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2 | ''[[https://freakzonegames.tumblr.com/ "Manos" The Hands of Fate]]'' is a {{platform|Game}} video game version of [[Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate the infamous B-Movie]], developed by [=FreakZone=] games and done in [[{{Retraux}} an 8-Bit Style]]. In the grand tradition of NES {{Licensed Game}}s from TheEighties, it adds [[AdaptationExpansion a lot of extra story and content]] that sometimes has nothing to do with the source material, including monsters from other B-movies as enemies and bosses. |
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4 | You can purchase the game for [[https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/manos-the-hands-of-fate/id538802870?ls=1&mt=8 iOS ($1.99)]], [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.freakzone.manos Android ($2.49)]], or the more improved [[http://www.indievania.com/games/manos-hands-fate PC version (pay what you want; $1 minimum)]]. The Director's cut adds cutscenes, an extra stage and Torgo as a playable character. It can be purchased [[http://store.steampowered.com/app/350780 here]] on Steam. |
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6 | Also see ''VideoGame/TheAngryVideoGameNerdAdventures'', later released by the same developers, and recycles the Film/TheGiantClaw boss, and ''VideoGame/TheRoomTheGame'', another 8-bit tribute to a SoBadItsGood CultClassic. |
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9 | !!The games provide examples of: |
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11 | * AdaptationExpansion: |
12 | ** There's a biplane segment where you engage in aerial battle with Torgo and The Giant Claw. |
13 | ** In the Director's Cut, Torgo is PromotedToPlayable after the game is beaten. |
14 | * EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Collect all the hands of fate, and you won't get the bad ending.]] |
15 | * EverythingTryingToKillYou: Why of course, seeing how it is a NES throwback game. It is even lampshaded in the game's description: |
16 | -->Remember [...] when every man, woman, child, animal and inanimate object were out to get your character? When the streets were filled with bats, ghosts and Frankenstein monsters? |
17 | * GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: The Giant Claw and Ro-Man. |
18 | * HellHound: The Master's pet. |
19 | * InterfaceScrew: The Director's Cut adds a grainy filter during the first couple of stages to mimic the poor lighting in the movie. Every stage beyond that point has a lighting filter that makes everything dark except for the area around Mike, essentially making every level past the second a BlackoutBasement level. |
20 | * MagicStaff: Torgo welds one in place of Mike's gun when playable in the Director's Cut version. |
21 | * MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: Many of the enemies include [[{{Film/Troll 2}} Trolls]], [[Film/TheScreamingSkull Screaming Skulls]], [[Film/RobotMonster Ro-Man]], and ''Film/TheGiantClaw''. A playthrough [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzHB423A0qo cites many of them]]. The Director's Cut adds an extra stage based entirely around ''Film/Plan9FromOuterSpace'', which is also entirely black and white. |
22 | * MultipleEndings: Two. |
23 | ** The original film ending where [[spoiler:TheBadGuyWins]]. |
24 | ** An alternate ending after you get all the "Hands of Fate": [[spoiler: [[GainaxEnding Michael rates the place they stayed a 0 out of 5, and Torgo and Peppy are still alive]].]] |
25 | * NintendoHard: Borrows from many old, difficult Nintendo games, along with no save system (though the PC version adds a save and password system). The abundance of Extra Lives and the shotgun make things a little more bearable, though. |
26 | * OneHitPointWonder: Stage 5 is a shoot-em-up sequence, and you have only one hit point, regardless of the health upgrades you obtain. The Director's Cut averts this. |
27 | * {{Retraux}}: The audio and visuals are reminiscent of NES era games, but the Directors Cut adds film grain and lighting filters, as well as a black and white filter for a new stage. |
28 | * ShotgunsAreJustBetter: As long as you don't get hit. |
29 | * ShoutOut: |
30 | ** [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Tom Servo]] can be seen in the background of Stage 2- interestingly enough, he and his friends covered Manos on their show. |
31 | ** The text at the beginning of Stage 4 is [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaIISimonsQuest "What a horrible night to have a curse"]]. |
32 | *** The final level is a RiseToTheChallenge in the same vein as one of the levels in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIIIDraculasCurse''. |
33 | *** The final battle is a reference to [[Franchise/{{Castlevania}} Dracula]]. |
34 | ** Torgo being a constant hindrance to the player is based on Knuckles before his HeelFaceTurn in ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles''. |
35 | ** If you die, the main character goes the way of VideoGame/AlexKidd and ascends. |
36 | * SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Torgo and Peppy]] in the alternate ending. |
37 | * SpiritualSuccessor: VideoGame/TheAngryVideoGameNerdAdventures borrows many game play elements from this game, and even includes the Claw as a boss fight! |
38 | * UnexpectedGameplayChange / UnexpectedShmupLevel: True to the NES homage, this happens; After Stage 4, you're put into a biplane and fly through the sky at breakneck speed, horizontally shooting monsters. |
39 | * UpdatedRerelease: A later update of the PC version adds a password/save feature. The Director's Cut adds cutscenes, filters on all stages, and an extra level before the final stage. |
40 | * AWinnerIsYou: [[spoiler: The secret ending.]] |
41 | --> [[spoiler: "YOU ARE A SUPER PLAYER !!"]] |
42 | * WouldHitAGirl: To be fair, the master's wives are trying to hurt you too. |
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