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'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', known as '''''Nazca '88''''' (ナスカ'88) in Japan, is an action game developed and published by Sega for the [[Sega Master System]]. The setting of the game was changed from Nazca, which is in Peru, to Aztec, which is in Mexico, for the Western world. This may have been because people are more familiar with the Aztec civilisation than the Nazca. Elements of the original culture, including the Nazca Lines, can still be seen.
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'''''Aztec Adventure: The Golden Road to Paradise''''', known as '''''Nazca '88''''' (ナスカ'88) in Japan, is an action RPG developed and published by [[Sega]] for the [[Sega Master System]]. The setting of the game was changed from Nazca, which is in Peru, to Aztec, which is in Mexico. This may have been because people are more familiar with the Aztec civilisation than the Nazca, or because Nazca sounds too much like NASCAR.
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==Story==
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The player assumes the role of El Niño, an adventurer in search of paradise.
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==Gameplay==
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{{ScreenThumb|Aztec Adventure, Adventurers.png|width=200|Adventurers}}
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The game is an action game with an overhead perspective. Niño explores ten different lands, including desert, marshes, ruins, underground waterways, and forests. In each round, he must find and defeat special enemies called demons before finding the exit. The player is shown which demons to defeat and how many of them appear before the round starts. These demons are bigger and stronger than regular enemies. The exit door does not open until all demons have been defeated.
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Niño moves in any direction with the D-Pad. He is armed with a sword, and extra weapons and items can be picked up from defeated enemies. He uses his weapon with {{2}}. His sword can defeat enemies as well as their projectiles. He can cycle through his different weapons with {{1}}. Niño uses his sword when no special weapon is selected. All of the weapons besides the swords are finite in supply. The last weapon varies depending on the round being played; it appears as a question mark in the inventory until the player finds one. Demons can be defeated with Niño's sword but also have vulnerabilities to particular special weapons.
  
