Castelian (NES)
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- For other games in the series, see Tower Toppler.
Castelian is an action-platformer-puzzle game, which is a port of the computer game Tower Toppler (also known as Nebulus). The game's title is a play on the word for the European Spanish language Castillian. In this game, you play as Julius, the 'Anurian Hybrid'.
Your character Julius lives in the town of Jemmerville where there are many types of precious diamonds. One day in his sleep, a hologram tells him that the governor witnessed seven towers built around the city by unknown aliens, and that if another one is built, the aliens will have taken over the city. As Julius wakes up and starts to say something, the hologram disappears. It is Julius' job to get to the top of each tower and demolish it once he reaches the top. The time limit is your worst enemy, if you make even very little mistakes, you won't get to the top in time. You must avoid the Roving Hexalons, which spawn at random points and try to knock you off the tower. Julius can also be defeated if he falls off the tower into the clouds below. While Julius doesn't have a health bar, he can still be defeated by either falling off the edge, or by running out of time.
The game is known for its pseudo-3D effects, but the game received a bad reputation from critics due to its ridiculous difficulty. Even the first level is really tough. Castelian was later ported to the Game Boy.
In Japan, the game was released as 'Kyoro-chan Land' where you play as Kyoro-chan, a parrot/bird from the Morinaga chocolate candy in Japan called ChocoBall. Some of the sprites were changed, and there was a four-letter password system implemented. This game is one of the rarest Famicom games. However, the Nintendo lot leaks originally revealed the game had a knight character as the protagonist, still retaining the Castelian title.
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Music
Castelian has a short soundtrack. The title music is taken from the computer versions, which were composed by John Phillips, and arranged for the NES by David Whittaker. David also added a few songs of his own. The main problem with the game's audio is that there is barely any music; The game gives the player the option of having only sound effects or music, but not both. This means if the player leaves the sound effects by default, the stages are mostly stark silence with the occasional sound effect playing once in a while. However, the bonus stages play music by default. If the music is turned on, then the title music will play in each stage.
Something interesting to note is the game's title and bonus stage themes are swapped in the Japanese version (Kyoro-chan Land).
The music is tuned at 449.2 Hz, though, the hertz rate is supposed to be lower since the music is really supposed to be in PAL format.
Recording
The PAL version's music still needs to be recorded, and when it does, it should start with a 2.
| # | Title | Composer | Arranger | Length | Listen | Download |
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| 101 | Title | John Phillips | David Whittaker | 1:40 | Download | |
| 102 | Bonus | David Whittaker | David Whittaker | 4:53 | Download | |
| 103 | Get Ready | David Whittaker | David Whittaker | 0:02 | Download | |
| 104 | Game Over | David Whittaker | David Whittaker | 0:02 | Download | |
| 105 | Ending | David Whittaker | David Whittaker | 0:17 | Download |
Credits
- Ripper: Gil_Galad
- Recorder: Doommaster1994
- Game Credits:
- Music: David Whittaker
- Not Credited Composer: John Phillips
There are only slight differences between the regions' credits screens. The USA version credits Triffix as the publisher while the European credits The Sales Curve instead as well as having a slightly taller screen. The Japanese version is written in reddish-pink text instead of green.
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