Rygar
Rygar is a 1986 platform game developed and published by Tecmo for arcades. The player assumes the role of a "Legendary Warrior" who must navigate numerous levels and defeat enemies with a weapon called the "Diskarmor", a razor-sharp shield with a long chain attached to it that operates like a yo-yo. The warrior intends to defeat Ligar, an evil "dominator". Later ports, particularly the NES and Lynx versions, expanded on the near non-existent story from the original.
The game was subsequently ported to the NES (1987), Commodore 64 (1987), ZX Spectrum (1987), Amstrad CPC (1987), Master System (1988), Atari Lynx (1990), and X68000 (1994); Nintendo released the NES version in arcades in 1987. Emulated re-releases of different versions have also been released for Xbox (2005), Sprint mobile phones (2005), Wii (2009), PlayStation 4 (2014), Nintendo Switch (2018) and Android (2023). A remake, Rygar: The Legendary Adventure, was released for PlayStation 2 in 2002. The Legendary Adventure was remastered for the Wii in 2008 as Rygar: The Battle of Argus.
From Wikipedia's article Rygar, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Keyboard controls
| Lynx | Player 1 |
|---|---|
| D-pad | ↑↓←→ |
| B | Z |
| A | X |
| Option 1 | A |
| Option 2 | S |
| Pause | Enter |
Hotkeys
- 1 Quick save state
- 2 Quick load state
- 3 Change save slot
Gamepads are detected when you press a button. Remap any key from the emulator’s Controls menu (gear icon).
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Keyboard controls
| Lynx | Player 1 |
|---|---|
| D-pad | ↑↓←→ |
| B | Z |
| A | X |
| Option 1 | A |
| Option 2 | S |
| Pause | Enter |
Hotkeys
- 1 Quick save state
- 2 Quick load state
- 3 Change save slot
Gamepads are detected when you press a button. Remap any key from the emulator’s Controls menu (gear icon).
2.5 Could be better
Players 67 · 150 votes
No critic scores found for this game: this is the players' rating.
Review scorecard
- Graphics 2.5 out of 5 Overall fallback
- Sound 2.5 out of 5 Overall fallback
- Control 2.5 out of 5 Overall fallback
- Fun Factor 2.5 out of 5 Overall fallback
Overall fallback: Players 67 · 150 votes. The same 67/100 overall rating fills missing categories using the face scale; these are not separate category scores. Player rating; no critic scores available.
What the reviews talk about
Key wordsforgettableoriginalexcellentdisappointingblandoutstanding
What the critics said
Computer Entertainer praised the graphics ("some of the best visual displays yet seen on this system"), the sound, the combat, the enemies, the differentiated locations, and the use of two different visual perspectives.
— Computer Entertainer
In a 2006 retrospective, Michael Plasket of Hardcore Gaming 101 wrote, "maybe Rygar does seem a little basic and bare-bones compared to later action-RPGs, but for 1987, it's mighty impressive."
— Hardcore Gaming 101, 2006 (Michael Plasket)
In 2020, Kotaku's Peter Tieryas commended the game for its expansive world and nonlinear gameplay relative to the standard of video games at the time of its release; "Rygar encouraged exploration and going off the beaten path at a time when that very concept was still novel."
— Kotaku, 2020 (Peter Tieryas)
He was very critical of the graphics, but wrote, "ignore the graphics and play the game. Soon you'll be hooked."
— Computer and Video Games, 1987
He concluded, "Rygar is a strictly run-of-the-mill experience."
— Sinclair User, 1987
He found the graphics "lacking in clarity", and was especially critical of the collision detection, concluding, "I quite enjoyed it as a game. It's easy to get into with a good difficulty increment."
— Amstrad Action, 1988
AllGame's Michael W. Dean scored the arcade version 3.5 out of 5, arguing, "it just doesn't quite hit the mark."
— AllGame (Michael W. Dean)· about another version
Tilt's Alain Huyghues-Lacour scored the NES version 5 out of 5, calling it "an impeccable arcade adaptation."
— Tilt (Alain Huyghues-Lacour)· about another version
From the Reception section of Wikipedia's Rygar article, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The words are the critics'; their full reviews are on the publishers' pages.
Scores
- AllGame 3.5/5; 4.5/5 (other versions)
- Aktueller Software Markt 68% (other versions)
- Amstrad Action 56% (other versions)
- Crash 58% (other versions)
- Commodore User 2/10 (other versions)
- Computer and Video Games 2/4; 68%; 46% (other versions)
- Famitsu 1991 5/10, 6/10, 6/10, 4/10 (other versions)
- IGN 1999 6/10; 7/10 (other versions)
- Joystick 70% (other versions)
- Raze 81% (other versions)
- Sinclair User 5/10 (other versions)
- Tilt 5/5 (other versions)
- Zzap!64 57% (other versions)
- Your Sinclair 8/10 (other versions)
From the review table of Wikipedia's article. The face takes, first that applies: the Metascore for this platform, GameRankings' 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.
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