Exodus: Journey To The Promised Land game for Nintendo NES
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Experience the spectacular events surrounding the journey to the promised land. Witness the sovereign hand of God, his chosen leader Moses and the mighty exploits that brought the Israelites out of slavery and established the written law.
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I played this beauty of a game back in the 1990’s, and never managed to defeat the final 5 levels (got to level 97). I recall it as one of the most challenging NES-compatible sports meeting ever.
The game is produced by “Wisdom-Tree”, a supposed “Christian-alternative” to NES gaming. There are about 6 sports meeting produced by Wisdom Tree.
The goal is quite unadorned – you are Moses and you need to lead your “flock” to the Promised Land. There are levels 1- 100, and while the early levels are honestly simple, by level 20 or so, each level gets increasingly more hard and complex. Unfortunately, there is no way to save your game, so the designers allow one to skip forward to all sports meeting levels that end in a “9″, with the exception of level 89 and 99. In order to “beat” the game, one has to solve level 100, and the game only lets you start at level 79. With 3 lives in the bank, it is quite challenging to make it to level 100. It is so challenging in fact, this is the only NES game I ever played that I could not beat. The game requires pinpoint timing, a conundrum-solving mind, and of course, hands familiar with arcade-stylishness sports meeting.
One conundrum I encountered using this game was that the game cartridge seemed to be just a fraction wider than a normal NES cartridge. Once any “Wisdom Tree” cartridge is positioned in the NES control box, other NES cartridges may not operate ideally or at all. Thus, it is probably wise to invest in a separate NES control box to play any Wisdom-Tree sports meeting.
This game will keep you thinking for solutions for many months. It is a lot of fun and the final levels are as challenging as any game I have ever played.
Recommended, but only to be played on one dedicated NES console.
konedog
Rating: 5 / 5
In my lifetime as a “gamer”, I have played challenging sports meeting (Mario, Zelda, etc.) on consoles ranging from the Nintendo Entertainment System to the XBOX 360, as well as being a huge fan of the “Myst” PC sports meeting. That being said, “Exodus” for the NES is easily the most hard video game I have ever attempt (and am confident I ever will attempt).
This game, from the now long-defunct religious-based company Wisdom Tree, completely rips off the NES game Crystal Mines (apparently copyright laws were not enforced in the 1980s!), instead inserting Bible hero Moses as the main character in his quest to collect enough manna and question marks (yes, a weird game indeed) to complete each stage.
For about the first 15 (out of 100) stages, the game is moderately straightforward and quite fun, as you must use both your action skills and thinking cap to defeat each level. Very quickly, but, the game goes from fun to hard, then to mind-boggling, and finally to downright impossible.
Two main factors make this game the peak of gaming difficulty: First, like many NES sports meeting, is the fact that your Moses is defeated with just one “hit”, making you have to run a exact level to succeed. But, what really amps up the difficulty is that each level is essentially a puzzle in order to collect all the requisite items and find the hidden exit. Items must be strategically went, baddies strategically taken care of, and most of the time (at least in the later levels) there is only ONE solution…chief to hours of head-banging, controller-flinging frustration. Remember the ancient PC game Klotski? Presume playing that on a timer with guys trying to kill you, and that is the gist of Exodus.
All in all, though, this is in fact a pretty fun game for those of you who don’t mind a challenge (i.e. Myst fans may be up to the challenge, while those who revel in first-person shooters will not). The highest level I have ever seen reached in the game was 97, at which point it takes Mr. Dream-like reflexes and mind to rival NASA scientists. Has anyone in the history of gaming ever in fact beaten the game? If so, please note!
Rating: 4 / 5