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The player assumes the role of El Niño, an adventurer in search of wealth and happiness in the Aztec paradise. Niño is armed with a sword, and extra weapons and items can be picked up from dead enemies. Some enemies can be bribed with money to join Niño, increasing his firepower, until they are killed. The game bears a superficial resemblance to ''The Legend of Zelda'', an RPG released for the NES a year before.
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Some enemies can hired with money to join Niño. He can collect money bags and throw them at these enemies to bribe them. They follow him and fight for him until they are killed. The more powerful the companion, the more money he requires to join the Niño.
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Niño has a health meter that goes down as he takes damage from enemies and hazards (such as rivers). Niño loses a life if he runs out of health but starts over at the beginning of the round or at the location of the last demon defeated if he has extra lives left. The game ends if the player runs out of lives. Wishing Wells appear in rounds and heal Niño if he throws money bags into them, and the player can earn extra lives by defeating Ranbaike enemies.
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===Companions===
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These enemies can be bribed to join Niño. They are armed with swords but can also mirror one of Niño's special attacks when he uses them.
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Papi
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| sprite={{sprite | Aztec Adventure, Characters.png | 2 | crop_width=24 | crop_height=32 | crop_x=24 | crop_y=0}}
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| desc=A bird that has money bags. He can be bribed with 1 money bag.
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Pupe
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| sprite={{sprite | Aztec Adventure, Characters.png | 2 | crop_width=24 | crop_height=32 | crop_x=48 | crop_y=0}}
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| desc=A cat that has iron balls. He can be bribed with 2 money bags.
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Poh
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| sprite={{sprite | Aztec Adventure, Characters.png | 2 | crop_width=24 | crop_height=32 | crop_x=72 | crop_y=0}}
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| desc=A dog that has spears. He can be bribed with 4 money bags.
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Lady
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| sprite={{sprite | Aztec Adventure, Characters.png | 2 | crop_width=24 | crop_height=32 | crop_x=96 | crop_y=0}}
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| desc=A rabbit who cannot be recruited but tries to kidnap Pupe and freeze Poh when they are following Niño. She cannot be harmed by weapons but can be bribed to leave.
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}}
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}}
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===Objects===
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{{InfoTable|imagewidths=50|
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Wishing Well
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| sprite={{sprite | Aztec Adventure, Objects.png | 2 | crop_width=32 | crop_height=10 | crop_x=48 | crop_y=0}}
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| desc=Throwing money into the well summons a goddess to heal Niño. Throwing any other item into the well makes the goddess angry and does not heal.
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Exit
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| sprite={{sprite | Aztec Adventure, Objects.png | 2 | crop_width=48 | crop_height=48 | crop_x=0 | crop_y=0}}
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| desc=Completes the round. The exit does not open until all of the demons have been defeated.
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}}
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}}
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===Items===
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Niño can carry up to 8 of each item. The item inventory is not carried over to the next round.
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{{InfoTable|imagewidths=50|
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Money
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| bgcolor=#ba6900
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| sprite={{sprite | Aztec Adventure, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=16 | crop_height=16 | crop_x=0 | crop_y=0}}
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| desc=Money can be used to bribe certain enemies into fighting alongside Niño. It can also be thrown into Wishing Wells to heal Niño.
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Iron Ball
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| bgcolor=#ba6900
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| sprite={{sprite | Aztec Adventure, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=16 | crop_height=16 | crop_x=16 | crop_y=0}}
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| desc=A projectile attack that flies in a straight line.
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Spear
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| bgcolor=#ba6900
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| sprite={{sprite | Aztec Adventure, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=16 | crop_height=16 | crop_x=32 | crop_y=0}}
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| desc=A projectile attack that flies in a straight line and pierces through multiple targets.
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=4-Directional Iron Balls
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| bgcolor=#ba6900
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| sprite={{sprite | Aztec Adventure, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=16 | crop_height=16 | crop_x=48 | crop_y=0}}
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| desc=Shoots four iron balls in the four cardinal directions. It can hurt some enemies that cannot be harmed by regular iron balls.
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Fireball
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| bgcolor=#ba6900
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| sprite={{sprite | Aztec Adventure, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=16 | crop_height=16 | crop_x=64 | crop_y=0}}
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| desc=Burns down certain plants to open new paths. It can also burn flower enemies. Only found in Forest rounds.
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Boots
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| bgcolor=#ba6900
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| sprite={{sprite | Aztec Adventure, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=16 | crop_height=16 | crop_x=80 | crop_y=0}}
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| desc=Temporarily allows Niño and his companions to walk on water. Only found in Underground Waterway rounds.
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Tornado
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| bgcolor=#ba6900
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| sprite={{sprite | Aztec Adventure, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=16 | crop_height=16 | crop_x=96 | crop_y=0}}
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| desc=Whirls around and attacks enemies. It is the only weapon that can harm the ant hill enemies. Only found in Desert rounds.
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Lightning
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| bgcolor=#ba6900
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| sprite={{sprite | Aztec Adventure, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=16 | crop_height=16 | crop_x=112 | crop_y=0}}
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| desc=Temporarily makes Niño and his companions invincible. Only found in Marsh rounds.
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Dynamite
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| bgcolor=#ba6900
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| sprite={{sprite | Aztec Adventure, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=16 | crop_height=16 | crop_x=128 | crop_y=0}}
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| desc=Throws a bundle of dynamite, which destroys enemies in an area. It can be thrown over walls and other obstacles. Dynamite can be used to blow up moving walls. Only found in Ruins rounds.
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}}
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}}
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===Demons===
