History VideoGame / MalditaCastilla

* DegradedBoss: [[spoiler:The beheaded knight, Zarrampla the giant maggot/snake/whatever demon, and the Manticore in the Realm of Pain.]]

Recently, a remake has been released for UsefulNotes/XboxOne and UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} as ''Cursed Castilla'' (or ''Maldita Castilla EX''), adding new stages, new weapons, and new bosses

'''''Maldita Castilla''''' is Spanish developer Locomalito's biggest project to date after ''VideoGame/{{Hydorah}}''. It is intended to be a throwback to the arcade age of action-platformers such as ''VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins'', ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaI'', ''VideoGame/{{Rygar}}'', and so on.

Recently, a remake has been released for Xbox one and Steam, adding new stages, new weapons, and new bosses

Recently, a remake has been released for Xbox one, adding new stages, new weapons, and new bosses

* MultipleEndings: There are four: [[spoiler:a bad ending for beating the game without finding all five of Moura's tears, no matter your amount of continues used. A not so bad ending for beating the final boss in the Realm of Pain after having used more then four continues. A good ending for doing so without using more than four continues. And finally a perfect ending where the game must be cleared without using a single continue, while also achieving several obscure goals such as invoking the lady of the lake, saving the Amadis from flames, and finding the Gamusin people.]]

* DegradedBoss: [[spoiler:The beheaded knight and Zarrampla the giant maggot/snake/whatever demon, in the Realm of Pain.]]

'''''Maldita Castilla''''' is Spanish developer Locomalito's biggest project to date after their MagnumOpus ''VideoGame/{{Hydorah}}''. It is intended to be a throwback to the arcade age of action-platformers such as ''VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins'', ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaI'', ''VideoGame/{{Rygar}}'', and so on.

'''''Maldita Castilla''''' is Spanish developer Locomalito's latest (December 2012) output and their biggest project to date after their MagnumOpus ''VideoGame/{{Hydorah}}''. It is intended to be a throwback to the arcade age of action-platformers such as ''VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins'', ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaI'', ''VideoGame/{{Rygar}}'', and so on.

* InexplicableTreasureChests: Tt's a Ghosts 'N' Goblins homage after all. Sometimes, they're brought in by fairies.

* {{Homage}}: The entire game is a homage to the ''VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins'' series, right down to Don Ramiro being a mix of knight Sir Arthur and Spanish folk hero ElCid.

'''''Maldita Castilla''''' is Spanish developer Locomalito's latest (December 2012) output and their biggest project to date after their MagnumOpus ''VideoGame/{{Hydorah}}''. It is intended to be a throwback to the arcade age of action-platformers such as ''VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins'', ''VideoGame/{{Castlevania|I}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Rygar}}'', and so on.

* AlwaysNight: To better convey the darker mood of the game.

* BossArenaUrgency: Just before the showdown with Moura, Don Ramiro has to destroy a giant cauldron that drops corrosive green globs. The globs melt away tiles of the floor if they drop on them, so it's possible for the player to die after having defeated the enemy if too much of the floor is destroyed and Don Ramiro falls into the acid below.
** Also, the DescendingCeiling in stage four.

* DarkerAndEdgier[=/=]BloodierAndGorier: Compared to Locomalito's earlier titles, except ''VideoGame/LAbbayeDesMorts''. Here the mood is dark and somber, there's blood and dead bodies everywhere, Satanic imagery, [[spoiler:Don Ramiro loses all of his companions and eventually is forced to fight two of them]], you get the picture.

* FightingYourFriend[=/=]TragicMonster: [[spoiler:One of the boss fights is against Mendoza and Don Diego, who were apparently turned into zombies offscreen.]]

* FullFrontalAssault[=/=]GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The beheaded zombies in the first stage running after Don Ramiro are naked and have a visible, if small, penis.

