor - Screens" which are hidden in some areas, to start the Flight Stage sidequests.
...gonna add feature updates soon
The quest is planned as a scripted, story driven Randomizer.
The first test- and demo file is gonna be german language.
...but an english version will follow.
PROJECT LINK:
https://www.purezc.n...projects&id=600
Edited by Bagu, 16 July 2023 - 01:07 PM.
