Well, we're almost at the end!
All that's left is to find Nockmaar and take down Bavmorda!

If only I could draw, I'd do an artist's rendering of Action Willow to comemmorate the impending conclusion of this thing.
( Let's go! (You know the deal) )

We're getting there... I bet I'll be done before Sunday at this rate :)

Last time, we got some grody old shoes that led us across that bridge and into the nigh-deserted town of Tir Asleen, where we were told that an old woman knew how to get into the castle, but she had nothing to say that was terribly worth hearing.

( Once more into the electronic breach! (images flowing through your browser) )

Well, it's nice to know that I have an audience, even if they're quiet ;)

Last time, we learned a whole slug of new spells, encountered the star of a Frank Zappa song, and found a bridge that couldn't be crossed. Will I be able to find the secret of the bridge?

( Find out! (magical bandwidth-sucking objects ahead) )

I must say, the response to this has been overwhelming. Well screw that, I'm going to keep this up until I'm finished even if nobody reads this shit ( Read more... )

Last time, Willow met and failed to restore Fin Raziel, explored a tunnel, fought a boss that could not die, had a nice chat with Sorsha, failed to restore Fin Raziel *again*, explored the tunnels some more, came across a ghost who gave us a flute, fought the boss again and actually killed it, learned that it was the cursed form of the ghost's ( Read more... )

Last time we saw Willow, he'd just brought back a set of dragon scales to an old blacksmith, who forged them into a swanky new sword and shield for him. He also learned the hard way that Nelwyns can't swim or hold their breath for very long, so he'll have to find something to get him across the lake to Fin Raziel's island.

( So, without further ado... ONWARD! (pixels ahead!) )

When we last left our hero, he had just arrived at the house of an old man who asked him to find his pet, Po. Also, an old man wants some dragon's scales to make stuff with. Oh yeah, and I have to do the whole "Find Fin Raziel, change her back, stop Bavmorda" thing eventually.
( Let's see what the future holds for Willow! (images a-plenty!) )

(EDIT: I've been informed that there was an unclosed italics tag here, but now it's fixed.)
( Inside! (imagepalooza) )

So, with memories of the movie fresh in mind (and a number of screencaps hopefully relevant to the game in hand), I set upon the magical journey that is Willow the NES game.
( Come with me, won't you? (Many images ahead!) )

After spending a good deal of time perusing the Let's Play Archive, I've decided that I would like to try my hand at doing a Let's Play. However, since I don't feel like spending the 10 dollars on a somethingawful account, I'll do it here instead. For this attempt, I'll be playing the 1989 Capcom NES licensed classic, Willow. However, before I ( Read more... )