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Two heroes, one mission, many dangers.

Realms of Chaos, a VGA-era action-platformer from the Apogee team, with 26 levels filled to the brim with menacing magic, terrorizing traps, and giant monstrous guardians, is available on GOG.com, for only $5.99

Endrick, the warrior, and Elandra, the sorceress--there's no bard in the world that wouldn't sing the songs about their heroic deeds. The Glorious Two vanquished the evil spawns and rid the land of menacing forces of chaos, thus instating the Kingdom of Peace and bringing the Age of Prosperity to mankind. However, only a few of the songs mention the curse that has befallen on the heroes, and most bards will not sing them. They dare not risk corrupting the memory of the Glorious Two. Ignorants! There's nothing shameful in the dimorphic curse. What's the harm in knowing that there was a good reason Elandra and Endrick were never seen together? That the Glorious Two was actually the Glorious One? No harm at all! That's why our order holds the Annual Dimorphic Curse Awareness Week. Would you like a leaflet to read some more?

Realms of Chaos is a 1995 classic Apogee action-platformer with a fantasy setting and an RPG-ish feel. There are two characters at your disposal--a mighty swordsman and a magic-wielding sorceress. You can switch from one to another at any time to utilize their capabilities, but they both share one life-bar. These interesting mechanics, 26 challenging levels, and wicked enemy design (think giant bosses!), makes Realms of Chaos one of the most interesting action games of its time.

Muster all your magic and might to conquer the Realms of Chaos, for only $5.99 on GOG.com.
More Apogee goodness. Don't recall it, but will pick it up eventually.
The charcter switching immediatly reminded me of Trine, but I think there was something even earlier with a similar machanic back on the C64 - you switched between a guy and a girl in a futuristic setting, the guy was the fighter and the girl was the acrobat for the platform parts - what the heck was THAT called now...
Stop reading my mind GOG. I was just thinking about this game last night with the weird man-girl relationship.
this reminds me so much of Inner Worlds, my totally favourite platformer! I need to try it soon :)
Thanks for the oldie. I logged into Facebook and saw "Waking Mars" (and the sale price), and figured thought it would be the only release, and was sad. But I came here and saw this! :)

So I'm assuming the "3" is for Thursday. Was kinda hoping my last-minute Simcity 3000 prediction was correct, but Settlers 3 also has quite a few votes on the wishlist. (However, why isn't the original Setters here?)
I didn't recognize it at first, the only cover art I knew for this game was this one (which I think is far better than the one used by GOG).
Looks charming and it sits on the top of my wishlist at the moment. But I'll wait until Friday.
Thx for the oldie. I like mixed releases.
Post edited March 05, 2013 by tburger
Neat. Never played it but looks pretty awesome.
This game is a bit after my time, never heard of it.

But here is a pretty good review from Mr Phreakindee:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb3o6k99FWc

He seems to think its ok.
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Fever_Discordia: The charcter switching immediatly reminded me of Trine, but I think there was something even earlier with a similar machanic back on the C64 - you switched between a guy and a girl in a futuristic setting, the guy was the fighter and the girl was the acrobat for the platform parts - what the heck was THAT called now...
According to the comments in the youtube vid I just posted, Hammerfist...
Post edited March 05, 2013 by htown1980
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Fever_Discordia: The charcter switching immediatly reminded me of Trine, but I think there was something even earlier with a similar machanic back on the C64 - you switched between a guy and a girl in a futuristic setting, the guy was the fighter and the girl was the acrobat for the platform parts - what the heck was THAT called now...
Hammerfist! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPHgNWCl0d4

(Yes I know, I am the only person how liked it... sigh..)
played this shareware abt a decade ago. really fun game with some degree of challenge(well, i died a shit ton if i recall. i blame that on my younger self.). all in all, a game that is kinda derivative of castlevania 3, especially with it's character swap+shared health bar. but thats not a bad thing. cv3 is one of my fav games ever and i'm sure to buy this, when a discount comes along that is. what can i say, i'm a cheap bastard...
Niiiiice, i'll get to this game eventually after I deal with some others in my backlog.
I've never seen this Apogee title before. Must not have been a huge seller back in the day.
Nice, another Apogee title, but I don't remember playing this one, wishlisted for now.