* {{Retraux}}: Aside from the obvious, the game includes a fake arcade booting screen and a filter that puts scanlines on the graphics and other touches such as cracks and smudges, as if it were an actual coin-op screen!

* SequentialBoss: At the end of stage four Don Ramiro fights [[WolfpackBoss a bunch of small ghosts]], then a big one that teleports all over the place.

* ShoutOut: One boss is a mechanical DonQuixote.

* [[WhereTheHellIsSpringfield Where The Hell Is Tolomera Del Rey?]]: We know that the game takes place in the kingdom of Castile during the reign of Alfonso VI The Brave, but where ''exactly'' in the kingdom is never specified. The fact that the monsters and bosses are based on myths from all over Spain does not help with the issue.

* AlwaysNight: to better convey the darker mood of the game.
* AnimatedArmor: a very common enemy type.

* AsteroidsMonster: giant fireflies that explode into smaller versions of them.

* BlackoutBasement: the second half of the fourth stage, a series of caves, is completely dark. A small winged creature offers to light the way with a torch, and he does. However...
* BossArenaUrgency: just before the showdown with Moura, Don Ramiro has to destroy a giant cauldron that drops corrosive green globs. The globs melt away tiles of the floor if they drop on them, so it's possible for the player to die after having defeated the enemy if too much of the floor is destroyed and Don Ramiro falls into the acid below.

* BubblegloopSwamp: stage four, the Swamp of Malaventura.

* DarkerAndEdgier (and also BloodierAndGorier): compared to Locomalito's earlier titles (except ''VideoGame/LAbbayeDesMorts''. Here the mood is dark and somber, there's blood and dead bodies everywhere, Satanic imagery, [[spoiler:Don Ramiro loses all of his companions and eventually is forced to fight two of them]], you get the picture.
* [[spoiler:DegradedBoss: The beheaded knight and Zarrampla the giant maggot/snake/whatever demon, in the Realm of Pain.]]
* DemBones: dancing skeletons that explode into bones when hit.

* FairyCompanion: one of the various power-ups.
* [[spoiler:FightingYourFriend / TragicMonster: One of the boss fights is against Mendoza and Don Diego, who were apparently turned into zombies offscreen.]]
* ForeignLanguageTitle: the game is written in English and the title is Spanish, meaning "Damn Castile" or "Cursed Castile"; however, Locomalito is Spanish, so the title is not foreign to ''them''...
* FullFrontalAssault / GettingCrapPastTheRadar: the beheaded zombies in the first stage running after Don Ramiro are naked and have a visible, if small, penis.

* GiantFlyer: the Two-Headed Vulture.

* HarpingOnAboutHarpies: stage 2 is the harpies' nest, but they can be found in other stages too.
* HiddenElfVillage: the Gamusin people. You need a special item to find them.
* {{Homage}}: the entire game is a homage to the ''VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins'' series, right down to Don Ramiro being a mix of knight Sir Arthur and Spanish folk hero ElCid.
* InexplicableTreasureChests: it's a Ghosts 'N' Goblins homage after all. Sometimes, they're brought in by fairies.
* [[spoiler:LastSupperSteal: The true final boss Luzfarel is found sitting at a table with his demon lackeys, all sitting on one side of the table, an image that looks like a Satanic mockery of Jesus' Last Supper.]]

* MutuallyExclusivePowerups: the four different weapons (sword, axe, sickle and spiked flail) and the support items (shield, fairy, boots and key [[spoiler:and also the crystal ball that lets you see the Gamusin people.]])

* {{Retraux}}: aside from the obvious, the game includes a fake arcade booting screen and a filter that puts scanlines on the graphics and other touches such as cracks and smudges, as if it were an actual coin-op screen!

* RibcageRidge: found in stage four.

** (Final stage spoilers!) [[spoiler:During the final boss battle, the demons that sit at Luzfarel's table and fight you before him look like much larger [[VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins Red Arremers]].]]

