Old School Gaming Break: La Mulana
12:28 am June 8th, 2007 by Sal Cangeloso
If you have any work to do right now, or tomorrow, stop reading right here because, chances are (if you are reading this blog) you will want to download this game and play it for a pretty long time.
La Mulana is a free platformer for Windows that is kind of like the original Castlevania (for NES obviously) but insanely hard. When I say insanely hard I mean, like pull-your-hair-out, punch-your-computer hard. It is a type of difficulty that I have not need in years- not really since Ghosts ‘n Goblins, in fact the two are quite similar.
The graphics are rudimentary (8-bit) but that does not hurt the gameplay. The game is huge and it’s pretty interesting, but you will have to get around the astounding difficulty in order to play it enough that it starts being really fun, so some commitment is required.
Even if you don’t like it, it’s worth the download, for a few reasons- 1) indie gaming is awesome 2) hardcore gamers will think you are cool b/c you have played it 3) it will make everything else you do this week seem easy.
