Legend of Xenia 3D is an awesome game that’s like playing Legend of Zelda, the original game, in pixelated 3D graphics and design.

The entire game is truly 3D with the ability to look in any direction and completely walk around the game’s world to the same extent. The game is like Zelda where you wake up as a girl with a sword and you’re off to explore. There’s no real story other than exploring the environment, doing quests, talking to NPCs, and just being amazed by the artwork.

Personally, I think it’s a little too pixelated, but it doesn’t really detract from the overall experience. There is a bit of lag when lots of slimes are around, but it’s not bad either. The game lets you explore the world as you listen to the superb music. There’s light narration for those who like backstory. It’s one very unique experience as you’ll feel like you’re playing Zelda. You can definitely see the inspiration from the game throughout this game’s world. Controls work. Artstyle is awesome. And the graphics are pleasing.

Try out Legend of Xenia 3D if you’re looking for a unique adventure game!

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Knightin’ is an old-school dungeon crawler that’s clearly inspired by old-school Zelda.

If you grew up with the legendary classics like the original Zelda and A Link to the Past, you’ll definitely want to check out this sweet indie game.

Even if you’ve never played them, you’ll probably easily get into the basic top-down up/down/left/right gameplay style.

Knightin’ takes the traditional storyline blown up with the princess in distress, evil upon the world, chaos reigns- and just throws it all out the window. It’s like Zelda without the storyline and just the dungeons (not that Zelda games have bad storylines, but this game focuses on just the core gameplay. You’re a knight and you’re looking for fame and loot. That’s it. Who needs a princess, right?

Knightin’ has you playing through a pretty complex dungeon. It’s filled with locked doors, puzzles, blocks, and more. It also has an assortment of enemies like slimes, bats, and cyclops as well (sound familiar yet?) There are also a few traps as well. You need to watch out for spikes, flames, and projectiles that pose a threat to any adventurer.

Get keys. Unlock chests. Go through doors. The gameplay premise is simple. But the enemies, traps, and puzzles are what make it fun.

It really brings back the nostalgia of the old-school Zelda dungeons. You’ll feel like you’re playing a modded HD remake of a single dungeon or something.

It’s a rogue-like game with a nice, relaxed style and an awesome soundtrack. You’ll have to wander around and solve a few puzzles as well. One thing that’s pretty awesome about Knightin’ is that you have to look for hints on the floor in the form of small square holes. But if you look at the whole picture, you’ll notice that there are QR codes embedded into the game. You can literally whip out your smartphone to get these codes for dungeon hints!

The game also has a shop inside the dungeon as well. Wouldn’t it have been awesome if that was in Zelda? You can buy a few items and one item is necessary in order to beat the game (without spoiling it).

The artwork is also gorgeous. The game has pixelated retro artwork with 16-bit graphics (or at least it appears so). It’s colorful and very appealing to the eyes. The UI also features your HP bar, items, inventory, key count, and coin count. You also get a small minimap as well.

Overall, if you like retro dungeon crawlers like Zelda, try out Knightin’. It’s a take on the classics and it’ll have you feeling nostalgic for sure. It’s a fun, entertaining, little indie adventure that pays homage to a time when games were much simpler.

It also runs straight in your browser and is completely free to play.

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Lonk’s Greedy Adventure is a parody of The Legend of Zelda.

You play as Lonk (Link) who’s on an adventure to collect all the treasures in the world for himself. You’re on a quest to rescue Princess Zulda (Zelda). Who’d have guessed?

Like the actual game, you travel across a few different environments. It ranges from towns, dungeons, and even a castle called Dark Castle where Zulda resides with her kidnapper. The game plays as a 2D sidescroller with 8-bit graphics and you pretty much do some light platforming and run around collecting loot.

It’s all about the loot.

Get treasures like the Ultra Master Sword and the “bag” and the “Shield.” Who cares about rescuing a princess over and over when you can travel the world, get rich, and get all the girls you want?

You’re more interested in getting these treasures more so than rescuing Zulda. As you get more greedy and collect more treasures, you start turning into a greedy…pig.

Lonk gets slower. Jumps lower. Loses his agility. He literally turns into a greedy human pig. The items you get only weigh you down more and more. Eventually, you’ll across jumps you can’t even make anymore because you’re over-encumbered.

What does this teach us? Perhaps we should control ourselves and not pick up everything in sight. Perhaps it’s a lesson that we shouldn’t be believe everything good is good and we need to moderate. Perhaps it’s a shot at Nintendo for being greedy piggies for copyright claims. Who knows.

Lonk’s Greedy Adventure sports a branching adventure system and even multiple endings. The game is worthy of being played multiple times to see the effects of your actions and it’s almost like a “choose your story” kind of game.

If you’ve played any Zelda game before, you owe it yourself to play this parody. It plays in the browser so no download required. It features a soundtrack and original artwork. It even has a boomerang.

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Sword and Staff is a class hack and slash adventure with a twist.

First off, players who dig the 8-bit graphics will like this game. You play as a hero who needs to simply hack and slash his way through dungeons. The game features randomly generated dungeons so it’s never the same experience. You’ll be able to explore countless dungeons that offer a new dungeon-crawling experience every time.

There’s also an overworld that’s randomly generated as well. The game is never the same and you’re always exploring. It’s like if the original Zelda had endless dungeons. It’s really a concept that’s underappreciated.

Another unique feature to this game is the ability to craft, enchant, and upgrade hundreds of weapons. They’re unique and hardly copy/paste. Okay, this isn’t a unique feature, but it’s also not very well done in many games.

You’ll be dungeon crawling, exploring, and collecting rare artifacts throughout the game. Ther are also epic boss battles and a final artifact to collect.

Sword and Staff is an awesome retro indie doungeon cralwer that deserves recogniztion here on Peach’s Castle.

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