History YMMV / Hydlide

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Practically one of the {{Trope Codifier}}s in video gaming (and even an argument for the trope not necessarily being mileage-varying); ''Hydlide'' was revolutionary when it first released in 1984, paving the way for later action RPG franchises like ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' and ''VideoGame/{{Ys}}''. But by the time it released in North America in 1989, ''Hydlide'' ended up looking very outdated and primitive compared to the likes of ''Zelda'' and ''Ys''. Not helping is that the version North America received, the NES port, was itself a fairly dubious edition of the game.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: 'Super Hydlide'' has "Out of Freedom", a chill and very catchy track that plays in towns.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Practically one of the {{Trope Codifier}}s in video gaming; ''Hydlide'' was revolutionary when it first released in 1984, paving the way for later action RPG franchises like ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' and ''VideoGame/{{Ys}}''. But by the time it released in North America in 1989, ''Hydlide'' ended up looking very outdated and primitive compared to the likes of ''Zelda'' and ''Ys''. Not helping is that the version North America received, the NES port, was itself a fairly dubious edition of the game.

* {{Sequelitis}}: About the kindest thing that you can say about ''Virtual Hydlide'' is that it had some neat concepts -- including a randomly-generated open world -- that came a console generation or two too early to really do them justice. Other than that, it suffers from ugly, photographic cut-out graphics that are rendered at an abysmal frame-rate even by UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn standards, unresponsive controls, LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading, and poor quest and dungeon design.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: This game was revolutionary when it first released in 1984, paving the way for later action RPG franchises like ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' and ''VideoGame/{{Ys}}''. But by the time it released in North America in 1989, ''Hydlide'' ended up looking very outdated and primitive compared to the likes of ''Zelda'' and ''Ys''. Not helping is that the version North America received, the NES port, was absolutely terrible.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: This game was revolutionary when it first released in 1984, paving the way for later action RPG franchises like ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' and ''Franchise/{{Ys}}''. But by the time it released in North America in 1989, ''Hydlide'' ended up looking very outdated and primitive compared to the likes of ''Zelda'' and ''Ys''. Not helping is that the version North America received, the NES port, was absolutely terrible.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyfOhZlWJ2E The intro theme]] of ''Hydlide II'', which was later reused as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tk2fhCj_bw the NES version's theme]] (which plays nonstop throughout the game) sounds an awful lot like "The Raiders March" from ''Franchise/IndianaJones''.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0yuT5ZrvJI The intro theme]] of ''Hydlide II'', which was later reused as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyfOhZlWJ2E the NES version's theme]] (which plays nonstop throughout the game) sounds an awful lot like "The Raiders March" from ''Franchise/IndianaJones''.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0yuT5ZrvJI The intro theme]] of ''Hydlide II'', which was later reused as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tk2fhCj_bw the NES version's theme]] (which plays nonstop throughout the game) sounds an awful lot like "The Raiders March" from ''Franchise/IndianaJones''.

** '''''Downright''''' subverted with ''Virtual Hydlide'', where it was panned by critics worldwide, effectively making it DeaderThanDisco for good.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tk2fhCj_bw The NES version's theme]] (which plays nonstop throughout the game) sounds an awful lot like the ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' theme.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The NES version's theme (which plays nonstop throughout the game) sounds an awful lot like the ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' theme.

* AmericansHateTingle: While the Hydlide games are fairly well-known and well-received in Japan. They're not very popular in North America due to being released after games like ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI'' were released and a horrible NES port.

* SoOKItsAverage: ''Super Hydlide'' is seen as this by some people. While no where near a great game, ''Super Hydlide'' does have some good concepts, is much more tolerable than other entries, has better music, and it's the only entry where you fight in space.

* SoOkItsAverage: ''Super Hydlide'' is seen as this by some people. While no where near a great game, ''Super Hydlide'' does have some good concepts, is much more tolerable than other entries, has better music, and it's the only entry where you fight in space.

** '''''Downright''''' Subverted with ''Virtual Hydlide'', where it was panned by critics worldwide, effectively making it DeaderThanDisco for good.

* PortingDisaster: An infamous example in that the NES game of Hydlide is regarded as the absolute worst game in the system's library.

* AmericansHateTingle: While the Hydlide games are fairly well-known and well-received in Japan. They're not very popular in North America due to being released after games like VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI were released and a horrible NES port.

* SoOkItsAverage: Super Hydlide is seen as this by some people. While no where near a great game, Super Hydlide does have some good concepts, is much more tolerable than other entries, has better music, and it's the only entry where you fight in space.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: This game was revolutionary when it first released in 1984, paving the way for later action RPG franchises like ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI'' and ''VideoGame/{{Ys}}''. But by the time it released in North America in 1989, ''Hydlide'' ended up looking very outdated and primitive compared to the likes of ''Zelda'' and ''Ys''. Not helping is that the version North America received, the NES port, was absolutely terrible.

* AmericansHateTingle: While the Hydlide games are fairly well-known and well-received in Japan. They're not very popular in North America due to being released after games like TheLegendOfZelda were released and a horrible NES port.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: This game was revolutionary when it first released in 1984, paving the way for later action RPG franchises like ''TheLegendOfZelda'' and ''{{Ys}}''. But by the time it released in North America in 1989, ''Hydlide'' ended up looking very outdated and primitive compared to the likes of ''Zelda'' and ''Ys''. Not helping is that the version North America received, the NES port, was absolutely terrible.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: This game was revolutionary when it first released in 1984, paving the way for later action RPG franchises like ''TheLegendOfZelda'' and ''{{Ys}}''. But by the time it released in North America in 1989, ''Hydlide'' ended up looking very outdated and primitive compared to the likes of ''Zelda'' and ''Ys''.

* CrazyAwesome: Super Hydlide decided to ditch the strict high fantasy genre of the series and ended up having your character fight enemies in space, not mention finding a computer station.

PortingDisaster

* SoBadItsHorrible Each game in the series, but especially Virtual Hydlide.