History VideoGame / LightCrusader

A game for the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis created by Creator/{{Treasure}}. Similar to ''VideoGame/{{Landstalker}}'' in gameplay but much easier, David the swordsman takes a holiday on Green Row and learns about the missing townspeople. He must go underground, beat up monsters, solve puzzles and free people.

* DreadfulMusician: The piano lady.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Most boss fights.
* GiantSpider: One of the bosses on B3.
* GoForTheEye: The very first boss fight in the game.
* GratuitousNinja: The ninja world in B5.

* IcePalace: The ice world in B5.

* MagicKnight: David Lander, the main hero.

* NeverMessWithGranny: The castle cook, who beats goblins with frying pans in B6.

* SpaceZone: The outer space level on B5.

* TheWildWest: The farm world in B5.

* B6: The final dungeon that houses Ramiah.

* LawfulStupid: Very much downplayed, but David's "need to help others" attitude means he's surprised when the ''old man in a pitch black robe in the middle of the 2nd floor dungeon'' betrays him upon finding the fourth orb needed to revive Ramiah.

* SkewedPriorities: "Are my cows safe?" asks the man ''in the deepest level of the dungeon and thus among the closest to the god, Ramiah, to whom he's intended as a sacrifice''.

* CatchPhrase - Farmer: Are my cows safe?
* ChekhovsGun - The four orbs from B2, which are later used to awaken the demon Ramiah/Huster.

* DiscOneNuke - The best armour in the game is available as a random drop early on in the first dungeon of the game, if you're willing to grind a little on some tricky to kill, but not particularly strong enemies.

* DreadfulMusician - The piano lady.

* ElementalPowers - Air, Fire, Earth and Water. They can be mixed to create unique spells.
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere - Most boss fights.
* GiantSpider - One of the bosses on B3.
* GoForTheEye - The very first boss fight in the game.

* IcePalace - The ice world in B5.

* InterfaceScrew - Instead of draining your health, getting poisoned in this game flips the controls so left is right, right is left, up is down, down is up.

* InvisibleMainCharacter - After drinking the "Odd Potion", David is rendered invisible so he can pass the "trial by fire".

* LeftHanging - The storyline of the goblins using humans as slaves in the mines remains unresolved when you finish B3.
* MagicKnight - David Lander, the main hero.

* NeverMessWithGranny - The castle cook, who beats goblins with frying pans in B6.

* OneHitKO: The "Turn Undead" spell is an expensive way of doing this to undead, as it requires an Air, Earth, and Water capsule to cast. Later on, the Holy Sword can be found, which occasionally casts Turn Undead on enemies after striking them.
* OurZombiesAreDifferent - First off, they look like scare crows and you get poisoned when they claw you.
* PoisonMushroom - The black potions found in B4 poison your character, going for the InterfaceScrew effect.

* SpaceZone - The outer space level on B5.

* UndergroundMonkey - The blobs. Green blobs are weak but red and white ones shoot fire.
* UncommonTime - A lot of the soundtrack has wildly swaying time signatures. The boss theme in particular starts by going from 2/4 to 3/4 and back, with a measure in 7/8 and 2 in 13/16 in there until it eventually settles onto 4/4 for the second half of the song.
* TheWildWest - The farm world in B5.

* HaveANiceDeath: For the most part, death simply sees David drop to his knees and turn into a gravestone for some weird reason, but should he be wearing the Costume when he dies, his deaths will match those of the orc enemies, meaning [[OffWithHisHead decapitation]] or [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe being cut in half]]. Death by a fire trap, no matter whether the costume is used or not, will see David burnt to a char.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere - Most boss fights

* MagicKnight - David, the main hero

* RecurringBoss: The second boss you face is a flying red dragon. You fight it again in one of the ice worlds in B5.

* B3: Dungeon where orcs live and enslave humans.

* ArtificialStupidity: A bit of an unintentionally hilarious one, but the mechanics of the Costume item (which disguises David as a particularly pale orc) means that he can enter a room as his regular self, alert all the orcs in the room and even be attacked, yet as soon as he goes into his inventory and uses the item, they immediately forget that they had watched a blonde man in armor and with a sword waltz in and put on a costume. "You smell like a human!" indeed...
** Even funnier? If you align yourself just right, you can murder any orc with your mace. Once again, the mechanics of the costume ensures they never fight back. In fact, much of the 3rd floor can be rendered a total cakewalk this way.

* DressingAsTheEnemy: In B3, you get a costume that disguises you as a (human-colored) orc, which will cause all orc enemies to become nonaggressive.

* DreadfulMusician - The piano lady

* B4: Another dungeon, home to the Wizards' guild