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Hydra Castle Labyrinth
Hydra Castle Labyrinth
General
Author	anonymous
Type	Platform
Version	2018
License	GPL-2.0
Last Updated	2018/11/12
Links
	Download
	Website
	Source

Latest revision as of 05:53, 6 Mayıs 2024

This is a fan-made port of Hydra Castle Labyrinth, a Japanese freeware PC indie game from the Metroidvania genre created by one E. Hashimoto also known as Buster. It has since been fantranslated to English and so far can only be played on PC.

An anonymous author from 4chan who is a fan of this game and wanted to have it on the go as well as for his own programming educational purposes, decided to port it to 3DS, including the English fantranslation by GaryTheKrampus and some minor convenience tweaks of his own. According to the author there is no plan on further updates.

Installation

Available in 3DSX and CIA formats (by Canzah).

This program uses DSP Audio. If you cannot hear any sound, you will need a DSP dump on your SD card.

Save data can be found in sdmc:/3ds/appdata/HydraCastleLabyrinth.

User guide

The goal was to recreate the game without altering the gameplay or feel of the PC game, but a few small intentional changes have been made:

English language is available in the options menu.
Fixed English character graphics.
Two text lines in item text boxes.
Item text boxes do not disapear until you press a button.
Weapons can be toggled back and forth.
Weapons can be toggled while on ladders.
The blue and red gates open by hitting them with your sword.

Controls

D-Pad or Circle Pad - Move

B - Jump

Y - Attack

Start - Inventory

Select - Menu

Screenshots

Media

Gameplay video from the PC version (Deceased Crab)

Compatibility

Run at stable 60 FPS on O3DS. Tested on Citra.

Credits

The game is originally done by E.Hashimoto (a.k.a. Buster). You can download some of his works here.

The author for the fan-made port is an anonymous source from /hbg/ on 4chan.org/vg/ (repo hosted by Canzah).

Original author notes anything related to the PSP and Wii are unfinished.

External links

GitHub - https://github.com/MegaPramuk/HCL-3DS
GBAtemp - https://gbatemp.net/threads/release-hydra-castle-labyrinth-3ds-port.459589