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Demons can be defeated by swords, but they are only vulnerable to one kind of special weapon. They must be defeated to advance to the next round.
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{{InfoTable|imagewidths=50|
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Monster Flower
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| sprite={{sprite | Aztec Adventure, Demons.png | 1.5 | crop_width=32 | crop_height=48 | crop_x=0 | crop_y=0}}
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| desc=Vulnerable to fireballs. Appears in the Forest rounds.
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Bat
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| sprite={{sprite | Aztec Adventure, Demons.png | 1.5 | crop_width=32 | crop_height=32 | crop_x=32 | crop_y=0}}
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| desc=Vulnerable to spears. Appears in the Underground Waterway rounds.
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Masked Rabbit
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| sprite={{sprite | Aztec Adventure, Demons.png | 1.5 | crop_width=25 | crop_height=35 | crop_x=64 | crop_y=0}}
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| desc=Vulnerable to tornadoes. Appears in the Desert rounds.
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Waterman
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| sprite={{sprite | Aztec Adventure, Demons.png | 1.5 | crop_width=32 | crop_height=47 | crop_x=89 | crop_y=0}}
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| desc=Vulnerable to spears. Appears in the Marsh rounds.
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Rock Lion
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| sprite={{sprite | Aztec Adventure, Demons.png | 1.5 | crop_width=32 | crop_height=32 | crop_x=121 | crop_y=0}}
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| desc=Vulnerable to dynamite. Appears in the Ruins rounds.
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Ranbaike
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| sprite={{sprite | Aztec Adventure, Demons.png | 1.5 | crop_width=40 | crop_height=64 | crop_x=153 | crop_y=0}}
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| desc=Vulnerable to spears. The player receives an extra life for defeating this enemy. They spawn soldiers that are vulnerable to any weapon (except money bags). Appear in rounds 3, 5, 7, and 10.
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}}
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===Rounds===
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Forest 1
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| screenshot=Aztec Adventure, Stage 1.png
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| screenshot2=Aztec Adventure, Stage 1 Boss.png
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Underground Waterway 1
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| screenshot=Aztec Adventure, Stage 2.png
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| screenshot2=Aztec Adventure, Stage 2 Boss.png
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| tabs=yes
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| map=AztecAdventure-SMS-UndergroundWaterway1.png
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| desc=
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Desert 1
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| screenshot=Aztec Adventure, Stage 3.png
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| screenshot2=Aztec Adventure, Stage 3 Boss 1.png
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| screenshot3=Aztec Adventure, Stage 3 Boss 2.png
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| tabs=yes
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| map=AztecAdventure-SMS-Desert1.png
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| desc=
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Marshes 1
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| screenshot=Aztec Adventure, Stage 4.png
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| screenshot2=Aztec Adventure, Stage 4 Boss.png
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| tabs=yes
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| map=AztecAdventure-SMS-Marshes1.png
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Ruins 1
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| screenshot=Aztec Adventure, Stage 5.png
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| screenshot2=Aztec Adventure, Stage 5 Boss 1.png
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| screenshot3=Aztec Adventure, Stage 5 Boss 2.png
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| tabs=yes
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| map=AztecAdventure-SMS-Ruins1.png
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| desc=
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Desert 2
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| screenshot=Aztec Adventure, Stage 6.png
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| screenshot2=Aztec Adventure, Stage 6 Boss.png
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| tabs=yes
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| map=AztecAdventure-SMS-Desert2.png
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| desc=
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Underground Waterway 2
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| screenshot=Aztec Adventure, Stage 7.png
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| screenshot2=Aztec Adventure, Stage 7 Boss 1.png
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| screenshot3=Aztec Adventure, Stage 7 Boss 2.png
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| tabs=yes
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| map=AztecAdventure-SMS-UndergroundWaterway2.png
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Ruins 2
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| screenshot=Aztec Adventure, Stage 8.png
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| screenshot2=Aztec Adventure, Stage 8 Boss.png
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| tabs=yes
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| map=AztecAdventure-SMS-Ruins2.png
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| desc=
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| title=Forest 2
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| screenshot=Aztec Adventure, Stage 9.png
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| tabs=yes
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| title=Marshes 2
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| screenshot=Aztec Adventure, Stage 10.png
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| screenshot2=Aztec Adventure, Stage 10 Boss 1.png
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| screenshot3=Aztec Adventure, Stage 10 Boss 2.png
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| tabs=yes
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| map=AztecAdventure-SMS-Marshes2.png
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Phantoms' Shadows
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| screenshot=Aztec Adventure, Stage 11.png
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| screenshot2=Aztec Adventure, Stage 11 Boss 1.png
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| screenshot3=Aztec Adventure, Stage 11 Boss 2.png
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| screenshot4=Aztec Adventure, Stage 11 Boss 3.png
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| screenshot5=Aztec Adventure, Stage 11 Boss 4.png
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| screenshot6=Aztec Adventure, Stage 11 Boss 5.png
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| screenshot7=Aztec Adventure, Stage 11 Boss 6.png
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| tabs=yes
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| map=AztecAdventure-SMS-Paradise.png
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| desc=
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==Versions==
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===Localised names===
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|jp_name=ナスカ'88
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==Production credits==
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{{creditstable|
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*'''Music:''' [[Chikako Kamatani]]{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20221112131813/https://twitter.com/okunari/status/618384134306574336}}{{fileref|SSG100030AC_music_jp_booklet.pdf|page=7}}
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==References==
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Aztec Adventure: The Golden Road to Paradise
System(s): Sega Master System
Publisher: Sega Enterprises, Ltd. (JP, EU), Sega of America (US)
Developer:
Distributor: Tonka (US), Tec Toy (BR)
Peripherals supported: FM Sound Unit
Genre: Action[1]

