Landstalker: Treasure of King Nole

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44K plays 1992 #Action#Adventure#RPG

Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole is a 1992 action role-playing video game developed by Climax Entertainment and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis. The player takes on the role of the treasure hunter Nigel as they navigate a three-dimensional world through an isometric viewpoint, solving puzzles and fighting enemies.

The game was a critical and commercial success. A spinoff called Lady Stalker: Challenge from the Past was released in Japan for the Super NES in 1995. A sequel was in the planning stages but was cancelled. Dark Savior and Alundra are considered spiritual successors. Nigel is a playable character in Time Stalkers.

It has been re-released several times: on the Wii's Virtual Console in 2007, on the Sega Genesis Mini in 2019, and on the Nintendo Classics service in 2023.

From Wikipedia's article Landstalker, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

Keyboard controls

GenesisPlayer 1Player 2
D-pad↑↓←→IKJL
AZN
BXM
CC,
XAY
YSU
ZDO
ModeShiftB
StartEnterSpace

Hotkeys

  • 1 Quick save state
  • 2 Quick load state
  • 3 Change save slot

X, Y and Z are for six-button games such as Street Fighter II.

Gamepads are detected when you press a button. Remap any key from the emulator’s Controls menu (gear icon).

Emulator help & troubleshooting

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Keyboard controls

GenesisPlayer 1Player 2
D-pad↑↓←→IKJL
AZN
BXM
CC,
XAY
YSU
ZDO
ModeShiftB
StartEnterSpace

Hotkeys

  • 1 Quick save state
  • 2 Quick load state
  • 3 Change save slot

X, Y and Z are for six-button games such as Street Fighter II.

Gamepads are detected when you press a button. Remap any key from the emulator’s Controls menu (gear icon).

Emulator help & troubleshooting

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Pixel Verdict

Landstalker: Treasure of King NoleGenesis

3.5 Good job

GameRankings 77% (archived)

What the reviews talk about

What the critics said

  • GamePro's Lawrence Neves stated that "Landstalker will amaze you for hours with its complexity, amuse you with its graphics, and frustrate you with its controls".

    — GamePro, 1993 (Lawrence Neves)

From the Reception section of Wikipedia's Landstalker article, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The words are the critics'; their full reviews are on the publishers' pages.

Scores

  • GameRankings 77% · archived average
  • Beep! MegaDrive 8/10
  • Dragon 3/5, 4/5
  • Famitsu 8/10, 8/10, 8/10, 9/10
  • Game Informer 8.75/10
  • GameFan 100%, 98%, 99%, 99% ; 100%, 92%, 94%, 94%
  • GamesMaster 84/100
  • Hyper 92%
  • Mean Machines Sega 94/100
  • Marukatsu Mega Drive 85/100, 75/100, 90/100, 90/100
  • Mega 92%
  • Mega Action 85%
  • Mega Drive Advanced Gaming 96%
  • MegaTech 93/100
  • MegaZone 90%
  • Sega Power 89%
  • Sega Pro 84%, 85%
  • Sega Zone 91/100, 90%
  • Eurogamer 2007 5/10
  • GameSpot 2007 7/10
  • GameSpy 9/10
  • IGN 2007 7.5/10
  • Nintendo Life 2007 9/10
  • Retro Gamer 88%
  • RPGamer 4/5
  • RPGFan 2001 84%

From the review table of Wikipedia's article. The face takes, first that applies: the Metascore for this platform, GameRankings' archived average, our average of the critics (one number per publication, a panel averaged), one review alone, the players' rating. Critics and players are never mixed.

Players' rating: 67/100 · 79 votes

Full reviews

Face key

  1. 1.00+
  2. 1.540+
  3. 2.050+
  4. 2.560+
  5. 3.068+
  6. 3.575+
  7. 4.080+
  8. 4.585+
  9. 5.090+

5.0 Outstanding! · 4.0 Great job! · 3.0 Good job · 2.0 Could be better · 1.0 Wake me up when it's over · A thumbs-up adds half a point. Our own drawings, in the spirit of the faces GamePro magazine used in the '90s.

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