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+|title=Hydra Castle Labyrinth
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+|image=Hydracastlelabyrinth3ds2.png
-| type = Action
+|description=Port of the PC indie game of the same name.
-| version=unknown
+|author=anonymous
-| lastupdated = 2018/11/12
+|lastupdated=2018/11/12
-| licence = Mixed
+|type=Platform
-| author = MegaPramuk
+|version=2018
-| website = https://github.com/MegaPramuk/HCL-3DS
+|license=GPL-2.0
-| download = https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/3dshomebrew/Hydra-Castle-Labyrinth-3DS.rar
+|download=https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/3dshomebrews/hydracastlelabyrinth3ds.7z
-| source = https://github.com/MegaPramuk/HCL-3DS
+|website=https://github.com/MegaPramuk/HCL-3DS
+|source=https://github.com/MegaPramuk/HCL-3DS
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+This is a fan-made port of Hydra Castle Labyrinth, a Japanese freeware PC indie game from the Metroidvania genre created by one E. Hashimoto also known as Buster. It has since been fantranslated to English and so far can only be played on PC.
-'''This work has been done by an anon from /hbg/ on 4chan.org/vg/ and not me!''' I'm just hosting it (unnecessarily). I've asked the original author about what license to use and he allowed me to use the GPLv2.
+An anonymous author from 4chan who is a fan of this game and wanted to have it on the go as well as for his own programming educational purposes, decided to port it to 3DS, including the English fantranslation by GaryTheKrampus and some minor convenience tweaks of his own. According to the author there is no plan on further updates.
-Therefore consider each file to be licensed under the GPLv2, even if there is no disclaimer inside of each file. You will have gotten a copy of the license as part of the git and if not, get a copy from <code>https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html</code>.
+==Installation==
+Available in 3DSX and CIA formats (by Canzah).
-Original author notes: Source code for the fan-made port of Hydra Castle Labyrinth for 3DS Anything related to the PSP and Wii are unfinished. (Yes, it does look like a 3rd grader programmed this.)
+This program uses DSP Audio. If you cannot hear any sound, you will need a [[DSP1_3DS|DSP dump]] on your SD card.
-The game's originally done by E.Hashimoto (a.k.a. Buster). You can download some of his works under this [http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA025956/ link].
+Save data can be found in sdmc:/3ds/appdata/HydraCastleLabyrinth.
-Before you continue reading, I'd like to mention that I'm not the author of this and merely posting it here for visibility. The author is an anonymous source from 4chan whose identity I don't really know.
+==User guide==
+The goal was to recreate the game without altering the gameplay or feel of the PC game, but a few small intentional changes have been made:
+* English language is available in the options menu.
+* Fixed English character graphics.
+* Two text lines in item text boxes.
+* Item text boxes do not disapear until you press a button.
+* Weapons can be toggled back and forth.
+* Weapons can be toggled while on ladders.
+* The blue and red gates open by hitting them with your sword.
-=Hydra Castle Labyrinth=
+==Controls==
+D-Pad or Circle Pad - Move
-Hydra Castle Labyrinth is a Japanese freeware PC indie game from the Metroidvania genre created by one E. Hashimoto also known as Buster.
+B - Jump
-It has since been fantranslated to English and so far can only be played on PC as it doesn't have any other ports.
-Until now that is.
-An anonymous author from 4chan who is a fan of this game and wanted to have it on the go as well as for his own programming educational purposes, decided to port it to 3DS, including the English fantranslation by GaryTheKrampus and some minor convenience tweaks of his own.
+Y - Attack
-According to the author he doesn't plan any updates to this.
-Source code is also included, though according to the author it's very messy and not unlike something that a 3rd grader would program.
+Start - Inventory
-Author didn't seem to object to this being shared or the source code being used since "maybe something good will come out of this" although "it's written so poorly only a retard would use it".
-I'd make a GitHub repo for this but I'll leave that up for the community here if it deems it so.
-I played the game a bit myself to see if the port is any good and it seems to have pixel-perfect visuals in addition to running at stable 60 FPS on my O3DS so I'd say it's pretty damn good.
+Select - Menu
-My only complaints are that the author didn't seem to utilize 3DS' dual screen capabilities to for example add a map and item management features on the lower screen.
-Hopefully with the source code available somebody will be able to implement that.
-===Author's Notes:===
+==Screenshots==
-* This program uses DSP Audio. If you cannot hear any sound, download this app and follow the directions: github.com/Cruel/DspDump
+https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/3dshomebrews/hydracastlelabyrinth3ds3.png
-* Save data can be found in sdmc:/3ds/appdata/HydraCastleLabyrinth
+https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/3dshomebrews/hydracastlelabyrinth3ds4.png
-The goal was to recreate the game without altering the gameplay or feel of the PC game, but I have made a few small intentional changes:
+https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/3dshomebrews/hydracastlelabyrinth3ds5.png
-* English language is available in the options menu
+https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/3dshomebrews/hydracastlelabyrinth3ds6.png
-* Fixed English character graphics
-* Two text lines in item text boxes
+==Media==
-* Item text boxes do not disapear until you press a button
+'''Gameplay video from the PC version''' ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSZ_rpqL-bM Deceased Crab]) <br>
-* Weapons can be toggled back and forth
+<youtube>zSZ_rpqL-bM</youtube>
-* Weapons can be toggled while on ladders
-* The blue and red gates open by hitting them with your sword
+==Compatibility==
+Run at stable 60 FPS on O3DS. Tested on Citra.
+==Credits==
+The game is originally done by E.Hashimoto (a.k.a. Buster). You can download some of his works [http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA025956 here].
+The author for the fan-made port is an anonymous source from /hbg/ on 4chan.org/vg/ (repo hosted by Canzah).
+Original author notes anything related to the PSP and Wii are unfinished.
+==External links==
+* GitHub - https://github.com/MegaPramuk/HCL-3DS
+* GBAtemp - https://gbatemp.net/threads/release-hydra-castle-labyrinth-3ds-port.459589