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Master System
JP 		¥5,0005,000 G-1335
Sega Master System
US 		5100
Sega Master System
EU 		MK-5100-50
Sega Master System
UK 		£22.9522.95[4] MK-5100-50
Sega Master System
AU 		5100
Sega Master System
MX
Sega Master System
BR
Sega Master System
KR 		GB-1335

Aztec Adventure: The Golden Road to Paradise, known as Nazca '88 (ナスカ'88) in Japan, is an action game developed and published by Sega for the Sega Master System. The setting of the game was changed from Nazca, which is in Peru, to Aztec, which is in Mexico, for the Western world. This may have been because people are more familiar with the Aztec civilisation than the Nazca. Elements of the original culture, including the Nazca Lines, can still be seen.

Story

The player assumes the role of El Niño, an adventurer in search of paradise.

Gameplay

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Adventurers

The game is an action game with an overhead perspective. Niño explores ten different lands, including desert, marshes, ruins, underground waterways, and forests. In each round, he must find and defeat special enemies called demons before finding the exit. The player is shown which demons to defeat and how many of them appear before the round starts. These demons are bigger and stronger than regular enemies. The exit door does not open until all demons have been defeated.

Niño moves in any direction with the D-Pad. He is armed with a sword, and extra weapons and items can be picked up from defeated enemies. He uses his weapon with 2. His sword can defeat enemies as well as their projectiles. He can cycle through his different weapons with 1. Niño uses his sword when no special weapon is selected. All of the weapons besides the swords are finite in supply. The last weapon varies depending on the round being played; it appears as a question mark in the inventory until the player finds one. Demons can be defeated with Niño's sword but also have vulnerabilities to particular special weapons.

Some enemies can hired with money to join Niño. He can collect money bags and throw them at these enemies to bribe them. They follow him and fight for him until they are killed. The more powerful the companion, the more money he requires to join the Niño.

Niño has a health meter that goes down as he takes damage from enemies and hazards (such as rivers). Niño loses a life if he runs out of health but starts over at the beginning of the round or at the location of the last demon defeated if he has extra lives left. The game ends if the player runs out of lives. Wishing Wells appear in rounds and heal Niño if he throws money bags into them, and the player can earn extra lives by defeating Ranbaike enemies.

Companions

These enemies can be bribed to join Niño. They are armed with swords but can also mirror one of Niño's special attacks when he uses them.

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 Papi
A bird that has money bags. He can be bribed with 1 money bag.
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 Pupe
A cat that has iron balls. He can be bribed with 2 money bags.
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 Poh
A dog that has spears. He can be bribed with 4 money bags.
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 Lady
A rabbit who cannot be recruited but tries to kidnap Pupe and freeze Poh when they are following Niño. She cannot be harmed by weapons but can be bribed to leave.

Objects

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 Wishing Well
Throwing money into the well summons a goddess to heal Niño. Throwing any other item into the well makes the goddess angry and does not heal.
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 Exit
Completes the round. The exit does not open until all of the demons have been defeated.

Items

Niño can carry up to 8 of each item. The item inventory is not carried over to the next round.