* [[spoiler:TrueFinalBoss: The demon Luzfarel - followed quickly by his Evil Heart, which attacks you after he's slain.]]

'''''Maldita Castilla''''' is Spanish developer Locomalito's latest (December 2012) output and their biggest project to date after their MagnumOpus ''{{Hydorah}}''. It is intended to be a throwback to the arcade age of action-platformers such as ''VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins'', ''VideoGame/{{Castlevania|I}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Rygar}}'', and so on.

'''Maldita Castilla''' is Spanish developer Locomalito's latest (December 2012) output and their biggest project to date after their MagnumOpus ''{{Hydorah}}''. It is intended to be a throwback to the arcade age of action-platformers such as ''VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins'', VideoGame/CastlevaniaI, {{Rygar}} and so on.

* HeyItsThatSound: some sound effects are recycled from ''Hydorah''.

* DarkerAndEdgier (and also BloodierAndGorier): compared to Locomalito's earlier titles (except ''LAbbayeDesMorts''. Here the mood is dark and somber, there's blood and dead bodies everywhere, Satanic imagery, [[spoiler:Don Ramiro loses all of his companions and eventually is forced to fight two of them]], you get the picture.

** The human-faced giant flies are similar to the insect enemies in ''LAbbayeDesMorts'', another game by Locomalito, and one of the objects needed for the best ending is said to be from Jean Raymond, the game's protagonist (despite ''L'Abbaye'' being set more than a century later).

'''Maldita Castilla''' is Spanish developer Locomalito's latest (December 2012) output and their biggest project to date after their MagnumOpus ''{{Hydorah}}''. It is intended to be a throwback to the arcade age of action-platformers such as ''VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins'', {{Castlevania}}, {{Rygar}} and so on.

* NintendoHard: the first two levels are quite easy, then the difficulty ramps up gradually but considerably, revealing its ''Ghosts 'n Goblins'' heritage.

* [[WhereTheHellIsSpringfield Where The Hell Is Tolomera Del Rey?]]: We know that the game takes place in the kingdom of Castile during the reign of Alfonso VI The Brave, but where /exactly/ in the kingdom is never specified. The fact that the monsters and bosses are based on myths from all over Spain does not help with the issue.

'''Maldita Castilla''' is Spanish developer Locomalito's latest (December 2012) output and their biggest project to date after their MagnumOpus ''{{Hydorah}}''. It is intended to be a throwback to the arcade age of action-platformers such as GhostsNGoblins, {{Castlevania}}, {{Rygar}} and so on.

* {{Homage}}: the entire game is a homage to the ''GhostsNGoblins'' series, right down to Don Ramiro being a mix of knight Sir Arthur and Spanish folk hero ElCid.

* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:Moura reunites with her lover's soul during the good ending.]]

* DarkerAndEdgier (and also BloodierAndGorier): compared to Locomalito's earlier titles. Here the mood is dark and somber, there's blood and dead bodies everywhere, Satanic imagery, [[spoiler:Don Ramiro loses all of his companions and eventually is forced to fight two of them]], you get the picture.

* MultipleEndings: There are four: [[spoiler: A bad ending for beating the game without finding all five of Moura's tears, no matter your amount of continues used. A not so bad ending for beating the final boss in the Realm of Pain after having used more then four continues. A good ending for doing so without using more than four continues. And finally a perfect ending where the game must be cleared without using a single continue, while also achieving several obscure goals such as invoking the lady of the lake, saving the Amadis from flames, and finding the Gamusin people.]]
* MutuallyExclusivePowerups: the four different weapons (sword, axe, sickle and spiked flail) and the support items (shield, fairy, boots and key [[spoiler: and also the crystal ball that lets you see the Gamusin people.]])
* NintendoHard: it's modeled after Ghosts 'n Goblins, did you expect it to be easy?

** The human-faced giant flies are similar to the insect enemies in ''LAbbayeDesMorts'', another game by Locomalito.