History VideoGame / JourneyToSilius

* BossOnlyLevel: Played with in the final stage; the final battle is preceded by a brief auto-scrolling segment with no enemies.

''Journey to Silius'' is a side-scrolling action game by Creator/{{Sunsoft}} released for the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem in 1990. ''Silius'' was originally slated to be based on the Creator/JamesCameron film ''Film/TheTerminator'', but Sunsoft lost the license before its scheduled release date. Sunsoft decided to continue development rather than canceling their hard work. As it turned out, ''Journey to Silius'' became a cult-classic, while later NES games that carried the ''Terminator'' license [[VindicatedByHistory are all but forgotten]].

* NewGamePlus: A very backhanded example. The only things that carry over are your health and ammo, which remain at whatever levels they were when you defeated the final boss. So if you beat the game with one hit-point left and no firepower, you're starting over at Level 1 with one hit-point and no firepower.
* NintendoHard: The game's only five stages long, but has a rather steep difficulty curve.

* RatchetScrolling: One of the last NES games to feature this.

!!Tropes of this game:

* [[StealthSequel Stealth Prequel]]: To ''Chō Wakusei Senki Metafight'', the Japanese version of ''VideoGame/BlasterMaster''. ''Rough World'' is set in the year 0373 of the space calendar, while ''Metafight'' is set in 2052 of the same calendar.

* NewGamePlus: A very backhanded example, since the only things that carry over are your health and ammo, which remain at whatever levels they were when you defeated the final boss, i.e. if you beat the game with one hit point left and no firepower, you're starting over at Level 1 with one hit point and no firepower.

* [[StealthSequel Stealth Prequel]]: To ''Chō Wakusei Senki Metafight'', the Japanese version of ''VideoGame/BlasterMaster''. ''Rough World'' is set in the year 0373 of the space calendar, while ''Metafight'' is set in 2052 of the same calendar.

* NewGamePlus: A very backhanded example, since the only things that carry over are your health and ammo, which remain at whatever levels they were when you defeated the final boss.

* Ratchet Scrolling: One of the last NES games to feature this.

* NewGamePlus: A very backhanded example, since the only thing that carries over is your health and ammo, which remain at whatever level they were when you defeated the final boss.

* JapaneseRanguage: You were actually supposed to be journeying to Si'''r'''ius.

* MarketBasedTitle: Known as ''Rough World'' in Japan. Often mistakenly called "Raf World" since "Rough" is spelled ''rʌf'' (the middle letter being a turned v). Jay wears a futuristic armor in this version (like he does in the European release).

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: It's prooooobably supposed to be "Journey to ''Sirius''", and the nice (Japanese) folks at Sunsoft didn't realize the mistake until too late. The game doesn't have a particularly large amount of plot, though, so it doesn't really matter too much either way.

''Journey to Silius'' is a side-scrolling action game by Creator/{{Sunsoft}} released for the NintendoEntertainmentSystem in 1990. ''Silius'' was originally slated to be based on the Creator/JamesCameron film ''TheTerminator'', but Sunsoft lost the license before its scheduled release date. Sunsoft decided to continue development rather than canceling their hard work. As it turned out, ''Journey to Silius'' became a cult-classic, while later NES games that carried the ''Terminator'' license [[VindicatedByHistory are all but forgotten]].

''Journey to Silius'' is a side-scrolling action game by Creator/{{Sunsoft}} released for the NintendoEntertainmentSystem in 1990. ''Silius'' was originally slated to be based on the Creator/JamesCameron film ''TheTerminator'', but Sunsoft lost the license before its scheduled release date. Sunsoft decided to continue development rather than canceling their hard work. As it turned out, ''Journey to Silius'' went on to become a cult-classic, while later NES games that carried the ''Terminator'' license [[VindicatedByHistory are all but forgotten]].

* NintendoHard: The game's only five stageslong, but has a rather steep difficulty curve.