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 Money
Money can be used to bribe certain enemies into fighting alongside Niño. It can also be thrown into Wishing Wells to heal Niño.
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 Iron Ball
A projectile attack that flies in a straight line.
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 Spear
A projectile attack that flies in a straight line and pierces through multiple targets.
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 4-Directional Iron Balls
Shoots four iron balls in the four cardinal directions. It can hurt some enemies that cannot be harmed by regular iron balls.
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 Fireball
Burns down certain plants to open new paths. It can also burn flower enemies. Only found in Forest rounds.
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 Boots
Temporarily allows Niño and his companions to walk on water. Only found in Underground Waterway rounds.
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 Tornado
Whirls around and attacks enemies. It is the only weapon that can harm the ant hill enemies. Only found in Desert rounds.
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 Lightning
Temporarily makes Niño and his companions invincible. Only found in Marsh rounds.
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 Dynamite
Throws a bundle of dynamite, which destroys enemies in an area. It can be thrown over walls and other obstacles. Dynamite can be used to blow up moving walls. Only found in Ruins rounds.

Demons

Demons can be defeated by swords, but they are only vulnerable to one kind of special weapon. They must be defeated to advance to the next round.

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 Monster Flower
Vulnerable to fireballs. Appears in the Forest rounds.
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 Bat
Vulnerable to spears. Appears in the Underground Waterway rounds.
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 Masked Rabbit
Vulnerable to tornadoes. Appears in the Desert rounds.
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 Waterman
Vulnerable to spears. Appears in the Marsh rounds.
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 Rock Lion
Vulnerable to dynamite. Appears in the Ruins rounds.
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 Ranbaike
Vulnerable to spears. The player receives an extra life for defeating this enemy. They spawn soldiers that are vulnerable to any weapon (except money bags). Appear in rounds 3, 5, 7, and 10.

Rounds

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Forest 1
Map: 1️⃣ 

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Underground Waterway 1
Map: 1️⃣ 

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Desert 1
Map: 1️⃣ 

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Marshes 1
Map: 1️⃣ 

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Ruins 1
Map: 1️⃣ 

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Desert 2
Map: 1️⃣ 

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Underground Waterway 2
Map: 1️⃣ 

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Ruins 2
Map: 1️⃣ 

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Forest 2
Map: 1️⃣ 

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Marshes 2
Map: 1️⃣ 

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Phantoms' Shadows
Map: 1️⃣ 

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language Localised Name English Translation
English Aztec Adventure: The Golden Road to Paradise Aztec Adventure: The Golden Road to Paradise
English (US) Aztec Adventure: The Golden Road to Paradise Aztec Adventure: The Golden Road to Paradise
Japanese ナスカ'88 Nazca '88

Production credits

Source:
Uncredited


Hints

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Magazine articles

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Physical scans

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Complete Guide to Consoles (UK)
39
[7]
Complete Guide to Consoles (UK)
38
[8]
The Complete Guide to Sega (UK) PAL
38
[9]
Console XS (UK) PAL
70
[10]
The Games Machine (UK)
41
[11]
Mean Machines Sega (UK)
38
[12]
S: The Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
68
[13]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
50
[14]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
70
[15]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
70
[16]
Sega Master System
 52
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Aztec Adventure: The Golden Road to Paradise

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Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Master System
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CRC32 ff614eb3
MD5 12ce04ff557a96add46f04b12b0d47cc
SHA-1 317775a17867530a8fe3a5b17b681d5ada351432
128kB Cartridge

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/segamark3/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2019-06-21 03:44)
  2. ↑ Computer Entertainer, "March 1988" (US; 1988-03-19), page 13
  3. ↑ File:1988 89 SMS UK Catalogue.pdf, page 2
  4. ↑ ACE, "January 1989" (UK; 1989-xx-xx), page 164
  5. ↑ @okunari on Twitter (Wayback Machine: 2022-11-12 13:18)
  6. ↑ File:SSG100030AC_music_jp_booklet.pdf, page 7
  7. ↑ Complete Guide to Consoles, "" (UK; 1989-10-16), page 48
  8. ↑ Complete Guide to Consoles, "Volume IV" (UK; 1990-11-xx), page 92
  9. ↑ The Complete Guide to Sega, "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 53
  10. ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 138
  11. ↑ The Games Machine, "October 1988" (UK; 1988-09-15), page 59
  12. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 132
  13. ↑ S: The Sega Magazine, "July 1990" (UK; 1990-06-07), page 11
  14. ↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 55
  15. ↑ Sega Pro, "November 1991" (UK; 1991-xx-xx), page 37
  16. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 70


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