Xi You Ji
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Xi You Ji
(1995 on
Super A'can)
Description
The Journey to the West is a side-scrolling beat'em up game.
It is based on an ancient Chinese novel of the same name in which a Buddhist monk, Xuanzang travels westwards to retrieve sacred texts, on his journey he is accompanied by three protectors. This is depicted in the title screen. Consequently in the game there are three characters to choose from of predominantly animal fighters who are going for a pilgrimage to India, as described in the novel. In single-player mode each marches from left to right across a scrolling background with devils of various kinds to defeat along the way. The game has three levels of difficulty: Easy, Middle and Hard. The player has three lives with which to score as high as possible.
The game has some English words in the configuration section, 'General Midi'; 'Soundblaster' etc but all other text is in Chinese (Traditional), there is no option to use any other language. This is a game for one or two players, it can be played by two players sharing a keyboard but a gamepad is also supported. There is in-game music but a scoreboard was not observed.
Spellings
- 西游记 - Chinese spelling
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Critics
Average score: 83% (based on 1 ratings)
Players
Average score: 3.6 out of 5 (based on 11 ratings with 1 reviews)
The Good
Like all other Panda games, this one is too an arcade style game developed only for PC. Back then, I could not afford a game console, so these PC games really made our day.
West adventure follows the ancient Chinese story of three friends' journey to the near west (I actually have a Chinese opera on VHS based on this story). The player can choose from the following three:
The Monkey king, the Pig, the Sand friend ( I really don't know how to translate his name ).
The game itself is a classic, arcade style brawl game, just like Golden Axe, or Streets of Rage. You have to fight your way through dozens of enemies, until you reach the final goal. Which I had never seen, because I've always got myself killed in the boss castle.
The graphics are the best possible at it's time for the PC, the gameplay is quite varied (you got to kill many, different kinds on foes), the sound is acceptable.
If you like this side scrolling, brawl genre, and if you were raised beside a PC, you will love this game.
The Bad
Well it is still just an old PC game. If you got used to arcade machines, or home game consoles of its time, you might find this game outdated and blocky.
The Bottom Line
All-in-all a very good game in my opinion, one of the few decent games that tried to make the PC a good gaming platform.
DOS · by okos ember (14) · 2007
Discussion
| Subject | By | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Is this maybe a coin-op conversion? | djindio (1612) | Feb 23, 2013 |
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Game added by Roger Wilco.
Additional contributors: piltdown_man, li zhen.
Game added May 24, 2002. Last modified August 13, 2023.