Meikyu, Dungeons and Hydras!

Review #50 – Free Video Game

Meikyu, Dungeons and Hydras!

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Thanks to Hikikomori Complex for providing the English Patch, and to the RGCD team for providing the links

Brave knight, would risk your neck for fame and fortune? If so, then come, enter the Hydra's Labyrinth and test your mettle.

Meikyu is a pretty straightforward game. You guide a knight though the corridors of a dungeon, killing monsters and claiming magical relics. As you go, you'll get new weapons and abilities, and, obviously, face stronger enemies.

The game is simple, but complete and challenging. Something I admire about it is how, like Doukutsu, new weapons mean more options, not a just an improvement over an old one. I've used the boomerang, the first secondary weapon you get, the whole game. As every weapon is unique, each is better in different circumstances. Learn to use them all.

A word of advice: the doors open in a specific order. Maybe the English version tells you which order it is, but playing in Japanese it's mostly guessing. So, if you have a key, try all the doors.

Enter the Labyrinth. Riches or death await you.

- The Storeman

Disclaimer: I didn’t upload any of the content in the following link. I have downloaded and checked it as I always do. I have even executed it in my own computer and did not experience any kind of problems. But I can’t ensure that it is free of virus and/or malware that my anti-virus programs couldn’t find. That’s the author’s responsibility.

External Download Link: http://www.vector.co.jp/download/file/win95/game/fh549490.html

(Hover your mouse until you find the hyperlink that ends with “.zip”)

English Patch: http://blog.tetramor.ph/post/7507872709/hydracastlelabyrinth

Pre-Patched Game: http://www.rgcd.co.uk/2012/01/hydra-castle-labyrinth-pc.html

(Link at the bottom of the article)