Hudson's Adventure Island & Milon's Secret Castle retrospective: The Hudson proxy | NES Works

Famicom mainstay Hudson finally makes its American debut this week with two sizable hits from Japan. First, Adventure Island brings a little taste of Sega to NES by converting Wonder Boy with a thinly veiled graphical overhaul. Milon's Secret Castle goes a different route, abandoning linear action for a hunt-and-explore adventure inside a castle full of monsters and annoying hidden objects.

Both games share a single trait: They're designed to be obnoxiously difficult without cheat codes. Yeah, I Game Genied my way through this episode. I am very old, and there's just not enough time left in my life to deal with this nonsense.

Production note: NES footage captured from ‪@analogueinc‬ Nt Mini Noir. Arcade footage captured from MiSTer (special thanks to ‪@MiSTerAddons‬). SG-1000 footage in this episode was captured from a combination of Sega SG-1000 II with (with Card Catcher; RGB amp mod by ‪@iFixRetro‬ ) and ‪@analogueinc‬ Mega Sg with card adapter module and DAC.

Video upscaled to 720 with ‪@retrotink339‬ 5X.

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