* FanNickname: The [[DemonicSpiders notorious]] "[=HumpBot=]", as named by LetsPlay/DeceasedCrab, in Stage 3.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFEKYyEVVEE&hd=1 Stage 1 & 5]]

* [[StealthSequel Stealth Prequel]]: To ''Chō Wakusei Senki Metafight'', the Japanese version of ''VideoGame/BlasterMaster''. ''Rough World'' is set in the year 0373 of the space calendar, while ''Metafight'' is set in 2052 of the same calendar.
* ThatOneBoss: The [[CoresAndTurretsBoss third boss]], with its complex pattern of projectiles, is disproportionately harder than the others.

''Journey to Sillius'' is a side-scrolling action game by Creator/{{Sunsoft}} released for the NintendoEntertainmentSystem in 1990. ''Silius'' was originally slated to be based on the Creator/JamesCameron film ''TheTerminator'', but Sunsoft lost the license before its scheduled release date. Sunsoft decided to continue development rather than canceling their hard work. As it turned out, ''Journey to Silius'' went on to become a cult-classic, while later NES games that carried the ''Terminator'' license [[VindicatedByHistory are all but forgotten]].

* AnticlimaxBoss: The final boss's sole attack is to walk towards you, crouch, and punch you, which can easily be dodged.

''Journey to Sillius'' is a side-scrolling action game by Creator/{{Sunsoft}} released for the NintendoEntertainmentSystem in 1990. ''Silius'' was originally slated to be based on the JamesCameron film ''TheTerminator'', but Sunsoft lost the license before its scheduled release date. Sunsoft decided to continue development rather than canceling their hard work. As it turned out, ''Journey to Silius'' went on to become a cult-classic, while later NES games that carried the ''Terminator'' license [[VindicatedByHistory are all but forgotten]].

* FanNickname: The [[DemonicSpiders notorious]] "[=HumpBot=]", as named by DeceasedCrab, in Stage 3.

* PersonalSpaceInvader: [=HumpBot=].

* FanNickname: The [[DemonicSpiders notorious]] "[=HumpBot=]" in Stage 3.

* MarketBasedTitle: Known as ''Rough World'' in Japan. Often mistakenly called "Raf World" due to the way "Rough" is spelled. Jay wears a futuristic armor in this version (as he does in the European release).

* StealthSequel: More like prequel in this case. ''Rough World'' uses the same calendar system as ''Chō Wakusei Senki Metafight'', the Famicom version of ''VideoGame/BlasterMaster'', but the plot is set a few years earlier.

* MarketBasedTitle: Known as ''Rough World'' in Japan. Often mistakenly called "Raf World" due to the way "Rough" is spelled. The player character's design was changed to give a futuristic armor.
* NintendoHard: The game's only five levels long, but has a rather steep difficulty curve.

''Journey to Sillius'' is a side-scrolling action game by Sunsoft released for the NintendoEntertainmentSystem in 1990. ''Silius'' was originally slated to be based on the JamesCameron film ''TheTerminator'', but Sunsoft lost the license before its scheduled release date. Sunsoft decided to continue development rather than canceling their hard work. As it turned out, ''Journey to Silius'' went on to become a cult-classic, while later NES games that carried the ''Terminator'' license [[VindicatedByHistory are all but forgotten]].

* KingMook: The sub-bosses of Stage 3 and 4 are upgrades of the missile batteries and the "[=HumpBots=]", respectively, and the {{final boss}} is a giant version of the tall {{mecha-mooks}} from Stage 3.

''Journey to Sillius'' is a side-scrolling action game by Sunsoft released for the NintendoEntertainmentSystem in 1990. ''Silius'' was originally slated to be based on the JamesCameron film ''TheTerminator'', but Sunsoft lost the license before its scheduled release date. Sunsoft decided to continue development rather than canceling their hard work. As it turned out, ''Journey to Silius'' went on to become a cult-classics, while later NES games that carried the ''Terminator'' license are all but forgotten.

* FixedScrollingLevel: The final stage.

* GoddamnedBats: Airborne enemies usually attack while jumping bottomless pits or navigating deathtraps.